. >> william howard taft. >> ullyses s grant. >> you know william howard taft was nicknamed william howard>> james polk. >> lb gay. >> who? >> lb gay. >> i had no idea. martin van bure wren, more like martin van tour in the park. >> wow. he says bradley manning is being held under inhumane conditions. you say he was not charged. that's not true. he was charged for violating the code of military justice. by classifying it to an unauthorized source. >> oh it is accurate. >> then i stand corrected. but the resources i was provided did not reflect -- >> are you questioning me? i think the point is, if they have evidence to support these charges, if they are going to leave him in this position in confinement, they should pursue it, and they should prosecute it so there is a conviction. >> i, by the way, completely agree with you. he hasn't been convicted of anything. he is not a danger to anyone else. >> you don't know that. >> the dude weighs like $1.02. >> nice. >> whatever his last name is. >> he should not be in solitary confinement, and there is no reason he shouldn't have a pillow. this i

william howard taft, we really convinced that he was the perfect choice for the election? i don't know, i have not looked closely at it, or coolidge or hoover or even into more modern times, the 1932 to 1952 -- not terrible years, really, for the united states of america. roosevelt and the new deal, we came out of that could go somewhat better off than we went into it -- out of that, though somewhat better off than we went into it. i am for the critique of progressivism, as an intellectual and historical matter. attitude, progressivism needs to be fought, -- in truth, progressivism needs to be fought, but one has to be discriminating in what one endorses against it. somehow, the idea of progress is not a ridiculous idea. the idea of progressivism, maybe. the good news, having been a little bit against the veneration for the wisdom of the founders, the excess of this auto for particularly -- excessive nostalgia for un progress of characters in history, i am more optimistic than my friends about this. the election that happened on tuesday, a week ago, was a very big deal. th