Dislocated from standard republican and partisan axes on those subjects. Are we fighting too Many American wars . What are the conservatives going to say about that . A panel today was moderated by republican congressman steve king of iowa. Yes, that steve king. But the real star of the discussion was republican congressman Louie Gohmert of texas. And this was his contribution to the question of do we fight too many wars . One of the things that we have heard over and over again since vietnam is, you know, well, we dont want to get in another unwinnable war like vietnam. Im not going to debate the merits of whether we should or should not have gone to vietnam. But what i will tell you is, vietnam was winnable but people in washington decided we would not win it folks, when you hear people talk about the lesson of vietnam, it ought to be this. You dont send american men or women to harms way unless you are going to give them the authority and what they need to win and then bring them ho
in these huge factories. they make various small appliances. and as we were walking through this facility, seeing them work, the number of hours they worked per day. the pittance they earned, living in dormitories with little bathrooms at the end, ten rooms. and the rooms, they had 12 girls per room. three bunk beds on top of each other. so you hear him talking about that and going on to in effect praise this as a way of doing business. he kind of got like a jazzed-up feeling about it. he seemed like it was a good idea. the business analyst in him saw the profit in that. i think they see people as a percentage. i think they see them as a line item. and i think those girls i don t know how you can walk through a factory like that he starts it by saying these young girls all waiting to be married. and that told me something too. i think what else are girls doing but waiting to be married? you know, and maybe in his world. later on, my friend charlie karn
married. and that told me something too. i think what else are girls doing but waiting to be married? you know, and maybe in his world. later on, my friend charlie karn began sent people into the factory to document the conditions and it was horrendous. it really was. and i don t know how any person with a conscience could walk in there and get a good feeling and say, you know, this is the business model i want to take. this is going to make me a couple more million dollars and that was wonderful. and then hop on your private plane and leave. you know. i just i don t know also knowing those jobs were taken from american workers. and i just couldn t believe he would be actually bragging about it at a you know, while running for president. i guess if you can go take advantage of people overseas, i suppose you can get away with it. but just because you can get away with it doesn t mean it s right. and especially if you re running for president, i think we need somebody better than t
0 discussed by republicans today at cpac. how does the republican party rebrand itself? they think all we care about are tax breaks for the wealthy. and rebuild itself. the conservative political action conference. three days of power talk and positioning. what is latin for let the circus begin? we will persevere. the man who needs no introduction. real peace comes from the marine corps, not the peace corps. how in the world did he lose his job? this government is completely out of control. followed by rand paul. it s a bird. it s a plane! people are very, very excited about rand paul. monkeys, like humans, act crazy on meth. what kind of craziness is this? these are new, young faces on the scene. if you can t be sexy-crazy-mad, you can t get the attention. marco rubio. they re not free-loaders, they re not liberals. translation this has had an impact on our people. it s a little more communicatal than some of the other speakers. hard w