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Addressed the issue in late 2007 on "meet the press." >> i love my faith. and i'm not going to distance myself in anyway from my faith, can you see what i believed and what my family believed by looking at our lives. my dad marched with martin luther king. my mom was a tireless crusader for civil rights. i was anxious to see a change in my church. i remember when i heard about the change being made, i was driving home from law school, i think. i heard it on the radio, i pulled over and literally wept. even at this day it's emotional. and so it's very deep and fundamental in my life, and my mos...

And if you go back to william buckley who was the godfather of modern conservatism, he was very much a racist. he came right out and said that black people were inferior people, and so we did not deserve the same kind of policy considerations as others. he said that. it's documented. >> professor hendricks, thank you for your time tonight. >> my pleasure. scott walker leads the nation in job loss, but south carolina senator jim demint wants him to be president. psycho talk is next. ♪ [ male announcer ] a simple gesture can spark romance anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunct...

>> four years ago, president obama's powerful speech on race in america came on the heels of relentless attacks about his association with the reverend jeremiah wright. some believe it's time for mitt romney to step up to the podium and give his own speech on race, addressing his mormon faith. aubrey hendricks writes in the post today the book of mormon condemns black people as cursed. after they had dwindled in unbelief, they became a dark and loathsome and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abombenations. >> pretty heavy stuff. next african-americans were not allowed to full...

Policy in history of this country that has been geared toward helping the poorest and the weakest and protecting all americans, you see that conservatives fought against all of them. if we left it up to conservatives we would not have social security, medicare, medicaid. we would not have those protections. we would not have child welfare laws. we wouldn't have medical holidays. we wouldn't have paid vacations. we wouldn't have 40 hour workweeks. it's just criminal. and it's insane. and we have to stand up and call these conservatives, these right wingers out for what they are. their vision is...

Hundreds of times. the word sotica talks about putting it into action. these are fundamental things the religious right does not seem to understand. >> let's take a listen to how he refused to do the us versus him yesterday. let's take a listen, professor hendricks. >> i believe this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot. when everyone does their fair share. when everyone plays by the same rules. these aren't 1% values or 99% values. this isn't about class warfare. this is about the nation's welfare. >> you know, given your brilliant analysis here tonight, professor hendricks, isn't ...