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Frisk. i think the zimmerman trial is important here as well. when you see vigilanteism on the rise, when you see these vigilante murders and see the ways in which stop and frisk and stand your ground work hand in hand, proliferation of guns, things sort of become very, very immediate for black and brown folk. that's where some of the frustration lies. >> david? >> two quick points. i mean, one of the things i took also away from the article was that we should also be asking questions of policymakers because you do have a number of policymakers, for instance, in congress, who've raised real qu...

Investment in jobs. can't engage in spending cuts, talking about investment in jobs, includes infrastructure and research & development but especially quality jobs. >> there's a report out by cato institute that say the three most important factors of keeping people out of poverty or helping them to rise out of it, education. waiting to have a family. we have a crisis in our society of single parents. mostly single mothers. number three, take any job. any job. those three things. is it cultural as well? >> there's certainly a cultural aspect to it. let me take a couple of those real quick. it'...

He does. so i better you wonder what a scared kitty thinks of all of this. >> i don't think that is right, but i can't stop looking at it. the kitten is scared of the blow dryer. >> my theory is he was about to hug the blow dryer. >> liz, doesn't he have this all backwards? libertarian s who vote for a gay president. obama supporters probably wouldn't. >> i don't know about the last. joy he is say -- he said that blacks would vote for obama no matter what. they are conservative and might not vote for a gay president. >> it was clearly an elbow shot to gay people.

But they hate everybody in america who looks like us. they say they love america, but they hate the people, the brown folk and the gays and the lesbians and the people with all of these piercings and tattoo, y'all. when they say they love america they don't mean you, and they don't mean me. >> those words were not surprising or kind to me. not a lot of applause. they made the comment at the all in 99%, a rally by move on .org. others feature speeches from such as edward norton and val kilmer, kilmer. when ask asked if president obama would lose some of the black vote he said laughingly, if pre...

>> i know a lot of liberals and we generally sit home and listen to npr. just because you deny that those elements are in the tea party doesn't make them go away. they're there. >> it begs the question, ann, what are the white men so angry about? the numbers are clear. many americans, two million, in fact, are being -- are struggling with the economy, but the numbers are clear. black folk, brown folk, poor people are getting crushed by the economy. what are these white men so angry about? >> that's a good question. >> you're right. the numbers of blacks are hurt larger than whites. >> so why t...