did i make that? eugene robinson of washington post and democratic strategist krystal ball are here. yesterday was pearl harbor day number two. the deranged assessment continues. this is a smooth jazz liberation speech. odri hendricks of columbia university is here with reaction. rick perry s campaign is on life support. he s trying to revive it with bigotry against gays. today has been awesome, girl. bill o reilly is cracking jokes about the obama administration s african-american outreach program. what does that entail? are they going to be on soul train? james peterson is here to let us know what bill o. was thinking. you know you re going to be on media matters for that one. there can be no more doubt. donald trump is intent on influencing the republican presidential race and some candidates are running scared. so far, only two candidates have accepted an invitation to the
fore. let s turn to obery hendricks, professor of biblical interpretation at the new york theological seminary. author of the book the university bends towards justice. welcome to the show tonight. good to be here. let s start where that sound bite ended. republicans love to accuse president obama of class warfare. it reminds me when you were a kid, you play the game when you saw somebody coming who was trying to borrow money from you, trying to hit you off for some dough. you re preemptive in your strike. ask him for money because you knew he d ask you. isn t it patently unfair and they re engaging it in themselves? no doubt. the conservatives have it backward. one of the extraordinary things about the speech yesterday is president obama laid out a vision that is so consistent with the biblical, the most
and that is this word, justice, in the hebrew bible shows up hundreds of times. the word sotica talks about putting it into action. these are fundamental things the religious right does not seem to understand. let s take a listen to how he refused to do the us versus him yesterday. let s take a listen, professor hendricks. i believe this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot. when everyone does their fair share. when everyone plays by the same rules. these aren t 1% values or 99% values. this isn t about class warfare. this is about the nation s welfare. you know, given your brilliant analysis here tonight, professor hendricks, isn t it kind of bizarre mitt romney s critique basically saying the president in many ways wants everyone to be poor and on the government dole?
listen to romney as well. entitlement societies are praised in academic circles, far removed from the reality of a competitive world. because in an entitlement society, the invigorating pursuit of happiness is replaced by the deadening reality that there s no prospect of a better tomorrow. you re an ideal guest. you worked on wall street, professor hendricks. then you went to princeton to get a ph.d. now you re teaching at the academy. you re in the real world and the academy. tell us about that remark. tell us about the response from mitt romney. that s cynical and full of lives and infuriating. it speaks to the moral impoverishment of their vision. they never talk about what s just, the policy from the conservatives or religious right that asks how do we help those who need help? all of their policies always are geared toward the richest. in fact, if you look at every
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