me, it is quite obvious you should hold these positions and they re old and in the constitution, it s also a time to say good for mr. sensenbrenner, good for john boehner and john mccain who led this charge. this is something that comes up at different times in american history. the mccarthy hearings in large part related to a long list that was never actually released but a long list that was used to smear and put out innuendos about supposed communists in the state department. instead of communists, it s supposed muslims or practicing muslims or as sensenbrenner said it so well, none of our business. i think they hit the nail on the head. it will stop some of this. that s important because we can t put it aside and say we shouldn t be talking about it. once a member of congress lodges these serious allegations based on smears, based on bigotry or racism, it has to be stopped. mccarthyism 2.0 to be sure. grover norquist s wife is a
mccarthyism 2.0 to be sure. grover norquist s wife is a muslim. he responded to the algalgzs saying it s completely indefensible, there s nothing else to say. does it help when people have a personal experience with prejudice or have themselves been on the receiving end of a witch hunt? we know this as people of color or minorities who struggle against the main stream lack of a kind of person story and narrative, does this help? absolutely. look, there have been stories about for instance, elected officials even here in the state of new york who switched their vote on gay marriage because they had gay neighbors and their kids were being raised in a house of love. and we saw this on people who had one position on interrational couples until they had a half-white, half-black grand kid. it s really refreshing for once to see our politics united against hate for a change as opposed to united in hate. and i center to say, usually
it so well, none of our business. i think they hit the nail on the head. it will stop some of this. that s important because we can t put it aside and say we shouldn t be talking about it. once a member of congress lodges these serious allegations based on smears, based on bigotry or racism, it has to be stopped. mccarthyism 2.0 to be sure. grover norquist s wife is a muslim. he responded to the allegations saying it s completely indefensible, there s nothing else to say. does it, frankly, help when people have a personal experience with prejudice or themselves have been on the receiving end of a witch hunt, that they are much more empathetic? we know this as people of color or minorities who struggle against the main stream lack of a kind of personal story and narrative, does this help? absolutely. look, there have been stories about for instance, elected officials even here in the state of new york who switched their vote on gay marriage because they had gay neighbors and their k
latino targeted site by the campaign and this ad where he s saying i m going to put into place a long term and bipartisan solution. we see him wanting to get his toe in the door with the latino vote to gain a competitive advantage in states like new mexico, colorado and arizona where if he can gain a couple percentage points that could put it staunchly in his column. all right. they still see the advantage in making sure the voices are gone after and listened to in victoria, thanks. head over to the website for more on politics and culture. that s going to wrap it up for me. i ll see you tomorrow. until then follow me @thomasa roberts on twitter. will the poll numbers move? we ll discuss the battle between policy and person. plus mccarthyism 2.0.