colleagues, most of them, voting against a piece of legislation that would provide health care support to the heroes of 9/11, the people who rushed into the burning buildings, as a result have various diseases and we said we should extend the health care fund to provide for their health care. that s a decision for members of congress. we had a vote. with regard to siting the mosque that s a decision for the people of new york. one of the reasons i didn t pursue it is it s a little off point for us. we sort of concentrate on this because you also heard, congressman mccarthy, congressman nadler say, listen, we don t look at public opinion polls or public votes when it comes to the principles of the constitution, one of them being religious freedom. how do you parse what the president had to say? i think the president if chris is saying this is a new york issue, then why did the president engage in it. but if you listen to what he first said, he brought up the exact location and sai
receive spiritual inspiration is good for the country. but the symbolism of it at ground zero, within two or three blocks, i believe is wrong. but let the islamic leaders meet with those who feel aggrieved and they can arrive at a common site. congressman nadler, do you think there is common ground? it seems to me there are people who are righteously aggrieved at what everyone in this country agrees was a horrible thing that took place on 9/11 and then there are the principles on which the country is founded. is there space inside there to find something that would make most people happy? well, that s really up to the imam and the people around him. they have to decide what they want to do. would you like them to? i m not going to comment on that because i don t think it s proper for any government official to pressure them in any way. if i were to say that i think it s a good idea for them to do it, since i m a government official, that would be government pressuring them. but
you know, and welfare and all that and we can disagree but we must purge the system of dishonesty. we have to at least be honest with ourselves. and, that is where it begins. yes. how do we deal with the people who just are completely blind? i am talking about this people in congress, and the senate. they are so out of it. how can these people not get it? it is almost like we should be interviewing them in front of a carpa camera and asking basic principles of the constitution and have them in front of the entire world, how stupid they are. glenn: this question, how many of you you can get politician on every show and we don t do them and don t do guests, usually it takes a lot to get something out of a guest, et cetera, and i value your time. so, i don t want to do that and politician don t have i can tell you exactly what they will say.
you know, and welfare and all that and we can disagree but we must purge the system of dishonesty. we have to at least be honest with ourselves. and, that is where it begins. yes. how do we deal with the people who just are completely blind? i am talking about this people in congress, and the senate. they are so out of it. how can these people not get it? it is almost like we should be interviewing them in front of a carpa camera and asking basic principles of the constitution and have them in front of the entire world, how stupid they are. glenn: this question, how many of you you can get politician on every show and we don t do them and don t do guests, usually it takes a lot to get something out of a guest, et cetera, and i value your time. so, i don t want to do that and politician don t have i can tell you exactly what they will say.
you know, and welfare and all that and we can disagree but we must purge the system of dishonesty. we have to at least be honest with ourselves. and, that is where it begins. yes. how do we deal with the people who just are completely blind? i am talking about this people in congress, and the senate. they are so out of it. how can these people not get it? it is almost like we should be interviewing them in front of a carpa camera and asking basic principles of the constitution and have them in front of the entire world, how stupid they are. glenn: this question, how many of you you can get politician on every show and we don t do them and don t do guests, usually it takes a lot to get something out of a guest, et cetera, and i value your time. so, i don t want to do that and politician don t have i can tell you exactly what they will