obama for what they claim was falsely presenting himself to the country as a metrosexual black abe lincoln

. >> you know for us in the south, abe lincoln was great. i'm a big abe lincoln fan.i possibly have photos of lincoln. i have a problem of everything and the cynical revisionists. abe lincoln not quite a bit to us. you go and read his speech and you begin to see what the country is. it's like the beginning. once again you've got the south is one way of life and again with the peculiar institution that in my opinion is the single greatest immorality in the country. how can you have a free country? they understood that. it's a contradiction that contradicts the very founding premise of the country. but at any rate, ligands for us, when i grew up was the author of real liberty. you have the emancipation proclamation from the field number 15. >> tell us what that is. >> that was the actual order that freed the slaves in the eastern part of coastal georgia, i think denis for his florida. and of course my family was on an island and plantations along the coast of georgia for over 100 years. we are from an island just south in the carolinas. in the family would remain on tha

they are so funny, my opponent he is abe lincoln and daniel webster all rolled into one. isn't that kind of weird hearing the campaign say such nice things about their opponents? believe me it's not going to last and it's all part of managing expectations before the debate. for more i'm joined by one of the country's foremost experts on the subject. samuel popkin who is a professor of political science at the university of san diego. he has worked on campaigns going back to the 1970s, and he is also the author of "the candidate." welcome back inside "the war room," profez or. >> it's a pleasure to be back with you governor. >> jennifer: all right. do you think this has been taken to a new level this year? >> i think it has been taken to a new level every year, and gets more mindless meaningless and irrelevant every year. >> jennifer: i love that. because? because? is it going to matter? >> no, nobody cares what you thought going in. if you think your team is going to lose and they lose is that better than if you think they are going to win and they lose. [ laughter ] >> w

paul ryan is so honest you know what he calls honest abe lincoln? a (bleep) liar. that's what he calls him. okay. come on, paul ryan, i am brace ford the hard truth, hit me. >> after four years of getting the run around america needs a turnaround. >> okay, i would have gone with reach around, but -- >> that's why i am where i am and why you are where you are. all right. let's get to the ideas. >> we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of gdp or less. 12 million new jobs over the next four years. >> strengthen medicare for my mom's generation and we will put government back on the side of men and women who create jobs. >> that is ambitious. that is going to be hard. i am ready for the tough truth of how it is going to get us there. all right. hit me with the deets. >> we will take responsibility. we will reapply our founding principles. we will not duck the tough issues. we will lead. >> jon: oh. a romney-ryan administration will do good, not bad. because bad is the lesser of those options. that is a speech, you are a policy expert. ladies and gentlemen, aretha

his case that americans need to be patient, that he, nor bill clinton, nor george washington or abe lincoln or any of the other luminaries who occupied that office could have repaired this economy in the time that he had. i think that he's made that case, and he and all the other speakers who all did a very fine job basically have constructed this race now as clear choice and not a referendum on what barack obama didn't accomplish. >> so did he pitch it to the disappointed? >> he was pitching to everybody whom he thought key get, but i will say when he was running for office, the man spoke in poetry. and when he was in office, he spoke in prose. this sounded to me like advertising copy. i just never got any energy out of it at all. i agree, these are cliches that i had heard him utter over and other again, and it was disappointing. it was reason wlee effective. it just didn't carry the day. >> i'm stunned. i thought his speech was fantastic. i thought the temperment that he had matches the economy that we are in. but if you listen to the words that he said, there was something there for eve

and goshing washington, abe lincoln, teddy roosevelt.imes they've run, teddy never won. and senator john mccain has been outspoken so i asked him to weigh in. >> anti-teddy, anti-bull moose. anti-great white fleet. everything the man in the arena is clearly a discrimry action no place today. >> and jay carney calls it's an outrage and that the president agrees with senator mccain. and some from the obama campaign has caused a stir on social media. the design featured a logo where the stars normally go and painted stripes. and we have asked your thoughts about this and we have received a lot of comments, arrogant and disgracement. dylan, says how is it insulting. if it was way more accurate i'd be insulted, but what campaigns don't take stylistic cues from our flag and michael sa

of abe lincoln, anteddy roosevelt, and teddy roosevelt left the party at one time, too, so this is notty gets hijacked, those of us more mainstream feel we have an obligation to our soul to do what is right and take a different path. that's what i have done. >>> we heard it before, be careful what you post online but it still happens. a facebook faux pas gets a replacement. [ female announcer ] you want family dinner to be special. dad, we want pizza. you guys said tacos. [ female announcer ] it doesn't always work out that way. you know what? we're spending too much money on eating out anyway. honey, come look at this. [ female announcer ] my money map from wells fargo is a free online tool that helps you track your spending. so instead of having to deal with a tight budget, you could have a tighter family. ♪ wells fargo. together we'll go far. my name is sunshine and i have three beautiful girls. i like taking advil® for a headache. it nips it in the bud. and i can be that mommy that i want to be. ♪ [ male announcer ] take action. take advil®. it's not for colds, it's not for pain, i

i was proud to be of the party of abe lincoln, and teddy roosevelt, and teddy roosevelt left the partynot a new thing. and when a party gets hijacked, those of us more mainstream feel we have an obligation to our soul to do what is right and take a different path. that's what i have done. >>> we heard it before, be careful what you post online but it still happens. a facebook faux pas gets a replacement. small in size. big on safety. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] ow! [ male announcer ] when your favorite foods fight you, fight back fast with tums smoothies. so fast and smooth, you'll forget you had heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums [ male announcer ] tums smoothies. ♪ [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] introducing zzzquil sleep-aid. [ snoring ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] because sleep is a beautiful thing. [ birds chirping ] introducing zzzquil, the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil. ♪ the non-hab♪t forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil. ♪ ♪ ♪ there's another way

you guys have painted mitt romney out as abe lincoln.to see what unveils on wednesday. play hypothetical with me here quickly. just 30 seconds. the next four years, if president obama is president obama again, what does the next four years look like in terms of his legislative priorities? >> the next four years is continuing on the path to growing this economy from the middle class out, investing in infrastructure, education, energy, implementing obamacare. there are many aspects left to be implemented so that all americans can fully realize the promise that was built by obamacare. so we are very excited about the next four years should president obama win, and we believe he will. >> thanks so much. appreciate your time on this sunday afternoon. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> everyone remembers the slogan "we like ike," but what does the former military general have in common with president obama? and what can mitt romney learn from him? the man who wrote the book on ike joining us up next. >>> plus, get aggressive or play defen

impeachmentria trial, had there been one, iavee write as a fan of lincoln. >> steven carter we've been s talking to. "impeachment of ab abraham lincoln" thanks for joining us on booktv. >> it's my pleasure. thank you very much. .. i think there are a lot of anti-obama folks out there and a lot of books defending the president. i wanted to write a book that described the answer of what i thought was the most important question in and the most interesting question. look at barack obama for a moment as a character. he is a complete fish out of water in a way. he is a guy who has very little executive experience. isn't higher life is that the law professors like turn at the committee table in the illinois statehouse or the u.s. senate or in various meetings but he is never the guy in front of the room deciding, making the hard calls. he has very little if any management experience and then suddenly he is in the most important managerial job in the world. he is president of the united states leader of the free world and so my question was how does he decide? how does he make decisions? how does he govern? not with the cont

1962, and the archives released that special edition for kids like me, and i got my picture of abe lincoln because i'm a lincoln man too. >> you don't throw anything out, do you? [laughter] >> i don't. [laughter] i came -- and that's what made me not cynical. coming at a young age to a place like this, being exposed to mr. lincoln and what he did for the union, being for the constitution, and i think i'm here today honestly because of that, and i would like to give special thanks for the national treasure, the national archives. i want to thank all of you for coming to this extraordinary conversation. i want to encourage those in the -- on the television audience to come to this place, bring your kids, bring your grand kids and your grand nephew. bring the next generation here, and if you can't come here physically, experience the national archives on line. you mentioned the internet. if it's up to us, the living, we can't just think bowel the future without thinking very deeply about the past, and i think this is a place that will help us do that thinking, and so i ask all of you to join

abe lincoln. lincoln logs. captain's log. bringing ya back to "star trek: the next generation."who. "who's on first?" first place. placemat. matthew mcconaughey. "all right, all right, all right." right, said fred. right, said ted. teddy ruxpin. pin the tail on the donkey -- kong. donkey kong country for n64. four non-blondes. what's going on? onstar. starbucks. starbuck from "battlestar galactica." bringing ya back to "caprica." capricorn. sagittarius. saget's hilarious on "full house." ♪ whatever happened to predictability ♪ t-mobile. mobile phone. phone home. "e.t." t.i. i.t. t-pain. autotune. "tiny toons," slappy the squirrel. buster and babs. babs. bringing ya back to barbra streisand. sandy the squirrel, from "spongebob squarepants. it's a double squirrel. it's a double swirl frozen yogurt. froyo. yolo. yoyo. yoyo tricks. around the world. worldwide pants, the production company for david letterman. letterman to leno. leno to conan. conan to fallon. "late night with jimmy fallon." how you like me now? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow. that was pretty good. you just bl

i'm the only second-generation abe lincoln portrayer in the a.l.p., which is the association of lincolns. janie: mary todd would think that she was above this. you didn't do this if you were from a well-to-do family. sebak: now everybody does it. you got tiny, individual yard sales and common spaces like this field, where jessica padgett has piles of stuff. i don't know -- clothes and candles. i've got married last month, and some of it's wedding-shower gifts. my husband's really proud of that inspector gadget thing, the doll that they had at mcdonald's. somethin' wrong with him? i've been told to watch it and make sure it don't get gone unless i can sell it for good. we've been shoppin' and lookin' at stuff. at first, there was not very many toys, but after that, when there was so many toys at every places. sebak: you browse and you drive. you stop in this motel courtyard, where reg moulton sells old stuff, and betty westfall has a mix of things. it's a convenient spot. it's real nice. yesterday morning at 10:00, i left the parkway. i bought all the way. well, i came here on wednesday,

. >> to hear both of them tell it, the other guy is the best debater since abe lincoln himself.ra, thank you so much. appreciate your time, sir. there are, of course, great expectations on both sides for next week's debate. the pressure is really on for mitt romney to knock it out of the park, as he entrance the debate, trailing in nine of the key battleground states that will most likely decide this thing. joining me now, anne kornblut, deputy national editor for "the washington post," and beth thoout of the associated press. thanks to both of you ladies for being with me on this saturday afternoon. anne, let me start with you. politico had a headline about 24 hours ago who had a lot of folks talking. here it is. "in the end, it's mitt." to quote part of the article, "it isn't the chair or the ho-hum convention or the leaked video or stuart stevens or the improving economy or media bias or distorted polls or the message or mormonism, it's mitt." what does mitt romney have to do in this first debate to change the narrative that he is, in fact, a flawed candidate? >> i think it's

while at the same time they're building up the opponent as the most for mid aable debater since abe lincolnhe president is obviously a very eloquent, gifted speaker. he'll do just fine. >> mitt romney has an advantage because he's been through 20 debates in the primaries over the last year. >> barack obama is a very effective debater. >> we know that governor romney has been practicing for months. i think the invasion of normandy took less preparation than he pult into the debates. >> he hasn't had a dedate against a democrat in over ten years, i guess probably 2002. >> i've never been in a presidential debate like this, and it will be a new experience. >> what can we really expect dpr next week's showdown in colorado? joining me is michael, special correspondent for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." everyone says this debate is an absolute must-win for mitt romney. isn't that kind of what we always say? isn't it always a do or die situation for one of the candidates? what's different this time around? >> the only thing that's different this time around, craig, is this is happening at an ex

i wanted to tell you that something that abe lincoln said, the government of the people, by the peopleperish from this earth. the republican's idea, what they want to do is to -- if you can't beat them, cheat them. [ laughter ] >> bill: i think that's well said. i tell ya, one thing we certainly saw in this convention is who the parties represent who they are fighting for. and willing to fight for and there's a big difference between president obama fighting for the 99% and mitt romney fighting for the 1%. terry o'neal, good to see you. don't forget that's an important site. hervotes.us. we'll put a link up on our web site. terry, come in and tell us how you're doing. >> feminists for obama.org. that is a new web site that has come up. feminists for obama.org. fabulous site. >> bill: we'll be right back. thank you. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable. the rid-x septic subscriber program helps prevent backups by

september 1962 and archives release that special edition for kids like me and i got my picture of abe lincoln because i'm lincoln fan too. [laughter] and i came and perhaps what made me not cynical, coming at a very young age to a place like this, being as close to mr. lincoln and what he did for the union, being exposed to the declaration of independence and the constitution i think i am here today honestly because of bad so i would like to give special thanks for this national treasure, the national archives and i want to thank all of you for coming to this extraordinary conversation. i want to encourage those on the television audience to come to this place and bring your kids, bring your grandkids and your grandnephew. bring the next generation here and if you can't come here physically, experience the national archives on line. you mentioned the internet. i think it's up to us. we can't just think about the future without thinking very deeply about the past and i think this is the place that will help us do that thinking and so i ask all of you to join me in thanking justice thomas and t

may remember we at "pop news" brought you the first pictures of daniel day-lewis in character as abe lincoln you the trailer for "lincoln," directed by none other than steven spielberg. >> this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of fremont. a government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. >> i want more. the full trailer will debut in a google-plus hangout today. it's really remarkable. oscar. saying it right now. big on the predictions today. it will air right here on the abc jumbotron, 7:00 p.m. eastern, 4:00 pacific. "lincoln" was produced by dreamworks and distributed by abc's parent company, disney, which is why we might have the first look. just saying. >>> apparently i'm not the only one saying that making a "magic mike" sequel has to happen. channing tatum, still believes in his amazing work in the film. that he will direct it, if he needs to. steven soderberg, who directed the original, may retire, he's now saying. and channing says he is ready to step in and fill those chaps. he has an idea for the film. it's a road movie, where a b

. >> abe lyn lincoln -- he was a pathetic boy, this underpinning -- >> ifill: here's jimmy carter. >>t of the united states. i said then america needed a president who shares your dreamentz and takes the strength and wisdom from you, the american people. ladies and gentlemen, both now and for the next four years, we have just such a leader in the whitehouse. something you realize quickly in the oval office the easy decisions are not the onesç tht make their way to ymu$ desk. whether they are issues of war and peace or grave economic matters, popular or unpopular, only a president can make those most difficult choices. in those moments, it takes more than a grasp of policy, it takes integrity and an understanding of why and whom you serve. from president obama's first day in office, i watched him because i know you have. they face tough decisions and always put the edge on middle class americans above those with larger wallets haven't ever loud their voice. i admire him for that. because president obama sits behind that desk, every day people from planes, georgia to pittsburgh have s

those are abe lincoln's shoes. he had the biggest feet, according to the shoe company.xon shoes and harry s. truman, the buck skin stops here. that shoe belongs to woodrow wilson. >> more than a vehicle, this jumbo jet is the president's airborne global command center. >> steve: you're the only guy i know who owns his own air force one. way to go. >> any mother says you own an airplane and it doesn't have any wings in how smart is that? that's an exact replica of air force one. it's got the top secret documents, i'm talking on the orange phone. the only thing i haven't found and brian wanted me to look around for, was that escape pod, you know the one i'm talking about? >> this is air force one! >> steve: there is no real escape pod on the air force one. unlike the movie "national treasure," there is no secret compartment, unless you count this. aha! carpet pad! that's not what nicholas cage found, is it? mr. president, mr. president, we have questions about the debt. >> change my diaper! [ laughter ] >> gretchen: change my diaper. so cute. i love that shot of him comin

as abe lincoln so powerfully put it, i just want to acknowledge the great work of my colleague from westvirginia. mr. president, i'm here as i have been for many a morning for the last number of months to urge all of us to work together in order to extend the production tax credit for wind energy. the p.t.c., as it's known, is going to expire in just a few months, and that impending expiration not only threatens the jobs of tens of thousands of americans but also threatens the continued prosperity of an industry that has seen tremendous growth over the last decade. and we simply cannot let that happen. but each day we fail to act and in effect abdicate our basic responsibility to support job creation, we are allowing jobs to be exported abroad and we are truly abandoning a part of bright future of american manufacturing. i've had the opportunity, mr. president, over the last several months, as i mentioned, to come to the floor and talk about the benefits of the production tax credit in individual states. and today -- and i'm here, and i think it's timely and appropriate to highlight the

. >> abe lyn lincoln -- he was a pathetic boy, this underpinning -- >> ifill: here's jimmy carter. >>t of the united states. i said then america needed a president who shares your dreamentz and takes the strength and wisdom from you, the american people. ladies and gentlemen, both now and for the next four years, we have just such a leader in the whitehouse. something you realize quickly in the oval office the easy decisions are not the onesç tht make their way to ymu$ desk. whether they are issues of war and peace or grave economic matters, popular or unpopular, only a president can make those most difficult choices. in those moments, it takes more than a grasp of policy, it takes integrity and an understanding of why and whom you serve. from president obama's first day in office, i watched him because i know you have. they face tough decisions and always put the edge on middle class americans above those with larger wallets haven't ever loud their voice. i admire him for that. because president obama sits behind that desk, every day people from planes, georgia to pittsburgh have s

we think of lincoln, of course, as st. abe -- abraham. e wasn't thought of that way during his lifetime. it was only after he was assassinated. when he came to washington, he was introduced to the nation by the kentucky statesman as follows: abraham lincoln is a man above the medium height. he passes the six-foot mark by an inch or two. he is raw-boned, shamble-gaited, bow-legged, knock-kneed, pigeon-toed, slob-sighted, a shapeless skeleton in a very tough, very dirty, unwholesome skin. his lips protrude beyond the natural level of the face but are pale and smeared with tobacco juice, his teeth are filthy. [laughter] peat your president, your new president of the united states. [laughter] at the same time, another paper published this profile of mr. lincoln. mr. lincoln stands six feet tall in the his socks, which he changes once every ten days. [laughter] his anatomy is composed mostly of bones, and when walking, he resembles the offspring of a happy marriage between a derrick and a wind mill. [laughter] his head is shaped something like

the president addressing, as most presidents do in difficult times the circumstances of abe ruh ruham lincolngs knowing exactly what lincoln meant when he said i was driven to my knees many time by the overwhelming conviction that i had no place else to go. >> what did you think of this speech? >> you know what, i thought it was a smart speech. i thought in the first half it was sort of walking people through the explanatory portion and i thought the second portion was quite beautiful. that was actually one of my favorite parts. what he was doing, he was creating sort of a sense of community. this was a vision speech. i think what we saw from bill clinton was, you know, the meat and potatoes and i think this provided some vision. i actually thought it was great. i also thought think it a speech of a guy who thinks he's winning. this is a guy who feels like, you know, i can do this, we can win this. he understands what he needs is to get those people in that audience to work for him and do the work of getting it done. >> john, i want you to respond to this. asking for their support. i think th