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News quiz: The bad presidential decision edition

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    Historical blunders made by the highest office in the land

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Back to have a segment tonight a great American news quiz the bad -- again -- decisions edition.

We have -- Kenneth C Davis author of the new book don't know much about the American presidents.

Which is very good read by the way.

To suggest some -- presidential decisions for the quiz this evening and so he has.

In Alabama -- to enforce the do see who -- -- for Tom wager from Franklin Massachusetts.

And Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum representing.

Michael -- -- go from -- in New York like -- -- nifty prizes and we go to billoreilly.com.

And sign -- I apologize for whom is -- cool that would not allow the program -- But I've got to remember the rules he can -- sometimes that's only fifty dollar fine so little -- -- -- Indiana general I think.

I think is questionable on the Bay of Pigs invasion often call president Kennedy's greatest failure and office.

JFK took responsibility for the disastrous operation when it backfire.

Tehran from this sobering episode.

Useful lessons first all -- learn.

Some -- still obscure.

And await further information.

Somewhat -- today first.

It is clear that the forces of communism.

I'm not to be underestimated.

In Cuba.

Or anywhere else in the world.

Now Kennedy moved -- Bay of Pigs invasion forward and was responsible another president initiated it who was that.

Hey Ed Dwight Eisenhower -- Harry -- -- Richard Nixon deeper with who who was originally on blue print.

And that -- -- -- are now isn't easy one.

We have breaking away and I don't know the president before -- and I write about that it sets a little plug here and killing Kennedy which is out on Tuesday.

All right all right back to thank you very much and putting up -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Clinton found himself the senator one of the biggest presidential scandals a country had ever seen.

I want you to listen I'm gonna say this again.

I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

Miss Lewinsky.

I never told anybody to lie not a single time never.

Because of the scandal Bill Clinton became the second US president to be impeached who was the first.

A Richard Nixon -- James Polk C marked -- here -- That's correct the ladies -- -- do Andrew Johnson and and he escaped by how many votes do you guys know.

11 vote very -- One -- he would have been to post Johnson are here's question number three the alien and sedition acts we all discuss those with regularity at.

Are considered to be the most controversial US laws of their time.

And 1798.

French warships seized American vessels trading with England frightened about the possibility of invasion congress passed the alien and sedition acts.

The new -- claim for government.

The power to arrest or -- put any alien and made citizens who criticized the government.

Liable to arrest.

-- sounds like Q -- Our -- -- which president signed the alien and sedition acts in to law.

Eight James Madison the Andrew Jackson C Thomas Jefferson -- John apps which president signed that into.

And -- and very hey John Adams.

And he should -- that was a huge mistake on his part and he's a good president but that besmirched.

He's record.

Her -- -- thank you very much it's a little bit elevated from cool.

And a cool and TB scare kept up of the day but up a cook -- -- unrelated -- the latest odd.

Are -- for many consider the Iran Contra affair.

But the worst aspect of Ronald Reagan's presidency controversy erupted when it was discovered that the US had traded weapons to Iran.

In exchange for the release of hostages this upset many who saw it -- on as the national threat.

A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages.

My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true.

But the facts and the evidence tell me it is not this runs counter to my own beliefs to administration policy.

And to the original strategy we had in mind.

There are reasons why it happened but no excuses.

-- in the Iran Contra affair arms were traded for American hostages being held by extremists in what country.

Hey Lebanon the Syria -- -- the Jordan -- the hospice.

All right cards up please laid.

Each man news and the answer.

-- -- -- -- Very good as I guess MacCallum now now you knew that of course -- then we'll locked in.

On the Iran that's my -- and Oliver North he's -- -- guess on and we yeah.

And never met I don't get that has risen up to -- and all can forget all of those eyebrows and straight down moments -- look back at the far right.

-- the -- bricks on top.

She's leading by one would want to go.

Last question.

Watergate scandal forever -- Richard Nixon's presidency he announces resignation on -- live TV broadcast during his resignation speech.

Nixon claimed to have never been a walk.

Liar be quitter C crook the pushover.

Fixing claim to never have been -- -- Hard to -- the news.

And -- roll the -- time.

I have never been a quarter.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my -- But as president.

I must put the papers.

Of America first.

Our McAllen gets all five -- this never.

Happens in the yeah.

1812 when was I don't wanna I wanna look up.

I don't live thanks Sarah Palin did very spirited very good and I and a way to go to be account ahead and apply for asylum the president is -- is -- I don't know what a.

-- you know any of them.

Well I don't know let's get angry -- him fat contract.

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