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for mitt romney. here comes romneys chance to show his human side. ive seen it done before, in 1988 when george bush sr. came into the new orleans superdome and gave the speech of his life that certainly got to me. but here i am in tampa, hearing a message that troubles me as an american. it started with that joke, so-called, that the republican candidate told friday about no one having asked him about his birth certificate. heres a guy, born to a famous family, mocking a guy born with...

>> okay, i met him. >> joining me now is director spike lee. spike, great to have you with us on "the ed show" tonight. thanks for your time. >> whats up, ed? >> im still working for a living. thats good news. >> got a job today, baby. >> absolutely. spike, im intrigued by the clip we just played. what are you trying to accomplish in this film? what is your mission on this production? >> well, eld, its really just what i have been doing from the beginning. even started in nyu film school in 1979...

Last time hes doing that. his hand is not going to be in the bible two times. and everything, i think, has played out like that. >> you know, the republicans and the media especially this show, has made a lot out about the fact the war on women is taking place in the country. you look at their agenda, at their gop platform. its pretty easy to see. what about the war on minorities? going into the convention, you see what the republicans, they dont have anything on the table for minorities. in fac...

is pouring into the state of ohio to take out senator sherrod brown. tonight, the senator tells me how todd akin, medicare, and voter suppression are moving the polls in the buckeye state. and director spike lee says republicans are doing the wrong thing. >> everything thats happening now is really, i think, a plan to stop barack hussein obama from getting a second term. >> tonight, my exclusive interview with spike lee. >> thanks for watching. another day at the office with the mitt...

ohio to take out senator sherrod brown. tonight, the senator tells me how todd akin, medicare, and voter suppression are moving the polls in the buckeye state. and director spike lee says republicans are doing the wrong thing. >> everything thats happening now is really, i think, a plan to stop barack hussein obama from getting a second term. >> tonight, my exclusive interview with spike lee. >> thanks for watching. another day at the office with the mittster. today, mitt romney reig...

Was talking about. warren sapp didnt have much growing up. he was raised by a single mother who worked four jobs to support the family, but with the support of his football coaches, teachers in public education, his mother, it set the table for him to go on and have success and be an all-pro defensive tackle in the nfl. in husband book, he gives credit to public education saying the fact is the lessons i learned about life while playing football at apopka high school are what made me all-pro. gr...

Dialogue. well see what the delegates do on monday when this comes to the floor of the convention and that vast majority of republicans from around the country come to convention and vote on this. but i think right now, to the point you have made so far tonight, ed, that it creates a noise level that is unprecedented going into a convention, thats im sure the romney campaign has no appreciation for. and would like to get back to the conversation about the economy and the obama administration rec...

>> that is the game plan. its quite scary for a lot of democrats. they see in those days, in 2010, instead of using $716 billion in cuts, they used a more accurate figure, $500 billion, although it was savings and it might have seemed as if seniors were going to lose $500 billion from their medicare. it worked. thats largely why they took the house back in 2010. the problem with it is its not true. just to get down into the weeds for just a second because its really important to do this, ed, wha...

What does that tell you? i mean, do you believe what paul ryan says today or do you hold him to what he said as recently as two years ago? >> you know, honestly, ed, i think its really hard to know where paul ryan stands, given what hes been saying lately. now, we know that his history is that he opposes womens access to abortion virtually without any exceptions. and, you know, you played that -- the tape of him complaining about a health exception to restrictions on abortion. what that means is...

I think paul ryan is preebl as radical as the conservatives want him to be as long as he can get away with it. what does that tell you? do you believe what paul ryan says today? or do you hold him to what he said as recently as two years ago? >> you know, honestly, ed, i think its really hard to know where paul ryan stands given what hes been saying lately. now, we know that his history is that he opposes womens access to abortion, virtually withoutby exceptions. you played that tape of him comp...