line of liberals. i did tem you this is the reason i always vote democratic. tell you that? tell you again. my father took me to a voting booth, civics lesson. he said if you pull down the democratic level, all good things happen to you. women, cars, money, jobs. what if i full republican lever? you re going to die. if i get near republican i can t do it. eric: what does a guy like you do on his birthday? greg: that is a modern commercial we saw in the presidential campaign. if you vote republican you ll die. andrea: what are you going to do for your birthday? bob: i m having a small party. andrea: oh. bob: you re not invited. dana: last night, too, you didn t go to greg s book party? bob: no, last night was an alcoholics anonymous thing i was doing. friends of mine are coming to visit me. dana: great. andrea: that is also anonymous. eric: can you make a birthday wish you won t make the producers use the buzzer anymore? bob: see, i ll take the heat on this. i
birthday. happy birthday, my man. andrea: birthday, bob! dana: happy birthday. bob: i had no idea it was happening. dana: i ll take the blame for the bleep earlier in the show as a birthday president. greg: it was you who said it. it s not a swear word. it was racist. [ laughter ] bob: it wasn t racist. it was close. let me say something about birthdays now that i turned 40 year. 40 is hard. greg: dog years. andrea: blow them out. it s making me nervous. dana: nice! bob: whoa! andrea: make wish. bob: that there were no more republicans. greg: the cake just got hepatitis. dana: then your show would disappear. eric: turn on sprinklers in the studio. bob: let me say thank you very much. you probably know i m slightly older at the people at the table, probably collectively. which is why i bring so much wisdom to the show. dana: yes. wisdom. bob: at my age, i ll still a liberal.
mitt. that is what it was. andrea: huntsman speaks mandarin chinese. he could translate the bill. eric: you agree with romney at the end of the statement, right? am i getting that? bob: you agree with that, you are talking about every social security and medicare recipient, on the dole and freeloaders. greg: i m talking about appealing to constituencies, young people, they are now on their parents plan. that is what i m talking about. bob: this is about policy and politics. that is part of what goes on. you appeal to the military. greg: we don t give them free things. bob: you don t give them free things? greg: we try to win them with values. eric: two guys district not wit greg: not with the iphone. andrea: i think romney hit the nail on the head, but i don t think he should have said it. i don t think romney should talk about why he lost. leave it to others to make comments like that. what he said is absolutely
that. as a result, this became a contest between personalities and chicago loves that. eric: here is where i am. i ll throw it out there quickly. i think the republicans need to focus their attention. some people may be too far right and some may be close to the center for you. pick a lane, republicans. get behind someone and win an election. this infighting is no good for me. greg: i kind of disagree. this is called a hate fact. it s a fact that people hate. this is how obama won. however, you do have to go after every vote. but you have to play the game they do. that is what the argument is about. even loves santa claus on christmas morning but no one wants the credit card in january. until that bill is due, which will probably come in mandarin the cool guy will win. it was a contest between two personalities. the generous cool guy who doesn t have the bill and the stingy white stiff, that is
oaf their team. congressman clyburn had this to say about susan rice. senator? no a congressman. take it away. something about susan rice, i have a real, real problem with my senior senator trying to make her a scapegoat in this. i think it s a shame for this young lady whose roots are deep in south carolina soil to get this about my senior senator who i consider a good friend. let s talk about the motive here. why the hos silty to a young public servant? the young african-american woman i ll say. greg: all right. now we have race in the picture. i always think sometimes i m happy to see the race card because it means it s proof we might get closer to the truth. andrea: i think everyone goes uggghh. i don t think the story line