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>> i think he is somewhat correct. as horrific at what happened in pittsburgh was and scary the florida bomber was, i went to four events over the weekend, three of them non-political. the talk here was the red sox and then beyond that if they got to talk politics it was all about the local races, the governor, the congressional races. very few people were tying the political side to the events of the past week. >> bill: have you watched the other cable outlets? they've made it pretty clear. >> i frankly have not. >> bill: they're blaming this white house for the events in pittsburgh. >> look,...

The white house yesterday. very quick here so pay attention. reminds me of 16. something's coming. do you think he really believes that? >> i think there's a lot of wishful thinking. certainly the president has been talking for a number of months. he seemed to have a dropped it recently to some degree. one thing that's characteristic of the trump presidency is that he always sees the positive when it comes to his own political f fortunes. that's been difficult this election year. look at those rallies. they're not on prime time anymore. they're not necessarily being carried by the prime cable ...

Of restraint -- >> does the president have a responsibility to come out and address it somehow? he was all the things he talks about and the things that we think he's going to react to, it's the opposite. he reacts to things we don't necessarily understand why he'd be talking about it, but this in particular, he won't touch. >> he should comment on it, of course. i mean, look, it's -- how much of your time and the other cable outlets are being spent on this? at some point, he's the leader of the country. this is about him. he should have some comment on this. if for no other reason than to try...

The general of the army said the only good indian is a good indian. teddy roosevelt agreed with that statement. >> laura: your point is? this is a white washing. >> this is known as presentism. the fallacy of imposing current morals on the actions of people in the past. it's arrogant and stupid and ignorant. it proves no point. >> laura: you see this entertainer come on and saying tons of indians are killed. now we are measuring them in weights. this is the level of ignorance on the other cable outlets that hold themselves out as high-and-mighty. >> david said we are the third

Only good indian is a good indian. teddy roosevelt agreed with that statement. >> laura: your point is? this is a white washing. >> this is known as presentism. the fallacy of imposing current morals on the actions of people in the past. it's arrogant and stupid and ignorant. it proves no point. >> laura: you see this entertainer come on and saying tons of indians are killed. now we are measuring them in weights. this is the level of ignorance on the other cable outlets that hold themselves out as high-and-mighty. >> david said we are the third generation of ignorant americans