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You think it was the stupidest war we ever fought. but thats just my thinking. what do you think? where were you guys when bush was here? >> well we were there. i think what happened was, i mean it was october 2008. when t.a.r.p. was passed, that the entire, you know, kind of frustration about republicans rose to a real height. and i think that the automobile bailout, and then the takeover and then the stimulus package really drove us out onto the streets in protest. so i think that there was a ...

Documentation? >> okay, okay. youre one of the birthers, then? >> im absolutely not a birther, chris. but the point is that the supporters of president obama have failed to answer in clear, simple terms and it feeds -- it feeds it. >> okay. this is where we start and this is where it gets crazy with a lot of your people. i want to go to ryan on this. this is where it gets wacky. when you were born, was there an announcement in the newspaper that you were born? i dont think there was for me, we w...

That particular constitutional problem. but you add all of these things up together, and you project them out into the future. and youre in a situation where youre not only going to have federal debt exceeding the annual gross domestic product of the country, but youre going to have a federal deficit that is unprecedented. youre going to have federal spending well north of 25% of the total gdp. and those things become simply a bridge too far. they become financially unsustainable, chris. >> that...

The whole birther movement. i think if you look at the polls, over 48% of americans identify themselves as tea parties, while only 42% with barack obama. so i would question that there is a lack of trust there. in the american people generally for him. now, if a certain percentage -- >> three-fifths -- are you one of the birthers? because three-fifths of the tea party people are not willing to simply say, okay, hes another american like me. so why is that the case, ryan? >> i am not a birther. >...

Ago. where is the proper documentation? >> okay, okay. youre one of the birthers, then? >> im absolutely not a birther, chris. but the point is that the supporters of president obama have failed to answer in clear, simple terms and it feeds -- it feeds it. >> okay. this is where we start and this is where it gets crazy with a lots of your people. i want to go to ryan on this. this is where it gets wacky. when you were born, was there an announcement in the newspaper that you were born? i dont th...

Ryan, why do you need a separate party if youve got the republican party if your philosophy is the same? >> i think, i think first of all there are a lot of independents, a very high percentage of independents involved as well. and i would say that you know, we represent a limited government. group of people that support the constitution. and believe in good governance and transparency, which i think is an overwhelming majority of americans. >> arent you guys with john boehner and mitch mcconnel...

>> reporter: now, who are the tea party people? "the new york times" and cbs news took a look at what this movement is comprised of. its about 18% of the american people who say theyre part of this movement disproportionately male, white, older and interestingly, larry, high income. you have about 20% of the members of the tea party movement saying they make more than $100,000. and its going to be very interesting to watch over the next few months as we get into 2011 especially as to w...

when we do. so i believe its more important to ramp up our capabilities to reach and operate at a series of increasingly demanding targets. while advancing our technological capabilities with each step forward. and thats what this strategy does. >> well i guess the big question is, are we still the great space pioneers we were under kennedy? kennedy launched us to the mooned a we got there under nixon. we loved it. are we still going to be the leaders in space 10, 20 years from now, se...

so i believe its more important to ramp up our capabilities to reach and operate at a series of increasingly demanding targets. while advancing our technological capabilities with each step forward. and thats what this strategy does. >> well i guess the big question is, are we still the great space pioneers we were under kennedy? kennedy launched us to the moon. we got there under nixon. we loved it. are we still going to be the leaders in space 10, 20 years from now, senator nelson? >...

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