. >> limbaugh's use of the r word, sister sarah still silent about it. his escape? he claims he never used the r word. he was only quoting rahm emanuel. quoting this guy, the president was first a racist. now he's called his name unamerican. >> you don't take the name barack to identify with america. >> and the poll that proved the delusions of the far right is criticized by the far right. >> did you know that republicans are stupid and evil? >> why, no, i didn't. but i'll certainly take your word for it. all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >> you're out of your mind. >>> good evening from new york. the senate super majority officially ending at 5:12 eastern time tonight. the junior senator from massachusetts sworn in at that hour by vice president biden. and thus the senate reverts from a brief interlude in which democrats could not get a damned thing done to its normal state in which nobody can get any damn thing done. senator brown's arrival giving the republicans the 41 votes they need to block president obama's agenda by keeping legislation from eve

she is trying to, in the eyes of folks like limbaugh and beck, restrict their free speech.his is not a tack you can take with those folks and by the way it's not a tack you can take for the libertarian wing of the republican party that forms the tea party folks who are paying to hear her speak at their annual convention. so, you know, politically it doesn't make any sense for her, and that i think is why you're seeing this supposedly authentic politician become just yet another conventional politician. >> her fans have, some of them, split away from her over the way she treated them on her book tour and endorsing john mccain. somebody will hear eventually that she's been giving money politically to lindsay graham, who is the bane of the tea party. and here she is once again using her child to try to beat up the white house when it's clear she doesn't care when her political buddies and fox colleagues are far more guilty of the same offense. is there a tipping point in terms of doing damage with those who have supported her in the past? >> well, the greatest disappointment h

what about this limbaugh and the speaker was a little bit more nuanced than mr. limbaugh was.ut they both believe that barack obama is a committed socialist. do you see it that way? >> no. but i think something is going on here that you need to be aware of, bill. this is like a school yard and they have got you up against the wall. you said limbaugh was spoofing you. i think he was mocking you. and saying oh, you know. >> bill: spoof, mock, that's the same thing, no, no. i think they got a little personal and i guess i'm standing up for you which is a surprise. here is a surprise, i don't understand why he feels the need to pin you 20's wall. >> bill: because he thinks he is a socialist. i understand where he is coming from. he thinks obama is a socialist. so does glenn beck. and when i bring in a little bit more of a -- >> that's so ridiculous. >> bill: no it's not. it's not ridiculous. >> they want to intimidate you, bill o'reilly. >> bill: look, i'm good copy to attack. look, beck and limbaugh and other guys on the radio primarily some on tv, think is he a hard core sociali

how much of an inspiration was limbaugh dancing to lady gaga?ve that video from the miss america pageant where he was really pumping his fists in the air and "let's dance" was playing. maybe it was "poker face." at any rate, big inspiration for the actor who plays rush limbaugh? >> absolutely. it's super awkward and so the choreographer had a fun time making sure rush was dancing just horribly. >> you also had the video of him back at c-pac. here is how i judge the success of a musical. if i see 15 kids singing songs, that must abe hot new show. can you picture teenagers singing the songs from rush the musical? >> i sure hope so. we do a nice blend of the broadway prestige stuff with songs that are parody of the band rush out of canada. we try to hit a wide swath. >> kelly, i'm sure this will be a lot of fan for people who are fans of rush limbaugh and perhaps those who aren't. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> remember the m.i.t. grad handing out resumes on the streets of new york, out of work for a year before he finally landed a job?

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here he is, rush limbaugh. he's always on tape. >> i like mitt romney, but i think he's risking his career over endorsing mccain, who is so out of step with what's going on right now. it's -- well -- >> he's always conservative when he's running for re-election in arizona. you know, the tea parties have produced a wave of conservative that has swept republicans in name only aside. >> you know, this reminds me of the old democratic left. i know you might disagree with me, joan, because you occasionally do. november doesn't count. the ndc, the new democratic coalition, all they cared about was who won the primary, happily nominating people who couldn't win general elections. it looks to me like the republican party really is creating a pup tent. >> well, they are. they're trying to fit the whole party into a tea bag at this point, chris. and i want to talk to my friend pat, who was sounding very reasonable a couple weeks ago when we talked. >> you guys will not stop -- it's the tea party movement. it's not the te

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check this video of limbaugh showing off his moves at the miss america pageant. he was one of the judges. >> let's see it! >> whoa! look at him! oh, let it go! >> wow. >> look at that. >> oh, my goodness. >> he was the best dancer of all the judges. >> did you speed up that tape? >> he was moving that fast. i got a chance to sit down with rush. part one airs tomorrow morning. this morning, the winner, miss have or miss america will join us in the next hour. >> rush mentioned he talked to you on his news and notes. it was the first mention. look at that. >> that was very nice of him. a lot of good things to say about the pageant and interesting tidbit abouts his own political future which you'll find out tomorrow. >> wow. meanwhile, talking about politics, president of the united states is going to head up to new hampshire today where he'll hold a town hall meeting on jobs and the economy. pushing his agenda. joining us right now with a preview from washington, d.c., molini wilkes. >> the president will announce details of a small business lending plan at his town

. >>> rush limbaugh, the man who coined the term femme nazi is back from judging the miss america pageant fox after sitting across from miss america, limbaugh had this to say. >> i'm a huge supporter of women. what i'm not is a supporter of liberalism. feminism is what i oppose. feminism led women astray. i love women. i don't know where this got started. i love the women's moving, especially walking behind it. high quality ingredients like wild alaskan salmon in a delicate broth, without by-products or fillers. fancy feast appetizers. celebrate the moment. like i couldn't catch my breath. i couldn't believe i was actually having a heart attack. i remember being at the hospital, thinking about my wife. i should have done more to take care of myself. now i'm exercising, watching my diet, and i trust my heart to lipitor. (announcer) unlike some other cholesterol lowering medications, lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and certain kinds of heart surgeries in patients with several common risk factors or heart disease. lipitor is backed by over 17 years of resea

what does rush limbaugh do for a living?o their truck at lunchtime. she's perfect for that. >> larry: why do you think mccain -- he didn't vet her well, right? >> no. that's not typical of mccain, but that's always who mccain was: reckless. how many planes did he crash? what? he crashed a number of planes? >> larry: you mean in training and finally in war? >> i'm not counting the one that was shot down, although i think people say that he -- i'm not going to speak out about that because i don't know my facts well enough, but i do know that he crashed more than most people do and get to keep flying. anyone who knows him has always said, that is who he is. he is a riverboat gambler, he is reckless, fly by the seat of his pants and the idea that he would pick four vice presidents, something he didn't know anything about without any vetting when he just heard her name a couple days before, i think, is absolutely consistent with his character. >> larry: did you read "game change"? >> i heard about it. >> larry: they claim he was

. >> and i give rush limbaugh a pop quiz in part two of my exclusive interview.do at the end of interviews is quiz the interviewee on a scale of 1 to 10. >> ok. >> so on a scale of 1 to 10, do you think barack obama will be re-elected in three years? >> his answers and more coming up. >> you left me hanging. waffles. the smell of warm maple syrup. you know the smell after it rains. that's it. announcer: whatever scents fill your household, tidy cats scoop neutralizes the odors of multiple cats. tidy cats scoop. keep home smelling like home. so, doctor... i've been thinking... no. you know how... no. so, doc, i've got this friend... [ male announcer ] talking to your doctor about erectile dysfunction isn't easy. actually, doc, there is something i want to talk to you about. [ male announcer ] but it's definitely a conversation worth having. twenty million men have had their viagra talk. when you're ready for yours, visit viagra.com for helpful conversation starters and to learn how viagra can help. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. don't tak

limbaugh's statement of very calculated that he wants the president to fail.t been corrected by mr. limbaugh. he has had every opportunity to say, i hope the president does not fail. host: thanks for being with us on "washington journal." guest: always good to be with you. host: we will talk with neil monroe on biological cloning. we want to show you cartoons first -- actually a look at the week's news through the eyes of the editorial cartoonists around the nation. there is an article that has been written. what does it mean? guest: it is intended to be a political counterbalance. it is progress of bioethics. -- progressive bioethics. the terms are in much dispute. they share an differ on many things. it is an effort to match public expectation and social rules for biotechnology. this who marched from we opposing this research. i understand their concerns. we have to respect their point of view. after much discussion, the fate and the proper course has become clear. the majority of americans from a vast political perspective and all police have come to a beli

russia limbaugh and glenn beck would have an editorial page. it is not like it has never been done. republicans have done it 15 or 20 times in recent years. the tax cuts for the rich of this into this situation. it is not like we are going to meet in the middle of the night and we are going to pass this. it is still a majority vote in the senate. we are the only major country in the world requires a supermajority to do anything. if you have to get 60 votes on anything, including appointing people the president has nominated for low-level positions, it makes government dysfunctional. what is wrong with the majority rule? we can do many of these things. we cannot do a bit complicated bill through reconciliation. we can take what the senate did. the house can pass it. we get some of the stuff out. we approve the bill. we take away the tax on employer benefits that too many employees have to pay. we do things like that. basically, reconciliation will fix what is wrong with people that we are doing. tavis: i am playing devil's advocate because i want to hear what your response would be.

. >> bill: we had a lively debate earlier this week, rush limbaugh mocked me for not saying -- not callingnot branding president obama a socialist. now, i know you think he is a socialist and i cited that. but, when i interviewed obama, and you should look at that interview, i said to him,. >> i read his book. >> bill: you have to immerse yourself in the factor culture. he was sitting to me as close as he is now. >> i got a chill. >> bill: you are a big income -- he said teddy roosevelt wanted taxation. that's what his answer was. i'm not soft oon obama. i identify what he does. i'm not going to say -- >> if you want to be technically accurate. he is not a marxist. he is not a socialist. he is a progressive. >> bill: that's right. exactly. so you are agreeing with me, beck. >> never. >> bill: techni -- technically accurate. you are agreeing with me. >> the spirit of it. >> bill: i have no beef with that. >> people don't understand what progressive really means. the difference between marxism and progressivism is marxism has a revolution like what van jones would like to do. progressivism s

rush limbaugh was a judge in the program and turns out rush can really dance. >> hit it, judge, let'see it. whoa, look at them go. oh, look at them go. go, rush, go, rush. whoo! oh, my god. >> jimmy: he's definitely back on drugs, right? you don't need much more evidence than that. what's going on? he dances exactly like the gopher in "caddyshack." another thrilling episode of "the bachelor" last night. jake, the handsome pilot who can't meet women is now down to four potential brides. he's had a very hard time trying to figure out who to eliminate. i can only imagine how unpleasant that might be. get close to these people and have to tell one of them go home. it's interesting to see how the thought process plays out. >> are you saving yourself for marriage? >> i am. >> i think the fact that cory is a virgin says a lot about her. i think that cleared the air a little bit. i can't tell you how much i respect the fact she just opened up and told me. >> it was really sad seeing corey go tonight. i'm so attracted to her. it's disappointing that she was taking so long to open up and i real

i thought it was awesome rush limbaugh read a greg-alogue and you didn't acknowledge ta. -- that. what do you get when you switch the vowls of bill shultz's name? pretty much the same thing. wait, if i switch the vowels, i get bill schulz. >> just so we are clear, a guy named jimbo is making fun of my i'm that. his friends probably call him jim, but he says, no, it is jimbo. >>> we will close things out with a post game wrap up. and recent studies show, go to red eye at fox news .com. >>> time to go back to andy levy for the post game wrap up. >> thanks, greg. nick, what is going on at reason .tv? do you have something coming up withdrew? >> yes, the 15th-the 19th we have an hour-long documentary about what went wrong with the mistake on the lake and what might happen to fix it up a little bit. >> excellent. anything about the, whatever the hell the name of the football team is? >> they don't have a football team. they do have a group called the browns. >> what an appropriate color. very appropriate color. >> andy, what was the big announcement on the radio show today? >> yes, my

last week she demanded that rahm emanuel step down because he used the word retarded but rush limbaughid the same thing on his radio show and that, she said, was okay. unfortunate lip she's been able to respond to the criticism because she's wearing mittens, so -- it's very cold. cold all over the country. [ applause ] i want to say congratulations, not that they need mine, to the new orleans saints on their first ever super bowl win. they beat the colts. they had a big victory parade today. the city of new orleans has not thrown a parade in almost 48 hours, so this was huge. they say half a million people were there to celebrate. this is funny. the police asked women not to flash their breasts. which pretty much guarantees they're going to flash their -- maybe it was reverse psychology. do not under any circumstances show me those large, round, beautiful breasts of yours. i'm plugging my ears. i swear to god. this was -- this to me was kind of surprising. the super bowl was the most watched tv show in american history. 106 million people watched, which beat the previous record, held b

rush limbaugh had a funny line when he asked, what do god and barack obama have been common? his answer is, neither one of them have a birth certificate. it is a funny line. as with all humor, it contains only some truth. let me preface this by saying, i am a christian. i make no apologies about that. i am a follower of jesus christ. [applause] i recognize that there are people of many faiths here with us today and in this movement. i want to share with you today how the most important birth in history, that of jesus of nazareth, was so well documented, unlike barack obama's. jesus established himself as the messiah and savior of the world into separate and distinct genealogical records. one goes all the way back to adam, and another traces his kingly lineage back to abraham. even if there were no birth certificates maintained a 2000 years ago in ancient israel, there is no doubt about where he was born, when, and his parentage. teases recognized those qualifications were essential to establishing his right to his earthly throne as king of the jews. @@@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @

. >> we have dana perino, representative andrew, senator grassley, so much more, rush limbaugh caught tape not telling you what he was doing. >> sean: so sneaky. caught on tape what? >> >> greta: i got something you are going to be so jealous of. ask me? >> sean: what does >> greta: what are you gel -- what are you jealous of? we have new graphics. >> sean: i won't be jealous, i'm happy for you. when we come back the great, great, great, american panel. eating healthy is important, but only vegetables can give you vegetable nutrition. one of these will get you more than half way to your five daily servings. v8. what's your number? are more than words here. it'sersonal. i have diabetes. rodney's kid too. so we're so proud to manufacture... the accu-chek aviva meters and test strips... here in the u.s.a. plus, we've proven you'll waste 50% fewer strips... when you use our meter, which means greater savings... for people with diabetes, like me. now that's true american value. accu-chek aviva. born in the u.s.a. >> sean: tonight he's a former deputy assistant secretary of state, fox news

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it belongs to bill-o or limbaugh. i just don't know.alking to bill o'reilly. i'll be bill o'reilly. >> okay. >> what do you think of me? where have i gone wrong today? no, i am bill o'reilly. what do you think of me? tell me where i've gone wrong today. look at -- all i'm telling you is that we've got to give socialism a fair shake. i'm not going to condemn it. like these really right wingers are. we have to give it a fair shake. we hear at the factor are going to give socialism and communism a fair shake. we'll do an in-depth investigation and report back because we're looking out for you, the folks. >> i'm utterly conflicted. ketchup, catsup. ketchup, catsup. the runner-up tonight -- a homeowner in kentucky, ice has been on a lot of homes there and this guy decided to remove the icicles on his with his blow torch. i wonder what happened next. >> capture the flames live during our 5:30 newscast yesterday evening. >> okay, this gets worse. the homeowner is a plumber and the blow torch he used was the one he uses to thaw out pipes and he

rush limbaugh joined in. this begins with a totally fictional accusation by john fund with no basis whatsoever. it is then repeated by glenn beck and repeated by "the washington times" and repeated by rush limbaugh none of them checked what we were talking about, none of them seeing if it was accurate. i was asked by a constituent why i had done that. my response was, done what? i didn't do it. so i checked into it and found that the source was mr. fund's totally irresponsible myth in november. so i wrote to mr. fund and i will put this letter in there and said i was puzzled to have you say this. i checked. i now write to tell you that you are entirely wrong about me and in the absence of your being able to show any basis which you made such a statement to ask you to acknowledge that fact. he's not only a liar he's a coward. he wouldn't do it. my staff member asked him, called him up and said, what was this based on? well, i made a mistake. well, have you made a retraction? oh, yeah, he said. can we see it? i

i have to tell you, i only dream of the day that i can introduce a rush limbaugh.ess. there has it not been a better person, a more caring and thoughtful mentor to me that michelle. i just give her all sorts of appreciation. thank you for being here. the next speaker up here is somebody you are really going to want to hear from. i am from the state of minnesota. [applause] the great state of minnesota. it the state bird is the balloon -- the state bird is the loon. we've got things that we need to apologize for, al franken being a chief among them. we have some things that we take great pride in minnesota. my representative from minnesota is a staunch conservative and we are proud to keep sending him back to congress. of course, the person you want to hear from today is from minnesota's sixth congressional district or the voters have been smart enough to send michelle back to congress. they are going to do that a third time. michelle was a tea party activist before a the tea arrived. she has been on the side of the people since she first got into politics. she is a

. >>> limbaugh's use of the "r" word. sister sarah still silent about it. his escape?

you have the rush limbaugh types, the newt gingrich type people in there.ica should be the policemen of the world, that muslim extremists are going to destroy us all. but they're not all conservatives -- but the ron paul conservatives, we believe in a non-interventionist foreign policy. that will come down to the real split. but i do not think it will break at all. we might have ron paul run or we might have sarah palin run and they might hash out their foreign policy differences and we think everybody will put their support behind which ever one of those two we all decide on if that is what it comes down to. i'd like the guys idea earlier about keeping this just a broken-up thing, how we should not have the central leadership. when you have central leadership of something like this, you get people that are corrupt jumping in front and telling lies and not being honest. host: sarah palin wrote the other day in "the washington times," "why i am speaking at the tea party convention. some have tried to portray this movement as a commercial endeavor rather than

. >> limbaugh's use of the r word, sister sarah still silent about it. his escape?

you have the rush limbaugh types, the newt gingrich type people in there.a should be the policemen of the world, that muslim extremists are going to destroy us all. but they're not all conservatives -- but the ron paul conservatives, we believe in a non-interventionist foreign policy. that will come down to the real split. but i do not think it will break at all. we might have ron paul run or we might have sarah palin run and they might hash out their foreign policy differences and we think everybody will put their support behind which ever one of those two we all decide on if that is what it comes down to. i'd like the guys idea earlier about keeping this just a broken-up thing, how we should not have the central leadership. when you have central leadership of something like this, you get people that are corrupt jumping in front and telling lies and not being honest. host: sarah palin wrote the other day in "the washington times," "why i am speaking at the tea party convention. some have tried to portray this movement as a commercial endeavor rather than t

i can't think of anybody who -- a greater honor than to be introduced by rush limbaugh.e] i have to tell you, i only dream of the day that i can introduce a rush limbaugh. i am so honored by this award and his kind words. i want to thank everybody here at cpac. i could be up here all day thinking people. -- thinking -- thanking people. i know that we have been in the news lately. michelle has been successful in launching hotair and is reaping the rewards of that success. there has it not been a better person, a more caring and thoughtful mentor to me that michelle. i just give her all sorts of appreciation. thank you for being here. the next speaker up here is somebody you are really going to want to hear from. i am from the state of minnesota. [applause] the great state of minnesota. it the state bird is the balloon -- the state bird is the loon. we've got things that we need to apologize for, al franken being a chief among them. we have some things that we take great pride in minnesota. my representative from minnesota is a staunch conservative and we are proud to keep

i have to tell you, i only dream of the day that i can introduce a rush limbaugh. up here all day thinking people. -- thinking -- thanking people. i know that we have been in the news lately. michelle has been successful in launching hotair and is reaping the rewards of that success. there has it not been a better person, a more caring and thoughtful mentor to me that michelle. i just give her all sorts of appreciation. thank you for being here. the next speaker up here is somebody you are really going to want to hear from. i am from the state of minnesota. [applause] the great state of minnesota. it the state bird is the balloon -- the state bird is the loon. the loon. we have things to apologize for, but we have some things that we take great pride in in minnesota. tim pawlenty, who gave a great address today. [applause] john klein, a staunch conservative, and we are proud we are sending john back to congress. of course, the person you want to hear from today is from minnesota's sixth congressional district, where the voters have been smart enough to send michell

african-americans and he wrote about obama in the context of nejib negro that made good points but a rush limbaugh and others jump on that and parity and the original arguments were lost in that discussion. >> and so obama has been able to transcend even that, the magic negro coming into this coolness, and you talk about how the culture evolved to embrace a black man so there were people who came before obama and you mentioned michael jordan, michael jackson. talk it out of that. >> the short hand and say is that mainstream americans had to accept the idea of african-americans as leading and minutes before they can embrace the notion of men and when i began to look a certain african-american musical figures who managed to attract white audiences i was startled by the similarity of language i looked at the critics who previewed say jimi hendrix for example or sly stone, if you took out their names it would appear they were talking about obama because the use terms such as racial healer and somebody that could reconcile the racial tensions of different groups and bring them together. so, in some res

rush limbaugh and some others jumped on that and parodied it and original arguments were lost in the that particular discussion. >> but obama has been able to, transcend even that, the magic negro, into this coolness and you, talk about how the culture evolved to embrace a black man, so there were people who came before obama. you mentioned michael jordan, michael jackson. talk a bit about. >> right. well the shorthand i say is that, mainstream americans had accept the idea of african-americans as leading men before they could embrace the notion of them as leaders of men. and, when i went back and began to look at certain african-american musical figures who managed to attract white audiences i was startled by the similarity in language when i looked at critics who reviewed, jimi hendrix for example, or sly stone. if you took out their names, it would appear they were talking about obama. they used terms as racial healer. someone who could reconcile the racial tensions different groups felt and bring them together. so in some respects there have always been african-american men who p

you know rush limbaugh had a funny line what did god and barack obama have in common and his answer waseither one of them have a birth certificate. it's a funny line. but with all humor, it contains only some truth. and let me preface this by saying, you know, i'm a christian. and i make no apologies about that. i'm a follower of jesus christ. [applause] >> and i recognize that there are people of many faiths here with us today. and in this movement. but i want to share with you briefly how the most important birth in history, that offize of nazareth was almost the -- was so well documented unlike barack obama's. jesus established himself as the messiah and savior of the world by providing not one but two separate distinct genealogical records one going all the way back to adam. and another tracing his kingly lineage back to abraham. so even if there were no birth certificates maintained 2,000 years ago in eighteen -- israel. jesus recognized those qualifications were essential to establishing his right to his earthly throne to king of the jews. in fact, look at your bibles. the first 1

rush limbaugh had a funny line when he asked, what do god and barack obama have been common? his answer is, neither one of them have a birth certificate. it is a funny line. as with all humor, it contains only some truth. let me preface this by saying, i am a christian. i make no apologies about that. i am a follower of jesus christ. [applause] i recognize that there are people of many faiths here with us today and in this movement. i want to share with you today how the most important birth in history, that of jesus of nazareth, was so well documented, unlike barack obama's. jesus established himself as the messiah and savior of the world into separate and distinct genealogical records. one goes all the way back to adam, and another traces his kingly lineage back to abraham. even if there were no birth certificates maintained a 2000 years ago in ancient israel, there is no doubt about where he was born, when, and his parentage. teases recognized those qualifications were essential to establishing his right to his earthly throne as king of the jews. look at your bible. the fi

media, that being anybody who wants to say anything about anything whether it is true or not, rush limbaughon the other side so david corn's concept of an open debate is very relevant and we should have its. i would imagine the republicans wouldn't want it, my feeling, because they are more apt to back military industrial 100%, whereas the democrats might do it 70%. host: great, thank you for the call. "the washington post" lead is on the toyota safety problem. toyota problem service in 2007. federal probe little notice. ruskin, florida, good morning, you are on c spec -- c-span open phones. republican line. caller: i would like to say this administration lacks common sense. how will you explain adding 30 million people to program and not raise taxes or ration health care or something like that? obama says he will take care of 30 million but they said there were 46 million so that still leaves 60 million uninsured so it is still not going to work. how many people would have voted for obama if he campaigned on taking over general motors and taking over banking and taking over health care and

we know today that we have people like rush limbaugh and one back and the tea parties and sarah palinat same line -- do not look to government. the net -- government cannot help you. government can do no good. this anti-government campaign has had a real impact in the thinking of many people of this country. they do not realize what government has done and can do. they do not realize the contributions to people in terms of social security and medicare. they do not realize the contributions that government has made in so many other areas. i felt that even some of the bills that we passed, once they becameç law, the public took tm for granted. of course we are not going to have cigarette smoking on the airlines. some of the people, as i look out in the audience, do remember those days, but a lot of younger people here would think it would be barbaric to go on an airplane flight for 5.5 hours and have to breathe in someone else's tobacco smoke people take for granted that they could go into a supermarket and look at the nutritional labels so that they can be empowered to regulate their

roughly one year ago, president obama was in his honeymoon period, approval ratings near 60% and rush limbaugh that help turn the tide -- "i hope he fails." who knew at the time that would become a rallying cry for many folks on the call of the aisles. a ca of course it's not all one side. neither party has a mow know poly on virtue or vice. the stimulus bill, the way it was passed, amount that was passed, ended up turning a lot of people against the democrat control of congress and seemed to undercut a lot of president obama's post partisan promises. 11 democrats ended up voting against the stimulus bill. one blue dog democrat jim cooper from tennessee had a revealing comment, speaking of nancy pelosi and the liberal house leadership, he said they don't mind the partisan fighting because that's what they're used to. they're a little worried about what a post partisan future might look like. that showed this was all going to be heading a more partisan direction than the american people hoped and would believe. >> one of the things you talk about when you call people out as wingnuts, injecting

people like me and rush limbaugh, you know, we've got plans to buy a new things, i have plans to buyy, i've got so much do i don't know what to do with it, i can buy anything i want -- host: let me show you "the wall street journal." wealthy face tax increase. budget projects rising debt despite cuts in spending. gop decries deficits and says the budget plan for fiscal 2011 calls for nearly $1 trillion in tax increases on families with incomes above $250,000 over the next decade, largely by allowing tax cuts from the administration of george w. bush to expire, but the extensions of the tax cuts for middle-class plus new tax cuts in mr. obama's jobs program would cost the government to hundred and $84 billion over the coming decade. what do you think about that? he's gone. let's go to massachusetts, bob on the line for independents. caller: i think that last that was pulling your leg. but thatçó is okay. my priority, i need to have a water pump for my car -- i am on fixed income, poverty level. there was no cost of living increase and i heard aboutççóç one time payment of $250, some

you look at rush limbaugh, other leaders. folks who tend to be hugely popular with conservatives, both fiscal and social. but they're not popular with independents and centrists. that's where you can see all of a sudden this web starting to come. this is really a conservative populist movement. >> one important thing about this convention we should note this week is two of the major groups, the tea party express, which ran the big bus tour last year, very popular, very successful, they're not involved in this convention this week. and also the tea party patriots. you have to keep in mind there are folks inside this movement who don't like the other folks inside this movement. so it's kind of hard to put together a political party in na respect. that is why you have some folks in the movement saying, no, we need to gravitate eventually to the gop, cleanse the gop, take it over, make it adhere to tea party principles and then go forward. >> this is interesting because the democratic governors association blasted that fund-raisi

rush limbaugh, how many kids he got? zilch. if you are so pro-children, wouldn't you have some?e you specific examples from my comments. a caller called in about corruption or inevent tude -- or ineptitude in congress. my answer is that congress ask both -- is both corrupt and inevent. a majority of the voting people are inevent. -- are inevent. i'll give you examples. i made 17 calls to congressman asking them if they could explain the difference between corporate debt, government public debt, and total debt, and they could not. so why i say ineventness on the part of -- ineptness on the part of the two gentlemen you had on this morning. you can't look at a tax rate table to see rates. pete marwick, an international auditting firm puts out a publication on this every year or two, and in 2008 the united states ranked 17th. host: we'll leave it there. the republican line from michigan. caller: a couple points, if you let me get them out. as far as the tea partiers go. i've attended a couple. there are blacks, democrats, liberals, independentents, and it is not anything against ob

. >> i think thatezra is even -- i think ezra is more proud that rush limbaugh called him a rising stardo not know how to take that. [laughter] [applause] >> what came after that was somewhat less complimentary, but you'll never see that on the back of my book. don't worry. >> seated to my immediate right is susan. she is the editor in chief of the nation's leading journal of health policy. she has been, for quite awhile, the auditor analyst on health issues -- the news analyst on health issues. she has been a columnist for " u.s. news and world report." çóher work on television includd appearances as a regular analyst and commentator on cnn. she was a nieman fellow at harvard university, and if i read to you all the accolades and prizes that she has won four terrific work, we will not have the presentation this morning. . . the author of the book sick, the untold story of america's health care crisis. and the people who pay the price. and he's a senior fellow at the think tank demos. so please give a warm welcome to these -- this wonderful group. [applause] it's a privilege to be with

government@@@ @ v people like rush limbaugh and one back and the tea parties and sarah palin all espousing-- government cannot help you. government can do no good. this anti-government campaign has had a real impact in the thinking of many people of this country. they do not realize what government has done and can do. they do not realize the contributions to people in terms of social security and medicare. they do not realize the contributions that government has made in so many other areas. i felt that even some of the bills that we passed, once they becameç law, the public took tm for granted. of course we are not going to have cigarette smoking on the airlines. some of the people, as i look out in the audience, do remember those days, but a lot of younger people here would think it would be barbaric to go on an airplane flight for 5.5 hours and have to breathe in someone else's tobacco smoke people take for granted that they could go into a supermarket and look at the nutritional labels so that they can be empowered to regulate their diets, because diet is so important to help. people

then this was followed byÑi rus limbaugh. he said he wanted the president to fail., that means that the whole country fail. the president try to, you know, be bipartisan, trying to work with the republican. who basically have no interest in working with this guy. some of this -- they have to show that they are a -- this party, they have this image in the senate. yeah, they couldn't get anything done. so i could not imagine a republican having 50 votes in the senate. whatever they want to do, true. so please, tell the president. stop this bipartisan. stop. as long as you have good agenda, that is going to benefit. host: richmond, virginia, up next. marie on our independent line. caller: hello. host: hello. caller: i am -- i disagree with the mr. luce's statement shoot for the moon. i think that is absolutely exactly what bullies do and bullies don't always win and unfortunately, they may seem to win in the beginning but in the end, they always lose. i also disagree very much with the president saying the other day and i watched almost every minute of the seven hours.

. >> i think that ezra is actually even prouder that quite recently a fellow by the name of rush limbaughlled him a rising star. i don't know how to take that actually. [applause] >> what came after that was somewhat less complementary, but you'll never see that -- you will never see the rest of that on the back of my book. don't worry about it. >> next, seated to my immediate right is susan dentzer. susan is the editor in chief of health affairs, the nation's leading journal of health policy. she has been for quite a while the on air analyst on health issues with the news hour with jim lehrer on pbs. she is formerly the chief economics correspondent and economic columnist for u.s. news and world report. she's been a senior writer covering business for newsweek. our work on television, included appearances as a regular analyst or commentator on cnn, and the mclaughlin group. she was a nieman fellow at harvard university. and if i read to you all the accolades and prizes she has won for her terrific work, we won't have a plenary here this morning. so we are delighted to have susan dentzer

rush limbaugh had a funny line when he asked, what do god and barack obama have been common? his answer is, neither one of them have a birth certificate. it is a funny line. as with all humor, it contains only some truth. let me preface this by saying, i am a christian. i make no apologies about that. i am a follower of jesus christ. [applause] i recognize that there are people of many faiths here with us today and in this movement. i want to share with you today how the most important birth in history, that of jesus of nazareth, was so well documented, unlike barack obama's. jesus established himself as the messiah and savior of the world into separate and distinct genealogical records. one goes all the way back to adam, and another traces his kingly lineage back to abraham. even if there were no birth certificates maintained a 2000 years ago in ancient israel, there is no doubt about where he was born, when, and his parentage. teases recognized those qualifications were essential to establishing his right to his earthly throne as king of the jews. look at your bible. the fi