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I also understand this is an interesting, you know, tactic. you know, to keep him in line. but i had the feeling as i was watching this do you understand youre doing this in public, we can see what youre doing here? i mean, this is great. paul, you got your tax cuts. but have a little pride. just a little bit of dignity left when all this is over. >> we know forever that republicans fall in line, democrats fall in love. but they looked like they were falling in love. orrin hatch said i love you,...

So who is america to believe? believe when you are speaking to your friends, your audience, your group, you are who you are. when that track record plays out, you are pandering when you are in philadelphia-- let me go back to juan. >> you are in philadelphia, talking to a 71% white country. you pander, keeping your base and acolytes where they are. >> sean: juan, you said, you dont have any problem with the way he speaks differently in front of different audiences, explain why thats acceptable...

So who is america to believe? believe when you are speaking to your friends, your audience, your group, you are who you are. when that track record plays out, you are pandering when you are in philadelphia-- let me go back to juan. >> you are in philadelphia, talking to a 71% white country. you pander, keeping your base and acolytes where they are. >> sean: juan, you said, you dont have any problem with the way he speaks differently in front of different audiences, explain why thats acceptable...

He wants his record and the things he does to speak for himself and im not sure that would fly this time around. >> in terms of content, when he wasnt an extremist, was he? i mean, todays republican party requires that you pander to a particular wing aggressively. thats what we have seen throughout this primary season. >> yeah. i think thats probably why at the time he probably upset a lot of people because i think that thats -- best thing he did was the decision based on what he thought was bes...

Same thing on the left as republicans used to do on the right, pander to their base using social issues? >> if they do, i think it will be a mistake, just like if the republicans pushed it. this is a different world right now. people are out of work, people are frightened. we are going broke as a country and i think people in their guts know that. whether you pander to the right or to the left with social issues, i think strategically it will backfire politically. >> i agree. it is the economy, ...

Shot president reagan or to serial killers or to bernie madoff, the precedent you set in doing so can someday end thusly, someday for some crap reason somebody will be able to arrest you mr. mccain and claim you are not entitled to your miranda rights and perhaps you should be tried by a military court. while you pander to a group that tries to dress up bitching as paying their fair share of taxes that the government is taking away freedom, you propose that government should take away freedom. y...

Lunatic fringe in arizona. this man, whatever other reprehensible thing he appears to be, is an american citizen. and if you can decide that he shouldnt have the same rights we would give to the man that shot president reagan or to serial killers or to bernie madoff, the precedent you set in doing so can someday end thusly, someday for some crap reason somebody will be able to arrest you mr. mccain and claim you are not entitled to your miranda rights and perhaps you should be tried by a militar...

Serial killers or to4y bernie madoff, the precedent you set in doing so can someday end thusly, someday for some crap reason somebody will be able to arrest you mr. mccain and claim you are not entitled to your miranda rights and perhaps you should be tried by a military court. while you pander to a group that tries to dress up bitching as paying their fair share of taxes that the government is taking away freedom, you take away freedom. you shame yourself in the eyes of your fellow veterans an...

So i think that points out the difficulty of, you know, if you pander to a hard right constituency it leaves you in a really difficult place in the general election because a lot of people older folks who hear repeal arent going to parse your talking points. they will hear the word repeal and be worried you are going to take away their health care. >> this i think goes back to the point that david fromm was talking about. before he got himself fired by conservatives everywhere, that there was no...