we need to be as a democracy encouraging people to vote. you know, it s important for the democracy to survive that people have the right to vote. okay, that s partisan crap to me. it s just a way to win. it s dirty politics. it s wrong. you do it in pennsylvania. it s not a southern, northern thing. they re doing it everywhere. 36 states under reince priebus in the republican party are doing it. he hates to hear this, but it is his party. and he could blow the whistle on this. sometimes the truth hurts. let s talk about the party you were in a couple of years ago. yeah. i always thought of you as a centrist. now, the republican party, even in states like pennsylvania has gone hard right. why? and how hard right is it? i mean, are you going to run the old party, going run a right wing guy for president or woman for president next time, or is it still salvageable? is the boat tilted so far right it can t come back? it s a great question. i don t know what they re going t
you did this was you felt that there was an extremist element to the gop that was beginning to rip the guts out of the party. tell me about that. no question about it. i think i ll quote jeb bush. he said it better than i ever could. today s republican party, at least the leadership, is perceived as being anti-women, anti-minority, anti-education, anti-immigrant, anti-gay couch els, anti-environment. pretty soon there s nobody left in the room. i really felt that, when i was going to go see the president, president obama came down to ft. myers, florida, in february of 09. the reason was to talk about the stimulus, the recovery act, if you will. and his office called and said would i come down and greet him when he came to ft. myers, florida, at the convention center. i said sure, i would be happy to. even some of the people on my staff said governor, are you sure you want to go down?
tell me about that. no question about it. i think i ll quote jeb bush. he said it better than i ever could. today s republican party, at least the leadership, is perceived as being anti-women, anti-minority, anti-education, anti-gay couples, anti-environment. pretty soon there s nobody left in the room. i really felt that, when i was going to go see the president, president obama came down to ft. myers, florida, in february of 09. the reason was to talk about the stimulus, the recovery act, if you will. and his office called and said would i come down and greet him when he came to ft. myers, florida, at the convention center. i said sure, i would be happy to. even some of the people on my staff said governor, are you sure you want to go down? i said why would you say that? they said, he s a democrat. i said wait a minute, this man is the president of the united states of america and he s pi have to balance the budget a
conservative candidates and i want conservatives to win face that they are anti-woman wo, anti-minority, anti-hispanic. they want to kill old people and children. it s pure propaganda. absolutely outrageous. i believe it s racist. i believe what they are doing is racist. obama care is a neutral way to describe a program that, after all, is the president i s cente piece program. we use words like nixonian, clintonian, hillarycare, romney care. nothing racial about it at all. especially in campaigns that the tactic, there is a reason they bring it up. it works because we don t stand up to it. i wouldn t be surprised if a republican doesn t want to use the word obama care at this point. it s absurd. they are the ones playing racial politics.
this is a problem i think conservative candidates and i want conservatives to win face that they are anti-woman wo, anti-minority, anti-hispanic. they want to kill old people and children. it s pure propaganda. absolutely outrageous. i believe it s racist. i believe what they are doing is racist. obama care is a neutral way to describe a program that, after all, is the president s center piece program. we use words like nixonian, clintonian, hillarycare, romney care. nothing racial about it at all. especially in campaigns that the tactic, there is a reason they bring it up. it works because we don t stand up to it. i wouldn t be surprised if a republican doesn t want to use the word obama care at this point. it s absurd. they are the ones playing racial