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Subsidies. so yes, it is very complicated. i dont think -- again, this is not -- this didnt blow up in a way anyone wanted. if they were going ahead with this, its not going to stay a secret. if they did it, everyone would know who did it. they would have to claim ownership of it. fred davis who has been behind this plan and who wrote this plan, which i think most people -- the details of that plan are what was especially surprising to see. it was very detailed. it was very specific. things that...

>> did you hear that, come in here. you hear what sean says, hes one of these people. >> there are people that believe this stuff, but they were not going to vote for barack obama. >> it puts mitt romney in a difficult position. >> here is romney, well educated, here is what he thinks. he brought up reverend wright in a radio interview in february, honoring black history month responding to comments about the president and the countrys increasing diversity. he is too secular, listening to his pr...

Was. >> okay. >> that was weak. >> that was weak. >> that is not -- now, mitt romney, the reporter was asking about a february 7th interview with sean hannity. this is what romney said in that interview. >> im not sure which is worse, him listening to reverend wright or him saying that we must be a less christian nation. >> now -- >> he thats wrong. >> okay. to go back further in time, that was remarks president obama made in 2008 where he said whatever we once were, we are no longer a christian...

Brought it up in the first place as if republicans were robbing them from it. thats the most illogical thing that ive heard of to date and he doubled down on it yesterday is unthinkable. did you notice he was looking straight ahead and his prompter was on the left and right? i dont know what hes supposed to be saying. when hes looking straight, turn out the lights. >> another illogical thing, apparently when i was talking about marijuana, its thc. >> what did you call it? >> h -- whatever was in...

Defeat of barack hussein obama. the ricketts plan to end his spending for good. thats the title of hit. the ricketts plan was to be funded by a crazy billionaire named joe ricketts. the founder of td emeritrade. and the owner of the chicago cubs if you feel like canceling season tickets, go ahead. the attack on president obama was to center on his past relationship with the reverend jeremiah wright. the plan describes wrights preaching as black liberation theology and calls president obama a met...

Million for a bunch of ads to do this. essentially to redefine who our current president of the united states barack obama is and one of the ideas is to argue that barack obama is incapable of making good decisions not because he was misguided, but because his world view was shaped by reverend wright who taught him that america was the problem. of course, reverend wright in the news right now because hes featured in that new ed klein book that suggests he was offered $150,000 to shut up before t...

But misunderstanding where the country is right now. but lets be very clear, lawrence, about what this was about. this was about a back door way to inject race and fear into this campaign and to have a character assassination. remember. all of this is tied to a website thats called character matters which is part of this whole strategy. thats what this is. we should be very clear. this is about injecting race into this contest. >> lets listen to what mitt romney actually said about reverend wrig...

Republicans keep? youre basically a reflection of them and that means that you will be a reflection of them when they start with their super pac ads. >> well, i congratulate mr. romney for rejecting this approach. but the fact is that a few months ago mr. romney was bringing up the reverend wright on the hannity show. so, the fact is, thomas, what this shows is the destructive effects of the citizens united decision. i think it was one of the most destructive decisions ever to come out of the su...

Who would like to see america more secular. >> you had an interview with sean hannity in february. you said that you thought obama was trying to make america a less christian nation. it was responding to a quote that he had played for you on the radio. do you stand by that? and do you believe that president obamas world view was achieved by reverend wright? >> im actually going to -- im not familiar precisely with exactly what i said. but i stand by what i said whatever it was. >> dorian warren,...

>> but rather problems that confront us all. the day begun with the revelation of a plan of attack against president obama that republicans began to disown quickly and mitt romney demonstrating his usual followship instead of leadership took his position only when it became absolutely clear he had no other choice. on the campaign plane this morning, romney was asked about the new plan of attack against president obama. and this was his reaction. >> have you seen the report in the times this mo...