but they have no concept of the regular wage earners in country. you see only 2% of households make more than $250 grande year. less than 2%. the median household income in the united states in 2008, i think that was a bush year, was a little more than $52,000 a year. for them to say that $250 grande year isn t rich, well that is just elitist psycho talk. the tan man takes a mulligan on tax cuts and he s got his party fuming about it. house majority whip, jim clyburn. the former speaker the newtster, mr. immoral, just stooped to a new low. we ll get rapid-fire sponse this fraud. plus, the beckter sees lefty violence in the future. i wonder if he s getting any intel reports. and republican parents around the country are hiding their kids from the president because he s going to speak to
welcome back to the the ed show. the battleground story tonight, well the tan man, mr. bane sergetting it from all sides after his ash parent flip-flop on tax cuts. after beating the drum about not letting tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire, boehner went on the sunday shows and said that, well, he would be willing to compromise. yeah, right. at the only option they have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, i ll vote for them. but i d been making the point now for months that we need to extend all the current rates for all americans. uh-oh, boehner s out of family. boehner s possible compromise on tax cuts, isn t sitting very well with republicans. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says every republican senator will oppose any plan that didn t extend the tax cuts for the top 2%, the rich.
that s not what the american people want. yeah. and so i think we not going to let mr. boehner hide behind his words. we re going to sign on his actions. okay. well, the president was in cleveland just last week. made a strong pitch for tax cuts for middle the middle class. absolutely. and i kind of sense that maybe the republicans went home and got an earful on this vacation, this work vacation, did some polling and found out that they re on the wrong side of the issue. maybe they have to give a little bit. is this a soft underbelly for them, what do you think? that s exactly right. in fact, i went to cleveland the day after the president was there. went over to canton, ohio, youngstown, cincinnati, and i can tell you that the president s proposals are resonating throughout ohio, and i really believe that mr. boehner, being a representative from ohio, got an earful and that s why we heard what he said on sunday. but, still, he s not given up on extending this tax cut to th
so this is a dangerous nathyour opjoin know, that the republican party is taking right now. in the short term it s maybe a profitable path because the electorate that comes now the november, it will be older, whiter know that the country as a whole. okay. but there will be other elections in which more people take part and there s a long future and we want the republican party that can appeal to the future majority, not just the old majority. and 31% of republicans believe that president obama is muslim. these are this was from a pew poll from august. just amazing. well it s a new newt gingrich. very radical. and i sense that you know he knows he s not going to get the nomination so he ll just take this wing into the party and do the best that he can. what do you think? i don t think that he believes that. okay. i think that he believes that he will get the nomination and this is part of the strategy and i don t know why we can t attack the president as a spender, a t