they want the american people to know it s not working. and so are 800,000 federal workers who have been furloughed. safety and security issues are now at hand. 72% of people who work in our intelligence agencies are home watching tv, reading a book, they re not at work. protecting us from the bad people around the world and there are lots of them. so can we come to the conclusion that republicans are putting our security at risk in an attempt to take away your health care? i would say that s beyond disturbing. we all know republicans, they can t stand government, they hate it, government shut down it s like christmas for them. christmas morning, yes, the tea party. take a listen to congresswoman michele bachmann. she can t get enough of it. the conservatives are going to work together to make sure that we can push back obama care. we re really very energized today. we re very strong.
right. you ve got post-traumatic stress disorder, war injuries from iraq and afghanistan, you ve got a lot of mental issues that these veterans need help. what s going to happen with the backlog? as you know, president obama has made that backlog a priority. in the last six months, ed, they have cut that backlog 33%, and now because they re shutting the government down, it s going to increase 1,000 veterans per day day after day after day after day. which is going to cost more money in the long run. the president pointed that out today. there s no saving of money with the shutdown. right, right. and i understand it s not a sexy photo-op for reince, but let me tell you something, it s going to affect our veterans lives. are you offended by reince priebus standing up there holding a check? i think it s disgusting, and i would love to tell it to him to his face because he knows better. he knows better and he still does this stunt, him and michele
they raises a lot of money. i think one cycle she raised $14 million. i m like are you kidding me? we ask why do we people say such crazy things on both extremes? cha-chink. it pays dividends in the long run. but here is the problem. you always have a short shelf life whether you re michele bachmann or allen west or people on the left have gone too far left. dennis kucinich. ich got to say this is why in, ron, you ve been there long enough and i think you ve been pretty tough on the president lately so maybe some people out there that would snap when i say this name and will actually stop and realize we actually are hold and we have around washington a long time and seen a lot of these flowers go up in may and burn out by june.
just trying to get of off the blame thing and into shakespear. we were in minnesota a week and a half ago and a lot of people talking about how she was in trouble then you ve got the investigation going on. and difficult for her to continue. you i think a number of things you re seeing happen with members of congress especially on the right these days? is that fair? a small group? you could say the same of the left but you take somebody like michele bachmann who says a lot of inflammatory things and she knows how to grab headlines. first of all, she grabs headlines and she also knows
opposed to bachmann. she didn t necessarily want to legislate as ron said. she has made all kinds of conflicting statement in her tenure in the house of representatives and the notion she is sort of in this republican service, i think is outweighed on a bus tour somewhere, i don t know. if you watch that video that michele bachmann put out out there nowhere says why she is leaving. she doesn t even say i want to spend more time with my family. she had ads up last week looking ahead to a race that was coming 17, 18 months down the road and how seriously she was taking this challenger. you wonder what happened between last week and yesterday when she decided it wasn t worth to run again. if i was in michele bachma bachmann s position, i know a tough race is coming up and i know it s going to be hard to handle the investigation and the race. but i can go outside before i