ask your gastroenterologist about humira today. remission is possible. thanks for staying with us tonight. ask ed live. love this segment. first question from fred christian. why does the gop hate the unemployed so much? i don t know if they hate them. they just don t want them around so they don t want to help them. the thing that bothers me about this whole situation is that the republicans have done nothing on a jobs package. they have fought president obama tooth and nail, every inch of the way. they re not willing to be honest brokers when it comes to creating jobs. and then on the other hand, they don t want to help the unemployed. i don t know if hate is the right word. but i think it s an interesting question, because i think there s a hot of americans out there asking that question. what is it with these guys? they think they re just better social engineers than anybody else. our next question is from steve wallace. he wants to know, why are democrats always giving into re
entitlements are entitlements. sometimes there are social nets. other times there are tax cuts. and so entitlements ought to be tackled on both ends of the spectrum. and we can do that after the first of the year. i would hope also that we ll do something very soon on raising the minimum wage. i think we ought to do that the first of the year. amen to that. that s polling heavily, as well, positively by the american people. finally, congressman, are you going to vote yes on this budget deal? well-being i m going to maim make up my mind between now and friday. i m leaning in that direction. congressman jim clyburn, thanks for your time. thanks for having me. coming up, no time for ted cruz, the republican senator gets snubbed by time magazine. still ahead, sean hannity s laughable segment on obama care lands him in tonight s pretenders. but next, i m taking your questions. ask ed live is just ahead. stay tuned.
welcome back to the ed show. time for the questions, ask ed live. first question from tom. why did the gop thump the bible, but don t walk the walk of jesus or pope francis? well, actually, i think some of them do. but many of them in the congress certainly use discrepancy at your to their political benefit, and i think that that really infuriates a lot of people. and i think they misquote and misinterpret the bible quite often. michele bachmann would be one of them. and, of course, they connect it to the affordable care act and president obama. our next question is from debby louden. she wants to know, what are republicans for? what are they for? they are for being against everything president obama would like to accomplish in his second term. stick around. rapid response panel is next. i m sue herrera. stocks tumbled hard for the second straight session.
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my favorite segment, ask ed live. first question from eugene tonight. he says, how do we organize people to let president obama know middle class is against the transpacific partnership? this is the new big trade agreement that everybody is talking about. or at least some people behind closed doors. i think the president does know the american folks are not in favor of this. this is really ominous. what bothers me is the mystery of it all. it hasn t been explained to the american people exactly what this international tribe unional would be like when it comes to trade deals. this is the one thing about president obama that certainly is a mystery to me. he has not explained to the american people how this is going to help jobs. it is quarterbacked by the multinationals and the corporations. and we haven t done any trade deals that are good for jobs. i think the middle class is not for it, and i think now the signature list is 173 have signed on from the congress to