. >> what are the words metrosexual black abe lincoln mean? >> portraying himself as -- >> metrosexual black abe lincoln. >> john mccain's lead media stratist. john mccain nixed the idea. >> this is not a winning idea. >> fear mongering. >> it's insulting. >> it is nasty. >> this is hate porn. >> gutter politics. >> how does mitt romney respond to this? >> haven't seen the papers this morning. >> it's a lack of courage on the part of mitt romney. >> it takes attention away from the key issues. >> i'm not familiar with exactly what i said but i stand by what i said, whatever it was. >> overall this is terrible for our democracy. >> whatever it was. whatever it was. >> we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems. >> i stand by what i said. >> either black, white, latino, asian. >> whatever it was. >> but rather problems that confront us all. >>> the day begun with the revelation of a plan of attack against president obama that republicans began to disown quickly and mitt romney demonstrating his usual followship instead of lea

business as usual. >> what there words metro sexual black abe lincoln mean to you? >> i have to tell you, that's a new one on me. i have no idea what it means. i'm sure before the end of the show i'll get a pretty good understanding but for now i don't know. >> we know according to the report, they were looking for an extremely literate conservative african-american. is that you? >> i find that offensive. >> that was on the list. let me read it again. you find it offensive and i want to know. why extremely literate conservative african-american. you are conservative. i'm not going to talk about whether you're literate or not. i think that is insulting or not. you're african-american as i look at this screen. so why does that part fob you if anything goes? you're telling me the super pacs, it is legal, anything goes. why are you offended by that? >> they obviously want to use a black face to be the messenger of this which is offensive. obviously, people will see a tink of racism. it is not something they can do and have credibility on unless they engage someone. and

they are not going, let's call him the metro sexual black abe lincoln. >> have i to say though -- i have to say though, it was stopped because it showed up in the new york times. that never would have happened. >> john mccain did that four years ago. i don't think it was simply because, oh, you know, the media wouldn't have liked it. it is a stupid campaign. >> but also if you think there are -- if you believe as gal lop says, there are 9% of americans who have not decided who they will vote for in november, then they type of campaign will not persuade anybody. the conservatives are not going to vote for obama. it doesn't increase the intensity of this like anymore than it is. >> so that note, we must take a break. coming up, is shoplifting wrong? dana perino talks about her new book "only suckers pay for stuff." a new york times best seller. bravo. first, did bill's training help or hurt dana's performance on "jeopardy." spoiler alert, what is not a violin? >>> will her claim give her shame? elizabeth warren's so-called roots are generating hoots. a gene yule gist says there is no proof

. >> abe lincoln, he's the man. >> from tom's sidewalk. >> you can see a house that abe lincoln visited during the civil war. >> the statue of liberty, confederate and union. >> it's my feeling of patriotism to do this. >> contemporary soldiers, too. >> this is a desert storm soldier. >> and nearby -- >> this is a tribute to the fallen. >> tom still remembering the vietnam. >> the year of combat was like a lifetime. >> i saw a lot of guys get killed in vietnam. >> when he came home, he saw demonstrators. >> there were groups of people yelling at us and spitting at us and spitting on us. >> watching today. >> brought back a lot of old memories from back at that time. >> but perhaps surprisingly. >> we got right to do it, it's fine. actually, i fought for that right for him to do that. so be it. that's america. >> we are in baker park across the street where tomorrow, there will be some more of those so be it, that's america demonstrations. back to you. >> all right, gary, thanks. >>> take a look at this video out of chicago where thousands of nurses and other protesters gathered for a no

you mentioned metro sexual black abe lincoln.u can get a feeling about what's in here. the metro sexual black abe lincoln has emerged as a hyperpartisan, hyperliberal elitist politician with more than a bit of the trimner him. i don't know what a trimmer is but i know that that sentence is offensive. >> yes, absolutely it is. and i think some people were responding today about the cubs, whether or not they want to turn back in their cubs season tickets because of this. cancelling their accounts. i mean this has the kind of thing that really has the potential to blow over into a much bigger scandal both for joe rick etts and a pha, potentially hazardous advertisement, for mitt romney. mitt romney does not want this exploding. he does not want to take the cork out of the bottle dealing with religion or people's past because it's going to get dangerous for everybody. >> go ahead, ryan. >> one thing that's important to keep in mind is they repudiated this strategy. the other thing to keep in mind, the super pacs are free lancers. des

go to page 8, the abe lincoln has appeared as a hyperpartisan and hyperpolitician with a little bit of the trimmer in him. and this is properly explained should have an impact on the elusive independent who does not pay close attention but knows things are bad and could get worse seriously, and no worries of being charged here with racial bias, because on page 41, they covered that. they will include an extremely literate conservative african-american in the spokesman group, and our recommendations is larry elder a prominent talk radio show host in talk radio in california and he immediately understood and got it. and so did elder and ricketts l along with the leaked plan. the super pac worked quickly to distance from the plan. joe ricketts say he is not the arthur or the so-called rickett' plan. not only was it one of several submitted by third party vendor, but reflects an approach to politics that mr. joe ricketts does not accept, and it is only meant for a suggestion of a direction to take. mitt romney was not far behind him in disavowing the proposal. >> on the aircraft this morni

certain judgments but they can try whatever they want. >> this is an unpleasant undertone, the abe lincoln metrosexual reference? >> yeah. when you watched the republican nominee race, that was pretty vile. they were lobbing bombs at each over and then they kiss and make up and they're friends again. is the public not used to this? >> i don't think it's been as much like this and i think this corrosive cynicism that's afoot in the land as regards to national politics is made worse by this. i recommend that people go read this document closely. for instance, one of the things they propose is changing the name of the super pac to character matters. >> yeah. >> i mean, you can't -- aaron sorkin couldn't make that up. >> i totally agree. where does this leave us now as the race really starts to heat up quite literally with this, where does it lead us with relation to the whole super pac issue there's a double hypocrisy, mitt romney said he doesn't know what's going on under his name and barack obama said he's not going to get involved in the super pacs and then he plunges merrily in. i think i

obama mislead the nation by what they call a metro sexual black ab lincoln. >> they do know that abe er, conservative black radio host here in los angeles has been contacted about serving. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> he is really busy because he is the only black person at the republican convention. >> he will tell you he is a libertarian, until the republicans pay him enough money, then he'll say he is a republican. >> that sounds kind of help serving. >> if only we could say what my former black best friend and pro do you seer used to say, but i can't. [ buzzer sounds ] >> okay. but we loved him. he was always very nice to me. >> he was nice in the holloways. >> all right. okay. somebody was saying earlier, who knows if this wasn't already coordinated. they throw this out as a trial balloon, which thuds and then it allows mitt romney to look like the good guy. and say oh -- i read this on aircraft now and i'm outraged! >> i hope your campaigns can respectively be about the future and about issues and a vision for america. [ mysterious music ] >> look forward, always look back --

he thinks president obama is a metrosexual black abe lincoln.black abe lincoln might look like? not bad. he's pretty style-ish. that got us thinking. how about if they tried to smear me. what would a metro sexual turkish george washington look like? they came up with that. i kind of like that one. she came up with me and an ma. are you ready for this, anna? she looks good. i look like a disaster. then this one is really metro sexual. look at the next one. okay, it says, you know how hard it is to find a pic of george washington blow-drying his powdered wig or getting a manicure. another one from tammy. you can see the ads. i got my jeans on. i'm feeling it. then one from our own current production team, stylein' and high-profilein'. turkish washington and lincoln who were apparently metro sexual sexual. >> i offer you $150 today as an opening offer for the box. we won't spin it. we will just show what is in the box. >> cenk: what in the world is in the box.

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it referred to the president as the metro sexual black abe lincoln who has emerged as a hyper partisansuper pac ad would have featured the president's one time pastor wright. during the 2008 campaign the pastor's comments led to some controversy for the president. >> not god bless america, god [ bleep ] america. >> the plan has reportedly been scrapped. the president hasn't talked about it vp kind of did and so did the republican presidential candidate. >> there are certain things that are so morally clear and straight and straight lines about it -- >> i want to make it clear, i repudiate that effort i think it's the wrong course for a pac or a campaign. i hope that our campaigns can respectively be about the future and about issues. >> cubs owner tom ricketts followed it up with a similar state. as chairman of the chicago cubs i repudiate any return to racially divisive issues in this year's presidential campaign or any setting like my father has. his sister laura who also owns the cubs had her own statement pointing to her love of america. >> the proposed plan though brings up anothe

obama as having misled the nation by presenting himself as a metro sexual black abe lincoln.n which is not yet approved include attacks ads linking the president to his former pastor, the reverend jeremiah wright, jr., known for blasting america. >> not god bless america. damn america. it's in the bible. killing innocent people. >> in 2008, mr. obama denounced wright's statements and john mccain said the subject was off-limits during the campaign. why is this coming back now? one reason perhaps, republicans can't seem to beat the obama likability factor. despite concerns over his handling of the economy, most americans say they like the president. a recent cnn/orc poll shows 56% find mr. obama more likable than mitt romney. the talk back question for you this morning, can racial politics be effective in 2012? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >>> don't forget if you are heading out the door, you can take us with you. watch us any time on your mobile or computer. head to cnn.com/tv. [ sneezes ] ♪ got it all. here. have a good day, honey. i love yo

speak out there even proposing that one of the terms they call the president is metrosexual black abe lincoln i mean that's sort of like i don't know what does that make mitt romney i mean like is he a mormon asset stripping jefferson davis. that was good i was trying to think of what the opposite of that i think it's bad news i think the fact that it was leaked to the new york times shows that someone's trying to kill this republican got a hold of this is that this is a bad idea let's try to kill this plan because as you said it's a proposal before it gets implemented. i think it's it's really dicey territory and it could give conservatives a new view on citizens united i mean i don't know you have limited airwaves you know romney's people distance themselves from it so just because a bunch of people have a bunch of money and they want to you know they've got jeremih right again. wishful thinking. let's move on when was the last time you guys have been in an airport for me it was just a few weeks ago oh all right. well as you know there's a little security that you have to go through is real

the more homophobic they are -- >> my -- >> that's why they are calling obama the metro sexual abe lincolnnet and wives, how soon will newt gingrich be claiming he is mormon. >> exactly. >> how do you -- john first of all -- we have been talking all morning about polling. how do you think ultimately the marriage equality debate is going to affect or not -- >> i think it is going affect it positively. all of the right-wingers who just said that obama lost the election, maybe you are right, but he just won the history books, and that's more important -- >> not to me. >> i think the president did the smartest thing by saying it should be left up to the individual states. i think what he has done is completely completely revitalized his young voter base. and that's is going to make a big impact. it will make a big difference if it inspires young people to turn out and do the moral thing. >> angie welcome, you are on with john fugelsang. >> hey, how is everybody. ♪ angie, angie ♪ >> i wanted to give you a status update, because i have your big black back stephanie. >> thank you. as the official

one interesting sly little thing is president baum is trying to paint him as a metro sexual black abe lincolni let if you asked the president he is not trying to paint himself that way. metro sexual. and now here is my favorite quote. they say it's one thing for us hateful white republicans to present this, so what we need is a black guy to front this. but not just any old african american. here is how they described the guy they need. an extremely literate conservative african american. literate? literate. because look -- look at all of the assumptions in this sentence here. okay? they say, well, we need a black guy to make sure that we can do a hatchet job on the black president. we have to find a literate one, come on all right? and can see them sitting around bobbing their heads like, yeah yeah, how are we going to find a literate black guy to go against the president. that disgusts me. so you get a sense of where they are going with this. so who are they going to use in reverend wright of course. they have all of these ideas for ads et cetera. let's show you a mock up. they say his spiri

and even called him a metro sexual back abe lincoln.iah wright, and to understand his influence on barack obama on the first time, in a big and arresting way. end quote. the jeremiah wright, the boogie man of the last presidential campaign. to the panel now. alex stewart first. you're a strategist and spokesperson for concerned women of america. if mitt romney wants everyone to focus on the economy and policy, why are romney's allies resurrecting the boogie man of 2008 again? >> well, you know the details behind this. this was an ad proposal, brought about by fred davis, presented to rickets, who was going to be the money man behind this. but rickets didn't want anything to do with it. governor romney says he repudiates the idea of doing this. he doesn't want to focus on reverend wright. he wants to focus on the economy. he has rolled out his first ad. he would prove the keystone pipeline. also, rewarding job creators. those are the ads he wants to focus on. this plan by fred davis is something he repudiated right off the bat. >> i want

it is filled with racial overtone, referring to obama as the metrosexual, black abe lincoln.democratic national convention in charlotte. vice president joe biden questioned the morality of the planned offensive. >> i think guys like that so misunderstand the statement. they act like it's 1942. >> it's leak breakfast is served. >> reporter: when asked about the campaign plane, mitt romney said he hadn't read it yet. >> i haven't seen the papers this morning. >> governor, do you think reverend wright is off limits in his campaign. >> reporter: slammed by the obama campaign for the nonresponse romney went further at a campaign event later in the day. >> i repudiate that effort. i think it's the wrong course for a pack or a campaign. i hope that our campaigns can respect ofly be about the future and about issues and about a vision for america. i've been disappointed in the president's campaign to date which has focused on character assassination. >> but the gop contender did raise the question of wright's influence on the question earlier this year in a radio interview with sean

pac proposal called "the defeat of barack hussein obama" and even calls him a metro sexual black abe lincolnso what was the plan behind this ad campaign, to show voters jeremiah wright and understand his influence on barack obama for the first time in a big way. that's right. the boogeyman of the last presidential campaign, jeremiah wright. alice, if romney really wants -- if republicans want to focus on the economy, why are allies, why are romney's allies resurrecting the boogeyman of 2008 again? >> well, you know the details behind this. this was an ad proposal brought ant fred davis, presented to ricketts who is going to be the money man behind this. but it was clearly turned down. ricketts didn't want to do anything with it. governor romney said he repudiates the idea of doing this. he doesn't want to focus on reverend wright. he wants to focus on the economy. he's rolled out his first ad day one what he would do as approving the keystone pipeline, doing what he could to repeal and replace obama care and rewarding job creators. those are the ads he wants to focus on. and this plan by fre

it's filled with racial overtones referring to the president as the metro sexual black abe lincoln. it was to kick off at the opening of the democratic national convention in charlotte. joe biden questioned the morality of the offense of. >> they act like it's 1942. >> when asked about the story on his campaign plane, mitt romney said he hadn't read it yet. >> sir, have you seen the report in the times this morning? >> i haven't seen the papers this morning. >> governor, do you think reverend wright is off limits in this campaign? >> i'll be right back, i'll be right back. >> slammed by the obama campaign for that nonresponse, romney went further at a campaign event later in the day. >> i repudiate that effort. i think it's the wrong course for a pac or a campaign. i hope that our campaigns can respectively be about the future and about issues and about a vision for america. i've been disappointed in the president's campaign to date, which is focused on character assassination. >> but the gop contender did raise the question of wright's influence on the president earlier this year i

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mislead the nation by presenting himself as what the proposal calls himself a metro sexual black abe lincoln. he said unlike the obama campaign, governor romney is running a campaign based on jobs and the economy and we encourage everyone else do the same. we want to bring in elise ya mendez and rich galen, republican strategist, publisher of mullings.com. i want to hit it out of the park right now with you on this. first question, because nbc's calls this swift bet on steroids. why would this work when it didn't work in '08 and the potential it has to open up to mitt romney and questions about his own religion. >> keep in mind when john mccain had the opportunity to hang rev raenld wright around obama's neck senator mccain said several times no, even when he was pushed into trying to condemn his opponent. he refused to do that. it is clear why folks dwhoenlt like obama or joe ricketts would go down this route. quite frankly it's a way to gin up fears against this president among people who already don't like him and already don't like the fact that, quite frankly, there's an african-america

i'm sure in his day no one would have called abe lincoln cool but are you worried the media will never romney? and might never give him any fair treatment as a result? >> well, that's a big concern. ofa lot of the media are pro oba and not ennam ored with the republican party. mitt romney has a good chance. numbers are good for older people who will vote for mitt. >> neil: then you see occupy wall street rallies that grew substantially with mayday events. protesting better than 130 u.s. cities, some in california turned violent. many largely young people target 1%ers, like yourself, me by exception but they go after corporate guys, even though they don't like fox news anchor guys, and they argue that you disproportionately benefited to their expense. what do you say to that? >> i say we're providing opportunities for people around the world. 50% of our manager came from within the hiring ranks. we started out with one hotel 30 years ago and we started out -- or 50 years and started out as a company 85 years ago with a root beer stand. now we have 300,000 employees so we're about hiring

obama misled the nation by presenting himself as a metrosexual black abe lincoln. give me a break. the proposal also suggested listing a group of black business leaders to endorse the effort. this morning, mitt romney said he hadn't heard anything about it. once his campaign got their act together, he said this. >> as i read the article, i want to make it very clear i repudiate that effort. i think it's the wrong course for a pac or campaign. i hope our campaigns can respectively be about the future and issues and about a vision for america. i've been disappointed on the president's campaign to date, which is focused on character assassination. i think we're wiser to talk about the issues of the day. >> really? back in february on sean hannity's radio show, romney had no problem bringing up reverend wright. >> i'm not sure which is worse, him listening to reverend wright or saying we must be a less christian nation. >> at his press today, romney was asked about those comments. here's what he had to say. >> i'm not familiar precisely what i said but i stand by what i said whatever i