in terms of what ted strickland said, though, today, about how governor christie s office ought to stop attacking the news outlets who are reporting on the scandal and the people who are investigating it, governor christie s office kept that writeup today. they released this broadside attack on new york times reporter kate zernike after she made an appearance on msnbc. in the governor s press release his office attacks what he describes as, the new york times myths about the scandal ascandal and a special counsel hired by the legislature, in a unanimous vote, 100% bipartisan vote. the governor s office today calls that special counsel, the democrats lawyer. is that what he is? just the lawyers for the democrats. the way governor christie kept up a steady stream on people reporting this story and people investigating this scandal while the governor, himself, keeps saying in public how much he s cooperating and how much he wants to get to the bottom of all it, that paradox, that
egt targeted at the young. i m alex and this is marsha. i take blood pressure medication. and beta blockers. fortunately we don t have to pay for it. no, you do. you young people are paying for our drugs and doctors. not to mention our social security and medicare when we retire to boca. you know why? because you don t vote. and we do. hope you enjoy that burning guy festival. come on, let s find that. the affordable care act. maybe next time pick up a newspaper. yeah, pick up a newspaper. and a ballot. i said the people who can change policy are the people who vote. you don t vote. you don t have a voice. by the way, interesting to note when the late night comediennes are no longer afraid to take on president obama and obama care, he and his health care program are in real trouble. and they are.
but it s just what people believe. but if that is all you will do and that is a narrow component for you and you are legislating and trying to figure out policy, you restrict the opportunities that you have to focus on things that will actually make a difference and get them done. when you use it as a vehicle not to pass legislation or not to cooperate or have bipartisan support or engagement you end up right where we are. but if there is a bill in the house tomorrow to cut social security benefits by 50%. right. starting in a month, right? you say that is getting something done. we ll come together for the country and do that and don t be ideologically intransient and get nothing done but if you don t vote for the bill we re talking about how we should be voting on this and
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94 assault weapons ban who really did get blindsided by what the cost of that vote was in terms of the nra coming after them. i want to play a clip of jim moran talking about the nra s political power. take a look. that this is going to happen, it is going to have to happen from the bottom up. you said it must come from the bottom up. what do you mean by that? what i mean is that there are 300 of my colleagues in the house who have an a rating from the nra. i think most of them are frankly intimidated by the nra because they know that the nra responds not so much to its membership but to the manufacturers, the people who pay the executives salaries. and the reason they re intimidated is that the nra has shown that it will spend unlimited amounts of money in their district whether to defeat them in a primary or a general election. are you worried about that?