Then arktvist of the United States and Lady Bird Johnson telling my predecessors myself and my successors that notsing in this room can change. So were here at the 100 block of congress avenue in austin. To my left just down the block is the Colorado River and this is an important Historic Site in the citys history because this is where waterloos austins predecessor was. It consisted of a cluster of cabance including the family of jake harold. And im standing at about the spot where the cabin was. And this is where lamar was staying when he and the rest of the men got wind of the big buffalo herd in this vicinity. So they jumped on their horses, congress avenue or it wasnt really the avenue but a muddy ravine that led north to the hill where the capitol sits and the men gal lopped. They had stuffed their belts full of pistols and road into the midst of this herd and lamar at what became 8th and Congress Shot this enormous buffalo. From there he went to the top of the hill and told ever
If that is the Gold Standard of integrity, you can have it. [applause] thats a great point. Young people talk. Old people are clapping too. When you talk about your core audience and the disillusionment that that generation has developed in the wake of the failure to change everything that is wrong with washington in the last five and a half, six years, does that translate into a withdrawal from political activism in your mind . People were already saying, in 2012, and i think republicans were banking on it in 2012, they said there is no way obama can reach me solutions, and he disappointed so many people that he cannot have the same electoral model, including the recordsetting levels of youth vote, again in 2012 that he had in 2008, and in fact they voted even more in 2012. Have we really screwed them up now in 2014 . What i would be worried about, and we are out of time, but i will finish this like no light note. We spend a lot of time embedded with isis, all the groups in the middle
Here is how you can respond different lines this morning. If you think the u. S. Will be better off. You can also reach out to us on twitter. If you want to make your thoughts known on facebook, and if you want to give us an email. The Associated Press did a survey taking a look at folks and asking about 2015. When it comes to those sayings 48 or so saying the u. S. Will be better. 11 of those responding said next year will be worse and 39 said not much different in 2015 then 2014. That is how we parsed the lines. Be sure to tell us why when you give us a call. Gallup did a poll as well as asking about the new year and their optimism, here is how they responded saying americans are now slightly more positive than negative of the economy cost direction with 49 saying the economy is Getting Better and 45 saying it is getting worse for the week of december 2228. This is a relatively good rating and aside from two weeks in may 2013 when the measure was in the net positive territory, last w
Like white whose are like i already know about all this. I took ethnic studies. I read all the articles. We dont need to talk about this. So theres no conversation. The thing that is pop into my head immediately and based on no study. Shift the category. Would this person say that about North Carolina versus South Carolina . Would they say this about scandinavia versus norway . Would they say this about baseball versus hockey like theres you can know one thing and somehow make it present to them that that doesnt mean they know everything. Buzz that rule apply . I had a hot dog. I know how a hot dog taste. Ive eaton at chilis so i know how mexican tastes. That doesnt follow. But there are other areas where that is selfevidently true. And this is truth times a thousand of that because theyre talking about human beings. You know one person. So i think theres probably people in their lives whether its a gender line. If they know one homosexual person, if they know one gay person. Do they k
Host welcome to washington journal. If you happen to have one or many past here or present, we are interested in hearing from you about your political hero, if you have one. Heres how you can call in this morning. You can also tell us your thoughts on your political hero on twitter this morning, or our facebook page. You can also send us an email. It was in the light of mayor cuomo, that cbs posted quotes from many leaders. The new York Attorney general said this got us thinking about this idea of political heroes, and if you have one. Again, you can let us know who your political hero is. It can be a political a present day hero, or from the past. All we would ask is that you take the line that best represents you. If you would, please turn on your television when youre on the air, and tell us why that person is a political hero. To give you a little bit of background this was released by gallup. They look at problems in 2014, look at concerns about the top political problem. In the t