0 but in the middle of it, when you re pursuing a war at the same time and one that is very controversial with the american people, and has been very difficult on our military, i think it s just a disservice, to be frank with you. eric, in both of those sound bites, you don t have former administration officials disputing the accounts in the book, what actually happened. they re just expressing disappointment. did that surprise you at all? i m not sure. i don t think gates is going to lie about any of the accounts. he literally, on the one where he said president obama and hillary clinton discussed what they were going to do or their opinions on troop surges or pulling back troops based on politics, i found that mind-boggle, mind-blowing our kids are getting blown up by roadside bombs and this is politics. that s a story? one thing when you re spending money and redistributing wealth, but it s another when you re sending our kids into harm s way. overreaching theory, principle,
0 thing that, what brit said was, why didn t you say something about it? where is the courage to stand up and say this is wrong? he didability have the guts to do it then. i don t think it s about bravery or guts. i think it was about respect. one of the things he says is he was so surprised as he was sitting there in the oval office and obama or it might have been, i don t know if it was the oval os, but in a white house meeting, that both obama and hillary clinton are talking about very openly how they made political decisions to oppose president bush s surge strategy in 2008. maybe you can paper that over as oh, well, that s politics, but people who oppose hillary clinton say that s one of the reason s judgment wise they dont think she s fit to be commander in chief. it s an example of hillary putting politics before people. politics to hillary is the way women are to her husband. she can t turn down an opportunity to score. and this was an opportunity to score. is that a re
0 honesty and trustworthiness, most americans don t trust their president. how many of you think the president is honest and trustworthy? how many of you don t? why? because he, like many other politicians, have said one thing and done another. and that is one thing indicative of this generation is that they can t stand people who are inauthentic in positions of power. they grew up in a culture where 9/11 happened in adolescence. we ve had dream after dream kind of crushed. we re tired of looking at politicians and hear them say one thing and lead us down the road with the high hopes and then nothing comes through. so my generation, our generation, millennials, we want to see someone get something done and be honest. i think that s why they re now you re a democrat. look at this big change around, people are disappointed, they feel disenfranchised. look at those numbers. do you know somebody that went to college, did all the right things and then had to move home in mommy and dad
0 in mommy and daddy s basement? i think we all do, yeah. has anyone here had to experience that? be honest, don t be ashamed. you ve done that. out of law school. out of law school. but this is the thing. where people will agree with me. this myth if you go to school and that equates to financial stability for the rest of your life. i left home at 18. trust me, i was not going back and they weren t taking me back. so this is your party, you believed in yes, we can and obama and change, change, change. i do think you make a great point that authenticity is one of the most important things for young people. we see so much spin. there s advertising at every turn. and we look to our look to the people governing for us and one of the things we really care about is it just more spin? or are they really going to fight for what they believe in? when barack obama said if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. and now we discovered he knew better did he lie? i don t thi
0 at the other issues in 2012, they voted for 60, 37 why are you laughing? i m not laughing. i m familiar with these numbers. what has changed? he s actually in office. those polls are looking at projections and they re looking at possibilities. but now he is in office and i think it s no surprise, i don t think anyone here would disagree with the fact that the president has proven himself to be a better campaigner that he s been able to govern. but i also say that s a pretty fair assessment. yes. that s the truth. but it s much more challenging to govern if, particularly when you have a congress that s in complete and total obstruction of everything you put forward. he had the senate. he had the house. what was his excuse then? that s not an excuse, it s fact. didn t he get a stimulus passed? didn t he get the stimulus. he got his health care bill passed without a single, right? here s one thing i think, the latest polls that came out showed that on the issue of