let s not get lost in who is responsible for this heinous act. they sit on the couch and listen and nod, not here. presidential? sarah you keep using that word. you keep on using that word, i do not think it means what you think it means. first one to tweet me the movie and scene gets me a hat or a mug or shirt. i inject some levity, why? because we have to take a breath. otherwise, we ll be consumed by the pathetic nature of it all. a president who sets a standard for ugly talk. who sees himself as a victim when the people he calls his enemies get bombs sent to them. and he s the victim. why won the he think that, when he s surrounded by those who nod and echo his hypocrisy. sarah sanders with a stunningly straight face, calling his shirking of any role or responsibility presidential. and then comes the backup, those doing the dance of twisted facts
responsible for this heinous act. they sit on the couch and listen and nod, not here. presidential? sarah you keep using that word. you keep on using that word, i do not think it means what you think it means. first one to tweet me the movie and scene gets me a hat or a mug or shirt. i inject some levity, why? because we have to take a breath. otherwise, we ll be consumed by the pathetic nature of it all. a president who sets a standard for ugly talk. who sees himself as a victim when the people he calls his enemies get bombs sent to them. and he s the victim. why won the he think that, when he s surrounded by those who nod and echo his hypocrisy. sarah sanders with a stunningly straight face, calling his shirking of any role or responsibility presidential. and then comes the backup, those doing the dance of twisted facts that i call the fox trot.
david frum wrote the antidote to trump is decency. trump wants to the bee controversy as an example of civility and restraining from ugly talk is the best answer. donald trump and his people will violate the decencies of ordinary life no matter what bee or any other hate target of opportunity may say or do. but by violating those decencies herself, bee greatly eased the trump people s task of obfuscating their own such violations. what do you think? here s the problem, is that it s so easy to be provoked by trump. and the trump team will use any bad language, bad behavior by anyone on the opposing side or in the center against them and say, you see, that s the way they all act. they re going to take one instance and make it into a thousand. of course, president trump will do it a thousand times. so i think david s point is well-taken. the way to deal with trump is to
instead what they really are for is more ted cruzs and steve kings and more ugly talk. and it s time for it to stop. joining me now is margie o mara. thanks for being here. thank you, reverend. you know, gop leaders denounced steve king s comments, but isn t the real problem that the party s policies are just as intolerant as his rhetoric is? steve king is worried about drug mules. he should be worried about the horse manure in his talking points. this talking point is something we ve seen over and over again. not just from king, but members of senators around the country for years. they keep trying to have these autopsies and try to recalibrate and reset their appeal to minorities and women, but the truth of the matter is when it
only of his own policies, but has no idea what mitt romney s real policies are. p. you don t think there will be a better prepared president obama on stage next week? when you re not that bright, you can t get better prepared. lazy. not that bright. this is the president of the united states he s talking about. he was pressed about .comment. did you really need to call the president of the united states lazy? yes. i think you saw him admit it the night before when he delivered the pizzas. he said, you know, they re making me do this work. he didn t want to prepare for this debate. he s lazy and disengaged. now, we ve seen this disrespect right from day one. it cannot be tolerated. mitt romney must denounce a n sununu s ugly talk. joining me now, opinion writer