field. >> how did you vote on that? >> i voted against it, because prior votes i had taken had been to eliminate all subsidies. and here is the situation. i'd like to see us lower our corporate tax rate so we can be more competitive. here we are, the president talking about 37 months of unemployme unemployment. that's a problem for the president. >> am i allowed to ask a question about not only her vote but also the -- >> of course you are. it's a conversation. i will sit here like a potted plant like i always do and let you continue parroting the mainstream media line. i was just trying to cut through because i'm the one person i think in mainstream media that actually is not giving the president a free pass on gas prices. >> republicans who would say it's such a bad time to get rid of the subsidies for big oil who have made, i don't know, $80 billion in profits and are making even more profits in this year and the next quarter, and most of those republicans who