David: THIS WEEK ON
"THE BRODY FILE," IT IS THE
MOST FAMOUS WORD IN
WASHINGTON.
THE SEQUESTER.
SEQUESTRATION.
David: SEQUESTRATION,
WHAT WILL BE THE FALLOUT.
JOHN JESSUP IS ON CAPITOL
HILL FOR US.
AND ONE OF THE TOP TEA PARTY
LEADERS OF THE COMPANY IS
HERE, TALKING ABOUT WHERE
THE TEA PARTY GOES FROM
HERE.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
THIS TIME IS REAL
RECRUITMENT.
David: PLUS, IF YOU
OWN A GUN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
HEAD OVER TO THIS GUY'S
STORE FOR YOUR SECOND
AMENDMENT DISCOUNT.
IT IS POLITICS WITHOUT THE
FEAR FACTOR.
"THE BRODY FILE" IS NEXT.
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David: AND WELCOME,
EVERYBODY, TO "THE BRODY
FILE."
WE HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A
GREAT WEEK BECAUSE, WELL,
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
SURE AREN'T.
WHEN DO THEY EVER HAVE A
GOOD WEEK?
YEAH, THEY'RE ARGUING AGAIN
AND PLAYING THE BLAME GAME.
THIS TIME THEY'RE ARGUING
OVER A WORD THAT THE
MAJORITY OF AMERICANS REALLY
HAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST IDEA
WHAT IT MEANS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
SEQUESTER, OR
SEQUESTRATION.
THAT'S ALL YOU HEAR INSIDE
THE BELT WAY.
THE SEQUESTER.
SEQUESTRATION.
THE SEQUESTER.
THE SEQUESTRATION THING.
WE ARE NOT CLOSE TO AN
AGREEMENT.
David: THIS IS ALL
ABOUT SPENDING CUTS,
$1.2 TRILLION OVER 10 YEARS,
$85 BILLION OVER THE FIRST
YEAR.
THEY HAVE NOW OFFICIALLY
GONE INTO EFFECT BECAUSE,
WELL, BOTH SIDES COULDN'T
REACH A BETTER DEAL.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT IS
THE REPUBLICANS' FAULT
BECAUSE THE G.O.P. WOULDN'T
AGREE TO A BILL THAT HAS
SOME TAX REVENUE IN IT.
AND THE REPUBLICANS BLAME
THIS ON THE WHITE HOUSE
BECAUSE THEY SAY IT WAS THE
PRESIDENT WHO CAME UP WITH
THIS IDEA IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
PLUS, THEY ALSO SAY
PRESIDENT OBAMA REALLY
DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO CUT
SPENDING.
SO HUES FAULT IS IT?
WITH THINK IT IS JOHN
JESSUP'S FAULT, SO WE
BROUGHT HIM ON "THE BRODY
FILE" TO DISCUSS THAT -- NO,
NO.
IT'S NOT JOHN'S FAULT, BUT
HE IS ON CAPITOL HILL
KEEPING TRACK OF THE BLAME
GAME.
JOHN, THIS IS SO CAPITOL
HILL.
YOU'RE RIGHT, AND BRODY,
BEFORE WE GO TOO MUCH
FURTHER, I'M GOING TO USE A
FAMOUS POLITICAL LINE,
"THERE YOU GO AGAIN."
WITH THE BLAME GAME.
WHAT I PICTURE HERE IS
BASICALLY A RACE WHERE ALL
OF WASHINGTON IS INVOLVED,
AND THE FINISH LINE IS
SEQUESTRATION.
YOU HAVE EVERYBODY RACING
AHEAD OF SEQUESTRATION'S
IMPLEMENTATION.
AND NOW YOU'RE BEGINNING TO
SEE A LOT MORE PEOPLE NOT
EVEN ATTEMPTING TO SAY IT IS
BAD.
SURE, THEY MAY ALL AGREE
THEY DON'T LIKE THE WAY OR
THE APPROACH TO THE WAY THE
CUTS ARE MADE.
HOWEVER, FISCAL
CONSERVATIVES SAY DESPITE
THE UNEVEN HAND, WITH 35% OF
THE CUTS GOING TOWARDS THE
MILITARY, THESE CUTS ARE
NECESSARY BECAUSE WASHINGTON
HAS A MASSIVE SPENDING
PROBLEM.
David: WHAT IS BEING
DONE TO REALLY KIND OF AVOID
THIS WHOLE BIG MASSIVE CUT
FOR THE 10 YEARS?
AS I MENTIONED, THERE WAS
A LOT OF EFFORT BEFORE THE
SEQUESTRATION TOOK EFFECT.
NOW YOU'RE SEEING A LOT MORE
PEOPLE BACK AWAY FROM DOING
ANYTHING.
I THINK WE WON'T SEE ANY
REAL EFFORT TO PREVENT
THIS.
THIS FIRST YEAR, $85 BILLION
IN CUTS.
BUT WE WON'T SEE ANY REAL
EFFORT UNTIL MORE PAIN IS
FELT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT GOVERNMENT FURLOUGHS,
AND LONGER LINES AT SECURITY
AT THE AIRLINES.
BUT UNTIL IT AFFECTS PEOPLE
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, I DON'T
THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN
EFFORT TO BEGIN TO ROLL BACK
SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF
SEQUESTRATION BECAUSE IT IS
$1.2 TRILLION OVER THE
NEXT 10 YEARS.
UNTIL IT HITS PEOPLE IN
THEIR BACKYARDS, I DOUBT
YOU'LL SEE THAT EFFORT, TO
RALLY TO PREVENT THE CUTS.
David: JOHN JESSUP ON
CAPITOL HILL.
SPEAKING OF BUDGET CUTS, NO
LUNCH TODAY.
ALWAYS CAN COUNT ON YOU
GUYS.
David: ALL RIGHT,
JOHN.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE
HAVING THIS DISCUSSION OVER
SPENDING BECAUSE OF THE TEA
PARTY.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT
SIGNIFICANTLY SHIFTED THE
CONVERSATION IN THIS COUNTRY
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
ONE OF THE BIG GUNS IN THE
MOVEMENT IS MATT KIBBY.
HE IS PRESIDENT OF FREEDOM
WORKS, AND THEY'RE GEARING
UP FOR 2014 WITH CANDIDATES
IN ACTIVIST TRAINING.
WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED TO
KIBBY ABOUT ALL OF THAT, AND
HIS FALLING OUT WITH FORMER
MENTOR AND FREEDOM WORKS
CHAIRMAN DICK ARMEN.
TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE
WITH CANDIDATE TRAINING
BECAUSE FOR A WHILE NOW
YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT, BUT
NOW SEEMS EXTREMELY
INTRICAL.
I WOULD TAKE IT EVEN A
STEP FURTHER.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS
TIME IS REAL RECRUITMENT.
IF WE LOOK AT A POTENTIAL
FIELD AND WE DON'T SEE
SOMEONE WITH NOT ONLY THE
RIGHT VALUES BUT PRACTICAL
SKILLS TO WIN A STATE-WIDE
ELECTION IN IT'S CASE OF A
SENATOR, WE MAY HAVE TO GO
FIND THAT PERSON.
David: WE HAVE TALKED
TO STEVEN LAW, WHO HAS BEEN
IN THAT CHAIR.
I'M CURIOUS OF WHAT THE
PRACTICAL I IMPLICATION OF
THIS BATTLE THAT IS BREWING
WITH THE CONSERVATIVE AND
REPUBLICAN PARTY?
I THINK WE'RE IN THE
MIDST OF A VERY IMPORTANT
FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF THE
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT, AND
THE SOUL OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
I THINK THE FORMER IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THE LATTER
BECAUSE PARTIES SHIFT AND
FLOW WITH THINGS.
BUT THERE IS A FIGHT ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT YOU WIN BY
RUNNING ON NOTHING.
AND THERE ARE SERIOUS
REPUBLICAN CULTURE TANTS
CONSULTANTS WHO BELIEVE
THAT'S HOW YOU WIND, BY
SHIFTING TO THE LEFT.
VERSES THESE COMPELLING
CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES BIKE
TED CRUZ, LIKE MARCO RUBIO
AND TIM SCOTT.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE
BELIEVE GALVANIZE THE
COALITION AND THEY WIN.
David: I GET THE SENSE
INSTEAD OF THIS BEING A
MODERATE VERSUS CONSERVATIVE
WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
I GET A SENSE IT IS MORE OF
THE ENTRENCHED G.O.P.
ESTABLISHMENT CENTER THAT
FOLKS IN THE TEA PARTY ARE
REALLY AGAINST.
THIS ISN'T REALLY A RIGHT
VERSUS LEFT THING.
IT IS VERY MUCH AN INSIDER
ESTABLISHMENT PROTECTION
PLAN, VERSES AL VERSUS ALL
OF THE INSURGENTS THAT ARE
REPOPULATING THE PARTLY.
THIS IS HOW WASHINGTON
WORKS.
YOU GET TO THIS TOWN, AND
SUDDENLY OVER TIME, YOU HAVE
FORGOTTEN WHY YOU'RE THERE.
YOU GET CORRUPTED.
MAYBE YOU GET A JOB AS A
LOBBYIST.
MAYBE IT IS BETTER FOR YOU
TO KNOW THE COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN AND DROP THAT
SPECIAL PROVISION IN THAT
BILL, VERSUS THE BROADER
VISION OF BALANCING THE
BUDGET AND LIMITING THE
GOVERNMENT, AND MAKING SURE
THAT THE POWER REMAINS WITH
THE PEOPLE AND NOT THE
INSIDERS.
David: SPEAKING OF
CLASHING, I HAVE TO ASK YOU
WHAT WENT DOWN AT FREEDOM
WORKS WITH DICK.
I KNOW HE WAS YOUR PERSONAL
FRIEND.
WE WERE VERY CLOSE.
HE WAS ALMOST LIKE A FATHER
FIGURE TO ME.
AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THE
VITRIOL THAT EMERGED WHEN WE
WENT TO ARMI AND FREEDOM
WORKS WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS
IS FROM THAT COMPROMISE
RELATIONSHIP WE HAD, AND
OTHER PEOPLE ON STAFF.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THE BEST
WAY TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS
THAT IT IS KIND OF A
GENERATIONAL CHANGE THAT
LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE TEA
PARTY MOVEMENT.
THERE IS YOUNGER PEOPLE
COMING IN, AND THEY'RE LESS
ENCUMBERED BY THE OLD RULES,
WELL, HE'S A REPUBLICAN, SO
WE SHOULDN'T GO AFTER HIM.
SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF
IT.
BUT IT'S TRAGIC.
IT IS THE MOST EMBARRASSING,
SLOPPY TRANSITION IN THE
HISTORY OF WASHINGTON,
PERHAPS.
David: THAT IS MATT
KIBBY HERE ON "THE BRODY
FILE."
TIME FOR A STORY OF
EVOLUTION.
FIRST PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID
HE WAS FOR TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE, AND THOUGHT THE
TRADITION OF GAY MARRIAGE
SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO EACH
INDIVIDUAL STATE.
NOW HE IS A SUPPORTER OF
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION IS ARGUING
AGAINST THE STATE'S RIGHT TO
DECIDE THE ISSUE OF
MARRIAGE.
CONFUSED?
WELL, HEY, JENNY IS NOT.
JENNY AND THE "B" BLOCK IS
HERE TO EXPLAIN WHAT GOING
ON.
SHE IS ANXIOUS TO TELL US
ABOUT IT.
SO THIS WEEK SHE IS JENNY
AND THE "A" BLOCK.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GETTING
INVOLVED IN A BIG SUPREME
COURT CASE.
THE PRESIDENT SAID IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO AR ARTICULATE
THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION
STANDS FOR ALLOWING
HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES TO WED AS
THE SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS
THE CON CONSTITUTIONALITY.
THEY THE FILED A BRIEF
ARGUING THAT THE LAW
VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTIONAL
EQUAL PROTECTION LAW.
President Obama: THE
SAME EVOLUTION I'VE GONE
THROUGH IS AN EVOLUTION THAT
THE COUNTRY HAS GONE THROUGH
AS A WHOLE.
Reporter: DAVID, THE
BIG QUESTION IS HOW MUCH
INFLUENCE THE PRESIDENT'S
BRIEF WILL HAVE ON THE
COURT.
David: I WANT TO BRING
UP SOMETHING WHILE WE HAVE
YOU HERE, SEQUESTRATION AND
THE DEMOCRATS.
TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT?
APPROVAL RATINGS FOR
CONGRESS, THEY'VE BEEN IN
THE TANK FOR A LONG TIME.
SINCE THE SEQUESTER CUTS
WENT INTO EFFECT, PRESIDENT
OBAMA IS WATCHING HIS
APPROVAL RATING SLIP INTO
THE 40s.
THAT PROVES THAT AMERICANS
ARE TIRED OF INACTION IN
WASHINGTON.
SO NOW THE SPIN MACHINES ARE
SHIFTING INTO HIGH GEAR.
USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG,
G.O.P. SEQUESTER, DEMOCRATS
ARE PULLING OUT ALL THEIR
TOOLS TO BLAME REPUBLICANS
AND PAINT THEM AS OUT OF
TOUCH.
MEALS ON WHEELS IS
ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT COULD
BE AFFECT THE BY THE
SEQUESTER.
Reporter: REPUBLICANS,
MEANWHILE, ARE REMINDING
THEIR BASE THE SEQUESTER WAS
OBAMA'S IDEA.
President Obama: I WILL
VETO ANY EFFORT TO GET RID
OF THOSE AUTOMATIC SPENDING
CUTS.
IT IS SO TROUBLING JUST 10
DAYS FROM NOW CONGRESS MIGHT
ALLOW A SERIOUS OF
AUTOMATIC, SEVERE BUDGET
CUTS TO TAKE PLACE.
Reporter: THE G.O.P. IS
USING ITS SPIN MACHINE TO
PAINT OBAMA AS A
FLIP-FLOPPER.
IF THERE IS SUCH HAVOC
WREAKED, ALLEGEDLY, BY
SEQUESTER, IMAGINE WHAT THE
CRIES ARE GOING TO BE WHEN
WE'RE TACKLING ENTITLEMENT
REFORMS.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET RID
OF ALL OF THE RHETORIC, AND
BE HONEST THAT GOVERNMENT
HAS GOTTEN SO BIG AND WE
CANNOT CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN
TRILLION DEFICITS.
SPENDING IS THE PROBLEM, AND
SO SPENDING HAS TO BE
REDUCED.
Reporter: DAVID, AS YOU
KNOW, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS AN
AMBITIOUS SECOND TERM
AGENDA, DEFICIT REDUCTION,
IMMIGRATION REFORM, GUN
CONTROL.
YOU CAN EXPECT HIM TO WORK
VERY HARD TO AVOID BECOMING
DAMAGED BY THE SEQUESTER.
David: JENNY IN THE
"B" BLOCK WHO IS IN THE ANCH
"A" BLOCK.
DO YOU GET PAID MORE IN THE
"A" BLOCK?
I DO.
David: AND HOW ABOUT A
STORE IN VIRGINIA THAT IS
GIVEN DISCOUNTS.
KATELYN BERK ALONG WITH THAT
STORY NEXT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE."
THIS NEXT SEGMENT IS ABOUT
GUNS.
NOT TOP GUN OR NAKED GUN OR
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN -- I WENT
OLD SCHOOL THERE, BY THE
WAY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GUN
CONTROL AND CONGRESS.
WHERE ARE WE, EXACTLY?
SO FAR CALIFORNIA'S DEMOCRAT
SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN HAS
HELD HEARINGS ON RENEWING AN
ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, AND
THERE WILL BE MORE HEARINGS
ON SOME SORT OF
COMPREHENSIVE GUN CONTROL.
NOBODY IS SURE OF THE
UPCOME.
BUT THE PRESIDENT SAYS IF HE
HAS TO STEP IN AND DO
SOMETHING UNILATERALLY, HE
WILL.
President Obama: I'M
CONFIDENT THERE ARE SOME
STEPS WE CAN TAKE THAT DON'T
REQUIRE LEGISLATION AND
WITHIN MY AUTHORITY AS
PRESIDENT.
WHERE YOU GET A STEP THAT
HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REDUCE THE
POSSIBILITY OF
GUN VIOLENCE, I WANT TO GO
AHEAD AND TAKE IT.
David: THE ISSUES OF
SEQUESTRATION AND
IMMIGRATION COULD PUSH GUN
CONTROL OUT OF THE HEADLINES
AND POLITICAL PICTURE.
WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR THAT
HERE AT "THE BRODY FILE."
HERE IS A QUESTION FOR YOU:
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A
COUPON, WHERE DO YOU GO?
SOME GO ONLINE, OTHERS GO TO
THE NEWSPAPER, BUT, WAIT,
STOP.
KATELYN BURKE HAS FOUND A
PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T NEED
ANY OF THAT.
YOU JUST NEED TO PACK A
LITTLE HEAT.
KATELYN, WHAT DID YOU FIND
OUT?
I'M HERE AT ALL AROUND
PIZZA IN VIRGINIA BEACH.
THIS USED TO BE A ONE-MAN
SHOP UNTIL A PROMOTION TO
PERCENT THE SECOND AMENDMENT
RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS CHANGED
EVERYTHING.
JAY IS PASSIONATE ABOUT
PIZZA AND GUNS.
HE IS COMBINING THE TWO IN
HIS NEW SPECIAL, A 15%
DISCOUNT FOR ANYONE WHO
BRINGS IN THEIR CONCEALED
CARRY PERMIT OR AN
OPEN-CARRY FIREARM.
HE SAYS HE GOT THE IDEA FROM
AN ICE CREAM SHOP IN UTAH.
WHEN I FOUND OUT THEY
WERE FROM UTAH, I WAS
WONDERING WHY NOBODY IN
VIRGINIA BEACH WAS DOING
THIS.
Reporter: VIRGINIA
BEACH IS A MILITARY
COMMUNITY.
TALK ABOUT BUSINESS BEFORE
THE PROMOTION AND BUSINESS
AFTER THE PROMOTION.
HAS IT REALLY BLOWN UP?
WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?
BUSINESS HAS REALLY BLOWN
UP.
SO MUCH SUPPORT FOR THE
SECOND AMENDMENT COMING OUT
OF IT.
WE ACTUALLY ARE SEEING A
THOUSAND PERCENT INCREASE,
WHICH IS 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT
OF BUSINESS FROM BEFORE WE
STARTED.
Reporter: SINCE THE
SPECIAL BEGAN, HE AS ABOUT
95% OF HIS COSTUMERS SHOW
THEIR CONCEALED CARRY
PERMITS OR HAVE AN
OPEN-CARRY FIREARM.
AND HE IS
GETTING MORE THAN
JUST LOCAL SUPPORT.
MAJOR MEDIA NETWORKS ARE
THREADING THE STORY ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
ONCE THIS DISCOUNT STARTED
TO GET NATIONAL ATTENTION,
HE GOT SOME PRETTY LONG
DISTANCE COSTUMERS.
THIS PARTICULAR ORDER WAS
SENT IN FROM CALIFORNIA BY
CALACO LIGHT ARMED
MANUFACTURER RER.
SINCE THEY COULDN'T BE HERE,
THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT US BY
BUYING FIVE LARGE PIZZAS,
AND TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY
OUT BY DONATING IT TO A
HOMELESS SHELTER.
Reporter: WHY IS IT
IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SUPPORT
THE SECOND AMENDMENT, RIGHT
TO BEAR ARMS?
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME
BECAUSE IT IS BUILT INTO THE
FRAMEWORK OF OUR
GOVERNMENT.
WITHOUT IT, I BELIEVE THAT
THE SYSTEM WOULDN'T WORK
BECAUSE THE SECOND AMENDMENT
IS THE ONLY INSURANCE THAT
WE HAVE AGAINST THE
GOVERNMENT BEING TOO
OPPRESSIVE ON THE PEOPLE.
Reporter: AND HE HAS
BEEN ALSO REACHING OUT TO
OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE
AREA, HOPING THAT THEY'LL
JOIN HIM IN TAKING A STAND
FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
David: VERY NICE.
DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS, AND
DON'T MESS WITH THAT GUY,
EITHER.
WHEN WE COME BACK, THE
CURIOUS CASE OF CHRIS
CHRISTIE.
WHY HE IS IN TROUBLE WITH
CONSERVATIVES.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO THE BRODY FILE.
WE HAVE GOT A CHOCK FULL OF
EVANGELICAL ITEMS IN THIS
BLOCK, SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS, RIGHT?
TIME TO CRANK UP EVANGELICAL
APPS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE CRANKED
UP THE CATHOLIC APP BECAUSE
WE BEGIN WITH THE POPE.
THE POPE HAS SAID
ARRIVEDERCI TO THE VATICAN.
HE IS NOW OFFICIALLY RETIRED
IN BOCCA DOWN IN FLORIDA,
NO, HE IS NOT THERE.
HE IS STILL IN ITALY.
MORE THAN 100 CARDINALS ARE
GETTING SET TO LOCK
THEMSELVES IN A ROOM AND
PLAY SCRABBLE AND ELECT A
NEW POPE.
IF YOU'RE UNDER 80, YOU'RE
IN THE ROOM.
IF YOU'RE OVER 80, YOU DON'T
GET AN INVITE.
CHURCH OFFICIALS HOPE TO
HAVE A NEW POPE IN PLACE
BEFORE EASTER.
HERE IS A TRANSITION FOR
YOU: FROM THE GODLY TO THE
GODLESS.
CHECK OUT THESE BILLBOARD
PICTURES NOW APPEARING IN
TEXAS, OF ALL PLACES.
AMERICAN ATHEISTS ARE
STARTING A NEW CAMPAIGN
CALLED "GO GODLESS
INSTEAD."
THAT'S RIGHT.
THEY ARE USING QUOTES FROM
FAMOUS POLITICIANS IN THEIR
VIEWS ON HOMOSEXUAL.
AND IT INVITES PEOPLE TO
THEIR 50th CONVENTION IN
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
IT FEATURES A BIG DINNER AND
A COMEDY SHOW.
OF COURSE "THE BRODY FILE"
IS CONFUSED BECAUSE WE
THOUGHT THE BILLBOARDS WERE
THE REAL COMEDY SHOW.
ONE GUY SERIOUS ABOUT
PROTECTING TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE IS GLEN GRUHAGEN,
WHO SAYS THE GAY LIFESTYLE
IS A CHOICE AND A FORM OF
SEXUAL ADDICTION.
HERE HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE
MARRIAGE ISSUE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GAY
MARRIAGE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AN
IMMUTABLE CHARACTERISTIC,
LIKE THE COLOR OF YOUR
SKIN.
THE HUMAN GEENOM MAP WAS
COMPLETED IN 2003.
THERE IS NO GAY GENE.
SO THE CONCEPT YOUR BORN
THAT WAY, AND IT IS AN
IMMUTABLE CHARACTERISTIC IS
AN UNSCIENTIFIC LIE.
David: HE IS NOT
HOLDING ANYTHING BACK AT THE
PODIUM IN MINNESOTA.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT IS
ALSO TIME FOR "THE BRODY
FILE" NOT TO HOLD ANYTHING
BACK, EITHER.
AND THAT MEANS A BRODY FILE
COMMENTARY.
LET'S START WITH THIS, "THE
BRODY FILE" IS A SINNER.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
I SIN EVERY DAY.
SO, LOOK, WHEN EVANGELICAL
CHRISTIANS LIKE MYSELF SAY
THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN,
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE THE
SIN OF BEING GAY ANY
DIFFERENT THAN OUR SINS.
THE DIFFERENCE IS
REPENTANCE.
THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO KNOW
JESUS CHRIST IN A REAL AND
PERSONAL WAY HAVE BEEN
FORGIVEN OF THEIR SINS, AND
THEY ARE WASHED AWAY BY THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
HAVE A BORN-AGAIN
EXPERIENCE.
TRUE BIBLE-BELIEVING
CHRISTIANS DESPERATELY WANT
TO SEE HOMOSEXUALS TURN AWAY
FROM A SIMPLE LIFESTYLE AND
BEGIN A NEW LIFE WITH
CHRIST.
WE AS CHRISTIANS HATE THE
SIN, BUT WE DON'T HATE THE
SINNER.
FOR THOSE WHO DO HATE THE
SINNER, SHAME ON YOU.
THE TRUTH IN ALL OF THIS
LIES IN THE BIBLE.
GOD'S WORD IS CLEAR WHEN IT
COMES TO THE FACT THAT
MARRIAGE SHOULD BE BETWEEN
ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN.
THERE IS NO WAY AROUND IT,
DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF
MANY.
GOD WANTS YOU TO LIVE A LIFE
WITH HIM FOR ALL OF
ETERNITY, AND EVANGELICALS
WANT THAT, TOO.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK, THIS WHOLE
GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE HAS SOME
CONSERVATIVES SPLIT.
YOU HAVE THE OLDER SET, WHO
YOU MO MORE TRADITIONAL,
SET IN THEIR WAYS.
AND YOU HAVE THE YOUNGER
VOTES, WHO DESPITE
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS,
DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG
WITH BEING GAY.
SO THAT LEADS US TO MSNB C
C COMMENTATOR.
BECAUSE ORGANIZERS WON'T LET
A G.O.P. GAY GROUP ATTEND,
SHE HAS HAD SECOND
THOUGHTS.
I WORKED WITH "GO PROUD"
AND REPUBLICANS FOR A
WHILE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE
HARDEST WORKING
CONSERVATIVES IN THE
BUSINESS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
STRUGGLED TO RE RECONCILE
THEIR PRIVATE LIVES WITH
THEIR POLITICAL LIVES, AND
HOW THEY MAKE SENSE OF
THAT.
THEY HAVE HAD TO WORK HARDER
THAN MANY OF US IN THE
MOVEMENT TO SORT OF COME
OUT, REPRESENT THEIR
CONSERVATIVE IDEALS, WHICH
FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW,
DISCUSS FISCAL POLICIES AND
FISCAL ISSUES, AND STILL
STAND UP AND BE PROUD
CONSERVATIVES.
AND WE ARE ESSENTIALLY
TELLING THEM WE'RE A LITTLE
ASHAMED OF YOU.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME,
BUT DON'T BE TOO LOUD ABOUT
IT.
GO DO THIS IN THE BACK
ROOM.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
THIS A LOT, AND I KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE ON MY SIDE OF THE
AISLE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING
WITH THIS FOR SOME TIME NOW,
TOO.
I'VE BEEN SCHEDULED TO SPEAK
THIS YEAR, AND I DON'T THINK
I CAN UNTIL HIS ISSUE IS
RECONCILED AND FIGURED OUT.
David: YOU KNOW WHO
ELSE WON'T BE AT C-PAC,
CHRIS CHRISTIE.
CONSERVATIVES ORGANIZERS
DECIDED NOT TO INVITE HIM
AFTER SOME OF HIS SPOTTY
MOVES THAT WENT AGAINST
CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGY.
LIKE ACCEPTING THE
OBAMACARE.
I WISH THEM ALL OF THE
BEL.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR
CONFERENCE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO INVITE
ME, THAT'S THEIR
PREROGATIVE.
IT IS NOT LIKE I'M LACKING
FOR INVITATIONS TO SPEAK.
David: WHEN WE COME
BACK, IF YOU THINK CHRIS
CHRISTIE IS AN OUTCAST, WAIT
UNTIL YOU GET THE OY-VEY
MOMENT OF THE WEEK.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE."
BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU THIS
WEEK, LET'S GET RIGHT TO
THIS WEEK'S INCREDIBLY
NAUSEATING OY-VEY MOMENT OF
THE WEEK.
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David: THE WINNER
HANDS DOWN IS FORMER NBA
PLAYER DENNIS RODMAN, WHO
PLAYED A VISIT TO NORTH
KOREA'S YOUNG DICTATOR.
DENNIS, ARE YOU NUTS?
WATCH THESE CLIPS.
HE IS A GREAT GUY.
YOU SIT DOWN AND TALK TO
HIM.
PERCEPTION IS PERCEIVING.
A GREAT GUY PUTS 200,000
PEOPLE IN PRISON CAMPS.
GUESS WHAT, IT IS AMAZING
HOW WE DO THE SAME THING
HERE.
WE HAVE PRISON CAMPS HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES?
THIS IS ALL POLITICS,
RIGHT.
THIS IS ALL POLITICS,
RIGHT.
HE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
THE NEXT TIME YOU GO
BACK, BRING THIS REPORT FROM
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND ASK
HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
YOU MIGHT LEARN A LOT MORE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON THIS
MORNING AND SHARING.
EITHER WAY, GUESS WHAT?
GUESS WHAT?
THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
DON'T HATE ME.
David: DENNIS RODMAN
HAS MADE "THE BRODY FILE"
SPEECHLESS, AND THAT IS NOT
AN EASY THING TO DO.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, GOD BLESS.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK.