because remember, both georgia senators, saxby chambliss and also johnny isakson voted against hurricane relief for sandy victims. and besides congressman jack kingston every single house republican from georgia voted against helping the northeast in their time of need. pretty heartless move, don't you think? well, things sure turn around, don't they? republicans voting against sandy aid and slowing down the process had members of congress from the northeastern portion of this country outraged. >> over two decades the congress has looked at these set of disasters and said it's an emergency. but when it comes to the northeast somehow it's not an emergency. i can't look at the face of a fellow new jerseyan and say i still can't tell you what the government will do to get you back in your home. and i would suggest to any of my colleagues that you wouldn't want to look at the face of your citizens and have to be in the same position. >> senator menendez of new jersey is exactly right. the people of georgia, in every state in this country, deserve federal aid when a disaster hits. but if geor

i think actionby chambliss and also johnny isakson should go to the floor and explain to the americanople why their state deserves relief right now but the people in the northeast don't deserve their vote. explain that one. you see, we have become so callous and so focused on money in our society and in our government, we really aren't our brother's keeper anymore. if a storm comes your way, as far as the republicans are concerned, you're just s.o.l. there's a lot more coming up in the next half hour of "the ed show." stay with us. we're right back. >> the good news is our principles are sound. >> another big-time republican gets busted calling medicare and social security recipients moochers. howard fineman, richard wolffe, and david corn on why the 47% is more than a talk point for the gop. >>> an applebee's waitress gets stiffed on a tip and then gets fired for complaining about it. you're not going to believe this story. >>> and in center left america it is no longer okay to be a homophobe in an nfl locker room. >> let all lgbt teens know that it gets better. >> coming up, we've g

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last week i talked to senator johnny isakson, a republican from georgia, on this show.d idea. >> making sure social security checks are delivered is important. but it's a better idea to run the country the way it's supposed to be done. if you have to change the tax code, do it but in the context of the macro sense not the micro. >> can't agree more. david gergen, cnn senior political analyst and professor of public service and director of the center of public leadership at the harvard kennedy school and ron brownstein, executive director at the "national journal" magazine in washington. good to see you. ron, republicans could push president obama to push further spending cuts by threatening to shut down the government in the run-up to upcoming deadlines. we've heard one leading republican senator, john sni isaacson, say it's a bad idea, but could we be headed down the road to a shutdown? >> i think we are probably not. there are certainly republicans who have talked about that, but the consensus of sentiment seems to be moving on a different path now. i think what repub

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