message. we have black leaders from across the country, black leaders who marched with john lewis, this is not about one generation, it is about all generations. yes. and today we are representing all generations. and that is why today is important. look at where we stand. we stand in the united states senate, places where we couldn t work, we couldn t even clean at one time. but today, black women said we are not waiting. black women said that we are demanding our right to vote, and it starts today. thanks for that video, courting to police nine people including congresswoman beatty were rested and joining us now is democratic congresswoman joyce beatty of ohio, she is the chair of the congressional black caucus. representative beatty, how do you explain to people what they
this is not about one generation. it s about all generations. that s right. yes! today we are represented by all generations. right. and that s why today is important. look at where we stand. yes! we stand in the united states senate, places that we couldn t work, we couldn t even clean at one time. but today black women say we are not waiting. that s right! black women say that we re demanding our right to vote, and it starts today. thank you for that video. according to capitol police, nine people, including congresswoman beatty were arrested and joining us now is joyce beatty of ohio. she s the chair of the congressional black caucus. representative beatty, how do you explain to people what they saw on january 6th and what they re seeing tonight, you being arrested within minutes of
we hear about the obama plan. what is the palin plan? the palin plan? it is quite simple. and i kind of get a kick out of it. i think it probably drives some of the elitists crazy that i don t get angry about it. i get a kick when they say i m too simle minded and too plain spoken. my plan is quite simple and that is to support those who understand the foundation of our country when is comes to the city it is free market principles that reward hard work and personal responsibility. and when it comes to international security as i ratchet down the message on national security, it is easy to sum it up by repeating ronald reagan when talked about the cold war and we can apply this now to our war on terrorism. you know, bottom line, we win, they lose. we do all that we can to win.
people who have given up. it is tough to count themle. the list of broken promises is wrong. candidate obama pledged to end closed door sweet heart deals and no bid contracts once and for all but just last month his administration awarded a $25 million no bid contract to a democrat donor. that hope, nope, it s not is that hope? nope. it s not hope. ha is the same old same old in washington, d.c. and instead of changing the way washington does business, we got the cornhusker kickback and the louisiana purchase and millions of tax breaks for union boss escaped desires. the ban on lobby wrist is this new lobbyists, he handed out waivers left and right and there are 40 former lobbyists that work in the top of the administration. members of congress don t have to read the bill before they
we want to look forward and from here, my friends, the future, it looks really good. it looks really good because if there is hope in massachusetts, there is hope everywhere! [ applause ] brown s victory is exciting and it is a sign of more good things to come. a lot of great common sense conservative candidates are going to put it on the line in 2010. this year there are going to be some tough primaries and i think that is good. competition in the primaries is good. competition makes us work harder and be more efficient and work more and i hope you will work hard for the candidates who reflect your values and your priorities. despite what the pundits want you to think, contested primaries aren t civil war, they are democracy at work and