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Ill pick up the tab. if i can get the white house doors open for those sixth graders in iowa, ill spend the money. i mean it. this isnt trying to upstage the president. this isnt play ago game. hes playing the political game by saying im closing the white house. hes punishing those kids. how many loopholes could he close of his own? how much spending could he close -- he went golfing with tiger woods. he sent his family to aspen on the same weekend. that cost a lot of money. >> steve: air force ...

Fired, your reaction? >> i think it has back fired and it draws into sharp contrast any american willing to look at the fact that you can have an american people sequester applying common sense, flexibility, making choices, and you would save the money with dramatically less difficulty than this totally absurd obama model which maximizes rigidity and maximizes main. for the one thing, its embarrassing to say this, but this president has been consistently dishonest in a way that absolutely underm...

The daying tactics. it doesnt change a whole lot he will probably be confirmed as the next cia director. he was able to raise his prominence on the national stage. >> eating snickers and jellybeans along the way. >> anything to get you through. it is time to take a look at who is talking now. we are hearing from congressman lewey gomert. the white house an announced because of budget cuts white house tours will be canceled. >> in reaction to this con gu s congressman gomert wants to stop fundi...

>> it absolutely is. in fact just going -- taking a quick trip to andrews air force base, which is where he generally does most of his golfing, just a trip like that is a vastly expensive operation, because you have -- as you mention you have the secret service, you have a massive detail, emergency detail that goes with him. there are helicopters at the ready, if he doesnt actually take a helicopter to get there, which he often does. and i dont think -- i dont think anybody is begrudging that, y...

Wasnt public money. how many fundraisers does he attend every week? i wish i had that kind of time. hes lazy but the media wont report that. let me let both of you weigh in on those strong words from roger van. first to you. >> well, this is the kind of stuff that is really disgusting at the end of the day. first of all, barack obamas hair is white. he looks like the black santa claus who shaved his beard off. you dont go looking from tiger woods to morgan freeman in three years if youre not wor...

Is not -- hes not being held accountable if hell only speak to people who will ask him easy questions. jon: i thought this was the most transparent white house in history. >> ann compton had a great article. she says each year, each president this problem gets worse. you know what real reworries me the fact this this president, mr. transparency is going after leakers, that is whistle-blowers and reporters who publish what they are given, that is a very advertise bushing trend and the white house...

President of the united states. we havent talked to him since last disaster. then the president picked up the phone and he did talk with speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell yesterday. jay carney wouldnt give us any details other than it was a good conversation. >> brian: here is the deal, the president of the united states goes golfing over the weekend even though is looming two weeks away and congress goes on vacation for a week, even though there is clearly warrants extra attention if its some...

Is the security for the balls if i cant take a picture? i dont think theyre -- i agree its not a big deal, but it is a reflex to not show the public things that theyre paying for. >> heres the vicious cycle that i think everyone is locked in. theres a huge collective action problem, right? >> yes. >> the more competitive everything gets, the more theres always going to be some outlet that will accept the restraints and say well not name you. thats a huge problem. that has to be dealt with collec...

Its when hes done golfing that i have trouble. tiger said he was a good putter. that surprises me because in real life t seems hes always asking for gimmes. i guess some days youre out there and the hole just looks as big as the area where bidens brain is supposed to be. some days you just cant miss. >> bill: all right. so you dewpoint have any problem with the president recreating with mr. woods, dubious resume, you dont see any problem there? >> tiger -- he dug women, i dont know. his wife sho...

>> most of them? >> i think there is some fraud. last night about this great america in the 50s, we were dragged into fighting the nazis. somehow you made this myth about this last generation. you and tom brokaw, the greatest generation. the fact is -- >> bill: me and tom brokaw were lumped in together? youre ranting now. i got to go. >> im ranting? thats strange coming from you. >> bill: next on the rundown, as the nanny state rises, can anything be done to stop it? well take a look. later, den...