here he is. and john, i want your reaction to this, too. one of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. it s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can t afford it. now, the american people, if you put it to them, about socialized medicine, and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it. well, we got a poll out that shows an nbc wall street journal poll that says that cutting medicare look at it, to could you tell medicare to deal with the budget cries he is he is is a downer 3-1. john, i just don t get this game they re playing. why are they thinking they get away with killing medicare, which is so popular with people, and not pay the price for it in the next election? well, chris, first of all, let s acknowledge that there is a big difference between cutting
but the remember 88, bob dole was from neighboring kansas, the fight was over second, between the sitting president of the united states, george h.w. bush and pat robertson, a televangelist, and robertson crushed bush. and i remember being at robertson s election headquarters that night and saying if pat robertson can do that well in the republican iowa caucuses, anyone can. but the republican party today, john, you know as much as i do about politics, both of you, but you know the republican party is a lot more like pat robertson today than bob dole. yes. she is the favorite to win those caucuses. now, don t mistake me. she is not going to win the nomination. don t be sure. she ll burn out. bachmann has said a lot of things that i think are provably inaccurate, like lexington and concord are in new hampshire,
it s mostly provider waste fraud and abuse. yes, there is. i just think every time a check is written to pay for medicare it goes to a dock or a nurse or somebody who works at a hospital. and by the way i think they re good people. john heilmann, keep up that rodney dangerfield thing. i love it. it speaks millions. i love it. when you espresso owe what s the right word, disdain. disdain anyone, chris. no one. just impure thoughts. up next, newt gingrich does it again. now he s trying to criminalize president obama s election. he s calling on al capone, chicago gangster. now he s calling him a gangster. newt gingrich will say anything to get some attention. the sideshow, where it belongs, where he belongs, back in a minute. [ woman ] welcome back, jogging stroller.
20, yeah. 22. that s more kids than newt has got wives. i think that will play really, really well in iowa. you know, you and i were out there in 1988. the meat locker. the coldest place in america in january. but the remember 88 bob dole, the fight was over second, between the sitting president of the united states, george h.w. bush and pat robertson, a tele advantagist and robertson crushed bush. and i remember being at headquarters that night and saying if pat robertson can do that well in the republican iowa caucuses, anyone can. but the republican party today, john, you know as much as i do about politics, both of you. but you know the republican party is a lot more pat robertson today than bob dole. yes. she is the favorite to win those caucuses. now, don t mistake me. she is not going to win the nomination. don t be sure. she ll burn out.
we take $78 billion out of pentagon spending and apply it to deficit reduction. we believe we should not be doing a big tax increase. we are doing revenue-neutral tax reform. the heritage foundation ran a good model on our plan and it shows we have another $1.5 trillion of economic growth. not nearly a million new jobs created next year alone brings unemployment down to 4% by 2015. $1,000 per year on average in extra family income as a result of this plan. so, what we re trying to do in this budget is set the table to get all parties to come together to fix and save social security. he must have talked for the whole three hours of morning joe. joining me now is democratic congresswoman jan schakowski of wisconsin and john heilmann. heilmann, i think you are doing a rodney dangerfield with your neck there, trying to get your collar loose, listening to that diatribe. i wonder why the president is not being tough enough. and i usually don t say this. basically what ryan is doing is wh