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Strangeness? its unfolded in such a strange fashion i cant figure out whats going on. >> thats a great point. its about pulling yourself up by your boot straps, going up against everything against you. thats why there is a lot of popularity and support around carson and why people are rallying around him. despite all of the odd and particulars here and there. >> that explains why you have this weird situation for about 48 hours in which the knock on the candidate was that he was not a violent yo...

Whats going on. >> thats a great point. its about pulling yourself up by your boot straps, going up against everything against you. thats why there is a lot of popularity and support around carson and why people are rallying around him. despite all of the odd and particulars here and there. >> that explains why you have this weird situation for about 48 hours in which the knock on the candidate was that he was not a violent young man. >> right. >> he had not hit his moth were a hammer and had no...

Pressures. he uses this as a redemption story. that story resonates with people who are believers. they are people who understand why he talks about his sinful past and how he was redeemed. donald trump should not mock that. that is not going to help him. >> in many peoples minds thats the american dream for someone to pick themselves up by the boot straps and make it. >> how do candidates do among all americans. carson has a much more higher favorable rating than donald trump on this particular...

Does he talk too much about pulling ones self up by his or her boot straps while ignoring institutionalized racism? >> well, no and no. its his story. although we have to question whether or not his story is authentic or not. the reality is he did pull himself up by the boot straps. that part we know. he grew up in a very poor area of detroit and his mom worked one or two jobs to put him through the adolescent years of his life. thats okay. thats his story. no matter whether you are black or whe...

And chose not to go. thats a different story. >> you are talking about donald trump. he plays into his brand every time he makes an insult. he is confirming that narrative, that story. this runs counter to all of ben carsons back story, this idea that he came from nothing and was up from the boot straps and had this violent past. >> he sold this as part of his story. >> and so if that turns out to not be true and start to question pieces of this over time and there is evidence that he made thing...

Everybody. she is not very funny anymore and not very thoughtful. >> be interesting to see what happens on friday. >> hillary clinton is it will be what happens on friday. >> they do become unhinged with conservative women and conservative blacks, as you pointed out. they dont like that. but, there this case, carly, a particular threat to hillary because she pulls herself up by her own boot straps. shes horatio alger. not mrs. horatio alger. and she helps "the view" by the way with. >> so what y...

>> and youll vote for him? >> oh, honey, i would give him everything i had, honest to god. >> youre very emotional. >> i am serious, i would. i love him. he needs to save our country and our country needs saved. >> ive known for a long time he was a brilliant man and a man that god has gifted in many ways. and now that america is so sick, we need a doctor. we need a doctor to heal us. and thats all there is to it. >> is there any doubt who youre going to vote for? >> no, there isnt. >> josh. >> ...

The table, and i will take this position if this can happen. some people might say, this is really great, right? this shows we can finally this have this conversation in ways thats impacting women. but i would say thats not actually true. what women are we talking about and who are we talking about when we talk about the privilege to demand you can have balance in your life when there are so many of us who are struggling just to hold on to what we have. foerp get about finding the balance or bei...

>> he got to the white house -- turn of the century. >> i dont want to be unfair to booker t. people liked tim scott. people liked j.c. watts who were successful republican -- >> look at the reaction -- im sorry, ill shut up, but the reaction to colin powell. the reaction to condoleezza rice. they are very different in their persona. they have been strong. powell has been adamant about his, you know, admiration for barack obama and that makes him as a black man in the republican party persona no...

To show brian how to do this. >> how to be a man. >> hes here to put us to the test. how are you? >> im well nice to meet you. >> great to talk tuesdayo you. first you, navy s.e.a.l. elite, i can relate to that. you start because the mom was the dad in the house. you were a wayward kid that wasnt going to school. you got it together and joined the navy and became a s.e.a.l. >> just like anybody who would sometimes do you have to pick yourself up by your boot straps. i joined the navy and its a f...