Transcript via the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC:
KATHLEEN T. MCFARLAND, FOX NEWS ANALYST: He say that if you`re offered chairman, take it. If you`re offered anything else, don`t take it. Resign in six months and run for president. OK?
And I know you`re not running for president. But at some point, when you go to New York next, you may want to just chat with Roger, and Rupert Murdoch, for that matter.
Can I just say — can I just tell him what I`ve suggested and that we`ve discussed —
GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS, U.S. ARMY: Yes, sure.
MCFARLAND: — is that next time you go to New York, you`re going to stop by and see him?
PETRAEUS: Yes. I`d be happy. I would love to see him. I haven`t seen him in awhile. So —
MCFARLAND: I think he would very much appreciate the conversation.
PETRAEUS: I would love to see — yes, he`s a brilliant guy.
MCFARLAND: He`s simply brilliant.
PETRAEUS: He is. Tell him if I ever ran, but I won`t. But if I ever ran, I`d take him up on his offer.
MCFARLAND: OK. All right.
PETRAEUS: He said he would quit FOX.
MCFARLAND: I know. Look, he`s not the only one.
PETRAEUS: And bankroll it.
MCFARLAND: Bankroll it?
PETRAEUS: Or maybe I`m confusing that with Rupert. No.
(LAUGHTER)
MCFARLAND: I know Roger, he`s done OK. But no, I think the one who`s bankrolling it is the big boss.
PETRAEUS: That might be it.
MCFARLAND: OK. The big boss is bankrolling it. Roger`s going to run it. And the rest of us are going to be your in-house.
PETRAEUS: Yes, right. OK.
MCFARLAND: We`re all set.
PETRAEUS: No, it`s never going to happen. You know it`s never going to happen. It really isn`t.
MCFARLAND: I know it`s never going to happen.
PETRAEUS: My wife would divorce me.
MCFARLAND: Right.
PETRAEUS: And I love my wife.
MCFARLAND: Tell her it`s a beautiful house.
PETRAEUS: We have a beautiful house. With his-and-her`s bathrooms, believe it or not. I just want to live in it. I`ve never spent a night in it.
MCFARLAND: I know. That`s the happiest marriage.
PETRAEUS: Keep your mitts off my dressing room.
MCFARLAND: My husband and I have had a very long and happy relationship because we have completely separate bathrooms.
PETRAEUS: Isn`t that — I mean, that`s the ticket.
MCFARLAND: It`s great.
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