ben bernanke taking accountability for it. while the the president of the united states says none of this is my fault. we saw the photo of ben bernanke with the american flag and why don t we put him in the oval office and get the guy who is there out. because the guy with the federal reserve seems to be running the country. paul: bernanke seemed pained at the press conference seemed to say, the economy needs the help. i give bernanke the benefit of the doubt on the political motivation, but there s no question that this is a tacit admission that everything they ve done for four years hasn t helped, and the economy still stinks. i felt a little sorry for him. what he said is no panacea, and it almost seems like he was apologizing and saying, look, i m cornered. there s nothing else i can do because washington won t do it. paul: so we re going to try this. one more break and when we come back, hits and misses of the the week.
pakistan, the danger that it becomes much bigger and the position that the obama administration has taken may make it look weak down the road. surely it s coming out of the los angeles or the reverend terry jones to denounce out of l.a. and say that romney hasn t done so. let s watch the secretary. let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and its message. why doesn t romney say that? would that offend one of his people? these people that keep staring
islamic world. you ve seen the protests extend to whether it s kashmere, pakistan, the danger that it becomes much bigger and the position that the obama administration has taken may make it look weak down the road. surely it s coming out of the los angeles or the reverend terry jones to denounce out of l.a. and say that romney hasn t done so. let s watch the secretary. let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and its message. why doesn t romney say that? would that offend one of his
ohio. he holds an event this afternoon in a plant in the northern part of the state, but we ll see. one thing by the way, i think it s a topic we brought up here on the show but it s something worth talking about. we know other republicans are having this conversation, which is how does romney break from the bush republican past? how does he create separation? remember bill clinton s biggest hurdle in 1992 was part of proving he wasn t part of the carter, mondale, dukakis mold. it was that they were weak leaders, whether that was fair or not. he went out of his way. his whole campaign at times was proving that, whether it was the death penalty that he went ahead with, ricky ray rector, very controversial because of his mental status. all of that was designed to show that he was different than the old democratic party. the memory that the country might have had of the democratic party in the presidency. romney hasn t done that yet. we know he s getting a lot of
here is the painful part. they re right. the system is rigged. look around. oil companies guzzle down billions in profits, billionaires pay lower tax rates than their secretaries and wall street the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed millions of jobs still strut around congress, no shame, demanding favors, and acting like we should thank them. paul: so, kim, raw economic populism. who is that message aimed at, what voter groups? it s aimed at independents in particular and this was a very prominent theme at this convention and it goes to one of mr. romney s greatest challenges, is the democrats day in and day out are attempt to go rewrite history and talk about, argue that it s the system and business in particular that got us into the economic mess we re in. romney hasn t necessarily dressed that so far and that s