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Better and engage in communities on policies, not because its different for hispanics or blacks but because it is good for the american people. >> not just americans of one color or the other, the game that has accelerated in the last couple of years where every comment is a dog whistle, every word is a code word. that is race effort term. that is racist -- isnt at a certain point racism is devalued here? >> i do agree with that. we are creating racial anxiety by defining everything as racist >>...

On policies, not because its different for hispanics or blacks but because it is good for the american people. >> not just americans of one color or the other, the game that has accelerated in the last couple of years where every comment is a dog whistle, every word is a code word. that is race effort term. that is racist -- isnt at a certain point racism is devalued here? >> i do agree with that. we are creating racial anxiety by defining everything as racist >> are you surprised that electing ...

This, alan, your side is contributing to it. the persons, youre suggesting that people of color should be given immunity. >> no. >> from criticism. you dont think there arent going to be any battles? [inaudible conversations] megyn: let me ask you this, mike, because i want to pick up on what clyburn said. i get the point that, you know, just because you call a black person, an african-american person incompetent, it doesnt mean its about race. but he sees a pattern with that word in particular ...

There are some things that were said by republicans over the course of the week that are not completely wrong. i mean,ing if urban is not just a code word, if it is actually descriptive, thats not completely wrong. urban areas, african-americans, latinos but also workers. >> high skrengss of folks. >> purpled out the state. but the notion that bobby jindal, suzanne nan martinez, nikki haley, marco rubio, sandoval, that sort of group of people, you guys do have a pretty diverse bench but can you ...

Hammers out with democrats is going to be acceptable to the rest of his republican conference. >> and it would seem to me that he would have more wriggle room with his party. >> you would think so but well have to see how the election gets interpreted. they did retain control of the house. on the other hand, and there are some who believe that they lost the presidential race because they werent conservative enough on the other hand, they can cannot be seen as constructionists. were going to see ...

But you listen to the guys on msnbc who are convinced if mitt romney says pass the sales a racist code word for white people and you get the sense they have it in for the guy. megyn: candy crowley was trying to mediate a dispute in the debate she probably wishes she could get back. and "60 minutes" just releasing a critical exchange with the president on libya that undermines what the president has been saying. >> there is no excuse for "60 minutes." i dont think fox news is in the tank for bara...

Companies. theyre too scared of the natural gas companies. they dont want to say a word. thats it. its simple. they wont talk about climate change. neither of them. the president uses a code word now, which is future energy. he wont say the word "climate." the other -- i dont know what he believes, i dont know what mitt romney believes, but neither of them say a word about it right now. their advisers tell them, dont go there. but wheres our country going? its pretty weird. >> what other issues ...

I saw last night is the code word for, we can be more competitive if we didnt have unions, if we didnt have, you know, standards here in this country, if we didnt have a minimum wage. we could do a lot of manufacturing. i i thought that was a code word to basically, lets reduce the standard of living for the american worker and then well have all of this manufacturing here. thats not america. thats not what we believe in. and that is whats wrong and flawed about everything that he does. and also...

>> keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china. thats -- governor, youre the last person whos going to get tough on china. >> lets bring in james hoffa, president of the international brotherhood of teamsters. mr. hoffa, great to have you with us tonight. >> good to be here. >> you bet. at any time during this campaign, especially last night, well focus on that, has mitt romney convinced anybody that hes an advocate for the middle class? thi...

Shipped the jobs is over there, as if our market and our workers arent good enough. your response? >> well, thats more of this romney double talk about, he wants to lower the standards. i saw last night is the code word for, we can be more competitive if we didnt have unions, if we didnt have, you know, standards here in this country, if we didnt have a minimum wage. we could do a lot of manufacturing. i thought that was a code word to basically, lets reduce the standard of living for the americ...