you know it says whacky. i have no idea who wrote the document. i know they talked to a lot of average americans and these are the things i m waiting to hear about precious bodily fluids. it s dr. strange love. hold on a minute. chris, for months, you ve been talking about how the republican party is just the party of no. they don t stand for anything. they re just against everything that president obama says and so now, the party has come out and said we don t want to be the party of opposition ft we want to offer an alternative and now this is what we re going to do and i think it s a great thing they ve done it it. let s restart the cold war. how about the party of no new ideas and no fresh ideas. todd, i know you didn t write this stuff. thank you, steve and todd. up next, sarah palin gives
system where they can deliver it and so i think it s totally reasonable and rational that we would prepare for something like that. but there s no question that missile defense is not going to be at the core of what republican candidates are talking about. steve, you take over. they re talking about missile defense of the whole continental of the united states. they call it homeland. i call it civil defense. they re talking about the whole country, they re going to have missile defense for. the cost of that, i would imagine is unimaginable. and there s the question. is that something to spend money on because somewhere down the line, someone s going to get an icbm, the kind of missile that iraq had, that got us here now, that they had a deliverable weapon that could reach here. you have a party on the one hand that wants fiscal. it was ronald reagan who first proposed this in 1984 and 1985 and it was something that we didn t need then. it s something that frankly we
that was john boehner introducing the republican s pledge to america and here s what james clyburn of south carolina had to say about it. i have after reading over it last night, it occurred to me that if this is implemented, what we are going to see is the infliction of a plague on america. what effect will this new pledge have on the midterms? joining me now, steve mcmahan and todd harris. here are some of the points in the pledge on paper. it calls for making bush tax cuts permanent. business tax cuts, giving small businesses a deduction equal to 20% of their business income. it calls for a new cap on government spending. for the repeal of the health care bill. repeal. and fully funding, i don t know where this came from, missile defense. full funding of missile defense.
here are some of the points in the pledge on paper. on tax cuts. it calls for making bush tax cuts permanent. no surprise there. on business tax cuts it calls for giving small businesses a deduction equal to 20% of their business income. it calls for a new cap on government spending. for the repeal of the health care bill. repeal. and fully funding, i don t know where this came from, missile defense. full funding of missile defense. that s an odd one. you re not laughing, steve. you re not todd. here s what i think is being hidden under the table. during his campaign, changing the 14th amendment to guarantee citizenship in this country. let s talk about someone making the proposal, it s not on the paper here. people come here to have babies. they come here to drop a child. it s called drop and leave. republicans are talking about actions that would shut down government if they take control of congress. let s listen again. stage one. of the end of obamaism will be a new republican
venus embrace. we get it. we get it. and this is why when we outlined in here, our pledge to america, i can tell you, we are very serious about implementing our pledge. i love it they take off the suits when they get serious. welcome back to hardball. that was house republican leader john boehner introducing the republicans pledge to america and here s what congressman james clyburn of south carolina had to say about it. after reading it over last night, it occurred to me that if this is implemented, what we re going to see is the infliction of a plague on america. wow, what effect will this new pledge have on the midterms? who gets an edge. joining me now is democratic strategist steve mcmahan and todd harris.