we appreciate it crowley and colmes on deck.hen we will go down on the floor for a couple of speeches. the factor will be right back from new york city. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced technology to protect our water. billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ >> bill: continuing live with our coverage in tampa where i will be tomorrow and thursday. here now monica crowley, author of the big best seller what the bleep just happened and alan comtion colmes new book thank the liberals for saving america has just been released. clashing dueling book. >> that's right. >> bill: colmes, i thought you would be down at the republic convention selling copies of the book. >> i didn't have my bullet-proof vest. >> s

it pains me to admit that colmes made it. the president rises above the dissatisfaction. >> look at the numbers. stock market up 74%. s&p up 74% since he has been in office. >> bill: that's the rich people are benefiting. >> retail sale numbers came up today up for the first time -- >> bill: you are saying this economy is visibly improving. >> there is visibility the economy is improving. >> bill: when the germans were losing world war ii you could point to a victory or two and go wow, you know. >> 3 million jobs created. here is something else, we don't know what romney is going to do. he has not defined himself. we don't know what his plan is there is no better alternative that the american people feel they can go to right now. >> it disturbs me that the national press corps, all right, will not acknowledge the present situation that we have in america. that's what disturbs me. >> that's right. if you flip it and say if this had been a republic president with three and a half years of this kind of economic directly related

crawl and colmes moments away. making more than $3 million a year. [boos] >> it's like robin hood in reverse. [ laughter ] >> it's romney hood. [cheers] >> bill: i'm wondering if carl rove will be fryer tuck. with us now is alan colmes and monica crowley, author of the big new best seller "what the bleep just happened?" so the president is basing his projections of governor romney taking money from the poor and the working people and giving it to the fat cats on by the tax policy center when which is very complicated has to do with phasing out deductions and all kinds of things that are basically theoretical, they are not real things. the president is taking this and his guys have taken and this run with it saying that now romney wants to take from the folks and give it to the rich people. now, i'm laughing because and i'm not favoring romney owe over obama or anything like that. it's so patently absurd that the president believes what is he saying. like romney was in massachusetts. did he make money away from the poor people in south boston and give

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news contributor alan colmes tells us also along with climate change and education one of the things you won't hear republicans talking about this week is america's failed drug war isn't it time we finally brought it to an end and put the money funding it to better uses and paul ryan is getting ready to address the r n c tonight what he possibly say considering that he's trying to destroy the american middle class well as congressman chris van hollen. you need to know this it's day two of the republican national convention and we'll see if tonight's speakers got the message that mitt romney is actually the guy running for president as that is keynote address to the or and seemed jersey governor chris christie seemed to be confused about why he was there given a speech that more resembled an unofficial launch of a twenty sixteen bid for the presidency than a rallying call for mitt romney in fact christie didn't even mention mitt romney's name until about sixteen minutes into his speech instead he talked about his parents his political philosophy his accomplishments as governor of new

and we're broke, colmes. has nothing to do with israel. >> yes, it does. >> bill: nothing to do with romney, all right? it's just warn doesn't know what she is talking about. >> she is talking about the fact that we have infrastructure. when we built infrastructure we get out of the depression with fdr doing it. >> bill: fdr now? now we are back to fdr. >> gets us out of economic recession. it's putting money into infrastructure and investing domestically in this country. that's what actually helps the economy. >> bill: get out of the recession more government spending on that didn't happen the first time. can you wrap it up. >> that's what gets us out of depression or recession sun leashing the private sector. on your point we are break yes that's correct we are break because we blew nearly a trillion dollars just on transfer payments. this is what the stimulus is about transfer payments to states and local governments to keep their government payrolls going. that's why the nearly trillion didn't go into inf

my book. >> i'm going to start with you, colmes.ecause basically, you know, you work for the dnc. >> yeah, right. i got the memo so i'm all set. >> i'm looking at all those top ten rankings of americans concerns. "wall street journal," nbc, all the rankings. whether rape, abortion, incest, exception is written into a law doesn't make a top 30 list let alone a top 10 list. how is this a winner for the democrats. >> well, first of all, most people are pro-choice and don't want the government telling them what to do with their bodies. not the media's fault this is being talked about it's the fault of republicans and they're the running making this a big issue. mitt romney is not talking about the economy. bring ryan on the ticket. he is ads barack obama eliminate the work requirement for healthcare. he is misrepresenting obama. is he talking about his taxes. ann romney gave interview being angry being asked about taxes. tax stump friday afternoon with ryan's taxes. romney says he is going to release his 2011 taxes october 15th. they ar

alan colmes is right.r more people in the short run than this republican convention is. again, what i can't help noting is how even reporters who are here in canada, florida, journalists and other commentators are jumping in. for example, jennifer granholm, the former governor of michigan, now anchors a tv show. the al gore channel. treated out that isaac's storm is the way of punishing republicans. john nolte, he pointed out the things. [talking over each other] jon: pat roberts was a candidate in 1988. >> the chief of opinion talkshow host. like any other opinion talkshow host. jon: we will have to leave it there. congratulation on the books, alan colmes. will be right bafrck they need a third the blood of onetouch ultra. zipwik tabs target the blood and pull it in. call now for free strips and a meter. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. jon: besides all of the official busines

at least that's what the laughing alan colmes thinks, and writes, he's the host of the alan colmes showk and the brand new book, thank the liberals. >> it's hard for you to say. >> brian: thank the liberals for saving america and alan colmes-- >> those words come out of his mouth. >> brian: let's go to the title first, where does it come from? why should we thank labor rals. >> we stathank the liberals. >> we were nor federalist than liberals. >> there was a big battle between the federalists and the statists and the same battle today. we were founded on the magna carta to protect individuals in the monarchy, we don't have a monarchy, we went way beyond english common-law. >> brian: maybe your definition is different. >> this is not republican gers democrat. some of the things the republicans did, they were the forefront of the civil rights. a higher percentage of the republicans passed the civil rights act and voting act of 1965 than the democrats. >> i'm glad you remind people of that. a lot of people say it's not the case. this is not about republicans versus democrats, but progressi

alan colmes is the host of the alan colmes show.r take on how the media has treated this. >> it's been all over the media. you can't escape the story. gregg: is that good or bad? >> that's probably good. i mean i believe in sunlight being the best disinfect tiff. harry reid, i believe, should have had a source and should reveal it if he can't reveal it he probably shouldn't have said it. gregg: he doesn't have a source that's why he hasn't revealed it. >> he's setting himself up for a great deal of criticism to make these kind of charges. it's got even tremendous play as you pointed out on the sunday morning talks shows. it's all everybody seems to be talking about. gregg: jim it strikes me that the media is not siding on the liberal side at least with respect to this particular issue. i was watching bob schiefer yesterday he said reid reminds him of the lies spun by joe mccarthy, what do you think of that. >> they are saying that, but then they are doing what alan do, jumping all over the story. jonathan carl says it's outrage us t

crawl and colmes will analyze. >> the feeling when people get when they hear barack obama speech i felt this thrill up my leg. >> favoring barack obama over mitt romney. how much will that effect the vote? we will tell you. >> if you ran into o'reilly at a cambridge cocktail party what would you tell him? >> i would probably avoid him. >> bill: jesse watters traveling to unfriendly factor territory. cambridge, massachusetts, home of harvard. >> are you an o'reilly fan. >> for comedy reasons, yes. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. president obama and the american media that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. last night on the factor bernie goldberg said this about the political media and president obama. they droold all over him four years ago and now they can find gaffes in romney's trip. journalists are barack obama's most loyal base. they will not abandon him and they have got too much invested in him. >> bill: what bernie says is true. here is the backup. 2004 k

alisyn: alan colmes is the host of the alan colmes radio show.gallagher is a syndicated radio host and fox news contributor. thanks so much for being here. let me start with you, alan, is this a debate about freedom of speech the first amendment or about gay rights. >> it's both. unfortunately because the mayors did what they did and said what they said it became a first amendment issue and it shouldn't be. the true position should be let all people come and let businesses drive and to try to suggest either through innuendo or otherwise that a business isn't welcome in a community because you disagree with either the political philosophy of the owner or where they put their corporate profits which they have the right to do i think is an antiprogressive position. i have to disagree with the mayors. what they did is what led to chick-fil-a appreciation day and they made it into an issue it shouldn't have been. alisyn: mike of course that is the irony is that chick-fil-a appreciation day was a boon for the business. so many people came out they set

alan colmes is host of the alan colmes radio show. >> good to see you, martha. alan, let me go to you first. very strong words from mitt romney and basically folks are saying he writes a lot of what he says himself and that he added at the end the part about this is what a angry and desperate president looks like of the president obama knows better. >> sounds like he is angry and desperate. he also said yesterday that the president wants to smash america apart. he said he demonizes and pannedders and in the same speech romney said he wants to have an issues oriented civil dialogue but romney himself is not doing that. and when he says that obama and his campaign have no answers he has been very nonspecific. won't even say if he agrees or disagrees with his own running mate. he is guilty of very thing which he is accusing the obama administration. martha: david, a lot of folks are saying we're getting october in august. this has heated up really dramatically over the past 24, 48 hours. what do you think? >> absolutely, martha. what we have a desperate out of idea

crowley and colmes on that. >> wonder why everybody is taking pictures that's all. >> i think it might be intimidating that you have a stick in your hand. >> bill: another potential scandal for the obama administration. the justice department drops the case against the black panthers who may have broken the law at a polling place. now a federal judge says politics not justice may have given the panthers a pass. >> what have you been doing alf, what have you been doing, man. >> i have be waiting for the right thing to come along. obviously this isn't it. >> bill: strangest moments in factor history continues tonight. some of our guests are not even human. >> you might have snuck across the border. i might have to make a citizen's arrest. [ laughter ] >> no. >> bill: caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. another possible scandal at the justice department and that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as you may know, the fast and furious gun scandal has embarrassed the obama adm

alan colmes is host of the alan colmes radio show, and tucker carlson, editor of the daily caller andox news contributor. good morning to both of you. two issues i want to work through, okay? tucker, did the media overplay this gaffe attack on governor romney or whatever it was? >> well, i thought you weren't supposed to shout questions at politicians. i guess the standards have changed in the last couple weeks. yeah, they overplayed it. of course they did. the press doesn't like mitt romney. they're for obama, obviously, we know that. there's no use whining about it. you work with what you have, and that's the situation we live with. romney's problem was telling an obvious truth which is culture effects outcomes. and in the case of israel and the palestinians, israeli cull cur's more conducive to economic success than palestinian culture. who could argue with that? and by the way, i'd love to hear the obama people who are agreeing that it is racist, i'd love to hear them explain why it's not true, because they can't. bill: i think i found someone that would argue with you. [laughter]

alan colmes is host of the alan colmes radio show.of these men wasted no time in jumping on 60 minutes over the weekend. let's play a clip from that and get your reaction on the other side. >> if we become president and vice president we'll work together looking at issues together, important decisions will be made with his consul stations along with other individuals, and obviously i have to make the final call on important decision stkpwhr-s we really think this is a moment in the country that needs leadership, and we really think that we can make a big difference and get our country back on track. jon: alan give us your thoughts first of all on the "60 minutes" piece and overall. >> i think it's been very positive so far. the 60 minutes piece was obviously a chance to present the ticket. i didn't see much of a downside in terms of how it was handled. you look at the headlines around the country, in ohio ryan's choice -- romney's choice of ryan a bold move. shakes up the race, virginia pilot in iowa. des moines register said could pl

joe said, alan colmes, that was embarrassing, school by lou dobbs. right, alan. i apologize later. >>neil: i am neil cavuto. you are looking live at presidential candidate romney addressing supporters in ohio, wrapping up remarks just after vice presidential paul ryan made a statement. this is coming at the same time we are seeing a storm bear ring down on florida. we will have the latest on the storm and the latest on the convention plan and the very latest on this gentleman, and how he is preparing for all of that. now, back to mitt romney in ohio >> we never know when speeches will pop up. >> there is one more, champion small business. help small business. entrepreneurs. innovators. look, big business can accommodate all the regulations that get thrown on them because they have all the lawyers. they can sometimes handle the big tax rates, the highest taxes on the world on corporations because they have businesses all over the world. companies like g.e. paid no tax a career or two ago. that is because of all their operations they have around the world. if you are a small business

alan colmes is host of the alan colmes radio show and you know him well from his many appearances heres you both for being here. so, jim, take us to what mark halperin said over the weekend. mark halperin far from being a conservative. he said essentially that the media are susceptible to doing what the obama campaign wants, namely focusing on mitt romney's tax returns. >> right, i'm kind of curious what alan's reaction to that is and how he talks himself out of that one. given the fact that mark halperin is a veteran of time magazine, a total, total establishment magazine. he says the press core is doing what the obama campaign wants. he says the voters are interested in the economy and medicare, for some strange reason which is to say david axelrod is telling them so the media is preoccupied with mitt romney's statements. that is a statement from inside the belly of the beast. i don't know how he's going to talk out of this one. >> my career is over. how hreu get out o will i get out of this hoerbz mace that i horrible maze i'm in. mitt romney is talking about his taxes. he keeps it

crawl and colmes will analyze. >> the feeling when people get when they hear barack obama speech i felt up my leg. >> favoring barack obama over mitt romney. how much will that effect the vote? we will tell you. >> if you ran into o'reilly at a cambridge cocktail party what would you tell him? >> i would probably avoid him. >> bill: jesse watters traveling to unfriendly factor territory. cambridge, massachusetts, home of harvard. >> are you an o'reilly fan. >> for comedy reasons, yes. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. president obama and the american media that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. last night on the factor bernie goldberg said this about the political media and president obama. they droold all over him four years ago and now they can find gaffes in romney's trip. journalists are barack obama's most loyal base. they will not abandon him and they have got too much invested in him. >> bill: what bernie says is true. here is the backup. 2004 kerry vs. bus

crowley and colmes on that. >> wonder why everybody is taking pictures that's all. >> i think it mightstick in your hand. >> bill: another potential scandal for the obama administration. the justice department drops the case against the black panthers who may have broken the law at a polling place. now a federal judge says politics not justice may have given the panthers a pass. >> what have you been doing alf, what have you been doing, man. >> i have been waiting for the right thing to come along. obviously this isn't it. >> bill: strangest moments in factor history continues tonight. some of our guests are not even human. >> you might have snuck across the border. i might have to make a citizen's arrest. [ laughter ] >> no. >> bill: caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. another possible scandal at the justice department and that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as you may know, the fast and furious gun scandal has embarrassed the obama administration and put attorney ge

crawl and colmes will analyze. >> the feeling when people get when they hear barack obama speech i feltr mitt romney. how much will that effect the vote? we will tell you. >> if you ran into o'reilly at a cambridge cocktail party what would you tell him? >> i would probably avoid him. >> bill: jesse watters traveling to unfriendly factor territory. cambridge, massachusetts, home of harvard. >> are you an o'reilly fan. >> for comedy reasons, yes. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. president obama and the american media that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. last night on the factor bernie goldberg said this about the political media and president obama. they droold all over him four years ago and now they can find gaffes in romney's trip. journalists are barack obama's most loyal base. they will not abandon him and they have got too much invested in him. >> bill: what bernie says is true. here is the backup. 2004 kerry vs. bush. university of connecticut study of 30