i think the government s position ought to be straightforward most important to fix leaks anybody that can help fix the leak i m for. second, to keep the oil from the shores. the third most important thing to minimize the damage of the oil that reaches the shores. the forth most important thing today is to figure out who did what wrong and hold them accountable whether it was somebody in bp or in the u.s. government. i ll do that, but let s do one, two and three first. sean: the administration has done the opposite. first pointing fingers then talking about whose butt to kick. two months later focusing on the cleanup. joining me sandra smith and a fell project 21 guys welcome back. who would have thunk it. bill clinton has this right. bill clinton is saying what we ve been praying and hoping for president obama to say sit down give us a timeline, tell us your priorities show us emotion. we that out of president clinton. sean: he also suggested that we stop emoting. th
one last question to position you on the political spectrum. would you say you re a reagan republican? reagan conservative? are you a tea partier? are you a free market economist? a libertarian? which are you closest to? i would say that i m all of the above. ii have a volunteer that calls e ronald reagan in heels. that is the last word. i m not going on near it. sharron angle. republican candidate for the senate seed in nevada. thanks for joining us. thank you so much, stuart. stuart: hurricane alex turning into a monster. texas on high alert, the storm set to hit land within hours and a new threat. tornadoes. then, democrats about blaming republicans for blocking an extension of unemployment benefit. meet the democrat who voted against that extension. ifs are [ matt ashworth ] the things that make us americans
congress doesn t pass the supplemental bill. reporter: they will do everything to fund the wars. so it will create a chaotic situation at pentagon where they figure out where they can strip money from other programs to send it to war funding until congress can pass this authorizization. senator gates has been pushing congress to pass this as quickly as possible. patti ann: here comes alex. on the texas coast they are getting ready for a direct hit from the hurricanes and we are tracking this storm up to a minute. catching a cop killer. how police in florida are trying to find a man accused of gunning down two officers? tampa. everybody says america is the greatest country on earth and john stossel has the proof. he will be here next. [ matt ashworth ] the things that make us americans
leader, and he assailed the ohio republican for saying the wall street regulatory legislation is overreaction, killing an ant with a nuclear weapon. he compared the financial crisis to the ant, the financial crisis that led to the loss of nearly eight million jobs. he cannot be that out of touch. he said the president is in full campaign mode. he ought to act like a leader not like some child practicing partisan politics. the broad point, g.o.p. hostilities to wall street rules that were drafted in secret mark as dividing line for voters. this could be those in washington, dc who want the status quo but we want to move america forward. and they say wall street is overregulated but does in the change fannie mae and freddie mac which have receive $145 billion in taxpayer bailout and may need $250 billion more. there ising for with regard to fannie mae and freddie mac in the bill, and it goes far beyond anything that has to do with the real problems. it puts the
markets don t care about deficits but i do. i don t want to see my country go the way of greece and if you keep spending that s where we re headed. there s two things, our short term deficit we have as a result of our recession, that s the reason we have a deficit is because we have a great big ole recession. markets aren t concerned about that. even dennis hawks realize we have to spend in recession to generate recovery. what they re concerned about are long term structural deficits. you spent a trillion dollar, virtually a trillion dollars. it was a stimulus plan that did not work as advertised. now, it it has worked as advertised. did not. it did not keep the unemployment at 8%, it went to 10% and is rising. it did not work as advertised. now you want to spend some more money, and add to the deficit, a report from the cbo showed we re galloping towards a greeklike situation. with all due respect this is irresponsible. with all due respect your wrong on it not w