>> right. >> billy carter was jimmy carter's brother. >> we love it. newt had a gay daughter. rob porter had a gay son and came out and changed his position. >> let's be clear. the democrats have a platform that's pro-gay marriage. there's a democrat governor candidate in south carolina who is not for that. we don't even know his name. people don't report on him. >> he's a candidate for governor. he's not -- the vice president of the united states -- the cheney family is a bit like the kennedys to the sense to the republicans, i think, they're a hugely important family. to families in the republican p party gay marriage -- >> you had your own brush with this? >> with gay marriage? >> not gay marriage. being gay. >> i had a brush with being gay? i actually am gay. >> you actually are gay. you are proudly gay. you are briefly a spokesperson for mitt romney's campaign last year. you decided to leave. there was a lot of pressure from the right side of your party. as somebody who lived through that, do you think the media tend to personalize these things? >> first of all, it's a ba

he wasn't simply an embarrassing relative like ronald nixon or billy carter.e went into the political arena. he chose to have us listen to him and now we are. your thoughts, wayne. who is he and what role does he play? >> david's got it exactly right. i've spent time with rafael cruz on the road with ted cruz. he is very, very, very close to his son in every way that you can think both ideologically and as a strong father supporting his son. the father when ted was in high school in houston was instrumental in making sure that ted went to after-school classes that taught basically bircher philosophy. philosophy by a guy named clausen and a number of other people. and so cruz, rafael cruz has always held these views. he is very influential with respect to the son. now, look, you ask the son the question do you buy this stuff? and the son easily as politicians often say about a son of relative, he doesn't speak directly for me on these issues. what's most important about rafael cruz is he speaks directly in a way that resonates to the constituencies that ted cru

hid it's happened throughout 's h it has happened with hillary hiy clinton and bill clinton and billy carter's brother, rather, bill clinton's brother -- and problem portman had a gay son and he came out and changed. >> the problem is on the gay issues, let's be clear, the democrats have a platform that is pro gay marriage. there is a democrat governor, candidate, in south carolina, who is not if that. we don't know his name. people do not report on that. >> he is a candidate for governor. >> the vice president of united states --. the cheney family is like the kennedys to the republicans, they are hugely important party, family to the republican party and gay marriage has been a huge issue in the last year or two. >> you had your own brush with this. >> with gay marriage? >> not gay marriage but being gay. >> i had a brush with being gay? >> i actually am gay. >> proudly gay. you were a foreign policy spoke for mitt romney. you decided to leave. there was pressure from the right. >> and the left. the liberal left. >> someone who lived through that do you think the media personalize these thin

say about our society ask our special musical guest the reverend billy talent just a moment and republican treason took down jimmy carter's presidency rock obama doesn't watch out it could take down his i'll explain why and how infants do they take. in screwed news this thursday night millions of people across the country will abandon their families right after thanksgiving dinner and head to the nearest big box chain store once they get there they'll participate in what has become an annual rite of american capitalism black friday black friday which let's face it is now really more of a black thursday and friday is the day when major retailers offer sales that in some cases many people have quite literally killed for back in two thousand and eight for example a long island wal-mart worker was trampled to death when eager shoppers burst through a store window but black friday is bigger than just one day or one store it's a symbol of how screwed up our country's values have become for more on this i'm joined now from new york by robert billets and the stop shopping gospel choir stop shopping gospel choir as an activist gro