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Idea that gingrich articulated very well, obama poses a secular, socialist threat to america. its not issue by issue. >> is there no mention of bart stupak retiring, no mention of john paul stevens retiring. they are in new orleans. has there been significant mention of hurricane katrina? >> actually, none. no. and there are people sporting george w. bush buttons, and some of those shirts saying, do you miss me yet, with bushs face on it, which is not the least offensive shirt you can wear in ne...

Unrepresentative left wing dedicated to a secular, socialist future. and what really got me to understand how different this period is, i believe this is the most serious conflict since the 1850s. and the reason i say that is, the american people by last summer began to send a signal. they went to town hall meetings, they formed tea parties, the polling numbers got worse and worse. and the answer of the democrats was to cancel town hall meetings, lie about the tea parties, and tell all their mem...

The u.s. military has its role in providing security. that role is less and less. the institutions of the iraqi state havent worked for years. the iraqis are looking for secular leadership. thats why they made this vote. theyre not out of the woods yet. this will be a volatile period. while allawi is putting together a government, assuming he stays in the lead and the results arent overturned, this formation of government is also volatile. >> i know youre keeping close tabs on whats happening th...

Tonight. everybody who sees the show should see what you just showed us. that was so amazing. and so we make it so. nbcs chief foreign correspondent richard engel, richard, thank you for hijacking the meeting today. >> this is the reward. >> im sorry, but it was awesome. >> it was really important what happened today. >> i want you to explain the whole thing again. just do go and do it. >> so today, they announced the election results of the election in iraq. game changing. probably the most imp...

Stability. >> its a secular government, first and foremost, it includes the sunnis, and it is much more american leaning. allawi in general leans toward washington. the other parties lean toward iran. so it is a radically different thing. because right now the government thats in power and that has been in power the last several years has been a pretty religious, pretty iran-leaning government that excluded the shiites -- the sunnis, rather. now youll have a different kind of a government, inclu...

Allawi, either, it gives him a shot at forming a coalition government. ha does it mean? more than you might think. were fortunate to have our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, in the building. ha does it mean? >> reporter: it potentially means a tidal shift in politics in iraq. this is the most significant development in iraq perhaps in several years. what were seeing now is if it holds, allawi i emerging as the most powerful political figure in iraq, potentially the next prime ministe...

It sounds like today. theyre in the minority. they said to have this, you have to be secular and we have to make government secular and the provider. church cant be the provider. the only reason we did it to think secular and then government rather than church. they move in a liberal thing that says we have to be secular. they went through and great hearings in congress in 1853 and 1854 on this issue. should we be secular and do this? congress, judiciary committee said no. 16-page report. cool h...

Creator this is the result of your government. paine with the change. >> glenn: he went to jail for it. >> he did. got in trouble, the french revolution and tried to get washington to get out. trouble with it. change with paine. part came from franklin. franklin jumped paine in 1790 and said thomas, youre saying secular does this stuff. you claim to be religious and have the integrity and courage and loyalty and say you have it without religion. but you were raised in religious schools and where...

Creator this is the result of your government. paine with the change. >> glenn: he went to jail for it. >> he did. got in trouble, the french revolution and tried to get washington to get out. trouble with it. change with paine. part came from franklin. franklin jumped paine in 1790 and said thomas, youre saying secular does this stuff. you claim to be religious and have the integrity and courage and loyalty and say you have it without religion. but you were raised in religious schools and where...

Theyre in the minority. they said to have this, you have to be secular and we have to make government secular and the provider. church cant be the provider. the only reason we did it to think secular and then government rather than church. they move in a liberal thing that says we have to be secular. they went through and great hearings in congress in 1853 and 1854 on this issue. should we be secular and do this? congress, judiciary committee said no. 16-page report. cool hisser ral report. get ...