democratic congressman alan grayson now running again for florida s ninth district. congress man, thanks for joining me. as always, florida will be close this year. could the medicare issue make the difference? absolutely. we do have a few senior citizens in florida, you may have heard that. in fact, seniors are learning more and more about exactly how bad the ryan plan will be for them. i think ryan also has a sense of humor. his plan is a joke and the joke is on all of us. i think that all of us hope one day that if we re not already getting medicare, we will be. and we don t want to pay an extra $6500 a year to visit. the fundamental problem with his plan is right now seniors get care and what they want to do is substitute the care with a check that they know is not going to be enough for the care. it s some kind of scheme, some kind of game that they re playing on senior citizens. and it s a game of life and death. if they don t get the care they
the anti-abortion movement has so taken over the republican party now that they have turned the republican party s presidential nominating contest essentially into an anti-abortion primary. they might think that is good politics for them but leaves democrats wide open to lock up every pro choice vote in the country and then some. it seems like now they are finally trying to. joining us is alan grayson, represented florida s 8th district from 2009 to 2011. congressman grayson, it s nice to see you again. thanks for joining us. thank you. how central is rolling back abortion rights to what florida republicans are all about right now? i think it s quite central. our polling shows locally and this is true throughout the state, around 10% of the republican voters are strictly anti-choice vote. by the way, 10% of the democratic vote is a pro-choice vote, they are relatively equal. the difference is the republicans have nothing else going for them. if you ask the republicans what is y
have been suffering. this is a great day for democracy. what s next? we have to move from ainge tower answers. people want the occupy movement has blown the doors open. the rest of us, the 99% who have ideas and solutions like rebuild a dream.com, we ve got good ideas now and we ve got the opportunity to not just talk about the problems but also talk about solutions. congressman grayson, i think that we have seen any number of movements now from labor in wisconsin and ohio to the jobs march we did in the november around martin luther king s memorial, jobs and justice, occupy two months today. all of this must lead to real solution and answers as vance said and move to some action in the congress and the senate. how do we make that transition? well, the same way we did in the 60s. i m in my second half century like you, reverend, so i
great but don t be greedy. don t use your wealth to hurt the country. use your health to help the country. that s this movement. congressman, alan grayson, and van jones, thanks to both of you for your time. thank you very much for the opportunity. ahead, massachusetts mystery. a bombshell. a bombshell report on governor mitt romney s team. why did they completely destroy all e-mail? why did they literally buy their state issued computers? what is he trying to hide? the reporter who broke the story joins us next. plus it s desperation time. starting and twisting the truth to paint the president as anti-american. massive fact check tonight. and cheer up speaker boehner. it s your birthday. and i have some special gifts for you tonight. you re watching politician nation on msnbc.
theirs. congressman grayson, usually when you see success, you see there is reaction from the other side. i said before and showed before how it seems that mr. brown s supporters have overreacted. let me show you one heckler that went after miss warren and how she handled it. i think i saw you on television taking credit for the occupy wall street movement. i m very sorry to hear that you got out of work. i m also very sorry that the recent jobs bill that would have brought 22,000 jobs to massachusetts did not pass in the senate. i m so sorry. i ve been protesting what s been going on on wall street for a very long time. well, if you re the intellectual creator of that so-called party, you re a socialist whore.