president obama overcame reverend wright and billy ayers, so seems the dog is being compared to jeremiah wright and billy ayers, very, very strange. joining me now is joan walsh, editor at large salon.com. great to have you with us tonight. thanks, ed. let s begin with mitt romney and the planned parenthood, does he think he s going to win against the democrats and president obama doing it this way? i don t know what he thinks, you know, i think he thought, ed, that he was able to fire planned parenthood. he likes to be able to fire people, and so he said that and then his staff said governor, you really can t get rid of planned parenthood, you can t fire them, so then he had to walk it back, but it s so preposterous, and as you said, planned parenthood does so much. they do breast cancer screenings, they do a full women s health screening, and they also, let s really be honest, they prevent abortions. we really would be looking at an
women s health screening, and they also, let s really be honest, they prevent abortions. we really would be looking at an increased abortion rate if planned parenthood were to go away, so, you know, there s so many ways to hit romney on this, and he s going to be hit on it hard no matter how many times he walks back his stupid remarks. here s romney again today, let s play it. look, we re not going to go to a brokered convention. we re not? one or the other of us, among the three or four that are running, is going to get the delegates necessary to get the nominee. as it gets closer toward the end it s going to be clear we got someone in the strong lead, states that remain will vote for that person and that person will get the delegates and become the nominee. i mean, that person, why doesn t he say i m going to get enough, we re going to get it done. doesn t have much confidence there, does he? doesn t sound he has much confidence. i went on vacation for a week and came bac
so seems the dog is being compared to jeremiah wright and billy ayers, very, very strange. joining me now is joan walsh, editor at large salon.com. great to have you with us tonight. thanks, ed. let s begin with mitt romney and the planned parenthood, does he think he s going to win against the democrats and president obama doing it this way? i don t know what he thinks, you know, i think he thought, ed, that he was able to fire planned parenthood. he likes to be able to fire people, and so he said that and then his staff said governor, you really can t get rid of planned parenthood, you can t fire them, so then he had to walk it back, but it s so preposterous, and as you said, planned parenthood does so much. they do breast cancer screenings, they do a full women s health screening, and they also, let s really be honest, they prevent abortions.