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decided to slaughter it. Early voting, shrink it down to nothing, or kill it altogether. Sunday voting, souls to the polls, slam the door on it. Sameday registration, you got to be kidding. Thats putting down a welcome matt for African American voters. This is murder in broad daylight. One republican after another is telling us just exactly what theyre up to. Its not about reform or making elections more honest. The one thing theyre honest about is motive. Its aimed at killing the African American vote. Just listen. Voter i. D. , which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania. Done. Do you think all the attention drawn to voter i. D. Affected last years election . Yeah, i think a little bit. I think we probably had a better election. Think about this, we cut obama by 5 , which was big. A lot of people lost sight of that. He won, he beat mccain by 10 , only beat romney by 5 . I think voter i. D. Helped a bit in that. The law is going to kick the democrats in the butt. If it hurts a bunch of lazy blacks, so be it. And it just so happens that a lot of those people vote democrat. Gee. Wow, sarcasm even. It wasnt always like this. You dont have to go back to Abraham Lincoln to find republicans who backed civil rights. Men like edward dirks of illinois, champions of the 64 civil rights bill. Republican senators voted overwhelmingly for it. Only two republican senators in the entire body voted against the 65 Voting Rights bill. But maybe this say good time to go back to the Republican Party roots. To 1854, when it started in wisconsin, to battle the expansion of slavery into new territories. Wisconsin, priebus, who leads state by state strategy to make
sure sons and daughters of slaves have the hardest possible time getting to the voting booth. Where are the good republicans . Where are the people who joined the party of lincoln because they believe he was the greatest president in our history . Where are they . Good question. The advance project representative is here. Jonathan capehart is an opinion writer with the washington post. What happened to the republicans that believed in lincoln, joined the party, proud of him. Every time theres an event they talked about lincoln, saved the union, got rid of slavery. And now theyre out there making sure people dont get to vote. They sure have shifted. Why . Its now partisan. But the laws they have passed are surgically crafted to hit African Americans whom they know are more loyal to the Democratic Party. So were seeing this across the country. It didnt just start yesterday. We know in 2012, in 2008, this is backlash for what happened in 2008. And African American turnout in particular. Jonathan, what do you make of
the it isnt like whats his name, joe biden gaffes. Theyre usually harmless. This is people admitting that were in the business of making sure minorities dont vote. Theyre saying it. Right. Vice President Biden is the one person who says things. You just showed people in the Republican People a pantheon of people. Yes, talking about how what theyre doing is to keep basically democrats from voting, African Americans from voting. Whats different here, theyre talking about it out loud. Yeah. It used to be wink and nod and little code words. But now, yeah, its about helping mitt romney. Its about keeping lazy blacks from getting up off the couch and going to vote. You know, when president johnson, i think it was when he signed the Civil Rights Act and he famously said, and im paraphrasing, ive just delivered the foust away from the democrats for a generation. What he also did was deliver those dixie kratz you talked about from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. And we talked about lincoln. And how he freed the slaves. You know, Ronald Reagan is the saviour of the Republican Party, but i remember Ronald Reagan as the guy who went to philadelphia and mississippi. His first event after getting the republican nomination. And that says what . And that sends the signal what happened in philadelphia and mississippi . Thats where the civil rights workers were killed. Yeah. In 64. So that sends a message to those white dixie krats that hes one of us. And it says to African Americans and folks who fought really hard, not just African Americans, but folks who fought hard for the right to vote, this guy and this party isnt exactly for us, or thinking about us, or with us. And so now youve got people within the Republican Party, a generation and a half, two generations later, who are
actively trying to stop people from exercising couple points here. First of all, youre educating me. I thought it was the welfare queen and the young buck buying the gin with the welfare and food stamps. It is all of that. But i grew up with moderate republicans. The ones who read the New York Times and take the train to work and know whats going on. Theres still some left. Arent they put off, white people, put off by this behavior . Theyre the ones that used to say, we wont talk in front of them. The rightwingers. I think if the messaging around it is not clearly like were going after black people. Because theyre not actually saying, were going after black people [ all speak at once ] that one guy, he was a gem. We use that a lot in North Carolina. But usually its a little bit more nuanced. So its about your guy voting. So the thing is, in North Carolina if we can shave 100,000 votes here and there that are African American votes, then we
can win. Moderates are feeding into that, but also with the whole idea of voter fraud. If African Americans are aware this is going on, why arent whites aware its going on . Or are they closing their eyes to it . Or are they saying, thats just politics. They dont want to admit theyre racist. First of all, theyre being fed the line of voter fraud, trying to prevent that. But also this is being covered on partisan politics. These are the same business guys, republicans, who dont want a work permit. They dont want anybody to have an i. D. Card. No, just to vote. Can you work here for slave wages. You just cant vote. No i. D. Needed to work in the fields. No i. D. To work in the hotels, restaurants, or golf courses. Thats fine. Come and work here, you dont have to show i. D. You can be anybody. But to vote, i dont care if youve been here 300 years, i want to see the number. Theyre calling it what they
are, Voter Suppression laws. A rag ann appointed judge who originally supported it now says hes wrong. And said its to discourage voting by persons likely to vote against the party responsible for imposing the burdens. Charlie crist put it plainly, quote, the people that worked in 38, thats the state capital, felt that early voting was bad. I heard from republicans around the state who were bold enough to share it with me that you just gave the election to barack obama. A republican county chairman in ohio who opposed early voting said, i guess i really feel we shouldnt contort the voting process to accommodate the urban read African American voter turnout machine. And also the reduction in the number of days allowed for early voting is particularly important because early voting plays a
major role in obamas ground game. Theyre open. Theyre open and its reprehensible. Rotten reprehensible, repugnant. Can you think of another r word . [ laughter ] at least theyre talking out loud about it. At least we know what theyre motives are and what theyre trying to do. What we saw in 2012 during the president ial election, when you told black voters they couldnt vote, they said, i dont care how long it takes for me to stand in line, im going to vote. That was a president iaial election year. Is it still there to do that . I was just about to say. Now were in a Midterm Election season when all voter turnout goes down. But the obama coalition, people of color, African Americans in particular, latino voters, those numbers go way, way down. So as janice was saying before, if people can shave off a few thousands votes here and there
in various precincts, the opposition, the other folks win, not on the basis of their ideas, not on presenting an alternative vision, contrasting that to their democrat opponent. Theyre winning because theyre basically preventing people from voting their conscience. Theyre winning by changing the rules. You should be doing most the talking because youve been working on this for years. Right. Were litigating. We won voter i. D. In wisconsin in the Supreme Court. In North Carolina, we lost it. But at the end of the day, the turnout is going to be up, because theres a movement. People understand theyre under attack. Voting restrictions like limits on early voting opportunities could tip the scales in some of the tightest races of the midterm np in jj, early voting was cut in half. Thats where democrat michelle nun whos been gaving on david
perdue is in a neck and neck race, leading 4645. Georgia, carver has been narrowing the gap with diehl. Now theyre tied. In North Carolina, kay hagan maintains her steady, actually fewpoint lead over thom tillis, but its close. The latest poll has her up 4744. Talk about this. Youre an expert. Youre on the battle lines on this. When you talk to the republican legislators, or you challenge them, are they as open as they are in these clips we dug up . Theyre not. They go on the state floor of their legislature and they say this is about fraud. But at the end of the day do you ask for cases . Yes. Weve been in these cases that were in the litigation, were getting all the memos. Were going behind im sorry to interrupt. People cheat occasionally. I dont think theres a lot of it. Theres some more frequent in
others. But do they have examples of people cheating . No. In wisconsin, for example, the Supreme Court case, the judge in the seventh circuit, judge pose ner who believed in voter i. D. Actually said that, in fact, that some of this voter fraud idea is paranoid. He called it goofy, the individual of voter fraud. Because were revealing the fact that this is all a fraud. The fraud is the fact that they say theres voter fraud. In North Carolina, there arent cases of voter fraud. So its not about that, its not about preventing fraud. Its about preventing voting. Big story, and i think its so important. I hope people do what you said, they overwhelm all the forces against them, all the obstacles, making people even more determined to vote. Somebody said you have to show an i. D. To get on an airplane. Getting on an airplane is not a right. You pay for that. Voting comes from being a citizen. You have a right. They have to make a case against you coming in. You dont have to make a case to go into vote. They have to make a case against you. They got it all backwards, right . Right. Its a right. Agreed. Congratulations on your efforts. Coming up, as republicans work to suppress the African American vote, some democrats seem to be taking it for granted. And that can be dangerous. And thats their dilemma. How can democrats energize black voters when so many of their candidates are denying president obamas existence . This is hardball, a place for politics. Set, hike cheering yeah touchdown nice catch whos ready for half time . Yes ok im going to draw something up new. Wide receiver goes deep all the way to the corner and. Who ate the quarterback . Share what you love with who you love. Kelloggs frosted flakes. Theyre grrreat . . The mustsee video of the day. Watch what happens when a voter tells president obama not to touch his girlfriend. It really happened. And well have it for you later in the hour. Baron of the buildout. You need a permit. To be this awesome. And you. Rent from national. Because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. And go. And only national is ranked highest in car rental Customer Satisfaction by j. D. Power. aaron purrrfect. vo meeeow, business pro. Meeeow. Go national. Go like a pro. receptionist Gunderman Group is growing. Getting in a groove. Growth is gratifying. Goal is to grow. Gotta get greater growth. I just talked to ups. They got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. Like smart pick ups. Theyll only show up when you print a label and its automatic. We save time and money. Time . Money . Time and money. Awesome. Awesome awesome awesome awesome all awesome i love logistics. Did you vote for president obama in 2008 and 2012 . You know, this election isnt about the president. Its about making sure we put kentuckians back to work. I was actually in 08 a delegate for hillary clinton, i think kentuckians know im a clinton democrat through and through. Why are you reluctant to give an answer on whether or not you voted for president obama . Bill, theres no reluctance. This is a matter of principle. Our constitution grants here in kentucky the constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box. Welcome back to hardball. A Democratic Senate cannot has cut president obama from the ticket. Shes not alone. Can democrats turn out the black vote by denying the president s existence . As we showed you earlier, republicans across the country are trying to suppress the black vote. Are democrats taking it for granted . How else can you explain the rash of obama phobia . If you expose your strongest flank in politics, you play a dangerous game. Our opponent will attack it ruthlessly. Grimess opponent, mcconnell has led the charge against every major piece of the black caucus agenda. But his campaign on the radio as of today, with an ad promising that he, mitch mcconnell, will fight for black voters. Here it is. Alison grimes wont say she voted for president obama. But i will. I voted for president obama twice. So you might be surprised to hear that im also voting for mitch mcconnell, and i think you should too. Im dr. Noel hunter from moorehead, kentucky. As an African American, i know from American Experience that mitch fights for our community and cares about us. In 2011, mikes husband kidnapped our daughter and took her to a dangerous part of africa. Mitch knocked down barriers for our family and with his help, my baby came home safely. Ron, what do you make of this . This is, to me, when you cut
somebody, when you just say, well, im not saying who i voted for, it may offend people who are emotionally connected to this particular president. Thats what i think. Your thoughts . Well, her answer was a very weak one. We can agree with her on principle, by the way, that we have the right to privacy at the ballot box. Ill give her that much, but really, i think we all know, the answer was, of course i voted for president obama. Hes the standard bearer of my party. Dont be ridiculous, of course i voted for him. Now, that doesnt mean that i dont disagree with him on certain things, and then you can tick those off if you care to. But have some gumption here. Weve been having this conversation for, i think, about 14 years. Weve been talking together on the air about how democrats biggest problem, or one of them in my opinion at least, is they dont have the strength of their own quickeconvictions. They chicken out and we see it here. Its a mistake. It always is. There was a phrase from the founding fathers, which is that
if we dont hang together, we hang separately. And that seems to be true. The democrats should read some of that old history sometime. Weve seen this before in 2006, you had all these republicans say, i dont agree with bush, i dont like bush. It never worked. People believe you agree with your party, whatever party youre in because the d beside your name is the most important thing. As joe lewis said, the great heavyweight champion said, you can run, but you cant hide. Anyway, African Americans are not happy with grimes, according to the latest polling. In a poll, grimes led mcconnell amongst blacks by a margin of 8015. That was before she refused to say she voted for obama. Now shes pulling in about 60 , and mcconnell gets 22 . Thats a sevenpoint improvement for mcconnell. If youre a democrat, go home, end up voting where they have to because theyre not going to
vote for mcconnell. But theyre telling pollsters, im not saying im for him now, just like she wasnt saying she voted for obama. Theyre not saying theyre going to vote afor him. Which must be a certain of concern with 8 of the vote being African American. You usually get at least seven of those votes if youre a democrat. You would think. Im not sure black voters will go for mcconnell, but they may just sit on their hands and stay home here. Count me among the white liberals, i guess, who finds it just incredible that any black voters go for the Republican Party. Why would you do this . This is a party thats trying to prevent you from voting. Theres an ancient history before the time of your dad and everybody with the Republican Party, had all kinds of people like Jackie Robinson and lionel hampton, famous African Americans in our culture, who were all republicans. Wilt chamberlain i can think of a bunch. I do not believe the poll. I will be very surprised. Im from kentucky. Were you polled . I was not. Do you know anybody that was polled . People always say this, do you know anybody whos polled . The people of kentucky get it. They understand grimes is trying to win over white rural voters. They know people in kentucky dont like obama. I will be very surprised if she doesnt get 80 of the black vote at least. Same thing for Michelle Nunn. Look at the polling. Michelle nunn is getting 80 of the black vote jesus said that peter denied him three times before the crow. Remember . They figured you were good for that. Is that the low expectation . I think people understand, grimes is not going loud and proud for obama. Black voters are democratic all the time and i really dont expect them to fall off because of theyre not obama voters, theyre democratic voters. I think youll see that in the polls at the end. What do you think its like
being the president right now, when you hear the people youve been con sorting with politically, not a long time for him, but all of a sudden, theyre all denying him. Its like being a father of a teenage daughter. You get used to that. But hes got two teenage daughters. I know what its going to be like for him, dad, you have to walk so close to me . Do you have to act like youre my father . Cant you keep your distance . What are you doing here . Disappear listening to grimes, you would think that obama had showed up to pick her up at the school dance wearing pajamas and a bath robe. [ laughter ] thats what im talking about. I never did that, but thank you. I was told you got to drop your daughter off two blocks away from the party. If theres a party at your house, dont come out and watch while theyre dancing. Just disappear. Anyway, theyre running ads. Quote, get his back. Stand up for him. Stand with president obama. Meanwhile, two more democratic
senate candidates have denied him. Michelle nunn in georgia, appear to be following the grimes playbook. Both candidates were approached on the street, but refused to say if they voted for president obama. Lets watch and then react. Miss nunn, did you vote for president obama in 2008 and 2012 . Would you leave her alone . Did you vote for obama in 2008 and 2012 . Thats the way people walk past guys when youre trying to get a buck and a quarter from somebody. Its like walking right past the gu guy. You can tell they dont want to be caught on video as if its like a dangerous thing. Because . It will turn into an ad. I think this is a silly concern in my mind. Of course Michelle Nunn voted for the democratic president. Its like he has ebola. I wasnt near him, i didnt touch him. I think he gets it. Im told he tells candidates in red states, do what you got to do. Youre a young man. Hes got a thicker skin than i do. Ron, hes got a thick skin to put up with this kind of treatment. Thanks, ron. Thanks. Up next, democrats are primed for a historic win in pennsylvania two weeks from now, as challenger tom wolf is poised to knock off the unpopular republican governor tom corbett. It would be a huge win if they pull this off and good news for hillary clinton. Its clinton country heading into 2016. This is hardball, the place for politics. You need to catch the 4 10 huh . The Equipment Tracking system will get you to the loading dock. There should be a truck leaving now. I got it. Now jump off the bridge. What . In 3. 2. 1. Are you kidding me . Go. Right on time. Right now, over 20,000 trains are running reliably. We call that predictable. Thrillingly predictable. [ male announcer ] you wouldnt ignore signs of damage in your home. Are you sure youre not ignoring them in your body . Even if youre treating your Crohns Disease or ulcerative colitis, an occasional flare may be a sign of damaging inflammation. Mg. Gnore the signs, the more debilitating your symptoms could become. Learn more about the role damaging inflammation may be playing in your symptoms with the expert advice tool at crohnsandcolitis. Com. And then speak with your gastroenterologist. With the expert advice tool at crohnsandcolitis. Com. Get to the terminal across town. Are all the green lights you . No. Its called grid iq. The 4 51 is leaving at 4 51. They cut the power. Itll fix itself. Powers back on. Quick thinking traffic lights and self correcting power grids make the world predictable. Thrillingly predictable. The setting is perfect. You know what . Plenty of guys have this issue, not just getting an erection, but keeping it. Well, viagra helps guys with ed get and keep an erection. And you only take it when you need it. Good to know, right . If ed is stopping what you started. Ask you doctor about viagra. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach and abnormal vision. To avoid longterm injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. Stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. Ask your doctor if viagra is right for you. Saying right now, and selfishly, its a wonderful thing to say, hey, im up 20 , or whatever it
is. Those polls dont matter. The only one that matters i know youre not supposed to say this, but the only one that really matters this year is on november 4th. Dont believe the polls. Dont believe any of the polls until the one that ends on november 4th, that evening when they call the election. Welcome back to hardball. That was democrat and political newcomer, tom wolf, who has a big lead over tom corbett. It shows wolf with an 11point advantage. Pennsylvania is poised to throw out its sitting republican governor for the first time in the states history, when you could dump a guy for a second concern. Its a sign of how toxic the environment is for political incumbents. Joining me now is the man himself, set to make history, i
think, in a few weeks, democratic candidate for good afternoon pennsylvanias tom wolf. Tom, thank you for coming on. Ive never met you before, but i have to tell you, that speech you just gave say speech that guys 20 points back in the polls usually say. The only poll that matters is the one on election day. Here you are, moving along, trucking along with a pretty good lead, saying, dont believe it. Give me your thinking here . First of all, chris, its great to be on. Im new at this and im not so sure what im supposed to be thinking, but im not going to be complacent. I think the worst thing that could happen right now is to be complace complacent. I was on the track team in high school and college. You run through the finish line, not right up to it. So i want to make sure that all of us feel that this race is still to be won. Pennsylvania needs a spirit kick in the butt. It needs a hope for the future. It needs to have a sense of, you know, i used to work for tip oneil. The advantage of that state, it was all one party. All democrats. They had a lot of cloud in washington. They had all that power. Now you have a split state, which isnt all democrat, its roughly 50 50 generally. How are you going to have an Economic Development plan in pennsylvania that puts things together, the infrastructure, the education, the health care, the stuff that makes the state build and get out of its leth argey. It becomes a zoomy state where kids go to college and stay there like they do in massachusetts. How do you do that in a state thats split politically . It helps to have someone from your county, someone who is not from the extreme of the state. Im from york county and i think people are looking for the pennsylvania you just talked about. I think were in crisis right now. I think the last four years have not been good to pennsylvaniaians and i think everybody in pennsylvania or most people, are looking for a change. I think thats why my poll numbers are so good. What about the penn state
thing . When you see a game there, you see tens of thousands of people all in white, everybody completely gung ho, the traffic jam and unbelievable. The love people have for penn state, and yet the kids, the workingclass kids that go to that school got hurt by the sandusky thing. Do you think that could have been handled better . Just a wideopen question. Do you think the people who studied it could have made it turn out better, for the way that pennsylvania and the State University has been punished . Yeah. I mean, all of us in pennsylvania feel badly for what happened to penn state and i think it was handled badly. Now, i could be forgiven for saying that, i have a vested interest in the out come of this race. But i think most pennsylvaniaians feel it was handled badly and its a black mark on pennsylvania. The way penn state was handled was one more instance of how
weve handled things poorly here. Im going to editorialize. I think its coming back. You dont have to say it. Im not running for anything. I dont know what kind of words were passed about san duskys behavior, but horsing around doesnt mean anything. Its a terrible thing that happened to those kids. People should have used english language to describe it. Anyway, thank you, and good luck in the race. Its one hell of a story that you may be pulling off here. Thanks. The republicans effort to keep minorities from voting, im talking about them killing the black voting. Plus, a republican running in North Carolina called samesex couple gremlins. Gremlins. Thats coming to the roundtable. Youre watching hardball, a place for politics. And stay awake during the day. This is called non24,
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party are trying to discourage black voters, there are Democratic Candidates taking the black vote for granted. Will that haunt them to election day . Also, in south carolina, one candidate called samesex couples gremlins. How is it that a candidate still talks like that in 2014 . Michelle bernard, matthew littman, a former speech writer, and republican strategist john ferry. I want to talk about this. People Pay Attention to me. Theres two issues that get me crazy. One is stupid wars, stupid stuff as the president calls it. And the other is an attempt by somebody to keep somebody from voting. Its a right. You shouldnt have to make the case with all kinds of documentation. You have a right to vote. I just think its gotten completely out of hand. I dont think its racist, but
if i were black and somebody said you cant vote because of this, id take it personal. Well, how could you not take it personal . As an African American and particularly as an African American woman, i would say that you sit back and you watch and although we know its not legally permissible, it feels as though its been legally permissible to murder trayvon martin, to murder Michael Brown, and then what comes next, to murder black peoples ability to vote. Some americans have declared a war on black boys. It feels like some americans have declared a war on black people, period. If you have to stand in line for a long time to vote, its a poll tax that minimum wage workers cant afford to pay. If you dont have access to i. D. , its another way of killing black america and relegating us to a permanent under class. Lets wait for the grand jury for my view on some of that
stuff. But i think the attitude comes across that way. I mean, i would take it personally too if i were an African American person. But if the Republican Party can get all the people in california not to vote, they would do it if they could. I dont think its about African Americans necessarily. What about the guy who talked about the lazy blacks . I thought he was personal. Did you see him . Of course thats ridiculous. But its not the baseline. Thats not the comparison. They just dont want people to vote who are going to vote against them. But why not just open why like do something to make African Americans want to vote for the Republican Party, rather than suppress the vote . Why not convert . I follow the lead of jim sense brenner who has pushed a Voting Rights update which should happen. Its a bipartisan bill, theres also an allowance of some voter i. D. Because you have to have a compromise with the legislative process. I think the idea of republicans
trying to suppress the vote, that perception is out there. I think republicans have to overact to make sure that perception is eliminated, because you have to get votes everywhere. The big business types, the hotels, everybodys in the business of needing cheap labor, a lot of it illegal. They dont want i. D. Cards and work permits. But come time to vote, they want to see an i. D. Card. Theres a little bit of a problem. Because they want you you working for them, but not being citizens. Voting is a right. If youre doing voter i. D. Thing, give people resources to get the voter i. D. Cards. Lets talk about the sex thing. Were talking race here. What about this gremlins thing. Whats in the republican mindset where the candidate, hes not going to win, but hes running. Im not a republican, but we cant condemn the whole Republican Party based on one how about this guy. Down in south carolina, the republican candidate running against James Clyburn had shocking things to say about samesex couples. Last week, he wrote, samesex marriage is a pestolence that has descended on our society against our will by those in the courts and government that do not value the traditional family. Samesex couples that seek to destroy our way of life and the institution of marriage are not cute and cuddly, but rather gremlins that will only destroy our way of life. He said he was referring to the 1980s movie gremlins. Not surprising, he came under fire, including from his own party leaders. But hes not backing down. He released a statement, in fact, a new video defending his comments. Lets watch it. I noticed something ironic about this. All across the nation, i have had all these biggots calling me a biggot, which i found that
ironic. I think its really funny. What we have is, i made a comment that samesex couples that want to destroy traditional marriage, and our way of life, theyre gremlins. Theyre these creaturures that are so disgusting. There was a train going by there. What do you make of that guy . Thats a hell of a video. [ laughter ] i think the interesting thing here, almost anyone who is represented, any Political Party, it gets to youtube and its a blot on the whole party. Theres all kinds of crazy people who say all kinds of things. We should put this in perspective. Hes speaking in line with the republican platform. The platform says nothing about gremlins. No, but its the republican
party platform. We define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Well see what happens in the next convention. So the platform doesnt mean anything. The ad is one of the most bizarre ive seen all campaign season. But whats interesting, this is in south carolina. In the south, this time, we are seeing, i think, a big competition between white voters and black voters. White voters who dislike the president , and also dislike gay marriage, and in south carolina, and in North Carolina, a lot of African Americans are very conservative on this issue, and they do not like gay marriage. It is the way that george bush and karl rove went after the black vote in 2004 and they picked up points on that issue alone. Theres a slight possibility that he might tick off some of the votes that would go for clyburn on that issue alone. [ all speak at once ] this guy is an idiot and hes going to lose. Right . So that will be the end of this guy. In two weeks, youll never see him again. And hes wrong. If you google the word grem lin, youll get him. Anyway, they said the party would no longer support his candidacy. He said most people learned in kirnt garten not to call other people names. Our party believes in the conservative definition of marriage, but we believe in loving our neighbors and treating them with respect. His des pration antics in no way representative the decent south carolinians. There you have it, your party is clean as a whistle. Lets move on. [ laughter ] for the rest of your lives the word grem lin will be associated with this guy. Up next, well talk about the side of president obama everybody loves. And what happened when a voter in chicago told the president not to mess with his girlfriend. He was joking, but its all in
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make sure you always know whats coming and are ready for it. Maket matter. Back at if round table. Michelle bernard and our frent, john theory. President obama was at his local polling place in chicago, chitown to cast early e lerkss. Thiss when two local voters struck conversation with the free world. Lets show you this and well show you the type of actually whats being said. Well, you know, you can tell when somebodys on camera and when theyre not. He didnt think he was on camera. No, first of all, with obama, at this point, with isis and ebola, id be hiding in the white house. Id come out in 2017 and be scared out of my mind. Im amazed that he was so funny. But the reason why we care about this is because it shows somebody unscripted. Somebody being spontaneous. Somebody willing to Say Something that may not be the perfect thing to say. But you work for biden . Everything went perfectly well. The Alison Grimes thing, with her not willing to say who she voted for, its ridiculous. And thats part of what
irritates us about politics. Its because everybodys afraid. Its what people want in politics. They love to know that the person is at home, the lights are on and somebodys home. Theres somebody there. This was a nice moment for the president. I thought he could understand what this poor lady was going through with this idiot boyfriend. It was a nice moment. Very unscripted. It will give people, hey, this is a cool guy. Thats the nice thing about president obama. When hes offcamera, hes instantly likable. In the hood, in chitown, very comfortable. He was with his people. He had a very different cadence then when he is speaking at the
lectern, at the white house with i should say our people. Im glad you owned it that way. He was like that with me a couple times. Anyway, he relaxes. Some people think too cool for school. But it doesnt matter, because then people think youre a wiseass. Anyway, thank you. When we return, let me finish with how the democrats running this year are treating president obama the way teenage daughters treat their dads. I dont even know why hes here. Youre watching hardball, the place for politics. If yand youre talking toevere rheumyour rheumatologiste me, about a biologic. This is humira. This is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. This is humira giving me new perspective. Doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. Humira works for many adults. It targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. Humira can ler your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Talk to your doctor and visit humira. Com this is humira at work wethey were a littlehorizons to mbit skeptical. Ss, what they do actually is rocket science. But at ge capital we also bring expertise from across ge, like lean process engineers we asked who does what, when, where, and why that step first . Ideas for improvement started pouring out. With a little help from us, they actually doubled their output speed. If you just need a loan, just call a bank. At ge capital, were builders. And what we know. Can help you grow. receptionist gunderman grp is growing. Getting in a groove. Growth is gratifying. Goal is to grow. Gotta get greater growth. I just talked to ups. They got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. Like smart pick ups. Theyll only show up when you print a label and its automatic. We save time and money. Time . Money . Time and money. Awesome. Awesome awesome awesome awesome all awesome
i love logistics. Let me finish tonight with this. I have to think that president barack obama, the father of two teenage daughters, have some personal business with this summon e shunning matters. They dont know the fella in the white house that happens to share the same Political Party with them. I say that because being once the father of a teenage daughter myself, i know the feeling of being out in public with her while being treated as if im not actually there. You fathers know what im talking about. You arrive at the party, but are told to drop her off a few blocks away. She doesnt want her friends to see you dropping her off at a party. Or youre out there sitting at an ice cream place and you get the distinct feeling that your daughter is pretending that while you may be at the same table as her, its one of those european seating deals where everyone sits with everyone else to save space. Anyway, the deal is you drive the car, you pay for the ice cream or the meal but you are not seen and definitely not heard. If shes having a party at your house, well, you know the drill there, too. Disappear until everyone is gone from the place. This is what the president feels