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That only 43% of likely voters believe that president obama sees his country as noble? does that trouble you? >> it does not -- i know mr. obama. and he believes in this country. and he is loyal to this country. i think people who take issue in this fashion have an agenda. thats not the american agenda. >> bill: thats an awful lot of people that dont think that he thinks. what im trying to get across is perception may be reality. if you go into a church where the pastor is preaching about the or...

Was trained in the same church that i was trained in. >> bill: okay, thats good. im glad you know him. he is an activist. he is a racial activist. and, indeed, you know, when he made his sermon on easter sunday, he brought up the constitutions flaw and, you know, people are saying well, listen. >> bill, thats a part of our history its in our d.n.a. as a nation. >> bill: why in the context of easter and reverend wright and how much that damaged the president. >> prophetic preachers in this africa...

Analyst of this whole thing. i guess it did surprise me. i keep going back to the question of where did it come from? al gore in the campaign against dukakis. what does it mean? >> it means it actually doesnt matter where it starts. it starts with somebody who doesnt like whoever the target is of the smear. but the question is where does it go from there and how does it develop, who elaborates it and who believes in it who exploits it. >> you won a pulitzer prize for writing about the 08 campaig...

Analyst of this whole thing. i guess it did surprise me. i keep going back to the question of where did it come from? al gore in the campaign against dukakis. what does it mean? it means it actually doesnt matter where it starts. it starts with somebody who doesnt like whoever the target is of the smear. but the question is where does it go from there and how does it develop, who elaborates it and who believes it and who exploits it. >> you won a pulitzer prize for writing about the 08 campaign....

>> he is brilliant. >> a business leader. good communicator. knows what he believes and thinks not as the executive ability. but when you think about it, it is right. the sadness that barack obama would represent the first black president when you think 20 years in reverend wrights church what does that have to do with what the average african american? >> why is this a race issue. i think it is unfortunate that he says a real black american. barack obama is a black american. we dont need to hav...

Him. he is not another guy who is trying to figure out where he should stand. he is not looking at the board and moving pieces around. he just says what he believes which is kind of refreshing. >> sean: which the other candidates are. >> the larger point and i think it is sad that our first black president is barack obama. you have to remember he may not yet be a serious candidate but he is a serious man, herman cain. i interviewed tim. >> he is brilliant. >> a business leader. good communicator...

30% giving him poor marks. there is no question president t obamas leadership is in question but why? if you analyze independent americans you see a common theme emerging. many ideological people simply do thought know what mr. obama thinks of his country. dolls he believe we have an exceptional nation as he said the other night? or does he think we have an unjust society? certainly obama care and other liberal programs he champions are designed to redistribute wealth to those who have not prosp...

30% giving him poor marks. there is no question president t obamas leadership is in question but why? if you analyze independent americans you see a common theme emerging. many ideological people simply do thought know what mr. obama thinks of his country. dolls he believe we have an exceptional nation as he said the other night? or does he think we have an unjust society? certainly obama care and other liberal programs he champions are designed to redistribute wealth to those who have not prosp...

Jordan, we also have -- what is this? gentlemen. -- yemen, somalia. bahrain was on fire at the time. and the president is saying yes, rise up in the streets. but remember, he didnt do it with iran. so he unleashes, he takes out, like or hate mubarak, and i hated him, but he was the keystone of stability holding down israel. libya, when he says rise up, youth of libia, they start to rise up. it takes him ten days to speak out. this is all old news. you know all of this. this hasnt seemed right, b...

Respect strangely reverend wright, because he hasnt tried to hide his radical ideas. he is saying them. he is that the president is hiding his now to "appease the jews." this has been a consistent message. he has been consistent. theres really only picture of reverend wright and obama up, and only one of these two is telling us who they really are. now this is where the president gets his understanding of collective salvation. while he was at this mans church, reverend wright went to visit muamm...