is because a guy named eric canter was just thrown out of congress. eric kanter, the highest ranking jewish republican ever in congress. at the time he had to leave congress, he was the only jewish republican in either the house or the senate. he was thrown out of congress by his own party. and the only jewish republican in either house of congress will now be replaced in his leadership position by david duke without the baggage. if you want david duke s oen take and i ll add mit, i m sure sure you do, but he calls this the steve skalise lynching. a textbook example of how these zio-media lies. in case you re not up on your white supremist lingo would be a catch-all phrase for anything
1993. he got 41% of the vote in the u.s. senate race. in 1991, he ran for governor of louisiana and won. david duke doing so well, didn t just get a ton of louisiana attention, it got all sorts of national republican figures involved in louisiana politics. who had nothing to do with the state. got involved by endorsing david duke s opponents so david duke wouldn t be seen as the face of the republican party in louisiana. david duke was a very big deal at this time. he was a very famous guy and a very big deal in republican politics in that state and, indeed, around the country because of it. david duke was a clan leader who had just won office and was trying to win even bigger offices and he was doing very, very well in his efforts. he was not a secret. in 1998, he ran for congress. david bitter very narrowly beat
the whip and out in front. and, you know again, it s a big part of being leadership. it is kind of tough to go to people and ask for money when you ve got a david duke albatross hanging around your neck. it doesn t sound good in any language, no matter how you said that. john stem john thank you very much: i appreciate you being here. good to be here. i will say, david duke anybody in the news business knows, is one of those sort of fringe guys that really thrives on publicity. i think he has never not returned a press call. the press is what is his life blood. i don t know if there is congress that david duke might release more names but this is a guy who loves to be in the news, who loves to have his name out there. if he can do that by drip, drip dripping more names out there in response to the way skalise is being treated, i m sure he will. this story is not over by a long shot. we ll be right back.
decisions about your own health. and while opportunities for women have grown exponentially over the last 30 years, as young people in many ways you have it even tougher than we did. this recession has been more brutal. the job loss ans steeper. politics seems nastier, congress more xwrid locked than ever. some folks in the financial world have not exactly been the model of corporate citizens. no wonder that faith in our institutions has never been lower. particularly when good news doesn t get the same kind of ratings as bad news anymore. every day, you receive a steady stream of sensationalism and scandal and stories with a message that suggest change is impossible.
i think of a friend of mine who is the daughter of immigrants. when she was in high school, her guidance counselor told her you know what? you re just not college material. you should think about becoming a secretary. well, she was stubborn so she went to college anyway. she got her masters, ran for local office, won, ran for state osts, she won, she ran for congress, she won. and lo and behold, hilda solis did end up becoming a secretary. she is america s secretary of labor. so think about what that means to a young latina gifrl when she sees a cabinet secretary that looks like her. think about what it means to a young girl in iowa when she sees