George H.W. Bush: “Couldn't disagree more. Can't be guided by New York Times columnists. I've decided to take them on. I used to sit…”

“Couldn't disagree more. Can't be guided by New York Times columnists. I've decided to take them on. I used to sit quietly-- hey, he's entitled to his opinion. I don't agree with him, and I don't agree about that. And as I indicated, Pat Buchanan ran against me. He flailed me out there in the primaries. You've got a short memory, those who are asking that question. How do you think I felt about that? That's the political process. He's entitled to his opinion, his emphasis. I'm entitled to mine. But if your question is, how do I feel about faith and family values and that, I've tried to tell you how I feel about it. And I'm not retreating from it, because it isn't anything to do about prejudice. I got a question from Tom Brokaw one night on a nationally televised show not so long ago. And he said, with all respect to NBC, he said--and he did it in a very nice way, and it wasn't pejorative--but he said, ``Are you suggesting when you talk about family values that your values, your and Barbara's family is better than Hillary and Bill Clinton's?'' I said, ``Of course not.'' Of course not. What we're talking about, though, is what these mayors told me about. And I happen to believe that family is still the fabric of society. And when a little kid is born to a 13-year-old mother, some way we've got to find a way to have that kid loved by the parent and teach values and respect. And it isn't happening. So I am not going to move away from that, but I am not going to identify myself with the rhetoric of a man that went out and slammed the heck out of me up there in New Hampshire. So it's a liberal's nightmare, but I call them as I see them. I'm kind of proud that our convention didn't try to censor what suddenly was the wrath of all the talk shows. But we'll see, we'll see how it comes out on election day. Health Care”