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Are nato, with all due respect to our french and british allies, who are showing courage and bravery in the endeavor, without the u.s. nato does not function and cant work and absolutely we want to work alongside them and were pleased theyve taken the position they have in this regard, but, ultimately, the u.s. has capabilities that france and britain do not have, particularly militarily. and, without those capabilities engaged in this endeavor it will be impossible to accomplish the goals of th...

>> bill: this poll is flawed. >> this poll is flawed. republicans had better be clear about. this we had a problem in the 1950s with the john birch society it took bill buckley standing up as a strong conservative and taking them on. within our party we have to be very careful about allowing these people who are the birthers and the 9/11 deniers to get too high a profile and saying too much without setting the record straight. >> bill: what percentage of republican voters? 5%? 10%? >> whatever i...

>> this poll is flawed. republicans had better be clear about. this we had a problem in the 1950s with the john birch society it took bill buckley standing up as a strong conservative and taking them on. within our party we have to be very careful about allowing these people who are the birthers and the 9/11 deniers to get too high a profile and saying too much without setting the record straight. >> bill: what percentage of republican voters? 5%? 10%? >> whatever it is it ought to be less. stop...

For a second. lets go to the white house on down there. apparently was some kind of a collaboration, discussion between a white house liaison with the ag department somewhere in that symbiosis the decision was made by secretary vilsack to sack this woman, to sack shirley sherrod. what do you make -- what do you think it tells us about the way they made this designatures last day or so? >> well, it tells us that race has quietly become a political football here. i mean, i dont know if the obama a...

The tras tt stion financi ree depublicanbetignatures are to hold. >> and if you look closely at the letter, theyre saying, were willing to come along. >> i think, deliver pleasure slowly and pain quickly. but isnt it smart to make republicans pay over the whole summer, stretch out the fight? >> absolutely, they made a big bet -- >> can he win all summer on this fight or is it going to be gone in a couple of days? >> i was talking to someone yesterday, one of the reasons theyre pushing so hard is...

Retirement. the republicans want to fight about everything because they feel the tide of history sz on their side now. >> what do you think this could do to the political landscape in washington? how long will this take? is the president about to warm up for a new fight? >> the president likes the fight. i think he likes it. its his job. hes not a referee. hes a fighter. hes out there in the ring and he likes being out there in the ring and i think people around him really like being out in the ...

Van hollen and eric cantor after this program. "fox news sunday" airs at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. president obama has been clear on who he thinks is to blame for rising health insurance costs. >> insurance companies continue to ration healthcare based on who is sick and who is healthy, on who can pay and who cant pay. that is the status quo in america. its a status quo that is unsustainable. >> brian: is it smart for white house to take on healthcare companies so close to this possible v...

And ridiculous. >> sources on capitol hill say that current harassment claim against massa are just the tip of the iceberg. that makes the apparent right-wing embrace of massa even more jarring. mark whitaker is nbc news washington bureau chief and, mark, to be fair we dont know exactly what glenn beck is going to ask massa. but glenn beck has been promoting this. is it smart? >> well, we will see what he does with it. yesterday the right was rushing to embrace massa because of his criticism to ...

Somebody said the president said to john boehner you just want to kill all these bills. now, you say that is true. that is what you want to do, kill all obamas bills. you said it two minutes ago. >> read the whole quote. what the quote was specifically talking about was environmental legislation, cap-and-trade, the health care bill. absolutely. >> thats right. were on the same page. is it smart for the public to know -- >> yeah. >> to know you want to kill the bills. >> here is why. there are tw...

Quote, boehner reportedly said that concern over democratic policies, tax increases health care overhaul and global warming legislation was hurting the economy. this got under the presidents skin. the gop source said, quoting, you want to kill all of these bills. you said this is true, by the way. that is what you want to do, kill all obamas bills. you said it two minutes ago. >> what the quote was specifically talking about was environmental legislation. it was cap and trade. it had the health ...