top reactions from the political right that i think you used the right word, they re very politically stupid. it s not just the abortion comment you asked david about. it s the repeated attacks on the victims of newtown and their families. for trying to stop the kind of tragedies from occurring to other families. it s the attack on the president s daughters. it s this suggestion that martin luther king would have been for arming the citizens when, in fact, martin luther king said we should fight back after his house was bombed with christian love and not with guns. these are the silly comments that i think are the basis for a very strong political movement in favor of gun legislation. you know, when we look back at what happened on marriage equality, on immigration, the politics on these issues changed very, very quickly because politicians saw that the politics of being on the wrong side of those issues were not good politics. here what i think is going to happen in the near future, w
stockman. he s republican lawmakerses who unerring sense of decorum allowed him to invite ted nugent to his address. today he tweeted out this bumper sticker for his campaign next year. it said if babies had gun, they wouldn t be aborted. so is that the new slogan, larry? a chicken in every pot? a bushmaster for every baby? hello? hello, larry. i m sorry. i lost audio. did you hear what i said? i quoted the great steve stockman and his magnificent new bumper sticker that said the if babies had guns, they wouldn t be aborted. oh, dear. okay. don t worry. mr. ward, are you still with us? okay. david, what s your reaction to that kind of a statement by steve stockman? well, look, i think what it actually shows is that our politics are becoming more polarized and you see now
you call me crazy? he left the smaller capacity magazines at home. there s no evidence anything would have changed. guns everywhere. reminds me of the clowns at the circus. somebody else s community until one day you wake up and it s not. it s play acting. it s naked exploitation. we don t need to fix something that doesn t need fixing. to make a blanket commitment would be irresponsible on my part. what are we afraid of? hydeia pendleton was me. my child is gone. i, myself, bought extra guns, extra ammo. we want a vote! sadly, taking advantage of the horrific tragedy. the whole thing is grotesque. let s get right to our panel now. joining us is larry ward, chairman of gun appreciation day. democratic strategist julian epstein. and david seroto, author of back to our future. thank you, all. larry, i m sure you re aware of a texas congressman named steve
organize, make him do it, isn t that what david is saying? we ve got the most important fights coming, i don t want him to buckle on social security. shouldn t be challenge him? but you don t kill him in the process. so how do you do it then? well, intelligently. i hope so. i hope so. i think we re arguing over what would be the intelligent way to do it. guy,ist been a good conversation. i think we re all on the same side. i just don t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater and end up with something far worse. of course, joe, everybody agrees with that. nobody is saying, yeah, and hence go vote for a republican. how would that make any sense? that wouldn t make any sense at all. the question is how do you help the president by effectively challenging them tube more progressive. you do challenge, but if you think that people will go vote for republican, the problem is they won t go vote at all.
and i think what i heard the president just say, make me do what you want me to do. but, david, if they re going to do that, doesn t that mean they have to pressure the president and put some real be tough with him. how do you make someone do something unless you re tough with them. that s the question. i think the problem for the left is so many people on the left in our red versus blue country, are organized not necessarily around an agenda, but around an individual, and the same got for the right under george bush, we on the progressive left, in the progressive 3406789, too many people are organized after what president obama does and says is great, just like the right was organize the your point is exactly the right point, that if we want a different list, that list that you just showed up there of a new war, of spenting cuts aimed at medicare, of new bush tax cuts, of extending the