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>> we cannot operate a national party that shows up once every four years four months before an election. it doesn't work. [applause] i am ryan and i am in cleveland, and i'm calling ralph, and i figure out that ,alph was amid romney supporter and he was six out of 10 for mitt romney, what did we do about it? we sent him a few flyers, tried to solidify his position, and then we would turn them out to vote. three and a half years ago, they hired 12 people that are

assigned the section of cleveland that ralph lives in. guess what? those 12 people live there too. there from the community. they have been working the community for three and half years. four blocks on the road, there is another 12 and another 12. what do they do? every summer they have a registration drive. they might bring up and in. they might bring in a vip and have some pizza parties and have some discussions, lighthearted, political, nonpolitical. they are given a list, here is 800 people. here are the people that vote. you will get to know these people. they are hitting us all over the country like this. when you hear stories about growth and opportunity, what does that mean, here is what it aans to me -- number one, permanent, across the country, coast-to-coast ground operation and focus in asian, hispanic, african-american, evangelicals,

veterans, but every day, a permanent ground operation, never stopping. always on the ground. community events. church festivals. all of the above. number two, branding and marketing. we do not tell our history anymore is a party. we have lost our history. we are the party of the quality, freedom, opportunity. that is our party that has a rich history. you would not know it because we do not say it. when's the last time you saw flyer that said, i am a republican because? to protectbligation the brand of this party. it doesn't matter whether you are for paul ryan, marco rubio, rand paul, nikki haley -- the fact is every one of these folks will have a big fat are next to

their name -- r next to the her name. it stands for republican. we have to finish what we started. i think rick perry mentioned ecclesiastes -- one of my favorite verses is, starting is good, finishing his best. we need to finish what we started. , i willtal and data skip that for now because we can get into the weeds on that, but i can tell you that we need an open platform. we need an ability for all of you and your organizations and from the organizations to tap into all the data and use it to influence voters, parallel, not up and down, but get people talking to each other. , i happen tog is believe that our primary system is a disaster. that at 23 believe debates, a traveling circus,

with moderators who are in the business of creating news at our parties expense, it has to come to an end. it will come to an end. [applause] we need to control the moderators. we need to set the parameters of the debate. this is not an establishment takeover. this is using your brain. one thing that you forgot is that mitt romney was kind of a duck in the pond all summer. he never did ended himself. -- defended himself. here's the problem -- i do not want to get in the weeds too far with you -- we've got this campaign-finance law, which is a mess, but when you are a candidate, there are two pots of money they raise money into. there is a primary money pot and a general election pot. you cannot use the general election pot until you get nominated at the convention.

you cannot get to it. you could have $100 million in that pot, but you cannot get it. if you have a candidate like mitt romney who is broke in june because he came through a year-long primary, we are a duck on the pond for three- month. -- for three months. yes, it is going to shrink the duration of the primary. it is not an establishment takeover. we are trying to do what is right. i would rather win together than lose together. right? [applause] we are in a battle for freedom. it was the same battle that founded our party in wisconsin. we are in a battle for freedom.

we've got a president and an administration that believes the bill of rights is a suggestion. that is why i have asked eric holder to resign. think about this -- [applause] -- think about his view of the bill of rights -- he's the one that delivered the miranda rights to the christmas day bomber. he is the one that said his legacy would be -- you are the attorney general of the united states of america -- you define your legacy as being the guy that wants to make sure that all 9/11 terrorist are tried -- in a unitedre tried states civil court. that is what you want is your legacy. he said he would even read their legal rights -- the legal

rights over the dead body of osama bin laden. fast and furious, a contempt order from congress, including 17 democrats voting in favor, and now tapping phone lines and all the rest. we have a lot to fight for. in our party and in this country and in the movement we are all a part of together. i think we have to make sure that we also understand that we live in an amazing country. we have a lot of blessings. despite some of the struggles. we are blessed to be here. in spite of not winning in november, it has given us an opportunity to build out the structure and team that can win. we are not running against john kerry and al gore anymore. the old ways used to work. they are not going to work anymore. i would just ask you that we

come together and that we pray for the future of this country, as sessaithout ceasing williams has said. williams has said. that there's a better way to run this country, there is a better way of prosperity and freedom and growth, and that we are a movement that believes that there is unlimited opportunity for everyone in this country. that is what we want. i want to leave you with this ,- this is important for me for you to understand my heart ,- i had a meeting with someone but it is something i think about everyday, and i i wanted to know where i am at everyday i was having a conference

with someone who has been very good to our party. he is a fairly intimidating guy. he can be very straightforward. you know the types that get straight to the point. i was talking to this person about what i think we need to do in this party. after about three minutes, he said, hang on a second. listen up. you are young, you're smart. --t is questionable, but you are young, you're smart, and if you want a job here, i would love to have you. i will hard -- higher you next week and -- hire you next week. if you're not willing to be big and bold, do not waste my time. don't waste your life. don't waste your kids time and your wife's time. [applause] go big and go bold or forget about it. that is what we have to do together. i have never stopped thinking about that every single day. i want to make you proud of this

party. that is my incentive. this is not glory. this is a grind. it is a grind for a greater purpose. that is what we have all been called to do. this party is starving for something simple, people of their word to run for office and do what they said they are going to do. it is really easy. [applause] real, authentic people that want to serve this country with a pure heart and make a difference. that is what we are starving for. that is what we want to deliver to you. we also wanted to know that we are going to fight every single day like a dog to deliver it. good news, this year, 2014, and together, great news for our country in 2016. let's build it together and win together. god bless you. thank you. [applause]

next, john bolton former u.s. ambassador to the united nations under george w. bush. this is about 10 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. .hank you very much it is a great honor to be here with you this morning. i wanted to spend a few minutes talking about the challenges that united dates faces around the world today, because while our focus is understandably on domestic issues and priorities, our adversaries are not gracious enough to wait for us to get our domestic house in order. indeed, they take advantage of our lack of attention or the lack of attention of the current administration. it is very important for the

-- united states not to forget how important it is to have a strong american presence around the world. we have a critical role for ourselves and for others. it is something that our country has recognized since its inception. the pilgrims referred to their settlements in america as the new jerusalem. john winthrop, the first governor of plymouth, he said, "we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill ronald hill."-- ronald reagan used to call america a shining city on a hill. it is for us, but it is for others as well an example of how we perform. reagan understood that to achieve the great objective of

peace in the world in peace for america, so that we could go about our lives in this country, that you had to achieve that through what he called "peace through strength," that it is the capability that america has to dissuade or deter its opponents from challenging us and our friends around the world, that that is what keeps the peace and what is provocative is when america displays weakness or inattention. [applause] this is something i think is well understood around the world. margaret thatcher recently passed away understood it. that is why they called her the iron lady. not code pink. [laughter] the threats we face around the world are real. they are very real. we face nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons being

developed by the right -- by the likes of iran, or korea. we see russia and china expanding and modernizing their conventional and nuclear weapons forces. the threat from terrorism remains very real. we are not on the road to the end of the war on terror. it is a long road. we've got a long way to go. it has been going on far before the first 9/11, but i think that tragedy really brought it to center stage for americans. there was no way to avoid it anymore. it has not disappeared. we have made ourselves safer in some cases, but the threat remains. we have seen it, just in the past months. we saw the second 9/11 in benghazi last year, four americans killed, and since then, nine months later, what has happened? no retribution, no revenge. these people are victims of international terrorism, and the administration has done nothing.

too months ago today, the anniversary of the bombing at the boston marathon here in this country. we have seen it and pictures from london and paris, cold- blooded murders on their streets with knives and meat cleaver's. the war against terror is not a war we sought. it is a war that is being waged and stuff -- against us. we have to respond to it. how? the president -- and i'm sorry to say some republicans -- seem to think you can treat it like a law enforcement matter, like a bank robbery. the global war on terrorism is just that -- the risk that the terrorists and their state sponsors will one day achieve their long-sought objective and get chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons has to be something that remains at the very top of our priority list. you cannot address nuclear

weapons with after-the-fact prosecution's or retaliations. the goal has to be to prevent the attack from happening in the first place. there are two ways to do that. earlier this week, you heard some thoughts about two critical issues that we face right now that i would like to address. the first way to prevent this kind of attack is to find out about it before it takes place. you have all seen the controversy over edward snowden, the leaks about the nsa programs. some democrats and some republicans all him a hero. what is he doing today? he is in hong kong. he is revealing facts or at least his version of facts about american espionage against china. that is one of the worst violators of international --

religious freedom anywhere in the world. in revealing the secrets to china, this has nothing to do with americans privacy. he is telling the chinese critical facts about what we are doing to protect ourselves against them. there are two possibilities -- either edward snowden is lying, which will tell you something about his character, or he is betraying his country secrets to arrival. -- his country's secrets to a rival. edward snowden has betrayed his country. any american politician who tells you that he is a hero is not fit to be entrusted with our country's national security. [applause] secondly, when you face the kind of horrific threats of chemical,

biological, or nuclear weapons, you face is will the difficult question whether in order to prevent an attack a country must strike preemptively. it is a very difficult decision to make, but we've got the decision right in front of us now with iran and its clear weapons program. the president says, for america, all options are on the table, but nobody believes that. the focus right now is on israel, which twice before has attacked nuclear weapons programs written it may ash programs. it may well decide to attack iran. this may be the old jerusalem coming to the defense of the new jerusalem. i think it is very important that we all understand that if israel makes that very, very difficult decision to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons and to use military force to do it, that this will be a legitimate exercise of israel's right to self-defense. [applause]

that is why democracies act preemptively, to protect their innocent civilians. there are many more threats than i can deal with. i just want to remind everybody of what margaret thatcher said. she said, " george, this is no time to go wobbly." obama and summer publicans think that america's strength -- and some republicans think that america's strength is provocative. their answer is american decline and weakness. this is the contemporary version of george mcgovern's 1972 theme, come home, america. in fact, it is american weakness that is provocative. sadly we now have one of the most provocative presidents we have ever had.

let's not elect another one. our goal is peace for america, and we can achieve that peace for strength and determination. our founders understood this. that is why in the declaration of independence they pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor. this generation has to be prepared to carry on that legacy. there is no turning away from a hostile world. thank you very much. [applause] and yo from the faith and freedom coalition conference, remarks by bishop e.w. jackson, the republican candidate for virginia lieutenant governor. this is about 10 minutes. >> thank you so much.

thank you. i'm so thankful to be at the faith and freedom coalition to knowand so proud that ralph reed and other leaders have told us all together. folks, there is no freedom without faith. that is how our founders designed this nation. arefaith and our freedom under attack like never before in the history of this country. freedom is the ability to fulfill one's god-given gifts and talents and to allow them to take you to the highest place that you can go without irrational discrimination and without the government unduly and interfering -- unduly interfering your ability to make progress. you are now witnessing an effort to redefine freedom.

folks, freedom and liberty are not licensed. our founding fathers did not create a nation in which freedom meant, just do whatever you want to do. because whatever you want to do is ok. no, they created a nation in which the pursuit of happiness and the pursuit -- meant the pursuit of one's very best, the pursuit of character, the pursuit of integrity, the pursuit of decency and honor. now we are being told that freedom is licensed. no, it is not. the more you engage in license, the less freedom you ultimately have. [applause] the more you encroach on your neighbors freedom. no, freedom means we ought to be the very best people we can be. that is who we are as americans. that is what we are going to continue to strive for. freedom is also not dependence.

freedom is not dependence. , in i was practicing law once represented a family who was being told by the department of social services that taking their children to church was a form of abuse. int is where we are headed this nation right now. but i am so glad to know that we are in nation that is going to stand up for the principle that parents know best how to raise their children, not the government. [applause] i think we need to go back to what older generations used to say -- if you live in my house and you eat my food and you are under my roof, you will obey me and my rules. [applause] we are not going to let the government was any different. and my house, we will serve the lord. [applause] .here is no freedom without god

to be self-e truths evident that all men are created d.ual -- created, not evolve and endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. folks, god is the one who made us free. that freedom that has come from him that is inherent in who we are as human beings was not given to us by the government. it was not even given to us by the constitution. we are not going to let anybody in washington or anywhere else ever take it away from us. [applause] ronald reagan said, freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. we do not pass it on to our children in the bloodstream.

it must be fought for and protected and passed on to them to do the same, or we will spend our sunset years when our children and our children's children about united states of america where men were once free. no, freedom is not licensed. freedom is dignity and honor and the ability to go to the very best place that your talents can take you. freedom is not dependence. read him is the ability to have a job and the ability to work to support her family and the ability to instill in your children the dream of all that america offers. and the ability to know that their lives will be better than your life, not worse. yes, freedom is the ability to worship god as we see fit and not to be persecuted for it. i do not apologize for being a believer in jesus christ. i do not apologize for believing in the bible. that faith in that bible formed

a foundation of this nation. we are not going to let those foundations be destroyed. [applause] god said it before, and i will say it again -- my country'tis of the, suite land of liberty, of the icing. land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from, from every mountainside, let freedom ring. i love that last verse because it is a prayer. to thee we sing come along long may our land be bright with freedom, holy light. protect us by thy might. raise god, our king. here in virginia i'm running for lieutenant governor because virginia is where the foundations of our nation were laid, and virginia as were those foundations must be restored. we are going to turn up the light of liberty so brightly in

virginia that americans can see it from sea to shining sea, and we are going to revive ash reminds them -- remind them -- [applause] thate going to remind them those of us who stood in the military offices across this nation and took an oath to the constitution of the united states understand that it was not an oath to a man, it was not an oath to a government, it was an oath to that constitution, and we are going to uphold it and protect it and defend it until we read our last breath. -- breathe our last breath. [applause] and remind every american that we are still shining city on a hill. that we are still the last best hope on earth. yes, that we are still the land of the free and the home of the brave and that we will continue to pursue the vision that we recite every time we take the

pledge of allegiance -- that we are one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [applause] god bless you, god bless the faith and freedom coalition, and god bless the united states of america. [applause] >> now a discussion on conservatism and demographics from the faith and freedom coalition conference in washington. this is 20 minutes. paul teller with the republican study committee. we are the caucus of conservatives in the u.s. house. we appreciate all of your support. your joined today by three excellent analyst. nicholas thompson -- excellent panelists, nicholas thompson, a

former staffer in the bush white ande and with the nrc, also justin phillips, founder of the tea party nation. hopefully you know him already. it is one of the largest tea party groups and -- in the nation. the number one tea party site on the internet. he writes many columns. we'll see him on tv a fair amount. the income herbal john's on -- fun, whoparable john is an editorial writer at the wall street journal good he is now a national affairs columnist for the national review. one of the nation's premier andrts on voter fraud frankly a longtime collaborator with me. you're pleased to have these free today. -- we are pleased to have these free today. our topic is, is conservatism doomed by changing demographics?

you are all answering this question the same way, no, it is not doomed. our three panelists will say the same thing. we will have a few minutes of opening remarks, three minutes from each of them, and then i will throw some questions at them. we will hopefully get a good discussion going. let's start with nicholas. not a chance. conservatism is not doomed. what i would like to see is more people becoming conservatives. how can we do that? what the data shows is people who have a secure and stable life, that enjoy a job, a stable job, a steady income, who are married, who are the member of a family, who are middle-class families, who have a home, who are the member of the church, these people are much more likely to be conservative than those who are not. what you can do is help those in

your community, help those of your friends, lobby for legislation, tell your members of congress, support legislation and let's do things to provide the security and stability for americans. to help them have a better job, cut government spending, use it so we can grow job creation, so we can help people have a stable and secure life. that is where we see conservatism growing, where voters and americans in general have this ability to think about , am i outside of just going to be able to afford my bills this month? give them the ability to think about things like national security and things like healthcare reform and things like government spending. once we can do that and get them to pay attention to these issues that are so critical, we see numbers jump for conservatives. what i would like to see is

more action being taken to help people become what is one of the strongest demographic groups of conservatism, which is middle- class families. that is one of the strongest groups out there identifying themselves as conservatives. what i would like to see is us figuring out a way to draw more people into that category who identify themselves as a middle- class family. that would be great for conservatives. >> let's jump over to justin. >> i will say this, paul was worried about following e.w. jackson. i'm not worried. for personality transplant operation, so i have no fear. it can -- is conservatism doomed? absolutely, positively not. can i get an amen? >> amen! >> i get on social media a lot. i can make my career on social media, and i do it a lot. i end up talking to liberals.

it is light and coulter said, are going liberals if you must. they have the same racist attitude. their idea is that conservatism is a bunch of old, white guys who look like me, and they are all going to die off in the dinosaurs. and that will be the end of conservatism. , thethere'll be dinosaurs free munchies from star wars singing again, and who knows what else. that is the most ludicrous, asinine, idiotic thing that i have ever heard. freedom and liberty, the linchpin values of conservatism, are the most evangelical ideas in the world today. people inherently understand freedom and liberty. go to iran. they are oppressed, but their people understand freedom. go to libya. go to saudi arabia. to north korea, the most oppressive nation in the world. there are people -- there are people there in the gulags because they understand guilty. -- liberty.

all they have to do is read conservative bloggers today. they get liberty. ricky is not simply going to fade away -- liberty is not simply going to fade away because the baby boomers are getting older. it is not going to happen. there is one other cool thing i like. i will tell you why conservatism is not going away -- that is liberals do not pay attention to science. they believe in global warming. they believe al gore invented the internet. [applause] there is something else they believe, but i cannot figure it out. there is something incredible -- i can recommend a book to you all called "physics of the future" -- the book talks about changes that are coming in technology and medicine in the next 100 years. one of the things that we are seeing is greatly expanded lifespans for people like us.

my parents were in the world war ii generation. they're both gone now. most of that generation is gone. those of us who are baby boomers, if you are younger than us, i got bad news, we will be around a long time. that is one of the reasons why conservatism is not going to die. we are not demographically doomed. we will be around a lot longer than liberals think we are, and that gives me no end of pleasure because i will be able to torment liberals for a long time to come. [applause] jump over to john for his opening remarks. >> this conference is the intersection between faith and politics. between the spiritual and the secular. the way to reach demographic groups that we need to attract to win a majority is to recognize that faith and politics marched together. -- march together. i think one of the things we

have to learn about demographic groups, whether it is hispanics or asian-americans or african- americans, is you cannot just go every two years into their neighborhoods and say, vote for me. [applause] you have to actually be involved. african-americans are a tougher nut to crack. i will tell you with other ethnic groups, here is what is absolutely necessary. --ant to reiterate something you need to go in and offer something tangible, sometimes spiritual counseling, sometimes support for a family in trouble, sometimes holding a job fair or having a community meeting in which you offer from blood pressure screenings to cholesterol screenings to setting up a website. there are 3 million hispanic businesses in this country.

the majority of them are not on the website -- on the web. what if we train young people, give them free digital training on how to get a job designing websites, working on the internet, a career that probably is a lot more interesting than the schools they are going to now -- you have to give something tangible to them to show your sincerity. you have to give before you receive. that is a biblical principle. tohink that is the secret actually break out of our comfort zone in the neighborhoods we live in and make sure that we actually make human contact with people, because the single most important influence in how people vote are their friends, neighbors, and the relatives. if we can reach out on that basis, we can win. the other thing i want to emphasize is what nicholas said -- all of the things you're doing in your local communities and churches and neighborhoods to promote faith and stable

families have a real political payoff. i call it the three m's -- marriage, mortgage, and munchkins. these three m's make people more conservative because they instill responsibility in people. to the extent we promote those, we not only build more stable neighborhoods and families, but we improve our political situation. that cannot be emphasized enough. one statistic -- take a list of states, and let's rank order by caucasian women, because it gets skewed otherwise -- 50% of white women who are married -- rank in each state how many are married -- the top 25 states where white marriage rates are highest, they all went for romney. the bottom, all win for obama.

romney carried married women of all races by 11 points. single women, he lost by 31. that is the secret. get people married. get people a mortgage. [laughter] and let's improve our munchkin rate. thank you. [applause] >> let's pick up on that point. some of you have touched on it. is it wrong for us to speak of large demographic groups? should we not say hispanics because we need to drill down and talk more about married hispanics or women hispanics or single hispanics? can we drill into that topic? is it wrong as conservatives for us to even talk about these large groups in that way? john or necklace or whoever. [video clip]

john or necklace or whoever. -- nicholas or whoever. >> i think so. we were consistently told that romney had a woman problem. he had a single woman problem. was it a single woman problem, or a single problem? single men.rs among there's something about marriage that draws people into conservatism. i think the more they talked about women, i always thought, not exactly because romney is winning and married women. i think it is important for us to talk about groups like that, and otherwise a lump them together some and usually they do it in a way that is most beneficial to the democratic candidate. it doesn't provide a clear picture of everything out there. >> you want to jump back in on that, john? >> i will wait for another

round. >> a lot of times when you hear a topic like changing demographics, you immediately think hispanics. that is the major trend these days. we do not hear a lot about asians. maybe that is the silent, sleeper group we should be looking into more. i do not know if any panelists have any thoughts or experience related to the growing asian american minority. >> i was writing a long article on this. we need to pay attention to this often called silent minority. we spend a lot of time talking about hispanics, and they were between nine percent-10% of the electorate in 2012. -- 9%-10% of the electorate in 2012. they have incredibly high education levels. s are higher leveler than that of white americans. asian-americans have incredible family structures, incredibly hard-working ethics, and in

fact, in 1992, which was within our living memory, bill clinton got less than one third of the asian vote. george h w bush carried the wood -- the asian vote. abdul carried the asian vote. carried the asian vote. then things went south. the asian vote is very different. if you are a bangladeshi american, 93% of you voted for barack obama. if you are a vietnamese- american, two thirds of you voted republican. it is a wide range. surprisingly -- people do not realize this -- the second most republican asian group in america are filipinos. is what i learned from the 2012 election. the asian vote collapsed, but in nevada, they tried a special program of outreach using all of the asian languages, asian spokesman. they made a special effort.

mitt romney got 48% of the asian vote in nevada, which was important because 9% of the voters in nevada were asian. they saved the seat for dean heller. this year. do it new jersey and virginia are the two states that have off your elections. chris christie as governor of new jersey because he won the asian vote so profoundly in 2009. in new jersey, it is largely indian americans. indian americans are doctors, lawyers, engineers. becauseed their votes they were so disgusted by the corzine administration. bob mcdonnell made a special effort for asian voters. i went to one precinct in fairfax county, 47% asian, and barack obama in 2008 carried it 63%, and bob mcdonnell worked

that precinct and carried 54%. it can be done. we have to reach out to them on things like school choice, opposition to quotas, because asian-americans are often the most damaged by quotas, hard work, individualism in the sense of not being dependent on anyone outside of your family, and frankly religious values. as you probably know, well over 50% of korean americans are protestant. many of them are evangelical. that often goes for many other asian ethnic group screen they are often a lot more christian than you realize. those are groups we can reach out to. because they are visible among -- visible -- invisible, we often do not think about talking to them. we have to do that. their population is growing faster -- the number of immigrants into this country among asian-americans is now greater than the number of hispanic immigrants and dream

legally -- entering legally. >> thank you for that. we do need to break it down if we are going to target them. maybe this last question -- i see we are running out of time atmaybe more and -- aimed connecting with minority communities in their communities -- we need to go to them. how do we do that, but as activists but also as members of congress were inside the beltway? how do we get there? >> reaching these communities, there is a bigger problem than simply reaching the community. if we want to look at this from the 20,000 foot view, publicans are horrible at messaging. i do not care whether you are trying to reach asian americans african-americans, redneck americans. [laughter] republicans are horrible at messaging. eric cantor is doing the thing -- he is my congressman -- he has a thing on his con -- on

his website, and his idea of messaging was #makinglifework. my response to that was #wtf. that does mean winning the future, by the way. [laughter] in order to reach these communities, we need to figure out basic messaging. john was talking about single women, losing the single women vote. what did that? the war on women. if you look at the virginia race, what is terry mcauliffe's strategy? war on women. this is what we have to do, not only at the macroeconomic level, but also at the micro level. you have to figure out how to micro-target individual communities. bangladeshi americans, pakistani where i comed from, tennessee americans. [laughter] we really are americans, i swear to you. this is what obama's team did so well in the 2012 election where

they could data mine down to individuals and figure out what the triggers were for them, how to message, and this is what we will have to do. we will have to do it with individual communities. >> any comment on that? 15 under two comments, going into the communities, degree not the things that government would normally do, and how can we cobble together a group of businesses or community activists to do that function and communicate -- whether it is testing for diabetes or blood pressure or a job fair, let's not get the government to do it. how can we get your businesses in your town or churches or organizations to come together and say, sponsored by your local business community? >> how about getting people to help them fill out their tax forms to save them from the irs? [applause] >> i think we unfortunately are out of time. i wish we had hours to spend with this fantastic panel.

you have a great lineup of speakers coming. i will make one shameless plug the house conservative website. if you want to connect with conservatives, it is republican studycommittee.com. you can sign up for twitter and facebook. will you please join me in thanking our panelists? [applause] now a discussion on media bias from the faith and freedom coalition conference in washington. this is 20 minutes. >> it has been so long since i have seen you guys. our apologies, we had a .oderator mishap in the back i'm filling in for the next panel. it is my pleasure. in the the media bias

changing landscape,. we will be joined today by someone else who recognize -- [applause] , rustyn, rich lowry humphries. not bad. >> let's make some noise [captioning performed by national captioning institute] !- >> let's make some noise >> this is a new experience for me. news is, we are joined by three fantastic leaders in the conservative media community who probably do not need much prompting from their moderator. >> if you want me to take over, i will. >> exactly. why don't we start with you? is there media bias? should we care? >> yes, there is media bias. >> why should we care? [laughter] >> aren't we all human beings? >> it is very interesting.

what the media is doing, they try to obfuscate and they try to make it seem like there is an alternate reality. i was thinking about something earlier and i will take you back in time for a second. i will take you back to two days after september 11. the pile ofsh is on rubble in front of the buildings. remember? we were all together as americans. i hear you. we were together, democrats, republicans, liberals, we were together. , nowhe says, by the way that we are all together, i got in the delorean and i went 88 miles an hour, and i went into the future to your 2013 -- here's some good news -- we caught the guy who did it, and his name is osama bin laden. we got in. -- got him.

saddam hussein, we got him. he is dead. yea! the president's middle name 2013 is hussein. we will start with that one. it is the front and he thought. -- different than you thought. ,ohn mccain, he goes to syria and he wants to give weapons to the guys who just did this, all qaeda. -- al qaeda. al gore is doing good. al gore is doing great. he had a tv network. he just sold that to al jazeera. can you imagine the difference an amount of time has made? a lot of that is because of the media. obama is great. the muslims, they are all wonderful people. you know what? there are bad people in the world. this administration does not want to talk about the bad people. they want to print -- they want

to pretend it doesn't happen. guess what? we need to stand up against them, as americans and christians. we need to stand up and do the right thing. we've got to do the right thing. the media is stopping it. [applause] good night, everybody. [laughter] >> rich? >> it probably will not surprise you to know that rusty has three cups of coffee in the 15 minutes i was with them. >> i do not drink any coffee. [laughter] >> is a pleasure to be be here. when it comes to media bias, i always go back to what i think is the best line that distills caldynamic, which is thomas, and every day he reads the bible and the new york times just know what both sides are doing. i want to make a couple of points -- one, the thing with most liberal reporters is that they do not know they are

biased. the problem is in life, there are no such things as just objective people. i know a lot of conservatives. my line of work. i know a lot of liberals, my line of work. i know a lot of marxist. -- marzists. -- marxists. i live in new york city. i do not know many objective people. my second point would be, related to that, most liberal journalists and democratic politicos are the same people. there is no barrier between the two. they socialize together. they go to the same parties. they marry one another. they switch back and forth among the different sides of what is the same business. if somebody goes from abc to the obama administration, they really should not have to change health plans. [laughter] it is part of the same, basic

operation. third point, i think despite all the work we have done on this as conservatives, despite all the wonderful work that the media research center has done and others have done, tracking media bias, mocking it, examining it, the media is worse than ever. i think a lot of it just has to do with the fact that in 2006 and 2007, they fell in love with barack obama, and they knew this relationship cannot be consummated in the way they so desperately desired unless he was in the white house. i used to be -- it used to be a stock line in my speeches. i would recommend hillary clinton. i say, the people i hang out our in new york, we put run, hillary, run come a bumper stickers on the front of our cars. i felt sorry for hillary clinton. she cannot catch a break from the mainstream media.

only on fox news did she get somewhat of a fair hearing. it is because they are so in love with barack obama. that carried through the last five years. there is a bit of a lovers tiff going on right now over the ap subpoenas. do not worry. i just got married two years ago. i know how this works. they will get over it. [laughter] it other points quickly -- is so important that the structure of media as was handed down to us in the mid-20th is steadily eroding. their power every day, a little bit of it is seeping away. the big three news network broadcasters are still important, but every single hour that passes, they are not quite as important as they used to be. there is a line in "sunset " -- you used to be in

silent movies, you used to be big. she says, i still am big. it is just that the pictures got smaller. int is happening every day the mainstream media every day is the pictures are getting a little smaller. that is a very good thing. everything we can do to chip away at that and develop our own institutions and our own outlets that are not just about analysis and opinion, which we tend to do very well as conservatives, but are about reporting and investigative journalism -- every single progress in that direction is a huge thing. the last point, and i think maybe this is the most trenchant criticism of the press -- the free press is a very important thing. madison said, to the press alone, checkered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the tribes which have been gained by reason and humanity over terror and oppression.

a free press in this country is absolutely essential. the most telling criticism of the current press is that they are messing it up, and they cannot be trusted. we've got to get out there as conservatives and do it ourselves. [applause] >> let's move on to john. >> yes, bias is a problem. but the biggest problem in the media is another four letter word -- lazy. which is why if you giftwrap your story and you hand it to the reporter and you convince them they can get all the credit for it, they often will run with it regardless of where it comes from or what point of view it represents. we cannot forget that. we dangle the right incentive in front of reporters, and they will often bite. one of the that, reasons we know reporters are lazy is because the definition

of media has changed. it has expanded dramatically. it includes everyone on the internet. it includes people in this room. one of the ways that you can really spell out how deeply entrenched the bias is is how the media people, a step -- especially the establishment, treat their own when the government goes after them. i was appalled because many of these key party groups that were applying for nonprofit status, many of them had media operations. they were the franklin center chapters. they were tea parties doing newsletters covering local news. the thing that is important. their nonprofit status, they were suppressing the media, the new media. i did not hear a peak of any objection from any media outlet that that was one of the results of the iris targeting. -- the irs targeting. one of the things we have to realize is reporters who are

bravely trying to cover the obama scandals -- they have been cut down and excluded. cheryl atkinson of cbs news, we know her computer was broken into, direct information taken from it. it was an extremely sophisticated operation. cbs news, i can assure you, is very secure protocols. somebody did that. she has been yelled at and marginalized by the white house or years. she was the only reporter in network news to cover fast and furious and benghazi stuff. only now is she getting grudging respect and she is not a conservative. she is just an independent reporter. the fact that she is gotten so little support and attention -- some of it may be jealousy, but i think it is fear of angering the obama administration.

point aboutn the how closely interlocked the media and administration are -- npr's white house correspondent ari shapiro is married to a top official in the obama white house. quick because the time is mediag -- is the problem bias or is the problem that some folks do not emit their bias? bias?it this do we want them to admit it

honestly? >> there are a lot things going on in the media that we do not realize. media is changing before your eyes. we talk about the data and all the things the government is stealing. what is about to happen with media is, pretty soon they are going to run commercials. andt now, you have the dvr you do not watch the commercials. when you do not watch commercials, the newsroom cannot get money. they have come up with some ideas. they will know that you are a dentist. your commercials are going to be targeted directly at you. it is getting scary on how how much is coming right down to you individually and what they know. ago, i was inars

israel. i was overlooking the --tleground, armageddon kid armageddon. am m&a miller, the washington times. miller fromm emily the washington times. there was a little confusion backstage. me just finish my story and you can go ahead. i have been talking about the changing media landscape. as i was sitting at armageddon, i am thinking, this is going to be the end of the world. and i think about revelations 1:07. eery eye is going to see him. -- every eye will see him.

i am looking at things on my cell phone. it is happening before your eyes. he can watch it on the internet. >> i am ready. >> i am with you. [applause] things in thet of media that are happening. >> what do you read and what do you watch. what do you find to be the most objective news outlet? >> it is called the rusty humphry show. [applause] >> i will clarify. what would you recommend to the media about the balanced and unbiased media outlet.

what was the mishap backstage? >> we were adjusted chatting backstage. mishap. is a good beo not think media should objective. for most of our history it was not objective. you just had media robustly on both sides. i wrote a book recently about abraham lincoln. it is excellent, by the way. political parties owned newspapers. there is no pretense that was attacking. it is difficult to find out what was said in the lincoln-douglas debates. the republican newspapers -- lincoln was incredibly eloquent and his english was absolutely

perfect and douglas could not put a sentence together. if you read the democratic papers, it was just the opposite. in terms of my own reading no completelyis of the fifth outlet that i am aware of or read regularly. i just read widely. mean, but i do read the new york times every day. occasionally, there is good paternalism in there. drudge report a couple of times every day. i read the wall street journal and all sorts of stuff that got me thinking at the moment. can andwidely as you make your own judgments about what is correct and accurate.

longer three news anchors that are called the god telling you what you have to believe. now we have many more sources of information for you to filter through and decide what is accurate. >> i have met a lot of the writers. you are smarter than most of them. >> having established that you have to read widely, you still in the short cuts. the two best short cuts are, if you really want to know what happens in washington, goes to the c-span text schedule to see if there is one event you are really interested in and watch that event live and make up your own mind. then read the coverage after worse. you will see the difference. there really is no objective way

of reporting the news even if you watch the same event other people do. he 1 website that was mentioned is real clear politics. it has pieces from left, right, and metal. he should read the new york times and left-wing publications. we have always been told that monitoring in broadcasts word -- was important. if you want a sneak peek of what is going to be on drudge in the next few hours, go to lucyann. nethere is also the tpn

work. they are excellent, too. >> ap's phone records have been taken by the justice department. liberalou see the more or mainstream media reacting to these kinds of events? >> to me, it was so telling that right after we had this big gun control debate and the nra created a bunch of paranoid freaks because they are assessed with the second amendment and .here might be a gun registry supposedly, it is the first

amendment they are concerned about. the press and the coverage and reactions to the ap subpoena -- these freedoms extend much more broadly than newsrooms and reporters. it goes much deeper than just the first amendment. >> thank you also much for your time. i appreciate everyone else's time.

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] next, former 2012 presidential candidate and godfather's pizza ceo herman cain. it is just over 15 minutes. [applause] you, thanku, thank you very much. more importantly, thank you for being here. as usual, ralph never gives me enough time. [laughter] i will take what i need and he can scold me later. you have heard a lot of great presentations.

you have received a lot of information. i want to use as a cup before my remarks winning in 2014. want to use as a topic for my remarks winning in 2014. we have to stop making excuses about the losses we had in 2012 and start talking about what we will do to win in 2014. [applause] that is what we should be focusing on. i will not lead counsel of the reasons why we lost. there is all whole list of them. one of the biggest reasons i believe we did is the number of conservatives that stayed home because they were not enthusiastic. now look what we have as a result of that. , dr. martin luther

as sayingwas quoted the following, probably not one are used tos you see a lot. 50 years ago, martin luther king jr. said, there is nothing more dangerous than sincere ignorance or conscientious stupidity. in 2013 vernacular, some people are ignorant and do that know if and some people work and being stupid. [applause] they work at it. broadot mean to cast a net, but a lot of those people helped to create the current situation we are in. the current situation we are in because of all of the reasons i am sure you have heard as to why

we have had the magnitude of the defeat we had, the current situation we are in today reminds me of the george orwell's classic book, 1984. he published that book in 1949. he was looking at a 30 year aboutn where he talked big brother controlling everything, even people's thoughts. thing that george orwell missed was the time frame. years instead of 30 years that has given us what we have today. i know you do not want to hear this, but big brother is already here. the brother wants to control everything.

control our retirement, social security if we do not have supplemental. ify control our health-care we are not able to kill this terrible legislation. they control much of our money because of the tax code. one of the fundamental principles that big brother operated under, which allowed it to be successful was the principle of ignorance is if you are big brother. big brother was able to do what it was able to do in george 9084 because they intentionally kept people a living. today'sare seeing in

environment is, if you do not agree, they will try to find ways to silence you. of use, fecirs intimidation, epa discrimination, doj corruption,, nsa on and on and on in terms of the abuse and corruption in the government that wants to control all of our lives. that is why you are here and that is why i am here. we are not going to be ignorant to the truce. we are not going to be ignorant to the fact because i know everybody in this room healy's

and feels as i do. -- this room believes that feels as i do. we are going to take our government back. [applause] ther i dropped out of presidential race because of the of the media, they thought i was going to be quiet. that is not going to happen. [applause] here is how we take our government that. you stop a train, you have to slow it down. people are discouraged because they think this is a sprint. it is a marathon. this train is running full speed down the track toward socialism

and toward communism. yes, i said it. [applause] that is where we are headed. and reverseop it , we have to slow it down. that is what we focus on in 2013. i respect the speculation on who will run for president in 2013. there are things we should do in 2014 that we should not overlook. two suggestions, go to strategies that we must do that want you to focus on. if you do not want -- know how to focus on these things go to hermancain.com. i have instructions on how to do it. control of congress, both houses. it is doable with three things.

a, not estimated time of arrival. inwe need some enthusiasm people's hearts and souls. [applause] enthusiasm will be generated when people have a good understanding of what our brand called conservative stands for. asked, how do you asians,t to blacks hispanics and other minorities? my answer is, the same way you reach out to white people. [applause] people get you what enthusiastic about. it is what i call and described

as the road to prosperity. we should be in the business of removing barriers to education. be proud of charter schools. be proud of home schooling. the prow of vouchers. [applause] of cultures. we should be proud of creating jobs. barrier removal business. outo not get that business there enough. entrepreneur ship and ownership gets people excited. that gets them excited about what it is we stand for. t, targeted races. a-c-e-s. find some races when the time

comes that you can support and help to get some of the right people there. we have got to stop sending nearly 90% of the folks in d.c. back to d.c. 90%. ., activists the foot soldiers like you and i are the ones who are going to be able to change things. the way we are going to be able to change things is that we are calling to continue to create and expand what we have already been doing for the past several years of creating a groundswell s, a groundswell of citizens and patriots and conservatives. as we create a groundswell of around number 2, which i will describe in a minute, it will be so massive that the politicians

in washington, d.c. will want to get out in front of the parade. we have got to create the parade and they will get out in front of it. that is how many members of the political class operate. there are ability classes in this country now. the political class and the working class. all you have to do is come to washington, d.c., and i am sure you feel the same thing i feel. you look in these buildings and you say, some democrats -- some bureaucrat is trying to decide on my health care. the way we change things is we have to do it from the bottom up. owned.y, though we have got to stop listening to and excepting mambi-pambi

solutions to our problems. [applause] whenever a politician running for office comes to me and says, mr. cain, we had something in common. i want to reform the tax code. i say, get away from me. i do not want to reform it. i want to replace the tax code. go bold. let me tell you another one i want to do. i gave a similar talk to a group. when i mentioned this next one, there was no applause. it was like, they had already accepted that it cannot be done. repeal obamacare. [applause] bold. the only way we are going to be

able to replace the tax code and appeal obamacare is that we are going to have to create the movement on the part of the activists and watch the politicians fight each other to get in front of this parade. that is how we do this. that is how we win in 2014. if i did not think it was doable, i would not be here. if i did not think it was doable, i would not be on the radio three hours, five days a week. for more information, go to hermancain.com. plug and i am proud of it. yes, i see some of my friends from georgia. let me close with the following. i am almost done, ralph.

one of the things i have to fight, encourage the every day on the radio is people who want to give up. i have to remind them of something that a lady who was about to be put into the gas chambers at the end of the holocaust -- i will never forget what she said. her first name was berta. she was standing in front of the gas chamber about to be put into the gas chamber when the allied soldiers came and said, the war is over. you are saved. , didorter asked her later you ever give up. ? she said, no. standing right there in front of

the door of the gas chamber, she never gave up. he reporter asked why. ae said, giving up is permanent solution to a temporary condition. [applause] the state that we are in right now in this country is temporary. and we can take it back. [applause] life can be a challenge. life can seem impossible. it is never easy when there is so much on the line. you can make a difference. just for you.sion just look inside and you will find just what you can do. look inside and you will find just what you can do.

take our government back. [applause] >> now, former alaska governor and 2008 republican vice- presidential candidates sarah palin. she was the final speaker at the faith and freedom coalition conference. this is about 25 minutes. ♪ >> thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. i am so delighted to get to be here. because ofare here

you. you have taken time out of your busy schedule to be here and to be involved. todd and i were talking about this backstage. it is not about us. it is about you try to expand our republic and save our country. i was not going to start off getting all blubbery on you, but you do my heart well. it is good to be among friends. it is so interesting to be in washington. i do not get back here that often. every time i do, it seems to get more and more surreal. i was going to ask ralph if he had encountered any protesters. if there are any protesters, speak now or hold your peace. facing the critics is something i do well. [applause]

easy to spot them in the parking lot in their little purple volts. what gives them a way is there re-elect kohl, bumper sticker. obama bumper sticker. i have pulled up next to them and said, why? what is their thinking. why would they support such policies? before the 2012 race, one guy said, i am not a racist so i voted for him to prove it. i said, nor am i a racist. next time, vote for someone else to prove you are not a knucklehead. [applause] [applause] now more than ever it seems so

orwellian over here. terms like "leading from behind" meant following. househer day the white testified bragging that they used "unleased untruthful statements." where i come from that is called "a lie." the government lied in benghazi and americans died. the scandals are being rebuilt. people are waking up to what is going on. the scandals are coming at us so fast and furious. it reminds me of a comedy routine that my really good friends at saturday night live could think of me as a friend. thosemore for

unemployment numbers than obama has ever done. what snl does is they have this skit where they do this take newscast and they read absurd news reports. then they finish it with an incredulous "really?" our governments fight on every single one of your phone calls, but it could not find to deadbeat bostonians to terrorist central in chechnya. really? it built an apparatus to sneak into all the communications but

it missed the fort hood mass murder of our own troops despite this islamic terrorist declaring his ideology in numerous army counseling sessions and on his own business card. there were no red flags there. really? our government passing the affordable care act. that is the affordable care act. it's result? making our premiums more expensive. now hiring up to 16,000 armed irs agents to implement this act. the irs cannot figure out how it managed to spend over $4 million on a training conference because it didn't keep its received. -- receipt. keep its really? [laughter] you try that with the irs. it gives me the same reaction

that i get from so much of what saturday night live does. i do not know whether to laugh or cry. you just tune out. i think that is what a lot of good are doing to washington today. dc is one hot mess. where is our commander-in-chief? we are talking more new interventions. in these radical islamic countries they are not respecting basic human rights. they scream over an arbitrary red line. we have someone who knows what they are doing. let allah sort it out. [laughter] [applause]

we are gathered today in a city that is a scandal. it is just another saturday afternoon in dc. to me this one feels different. something more is going on than your garden-variety corruption. this is shaping up to be a teachable moment. what is going on? it shows something fundamental about our relationship to our government. for the perfect teacher we need to look no further than becky. she is a wife and mother and living in small-town usa. before last week you probably have never heard of her. she came to washington recently to do something that no american should have to do. that was to beg for her right. she came to washington not as a

victim but as a victor, warrior. she had been singled out for her political believes. -- beliefs. she came to washington not to apologize but to evangelize. she had been treated by her government as an uppity hick who needed to be brought down in an avalanche of red tape. she came to washington not as a subject but as a citizen. she made her case better than i ever could have. part of what she says, she said where i come "we are patriotic americans. we peacefully assemble." we exercise our right to free speech. we do not understand why our government tries to stop us. "i am not a serf.

i'm not here today to beg my lords for mercy. i am a wife, a mother, a citizen. i'm time i government that you have forgotten your place." -- i am telling my government that place."ve forgotten your [applause] i have had the honor of meeting thousands of americans like becky. so many human have they are-- many americans are calling out to government that has not called out. they have systematically usurped the place. when our founders declared our independence, they pointed to a long train of abuses from arrogance and dictatorial governments. that train leaving the station

again. the challenge is to see it for what it is and to stop it in its tracks. the problem is not bureaucrats in cincinnati going rogue. it is not honest reporters and their parents being targeted for doing their job. it is not 20 something security contractors leaking government documents. the problem is government grows so big that it intrudes into every aspect of our life. it has grown so arrogant that it thinks that we work for it rather than it working for us. [applause] the problem is this is the power of government. he needs to sustain for the rights of we the people.

the scandals infecting the city are a symptom of something bigger. it is not matter if it is a republican or democrat sitting on top of out of control government, everyone is infected. no party is immune. i am listening to those independents. libertarians are saying it is both sides of the aisle. they've perpetuated these problems. the good old boys that have not i wishart of the solution. they would put themselves on

cruise control. ted cruz control. [laughter] [applause] i think we would see some solutions. investigate them. let's punish the guilty. did you know the f b i is-- the fbi is investigating the irs of the tea party conservatives scandal? they have not contacted one tea party yet. the fbi does not know who is even leading the investigation. nothing to see here. that is what they want us to believe. move along little people. irs lawyers who are in charge of this donated to obama over republicans 20-1.

both of the lawyers who made political contributions overall, 95% of them came to obama. that is nothing. at the un and education department and national labor relations board, 100% of their attorneys donated to obama. it is not just me saying that. investigate. we can not kid ourselves that we can stop at just that. we could rebuild our majority. let's not kid ourselves.

we cannot improve our majority with a special interest, amnesty, no border security will -- bill. they want to base this on fertility rates. i do not think this is where we want to go and how we want to decide how we invent us -- incentivize the hard-working, responsible families who want to follow the line -- follow the law and become americans. we will never build our majority by acquiescing to a totalitarian-- by acquiescing to a totalitarian state if we just sit down and shut up. i refuse to do.[applause]

we have nothing to gain by loudly condemning the tactic while we retreat. we are a freeborn people. the day we stop worrying about this tear any lurking around-- the tyranny lurking around every corner, which barack obama just told a group of graduates recently that they should ignore and forget about -- no, that is the day that we lose our freedom. beings the day we stop citizens and we become subjects. as our founders and sacker for shall veterans -- sacrificial veterans roll over in their graves, many today are forgetting the words they spoke. the words that launched the

resolution -- the revolution. , "iick henry said know not what course others will take, as for me, give me liberty or give me death." we must be willing to say that today. i am so glad that you are here. i'm so glad you made the sacrifices away from family and work and home to be here. i cannot thank you enough. it is just so encouraging for normal average everyday americans skew our counting on -- who are counting on you to have that stiff spine and pushed back this movement that is tyranny. americans like becky.

they already know all of this. not only do they value their freedom but you're willing to fight for it. and hundreds of towns across america, so many americans are fighting the good fight. i know because i have met them. i have been in their home. they have been a mine. they are the rock upon which we will build this new majority. they are the boys that can reach -- the voice that can reach millions of other patriots of all race and color and creed that value the dignity and opportunity of freedom. they have kept safe with everything we love about this

land of the free. we will have no hope of reclaiming our country. we will deserve it even less.if we fail to keep faith with them. this is the message that our leaders need to understand. you do not discredit and dismiss every hard-working american. too often leaders are not doing [applause] we the people have to do it. we cannot count on our politicians in washington, dc to do this for us. this speaks to the idea, the action needed on a local level. i ran for city council. i was a small town mayor. you have to start on a local level affecting that change. it you do not just except the

good old boys trying to shut things down in your own hometown either that are not part of a liberty loving populace that is here running their businesses, raising their families, assuming that everybody understands what our constitution says, assuming it is in our heart and soul that we will follow our constitution, start on the local level affecting that change as you work on these higher levels of politicos who happen to be in charge of our country. start on that local level or do both. just do both. local and national. time is wasting. we will reclaim our country if -- fail to reclaim our country if we do not keep faith with those americans. they knew that this land was dedicated to our god

and he has blessed it. we do well to rededicate it at this time to our one true heavenly father.[applause] we are not going to come up in her own simple minds with a solution. the challenges are too big. we need to ask at hands of protection and the blessings of our father to fall upon our nation. this is what god is all about, grace and mercy and forgiveness. if we ask for this and rededicate our land to our lord, things will turn alone.-- turn around. i know at least you all can appreciate that.[applause] they are the unsung heroes.

they are out there be fusing to refusing to retreat. refusing to fundamentally transform america. we must, wey shout, will fundamentally restore america. [applause] i want to thank you again. i want to ask you to keep up the good fight. we cannot get tired. we cannot weaken our resolve to defend this republic and make our politicians be accountable and follow our constitution. you are the unsung heroes. i happened to be given a microphone. i'm speaking on behalf of you who love this country as much as

i do. who love and value life and our kids, some who perhaps will face more challenges than the rest of us will face, yet we understand the dignity of human life. we understand there are got the standards of perfection and then there are the world standards of perfection that are superficial and often materialistic and do not matter. you all know what really matters. that is why it is so good for us to be encouraged and be fed by you knowing you're out there. you've got our back. we've got your back. with that, i thank you. happy father's day tomorrow. happy father's day to our founding fathers. in their honor, let us do better for the country that they have bestowed upon us.

thank you all so much. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013]

>> next, live your calls and comments on "washington journal ." " with minnesota congressman john kline. then remarks from former secretary of state hillary clinton. i know in my small aterience having worked news organizations, you do see people, older journalists who you know who would not cut it today. it doesn't mean they were not good at what they do. it just means the demands of their generation and our generation are very different.

whoink that older people decry what the media saturation is doing to us in terms of being constantly updated and the new string, i think it is a valid complaint. the argument of, take your time, get your facts right. that will always be true. we sought on the healthcare ruling. we sought in the boston marathon bombing. i think that the pendulum swings back and forth. we are now at a time where people are reconsidering how important it is to get your facts right. >> more about journalism today with political reporter patrick gavin tonight at 8:00 on c-span 's "q&a." >> this morning we focus on the patriot act. paul singer talks about the role politics played in the creation of the patriot act. then former justice department senior counsel nathan sales examines the patriot act provisions that deal with

surveillance. later georgetown university law professor laura donahue on how the foreign intelligence surveillance court operates. "washington journal those quote is next -- "washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning. resident and mrs. obama departing this morning for northern -- president and mrs. obama departing this morning from the white house to germany. here in washington, the senate continues to debate the immigration bill and the house will be taking up the abortion bill this week. it is sunday, june 16. happy father's day. two dominant issues this week for the g-8 summit, the nsa reports on phone records and now u.s. assistance in syria. two issues will be focusing on today on w