veterans and wrap themselves in the flag but were they on the? well, ed, you re quite right. we introduced a bill a couple of months agoed that the support of the american legion, the vfw and virtually every major veterans organization in this country, it would have helped significantly veterans in terms of education, in terms of health care, in terms of employment, it would have helped their families. i was really surprised and very disappointed that when we brought it to the floor, we had all of two republicans who were supporting it. right now we re working on another piece of legislation. i just spent part of the morning talking with senator mccain. we re trying to see if we can get an agreement right nowing that win widespread support. does the gop want to privatize the va? that s a very, very good question. and there is no doubt that some of them certainly do. if you are the party that wants to end medicare as we know it
joni wants to be the first iowaian congresswoman to be elected when all she s doing is marching around in the same old white male conservative policies the gop has to offer? they did their 2012 autopsy. they ve done their 2013 autopsy as a party. they can t get it right. they can t appeal the minorities and women. if she cared so much about children and talks about protecting the lives of the unborn what about the 16% of iowian children that live in poverty and half of those live with working poor parents? what will she do about those kids. the children with birth certificates out in this world. all pandering. she s not going to speak to iowian women. this whole pistol in the burst, i guess she wants to join her conservative sister and leslie cohen who s gun went off. this does not impress female voters. we want to hear about jobs and equal pay and children s education. we don t want you to hear about
earnst embraces privatizing social security and she s going right from the koch playbook. she wants to abolish the department of education and the environmental protection agency. industry s going to love that. the self-proclaimed farm girl said she would have voted against the farm bill? joni erns eechlt is an extremist. she may have won the support of some, maybe even sarah palin and the tea party. it may have won her the republican primary, but the question is, can she go on to win the general in a purple state like iowa? a state like iowa that s loaded with independence? an independent thinkers. joining me tonight on our rapid response panel. political tv host and sarah slayman, field director for the fort ben democratic party in ticks. great to have you both with us tonight. this is interesting because the standpoint that all of the