i see, and i ve looked at it several times, i was starting to say one word and i sort of came up with a different word and moved on. this is the result of running with scissors. this is here s the thing, and i m sure people at home would say, just because they re black, they re liberal, whatever, they don t know our politics. you know, they see we re african-american. the tape plays a story. if you play the tape, you hear what he said. so what gives here? the narrative that seems to be coming out of this gop field seems to be that we don t want to give our hard-earn dollars to people who don t work, to people who are lazy, to people who are, you know, involved in criminal behavior, to other people who have not earned what we have earned. that seems to be what newt gingrich is saying. that seems to be what ron paul has been saying. it certainly seems to be what our friend, rick santorum, was saying on that tape.
pennsylvania. sara, people think that excuse is pretty flimsy. reporter: yeah, don, what happened yesterday at the announcement for the new head football coach, the one that will replace interim coach tom bradley, who replaced joe paterno when he was fired just a few days after the jerry sandusky scandal began to unfold, so rodney erickson was asked this question by reporters at an intimate question-and-answer session after the announcement. he was asked the question, how could penn state officials, such as yourself, be caught so off guard when this was news that, you know, people in pennsylvania were talking about, and that was re-published in several publications back in march. he said what he has said all along. he said, i did not know penn state was involved in this scandal until i read the grand jury report in november. he then refused to follow up a question about the patriot-news article in march. he went to another reporter. his press secretary basically said one
now is testing missiles in the strait of hormuz in the persian gulf or near there, and i bring that up the thought of ron paul saying we should remove ourselves from the middle east, militarily, that cannot bode well for ron paul running for president. can it? guest: the timing, maybe it is providence, or coincidencal, but the overheated turmoil right now in the middle east, i think, is showing us that we need a candidate who will be strong with foreign policy when it comes to protecting our allies in the middle east, and, also, when it comes to doing all that we can to develop our own resources so we are not reliant on the countries in the middle east to produce for us and, you know, again, it goes without saying that ron paul is not necessarily the one to threaten our military, or to necessarily protect our ally, israel, but
do you think he will do something like that? if he did where would your support lie? guest: well, i m getting pretty sick and tired of people condemning and cutting down donald trump for calling it like he sees it and exercising his right as an american to express his views even via talking about a third party candidacy. i could not do that because i believe personally a third party candidacy will allow greater assurance that president obama would be reelected and that is the last thing on earth i want do see happen. but, would donald trump, he has been a fiscal conservative in his ideas that he has supported, and that he has progressed as he flirted with the idea of running in the primary and until he switched to his voter registration to independent, he was a strong supporter of many of the we republican candidates and a last them turned on him. i think, unfairly.
eric: governor, iran right now is testing missiles in the strait of hormuz in the persian gulf or near there, and i bring that up the thought of ron paul saying we should remove ourselves from the middle east, militarily, that cannot bode well for ron paul running for president. can it? guest: the timing, maybe it is providence, or coincidencal, but the overheated turmoil right now in the middle east, i think, is showing us that we need a candidate who will be strong with foreign policy when it comes to protecting our allies in the middle east, and, also, when it comes to doing all that we can to develop our own resources so we are not reliant on the countries in the middle east to produce for us and, you know, again, it goes without saying that ron paul is not necessarily the one to threaten our military, or to necessarily