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These issues did not start in this administration. let us be very clear. >> sean: you are not addressing my question. i am asking about the hyperbole. >> the hyperbole-- i want [overlapping dialogue] >> let me tell you something, this is the first time in our history, a president has been called a liar, in his state of the union speech, we didnt -- wait a minute with nixon, who was put out of office because he lied-- wait a minute. i have a question. >> yes? >> sean: do you really believe th...

Me. >> okay. >> sean: look. i understand hyperbole. and its a political season. but there is something wrong if you manipulate the minds in the case of the elderly or kids with autism and downs syndrome and say that republicans are going to throw your grandmother over the cliff or that run republicans want dirty air and water. or republicans dont care about kids with downs syndrome or autism or the elderly. thats just a lie. there is a difference between hyperbole -- >> yes, it is. >> sean: and ...

Bless these people. im like -- >> sean, they protested me because i sued the epa for holding florida to higher water standards than any other state in the country -- and i won. >> sean: wait a minute. you are a republican and you dont want dirty air and dirty water. the president says that the republicans want dirty air and dirty water. >> sean: there must be something -- [overlapping dialogue] >> not in florida. >> sean: all right. what about all the hyperbole, you have the lunatic movement. no...

The war, and i think that you need to be careful with how you use the words. now i wa bt to urge the folks to say no to hyperbole and cliches aed on the help out, i want to introduce the mhps guide of what n what not to say in political conversation. unless someone is shooting at you or about to drop a bomb on your head, you are not at war. good-bye to the war on women, the war on the poor, the war on terrorism, and other falsely created notions of war. war talk too often distracts us from under...

>> carney pushed back saying the president overseen increase in oil and gas production. >> the comments are not only inaccurate as a representization of characterization of the way the e.p.a. has operated under president obama. they are provably inaccurate. by our record on the issues. >> critics said it unmasked the real approach. >> their view is the government job to crucify the american business, treat private sector businesses like barbarians who have to be conquered and tamed and made exam...

blossomed. and first there was bountygate, now theres spygate. the general manager of the new orleans saints is being accused of bugging the superdome to listen in on visiting coaches. theres talk of criminal charges, but mickey loomis is saying the report is 1,0000 plu false. >> a police dog sent in to end a high speed chase. apparently he worked it out. >> thats some nice maneuvers. up first this morning a dramatic turnaround in the trayvon martin case. the sanford, florida city ...

>> ill tell you this right now, if barack obama becomes the president in november, again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. if you cant galvanize and promote and recruit people to vote for mitt romney, were done. we will be a suburb of indonesia next year. our president and attorney general, vice president, hillary clinton, theyre criminals. we are patriots. we are brave heart. we need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in november. >> well, i would say...

The president and thats why you would be in jail? if nugent says yes, thats what i meant, then they have a case. if he doesnt, i dont think there is enough there. megyn: joey, what is the standard? is it unlawful to make a threat -- im not going to utter the words on national television. but to threaten the president verbally without more? is that a crime? >> no, its not. it has to be willful and knowingly and you have to have the intention to do something to the president. im not suggesting his...

Presidency. we dont want hyperbole against him and therefore the secret service has to do its job. >> they have to investigate any threat, even something like this that has no validity to it. its nugent ranting on. they have to check every threat. megyn: you have to be careful when you make comments. even though you may not be planning on doing anything, a lot of people are listening and not everybody is stable and some people get ideas. you have to be careful when using violent hyperbole. >> yo...

President in november, again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. if you cant gal vannize and promote and recruit people to vote for mitt romney, were done. we will be a suburb of indonesia next year. our president and attorney general, vice president, hillary clinton, theyre criminals. we are patriots. we are brave heart. we need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in november. >> well, i would say that chopping the heads off is probably a hyperbole. what...