David: THIS WEEK ON
"THE BRODY FILE," THE FISCAL
CLIFF IS LOOMING.
WE HEAD TO THE HILL TO TALK
TO A TOP MOVER AND SHAKER,
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.
I'M WILLING TO DO
SOMETHING ON REVENUE WITHOUT
RAISING TAX RATES TO HELP
THE COUNTRY, BUT WHERE IS
THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN ON THE
ECONOMY REFORM.
David: AND PASTOR RICK
WARREN IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT
HIS NEW BOOK, AND ALSO HAS
SOME TOUGH WORDS FOR
PRESIDENT OBAMA ON HIS
ASSAULT ON RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY.
I CLEARLY TOLD THE
PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE
HOUSE, I 100% DISAGREE WITH
IT AND SAID I WOULD FIGHT
HIM ON THIS ISSUE OF
RELIGIOUS BIB LIBERTY
BECAUSE HE IS DEAD WRONG.
David: AND FREE SPEECH
RUN AMUCK, PRESIDENT OBAMA
DEPICTED AS JESUS.
AND WHAT IS UP WITH THIS
COMMENT BY JAMIE FOXX.
OUR LORD SAVIOR, BARACK
OBAMA.
David: AND JEB BUSH
GETTING READY TO RUN?
WE'RE GETTING READY TO RUN
"THE BRODY FILE" NEXT.
David: AND WELCOME,
EVERYBODY, TO "THE BRODY
FILE."
OUR ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION
WITH SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM
COMING UP IN MERE MOMENTS.
FIRST, CUE THE DOOM AND
GLOOM MUSIC.
THE LATEST ON THE DREADED
FISCAL CLIFF.
ALL RIGHT, SO HERE IS THE
$64,000 QUESTION: CAN THE
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS COME
UP WITH A DEAL BY THE END OF
THE YEAR TO AVERT A FISCAL
MESS?
THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
ON JANUARY 1st, IT IS SET
TO EXPIRE FOR ALL AMERICANS,
AND AT THE SAME TIME, MORE
THAN 1,000 GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE
SLASHED, INCLUDING BIG, DEEP
CUTS IN DEFENSE SPENDING.
MANY ECONOMISTS SAY THE
DREADED ONE-TWO PUNCH WOULD
PROBABLY CAUSE ANOTHER
ECONOMIC RECESSION.
NOW, THIS IS ALL ABOUT
GETTING AMERICA'S SPIRALING
DEBT UNDER CONTROL.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS TO LET
THE TAX CUTS EXPIRE FOR
PEOPLE MAKING OVER $250,000
A YEAR, BUT REPUBLICANS
AREN'T BUYING THAT, AT LEAST
NOT YET.
INSTEAD, THEY WANT TO SEE
SOME SERIOUS SPENDING CUTS
BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
THE BOTTOM LINE HERE: THIS
DEAL IS GOING TO HAVE TO
REQUIRE SOME SORT OF
COMBINATION OF REVENUE
INCREASES AND SPENDING CUTS,
BUT GOOD LUCK TRYING TO
FIGURE THAT OUT.
RIGHT NOW BOTH SIDES ARExx
POSTURING.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE
HAD THISx SPENDING CRISIS
COMING AT US LIKE A FREIGHT
TRAIN.
AND IT HAS TO BE DEALT
WITH.
THEY WANT US TO CUT THE
DEFICIT, BUT DON'T RAISE MY
TAXES AND DON'T CUT THIS AND
DON'T CUT THAT, AND EXPAND
THIS AND EXPAND THAT.
WE DO OUR BEST.
David: ONE PERSON WHO
WILL BE A KEY TO SOME SORT
OF GRAND BARGAIN BETWEEN
BOTH PARTIES IS SENATOR
LINDSEY GRAHAM, THE
GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA IS A POWERFUL
PLAYER UP ON THE HILL.
HE JOINED US EARLIER THIS
WEEK TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL
CLIFF, AND ANOTHER BIG STORY
OUT THERE THAT HE WANTS
ANSWERS TO, THE ATTACK ON
OUR EMBASSY IN BENGHAZI.
SENATOR GRAHAM, THANKS FOR
JOINING US HERE ON "THE
BRODY FILE."
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
David: LET ME ASK
YOU -- WE'RE GOING TO GET TO
BENGHAZI IN A MOMENT, BUT
THE FISCAL CLIFF, YOU'RE A
STRAIGHT SHOOTER.
IS THIS GOING TO GET DONE?
IF THERE IS A DEAL TO GET
DONE, WHAT IS IT GOING TO
POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE AND
WHEN IS THIS GOING TO GET
DONE?
THERE MIGHT BE SOME
TEMPORARY SOLUTION THAT GETS
US INTO NEXT YEAR.
BUT IF WE GO OVER THE CLIFF,
THAT MEANS TAX RATES GO UP,
THE MARRIAGE TAX GOES UP,
AND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT
GETS REDUCED, AND THE
BUSINESS TAXES WILL GO UP.
AND INDIVIDUAL RATES GO UP
FOR EVERYBODY.
IT IS KIND OF A DISASTER.
HERE IS WHAT I THINK HAS TO
HAPPEN: WE'VE GOT TO
MODERNIZE THE TAX CODE.
THE TAX CODE IS A SPECIAL
INTEREST GIVE-AWAY
DOCUMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO CAP
DEDUCTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS
AROUND $40,000 OR $50,000.
THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE
MIDDLE CLASS.
I'M WILLING TO DO SOMETHING
ON REVENUE WITHOUT RAISING
THE TAX RATES.
THE REASON WE'RE GOING TO
BECOME GRIEVE IS NOT BECAUSE
OF THE TAX CUT OR LACK OF
REVENUE, IT IS BECAUSE
ENTITLEMENTS WILL TAKE THIS
COUNTRY DOWN.
David: LET ME MOVE ON
TO BENGHAZI.
I SAW YOU IN NEW HAMPSHIRE,
AND YOU WERE SPEAKING TO A
SMALL GROUP OF FOLKS AND YOU
GOT A STANDING OVATION WHEN
YOU SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN BENGHAZI.
I DON'T GET A SENSE THIS IS
ALL ABOUT SUSAN RICE AND ALL
OF THESE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
HEADLINES, THAT THERE IS A
MUCH DEEPER ISSUE.
WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE?
WHAT IS THE END GAME IN
BENGHAZI?
TO MAKE SURE WE NEVER
HAVE A SYSTEM FAILURE LIKE
IN BENGHAZI.
YOU'RE DEAD RIGHT, THIS IS
NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENED
AFTERWARDS, WITH SUSAN
RICE.
BEFORE, WHEN THE BRITISH HAD
THEIR AMBASSADOR ATTACKED IN
JUNE, THEY CLOSED THEIR
CONSULATE.
WHEN OUR CONSULATE WAS
BOMBED IN JUNE, WE KEPT IT
OPEN AND WE KEPT IT
UNREINFORCED.
NO ADDITIONAL SECURITY.
IT BECAME A DEATH TRAP.
PRESIDENT OBAMA, I HOLD
RESPONSIBLE ABOVE ALL
OTHER.
WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT BENGHAZI
OR HEAVILY REINFORCED THE
CONFLICT.
THE STORY OF BENGHAZI IS
MUCH DEEPER THAN SUSAN
RICE.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT
SUSAN RICE, THE STORY SHE
TOLD TO EXPLAIN THIS ATTACK
I BELIEVE IS VERY MUCH
DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY
AND SHE NEEDS TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
David: SENATOR, HAS
THIS ADMINISTRATION LIED OR
MISLED OR EVEN WORSE,
COVERED UP?
I THINK WAR IS A HARD
THING TO FIGURE OUT.
INCOMPETENCE IS RAMPANT, AND
THERE IS SOME DEFINITE
MANIPULATION AND MISLEADING
IN MY VIEW.
David: SENATOR GRAHAM,
APPRECIATE IT.
ENJOY IT UP ON THE HILL.
THAT IS LINDSEY GRAHAM HERE
ON "THE BRODY FILE."
ONE STORY FILE WE'RE GOING
TO KEEP TRACK OF ON "THE
BRODY FILE" IS THE SOAP
OPERA BETWEEN THE G.O.P. AND
THE POWERFUL ANTI-TAX
CRUSADER GROVER NOR QUIT.
NORQUIST.
WE LIKE TO CALL THIS SEGMENT
CROSSING GROVER.
NORQUIST IS VERY INFLUENTIAL
INSIDE THE BELTWAY.
MOST REPUBLICANS HAVE SIGNED
HIS NO NEW TAXES PLEDGE.
BUT NOW SOME REPUBLICANS ARE
HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS.
THEY SEE ADDED TAX REVENUE
AS A WAY TO HELP PAY DOWN
THE HUGE DEBT.
WELL, THIS WEEK SOME
SENATORS STARTED BACKING
AWAY FROM GROVER'S ANTI-TAX
PLEDGE.
HERE IS SENATOR BOB CORKER.
I'M NOT OBLIGATED ON THE
PLEDGE.
I MADE TENNESSEEANS AWARE,
AND THE ONLY THING I'M
HONORING IS THE OATH I TAKE
WHEN I'M SWORN IN THIS
JANUARY.
David: WE'RE WORKING
ON GETTING GROVER NORQUIST
TO COME ON "THE BRODY
FILE."
WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
TIME NOW TO TURN TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
YOU MAY BE SAYING, HEY,
BRODY FILE, THAT'S OVER.
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD?
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT 2012.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT 2016.
*
David: THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS RACE HAS ALREADY
STARTED, AND PEOPLE LIKE
SENATOR RAND PAUL HAVE
ALREADY STARTED TALKING
ABOUT POSSIBLY, MAYBE,
POSSIBLY RUNNING IN 2016.
LISTEN TO THIS.
I WANT TO BE PART OF THE
NATIONAL DEBATE.
I THINK IT IS A LITTLE TOO
SOON TO TALK ABOUT WHO IS
GOING TO RUN AND WHO IS NOT
GOING TO RUN.
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL COME.
AM I INTERESTED IN THINKING
ABOUT THAT?
YES.
AM I READY TO MAKE THE
DECISION NOW?
NO.
David: AND THEN THERE
IS JEB BUSH.
HE MET WITH SOME FORMER
STAFFERS JUST BLOCKS FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE.
MITT ROMNEY'S POLLSTER WAS
EVEN THERE.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
WHEN ASKED ABOUT A
PRESIDENTIAL RUN, BUSH DID
NOT RULE IT OUT.
YOU THOUGHT SPIDERMAN 3 I
WAS A GREAT SEQUEL?
WHAT ABOUT BUSH 3?
THE MEDIA AND THE LIBERALS
WOULD BE POPPING EXCEDRIN
EVERY DAY.
AND THEN THERE IS MAR MARCO
RUBIO.
HE HAS ALREADY GONE TO
IOWA.
BUT BEYOND THAT, WE FOUND
OUT THIS WEEK HE IS A BIG
FAN OF THE RAP STAR EMINEM.
* YOU CAN TRY AND READ MY
LYRICS *
*
David: WE'RE NOT SURE
IF RUBIO WANTS TO ADMIT TO
CHRISTIAN AUDIENCES IN IOWA
AND ELSEWHERE THAT HE LIKES
THE RAPPER.
WHILE RUBIO SAYS HE
APPRECIATES THE DEPTHS OF
EMINEM'S MUSIC, HE
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT YOU JUST
CAN'T PUT IT ON IN THE HOUSE
BECAUSE, HEY, LOOK, I'VE GOT
KIDS RUNNING AROUND IN THE
HOUSE.
AS FOR THE 2012 CANDIDATE,
MITT ROMNEY, WE REALLY
HAVEN'T SEEN HIM MUCH
AROUND.
HOWEVER, THE MAN DID GRACE
US ALL WITH A THANKSGIVING
DAY PHOTO.
HERE IT IS.
AND AS THEY SAY IN THE
SOUTH, BLESS THEIR HEARTS.
I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT.
THEY POSTED THIS "J" PEG
IMAGE TO Facebook.
THIS IS THEM SMILING IN THE
KITCHEN AROUND THE
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
THE CAPTION ON THE PICTURE
SAYS: "HOPE EVERYONE HAD A
GREAT THANKSGIVING.
MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS
YEAR."
ALL RIGHT, WHATEVER.
THANKS FOR SHARING, MITT,
AND OFF YOU GO INTO THE
POLITICAL SUNSET.
ACTUALLY, THERE IS ONE MORE
MITT ROMNEY SIGHTING, SORT
OF.
CHECK THIS OUT.
AT THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING
DAY PARADE IN NEW YORK,
THERE WAS LOTS OF CONFETTI
THROWN IN THE AIR.
IT TURNS OUT SOME OF THE
CONFETTI INCLUDED DETAILS
ABOUT MITT ROMNEY'S
MOTORCADE.
YOU SEE ROMNEY WAS IN NEW
YORK A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE
ELECTION FOR A DEBATE AT
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY.
SOME HOW SOME SECURITY
DETAILS ABOUT THAT MOTORCADE
RIDE ENDED UP SHRED ED AND
PARDED AND PART OF THE
CONFETTI AT THE PARADE.
THE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING.
MEANWHILE, THE 2008
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN -- THE
CANDIDATE FOR THAT CAMPAIGN,
JOHN MCCAIN, TWEAKED THE
NOSES OF EVANGELICALS THIS
WEEK WHEN HE TOLD PRO-LIFERS
TO BASICALLY CHILL OUT WHEN
IT COMES TO PUSHING THE
ABORTION ISSUE.
I CAN STATE MY POSITION
ON ABORTION, BUT, OTHER THAN
THAT, LEAVE THE ISSUE
ALONE.
David: YOU CAN SEE WHY
EVANGELICALS WERE SKEPTICAL
OF McCAIN ALL ALONG IN
2008, BUT EVANGELICALS ARE
EVEN MORE SKEPTICAL OF
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
THEY THINK HE IS FULL OF
HIMSELF, AND THEY BELIEVE
THAT THE PRESIDENT THINKS OF
HIMSELF AS SOME SORT OF
ICONIC HEAVENLY PICTURE.
A PAINTER IN BOSTON HIT ON
THAT SAME THEME.
LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS OBAMA -- I GUESS
DEPICTED AS JESUS.
THIS PAINTING BY MICHAEL
DEANDWONO -- I HOPE I
PRONOUNCED THAT RIGHT -- IS
ON DISPLAY AT THE BUNKER
HILL ART GALLERY.
THE PAIN IS CALLED "TRUTH."
AND IT'S PART OF AN EXHIBIT
CALLED "ARTISTS ON THE
STUMP, THE ROAD TO THE WHITE
HOUSE 2012."
THE PAINTING WAS SUPPOSED TO
DEBUT FOUR YEARS AGO IN NEW
YORK, BUT THERE WAS TOO MUCH
OUTRAGE OVER IT.
INSTEAD IT IS NOW IN BOSTON,
AND A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ART
GALLERY SAYS THERE HASN'T
BEEN ANY CRITICISM OF IT SO
FAR.
ALL RIGHT.
WHEN WE COME BACK, THE FIGHT
OVER OBAMACARE IS NOT OVER.
JENNIFER WISHON EXPLAINS
WHEN WE COME BACK.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK, EVERYBODY, TO "THE
BRODY FILE."
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WON A
SECOND TERM, EVERYBODY
THOUGHT THE DEBATE OVER
OBAMACARE WAS OVER.
BUT THE WHOLE THING WAS A
DONE DEAL.
HOLD ON, NOT SO FAST.
THE SUPREME COURT IS GETTING
INVOLVED.
YET AGAIN.
JOHN ROBERTS AND THE ROGUE
CREW ARE STIRRING THE POT,
AND JENNY AND THE "B" BLOCK
HAS THE LOW DOWN ON JOHNNIE
AND THE SUPREMES AND WHAT
THEY'RE UP TO.
SHE IS BREAKING IT DOWN FOR
US HERE ON "THE BRODY FILE"
AS WELL.
THE FUSS IS DESPITE THE
PRESIDENT'S VICTORY, MANY
AMERICANS OF A VARIETY OF
FAITHS THINK IT IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UNDER
THE AUTHORITY OF OBAMACARE
TO FORCE EMPLOYERS TO
PROVIDE INSURANCE COVERAGE
FOR DRUGS AND PROCEDURES
THAT VIOLATE THEIR RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FORCING
EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE BIRTH
CONTROL PILLS, THE
MORNING-AFTER PILL, AND
STERILIZATION.
IT IS A CONTROVERSIAL PART
OF OBAMACARE THAT HASN'T
BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE
SUPREME COURT.
THAT MAY CHANGE.
THE HIGH COURT HAS ORDERED A
VIRGINIA COURT TO CONSIDER
THE LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY
COUNCIL REPRESENTING LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY.
HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS?
THIS IS A HUGE DECISION
BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT.
IT INDICATES THERE ARE
JUSTICES ON THE SUPREME
COURT THAT HAVE AN INTEREST
IN THIS CASE, IN SEEING IT
COME BACK TO THE HIGH
COURT.
Reporter: WHAT EXACTLY
ARE YOU CHALLENGING HERE?
WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?
TO FORCE LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY TO FUND ABORTION
THROUGH ABORTION-INDUCING
DRUGS WOULD BE THE
EQUIVALENT OF FORCING
LIBILITLIBERTY TO ENGAGE IN
MURDER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
WE BELIEVE IT IS.
IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, NO
MATTER WHAT YOUR POSITION IS
ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT, FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY,
IS ACTUALLY PASSING A LAW
AND REJECTING A
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION.
AND THE IF GOVERNMENT CAN
OVERRIDE THAT WITH SOME
CONGRESSIONAL ACT, THEY CAN
DO IT NOT ONLY IN THIS CASE,
BUT IN OTHER CASES.
THEY CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU
CAN'T BELIEVE IN GOD.
OR YOU CAN'T WORSHIP IN THIS
PARTICULAR CHURCH OR IN HIS
PARTICULAR WAY.
GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS
COLLIDING WITH THE FREE
EXCES EXERCISE OF
RELIGION.
AND IF THEY IGNORE, THEY
WILL IGNORE OTHER THINGS
THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH
RELIGION.
Reporter: HE BELIEVES
THIS DECISION WILL LIKELY BE
BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT
NEXT YEAR.
THANKS, JENNY.
LET'S STAY ON THE PRESIDENT
OBAMA THEME BECAUSE IT IS
TIME FOR THIS WEEK'S BRODY
FILE COMMENTARY.
SOME INFORMED ME THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA ACTUALLY WON
A SECOND TERM.
I READ IT ON THE INTERNET.
IT HAS TO BE TRUE.
THE QUESTION NOW IS: WHAT IS
THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL
SECOND TERM FOR THE
PRESIDENT?
IN THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST
TERM HE PROMISED
BIPARTISANSHIP AND A NEW
TONE IN WASHINGTON.
THE RESULT?
A BIG FAT ZERO.
HE PROMISED TRANSPARENCY.
WHAT HAPPENED?
NADA.
NO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON HEALTH
CARE, LIKE HE PROMISED.
AND NOW COMES THE BIG FISCAL
CLIFF NEGOTIATIONS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS THE UPPER
HAND AND HE COULD TRY AND
CASH THAT IN TO FORWARD HIS
LIBERAL AGENDA.
ALL BETS, THOUGH, ARE THAT
HE WILL DO EXACTLY THAT.
BUT IF HE WANTS TO CEMENT A
POSITIVE LEGACY, HE WOULD BE
WISE TO GIVE MORE THAN HE
GETS.
BE THE COMPROMISER IN
CHIEF.
SETTLING FOR LESS LIBERALISM
IN THE FISCAL CLIFF GRAND
BARGAIN WOULD END UP DOING
HIM AND THE COUNTRY A WORLD
OF GOOD.
BUT INSTEAD, WE MIGHT HERE
THIS.
( BUZZER )
YET AGAIN.
( BUZZER )
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE."
WE HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING THE
SHOW.
IF NOT, WE HOPE YOU'RE
ENJOYING A CAT NAP.
IT IS TIME TO GET A LITTLE
SPIRITUAL.
WE CALL IT THE EVANGELICAL
APP, AND HERE "THE BRODY
FILE" GOSPEL SINGERS FOR
YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE.
* WHEN I WAS DOWN
David: IF YOU LISTEN
TO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA LONG
ENOUGH, AND SOME OF THE
LATTE-SIPPING AND G.O.P.
ESTABLISHMENT CROWD, YOU'RE
GOING TO HEAR HOW THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS TO
BECOME MORE MODERATE IF THEY
WANT TO SUCCEED IN THE
FUTURE.
AND THEY LAMENT HOW THE
PESKY, WACKY EVANGELICALS
ARE JUST KILLING THE PARTY.
HUH!
HOGWWASH!
DID YOU KNOW THAT
CONSERVATIVE EVANGELICALS
MADE UP 27% OF THE ENTIRE
ELECTORATE IN 2012.
THAT'S THE LARGEST CON
CONSTITUENCY OF ALL.
IF THE PARTY TRIES TO STUFF
EVANGELICALS IN THE CLOSET,
IT WOULD END UP BEING A
COLOSSAL MISTAKE.
RALPH PUT IT THIS WAY IN A
RECENT EDITORIAL IN THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL, "REPUBLICANS
MUST RESIST THE TEMPTATION
TO FORM A CIRCULAR FIRE
SQUAD, ESPECIALLY ONE WITH
EVANGELICALS AND THEIR
SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE ALLIES
IN THE MIDDLE."
ANOTHER QUOTE FROM REED:
"WHEN REPUBLICANS LOSE, THE
CHATTERING CLASS ALWAYS
BLAME THE RELIGIOUS CLASS."
AND "JETTISING THESE VOTERS
AND THEIR ISSUES WOULD BE
LIKE A FOOTBALL COACH
RESPONDING TO A BIG LOSS BY
CUTTING THE TEAM'S BIG
RUSHER."
NOW THAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE
RELIGIOUS MAKEUP OF THE
ELECTORATE, WHAT ABOUT THE
MAKEUP OF THE CONGRESS.
IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, 57% OF
MEMBERS WILL BE PROTEST
COMING UP IN 2012.
31% CATHOLIC, AND 5% ARE
JEWISH.
IN THE SENATE, 53°
PROTESTANT, 27% CATHOLIC,
AND 10% ARE JEWISH.
BY THE WAY, 100% DO LOVE
"THE BRODY FILE."
THAT'S NOT ON THE CHART.
TIME NOW FOR OUR INTERVIEW
WITH RICK WARREN.
HE IS, OF COURSE, PASTOR OF
SADDLEBACK CHURCH IN
CALIFORNIA.
AND HE IS THE AUTHOR OF "THE
PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE."
IT IS THE BEST-SELLING,
NON-FICTION, HARDBACK BOOK
IN HISTORY, AND NOW 10 YEARS
LATER, THE BOOK IS BEING
RETOOLED FOR A YOUNGER
GENERATION.
HIS BOOK CLUES PEOPLE INTO
LIFE'S MOST IMPORTANT
QUESTION, WHICH IS: WILL THE
CHICAGO CUBS EVER WIN A
WORLD SERIES -- NO.
ACTUALLY, THE QUESTION IS:
"WHAT ON EARTH AM I HERE
FOR?"
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND
SOME POLITICS, TOO, WITH THE
PASTOR.
PASTOR RICK WARREN, THANKS
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US OR
"THE BRODY FILE."
THANK YOU, DAVID.
IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK WITH
YOU.
David: WHY THE NEW
VERSION OF THIS BOOK, AND
ESPECIALLY WHY DOES THIS
APPEAL NOW TO THIS NEW,
YOUNGER GENERATION.
IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, YOU
KNOW, I'VE RECEIVED
LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF
LETTERS AND E-MAILS A WEEK
ABOUT THE BOOK FOR YEARS.
AND I STILL GET HUNDREDS,
EVEN 10 YEARS LATER.
AND WHAT THAT HAS DONE IS
MADE ME MORE SYMPATHETIC TO
PEOPLE.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T READ
THOUSANDS ON THOUSANDS ON
THOUSANDS OF LETTERS OF WHAT
PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND
NOT FEEL SOME EMPATHY, SOME
SYMPATHY, SOME COMPASSION
FOR THEM.
SO THERE IS A NEW TARGET.
THERE ARE SOME NEW CHAPTERS,
NO NEW MATERIAL IN THE BOOK,
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME NEW
WAYS OF DELIVERING IT.
WE DIDN'T, 10 YEARS AGO,
HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA AT ALL,
AND SO IN THIS BOOK NOW, TO
THE BEGINNING OF EVERY
CHAPTER, THERE IS A VIDEO
INTRODUCTION, WHICH YOU CAN
CUE OUR CODE AND WATCH ON
YOUR CELL PHONE.
AND AT THE END OF EVERY
CHAPTER, THERE IS A
30-MINUTE ADDITIONAL AUDIO.
SO I ADDED A LOT OF VALUE TO
THE BOOK.
AND I ADDED TWO NEW CHAPTERS
IN THE BOOK AT THE END ABOUT
THINGS I'VE LEARNED IN THE
LAST 10 YEARS.
David: PASTOR WARREN,
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THOSE
DISILLUSIONED CHRISTIANS WHO
ARE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS
ABOUT THIS ELECTION OF
2012.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT
OUR HOPE LIES ULTIMATELY,
NOT IN THE MAN WE PUT IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, BUT IN THE MAN
WE PUT ON THE CROSS.
OUR HOPE IS IN JESUS.
KINGDOMS COME AND GO.
JESUS SAID MY KINGDOM IS NOT
OF THIS WORLD.
WE ARE TO BE FAITHFUL
CITIZENS, VOTE OUR
CONSCIENCE, BUT OUR KINGDOM
DOES NOT DEPEND ON WHO IS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE OR WHO IS IN
THE ELECTION.
THEY JUST SPENT $2 BILLION
ON AN ELECTION THAT NOTHING
CHANGED.÷W>w
SAME SENATE, SAME CONGRESS,
SAME WHITE HOUSE.
David: AND I KNOW YOU
RESPECT THEM AS A PERSON AND
A MAN, THE PRESIDENT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
WERE YOU DISAPPOINTED IN
SOME OF THE BIPARTISAN, THAT
THERE WAS A LACK THERE OF IN
HIS FIRST TERM AND SOME
OTHER SITUATIONS?
I CLEARLY TOLD THE
PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE
HOUSE THAT I 100% DISAGREE
WITH HIM AND I WOULD FIGHT
HIM ON THIS ISSUE OF
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY BECAUSE HE
IS DEAD WRONG ON IT.
I BELIEVE THAT THE H.H.S.
MANDATE WILL BE EVENTUALLY
SHOT DOWN IN COURT, PROBABLY
9-0.
David: ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE BACK HERE IN A MOMENT
WITH AN OY-VEY MOMENT OF THE
WEEK YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO
SAVOR.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
David: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE BRODY FILE."
I WANT TO PREPARE YOU FOR
OUR LAST SEGMENT.
IF YOU THINK THERE ARE FOLKS
OUT THERE WHO LITERALLY
WORSHIP THE GROUND THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA WALKS ON,
WELL, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO CRY IN YOUR
CORNFLAKES WHEN YOU SEE THIS
NEXT STORY.
BECAUSE, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, WE NOW PRESENT
THE OY-VEY MOMENT OF THE
WEEK.
*
David: NOT MUCH
INTRODUCTION IS NEEDED
HERE.
THIS IS AFTER COMEDIAN JAMIE
FOXX AT THE SOUL TRAIN
AWARDS WITH SOME HEAVENLY
LOVE FOR OUR COMMANDER IN
CHIEF.
FIRST OF ALL, GIVE AN
HONOR TO GOD, AND OUR LORD
AND SAVIOR, BARACK OBAMA.
BARACK OBAMA!
David: NOW THAT IS A
MAJOR OY-VEY MOMENT, BUT
COULD IT BE EVEN WORSE THAN
THIS?
* WE'RE GOING TO SAVE
FREEDOM *
* OBAMA IS GOING TO CHANGE
IT *
*
OBAMA IS GOING TO LEAD US.
*
David: NOW THAT IS
SCARY, STEPFORD CHILDREN.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH IS WORSE,
THE KIDS OR JAMIE FOXX FOX.
EITHER WAY THE WHOLE THING
IS SIMPLY OY-VEY.
THAT DISIT FO DOES IT FOR
US.
DID YOU EVER WONDER WHEN
EMERGENCY SPONDERS GET THEIR
TRAINING?
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO
THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST
VIRGINIA, WHERE FIREFIGHTERS
AND MEDICAL TEAMS LEARN HOW
TO KEEP YOU SAFE WHEN
DISASTER STRIKES.
THANKS FOR JOINING US,
EVERYBODY.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, GOD BLESS
AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
