he won t say anything other than he misspoke. his silence is bad. but the silence from the leaders of the republican party is deafening. last year house speaker john boehner was asked why he won t speak out against people who think the president isn t an american. boehner repeated the same thing over and over, just like congressman mike coffman. it s not job to tell the american people what to think. our job in washington is to listen to the american people. the american people have the right to think what they want to think. i can t it s not my job to tell them. it really is not our job to tell the american people what to believe and what to think. now boehner has a member of his caucus who says the president isn t an american and boehner is nowhere to be seen on this issue. where is rnc chairman reince priebus on this? he spent the last week saying president obama is engaged in dishonest attacks about bain capital. but he wouldn t say anything about the attacks from his own par
on it when it happens right in front of them. if you think that this strategy is going to be going away anytime soon, you better think again. have you noticed that the more success that the country has, the more success that president obama has, the more radical these people get? let me tell you about mr. coffman from colorado. he s not only a phony, he s a coward. to hide behind a statement like that and then to treat a reporter and not have the guts to answer the question speaks volumes of who this man is in the congress. and the people of that district ought to rethink the brains between this guy s ears before they send him back to congress. but the sad thing is, and there s some sick way about all of this, is that the republican party is going to prop this guy up to be some kind of a freaking hero. oh, he had the guts to come out and call obama what he is. he doesn t love america. that s how these head shakers think and that s how they raise their money. but this is who the republi
the same feelings about american exceptionalism that we do. now we can add congressman coffman to the hall of shame. where is the gop leadership to condemn it? joining me now is colorado state senator brandon shafer, thank you for being here tonight. thanks for having me on. what s your take on the congressman s comments? you know, i m offended, but unfortunately i m not surprised. you know? he was at an event with congressman gardener who happens to be a gentleman i m running against in the fourth congressional district, and congressman gardener in 2010 made similar comments questioning the president s patriotism and his citizenship. so it s not something that s
america is but one nation money many equals. the statement read as a marine, i believe america is unique and based on a core center of principals that make it superior to other nations. clearly he talks way to the right. moon walks back to the center when caught, but this kind of shrill talking is the thing that concerns many of us that we have going to go through a season of this going into this reelection campaign. senator, is your fear in colorado that people like coffman are going to get an audience? tell me, do you share my fear that we re going to have an ugly season here? well, let me start out by noting that i m also a navy veteran, and i don t think this is the example of leadership that i would like to portray for