national security correspondent jennifer griffin looks at both sides of the debate over new standards for new times. it s a horrible idea. it s part of the fundamental transformation of the united states of america and the social re-engineering of our military. reporter: in an about face the pentagon loosened regulations that allowed them to be clean shasven. where do you stop. to wickens get to wear funny hats and druids get to wear robes? when you join the military there s compromise and dispensation so this is just political correct assaults on military regulations. reporter: new regulations were imposed on the pentagon by congress but follow other dramatic changes to the military in recent years, including the administration s decision to open combat roles to women and subsequently ease physical
the rules in the military, do something else. here s lieutenant colonel allen west. it s a horrible idea. it s part of the fundamental transformation of the united states of america and the social re-engineering of the military. with the hassan case, he would be allowed to keep his beard. this is a breakdown of the order and discipline. i don t know why the administration took this on. but chairman joe wilson, the head of the subcommittee in the house on military personnel should call a hearing and start challenging this administration by making the decisions that are going to affect the military and its personnel. and eventually it will affect the readiness. it s going to cause more complaints and issues. the assistant secretary of defense says this is the culmination of a process of creating an environment that s more welcoming to some segments of our population.
simple to understand. come november, it will be for a lot of people, a choice between the capitalist, mr. romney, and the socialist, the president of the united states. that s the way dave ramsey put it and a lot of people agree. eric: gretchen pointed out there is an opportunity to not elect the guy who wants more social re-engineering, more redistribution of wealth with the spread the wealth and fundamental change comments that he made. he was elected. then we spent the last three years listening to speech after speech how business is bad and millionaires and billionaires and corporate jet owner, do your fair share, 150 times in the last year alone. then you kind of said, well, maybe he is the redistributor in chief, and then this one. that just opening the whole inside about obama. gretchen: what s interesting about the last election is that even though people heard that joe the plumber comment, they were listening as hope and
grants, and job training. if you dealt with their plan, the republicans that romney and ryan are representing, what will this mean for the average working class american. the average american this is is a ringing endorsement. he has gone on today and yesterday to say it was a wonderful plan, but look at what s being cut are the guts of not only the safety nets that average americans and working americans, and poor americans depend on, but also all of the other things. education, roads, bridges, and basic research. there s no way that ryan plan is not going to substantially reduce the living standards of most americans while at the same time it gives the average millionaire a $150,000 tax break. this is reverse robin hood e
going wrong, bill, is in the definition of social justice. i think the issue here is actual social reengineering. that s what the majority of whites are opposing. define that. define that social reengineering. what is that? well, when i say social re-engineering, what i m talking about is this fact of government intrusion. i think it s also talking about looking at kind of building a equitable community and those are the kinds of things that are being opposed. as it relates to blacks in particular, there is less political diversity, most blacks are members of the democratic party and as a result of that, they are supporting a democratic agenda. there is more diversity in terms of whites from a political standpoint and as such, we ve got independents, you ve got republicans. obama has 53% of the vote overall and millions of americans have bailed out on them.