he realized through his answer he better not disappoint those crazy birthers whose votes he s counting on. jeez. what a country this has become. up next a game of chicken. the ceo of chick-fil-a you re watching hardball, the place for politics.
they declared august 1st chick-fil-a appreciation day. let s turn to keith boykin, joann reed, and michael medvd. i tell you, that threw me off playing this colossal game of chicken. i play chicken with a mack truck. the rest of you would have been moved. i think of jay-z. do you think chick-fil-a is promoting institutional bigotry? no, not at all. i think the bigotry that is being shown is the bigotry against chick-fil-a. the president of the company has only said he supports traditional marriage. he supports biblical marriage. have we got toon a point in this country where it s considered acceptable to boycott a company because they identify as christian? and that s what chick-fil-a is doing. you talked about them contributing to anti-gay groups. they didn t. they contributed to christian groups that support a traditional definition of
i tell you, that threw me off playing this colossal game of chicken. i play chicken with a mack truck. the rest of you would have been moved. i think of jay-z. do you think chick-fil-a is promoting institutional bigotry? no, not at all. i think the bigotry that is being shown is the bigotry against chick-fil-a. the president of the company has only said he supports traditional marriage. he supports biblical marriage. have we gotten to a point in this country where it s considered acceptable to boycott a company because they identify as christian? and that s what chick-fil-a is doing. you talked about them contributing to anti-gay groups. they didn t. they contributed to christian groups that support a traditional definition of marriage.
joann reed, and michael medvd. i tell you, that threw me off playing this colossal game of chicken. i play chicken with a mack truck. the rest of you would have been moved. i think of jay-z. do you think chick-fil-a is promoting institutional bigotry? no, not at all. i think the bigotry that is being shown is the bigotry against chick-fil-a. the president of the company has only said he supports traditional marriage. he supports biblical marriage. have we got toon a point in this country where it s considered acceptable to boycott a company because they identify as christian? and that s what chick-fil-a is doing. you talked about them contributing to anti-gay groups. they didn t. they contributed to christian groups that support a traditional definition of marriage. exodus international? exodus international is a group that believes in reparative therapy for gays and lesbians. that s an anti-gay group. a missionary group. the republicans don t have
governors were elected in 2010. they re not off until 2014. they re making a statement now. they re hoping romney will be elected president with the republican congress and much of this will be disabled, if not absolutely repealed. so, it s a calculation about where things will stand when they have to face the there s another point here. it s not just refusing the medicaid money. many of these governors are playing a game of chicken by not creating exchanges in their states, which mean physical they don t move forward now, the federal government will step in. it s a calculated gamble that they can use this to attack obama care and achieve that political victory. but there s another point to be made here. these are poor voters in this case. the ryan plan to cut medicaid by 20% and turn it back to the states will hit the elderly and those of us who have parents or