a certain fer sen damage of these kids. it s abusive to see any of these unaccompanied minors, regardless of the conditions to see these children traveling alone. it s heart breaking. but, i think there is a mixed message going out to their parents saying well, the door is not really closed. it s actually open a crack. and, you know it, reminds me very much of humanitarian, supposedly humanitarian response to teenage pregnancy pre-welfare reform. we said these poor girls, let s get them a welfare check. what did it do? it increased poverty and teenage pregnancy. i don t think it s doing these kids any favor to send any kind of message to their parents that they may be able to find a home here in the u.s. it s what it does is put them in harm s way. david, if you could comment on the politics of it, because i m curious if you are an elected leader from either party, and you represent one of the border stating, is there just a real disconnect between what they re seeing on the ground
the mistreatment of any black person. i hoed cotton with them. i m with the blacks because we re white trash. we re going across the field. they re singing and happy. preentitlement, pre-welfare. you say were they happy? they were godly. they were happy. i mean this is the start of the leadership conference tonight. what does this say about how the party has moved forward to be more inclusive? well, it doesn t say much, does it? it was one thing that they had to defend this guy. it s another thing that they want to champion him and put him forward as their spokesperson, as one of their leaders at the republican leadership conference. it s absurd. and especially as you were pointing out, this is a party that came out of 2012 badly bruised. they could not believe they couldn t wrap their head around the reality that they had lost again to president obama. they really seemed like they wanted to do some soul searching, wanted to change. one of the issues that they put forward first and
bestiality, sleeping around. don t deceive yourself. it s not right. and here s what he said about growing up in louisiana in the jim crow era. quote, i never with my eyes saw the mistreatment of any black person. i hoed cotton with them. i m with the blacks because we re white trash. we re going across the field. they re singing and happy. pre-entitlement, pre-welfare. you say, were they happy? they were godly. they were happy. these are the statements he made. now, a&e said they talked to advocacy groups. but people that were offended came out. and i don t know who they spoke to, but clearly the position everyone took was that he had the right to say whatever he wanted, but people had the right to say they were not going to watch as jimmy just said.
much damage in their view to the crossover votes they re trying to get. because for that matter, as i mentioned most of my fellow liberals, they don t want the show that much. it wouldn t mean that much to them compared to the real emotional fervor that has arisen on the part of the duck dynasty viewership which i understand is around 14 million. but clarence, wait a minute. i want to remind everyone what phil robertson said about growing up in louisiana, for example, during the jim crow era. he said quote, i never with my eyes saw the mistreatment of any black person. i hoed cotton with them. i m with the blacks because we re white trash. we re going across the field. they re singing and happy. pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say. were they happy? they were godly. they were happy. i mean, i can understand and deal with you wanting to watch
popular of the history of television. what began as a family friend what began as a family friend ly spotlight on a southern good old boy, it has descended into something more disturbing. here s what he told gq on the topic of sinful behavior. quote, start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. bestiality sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that man. don t be deceives. neither the adulterers, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, they won t inherit the kingdom of god. don t deceive yourself. it s not right. this is what he said about preis civil rights blacks. quote, they re singing and happy. never heard one black person say i tell you what, these dog gone white people. not a word. pre-entitlement, pre-welfare. you say were they happy? they were godly. they were happy. no one was singing the blues. the far right has rallied around robertson. decrying everything and everyone