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You and your friend, daisy, both admit you were drinking that night. there's a columnist from slate.com who brings up a point about your case, i would like to read and get your reaction. quote, young women are getting a distorted message that their right to match men drink for drink is a feminist issue. the real feminism message should be that when you lose the ability to be responsible for yourself, you drastically increase the chances that you will attract the kinds of people who shall we say don't have your best interests at heart. that's not blaming the victim. that's trying to prevent mor...

Itself. it displays sufficient fervor. that's why there is no talking them out of it. elect republicans and they will burn the place down. and they like the sound of that. and they will laugh while they do it and now we're left to figure out what happens next. joining us now is dave wiegle, the political reporter for "slate.com" and a long time reporter on the conservative movement. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> good morning. you covered that lynn westmoreland speech to the freedom conference in 2010 before the election he is already asking for base support for the r...

Political reporter for slate.com and a long time student reporter on the conservative movement. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> you covered that speech in 2010 before the election. he's already asking for base support for a shut down. when were you covering that at the time was it weird in the moment? or did it seem like kind of expected rhetoric? >> reporter: in the moment it was very coherent for a lot of the reasons you laid out here. and some of the quotes you were playing before made this clear. at the time, republicans were saying they were going to shut down or wil...

Gentleman goes in for a hernia operation. he comes to and he sees a woman in his recovery room and he has no idea who this woman is. this is the man we're talking about. i want you to listen to what he has to say to the woman he thinks he is meeting for the first time. >> did the doctor send you? man, you are eye candy. you are the prettiest woman i've ever seen. >> you eat the cracker. >> who are you? what's your name? >> my name is candace. i'm your wife. >> you are my wife? how long have we been married? >> a long time. >> oh, my god. i hit the jackpot. >> they have been married for six yea...