all that is out. >> but look at what barack obama did with reverends wright. in this day and age you can't wait for a story to gather steam, you have to deal with it. some said he wait add little long. but he ended up having to confront it directly, gave his speech on race, which lots of people think ended up becoming the high point of his campaign. so a good politician and a good fstaf has to understand, ok, this is something we cannot ignore. in the old days you could ignore -- >> let's take a look at the low point and the way things work. sarah palin blew it in those katie couric interviews, but hard ball magnified the damage to palin. let's watch. >> what other supreme court decisions do you disagree with? >> well, let's see. >> what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were asked to do this? >> i read most of them, again, with great appreciation for the press and the media. >> which ones specifically? i'm curious. >> all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years. chris: she wasn't able to talk about any

he eventually did disown the reverend wright. but the point about his grandmother i found interesting because he was saying he has a somewhat different emotional relationship to white america than i do, than with two african-american parents, having grownup the south at a time when there was very much a kind of sense -- you know, at it not that i go around thinking us versus them anymore, but that was -- that's how i was raised, and his -- the way he was raised and the way he has to think of himself -- because it is him -- is somewhat different. so those are the four groups, main stream, abandoned, transsend transcend dent and emergent. >> you talked about gates, but the situation in cambridge brought together the intersection of race and perhaps power and him being in that transsend dent group. it brought it together for him and brought it together for president barack obama, and how the situation was perceived and handled. you did a wonderful job of taking us through that scenario, through henry louis gate's eyes and president

reverend wright is an anti-american guy he's a pinhead.on't think reverend wright ever gets out of the pinhead status. he's a permanent pinhead. so, when barack obama has such a close association with such a pinhead, then i think it is incumbent upon him to explain the association. which he really never did. i understand politically that was probably a smart move, because he wanted to get away from that. but, you know, if i'm sitting there in my church and if pastor is saying stuff that your country is terrible. it is racist, it is this, it murders people. i'm not in that church very long. there's really no excuse for that. i'll find another church. >> greta: christine o'donnell running for senate in delaware. is she a pinheads and patriots? >> i don't know her. you can answer that question better than it. >> greta: i've only met her once. >> i've really never spoken to the woman. it is not fair to describe somebody unless i really have researched them. i have not really researched her. >> greta: governor sarah palin pinheads and patriots?

then, of course, we have reverend wright, the book that obama wrote "audacity of hope" comes from a sermont this guy gave. if you heard any of his sermons they all include liberation theology. the idea of the oppressed, and the oppressor. that is it. oppressed could be anywhere, here, africa, israel. but the oppressors are usually europe and the united states. then, of course, bill ayers. sat with barack obama on the board of the woods foundation. anti-colonialism. remember when we went over the weather underground and their manifesto? it was anti-colonialism. that's what they all have in common. from here, to here. anti-colonialism. the idea that are colonizer and the colonized. america or europe and then the third world victims. oppressor and victim. all of these are a fact. you can decide they mean nothing but they're all facts. we will get to opinion in a second. the other thing is, remember his church is also anti-colonialism. it's liberation theology. there is an oppressor and the oppressed. remember, i've been talking to you about what do you call it? collective salvation. the presi

i'm saying yes, but he went to reverend wright's church, black theology, rooted in markist. >> if hethen i'm going to take him at his word. >> sean: what do you think david of carl paladino? i love his confrontational style. he's refreshingly honest. he's got a great plan economically for new york which would save new york or new york is going to be bankrupt. the newspapers are calling him crazy carl. they are camp out in front of his house, he has a 10-year-old daughter, i don't blame him. >> i think it is outrageous what the press did taking those pictures inside about his daughter. what is more outrageous for them to get on their high horse and say you invited public scrutiny and talking about your daughter. as if that means they can get inside her private life that's outrageous. liberals would never make that case if the shoe why were on the other foot. >> there's a double standard between our current political class and these any citizen legislatures that are coming out. we know what john mccain has said and done on the floor of the senate. we know about temper tantrums from bil

hours of exactly what he wanted to say, they both understood the gravity of the situation and the reverend wrightor break his presidency. as many will say, he stepped up to the moment, delivered one of his best speeches ever and put to rest what could have been a career-ending situation. >> if you were a speechwriter for president obama, what would be some of the things you'd want to have him say or some of the things you'd want to caucus with him on? >> i would say what bill clinton understood and i know president obama understands, it's all about your message and speaking straight to people and making sure it's consistent. this is something, if you look at what barack obama has done throughout his career, leading into the white house, he understood the power of consistency of message, it was responsibility, it was change, whether that was spring field, illinois, or going into washington, d.c., he understood what people needed to hear and to speak directly to them. that's why he's so incredible at a rally. he knows how to lift people up and inspire him. i encourage him to remember that. i think

that's the reverend wright ward churchill point of view. there comes a time when the truth must be told. and if people don't like it, that's the way it goes. anyone watching this program knows i am not anti-muslim. but you also know that i deplore the continuing terror acts committed under the banner of islam. again, if moderate muslims would ally with the u.s.a., the jihad could not exist. but that obviously has not happened. that's the memo. now, for the top story tonight, reaction, joining us from phoenix, arizona. dr. gentleman'ser. -- jasser. were you offended when i said muslims attacked us on 9/11. >> absolutely not, bill. i want to thank you for your courage thank you for saying what many of us have been saying. we recognize this is a muslim problem and it needs a muslim solution. it's not my islam. it's not the islam i love. my parents came to this country because we were escaping governments that were oppressive, run by muslim majorities and we realized that organizations like the brotherhood, and others globally are spreading ide

that's the reverend wright ward churchill point of view. there comes a time when the truth must be told. and if people don't like it, that's the way it goes. anyone watching this program knows i am not anti-muslim. but you also know that i deplore the continuing terror acts committed under the banner of islam. again, if moderate muslims would ally with the u.s.a., the jihad could not exist. but that obviously has not happened. that's the memo. now, for the top story tonight, reaction, joining us from phoenix, arizona. dr. gentleman'ser. -- jasser. were you offended when i said muslims attacked us on 9/11. >> absolutely not, bill. i want to thank you for your courage thank you for saying what many of us have been saying. we recognize this is a muslim problem and it needs a muslim solution. it's not my islam. it's not the islam i love. my parents came to this country because we were escaping governments that were oppressive, run by muslim majorities and we realized that organizations like the brotherhood, and others globally are spreading ide

in the best of spirits," not surprisingly, "he had had a long and emotional day in face of the reverend wright but told favreau this was another obstacle in a long series of many to come. i'm running for president, i have to explain this to people. ? a test and i owe people an explanation." so this is sort of the zen aspect of barack obama. >> and he stayed up that night until 3:00 in the morning writing, working on it and writing it after jon favreau had stayed up all night as well getting it done. he knew how important that speech was, turning point as president. he said to john afterwards, it was all on the line and he laid it on the line with his speechwriter which you can imagine is a bit of pressure but it was a moment that because he said the right things, because he used the podium in the right way, he was able to turn the election. >> now, what is it about the oval office podium or venue because the most recent speech, august 31, the end of the combat mission in afghanistan, the speech that denoted that transition, not a great speech, didn't get great reviews, is it the content or the

what was reverend jeremiah wright doing? he was basically linking the civil rights struggle at home with the third world that he was linking it with haiti and south africa. and this is the anti-colonial seed. >> host: that is all fun. the important thing is what he said as president. but you don't want to quote any of the many, many, many, other things he said as president that are affirming for american society, affirming for american culture. you want to take things he said as president that can serve your argument. and i want to take one example because this is something i know about. you cite my book, you footnote my book, in a section where i'm writing about the decision to a series of deliberations about afghanistan in the fall 2009. the president said to me, on the record, that he wanted to quote, slow everything down. he felt like he had moved to a rapid escalation in the spring, and before he sent another 40,000 troops he wanted to slow everything down, you need to slow the debate down so that they could examine the

this whole thing was about the future, because then we could stop talk about president bush, and reverend wrightwould be great if christine o'donnell could lend a hand to other politicians and they stop talking about it? >> i absolutely agree. we really wanted to cover a lot of bases on a lot of subjects, talk about the issues. i think voters are starving for that information. they want to take the high road, they want their politicians to take the high road. that's what we set out to do in the interview, and she was willing to participate. we were happy about that, that's for sure. >> fascinating conversation, but i'm getting the move on in my ear. thank you, jim. >>> we have the latest numbers, the results coming up, our chronically he unemployment read is still at 9.6%. how sick is our economy? we'll tell you "your money" next. ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪ the new cadillac srx. the cadillac of crossovers. cadillac. the new standard of the world. key lime pie, pineapple upside down cake, raspberry cheesecake... ...yeah, every night its something different. oh yeah yeah...she alway

you told "the washington post" you wanted to use that footage of the reverend jeremiah wright in an attack overruled you. you said because he was a decent guy and because he was so decent we couldn't use all the tools and that's a reason we didn't win. you believe that, he wasn't tough enough to win that race? >> totally incorrect. i didn't say he isn't tough enough. john mccain is one of the toughest people i've ever known. but he's decent. he wouldn't allow us to use something that he thought was a below-the-belt hit, right or wrong. >> i'm curious, how often do you go to somebody with the ad idea as you did to christine o'donnell and obviously probably in many of these cases you are meeting them for the first time. how often do they say no? >> i would say 100% of the time initially and then we talk about it and talk about the strategy behind it and where it's going to go. any ad campaign is more than one ad. you need to know what the last ad is going to be when you're working on the first ad so you can tell a story. if you have a compelling story and the candidate gets it, often with ch

his spiritual mentor, reverend wright for better or worse was a mamplist.o i tried to figure that out and that's what this book is about, trying to understand why wall street does that. and the sort of premise of it is when you look at sort of big wall street firms, what they've done over the last sort of 30 years, they've done very well under big liberal governments. they make a lot of money when government is the biggest. not only that, obama obviously is someone who courted them. and courted them in interesting ways. like john mccain, when it comes down to it, couldn't stand being in the same room with these guys. different tempers, different personalities. also politically john mccain is not as much of a progressive. if you look at all the guys that run these firms, jamie at jp morgan chase, go down the list, the gentleman who ran goldman saction, they're all political progressives. and that combined with the fact that these guys make a lot of money over big government, i came to the conclusion that as much as they don't like being yelled at by barack o

i gave him a pass on the reverend wright situation. since he has been in office, there has been two incidents including race. one was the person at harvard, professor gates, where president obama made a comment, gave his opinion on police officers not being very bright about that. i was shocked that he made that comment. being president, he should have allowed the police to handle the situation. i do not know why he would make a comment concerning that. the second thing is, the new black panthers, the situation where they were convicted but did not get any time for intimidation, i am surprised that the administration, with the department of justice, did not do something that showed they wanted to make a statement that we are not going to let anybody intimidate us, no matter what race they are. i believe this is the reason all lot of white independent voters are going against this administration. guest: most people who do not want fox news are not familiar with this new black panthers case. if you look at the clip, there is one gentlema

i gave him a pass on the reverend wright situation. since he has been in office, there has been two incidents including race. one was the person at harvard, professor gates, where president obama made a comment, gave his opinion on police officers not being very bright about that. i was shocked that he made that comment. being president, he should have allowed the police to handle the situation. i do not know why he would make a comment concerning that. the second thing is, the new black panthers, the situation where they were convicted but did not get any time for intimidation, i am surprised that the administration, with the department of justice, did not do something that showed they wanted to make a statement that we are not going to let anybody intimidate us, no matter what race they are. i believe this is the reason all lot of white independent voters are going against this administration. guest: most people who do not want fox news are not familiar with this new black panthers case. if you look at the clip, there is one gentlema

i gave him a pass on the reverend wright situation. since he has been in office, there has been two incidents including race. one was the person at harvard, professor gates, where president obama made a comment, gave his opinion on police officers not being very bright about that. i was shocked that he made that comment. being president, he should have allowed the police to handle the situation. i do not know why he would make a comment concerning that. the second thing is, the new black panthers, the situation where they were convicted but did not get any time for intimidation, i am surprised that the administration, with the department of justice, did not do something that showed they wanted to make a statement that we are not going to let anybody intimidate us, no matter what race they are. i believe this is the reason all lot of white independent voters are going against this administration. guest: most people who do not want fox news are not familiar with this new black panthers case. if you look at the clip, there is one gentlema

his spiritual mentor, reverend wright for better or worse was a mamplist.o i tried to figure that out and that's what this book is about, trying to understand why wall street does that. and the sort of premise of it is when you look at sort of big wall street firms, what they've done over the last sort of 30 years, they've done very well under big liberal governments. they make a lot of money when government is the biggest. not only that, obama obviously is someone who courted them. and courted them in interesting ways. like john mccain, when it comes down to it, couldn't stand being in the same room with these guys. different tempers, different personalities. also politically john mccain is not as much of a progressive. if you look at all the guys that run these firms, jamie at jp morgan chase, go down the list, the gentleman who ran goldman saction, they're all political progressives. and that combined with the fact that these guys make a lot of money over big government, i came to the conclusion that as much as they don't like being yelled at by barack o