brian s got. he was playing at the top of his fwam. apologies. but in the stimulus act alone, it saved or created 325,000 jobs in education. so, you know, obviously, the federal government uses money to help states and municipalities hire teachers, hire firefighters, hire cops. i m quite sure that mitt romney is aware of this fact. well, in addition to the fact that he was a governor, right? right! so the people who are recipients of these type of block grants that the stimulus was. and the whole issue in the stimulus passed when a lot of republican governors say, no, no, we don t want that money, they know exactly what the federal government was earmarking and wanting that money for, it was to hire wait for it teachers, cops, and firefighters. that s always been what the block grant was for. romney was a governor, he should know that. and if i was the obama campaign, i would be organizing some lock firefighters on mitt romney s bus tour that he s on, they should be at ev
cops over time, which they did, effectively. federal government has been pay ing for teachers, paying for firefighters, paying for cops directly and indirectly for decades now. do you think romney s going to be able to get away with that ignorance that the federal government has been funding these things? well, you know, there s two possibilities here. the one possibility is, as you put it, that he s ignorant or stupid, which i don t actually think that he is. i think that he is trying to willfully not answer the question and deceive people. because he can t be this stupid. i don t think that the people on fox & friends are this stupid oh, just a minute. hold it, hold it, hold it. no, no, we re with you on romney, romney s smarter than that. brian kilmeade, that s the best brian s got. he was playing at the top of his game. apologies. but in the stimulus act alone, it saved or created 325,000 jobs in education. so, you know, obviously, the
and he didn t answer the question straight up but i think the evidence does mount. i don t even say that to impugn the good faith of the republican party. i can imagine a scenario in which you think that the president is such a disaster for the economy. right? you think he s so bad long term that a short term that contributing to the short-term demise of the economy is actually for the greater good of rescuing america from a second term of barack obama. but i think it becomes harder and harder and harder to make the case that that is not what is going on. i mean, clearly is the case that republicans when in office have done all the things you ve mentioned. they ve increased public sector employment, they ve been they ve been fined with stimulus. george w. bush signed the stimulus act. i think it is the case that there is no political incentive right now for the republican party to boost, to do anything to alleviate the suffering and misery in the economy now between now and electio
deftly done opening monologue which is are the republicans intentionally tanking the economy? and he didn t answer the question straight up but i think the evidence does mount. i don t even say that to impugn the good faith of the republican party. i can imagine a scenario in which you think that the president is such a disaster for the economy. right? you think he s so bad long term that a short term that contributing to the short-term demise of the economy is actually for the greater good of rescuing america from a second term of barack obama. but i think it becomes harder and harder and harder to make the case that that is not what is going on. i mean, clearly is the case that republicans when in office have done all the things you ve mentioned. they ve increased public sector employment, they ve been they ve been fined with stimulus. george w. bush signed the stimulus act. i think it is the case that there is no political incentive right now for the republican party to boost, t
deftly done opening monologue which is are the republicans intentionally tanking the economy? and he didn t answer the question straight up but i think the evidence does mount. i don t even say that to impugn the good faith of the republican party. i can imagine a scenario in which you think that the president is such a disaster for the economy. right? you think he s so bad long term that a short term that contributing to the short-term demise of the economy is actually for the greater good of rescuing america from a second term of barack obama. but i think it becomes harder and harder and harder to make the case that that is not what is going on. i mean, clearly is the case that republicans when in office have done all the things you ve mentioned. they ve increased public sector employment, they ve been they ve been fine with stimulus. george w. bush signed the stimulus act. i think it is the case that there is no political incentive