WERE RUNNING AGAINST DONALD

TRUMP?

[ LAUGHTER ]

DO YOU EVER WISH YOU COULD CLIMB

THERE?

THE VICE PRESIDENT SAID HE

WANTED TO FIGHT HIM THE OTHER

DAY.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK HILLARY'S

DOING JUST FINE.

I AM ENJOYING CAMPAIGNING ON HER

BEHALF.

AND ALSO CAMPAIGNING FOR SENATE

AND HOUSE CANDIDATES.

BECAUSE LOOK, WE JOKE ABOUT

DONALD TRUMP.

BUT I DO THINK THAT PART OF THE

REASON YOU'VE SEEN MICHELLE

PASSIONATE IN THIS ELECTION.

>> Jimmy: YES.

>> PART OF THE REASON THAT WE

GET INVOLVED AS MUCH AS WE HAVE

IS NOT JUST BECAUSE WE THINK

HILLARY'S GOING TO BE A GREAT

PRESIDENT, IT'S ALSO BECAUSE

THERE IS SOMETHING EQUAL

DATEIVELY DIFFERENT ABOUT THE

WAY TRUMP HAS OPERATED IN THE

POLITICAL SPHERE.

LOOK, I RAN AGAINST JOHN McCAIN.

I RAN AGAINST MITT ROMNEY.

OBVIOUSLY I THOUGHT THAT I COULD

DO A BETTER JOB.

BUT THEY'RE BOTH HONORABLE MEN.

AND IF THEY HAD WON, THEN I

WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE GENERAL

COURSE OF THIS COUNTRY.

I THINK REPUBLICANS AND

DEMOCRATS HAVE SOME FIERCE

DISAGREEMENTS AND THAT'S HOW

DEMOCRACY WORK REALIZE WE'RE A

BIG, DIVERSE COUNTRY.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S GOING TO BE

CONTENTIOUS AND NOISY.

BUT WHAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE

I THINK IS SOMEBODY QUESTIONING

THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS AND

THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

WHAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE I

THINK IS A POLITICS BASED ON

PUTTING DOWN IN VERY EXPLICIT

TER

TERMS OF MUSLIM AMERICANS WHO

ARE PATRIOTS OR DESCRIBING WOMEN

NOT IN TERMS OF THEIR INTELLECT

AND THEIR CHARACTER BUT ON A 1

TO 10 SCORE.

>> Jimmy: RIGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, AT A CERTAIN --

REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR

POLITICAL PREFERENCES ARE AND

YOUR POLICY PREFERENCES, THERE

IS A CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITY AND

EXPECTATION IN TERMS OF HOW YOU

BEHAVE, HOW YOU PRESENT

YOURSELF.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT --

>> Jimmy: I'VE HEARD THIS SPEECH

BEFORE, BELIEVE ME, YEAH.

>> IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE

PERFECT.

>> Jimmy: NO, I DIDN'T MEAN FROM

YOU, I MEANT GUIDANCE COUNSELORS

TO ME.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> YES, WELL THE POINT IS

THAT -- YOU KNOW, I SAID WHEN I

WAS RUNNING IN 2008, I'M NOT A

PERFECT MAN AND I WOULDN'T BE A

PERFECT PRESIDENT, BUT I'D MAKE

THE EFFORT.

TO, AS BEST I COULD, BE HONEST

TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, TO MAKE

SURE THAT I WAS PROTECTIVE OF

THE INSTITUTIONS, THAT THERE

WERE CERTAIN NORMS AND STANDARDS

AND VALUES AND CUSTOMS THAT MAKE

IT WORK.

AND IF YOU ARE WILLING TO SAY

ANYTHING AND DO ANYTHING EVEN

WHEN IT UNDERMINES EVERYTHING

THAT'S BEEN BUILT BY PREVIOUS

GENERATIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A

PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S WHY I TAKE THIS

ELECTION VERY SERIOUSLY.

>> Jimmy: YOU SHOULD HAVE SOLD

HATS, THOUGH, WHEN YOU RAN.

[ LAUGHTER ]

ONE THING YOU HAVE TO TAKE AWAY

FROM DONALD TRUMP IS THAT YOU

CAN MAKE A LOT OF MONEY SELLING

HATS.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SOLD

A LOT OF STUFF.