political gain can lead to what we saw in the bronx or the tragic suicide of a young gay man in new jersey recently. gay people should never have to walk around with targets on their backs. the republicans, they see it differently. and i think that they need to join the rest of us in the 21st century when it comes to inclusiveness and understanding. that all men, mr. paladino, are created equal in the eyes of the lord. in case you missed that big rally on august 28th. get your cells out, i want to know what you think about this, folks. tonight s text survey question is would you vote for a politician who has made homophobic statements? text a for yes. text b for no 622639. we ll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now is christopher barron, the chairman of go pride, represents gay conservatives and is committed to a conservative agenda. chris, good to have you with us tonight. how conflicted are you by what
tonight s text survey question is, do you think christine o donnell is just like you? text a for yes. text b for no. 622639, we ll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now is jonathan alter, national affairs columnist newsweek and msnbc political analyst. well hi, ed. say, jonathan, that we have a we have a bevy, a collection of very unusual candidates this year. but the question is, will the anger, will the anger of the voters push the quality of the candidates to the side and may they focus on just the change. what do you think? it may be. look, it s too soon to know whether the house is going to go, republican. the sen sat not going to go republican unless something totally different happens in the next few weeks so it s touch and go in the house of representatives. i think that liberals and democrats have to be careful about making this argument on intelligence.
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2nd. god bless america. god bless our troops for keeping us safe. let s move forward for the country. last saturday in washington, d.c., and i want to thank all of the people around the country who have e-mailed our show saying that they wanted to be there but they couldn t be th e there. in some cities across america they did rally and it was quite a turnout. hopefully this will motivate democrats to move forward. it was a thrill. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think, folks. tonight s text survey question is, do you believe our country s best days are ahead of us? text a for no. text b for no. joining me now is reverend al sharpton, president of the action networkane featured station at the nation rally. we should feature yours. you were getting at it too.