terrible epidemic of ebola. these things will need to be treated. the world must be optimistic towards africa. africa is opportunity. this is the perception we wanted to share with you, a land of opportunity where growth could be shared. earlier on i was following the speech made by vice president biden. he said the american investment on the continent creates employment in the u.s., it benefits american growth. that is what he said. it is within this win-win partnership that we africans have come to meet our american brothers from which we were separated for so long, but we will talk about that later, the separation concept, the continent, i mean.

we are happy to be here in order to engage especially with the american private sector and talk about the perspective of a very promising continent that is africa today. thank you. [applause] >> just like my colleagues here on the panel, i want to start by thanking president obama and the administration of the united states for providing the opportunity for this summit which brings together the united states and africa to forge the kind of partnership that is very essential and crucial to development, especially in africa, but also globally.

let me refer to some of the points made by some people, panels. people are talking about partnering globally and locally, global and local together, as the best way of creating a partnership. i want to add that people are also talking about the growth rates that have been realized by the continent of africa. even when there are known problems that we have talked about, for example, a lack of electricity, power, and someone was saying, imagine what would

happen in terms of these growth rates across africa if there was no shortage of power. you could talk about many other things. so from this partnership, i think, many things that exist in africa today, business, trading, the benefits that come with us, these into being filled, just imagine what will be unleashed in terms of growth as well as development. but of course, there has to be grounds on which growth can translate into development. so each of the members in the partnership have responsibilities and roles to play.

on our side, we still have the role of providing for business. we have to continue investing and creating a rule of law. we have to continue providing education to our people and the skills. many things including health, operations. many need good health, in addition to education, skills.

this growth will continue for many years ahead. so for me, the importance of this summit, is very well captured in what we can do together and the possibilities that can be provided by the united states of america, whether it is finance or different opportunities that would be availed in this partnership to africa for the continued growth and development of our people, as well as the good returns and satisfaction of our american partners, in terms of companies, as well as the political establishment that is also behind the creation of this

partnership. so this is where we stand. [applause] >> we want to talk about a store that was referenced on the front pages of newspapers around the world, the ebola crisis. there is some concern being expressed loudly of a tipping point. tell me what your fears are about the ebola virus. two heads of states are not hear from sierra leone and liberia because they are on the frontlines of trying to deal with that in their own countries. what are your fears, what can be done, what kind of cooperation is taking place within africa and other nations around the world? >> of course, right now the epidemic is in west africa. tanzania is in east africa. [laughter] [applause] not only that.

but there was also an outbreak in the congo. there was another outbreak last year in uganda which borders tanzania. of course we are concerned, and we have also put in place mechanisms of possible response. i think we have established labs to that effect, just in case there is a report of a possible ebola outbreak or ebola infected person. we do the evaluation and then analysis and then confirm if it is there.

so we are taking more precautions, just in case, as you rightly said, people travel. they are not prevented from liberia, west africa, coming to tanzania. so just in case it spreads, i can assure you, we have taken precautionary measures in terms of building capacities for confirmation of a just in case it is suspicious, there has been an ebola case. >> i would like to comment not on the ebola case, but what i consider the main problem. once again, it if we want africa and america, if we want someday for people to refer to the african tigers and so forth, the most important thing for us as leaders and heads of states is to give all the opportunity to

the business community to work in good, safe conditions. this is why we have to promote independent judiciary's. this is why we have to come back and fight against corruption. this is why we have to improve also the democratic system and so forth. i do believe this is absolutely necessary for the business. but i would also like to say, the foreign investors, they should help the democratic states by investing because this would be a message to all the other countries, saying, we are going to invest. of course we are interested in making money as soon as possible, but that is not all the problem. in a country where we have good

governance, we can make money. by sending this message everywhere that we have good governance, is for the business community, something very important, and not only as important as making money very quickly. this message could also help african countries to improve the situation as it could improve the situation of the population. once again, i must stress, we do not need development which is not useful for the population. we do not want to widen the gap between the rich and poor. this will lead to more instability and aggression and civil war. we need to give services to the population. when you do have services and education, jobs and so forth. once again, our responsibility as heads of states is to improve the political and social

environment. it is also the responsibility of the business community to go where there is a state of law, democracy, and so forth. of course, they will invest in social and developmental economies, but also in these democracies. once again, all the three factors are linked. >> i want to come back to ebola in a second, but let's stay with your point. it is this idea that an investment in a country is a vote of confidence in a country, confidence in governance, confidence in rule of law, and a confidence in the absence of corruption. is there, in any of your judgment, a sense that there is misconception about africa, in terms of specific countries with respect to that? is there something that you think the business community and

the private sector may have a misconception about or are badly informed? >> [inaudible] [speaking french] [translated] charlie, i think you are right. there is a perception and a reality. the perception of the business world, the global and political world on african democracy, on good governance, is the wrong perception because what you see in the media in one or two countries is not what is going on on the rest of the continent. remember, africa is 54 countries in full evolution. they are all trying on a day-to-day basis to build a long-lasting democracy,

reorganizing transparency, elections. that is the rule in africa today. there are exceptions. this should not be the image that you have of africa. i keep reading -- pleading to say the negative vision that you have because in this country or another there is a problem, it is an unfair vision of africa. [applause] the global dynamic in africa is democracy. democracy is installing itself. there are exceptions, that can happen. but africa is a continent where the majority of countries has had its independence not quite 20 years ago. look at the largest of our countries, south africa, 91. take all the countries of the region.

kenya, 63. how long has africa been free? in less than two years, you want africa to be at the same level as france or the united states? it is deeply democratic, no more or less than an american or european, but i fully understand the history of each country, the history of each nation. let's be fair towards these people in africa, toward these african countries, which are trying to have a democratic process. today, you have the rule of law in africa. you have press freedom in africa. you have the freedom to create the business. yes you have corruption but

there is corruption everywhere else. our will is to fight corruption strongly. in our decision-making places, look at west africa. common laws on budgetary transparency. today in senegal, we have a law, in order to make it compulsory for all of the government agencies -- ministers, public officers, anyone dealing with a budget -- now must make a statement of his own wealth. we have a national office fight against corruption. we are trying to put in place instruments that can follow the evolution of economic growth in our country, so you have to be optimistic on africa. you have to start the fight for development. and i call upon the american

businessmen to come to africa. there is no risk in africa, no more than anywhere else, other continents. your investment will be much higher. now, the ebola virus. let me say how big my solidarity is with the victims. i am almost a neighbor of sierra leone. we are in the crucible, the eye of the cyclone, but i will tell international communities that ebola is a devastating virus. it is not an african disease. we must see this virus as a threat against humanity. it is a threat against humanity because there are continental flights, flights to the u.s. and europe, so you have a world crisis, global crisis. all the scientists in the world, all the researchers have to work on that in order to win, just

like we did it for the plague, tb, like eight is being vanquished. it is the solidarity of the international community that we are requesting to support the victims. >> let me compliment what my brother just said. but in a different way. i think even opportunities like this one, provided by the opportunity of this summit, we need to keep building our capacities and strengthening our institutions to avoid over dependency that has been there

for too long. you avoid that by building capacities, cooperation, integration, so that we are able to own up to our mistakes and own up to our solutions and contribute to solutions. we can't even tell our stories. you find we depend on others to tell our stories. that's how socialism has come about. [applause] i think as time goes with africa, in terms of building this consensus, this working together, this owning us so that we cooperate with others rather than being dependent on them,

that is how we should leverage this partnership and address this particular program. >> thank you very much indeed. first, i would like to agree with my brother. ebola is a disease that is affecting humanity. rather than just look at it as an african problem. first is the idea that africa is organizing itself. nations continental air working together. that is why we are confident that this time around we're working to address the problem of ebola. but i must also say there is an unfortunate thing that affects

africa in a particular way, particularly in perception. that is corruption. that is a problem you have. africa as of now is organized. we discussed many of these issues together in the a you -- in the african union. we share everything together. we take common resolutions. we say let's deal with the challenge that faces us today. earlier i mentioned, as an example, the agreement. there is no debate about it.

there are things that are not reported about the continent. we have a peer review mechanism. nobody is talking about this globally. its unique instrument where countries in the continent subject themselves to their peers to review them, look at them. they submit reports and their discussed in the au forum. there is no such instrument that exist globally. there is in africa. nobody reports about it. i think it's important for people to look at africa and see that africa is changing.

see the good things coming out of africa in terms of working together, in terms of understanding our problems, interns -- in terms of owning up to what in the past have been mistakes. i think we have a chance to better ourselves. this is why we appreciate this opportunity, because we are in a position to tell our own stories. >> yesterday, i spoke to the national press club. there was an invent -- an event i was invited to. africa has changed. african economies are performing

better today. six of the 10 fastest-growing economies are in africa. between 2011-2015, it is projected that seven of the fastest-growing economies will be in africa. why are we there? because of the pursuit of sound economic policies. also the pursuit of sound political policies. democracy has taken root. governance is enshrined. there is a stronger commitment

now to fight vice in society, corruption, drug abuse. there is more respect for human rights. there are a few hotspots. when you look at the conflict areas in africa, they don't compare to the good stories. unfortunately, the good stories are not being told. please, tell the other stories. i will give the same example. ebola. the whole african continent is being perceived as if everybody everywhere is suffering from ebola.

>> i don't think that's true. i think there is some concern about -- >> it's the perception. when is africa going to get out of this of being perceived if there is a problem in one country -- africa is a continent. there are 54 countries. they are different in terms of culture, in terms of -- until we get to a point where africa will be seen as 54 countries, we will not progress. >> the question of security. there is some concern about security. we read highly publicized stories about boko haram and 200

children. we know about the absence of respect for boundaries. what do you want to say to the audience here? >> africa is more secure today than it was many years ago. it is a nation with problem areas. you have somalia, which had a huge conflict, but now the situation is better. al-shabaab has not been eliminated. from time to time there is a struggle. we have had a problem with the food. it is under much better control

now than it was in the past. we have some conflict areas. >> we still have huge problems in central africa. we still have huge problems in central sudan. we have a terrible situation in sudan. we have a terrible situation in the northern part of molly. -- mali. africa is much more secure but we're still facing an important challenge, an matter of security. we have the problems of libya and the countries around libya. we have to face the problems and

we have to work together. we have to be able to control it and we are going to control it to give the business community more security and stability. >> i wanted to say that we reached a stage in africa where you could count the problematic areas. the arab spring affected the area. we have discussed this as leaders. we have countries that have volunteered an instrument.

we have taken rentable of african problems and african solutions. we are now, on the asus of that, taking a decision upon ourselves. it's an important thing that the world should know. >> thank you. on behalf of everyone in the audience, i appreciate your enthusiasm. i especially appreciate the summit we hear on africa and african leaders. we thank each of you. >> as a bigger continent, we must be given more time to explain ourselves. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seats for a short

-- [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] the united nations will hold a general assembly meeting tomorrow on the israel-palestine conflict. in the afternoon, the congressional block caucus hold a discussion with african business and political leaders that is at 2 p.m. eastern. later president obama will hold a news conference at the u.s. africa summit. you could watch coverage at 5 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, remarks from two-party cofounder at the annual western conservative summit.

in about 15 minutes, we hear from former vicetopics include , immigration, and race in america. >> thank you, senator andrews. how is everyone doing? isn't this an amazing event? theerday, after all of events, i was reflecting on the tea party. when those patriots initiate of their principled protest, they could not have known their demonstration would become the inspiration for a similar movement hundreds of years later. i also imagine they would never guess that a savvy businesswoman and mother of two would be leading the charge. jenny beth martin is a political

strategist who, in 2009, responded to the call for a new kind of party. frustrated by the unprecedented , she isn of government held today as the tea party cofounder. any beth is now the national coordinator for the crusade, and is tirelessly working toward a return to conservatism. named one of time magazine's most influential leaders, she received more than 15 million members, in addition to chairing the tea party patriots citizens fund. she is also a frequent guest on every major television, print, and news outlet in the country. when jenny beth was not busy the movement, she targets discrimination. i do not know how she does it. we are tremendously blessed to have this revolutionary with us today.

well, the national tea party cofounder, jenny beth martin. [applause] >> thank you. i bring news from the rio grande valley, the breach point for the largest invasion of american territory since the british occupied and burned our capital city in the war of 1812. morning, i awoke in mcallen, texas, having spent the better part of the last week seeing for myself and for you exactly what is happening on our southern border. i spent that time talking with local sheriffs and residents, hearing directly from the frontlines, and hearing firsthand about all of the problems on the border. people onlls from the

the left, and even some in the republican party, saying we must launch what they call a humanitarian effort. must care fore the unaccompanied minors coming into our entry. they tell us we must not -- no, we cannot -- send these young people home. us we must borrow even more money from china to house, feed, inoculate, and treat the strangers who broke into us we n more money from our home. well, i am a mother. i am a woman. i am a christian. and i am proud to say i am an american. i have listened to these arguments, and i check them against my heart and my head, my experience and my values. and to these arguments, i need

but one word to respond. no. [applause] disagree? speak withorder and the american citizens with whom i have spoken. learn about the crime. local residents will tell you they have seen a flood of illegal immigrants pouring into their cities in the last two years. tell you how crime against persons and property has increased. sheriff joe frank martinez in dell rio told as a resident along the river had their homes robbed. everything from televisions and washing machines to copper wiring, stolen from homes, put on floats -- put on rafts and floated across the river into mexico. i saw photos of a home where a mother and her children had to hide under their bed for safety, while a gang of illegal

immigrants started shooting outside their home. these are american citizens who have called this part of our country home for the last decade. many for generations. they do not want to cede their land or give up their property. and they should not be forced to do so. we -- [applause] we saw a 2.8 mile stretch in dell rio texas. 2.8 miles of fence. to keep that in perspective, the of -- -- along the border between texas and mexico is 1200 miles. are a member of the new york times editorial board, you have no problem saying -- no

trouble seeing the problem here. mocked the fence because they realize how easy it is to go around and still get into the country. we saw footpaths worn in the soil where people had literally walked around the fence about 20 feet to the east of where it began. serious, this so would be fodder for john stewart. then there are the coyotes. evil people who smuggle human beings across the border for profit. the coyotes get their money up front. consequently, in the words of bureaucrats everywhere, they are dis-incentivize to care whether the people they are struggling into america may get alive. retired sheriff ziggy gonzales, who started the border sheriff coalition, told us there are times when coyotes, cornered by authorities when approaching their border, will abandon their car, with people in the trunk.

not be so bad, except sometimes they do it while driving across the rio grande. and then they just watch as their car sinks in the river, and they escape the border patrol. and the evil does not stop there. confirm that the drug cartels are running the show on the southern side of the border. all too often, on the u.s. side as well. the drug cartels are sophisticated and cunning. yet it is not rocket science for them to climb up on top of the binoculars,co, use and see when and where the border patrol are, and send their network through an area that is not being covered. as soon asnfirm that one area beefs up security and patrols, the illegal immigration catch rate in that area increases, while, not

surprisingly, it decreases in other areas on the border. realize how this administration has tempted people to enter the united states illegally, subjecting them to this evil in the process. 's deferredbama action for childhood arrivals program, another one of his executive dictates that allows the written laws of this nation, is sending the signal to people in central and south america that if they just get into our country, they are going to be able to stay. fine rides, flat screen tv's, soccer balls, and teddy bears send messages that children will be cared for and showered with material gifts. blocked from are the detention centers, where many of the children's are sick. where the young children cry themselves to sleep, wanting their parents. where courts ignore how dangerous a trip to central

america to the united states can be. reason,cles, for some do not mention that the overwhelming majority of these made teenchildren are boys -- 16, 17, 18 years old. it is the perfect age for gangs. the young people are at the mercy of the drug cartels and the brutal desert heat. , if risk injury and death they are not old into the drug cartels and used for other purposes. friends, what we are seeing is neither moral nor compassionate. it is neither moral nor compassionate to encourage parents to send their children off to embark on a life or death futureith an uncertain -- uncertain outcome. it is neither moral nor compassionate to put children at

risk of bodily injury, disease, and death, or possibly even worse, life as a gang slave. it is neither moral nor compassionate to put our hard-working american families who live on the border at such great risk. it is neither moral nor compassionate to force the american public to borrow another $3.7 billion from china to pay for a border bailout. [applause] unfortunately, those in washington are responding to the border crisis in the way they always do. bureaucracy. concentrate more power in washington, d.c. commission studies rather than taking action. and so more of our hard-earned tax dollars at the problem. byt like the bake sales used

politicians to pay out special interests, the border bailout rewards the president's allies, builds a centralized bureaucracy, and concentrates more power in the hands of the government. bad,border bailout is so we would be opposed to it even if it were free. we don't need it. we don't want it. and we oppose it. no border bailout. let me have a show of hands. how many of you have flown anywhere in this country or around the world in the last year? at the beginning of every airline flight, we are reminded that, should the cabin was pressure and oxygen masks deploy, we need to put them on ourselves first before we reach over and help others. why? because if we don't take care of

ourselves first, we are no dam good to anybody. -- are no damn good to anybody. let's call it the delta rule. headquartered in atlanta, i fly delta airlines a lot. i suggest that to be truly compassionate, to be truly moral, we apply the delta rule to the border. first, take care of our own. then, take care of others. instead of a border bailout, simply respect the rule of law and secure the border. [applause] millions of immigrants come to america legally to pursue the american dream. we admire them for playing by the rules, respecting american

law, and contributing to our country and our community. we are for illegal immigration. and we are against illegal immigration. [applause] there already is a path to citizenship for those wishing to come to america. a legal path to citizenship. our government should not reward those who choose to get off that have, cut in line, and break the law. to do so would be in moral. fact, it would unfairly punish those who obey the law and follow the rules. simply respecting the rule of law and securing the border, we will send a message to the rest of the world that we welcome immigrants who come here legally, and reject those who do not. [applause] one of the things that makes america exceptional is the

notion that we are a nation of laws, not a nation of men. nation of laws a as long as we abide by the law. [applause] so today i am on a mission to , touit you for a mission rally in opposition to this proposed border bailout. presidentral for the to decide on his own, in clear violation of the u.s. law, that he will not send back illegal immigrants, no matter what their age. [applause] the deferred action for childhood arrivals program must end immediately. presidentral for the to seek to borrow billions more to pay for his border bailout.

it is immoral for the congress to consider giving him what he seeks. call your congressman. write your senators. give them one simple message. tell them to vote no on the border bailout. if you feel so inclined, you can add a little more personal note, to give them a little more personal incentive. tell them vote no on the border bailout, or i will be voting no one you in november. thank you. god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. [applause] >> next, remarks from former alaska governor and vice presidential candidate sarah palin. at last month's

western conservative summit in denver. ♪ ♪ >> ♪ all the small things who cares ♪ >> thank you so much. thank you so much. i am just so happy to get to be here. it is so nice to get to thatcipate in something ccu is in charge of. they do so much good. they are like light out there in the education arena. we appreciate ccu. the students who are here, keep up the good work, and all the officials and staff. keep up the good work. it is nice to be back in the mile high city. it is absolutely beautiful. flying in, we are over your snow capped hills. i think you call the mountains.

i flew in from alaska. so gorgeous. step off the plane. todd reminds me, we are in colorado. don't inhale. [laughter] so, the president was here last week. he was getting his rocky mountain high on. busy week for him. from one scandal to another scandal. must've had vertigo. the middle east exploding in with our opene border crisis. no time to visit the border, but time to shoot some pool, wet his whistle, and green real big for s that hey photo op

really, really hates. he raked in big box at the parties with fatcats. his term, not my term. this, in a border state, he was. the president so disparages these cats in public, but in private, there's a whole lot of and tummynd purring tickling with the one who feeds them. is not athem, politics passionate cause. it's a money. it's a business. and when the crony capitalists gather, wining and dining with their pal the president, the rest of us are on the menu. where not invited to the party. where the forgotten man. during the great depression, president roosevelt spoke about the forgotten man. the man at the bottom of the totem pole.

fdr said he wanted to help with his new deal. but big government under that new deal, the policies hurt more than they help. the depression last longer, and unemployment even worse. sound familiar? story today. government bloats. up.y capitalists eat it they are swallowing that largess. inclined to keep government big, wasteful -- there is those who profit from it. the permanent political class. both sides of the aisle, they feed off this. the rest of us. today, we are the forgotten man. the forgotten man is the hard-working middle class who just cannot seem to get a break.

income flat lines. making less than a decade ago. worried about the mortgage, college tuition, retirement. worried about putting food on the table. the forgotten man is the college grad who voted for that hope and change stuff, but now can't find a job. losing hope. got no change. soldierotten man is the that we sent off to war with a hip hip hooray. look at them today. forever scarred from that battlefield. and now, now they need that conversation that they earned. they were promised by a grateful nation. they were shuffled around the v.a. and denied that rations chair. they are made to wait? some die waiting.

-- while bureaucrats make themselves raises. she has a tea party and wants to champion the blessings of liberty. but soon finds herself a target of the irs. and when she complains about it, no one listens. until the head of the irs finally has to admit to the wrongdoing. and even when crystal clear evidence stares the president in the face, he lies. he says, there is no corruption at all. not even a smidgen. man gothe forgotten used to being lied to. benghazi. withdent got us into a war libya without congressional approval. our ambassador big for security,

was ignored, then murdered when the consulate was attacked, as predicted, by savage muslim terrorists. americans there were left behind to die. then obama helped spread the lie that spontaneous protest -- it was over youtube. it was to blame for this highly organized and premeditated attack. the forgotten man is used to obama's lawlessness. can use as another example amnesty. well, congress refused or declines to pass the dream act. they did not want amnesty. they knew the people did not want amnesty. so no dream act. but the dreamweaver, he waved his magic wand, and obama unilaterally enacted his own,

which created the current crisis we are seeing as illegals are pouring in. to collect what he legally promised them. i do not know if there is any democrats in this crowd, but if there are democrats who may be will watch later, i want to ask democrats. come on. was goingthe one who to part the waters and calm the cities and sink every shot, or whatever that fairy was back in 2008 -- do you really still support the obama doctrine? get a reward. his incentives are invitations. it is going to get worse. and now the forgotten man is working class from all backgrounds, all races. immigrantsand legal are forced to compete for

limited jobs and services, against this flood of illegal immigrants. and if you think it is only those precious, innocent on tv,n -- you see them and they are being abused by their parents. any parent who would send them on such a journey, up to america's disintegrated redline -- it is not just the innocent children. nothing is there to sift out the bad guys. the gang bangers and the terrorists. they will be mixed in there. and we are offering to take care of them. i think it's insane. america the unfunded charity? [applause] but then again, if you agree -- common sense sense

is an endangered species in d.c. we are offering to strengthen them, and we are going to be if america will not secure the borders, it is not immigration. it is invasion. you know we are trillions in debt. cities insolvent. and overrun health care system. police departments, schools, and welfare states, stretched to the match. ordinary americans know this. politicians, rich pro-amnesty pals in silicon -- theyr on wall street can afford the best security border that money can buy in their own exclusive gated

communities. they are not worried. haulingce they are not illegals through those swanky hoods in d.c., manhattan, or seven cisco. they are housed in vacant schools in working-class neighborhoods. why not harvard and colombia? put them there to. school is out for summer. millions of americans are out of work. amnesty supporters, they don't want to hire and pay american workers a decent wage, evidently. they would rather replace them with foreign labor, because it is cheaper. the forgotten man. he believes that if you play by the rules, you can still earn a decent living, and the dignity that comes with that.

you can get ahead. you can work hard and lay a foundation of success for your children. they can finish what you started. lost whennow, that is some people don't have to play by the rules, and those at the top collude to drive down wages of american workers by replacing them. what the forgotten man has is believed in this exceptional nation. no one is going to fundamentally transform our nation.

what's right is standing for freedom, and a culture of life, and respecting our united states military, and letting free markets create jobs, and securing the borders to protect those jobs. [applause] it means, mr. president, defending our borders, defending our constitution and our rule of law. that's your job, mr. president. these days, you hear all of these politicians announcing barack obama, saying he is a

lawless, imperial president, and ignores court orders and changes laws by fiat, and refuses to enforce laws he just does not like. that's true, but the question is, politicians, what are you going to do about it? [applause] let's call their bluff. i'm calling their bluff, cause we need a little less talk and a lot more action. there's only one remedy for a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors, and its impeachment. it's the i word. [applause] i will tell you why. you don't need those fancy law degrees hanging on your wall to know that laws are not being enforced today. illegal immigrants all over the world know that. i don't need lectures from eric holder, a guy so incompetent he denied voter fraud existed even after someone claims they were eric holder and they got his ballot and they voted in d.c. dear eric,

not many cabinet members in u.s. history have been held in contempt of congress, that if he wants to weigh in, maybe he can tell his boss. get out of the bubble. go to the working-class communities. see consequences of deliberately not enforcing the law. see what happens. see the people, the effect. and eric, instead of shamelessly playing that race card again, try to get it that illegal immigration hurts all americans, all races and backgrounds. even cesar chavez opposed it, because he knew it hurts legal immigrants and our working-class, fighting for decent wages. it's a nonpartisan issue. and that race is in charge -- it's a disgusting. just because someone opposes a

failed, unjust agenda, that makes you a racist? mr. attorney general, he needs to use his noggin and answer what is to account for the anti-obama policy protests going on today in black communities and in hispanic circles, and on reservations, and in my own home? that racism charge -- you know why they do that. it's to stop debate. they cannot get us on the issues. we are right on this issue about what illegal immigration is going to do to this country. but throw out the word "racist" and the reporters let him off. critics, friends -- they let him off. because that, to them, is there deadly charge, the only way they can win on these issues.

who would go right to the color of a man's skin to judge, marginalize, and lay blame? who? only one quite prejudiced. and on impeachment. impeachment has got him nervous. let's be clear. if they don't believe in that high crimes and misdemeanors, it does not mean today's ordinary criminal charges. the framers used the term to mean a dereliction of duty. it was explained by many of our founders as -- dereliction of duty, knowing that the first to the of the president is to enforce our laws, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. it was alexander hamilton who described impeachable offenses as the abusive violation of some form of trust.

he called them elliptical offenses, because they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself. no serious person can deny that team obama has abused and violated the public trust and the constitution. rocking us to our core from benghazi, fast and furious gunrunning, stimulus bust. greenies on our greenbacks. and the scandals. obamacare lies. v.a. let's type. those who die. the irs aims to repress conservative voice. the doj wiretaps reporters. violations of our religious rights. and they are ignoring illegal in-house fundraising. the list of abuses goes on and on.

not defending orders is dereliction of duty, violating the oath of office. if that is not impeachable, nothing is. and if he is not impeachable, no one is. [applause] and upon the world stage, i wish we had time to talk about some of these national security issues. so much is going on. so much to cover. we cannot even id the enemy in these overseas contingency operations. that would just be war. the definition of war to us. that is what it would call us. intervention strategies are so unreliable, and even inconsequential, as applied to fighting to win.

juxtapose that -- murkiness. benjamin netanyahu's clarity. he says, we developed missile defense systems to protect our citizens, while they use their citizens to protect their missiles. whose side are you on? [applause] the list does go on. not all offenses, of course, some just offensive. and with excuses. blame bush. blame boehner. blame a bummer of a ballgame or a bad day on the links. who knows, with team obama, why they do what they do? it makes no sense. but the constitution holds the

president responsible for the executive branch. he cannot just call it -- he can't just vote president and feign ignorance of all of this. any more a mob boss can claim innocence because he did not personally do the hit. the buck stops with the guy at the top. [applause] considering articles of impeachment is the check. making the case for it is not difficult. difficult is having the moral courage to do what's right. it takes guts to hold them accountable. it takes political will. some argue for cautious inaction, they are terming it.

they are saying, obama's helices are a failure anyway. why rock the boat? that argument misses the point. he is radically changing the balance of power. setting a wicked dangerous precedent with his pan and his phone. he is aggregating congressional authority, making himself a ruler, not a president. we had a resolution back in 1776. we don't do kings. [applause] on his way for the next election -- wait for the next election and hope a big gop victory rings in the radicals. been there, done that in 2010. friends, if we let congress

refuse to use the power that the constitution gives it, barack obama will continue to rule however he wants, and the fabric of america will unravel. do not be afraid to raise this and no there is no other recourse. right now, we are drifting. the country is rudderless. the captain is saying, i am going it alone. well, shipmates, it's our responsibility to use that tool in the toolbox, to hold him accountable, to send that message. we have to influence congress on this. remember, the only thing necessary for them to fundamentally transform america is for the men to do nothing. we must hold him accountable. if not these violations, then what?

if not these violations, this imperial president, his pledge to continue to go it along so arrogantly -- how bad does it have to get? we live now in america where government spies on us, and targets, because of political belief, terrorist leaders are said to go back to their death -- are set free to go back to their death cult, back to the battlefield, keep doing what they want to do best, and that is kill americans. we let them go free. we live in an america where our health care is taken from us and we are forced by government to buy something we don't want. we can't afford. an america where government takes aim at taxing nuns because they adhere to their catholic

faith. no border, no nation. and we live in an america where the president keeps a kill list of people he says he has executed on sight. if you are fine with that, then by all means, look for the best. best. back, hope for the your apathy is their power. the rest of us, we need change. we know we need change. that has to do with healing the injuries to society by an unchecked president. that starts with having the guts to talk about impeachment. they will engage in all sorts of mischief in these next few years.

what danger. what danger could be had there with appointments. look ahead and consider that judicial damage. consider it will be unrecoverable. we cannot wait. we need to have our voice heard on this. use your mighty weapons of a pen and a phone, and influence congress. it's got to be with courage. always think about reagan. sunny optimism. time-tested truths that are on our side. stand for prosperity. the key to laughing prosperity -- it is not a handout. it is the callused hand of those who built this country.

westinghouse parody does not come from top-down government or community organizing. this exceptional country. it was built by the little guy. the guy who plowed the fields. who worked the factories. built the railroads. the skyscrapers. and the pipelines. and the power plants. they harvested, and they carved a nation out of the wilderness. and the most brave, they fought and we and our country's wars. they made america the greatest nation in the history of mankind. yes, they built it. they deserve our work now. it is our turn.

[applause] this president's forgotten man is we, the people. we, the people know that our best days are still ahead. we know that god shed his grace on the, america. he has given us our freedom to do what's right. god does not drive ford cars. i think he expects us to get up and take action in order to defend these freedoms that our god given. i think god gave us these freedoms. we are not going to let someone, a person, a party, take them from us. we are not going to dethrone god and substitute him with someone who wants to play god. [applause]

friends, as you enjoy beautiful colorado, i think it is evidential. consider the state motto. nothing without providence. i love finding out that is the state motto. we can appeal to heaven for wisdom and for courage, and america will be saved. everything with providence. be ever thankful. don't let anybody tell you to sit down and shut up, you can go rogue. get out there and fight for what is right. you know what is right. down the road. be ever thankful. i thank you so much for being here, and wanting to be part of a summit that can energize you. you energize me, motivate me and todd. you keep us going. i got your back, because i know you got my back. i appreciate it. i thank you so much for being a

part of this cause for freedom. so god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. [applause] >> sarah palin, the amazing sarah palin! [applause] governor palin, gosh, that was wonderful. what an honor that we had you on campus three years ago, and we have been looking forward to having you back. this is terrific. we want to send you back to alaska with a reminder of what real mountain people look like, and how it might be if you the posed in front of them with one

of your bear cubs. >> i love that. thank you. come back to colorado soon, if you ever get tired of those little hills and alaska. >> thank you. this was fun. >> up next, a discussion on the health care law. this is 20 minutes. >> i am so glad to be with you today. because we are in the fight of our lifetime. our access to our doctors and hospitals, our religious freedoms, our second amendment rights, and the rule of law, the very basis of our society, are

all under attack. you will play a key role in allowing us to take back the united states senate this fall for the freedom of this country. and you will be decisive in selecting the next president of the united states. there are republicans in washington who say we ought to settle for fixing this health law within the framework of the health law. they are saying that because they have not read this health law. if they had, they would know that it is rotten to the core. [applause] and i urge you to choose the president of the united states who will fully repeal this law. [applause] a president who will reign in the government spending. and a president who will take seriously his or her duty.

sworn duty to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states. because this law shreds your constitutional rights. it lowers your standard of care. it puts government in charge of your care. and it takes away something as precious as life itself. your liberty. this law requires almost everyone to enroll in a one-size-fits-all government design health plan. when you go to file your taxes, you have to attach proof for the irs that you are enrolled in such a plan. attaching the proof will shield you from an irs penalty. but it will subject you to a degree of government control and intrusion unprecedented in american history.

for the first time in american history, this law empowers the secretary of health and human services to dictate how doctors treat privately insured patients, so even if you have at night or cigna, and you paid for it out of your own pocket, the government can still call the shots. yes, section 1311 h1-b of this law -- that is right. read it and you will see. says that insurers can pay only those dr.'s and hospitals that obey whatever regulations the secretary imposes in the name of quality. that blanket authority can cover everything in medicine. when a cardiologist decides to use a stent.

when an ob/gyn orders a sonogram or does a cesarean. your doctor will be legally required to enter your medical information into a nationwide intraoperative electronic database seen by thousands of eyes. your doctor's decisions will be monitored for compliance with these government guidelines which are being written right now. and ultimately, your doctor may have to choose between doing what is right for you and avoiding a government penalty. the president said that he was going to solve the problem of the uninsured by making health plans more affordable, but that's not what happened. you have gotten your premium hikes in the mail, right? instead, what this law does is it vastly expands medicaid and pays for it by eviscerating medicare.

it takes $716 billion out of medicare over this decade, and moves it over to fund the expansion of medicaid and the subsidies on the exchanges. it is robbing grandma to spread the wealth. that's right. even richard foster, the president's chief actuary, warned that the cuts to medicare are so severe that some hospitals may stop taking medicare. where will seniors go when their local hospital stops taking medicare? other hospitals are already responding to the severity of these cuts by laying off nurses everywhere. i advise people -- if you know you are going into the hospital for surgery, for example, try to cobble together enough money for

a private duty nurse, at least for the first night. because when you push that button for pain control or help in the middle of the night, you are going to wait too long. and if you are a baby boomer, 60 or 61, line up your doctors now. line-up a cardiologist. line-up an internist, even if you are healthy. because if you wait until you turn 65 and go on medicare, you will not be able to find a doctor willing to take you on as a new patient. doctors are paid less to care for seniors than any other kind of patient. and in addition to these across-the-board cuts to medicare, section 3001 awards bonus points to the hospital that spends the least for seniors. think about that. not per se -- not per patient. per senior. we know hospitals in the bottom quintile for spending for

seniors have higher death rates for congestive heart your, pneumonia, other common maladies of the elderly. older patients in those hospitals have a poorer chance of surviving their illness and making it home again. and this law is pressuring the other hospitals to imitate the hospitals that have a high death rates. this provision, section 3001, will also mean that you were seniors get hip replacements, knee replacements, angioplasty, bypass surgery, cataract operations. those are the five procedures that have virtually transformed the experience of aging in our country. when i was a kid, i remember that older people were trapped in wheelchairs with crippling arthritis, were stuck in nursing homes because they were so out of breath from congestive heart failure. now, older people enjoy their later years.

they continue to work. they travel. they play with their grandchildren. they even come to meetings like this one. [laughter] [applause] that's right. obamacare will undo that progress. the stakes are very high here, because if you are seriously ill, the best place to be is in the united states. oh yes. don't let anybody tell you differently. a woman in the united states diagnosed with breast cancer has nearly a 90% chance of surviving it. in europe, her chances are less than 80%. you do the arithmetic. it means she is twice as likely to die there. a man diagnosed with prostate cancer in the united states -- it is not a death sentence here. nearly one out of every four men diagnosed with prostate cancer in europe dies from it.

if someone in your family has what we currently call an incurable illness, this is the nation of hope. this is where the chairs are -- cures are developed. since 1950, the united states has won more nobel prizes in medicine and physiology than the entire rest of the world combined. and that is why defeating this law is the fight of our lifetime. that is right. [applause] we are not going to give up on this. [applause] congress should have taken this 2500 -- 2572 page bill and put it in the paper shredder, and given us a 20 page bill, in plain, honest english that members of congress would actually read before voting on it. 20 pages ought to be enough. the framers of our constitution established the entire federal

government in just 18 pages. i've written the 20 page bill that will replace this. it is the very size of this that makes it so dangerous. the chief architect of our constitution james madison wrote against congress passing a law. no one could read it. or so frequently changed that a reasonable person would not know what the law is. that is obamacare to achieve. -- to a t. yes. and our lawless president has repeatedly rewritten, revised, deleted and delayed and

distorted this law. so that the health clan he is rolling out now there's little resemblance to what it looks like in 2010. that is the most important reason we must win a sizable majority in the united states senate this fall. we must elect a new senate majority leader. a new senate majority leader that will have a chat with the president and remind the president that in these united states -- [indiscernible]

-- the rule of law is king, not mr. obama. we must be able to dangle the sword of impeachment over this lawless president's had. not that we would actually want to put our nation through such an ordeal. but we must have a sufficient majority in the united states and it to make the threat credible because that threat is the tool that the framers gave us in our constitution to defend our freedom. that's right. [applause] we must also vote out of office this fall the spendaholics who has gained control and taken the government into their grips. under this obama administration, they have pushed federal spending up as high as 25 cents of gdp.

-- 25% of gdp. then you add state and local government spending and up to 42% of gdp. 42% of everything all of us produce going to work every day. 42% of the fruits of our labor are being sucked up by government programs. do you get 42% of your happiness from government? no. no. only once before in the entire history of this nation did government spending reach 42% of gdp. that was in the midst of world war ii when we were fighting for our survival as a nation. nothing today justifies the government appropriating 42% of the fruits of our labor. it's wrong. our government has been hijacked

by people who don't share our values or value our freedom. the spendaholics are pushing government spending to commonly found in european countries. we don't want to be europeanized. no. in europe, the people toil to support the state. in america, we work to support ourselves. that's right. but now, the federal iraq receipt is run by the bureaucrats for the bureaucrats. they have taken the service out of civil service. it's gone.

most of them are paid more than they would get in the private hector. more than we get in the private sector. it is virtually impossible to fire them. no accountability. irs employees taking home big bonuses at the end of the year even when they have been found guilty of not filing their own. -- their own taxes. imagine. a services administration employee on the front page of papers all across the united states sitting shirtless with a glass of wine at a las vegas boondoggle on the taxpayers money. he retired with full benefits. and how about this terrible story. a va surgeon suspended for 14 days for abandoning his patient unconscious before the surgery was completed. he left the medical center.

he still gets an $11,000 bonus at the end of the year. these bureaucrats are living on easy street. they are putting us on the road to serfdom. think about what has happened as a result. our government has truly been hijacked by people that don't share our values, don't value our freedom. they put the state ahead of the individual. our president is presiding over the downgrading of our economy and the degrading of our constitutional rights. but you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. because we are going to elect the president of the united states that will fully repeal the obama health law.

a president who will reign in the power and cost and size of this behemoth federal government. we should eliminate the department of energy, environmental protection, education, and most importantly, let's get rid of the department of the interior. the land belongs to us not the federal government. that's right. and we will elect a president that takes seriously his or her aoth to defend the constitution of the united states, the greatest document created by mankind. the fight of our lifetimes. this is a fight we must win because you and i know one thing

for sure. freedom isn't free. it's up to you and me. thank you. thank you. [applause] we can do this. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you so much. very soon, we are coming up on a historic milestone, half a century since the signing of the long-overdue, bitterly struggled for, bipartisan lien acted civil rights act of 1964.

99 years after, long-delayed steps for realizing our nations stated ideal in the declaration that has been cited often at this conference that all are created equal. we can spend half a day and not do justice to the subject but can america be post-racial? since it's a yes or no question, i will be pushing our presenters to tell us why they take the position that they do. and what should we do about it? name names of who can help lead us in that direction. i want to start with pastor buster, our guest from new jersey. how are we doing in realizing we are all created equal 50 years

after the historic civil rights act? >> thanks to colorado christian for hosting this event. let me say that i think we can go into details but open, i have to confess, i did not know i was conservative until i met bob woodson. i thought i was a guy who was sadly helping people get out of poverty, decreasing dependency, increasing self-sufficiency. i thought i was someone simply promoting programs that would empower people and revitalized neighborhoods, adopting children, recruiting foster parents. and i realized what i was doing

was pursuing principles that the culture deems conservative. i think we are doing well in the years later if people like those who are gathered here can find guys like me. without the labels, many of us are just doing the work in our own neighborhoods. [applause] what i think we should focus on is what the potential is. i am a preacher. i would be amiss if i did not remind you that david did kill goliath. and some of the challenges i have been hearing about all day seem insurmountable. the fact is, the bible says that the greatness and ask can defeat the evil that's in the world. we can do three things. we need to build relationships to ensure that the right people know the right people and we are

not just waiting for election cycles to elect the right candidates. we need to bring resources to each other and not see each other as aliens but rather as partners in rebuilding america. and we need to make sure that our principles of righteousness are the guiding principles. i am an old civil rights activist and was raised to teach people that they should fight to demand their rights and it wasn't long before i had to begin reminding people to deserve your rights, you have to live right. i think that at forearms like these, we can include expanding our existing relationships. jesus said we would be judged by the way we treat the least of god's children, and we can transform america and the goliath of ignorance and racism.

he can be defeated with -- [indiscernible] [applause] >> a great beginning that comes from someone who has walked in those shoes. colorado's own linda chavez attended colorado user -- university. she lives in boulder now. you are a brave woman. when i heard of your family's ancestry going back to the 1500 in the new world. there was no difference between old mexico and new mexico. the border was drawn in a different place and a lot of it was north of there. you can't be too quick to assume that those of us with english surnames have the longest pedigree. i think your ancestors, linda, were yawning because it had been generations in the new our -- generations in the new world

when the mayflower landed on the eastern seaboard. all that to say that the latino population in america becomes more and more significant demographic culturally and politically -- how are we doing 50 years after the civil rights act that was not written with the hispanic group in mind. it was not written with anyone in mind in particular. >> i think we're doing pretty well. as i listen to sarah palin speak and other speakers today, talking about winning back the white house. if we want ever to be in the white house again, we had better learn how to talk to some of the newcomers that are here. those hispanics. without them, we will not win the white house. listening to the pastor, i became a conservative because of affirmative action. i was a little bit too old to be

one of the "in a fishy or ease." -- "beneficiaries." by the time i went to apply to graduate school, i had finished as top student in my class at the university of colorado and i was going to go on and get a phd. i saw an advertisement on the bulletin board. graduate school look awfully darn good to me. i had a child by the time i graduated so i went to apply for one of the fellowships for mexican-american students. the ford foundation for me in an airplane, the first time i had ever been in an air rain. for me all the way to new york city -- in an airplane. flew me all the way to new york city.

i was asked to describe myself and my background. i did. i talked about my daddy was a house painter. i grew up a few blocks from here at the time where there were boarding houses where we lived in basement and addicts -- attics. one of the foundation interviewers looked at me and said, you speak english so well. i was about to get a phd in english literature, so i hope ice oak english well. -- i hope i spoke english well. they started talking to be about my graduate exam scores and i said, my son was up all night and i was giving all these apologies because i've only scored in the 93rd percentile on my exam and it was low for me. he said no. the problem is your scores are too high.

you're clearly not disadvantaged. again, tell that to my father who had a ninth grade education. tell that to me who had to pay for my tuition and borrow money and work even though i was a mom and a wife at the time. all of a sudden, i started thinking, this idea of affirmative action isn't quite what i thought it was all about. the rest is sort of history. i went into the reagan administration. i was part of the movement to get rid of racial quotas and get rid of programs that treated people by the color of their skin. [applause] frankly, it does no one a favor when you look at them and because you know their name ends a certain way or their skin is darker than yours, that you know something fundamental about them. that you think you know if they can succeed or whether or not we ought to lower the standards so that one or pose a or johnny is

-- so that poor john or jose or juan is able to make it. i actually think we're doing great. i think this is a country where if you come here and work hard, you live by the rules, you can still make it. none of us needs a handout. >> i have admired you as a radio host and have been grateful to keep you as part of the summit. we have a significant sponsorship position with the summit this week and have you as one of the stalwarts on the editorial page. tammy and john are a peer. really, that is the subject of the panel -- don't we want a place were we are judged by the

content of our character and not by the color of our skin? it is in america that has realized the color of our skin matters no more than the fact that they have a different accent color, but how do you think we are doing, tammy? >> i have great admiration for linda. we can't really see you appear because of the lights. i am scotch irish so i am actually pink. i know there are other scottish out here in the room as well. first of all, when we hear you and for the people watching, there is no complexion, is there?

you are individuals, your conservative. many of your people of faith and you want what is best for this country. it transcends gender, complexion, race. i'm not even republican. it is a common thread that we have, the love for this nation. i identify as an independent conservative and i know who else would love this and admire you. and we've had some terrific success. when eric cantor lost his job, he was grinning a little bit. and when it comes to the issue of being a colorblind society or at least post-racial, the fact of the matter is that this unity that we have as americans first is key. as i speak about being scottish

and irish. i have done some ancestry work and i find that there is a heck of a lot of french in their. i am slightly embarrassed but also a little interested. we do have unique life experiences and life stories. in america, lives are different for young black men. lives are different for hispanic women. the issue is, for us, the power of being united as americans first and the remarkable difference in each of us as a minority, the power of christianity. the christian judaic ethic in this country. you know what it means to be a minority? under attack.

another catholic church in this instance was burned down today. you know what it is like and your experience matters. and also as a minority as a gay woman and as a conservative is the fact of the matter that those are slivers of our identity. we come together because we understand each other and this nation allows all of us, especially minorities, to live the life that best suits us. that is the christian ethic that allows us to be free. that allows us to compete. that it is the opportunity afforded us. it also requires a level of tolerance. the understanding that even though we may be different from each other and live different lives, the goal that we have for all of our families and friends in the future is the same. and the only nations that give us that at this point is the jewish nation in the middle east and the christian nation certainly has represented best

by the united states of america. whether you identify through your faith or through issues of race or other issues of identity, being an american first is how we started. it really is what the conservative mail you -- milieu represents. they are effectively community organizers. we have organized and what we have noticed is that the racial divisions on politics is false. it is a false divide. i see conservatives all the time struggling with what do we do, how do we speed to them? how do we act? it is a false framework and what i recommend to people, my first book still available in paperback on amazon -- what i tell people in my

listenership -- how many in this room have been called a racist in the midst of your work and politics? it transcends. i suggest you behave as though you were just call the cocker spaniel. because it is as relevant in that framework. these are words that are meant to stop the conversation. they are words meant to have them retreat. to appeal to the best of you -- i can't encourage you enough because it will work. the accusations of racism or that this is a racial society or the divisions that we have experienced politically are

somehow real. those are false. what israel is the human relationships which you spoke about earlier. your human relationship discussing things with the panel. the individualism that makes this country great. for those left and those watching worldwide on the stream, what i beg you to do is not allow them to control the narrative. do not allow them to define you as something you are not. right? that is the key. ultimately, moving here and knowing you. there will be differences. there will be tensions between men and women, between races and gay and straight. who we are as we are struggling to get onto that road of financial success and for our families is looking first at the fact that you have an american that wants the same things for

their families as you want for years. the left knows that the moment you recognize that connection. for the liberals, libertarians, and everyone else watching, they won't listen to christian groups or people of faith standing around out there. this is about looking past ourselves for something larger than ourselves, isn't it? it's about nation, it's about family, and it's about god. it's about what it is we are going to leave behind. my main point about being post-racial, we already are. this nation exist because we are. this nation exists because of immigration. this nation exists because of people of all faith and of no faith or they can live wonderfully and peacefully. this nation lives because i can be invited here by this gentleman and be embraced by this crowd as well. it is because we get it as

conservatives. the difference is, don't let yourself -- don't western yourself about who you are, what your goals are, and what it means because the left points a finger at you. it is meant to make you doubt. there are a lot of people that want you to doubt and there are grassroots anglican do. -- that we can do. reject that notion that there is something for you to prove. there is nothing for you to prove, especially for christians. young christians come up and say, how can we talk to gays or african-americans or hispanics or liberals? what do we say to them? my answer is always yourself. simply be yourself and be present.

it's like walking into a room where the light is off. it's the light as it comes into a room. don't question what the rules would be. i was changed and became a conservative as i got to know conservatives through talk radio. and realized i had been lied to about what you are all up to. ok? [applause] nobody tried to convert me. there was none of that. it was simply the conversation. you are present. the other thing was, you are confident, happy, sure, and you did have a mission. you love the country and you had a focus on what it was that needed to happen here. if i can give you anything here with any kind of background, trust yourself and don't let someone else define you.

when you're the racist word, and cocker spaniel. laugh. and go on about your work changing the world. thank you. [applause] >> doesn't she have a way with a microphone? i am starting the cocker spaniel caucus. the amazing bill will hypothetically walk us through someone calling us a racist until that person was just cowering with their tail between their legs. and he was doing it with logic and withering sarcasm.

tammy just did it with the most buoyant good humor. those are two great strategies we can be using. bob woodson, you get to be the cleanup hitter. i think we have the bases full with the first three presentations. i want to amend the bob woodson introduction to make all of you aware that the great paul ryan, chairman of the house budget committee, the man with the courage to take on obama on fiscal and health care issues and who debated him into a jelly on more than one occasion, paul ryan has gone to school with bob woodson to under school -- understand the inner city. he went to school with bob woodson to understand the inner city and understanding helping themselves regardless of disability. you are helping him develop a wonderful conservative leader for the future. we are grateful to you for that. can we be post-racial? >> the highest form of tu