will see the other side spend more money than we ve ever seen on ads. and, you know, these aren t like positive ads, where they re putting out their plan, because they don t really have a plan. and the plan they ve got won t work. mitt romney is a truly relentless liar, but he is really just the inheriter of an old republican tradition of lying about democrats. 60 years ago, the last democratic presidential nominee from illinois, adlai stevenson, said this. if republicans will stop telling lies about the democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. joining me now for more truth about the republicans, robert reich, former labor secretary under president clinton, now a professor of economics at the university of california berkeley, and author of the book, beyond outrage, which will be in stores next week, and
and the plan they ve got won t work. mitt romney is a truly relentless liar, but he is really just the inheriter of an old republican tradition of lying about democrats. 60 years ago, the last democratic presidential nominee from illinois, adlai stevenson, said this. if republicans will stop telling lies about the democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. joining me now for more truth about the republicans, robert reich, former labor secretary under president clinton, now a professor of economics at the university of california berkeley, and author of the book, beyond outrage, which will be in stores next week, and jared bernstein, a senior fellow on the center of budget and policy priorities, and an msnbc contributor. he is the former chief economist to vice president biden. robert reich, adlai stevenson s old words could not be more
you claim mitt romney lying and your own candidate is not telling the truth repeatedly. he lies repeatedly. newt also complained about ronald reagan wanting to raise taxes in 1982. when newt was complaining. ronald reagan was a great president. his legacy holds. it s slightly false to claim to be the sole inheriter. he didn t say that, nancy reagan said that. it s on video. you can watch it yourself. i ve seen the video. she refers to mr. gingrich and members of congress, as you know. let s move on for a moment. who he was leading the republicans in the congress.
mississippi was no big deal and kind of fun and conservative citizens councils kept everything peaceful in mississippi. if you are not a political insider, the idea of haley barbour being elected president is like the idea of boss hogg elected home coming king. it just doesn t seem doable. insiders really thought that barbour might be the guy for the republican party this year. former chair of the party, well liked and establishment and big money guys inside the party and people in the know thought this guy was the establishment choice. when he said he decided not run in april of this year, who was the establishment going to support instead of him? apparently that support went to mitch daniels. sure, he was to george w. bush s budget office that michael brown was to fema and very, very small and confusing politics but what it seemed like to the republican insiders, mitch daniels was the inheriter of the money and
barbour being elected president is like the idea of boss hogg elected home coming king. it just doesn t seem doable. insiders really thought that barbour might be the guy for the republican party this year. former chair of the party, well liked and establishment and big money guys inside the party and people in the know thought this guy was the establishment choice. when he said he decided not run in april of this year, who was the establishment going to support instead of him? apparently that support went to mitch daniels. sure, he was to george w. bush s budget office that michael brown was to fema and very, very small and confusing politics but what it seemed like to the republican insiders, mitch daniels was the inheriter of the money and attention and support after haley barbour decided to pass. but in may, he passed. no barbour, no daniels. where s the establishment support going to go now?