everybody s imbued with that history. everybody knows sally jefferson had slaves, they all did, madison, all had slaves up to the civil war, why did she say the founding fathers were opposed to slavery and fought to get rid of it unless she s involved with some weird fundamentalism that believes the founding fathers were part of the old testament? apparently, one of the things she was reading said the founding fathers didn t really free the slaves because they knew it would be difficult for them. they were trading in slaves. back to you, alex, you had a strong feeling on this, i know. this slaving thing is essential to our understanding of who we are as a country. it s our original sin, we re still trying to get past. not part of the dna of america, and somebody who has studied under folks who said africa was the land of pagans
december 1, 2008. it s now lost almost 2,000 points over the past two weeks. 2,000 points lost in two weeks. the president came out this afternoon and blamed the tea party. he may be right. what we need now is not blame but leadership. we need the president to produce, i think, saying this tonight, a two-point plan. a job creation plan for the short run and, two, just as important, a debt reduction plan for the long term. come out with the plan now. yes, cuts and entitlements, also make the wealthy pay their fair share and dare the republicans to say no. corporations and the rich don t have to contribute. say that, mr. republican. just the poor. the middle class and the elderly. this is the american people and money watchers know where the president wants to take us. what would turn around the markets? our big question of the night. what steps would give the world confidence that we ve got our act together here in america? we re going to look at this from two angles. washingt
it s now lost almost 2,000 points over the past two weeks. 2,000 points lost in two weeks. the president came out this afternoon and blamed the tea party. he may be right. what we need now is not blame but leadership. we need the president to produce, i think, saying this tonight, a two-point plan. a job creation plan for the short run and, two, just as important, a debt reduction plan for the long term. come out with the plan now. yes, cuts and entitlements, also make the wealthy pay their fair share and dare the republicans to say no. corporations and the rich don t have to contribute. say that, mr. republican. just the poor. the middle class and the elderly. this is the american people and money watchers know where the president wants to take us. what would turn around the markets? our big question of the night. what steps would give the world confidence that we ve got our act together here in america? we re going to look at this from two angles. washington and wall street