Who disagrees will be imprisoned and tortured. Bens any rodman shout down with george sound you make when you neez. He lost power and stuff like that but he just hes just a great guy. A great guy. Rodman doesnt think all human rights abusers are great people. Im done talk now. Michael brett you get three points for that drunk. Someone is always in our war room, check us out on line at current. Com. Thats also where you can link up to our twitter and Facebook Page and check out our exclusive web extras. The tie goes now but i stay because im hosting the young turks right now. Have a great right. Kwlooir blooifrn [ theme music ] michael welcome to the young turks. We have a fantastic show planned for you from san francisco. Mitt romney had finally speaks. He goes on television, and like jimmy cracking corn, i dont care. I look at what is going on now and it kills me not to be there. Not to be in the white house doing what needs to be done. Michael are they going to stop nark, nark on heavens door. Obama it doesnt make sense to focus on recreational drug use. Michael and then it franken fish. Theyre making a jurassic fish, an enormous fish. A fish that could literally eat pittsburgh. Shades of jurassic park, this is a real life fresh water farm altering the genes not of dinosaurs, but instead growing a dnaaltered saltwater fish. Michael ladies and gentlemen, its the young turks, its monday, and its go time. [ music ] michael you know watching this weekend. Its incredible, just as if mitt romney just doesnt get it. Its been months and moss, and he has had so much time to think about it, and so many months to be graceful, which he has not been at all. This is mitt romney talking shock of shock, to fox news. I looks at what is happening right now and it kills me not to be there not to be in the white house doing what needs to be done. The president is the leader of the nation. The president brings people together. Does the deals does the trades, knocks the heads together. The president leads, and i dont see that kind of leadership happening. Michael yeah, because if you were there mitt, there would be leadership dripping out of the white house, no problems at all. I think people are still looking at the romneys and theyre grateful that theyre not in the white house the majority, minus the 47 of the rest of them. To help break this down, to help talk about mitt romney is our friend and current correspondent correspondent, david shuster. Great to be with the current primetime known as the Michael Shure news blocks. Michael im glad to have you in here for a little relief, but were having a good time. I almost had forgotten about him, mitt. What is his purpose, is it to rehab his own image or to help the republicans which i dont know if they would want his help. I think hes starved for attention. The easiest way to do that is to still prove that you dont know basic math. There is mitt romney saying, i thought we would win ohio. He won this race 320 electoral votes to 206. If he had won ohio, if he had won virginia, if he had won florida, he still would have lost. He cant add basic math. Michael its not like this was even close. He speaks about it as if he just miss. The lack of grace and the lack of saying, you know what, the country selected barack obama, and we move forward there is almost a bitterness. It speaks to the entitlement and you and others and i, cenk, we spoke about all campaign long. This guy felt like he deserved the presidency, didnt get it, and hes still whining about it. And his wife is still whining about the media. The thing that is disappointing about this. They can blame other people but at some point they have to recognize that 3. 5 million americans voted for barack obama. Mitt romneys Approval Ratings were fine. Its his policies were not liked. They can say the media caricatured him, whatever they want to believe but at the end of the day by election day the americans had a very clear choice of what policies they wanted this country to pursue, and they decided not to pursue the policies of mitt romney. The fact that they cant understand that, and theyre whining and blaming other people, whoa woe is me. You think of the alternative wow, im glad that guy lost. Michael you talk about blaming other people. Its not just mitt, his wife ann went on to blame ann blames the media. Im happy to blame the media. Do you think the media was in the tank for barack obama . I think that any time youre running for office you always think that youre being portrayed unfairly. And we, of course, on our side believe there is more bias in favor of the other side. I think that a pretty universal universally felt opinion. Michael yeah, david, speak to that. Well, i think ann romney is just, by most accounts, by the accounts of a lot of people who saw this interview shes being delusional. You look at fox news, the most partisan media of all. They were totally in the tank for mitt romney. You had republican pundits claimed that mitt romney was going to win by a landslide and there is nothing more you can do to get people at the polls than to portray him as the winner. They claim its the medias fault. If the media hadnicer that he wouldnt have been nicer. It shows our out of touch they are when it comes to the american landscape. Its not about the media. Its not about other people. Its about them and their policies that were soundly rejected. Michael god bless them, i think it will make everyone happy to have that be the case. Whether youre biased or not probably feels that the 47 issue was a big problem for mitt romney no matter what. Heres the former governor, former candidate talking about that. It was a very unfortunate statement that i made. Its not what i meant. I didnt express myself as i wished i would have. You know, when you speak in private, you dont spend as much time thinking about how something could be twisted and distorted and could come out wrong, and be used, but you know i did and it was very harmful. What i said is not what i believe. Obviously, my whole campaign, my whole life has been devoted to helping people, all the people. Michael what i said is not what i believe, like healthcare, i guess. He was speaking to a group of millionaires in south of florida, and he was trying to say stuff that they would like to hear. It doesnt matter what he really believes. Thats the leadership he wanted us to have in the white house . It took him ten days before he would finally renounce those comments. He didnt immediately say oh, my god, i made a terrible mistake im sorry. First he didnt address it. Then he hemmed a hawed, and then he only has himself to blame. He was the one, by the way he handled it, that kept this thing going. Michael thats a great point. There was that lag time of what happened, when he talked about it, and that was totally inappropriate. Hes complaining about something that he says in private. Hes running for president. Hes speaking to a room full of people. There is no privacy mr. Candidate, when that happens. Lets talk about something that romney admits is a problem for his campaign, and then citizen silly things about it. Such as minority outreach. Here is Chris Wallace talking about that. Romney the weakness that my campaign has was not taking the message to the minority voters hispanic americans, africa africanamericans other minorities, that was a real weakness. Why do you think that was . I think the obamacare attractiveness and feature was something we under estimated particularly among lower incomes, and we just didnt do as good a job at connecting with the audience as we should have. Michael so selfdeportation was not a problem . His policy even after the election far to the right of many conservative members of congress. He still does not support path towards amnesty. Sure maybe obamacare helped president obama and the democrats to reach out to but at the same time, mitt romneys policies turned a lot of people off. And its as if mitt romney is entitled not to have anything stick to him even his own policies that people liked. That was so baffling. Michael thats what made it problematic as a candidate. He wanted to choose what would and would not stick. You cant do that when youre running for city council, you cant do that, no less president of the United States. I think that was a real realsomething that happened to romney that he didnt know how to get out of as a candidate. It shocked me that it didnt hurt him now. Now what happens after the primaries. Where does he go . Hopefully hell eventually disappear. Its not great fun to see a losing candidate that is still clearly wounded. Its an awkward thing to watch. Clearly the guy is upset hurt. Maybe he should get some help or psycho therapy or whatever it is that will make him feel better, but i think he needs to get away from the political spotlight and do some positive things like ann romney was talking about theyve got a lot of charities theyre involved in, and working for the greater good. Those are Great Projects for them to lend their name recognition to. But as far as talking about politics and talking about what might have been, they dont serve themselves, they dont serve the Republican Party to continue to do these interviews, and hopefully this is the last one. Michael hopefully this is the first of many with David Schuster back on current. Well see you later. Thank you. Michael when we come back we want to talk about some of the new laws about marijuana and colorado specifically. Is there a new sheriff in town . 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Break the ice with breathfreshening cooling crystals. Ice breakers. You know who is coming on to me now . You know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials . Those types are coming on to me all the time now. vo she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. Ok, so theres wiggle room in the ten commandments, thats what youre saying. You would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. Absolutely. And so would mitt romney. vo shes joy behar. And the best part is that current will let me say anything. What the hell were they thinking . [ cheering ] we arewe are happy in colorado 37. Weve taken a step forward and wave sent a message around the world. Michael that was back in november when colorado legalized marijuana, so, too, did washington. And now the Obama Administration trying to figure out what theyre going to do about the law having changed there. It puts the federal government in an odd place. States have voted one way. The federal government trying to figure out how to work arounder around that. Many have acknowledged that the country is in a serious conversation about marijuana. The president , you remember, went on tospoke with Barbara Walters and had this to say. Do you think that marijuana should be legalized . I wouldnt go that far but i think at this Point Washington and colorado, youve seen the voters speak on this issue. As it is, the federal government has a lot to do when it comes to criminal prosecutions. It does not sense from a prioritization point of view for us to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that under state law that is legal. Michael that confusion puts to light by Huffington Post in a poll they have there that say 51 of adults should be exempt from federal drug laws, and 30 say those laws should be enforced in colorado. It becomes for the Justice Department an issue how if the state says one thing the federal department should do something especially. Youve see in that poll a little less than 21, that state laws should rise above them. Which states are ready to follow washington and colorados lead . The states that are next would be alaska, oregon, massachusetts massachusetts, imagine, cal, roadmaine, calrhode island california nevada. Texas an new jersey want to tax and regulation and New Hampshire has three bills for this year. We have chris moody and brian vicene chris, how big of a conundrum is this for the president. This is new uncharted territory. The federal government has to find a way to react. The good news is for advocates of bills like this, and laws like this, the Justice Department has been very open to having a conversation with the governments of washington and colorado. Even after president obamas inauguration reception they talked about marijuana at the reception. Theyre looking for solutions here and eric holter said theyre very close to announcing a policy. Were in no mans land. We dont know how the Justice Department is going to be reacting. Were anxious to see what is going to happen here. Michael when you hear that, and i apologize for messing your name up there, but brian, when you hear that, i want to ask you, as a coloradoan, someone who makes their livelihood off this legalization, to a degree how do you feel . Do you understand that the federal government has a role to play here, but at the same time i know what you want, the would youen states rights and states laws to win the day there. How do you think the federal government should approach this . Sure, i just want to make clear im the author of the amendment and an attorney. I dont own a club or have anything to do with the legalization of marijuana but i ran the campaign. Im deeply involved. We believe that the federal government has a role, but at the same time were seeing from colorado and Washington State is a movement from the failed policy of marijuana prohibition. We dont want our tax dollars wasted in arresting and jailing people for these crimes. Those who are 21 or older, who are possessing this substance that is less harmful than alcohol. Michael there is a way to look at this and say look, if our citizens want marijuana legalization, we see the federal Government Back on their heels is there an element that wants to see the federal Government Back on their heels, they want the policy from the federal government . The actions that eric holter sets in the next weeks or months will encourage or discourage in the states. It sounds like hes trying to work with these states to find some kind of solution. The ones that eric holter talked about with hickenlooper was enforcing the law changing regulations or change the law. The reason why theyre in a hard place right now is because congress has laws on the books and they have to find ways to enforce them. They have to balance the state laws that are contradicting them. Michael lets take a look at some of those laws, brian. I think it will make your argument pretty clear about why you even created this amendment. In 2011 pot arrests these stats come from policing pot, 2011 marijuanarelated arrests. 750,000 people were arrested. 50 of all drug crimes, and 87 of that 7. 50 were arrested for possession alone, thats according to the fbi. When you see this, im sure its one of the reasons why you put forward this amendment. Is thatdo those numbers support the idea that, hey, we have to totally rethink on a National Basis not just a state basis, our laws about marijuana. Yes, they absolutely do. 55 of coloradoans said that the war on drugs is enough. Weve had enough of this marijuana prohibition. Were tired of arresting citizens and it doesnt make sense. Its a large use of Law Enforcement resources. We decided to take this market away from cartels. Move it behind the counter and tax and regulate it. Were talking about bringing in 60 million to our state every year. Its taking it away from the cartel and bringing the money to the state. There are a lot of reasons that it makes it a sensible reform. Michael you know that working with the federal government is part of that. None of these things will happen without some response from the federal government. You cosponsored this legislation, what are people who are on your team, lets say what are they doing now to accommodate what the federal government wants to do. I understand there is an understanding that the federal government is going to play a role here. Absolutely. We really, along with the State Government are taking positive steps towards the responsible regulation and responsible implementation of this law meaning strict standards to prevent out of state diversion prevent teen usage and prevent people from driving under the influence. Our work is to establish strict rules around those measures, and to fund the regulators. This is overseen really by an army of regulators who will make sure that new businesses follow every rule just like an alcohol business would. We have to make sure were selling only to people of age. If there is anyone stepping out of line, then there are strict standards, strict penalties. Michael Brian Vicente well finally get it right cosponsor of the measure that resulted in colorado which legalized colorado. Chris moody. When we come back, well talk about faken franken fish. Genetic engineering. Nothing will happen if i eat this fish. Its go time. Lobsterfest is the king of all promotions. 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