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Jennifer michael hecht is a professor at the new school. she just wrote a new article in politico magazine about the last taboo. jennifer, you were on your sofa watching bill maher that night. you saw that exchange and you said what to yourself? >> well, i was glad, but i was disappointed he hadnt done it while he was still in office. i think it makes a big difference if you imagine a room full of 100 white men and one black or latino man or woman walking into the room. the conversation changes....

Come out. i agree with that. there are two things here when you talk about atheism in politics. one is the idea of the moral compass that you brought up. there are people who are religionists who believe without reference to some theology, you cant tell right from wrong. how does an atheist know whats the good and evil thing to do, if you will. beyond that, though, theres an implicit threat to the religionist with atheist. if you organize your entire life around some mans divinity and theres som...

Professor at the new school. she just wrote a new article in politico magazine about the last taboo. jennifer, you were on your sofa watching bill maher that night. you saw that exchange and you said what to yourself? >> well, i was glad, but i was disappointed he hadnt done it while he was still in office. i think it makes a big difference if you imagine a room full of 100 white men and one black or latino man or woman walking into the room. the conversation changes. it matters if you stand up ...

I agree with that. there are two things here when you talk about atheism in politics. one is the idea of the moral compass that you brought up. there are people who are religionists who believe without reference to some theology, you cant tell right from wrong. how does an atheist know whats the good and evil thing to do, if you will. beyond that, though, theres an implicit threat to the religionist with atheist. if you organize your entire life around some mans divinity and theres someone looki...

Wonderful time of the year," but the economy doesnt have everyone thinking its the happiest season of all. >> ask americans if christmas is a great or the best time of the year. a few years ago, this is the answer you would get. 49% would say yes, it is. jump forward to 2008, it drops down to 43%. today were at 42%. so whats happening? is this the grinch? no, something much more basic we talk about all the time. the recession and the slow recovery at work. heres how we know. we said to people, a...

Despite the song, christmas is not the most wonderful time of year for all americans. heres cnns tom foreman. >> reporter: ask americans if christmas is the best or a great time of the year, in 2005, 49% would say yes, it is. at 2008 it says 43% says yes. and in 2013, 42% say yes. its the slow recovery at work. are you going to cut back on gift giving this year because of the economy? a whopping 62% said yes, they will. what about giving to charities? helping others? 61% say theyll cut back on t...

>> do you know what im going to do tomorrow? im going to bring on kurtz and goldberg together to discuss why nbc employs this man. thats what im going to do tomorrow. >> it may be that they are trying to get to base. >> see his ratings lately? im not running the show over there im saying that may be part of the explanation. >> there is no explanation. >> all right? monica, colmes? directly ahead. michelle bachmann on more bad polling for the republicans. charles krauthammer on atheism in america...

>> tomorrow im going to bring on kurts and goldberg to discuss why nbc employs this man. that is what im going to do tomorrow. >> maybe theyre trying to get to the black base. >> do you see his ratings lately? have you seen his ratings? >> im in the running the show over there to say that may be part of the explanation. >> there is no explanation. all right? monica, combs ahead michelle bachmann on more bad polling for republicans and charles krauthammer on atheism in america.

Believers are morons or something like that. now, thats not in t spirit of anything. if they want to put up a sign saying, just what you said, if you dont believe in christmas, youre not alone, contact ziggy and heres his phone number. thats fine. i dont bother that. the second thing is macys -- >> yeah, i mean -- >> macys brought in santa claus, st. nicholas, okay? but refused to say what holiday st. nicholas was being brought in for. i just thought that was absurd and i mocked them, all right?...

Out. >> look, in defense of people who might find it to be a problem, if people dont want this in there and they believe its offensive to atheism maybe thats part of gods plan. when you see injustice and tragedy as gods plan why dont you see this as gods plan? >> theologian on the five. >> why not? why am i relaxing? >> i dont know. >> atheist twitter backlash coming your way. new developments in the miami dolphins. a teammate of martin has been ew suspended for alleged ry. misconduct. their exp...