but do not discount the fact. as setti said, look at what the commander in chief has done for them the more they will continue to go in his column and eventually vote for him this november. setti let me ask you about this quick if i might. how does the don t ask, don t tell position of the president play in military quarters? help or hurt him? i think it helps. i think that people that serve this country in uniform understand fairness. they understand everyone s commitment to serve, no matter who they are. i think it s a huge plus and i want to add to what my friend and colleague said, patrick, look, you have to look at the record. mitt romney in massachusetts, i m a massachusetts native. attempted to decrease veterans benefits by 11%. when he was governor. he did not in the last few months make a commitment to continue the hud program. in fact, he proposed eliminating. we ve decreased homelessness by 12%.
vote must be seen. why do you see this as the civil rights issue of our time? we ve had the gay marriage issue, the don t ask, don t tell. there s been a lot of social things that have taken place in the obama years. you have really singled this out as a major civil rights issue. why is that? dr. king in his last act was fighting for the worker s right to bargain. he s using his power to take workers from the table. the right to collectively bargain is the american right. it s an american right. it s morally right. if he s able to set the tone in this campaign to undermine collective bargaining for workers, public workers, police, teachers, firemen, that s a real threat. what if walker retains his seat? does it mean anything for the country? does it send a message?
anyone that seeks to block the vote must be seen. why do you see this as the civil rights issue of our time? we ve had the gay marriage issue, the don t ask, don t tell. there s been a lot of social things that have taken place in the obama years. you have really singled this out as a major civil rights issue. why is that? workers right to collective bargaining. he s using his power to take workers from the table. the one thing to purge voters but to purge workers. it s an american right. it s morally right. if he s able to set the tone in this campaign. to undermine collective bargaining for workers and public workers, police, teachers, firearm, that s a real threat. what if walker retains his seat? does it mean anything for the country? does it send a message?
anyone that seeks to block the vote must be seen. why do you see this as the civil rights issue of our time? we ve had the gay marriage issue, the don t ask, don t tell. there s been a lot of social things that have taken place in the obama years. you have really singled this out as a major civil rights issue. why is that? dr. king in his last act was fighting for the worker s right to bargain. he s using his power to take workers from the table. the right to collectively bargain is the american right. it s an american right. it s morally right. if he s able to set the tone in this campaign to undermine collective bargaining for workers, public workers, police,
american military. the don t ask/don t tell policy was repealed. openly gay people have been able to serve in the military, transgender people for month now, and nobody noticed. and so reality is they re feeding the privileejudices. younger people are doing away with it. but there is a problem that the republican party and some minority religious groups are seizing on this in an angry way, but they re going to this lose. congressman frank, i wasn t in a position to publicly congratulate you 25 years ago on that day. i have to say as a montana voter at the time, i couldn t have been more proud. congressman frank, thank you very much for joining me tonight. a month ago from now i m going to be getting married. never thought the day would come that i would be able to do that. i m looking forward to