of both chambers and a lot of states because of the activist groups that are well funded by people who definitely want social change? i mean, or is this really coming from someone who is elected and genuinely goes back to his or her office and sits down and writes this? or is this stuff you think being corporately handled to them and then of course they don t want to become a target at election time, they ll go along with the fraternity? i think it s a little bit of both and you re right, thigh thai get into the position, these crazy right-wingers throw up all this stuff and in step these politicians and they validate it by participating in it. when you listen to what some of them say, do you really believe this or are you just spewing those talking points? and in most cases these guy have no understanding and they are spewing talking points. the fact that they re being elected and doing it is what s a big part of the problem. okay. mike rogers, rawstory.com, good to have you with
nsa has now decided they need to go on a pr offensive, because they recognize that they are, that things are change is coming, right? do you feel that on capitol hill, that we re turning a corner where there s going to be there s got to be some legislative response to this. there will be legislative response. whether it s going to be meaningful is hard to say. you ve got to get it through committee, and speaker boehner did a big turn-around in getting a budget bill passed and telling some of the crazy right-wingers, back off, i m the speaker but that doesn t mean he s going to necessarily stand up on nsa issues, where most of the people that are concerned are more liberal. and i think, you know, i like mike rogers a lot and i like they re people on the intelligence committee. ranking member and the chairman. i don t think they or boehner will allow a vote to come up in the house. the conyers bill got a lot of votes, but i think they made sure it couldn t pass, and the senat
hill, that we re turning a corner where there s going to be there s got to be some legislative response to this. there will be legislative response. whether it s going to be meaningful is hard to say. you ve got to get it through committee, and speaker boehner did a big turn-around in getting a budget bill passed and telling some of the crazy right-wingers, back off, i m the speaker but that doesn t mean he s going to necessarily stand up on nsa issues, where most of the people that are concerned are more liberal. and i think, you know, i like mike rogers a lot and i like they re people on the intelligence committee. ranking member and the chairman. i don t think they or boehner will allow a vote to come up in the house. the conyers bill got a lot of votes, but i think they made sure it couldn t pass, and the senate never touched it. relief will probably come from the judiciary, as often happens in this nation, and that s probably why republicans were so angry about the nucle
go on a pr offensive, because they recognize that they are, that things are change is coming, right? do you feel that on capitol hill, that we re turning a corner where there s going to be there s got to be some legislative response to this. there will be legislative response. whether it s going to be meaningful is hard to say. you ve got to get it through committee, and speaker boehner did a big turn-around in getting a budget bill passed and telling some of the crazy right-wingers, back off, i m the speaker but that doesn t mean he s going to necessarily stand up on nsa issues, where most of the people that are concerned are more liberal. and i think, you know, i like mike rogers a lot and i like they re people on the intelligence committee. ranking member and the chairman. i don t think they or boehner will allow a vote to come up in the house. the conyers bill got a lot of votes, but i think they made sure it couldn t pass, and the senate never touched it. relief will p
rights, which is ironic because that s not exactly the republican party s bailey-wick. it was a true insult. the person who he insulted has accepted his apology, and he issued a statement saying the apology was significant. he can t remember when a potential presidential nominee apologized for anything. he also stated that because hagel said he would be willing to back lgbt families and if that s a commitment to treat lgbt families in the service and everyone else that s that s a thin read on which to hang opposition to hagel. something very strange is happening in the united states senate these days, and i m not talking about the fiscal cliff. i m talking about how you have republicans eating alive their own republicans. that s almost unprecedented. you have the log cabin republicans, the gay conservative group being funded by crazy right-wingers who are