how big a deal is this that the democrats need to keep coming out and responding to this, or they just ignore it? what s the best way to go? well, ironically, you know, i don t think, obviously, the president or the white house should respond to it, because it s too crazy to deserve a response. but in terms of democrats or, you know, the grassroots, absolutely, they should respond to it. i mean, here s the fundamental problem, aside from it being absolutely crazy, it s just this anger and hatred towards the president. and the part that apparently these folks just, you know, don t want to comprehend or accept is the president is likable. the president is a person that the american people like and believe in. and so the notion that somehow you re going to question his, you know, his american bona fides or that he wasn t born here, i mean, it s this ten full brigade that doesn t even pass the laugh test. but i think you should respond to it, hit it back and hit it back hard. krystal,
americans and legally engaged in american activity and we re doing what we re supposed to do as americans, then we all count and we all matter. and i think that this message of trying to divide people based on, you know, all kind of factors that people like the congressman don t want to actually say. he doesn t really want to say he was caught pandering to people s ugliest impulses, so he just hides behind that statement. but the reality is, is that it s divisive and he s trying to divide americans and therefore distract americans. but i think bernie s right. we ve got to take this thing forward. we can t just counter what they say, we have to make an affirmative argument that we are together, we are americans, we are proud of our country, and that we re not going to throw anybody under the bus. but congressman, isn t it hard to get together? look at it from their perspective. it s hard, but we ve got to do it. but if they think that the president is not american, if they think t
passed a bill, a bill 1307, i think it was called, that these distressed districts, like our district, they can come in and take over the union, take away our collective bargaining rights, and set our salaries for what they want to balance their budget. well, it s just ridiculous. i mean, they devalue unions. what happens to the middle class? the middle class wages go down. they devalued unions, who are they after? they re after the teachers. but who suffers? our kids suffer. so what we re seeing here is this country that used to believe in immigration, that used to believe in equality and education, we seem to be getting away from that, don t we? because the poorer school districts are not being resourced, because all of these republican governors want to fix their budget, and oh, by the way, we might as well turn it into charter schools and make a profit out of the deal, and help our private boys out. what about that? sure, we re going to turn the schools into charter. then what
americans. i think we ve got to talk about how we as americans, all colors, all cultures of faith, no matter when we got here, if we are americans and legally engaged in american activity and we re doing what we re supposed to do as americans, then we all count and we all matter. and i think that this message of trying to divide people based on, you know, all kind of factors that people like the congressman don t want to actually say. he doesn t really want to say he was caught pandering to people s ugliest impulses, so he just hides behind that statement. but the reality is, is that it s divisive and he s trying to divide americans and therefore distract americans. but i think bernie s right. we ve got to take this thing forward. we can t just counter what they say, we have to make an affirmative argument that we are together, we are americans, we are proud of our country, and that we re not going to throw anybody under the bus. but congressman, isn t it hard to get together? look a
the gop can t run away from this pattern. the latest example comes from congressman mike coffman in colorado. coffman presents himself as a moderate republican. but earlier this month, he told conservative fund-raisers what he thought about president obama. i don t know whether barack obama was born in the united states or not. i don t know that. but i do know this that in his heart, he s not an american. he s just not an american. in his heart, he s not an american. coffman didn t know he was being recorded. four days later, he released this statement. i misspoke. i apologize. i have confidence in president obama s citizenship and legitimacy as president of the united states. i don t believe the president shares my belief in american exceptionalism. exceptionalism? don t you have to have the facts to be exceptional? or that s gone too? oh, he misspoke. how do you misspeak when you say, i do know this he s not an american ?