including hezbollah, that s a systemic problem. real quick, 15 seconds, are the taliban our enemy? taliban are actually the real enemy because they are the ones to occupy afghanistan and pakistan, not the few hundred of al-qaida. they are the strategic enemy. ok. i think you differ with the vice president. you are the middle eastern terrorist expert. thanks so much and good luck with the confrontation. thank you. that s your new book. eric holder thinks race might be the reason he s being attacked. is that a fair argument? former congressman j.c. watt says he faced similar criticism. his thoughts when we come back. plus, it s every parent s dream. no more crying! how this cat found a way to put babies to sleep. nice!
that can that will be willing to do the heavy lifting to get us to where we all want to be as a nation. and i think newt fits this profile and today, i m formally announcing my support for newt gingrich. thank you for doing it on fox & friends. i know you re going to be campaigning for him in d.c. the next couple of days but then on the 30th, folks, j.c. watts is going to be watching his son as a running back at the university of tulsa in a big football game. good luck to you. merry christmas. bring on the gretchen, bring on the turkey and dressing and the bowl games! i m looking forward to it myself. great to see you, congressman. thanks for having me on. all right. well, do you remember this? cameras catch an unmanned cart plowing through people on the football field? that is until the coach stepped in to save the day. you re going to meet him next. and it s being called a snub to our nation s bravest soldiers. some lawmakers say spending cuts should include spendin
the president because of the way i can be identified with him both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we re both african-american. joining me now to weigh in is former oklahoma republican congressman j.c. watts and says he faced similar criticism. good morning to you, congressman. good morning, how are you? i love how you said hello to my in the break, j.c. and g.c., hello. that s right. he s playing the race card, is he right in doing that? i don t think there s any political figure in the country that thinks that criticism is fair. i mean, we all have been under the gun like that and, you know, we ve all questioned it. i myself, i ve been criticized by, you know, members on the left or, you know, elected officials on the left that, you know, i ve often questioned their motives but you can t change what you can t see. i can t see their hearts.
reason you re joining us this morning, you re about to endorse a g.o.p. candidate for president. who is j.c. watts going to endorse today? i m still trying to figure no. no, i m going to throw whatever influence, however big, however small, i m going to throw it behind newt gingrich. newt is a friend. he has been a friend. and he asked me and, you know, gretchen, when you consider where we are today and you think about the good, old days of balanced budgets and entitlement reform and paying down our national debt, getting tax relief as a republican majority, newt gingrich was the speaker. we haven t seen things like that in the last 13 years. i m not looking for a candidate that s perfect. that s not flawed. all of them are flawed and those that s not to think they re not flawed, that s their flaw! i m looking for somebody i like that.
launched his career with the false claim that the first african-american president was not born in the united states. you are not allowed to be a president if you are not born in this state the white house was unable to unwilling to provide a guest right down in the press secretary. one republican who is willing to talk is jc watt. thank you for joining me. thank you for having me back. why is it easy for you to come out. you are here this morning. why do you think so many of your former colleagues who currently are the leaders of the republican party are hesitant? well, chuck, i said earlier in the week that i am not concerned of what others are