cream makers say they re fully behind the wall street crowd. they re a part of the evil corporation unilever but somehow it s considered cool to pretend they re not part and some subsidiary of an evil multinational corporation, they re in solidarity with the do nothing deadbeats on the streets. it s an act and charade, absurdity of western civilization in twilight in one hideous image as we slide off the cliff, brian. very good points and i wasn t really needed. i probably won t get paid for this segment. all i did is say hello and let go. congratulations on the success of your book after america, getting ready for armageddon. next up, the three biggest ripoffs from your mechanic and how to avoid them. on this day in history in 1975 saturday night live debuted. in 2002, jimmy carter won the nobel prize. is he still president?
we re glad you are right here. let s start at the top of the hour with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. he s facing criticism and questions for being a mormon. this time it s coming from the pastor of a mega church in dallas. his name is reverend robert jeffress. you may recognize that name and face. jeffress introduced governor rick perry at the conservative values voter summit in washington, d.c. he was critical of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and told our jim acosta and others that morm ononism is cult. you created a stir because in talking to reporters, you said in pretty strong plain language what you think of mormonism. you describe it as a cult. and you say that if a republican votes for mitt romney, they re giving credibility to a cult. to you stand fwby that comment? absolutely. that is the historic position of evangelical christianity. we have officially labelled mormonism as a couple. i think those born again followers of christ
good. the unemployment rate is still stuck at 9.1%. dan lothian is adding up the numbers. what do they mean for the president and for the american pe people? the economy is having a difficult time finding traction even as the 2012 campaign ramps up. republicans are blaming this on the president s quote failed policies, but this is all showing a sense of urgency for the president and members of congress that they need to do something now. on a beautiful fall day in the nation s capitol, nothing but blue skies and sunshine. but a dark cloud continues to linger over the nation s economy. the reason we re not seeing the hiring we want is because we re not seeing the economic growth we need. the latest numbers bare that out. unemployment remains at 9.1%, what a white house called unacceptably high. while employers added 103,000 jobs, the report was relative weak. it is far from good enough. white house aides say this underscores the need for quick action on the president
one of the things comes from the book is the way the elite opinion constrains what is possible in a given moment. i think that s something that comes through very powerfully in the book. that must be the case when you are sitting inside an administration, what is on the table and what is not on the table is something that arises out of where elite consensus is. i think that s part of suskind s point. look who was in the white house and at treasury. these are people who are from wall street, deeply connected to wall street. i think ezra makes a very point point there, even within that, accepting that this is the continuation of bob rubin s crowd rkts the clinton crowd, essentially a wall street crowd in charge of our finances. even within that, there were a lot of arguments being made for a bigger stimulus, for more regulation, some of for instance people like christine roamer and those arguments didn t win.
the brokerage houses who are paying for the political support for the president. what role have they played, spectacularly goldman saches. why we have the particular administration in congress and the role they played in not getting out of the situation? what is interested about goldman saches last thursday he told political leaders to grow up and be big boys. my head almost exploded. they are the biggest hypocrites in the world. [applause] cthe wall street crowd, think about this . i really, i think that this is so important for people to realize that if anybody is making money off of the massive size of government and sell of debt, it is lloyd baselinefine and the wall street guys and money management if i recalls that are urging a resolution on