0 and, of course, listen, we ve had 14 years since columbine to ask that question over and over again. why did that happen? why has every other school shooting across the country happened? why did aurora happen? and, of course, there is no one simple answer, is there? there are a whole variety of answers, and oftentimes it depends on who you re talking to, and what their particular position is on everything from mental health issues to gun rights, to what have you. but i ll just tell you, it s sickening. and as i was sitting here preparing to go on the air and listening to our kusa coverage, the station in denver, i was getting just choked up. because this you know, if this weren t happening where my kids go to school right now in this area, metro washington, d.c., there s no school that is closer to my heart than this one and i was getting choked up watching this. in addition to what i told you about how the active shooter response team from the arapaho county sheriff s department h
0 that. it s a republican idea as we all know going back to 1994. but the people want to give it a chance. that number is going to improve. so the people that hate it and dump on it now would have dumped on the idea if it worked beautifully in rollout. the obama care affordable care act has hit the high water mark in terms of opposition. because it had the terrible rollout. you had, you know but even that 55% are rooting for it. it was always like a 45/45 proposition for the last two years. the polls never really change a lot. now every day we go forward, it s going to get closer to working. plus all these benefits that have kicked in that they never want to talk about. we talked about kids under e age of 26 being on policies of their parents. you know, refunds for premiums that are too high. all that stuff is kicking in and it s basically taking root. which is why republicans hate that. i think they re going to back away from the repeal talk. because repeal now means taking
0 war on iraq. john kerry, he opposed the war. you know, always conflate things together. in this case what they re doing is conflating the troubles of the rollout with the idea of having a national health care plan. the very purpose of it. and what they always do now in the news the last couple weeks is say the thing s a disaster, it s no good. no that doesn t fit with the rollout. it could be very good and have a bad rollout. exactly. what they do with that conflating is they re not talking to the middle of america. they re not talking to the middle american who may have been against this at the start, chris. but now that it s there and now the supreme court said it s constitutional and it s in place, they do want to give it a chance. they re talking to their base as they always do. why does their base hate it as a concept? they ve been sold on the idea it s socialism and this and that. it s a republican idea as we all know going back to 1994. but the people want to give it a c
0 profitable than at any other time in american history. but american wages are depressed lower than any other time in history. and there s something that s immoral about that. no doubt about it. you know, richard, a group of conservative lawmakers in the house are pushing a new government funding bill that would cut $20 billion from medicaid and transfer it to the pentagon. yeah. reverend, i remember a republican not so long ago who disagreed with past republicans because they wanted to in his words, balance the budgets on the backs of the poor. and he had a whole brand of compassionate conservatism. that was actually george w. bush. the british prime minister today david cameron has kind of modeled himself on something similar. i think it s hard for republicans to do anything than speak to their base with this harsh rhetoric. they are much better off having a principled approach on how minds, richard, i mean, you wonder what they re talking about. do they really believe that what
they were unworthy of anyone who would claim to have an interest in politics. and they have brought shame upon my friends and colleagues at this network, none of whom were responsible for the things that i said. and at a place where we try every day to elevate political discourse and to focus on issues that matter to all of us. in the battle of ideas, america leads the world in whole hearted discussions and disagreements. and these arguments can be heard on a daily basis. but what i did on friday had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with that great tradition. and i am deeply sorry. upon reflection, i so wish that i had been more thoughtful, more considerate, more compassionate. but i was not. and what i said is now a matter of public record. but if i could add something to the public record, it would be this. that i deeply regret what i said, and that i have learned a sober lesson in these last few days. that the politics of vitt re oil and destruction is a miserable place