Joe Scarborough: “First of all is Clark Clifford, who was a wise man to many Presidents. He helped Harry Truman in dealing with the union…”

“First of all is Clark Clifford, who was a wise man to many Presidents. He helped Harry Truman in dealing with the union crisis also certainly helped LBJ in Vietnam. He was a good public servant. He was a wise man. Any clouds that may have come over his life in his waning years certainly are insignificant compared to his public service. Also we need to be thinking about Matthew Shepherd. He was a young college student who was brutally beaten a few days ago. I find it kind of ironic that Amnesty International this past week issued a report talking about human rights in America the same week that this happened. While it certainly was not sanctioned by this government, I believe all of us who are public officials must do all we can to publicly condemn these type of actions. Certainly all of America's prayers need to be with Mr. Shepherd today. There is also obviously strife in the District of Columbia as we have heard. It has always been that way, I guess, from the time that our President Adams, our second President openly loathed our third president Thomas Jefferson. This is a bit of tradition in Washington, but those two gentlemen learned how to disagree without being disagreeable. Unfortunately, as we have heard today, that has just not been the case.”