nearly cuss mom made for politics. he dropped out of high school, went to vietnam, and became a decorated combat veteran. he got a ged, got a medical degree, and went on to become surgeon general in george w. bush s administration. here is a part of his story in a campaign ad. let s watch. from the jungles of vietnam to life-saving rescues at home, rich carmona has always answered the call. in the senate he ll support our veterans because he s lived it. now, richard carmona has put the republican held arizona senate seat in play. democrats dearly want to hold on to the majority in the senate and flipping the seat held by jon kyl would make it even harder for republicans to stop them. it would be a powerful symbol of the shift politics in western states. joining me now is richard carmona. it s on honor to have you on the show, sir. how do you handle how do you unify your state along ethnic lines between what we call anglos and latinos? how do you make the state feel whole? well,
nearly custom made for politics. he dropped out of high school, went to vietnam, and became a decorated combat veteran. he got a ged, got a medical degree, and went on to become surgeon general in george w. bush s administration. here is a part of his story in a campaign ad. let s watch. from the jungles of vietnam to life-saving rescues at home, rich carmona has always answered the call. in the senate he ll support our veterans because he s lived it. now, richard carmona has put the republican held arizona senate seat in play. democrats dearly want to hold on to the majority in the senate and flipping the seat held by retiring jon kyl would make it even harder for republicans to stop them. it would be a powerful symbol of the shifting politics in western states. joining me is now is richard carmona. it s an honor to have you on the show, sir. how do you handle how do you unify your state along ethnic lines between what we call anglos and latinos? how do you make the state feel
went to vietnam, and became a decorated combat veteran. he got a ged, got a medical degree, and went on to become surgeon general in george w. bush s administration. here is a part of his story in a campaign ad. let s watch. from the jungles of vietnam to life-saving rescues at home, rich carmona has always answered the call. in the senate he ll support our veterans because he s lived it. now, richard carmona has put the republican held arizona senate seat in play. democrats dearly want to hold on to the majority in the senate and flipping the seat held by jon kyl would make it even harder for republicans to stop them. it would be a powerful symbol of the shift politics in western states. joining me now is richard carmo carmona. it s on honor to have you on the show, sir. how do you handle how do you unify your state along ethnic lines between what we call anglos and latinos? how do you make the state feel whole? well, it s whole and home for me, chris, because i have been here
things. one is. they know that what they are saying about this is ridiculous. does he regret the choice of words? some took it as a reference to slavery nobody took it as a reference to anything except for those who are trying to make something out of nothing here and distract attention from the policy debates. greta: karl, what do you think about the vice-president s comments bad choice of words or something else? was this a mistake or is this a deliberate use of code words? how do we know? look, first of all, i think it is a deliberate attempt to play on racial fears. remember, he is in danville, virginia, when he makes these comments. this is the south side, historically, african-american dominated part of the state. it is where there were plantations and large numbers of slaves working to backo and cotton plant eggs, danville itself has more african-american citizens than anglos.
anglos. the audience was filled with african-americans. the city itself was the site of a famous civil rights demonstrations in 1963 that drew martin luther king. the vice-president said three things that are important. and he said, they are going to put you, y all back in chains. he didn t say us. he was pointing to the republicans, saying they. he said y all. he s from delaware they may say that in south texas and southern alabama, but when you start saying y all you are pulling people from the crowd special talking to them. he didn t say we we will be back in chains. he pointed to the audience, substantially african-american and said y all and you will be back in chains. you know, there is no doubt in my mind that this was a racially tinged remark. governor wilder, the first african-american governor in the south since reconstruction, i think hit it right on the on