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next four years. is that not the truth? >> martin, you know, i'm surprised that mitt romney didn't say 14 million or 18 million or -- >> true actually. >> he picked the number completely out of a hat. the united states economy in a normal year will create, and this is not a normal year right now, about ybut in a normal yea create about 2 million new jobs. given that we are in a recovery and the recovery is picking up some speed, it's possible that we may get up to 2.5 or even 3 million new jobs per year. so mitt romney's claim of 12 million new jobs in 4 years may automatically happen regardless of who is president. this is a kind of claim that's baseless in terms of public policy. mitt romney is not coming up with any policies that are going to generate 12 million new jobs. in fact, if anything mitt romney's policies of giving a huge tax break to the very, very wealthy, cutting most of the programs that everybody else
line, not talking about the 47% video, was when mitt romney -- >> but the second reference to your own journalism in this broadcast. >> thank you for pointing that out. >> when mitt romney's pollster said we will not be dictated to by fact checkers, it's been the mantra of his campaign, fashths don't matter, reality doesn't matter, i will say anything at any given point in time. it's not just flip-flopping, not making reckless charges and accusations that don't hold water and when you're called out, what do you do? you say it again and again and again. as joy pointed out, if he wins, he will be rewarded for this behavior. i know from having two kids, when you let them get away with stuff, they don't start behaving better. >> david, as the race gets closer and election day bears down upon us, we have the legendary mike huckabee suggesting if we vote for the president we may yet have to pay for it in eternity. listen to this. >> your vote will affect the
future and be recorded in eternity. will you vote the values that will stand the test of fire? this is mike huckabee asking you to join me november the 6th and vote based on values that will stand the test of fire. >> david, your vote will be recorded in eternity and it must stand the test of fire. is it now his view that the unforgivable sin is voting for this president? >> well, apparently not santa, but god is keeping a list of whether you're naughty or nice and if you're naughty, you're voting for barack obama and you're going to hell. i saw this the other day, too. it's just one of the many outrages that are just kind of cascading past us in these final weeks. i'm glad you picked up on it, but, you know, apparently there's no such thing anymore as a liberal christian, and the only type of christian that will get through the pearly gates are those who accept mitt romney's lies and vote for him.
but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! it's time now to clear the air and mitt romney has spent a good deal of time saying that the deficit isn't just a matter of money, it's also a moral issue that will affect future generations. here he is during the first debate. >> i think it's not just an economic issue. i think it's a moral issue. i think it's, frankly, not moral for my generation to keep spending massively more than we take in. >> but while mr. romney rails against the deficit, he has a very different view when it comes to the environment. he thinks the rising debt is a moral issue but not the rise of
coming together during a national disaster. absolutely disgraceful says the far right. but as always they have an unskewed explanation for what they cannot comprehend. >> governor christie said bring money, just show up and bring money. i need money. my state is in terrible shape. come and bring money, i will be glad to stand with you. i don't care about the election. he said that. this election is not important right now. >> joining us here in new york is jonathan alter, a bloomberg view columnist and an msnbc political analyst. jonathan, i don't understand the problem. five days to go until the election. mitt romney has been attacking the president for not working in a bipartisan manner. here is an excellent example of the president, governor chris christ christie, keynote speaker at the republican national convention, working together and they're up in arms. they're apoplectic with rage. >> rush limbaugh doesn't want
and the addition of mike bloomberg and then earlier in the week colin powell, a moderate republican, that's a trifecta, bloomberg, christie, powell. more moderate republicans who are for all intents and purposes connected to this president in this last week. >> john, doesn't it also define who is responsible for the failure of bipartisanship because the president has repeatedly extended his hand, and if someone grasps it, he will work with them. the problem is they have refused to do so. mitch mcconnell has repeatedly refused to do so. boehner tried to. eric cantor, no thanks. that's the reality, isn't it? >> well, this is what -- yes, it is the reality, and what's unfortunate about some of these articles that are coming out that are essentially endorsing romney like david brooks' column saying, well, romney will be able to get along better with congress, but the message that this would send is that
for a chief executive. i mean, what's happened to all these businessmen? i thought romney's calling card was his business expertise. >> yeah. it's interesting, martin, that you mentioned old cal coolidge. a lot of what mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan are talking about in economic policy, if you believe what they're saying at any given moment, would take us back to that era when business and wall street had a free hand and workers had no rights, their bosses were bound to respect. it was the preunion era when you had robber barronsons running ram hant over the rest of the country. mitt romney would return the country to an era when the balance of power was held by very large businesses in wall street and not by their employees. that said, if the economist and michael bloomberg have one thing in common, it's like they know how to do math. mitt romney's promises don't add up because his real business it turns out is marketing.
was blocked by mitch mcconnell in the senate to begin to do something about this. remember, at the convention mitt romney made fun of barack obama for saying that the tides were rising. well, now we find out they are. >> yes, indeed. jonathan, thanks so much. coming up, team romney sinks to a new low, even for them. >> it's just marvelous to have folks in the entertainment community out there singing and per fortunatelying to make sure people are coming and listening to our message. final for the yours business entrepreneur of the week. seth carney works boston area renaissance fairs, haunted houses, he tells bones, skulls, and other ma could be items.
but as the economy has started to show signs of getting better and better, mitt romney has had to throw anything at the wall and see what sticks. he's taken to saying that, oh, well, mitt romney's responsible he says for the bailout of chrysler and gm. mitt romney says that the $716 billion that he wanted to take out of medicare is actually the $716 billion that barack obama is going to reduce medicare by. in other words, he is using up his air time and doing whatever he needs to do, saying whatever he needs to say in order to win some voters in one of the crassest displays of duplicity i frankly remember in a presidential campaign. >> professor robert reich, as ever, thank you, sir. as we go to break we wanted to mark the passing of a quiet genius. born in the chicago projects with a unique voice, he produced a sweet combination of folk and jazz, but despite all his skills, the music business proved a hard place to make
sensational one as he tries to reach out to latino voters. take a listen to this. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so i'm mitt romney -- >> we have fidel castro, hugo chavez, all the devils are here as shakespeare has said. they even have castro's niece. but can you explain what any of that ad has to do with the president of this nation? >> well, martin, don't you know that barack obama is a socialist. don't you understand that? isn't that clear after all this time, even through the gop primaries that barack obama -- >> no, no. >> every one of his policies is clearly without a doubt, it's ir irrefutable. he is a socialist. >> jimmy, you're beginning to sound like sarah palin. >> well, that's -- oh, that's the worst thing you could ever say about me except -- unless you call me rush limbaugh. here is why barack obama is not a socialist.