00:00Last I heard we lived in a democratic society.
00:03Last I heard a United States senator had the right to disagree with the president,
00:09including a president who has done such an extraordinary job.
00:13So I have voiced criticisms. You're right, maybe you haven't. I have.
00:18But I think to suggest that I have voiced criticism, this blurb that you talk about,
00:24you know what the blurb said?
00:25The blurb said that the next president of the United States has got to be aggressive
00:30in bringing people in to the political process.
00:33That's what I said. That is what I believe.
00:37President Obama and I are friends.
00:41As you know, he came to Vermont to campaign for me when he was a senator.
00:45I have worked for his re-election, his first election, and his re-election.
00:50But I think it is really unfair to suggest that I have not been supportive of the president.
00:55I have been a strong ally with him on virtually every issue.
01:00Do senators have the right to disagree with the president?
01:03Have you ever disagreed with a president?
01:06I suspect you may have.
01:07Senator, what I am concerned about is not disagreement on issues,
01:14saying that this is what I'd rather do.
01:16I don't agree with the president on that.
01:18Calling the president weak, calling him a disappointment,
01:22calling several times that he should have a primary opponent
01:25when he ran for re-election in 2012.
01:30You know, I think that goes further than saying we have our disagreements.
01:34As a senator, yes, I was a senator.
01:37I understand we can disagree on the path forward,
01:40but those kinds of personal assessments and charges
01:45are ones that I find particularly troubling.
01:49Senator, you may respond to that, but it's time now for closing statements,
01:52and you can use your time for closing statements to do that.
01:54One of us ran against Barack Obama.
01:58I was not that candidate.
01:59One of us ran against Barack Obama.
02:01One of us ran against Barack Obama.
