center left and the left? well, sure. and i m kind of proud of it because actually reading jonathan s piece he says that there s really nothing very unusual about the situation for president obama. this is what we do, and we ve done it going back to fdr, even though we think of him as a great here osh. the left was sometimes disappointed. you know what, we were right to be disappointed. it was unfortunate social security didn t mostly cover black people because he compromised with the dixiecrats. it was unfortunate he eased up on stimulus in 1937, and we went back into the depression. if we look at jfk who we both love as irish catholics, he did try for a long time to balance the party and see if he could hold on to those southern democrats. he didn t move as fast as dr. king wanted. should we say dr. king should have said you know what, he s doing the best he can. let s just call off that man on washington, and no, we with never say that, and the same with clinton and carter.
and i m kind of proud of it because actually reading jonathan s piece he says that there s really nothing very unusual about the situation for president obama. this is what we do, and we ve done it going back to fdr, even though we think of him as a great here osh. the left was sometimes disappointed. you know what, we were right to be disappointed. it was unfortunate social security didn t mostly cover black people because he compromised with the dixiecrats. it wau fortunate he eased up on stimulus in 1937, and we went back into the depression. if we look at jfk who we both love as irish catholics, he did try for a long time to balance the party and see if he could hold on to those southern democrats. he didn t move as fast as dr. king wanted. should we say dr. king should have said you know what, he s doing the best he can. let s just call off that man on washington, and no, we with never say that, and the same with clinton and carter. we push for values and we push for inclusion. an
and have a right to kill or capture enemy combatants trumps the fact that one or another of those combatants might have u.s. personhood wrapped around them. reporter: and the former ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee is in too, but she wants the administration to be transparent about its legal justification for killing an american without due process. i believe there is a good case. imminent threat beyond our ability to arrest him, the authorization to use military force against al qaeda. he was explicit with al qaeda. but i think the justice department should release that memo. reporter: in fact, two americans were killed in the u.s. attack. the target, anwar al awlaki, a master recruiter linked to several plots against the u.s., including the ft. hood shootings, and an al qaeda propagandist. something eats that the dick cheney, something president obama said in cairo in divine about the u.s. reaction to the 9/11 attacks. the fear and anger that it
threatened that there would be hundreds of thousands of people. he said, you find the enemy of collective bargaining, of public education, and you will find reactionary republicans, and you will find dixiecrats in his day, and today it s tea partiers. we the liberals will join you in madison. the line has been drawn in madison. if cnn and all these other networks won t cover it, we should take our microphones, our prestige and we ought to join you there. because let me tell you something, this is about president obama, and i ll say this finally, and that is, president obama, you must support these workers the way that you supported the protesters in cairo. there s no if, ands, buts about it. it s very interesting that
randolph, and the reason that he threatened that there would be hundreds of thousands of people. he said, you find the enemy of collective bargaining, of public education, and you will find reactionary republicans, and you will find dixiecrats in his day, and today it s tea partiers. we the liberals will join you in madison. the line has been drawn in madison. if cnn and all these other networks won t cover it, we should take our microphones, our prestige and we ought to join you there. because let me tell you something, this is about president obama, and i ll say this finally, and that is, president obama, you must support these workers the way that you supported the protesters in cairo. there s no if, ands, buts about it. it s very interesting that