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That if president obama gets what he wants, the tax hike on the affluent, me and bernie business owners will go 35%. this isnt a small tax rise, this is 10%er. this is a hit right between the eyes. >> no, bill. i hear this over and over and over again. it isnt 10% the difference between 35 and 45. its 10 percentage points difference is 33%. >> you are correct. 10 percentage points. real quick, the romney trip. media research center, conservative group. have you been critical of them in the past....

This is another stat. that if president obama gets what he wants, the tax hike on the affluent, me and bernie business owners will go 35%. this isnt a small tax rise, this is 10%er. this is a hit right between the eyes. >> no, bill. i hear this over and over and over again. it isnt 10% the difference between 35 and 45. its 10 percentage points difference is 33%. >> you are correct. 10 percentage points. real quick, the romney trip. media research center, conservative group. have you been critica...

why? i will have a fascinating conversation about political beliefs. and china is infamous for stamping out any and all protests. recently they relented and gave these protesters everything they asked for. what in the world? first, heres my take -- culture makes all the difference, said mitt romney at a fundraiser in israel last week. he was comparing the countrys economic vitality with palestinian poverty. certainly there is a pedigree for this idea about culture. romney cited dav...

Did in israel is, you know what, this is another dog whistle back to the base, culture matters. theres a lot in this op-ed that he has in the "national review" that goes back to a lot of these same tropes that are trying to constantly stroke this base to say, you are superior. you are inherently superior because of something hes vaguely calling culture. >> there was one diplomatic expert who was highly impressed by the romney trip. lets listen to ambassador rush limbaugh. >> now the reporters ar...

Machiavellian lead of what he did in israel is, you know what, this is another dog whistle back to the base, culture matters. theres a lot in this op-ed that he has in the "national review" that goes back to a lot of these same tropes that are trying to constantly stroke this base to say, you are superior. you are inherently superior because of something hes vaguely calling culture. >> there was one diplomatic expert who was highly impressed by the romney trip. lets listen to ambassador rush lim...

There is swearing, there is stuff that goes on where people use, you know, bad words. ive been chewed out by democrats as well as republicans when reporting. thats not the problem. the problem is, theyre shutting down access to, as you mentioned, fox news greta van susteren to the "new york times," even though theyre spending tens of thousands of dollars to go and report on the trip. dylan myers looked at then-senator obamas trip, he took 25 questions during his trip from the traveling press cor...

Waged in the past against repressive regimes to try to raise the issue they are there are still repressive regimes that work in parts of europe. he has no opportunity to get that message across because of now the fundamentally corrosive nature of his relationship with his own press corps. >> easiest position for him to take on every front is to be more aggressive, more tough on foreign policy, and at least in words than the president. it doesnt show intelligence, does than show guts. he hasnt on...

Members of the traveling press corps an opportunity to ask him about. >> political downside, though. theres no political downside there, though, chris, for a republican candidate for president who is trying to cut into the jewish vote to, you know, come off as a pandering to miles an hour jews. thats all offside for him. look, i understand the view may be different overseas. but politically for romney jerusalem was the best stop, i think, because he wants to get 35%, perhaps even higher, jewish ...

Anti-terrorism moves since then, getting bin laden and all that. you see now with mitt romney, the same unfamiliarity with foreign affairs and when you are fed a script like he is, goes to jerusalem and says things, he hasnt internalized yet, goes to poland and says things he hasnt internalized yet, you know, you see some -- level of timidness there or uncertainty and it comes off in just the body english you talked about earlier in the show. you know, he -- brought out there, he says these thin...

Boy, we were right. heres the word from romneys spokesman on that leg of the trip. hold your ears. this is official. kiss my -- he yelled to the reporters asking for a word from the candidate. he yelled at the other one -- shove it. these are his people speaking for mitt romney. is this the message for mr. and mrs. north america and all the ships at sea? kiss my -- and shove it? talk about a bad audition. his people wanted to show how well he would behave overseas. so who is the character we hav...