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To me its a little more petulance than presidential. >> why is he targeting you? >> we are offering solutions to a debt crisis that he isnt. he hasnt offers any solutions to these problems. >> your response. >> he called the president petulance. paul ryan is the most petulant character in washington. hes so thin skinned. he was also deriding the president because the buffet rule wont collect enough revenue. his doesnt collect any. >> thats not where the country is to attack the basic three. 67% ...

Himself an enemy. hes made it very hard to come together. he said nothing about romney today. >> also, santorum did not want to give mitt romney the street credibility of saying what are you talking about a brokered convention. the guy that was closest to beat me, i beat him in his home state. >> he wiped him off the map today. thats gootd for romney, but at the same time we saw president obama set up this perfect choice. mitt romney is the poster boy for the top 1%. hes the poster boy for the b...

That everybody else has to pay. >> youre bringing in a million bucks or more a year. what the rule says if you should pay the same percentage of your income in taxes as middle class families do. you shouldnt get special tax breaks. you shouldnt be able to get special loopholes. >> the presidents proposal is sometimes shorthanded as the buffet rule named after warren buffet role. i think it might stick better with people if they call it the romney loophole. it would leave the tax rate for rich pe...

tsunami, no. emergency, yes. a massive earthquake rattled the coast of indonesia today not far from where the killer quake and tsunami hit back in 2004. the ground has not stopped shaking yet. were hearing about aftershocks several hours since the initial quake. disaster officials are fearing a repeat of 2004. they sent out a tsunami warning to the entire indian ocean. so far no reports of serious damage or injuries. syrian government says it will end fighting by tomorrows deadline. ...

>> ok, we should call them swing state voter but opportunity voters but going back to that fair dialogue, it must be working with somebody because they keep doing it. i mean, even in this message that went out from jim mussina, one of the main campaign people for president obama. this is what it says, without the buffet rule, in an e-mail, many millionaires and billionaires will continue to pay a lower tax rate than middle-class families. is that actually true? how can they get away with saying ...

Says rolling back the upper income tax cuts is a fairness issue, not to mention one that would cut the deficit by about $40 billion a year, shepard. >> shepard: the buffet rule, wendell, what are the chances that will make it through congress. >> it has no chance of passing the republic controlled house. it might not be able to get the 60 votes republicans would surely require in the senate. but it is politically popular. mr. obama says democrats are going to force a vote in the senate to put op...

To save a stranded dolphin. look at this. were told a father and daughter were boating near jacksonville when they spotted a dolphin flamg around on a sandbar and the tide was heading out quickly. the dad had recently seen a video of a dolphin rescue he thought he knew just what to do. the 72-year-old daughter got out grabbed the animal by the tail and managed to drag it safely into deeper water. im shepard smith. this is "the fox report." its the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news...

>> dana: well, bob just groaned loudly. well listen to one more person who was there today. it was chris christie, governor chris christie of new jersey. i heard from a few people there he was electric, spoke without notes. take a listen to him as well. >> its because government is now telling them stop drea dreaming. stop striving. well take care of you. were turning into a paternalistic entitlement society. >> dana: so before we go to president obama competing event in florida where he talked ...

Though. that was all the big ruse, apparently. martha: those people remain anonymous until they suddenly arent in school! until they suddenly decide to retire early! maybe they wont, maybe theyll stick around. bill the new lottery winners, they would have to work and fork over even more cash to uncle sam if there is a program put in place. the president is talking about this today, the buffet rule, hitting the road to push for what has become known as the warren buffet rule, that plan named for ...

26,800,000 got those checks last year averaging $2,240 each. the government shelled out a total of $59 1/2 billion to those 26 million people last year. its free money. literally pennies from heaven and now you have the government saying hey, you may qualify. come on in. we got a check for you. >> right. you know, stuart, this is interesting. earlier, we were talking about how when it comes to the presidents message with the buffet rule, its all about fairness which appeals to his base. now were...