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Interview. i would say three to five days. weve all heard, ill call you. if they say, were going to reach out and dont, its appropriate to reach back out to them and follow up with them. thats very important. youve got to be engaged in the job process. more so than dating. you got to be more aggressive in the job search. >> finally, the rejection. >> there is a couple things. it is a rejection if you dont get asked on a second date. same thing happens if you dont get called back for a second or ...

>> she had this story of the tale that she was a single mom. >> in a trailer and did it all on her own. >> pulled herself up from her boot straps. and turns out this woman had her husband pay for her educational career, and as soon as he made the last payment, she said im out of here. and also said im out of here to her 14-year-old daughter, and gave him custody. so she deserts her kids, whether theyre born or unborn. >> and that is nothing like the reality. >> the potomac river is a mile wide. ...

Through 9th grade, not 6th. she defending her narrative as a mother defying the odds. kasie, what else can you tell us about this story? was she divorced when she went on to college? there seem to be two different stories out there. >> reporter: well, some of the details are not quite right. >> like what? >> like we just walked through the fact she was actually 21 when she got divorced, her mothers education went further than she herself insinuated. she sort of displayed herself as somebody who ...

Are receiving millions of dollars in federal subsidies not to fall and they are the very people telling the black man he ought to lift himself by his own boot straps. this is what we are faced with and this is the reality. now when we come to washington in this campaign, were going to get out check. >> the campaign king was speaking of theres the poor peoples campaign, which was the focus of the final months of his life. he said, quote, the curse of poverty has no justification in our age. it is...

Frontier and great society, democrats were making this argument. i think it is a shame that for too long too few democrats and too few democratic leaders talked about the problem of poverty in this country. even as they were doing something about it. under bill clinton, as i said earlier, the number of poor people went down. it went back up under george bush. but republicans do not have an idea here. they have a history. a history that goes back to the 19th century. it basically says, if you let...

Punishes the rich. >> lets point out that income inequality has gotten worse under president obama. some of it he inherited from the financial crisis. he didnt do a good job with the economy. the stimulus package didnt work. he laughs about the shovel-ready -- >> what about the higher taxes, more regulations makes it worse or harder. >> i agree. >> to trade on the lad er of success. >> think about why we celebrate the lotto winner and bash people for being entrepreneurses. it fits the main strea...

Pat on the back. >> most of the media has been hijacked by the left. im sure this will make a jon stewart segment or something, but this fits their narrative. they really believe you get luck, you make money, you do well because of some blind luck. i think president obama believes that. i want to know what his blind luck is. >> i want to go to you. >> they dont celebrate the guy -- dick russell was attacked viciously -- >> a lot of people are. >> he pulled himself up by the boot straps. >> doesn...

>> the american dream for me is kind of this idea thats been brought up. to me its only about hard work. its what you put in. its not a dream. it should be something available to everybody. if you work hard, pay taxes and get a lot back from the government you have a lot of opportunities then you can succeed. its wonderful to succeed. i hope everybody in the room succeeds from hard work not the idea of a dream. >> no one disagrees with it. everyone wants the american dream to be there. its been ...

Dream to be there. it has been said before and should be said again there is far more that unites us than divides us. this is a perfect example. you were talking earlier about working through college and you think you pulled yourself up by your boot straps, thats amazing and what everyone should be able to do. we need to know how to get there. >> probably are going to have and we will say this and my hope for you all because i want you all to succeed, even the liberals, especially him. once you ...

Dream to be there. it has been said before and should be said again there is far more that unites us than divides us. this is a perfect example. you were talking earlier about working through college and you think you pulled yourself up by your boot straps, thats amazing and what everyone should be able to do. we need to know how to get there. >> probably are going to have and we will say this and my hope for you all because i want you all to succeed, even the liberals, especially him. once you ...