we could cherry pick the situations but that is not what this is about. let me tell you what this is about. in football we have a strategy and approach to solve problems. we come to the line of scrimmage of the circumstances. we identify the threats, call plays to give us the best chance to succeed against the threats and we execute the play. the problem here is we have not identified with the problem is. it s not disrespecting the flag or the anthem. it s the coopting of a message. colin kaepernick was protecting something that had nothing to do with the flag. sean: you didn t answer any question. you are in afghanistan, you are fighting and you may die fighting under that flag. you are watching the nfl, and they are kneeling for the national anthem while the flag is flying but they will stand for god save the queen. what are you thinking if you are in afghanistan? sean, this is going to sound like i m protecting gregory colin kaepernick. i m card-carrying
clergy. i want to go to you on this. because that is sort of the question. you have the republican party bring in starting with southern strategy, this idea of coopting what used to be southern democrats who objected to lyndon johnson s moves on civil rights or objected to the idea of desegregation and sort of courting them and saying there s a silent majority that s for law and order and softer language targeting people and we know there s a reaction against the immigration and naturalization act of 1965 and pulled certain elements of the democratic party into the gop. did breitbart do something substantially new in terms of what that entity and entities like it brought to the table? i think what they brought to the table was for the first time in the 21st century in a digital era, they brought together a congregating central platform to unite all of these voices, racist voices, and channel them and direct them and focus them
with. he has more chances he can take on bring legislation to the floor. i think there is going to be more cooperation in some areas. but there s not going to be any coopting here. i think that the president and i know the democratic caucus will not budge when it comes to the affordable care act. i think on immigration we have we ll pursue. we would lot of to see the republicans come to a good place on immigration. and i know they probably will come early on. i think it will be first out of the box with the keystone xl pipeline.
the distinction is an ideological, just this positional and tactical. what it means is that you are willing to violate these norms and do this legislative quietism. that has been defeated. what is your feeling about the narrative or what it means in 2014 at this moment to beat 80 party candidate? i have decided who is a tea party establishment by looking at the door roles. if you are backing is coming in from the club for growth or senate conservatives fund, i used tea party after the other guys come in from lobbying firms, the chamber of commerce. this is where the some of the coopting is coming in different ways. jeff kingston was the candidate in georgia. he opposed the bailout. jacking stunt opposed the export, import bank. now they look and they are reaching out to a guy who is
coopting is coming in different ways. jeff kingston was the candidate in georgia. he opposed the bailout. jacking stunt opposed the export, import bank. now they look and they are reaching out to a guy who is against him 25% of the time, against the chamber of commerce to the right 25% of the time. are you for free markets or corporate welfare? that is a dividing line that does still exist. there is something about that that you have been covering very closely that provides an interesting ideological line of who lines up in which way. the different thing i keep coming back to is, it s the conservative base at the end of the day. this was really interesting. the national review highlighted the fact that the immigration restriction recently issued a