there is another striking political finding in today s report that will interest progressives. which side of the aisle is more proud or aware of their own beliefs. and it turns out, it s conservatives. take a look. of the people that pew found, conservative. 65% of those people say they are . meaning they hold conservative views and they know they do. but, only 29% of conservatives are confused about thinking they re moderates. according to pew. now look at people pew found to hold liberal views on the bottom. only 32% actually say they re liberal. half the rate of conservatives. while the bulk of people, pew says are liberal, 44%, they think they re moderates. maybe people who hold liberal views, backing economic opportunity, or equality for all, maybe they think those are reasonable moderate positions or maybe in many parts of the country the politics of word choice leave people not wanting to even call themselves liberal the conservative ma lean tried
al-maliki sharing power with sunni militias and devolution of power from the center to the regions. can i ask you something? can i ask you something? what do you say to people who say that two have put so much into this country, or richard engel arguing, this country, getting into an air campaign is restarting a part of a war we are trying to end? it has to be done in the context of strategic objective and changes in iraq. but if that happens then i think it is worth kidding. and you have to, you know, realize the alternative. what we are headed towards is a catastrophe. in syria, 160,000 people have died there. and if it, expands to iraq, then that will be bad for terrorism, humanitarian disaster. it is not clear that air power will make it any. better. but, we are headed towards the abyss. steve, your thoughts on that.
against ordinary people. if the house wanted to get together and work on issues, to the exclusion of others. i think that would be a good thing for the country. that certainly hasn t been happening over the last couple years. no, sir. it is notable in the weak of the earth quake they re going right to kevin mccarthy. right off to the understudy. they re rushing to it. and congressman. i want to put up something from politico s jake sherman. you used to work potentially challenging, speaker gingrich. you and boehner were colleagues you. know him. i never challenged speaker gingrich. that s not accurate. i will let you get into it in a second. get into this. inside gop meeting, can for quote holocaust survivor says suffering is a part of life. misery is a choice. boehner is crying and thanking cantor.
it s alive! cantor has spent 168,000 on steakhouses. that makes sense. very hard to conduct your campaign when you got the meat sweats. governor of new jersey, chris christie said that s it? no up saw it coming least of all eric cantor who helped create the tea party by stitching together dead ideas and then filling with rage and giving it a jolt of power and letting it loose on the countryside terrified of fire and science. he spent $5 million. ladies and gentlemen, what is wrong with this country when you can no longer buy an election? cantor was basically the fourth most powerful republican in washington behind mitch mcconnell, john boehner and an ar 15 that fires baby eagles just like jesus. how, how but now it is cantor who ride off into the sunset. while john boehner remains the
every time i sit down to write about marriage equality in this country, yet another judge in another state says that, that, state constitutional ban or state law, its unconstitutional. and on the question of whether being gay is, is a choice, or just the way people are, a washington post abc news poll back in march showed that 65% of the american people believe it is just the way, just the way they are. rick perry need to join the am scan people on this. jonathan, thank you for joining us and for your reporting on this today. thank you, ari. coming up the jokes don t always write themselves. some times they do. tonight written by the late night comedians. and they will get the last word. . helps reduce the risk of heart disease. . keep heart-healthy. live long. eat the 100% goodness of post shredded wheat. doctors recommend it. predibut, manufacturings a prettin the united states do. means advanced technology.