for compromise. you agree with wade that it s better as a campaign issue? i think the democrats know that traditionally the incumbent party is kind of swimming against the tide going into the midterms and the republicans have the majorities in both houses so they have to make the case of what they ve accomplished. so far, they seem to be arguing or the president seems to be arguing, hey, our majority isn t big enough which is still admission that they haven t gotten the things they wanted to get accomplished. the democrats i think have the upper hand. leland: clearly republicans haven t gotten everything they wanted done done. let s take a listen to some of the rhetoric coming from both sides. tucker carlson last night with his thoughts on those calling republicans evil. take a listen. the thing about pure evil is you can t reason with it. you can t negotiate with pure evil or reach some kind of compromise with pure evil. pure evil can only be destroyed by force. given that, it s
you re racist, you hate women, and of course, the class warfare card, the president is outn the campaign trail as he now tries to push the country over the fiscal cliff. now it s republicans are evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, and people like you, i don t hear you speaking out saying the president, knock it off. this is not good for the country. you re dividing the country. where are your voices? where is your pal ed rendel? i m not hearing the same thing you are. i don t hear the president call republicans evil, evil, evil. i don t hear that kind of hate-filled speech. you don t? no. i see the president actually trying to reach across the aisle and get a deal done. the president said there was a war on women. joe biden said they ll put you all back in chains, we ve had the race card, the war on women card, the class warfare cards. you can take a lot o of quots and mitt romney said corporations aren t people. he didn t care about the poor. only 47% of america is disto
disavow. this will not stop with you guys. give me an example where they played the race card this year, give me one example. there s been many times. name one. when both sides have engaged in the type. name one. this is what mitt romney said on the 47%. it s racist? i didn t call it racist. give me an example of racist. i didn t call it racist. give me an example of the race card being played. give me one example. sean, what i m saying is that there is speech out there that is being taken out of context and it s not helpful. i did not hear the president of the united states calling republicans evil. well, remember that the president of the united states who is supposed to represent all of the people once he s electedd referred to his political opponents, i guess that s you and me, the worst people ever born, according to van jones, as
like simpson-boles, and the republicans will use things like all the democrats want to do is tax. and the democrats are going to call republicans evil. the problem is first all of, technically, the affordable care act is the mandate is, you know, constitutional and the taxing authorities, we could get into a whole argument about that. 55% of people do think it s a tax. the problem is for the republicans this time in trying to use a tax argument is every poll shows the majority of americans believe with barack obama s prescription on taxes. meaning wealthier americans should pay more. they ve already lost the tax argument. so trying to go back to the 90s, 80s strategy of tax and spend liberals isn t going to work because that s not where americans are now. i m not so sure she s right. i think because they lie consistently and say it over and over again, i think it has a tendency to take hold. susan didn t lie. she did an artful job of answering your question. but she forgot
saying that? well, are you saying that facts and politics are supposed to go together. the message that they re using is that when you look at and we can get into a big debate about this with the health care ruling. it is deemed a tax. there are issues there. and the solutions which republicans are saying absolutely raising no taxes. and the democrats are saying, well, we re not going to cut spending. well, that s how you get into the situations. and frankly, the word compromise has become a dirty word, and we have to go back to something like simpson-boles, and the republicans will use things like all the democrats want to do is tax. and the democrats are going to call republicans evil. the problem is first all of, technically, the affordable care act is the mandate is, you know, constitutional and the taxing authorities, we could get into a whole argument about that. 55% of people do think it s a tax. the problem is for the republicans this time in trying to use a tax arg