f. scott fitzgerald's book was too far. they took notice of that. i am also proud of the fact i had a peace at the same time but my first piece i don't think a lot of people had a view in "the new york times" on this day and making the point all of the presidential debates took place they have pretty ridiculous speech codes and i have some fun pointing out that if you were to apply these to the presidential candidates by the plain language they all got in trouble for them and i made the argument i really wish they enforce them against the candidates because the reason that they are able to survive is because they are sort of kept in the back door when they needed. if they really were applied across the board they didn't last a day because frankly these things are so broadly worded that everybody is guilty of violating them. and i assume that most of you know this but i want to be very clear. the law is extremely protective of the free-speech rights of college students. extremely protective. obviously the american law is extremely protective of free

f. scott fitzgerald who said living well is the best revenge.ut revenge is not a word you want to use in your closing argument and i think romney pounced on that extremely effectively. i think it's within six hours he had the ad out. what, why should you vote? obama says for revenge, i say for love of country. and that is the perfect contract of large, contrast of large versus small and i think it was a mistake obama will regret. >> bret: i think, charles, both campaigns tout newspaper endorsements all across the country and both campaigns have a long list. but the romney campaign has some interesting recent endorsements, especially in the state of ohio and the state of iowa. the des moines register, and now the new york daily news. >> and now, in wisconsin, where the wisconsin state journal, which is the second largest paper in the state, has in fact endorsed obama in '08 flipped. there's a study from the uc santa barbara that 11 people have switched, obama in '08, romney in 12, versus one that switched the other way. which, however you believe

f. scott fitzgerald said there are no second acts in american lives and when it comes to allen west, weray that he's right. the florida congressman who sees reds under the bed has finally conceded defeat in his fight to save his seat in the house. let's bring in msnbc contributor goldie taylor and joy reid who is the managing editor of thegrio.com. joy, i know you're close to tears with regard to the demise of -- why are you laughing? you were close to tears earlier. are you -- why are you laughing as well goldie? >> because i am crying. >> look, are we going to miss a man who described the president's supporters as a threat to the gene pool and also said that democrats in the house are communists? >> absolutely. i mean, i can tell you at the grio we definitely all were hanging our heads in solemn con tem place of what in the world we're going to do to match allen west's unique brand of -- we won't say insanity. his unique brand of politics. >> his unique brand. goldie, it's worth saying that mr. west did serve in the military, although he also had some problems there, including a mock

f. scott fitzgerald wrote, living well is the best revenge. what exactly is president obama's revenge? growing the government? taxing and relating more? attacking the rich? optimists believe in ingenuity, entrepreneurship, the spirit of gifted individuals who are free to use their god-given tall lebs to make our economy and society the business est it can be. the president seems not to take this view. mitt romney does. and romney believes that god granted natural rights to individuals and it is they who truly run the government and the country. it's a free enterprise view. it's a market view. it's a human action view. to my way of thinking, that makes romney the model optimist. he sets an optimistic goal of 4% growth, 12 million new jobs, he says he'll reduce and reform the tax system in ways that will reward, not punish, the success of individuals and small businesses. he said he would encourage business, not insult it. look it, i've interviewed him on "the kudlow report" several. he believes in free market capitalism and choice as the solution to poverty. he does not believe in the h

f. scott fitzgerald, and the full quote is, i believe i'll harvard men, very pretentious, like a lot of of scott fitzgerald characters. it's funny why i am going to princeton. they put all harvard men are sissies, f. scott its journal, we agree. so the father went highbrow in this fight and they were banned from having his t-shirt because someone claimed this was meant to be an anti-gay slur. now, that's not the way it was meant in the book. it was, he would be saying all harvard men are gay, like i used to be, which is not what that scott fitzgerald was angry but most of all, help me out here. i'm not as young as i used to be. but to my notion anybody under the age of like 50 is using the word sissy is making an agonistic jokers like calling someone a cat. if i call it in by a nose consequences, they're making about themselves. but they were nonetheless banned from having this on a t-shirt. at younger, a private university. but the promises in his contractual promises to students that you shouldn't be allowed to mention the unmentionable and think the unthinkable and say the unsayable,