David: THIS WEEK ON
"THE BRODY FILE," MOVE OVER
JIMMY STEWART, THERE IS A
NEW MOVIE IN TOWN.
GET READY FOR MR. PAUL GOES
TO WASHINGTON.
I WILL SPEAK UNTIL I CAN
CAN NO LONGER SPEAK.
DAVID: WHAT RAND PAUL'S
FILIBUSTER MEANS FOR THE
FUTURE OF CONSERVATISM.
AND JENNY AND THE "B" BLOCK
TALKS TO HIM ISRAEL AND
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO GET
THAT GREEN LIGHT FROM
PRESIDENT OBAMA?
I THINK IT IS CRITICAL.
David: AND KATELYN
BURKE GOES IN SEARCH OF WHAT
YOU WOULD CUT FROM YOUR
BUDGET.
THE FEDS SURE AREN'T DOING A
GOOD JOB.
WHAT WOULD YOU CUT OUT?
THE CAFE MOCHA.
David: PLUS,
CHEERLEADERS IN TEXAS GO
BIBLICAL.
"THE BRODY FILE" IS NEXT.
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*
David: AND WELCOME,
EVERYBODY, TO ANOTHER
EDITION OF "THE BRODY
FILE."
HEY, LOOK, BEFORE WE GO ANY
FURTHER, WE JUST WANT TO
BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO "THE
BRODY FILE" GOATEE.
WE'RE TRYING A NEW
MAKEOVER.
WE'RE KIND OF GOING FOR THE
LEONARDO DICAPRIO LOOK.
BUT WE MAY END UP LOOKING
LIKE THIS GUY IN JUST A FEW
WEEKS.
NOW TO THE NEWS.
SENATOR RAND PAUL DOMINATING
THE HEADLINES AFTER HIS
13-HOUR FILIBUSTER ON THE
SENATE FLOOR LAST WEEK.
IT WAS REGARDING THE OBAMA'S
ADMINISTRATION SECRECY OVER
DRONE STRIKES ON AMERICANS.
IT REMINDED US OF JIMMY
STEWART'S CLASSIC FILIBUSTER
IN THE MOVIE "MR. SMITH GOES
TO WASHINGTON."
I'M GOING TO STAY RIGHT
HERE AND FIGHT FOR THE LOST
CAUSE.
EVEN IF THIS ROOM GETS
FILLED WITH LIES LIKE
THESE.
AND THE TAILORS AND ALL OF
THEIR ARMIES COME MARCHING
INTO THIS PLACE.
SOMEBODY WILL LISTEN TO ME.
David: HOW ARE YOU
GOING TO OUT-DO THAT?
LET'S TAKE A TRIP WITH THE
SENATOR, AS MR. PAUL GOES TO
WASHINGTON.
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David: HE DIDN'T
EXACTLY FAINT, BUT HE HAD
HIS MOMENTS.
I WILL SPEAK UNTIL I CAN
NO LONGER SPEAK.
I WILL SPEAK AS LONG AS IT
TAKES UNTIL THE ALARM IS
SOUNDED FROM COAST TO COAST
THAT OUR CONSTITUTION IS
IMPORTANT.
NO ONE WILL EVER FORGET
JANE FONDA SWIVELING AROUND
IN NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMOURED
GUN AND IT IS DESPICABLE.
IT IS ONE THING TO TRY HER
FOR TREASON, BUT ARE YOU
GOING TO DROP A DRONE ON
JANE FONDA.
David: DURING HIS
FILIBUSTER, HE GOT SOME HELP
FROM SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES,
INCLUDING SENATOR TED CRUZ
WHO CAME BY NOT TO JUST READ
FROM THE CONSTITUTION, BUT
ALSO HE READ TWEETS.
WELCOME TO A SOCIAL MEDIA
CRAZE FILIBUSTER.
I WILL READ A SERIES OF
TWEETS.
"SO PROUD OF RAND PAUL
STANDING UP FOR WHAT'S
RIGHT.
STAND WITH RAND."
"RAND PAUL, A REASON TO BE
PROUD OF YOUR ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES AGAIN.
KEEP GOING, RAND."
David: THIS FILIBUSTER
IS PERFECT MATERIAL FOR A
BRODY FILE COMMENTARY.
LOOK, FOLKS, RAND PAUL MAY
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
DRONES AND SPEWING
LIBERTARIAN PHILOSOPHY ON
WHEN TO WAGE WAR, BUT HIS
FILIBUSTER IS MUCH DEEPER
THAN ANY OF THAT.
NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY
FROM THE CONTENT OF WHAT
SENATER PAUL SAID, BUT HE
WANTS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
IN 2016.
THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO
DO IF YOU EVER WANT TO BE
SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED, YOU
HAVE TO BE NOTICED.
WELL, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
RAND PAUL GOT NOTICED.
HE IS PLAYING THE MEDIA LIKE
A FIDDLE.
HE COMPLETED HIS FILIBUSTER,
AND THEN HE TOOK A VICTORY
LAP THE NEXT DAY ON ALL OF
THE MAJOR NETWORK SHOWS.
BUT BEYOND THAT, HE SHOWED
HE IS A MAN OF PRINCIPLE.
THIS IS NO ACT IF -- I
SHOULD SAY WHEN HE RUNS IN
2016, HE IS THE GUY WHO HAS
NOW BEGUN TO ESTABLISH
HIMSELF AS A MAN WITH DEEP
CONVICTIONS.
GUESS WHAT?
THE WHOLE NATION NOW KNOWS
ABOUT HIM.
ROUND ONE FOR RAND PAUL.
"THE BRODY FILE" HAS TALKED
TO RAND PAUL NUMEROUS TIMES
ABOUT THE
LIBERTARIAN-LEANING VIEWS,
AND HERE WAS A CONVERSATION
WE HAD WITH HIM RECENTLY
WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT HOW A
LIBERTARIAN MINDSET CAN
ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HOW CAN BOTH OF THOSE SECTS,
IF YOU WILL, WORK TOGETHER
FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS
COUNTRY.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE
NEED AS A REPUBLICAN PARTY
BECAUSE THE LIBERTARIAN
MESSAGE, THE LIBERTARIAN
REPUBLICAN MESSAGE, ATTRACTS
A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE NEED THOSE IN OUR PARTY.
THE PRESIDENT WON THE
MAJORITY OF THE YOUTH.
IT GOES BEYOND THE CAUCASIAN
ETHNIC GROUP.
IT IS ATTRACTIVE TO
HISPANICS, IT IS ATTRACTIVE
TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THERE IS A LOT ABOUT THIS
THAT WILL HELP US TO GROW
THE PARTY.
I THINK IF YOU COMBINE
TRADITIONAL CONSERVATISM
WITH LIBERTARIANISM, SOMEHOW
YOU'LL GROW YOUR PARTY BIG
ENOUGH TO WIN NATIONAL
ELECTIONS AGAIN.
David: ALL RIGHT, TIME
TO MOVE TO THE 2014 MID-TERM
LANDSCAPE.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE POISED
TO DO WELL IN THESE MID
TERMS BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS
ARE DEFENDING MORE SENATE
SEATS THAN REPUBLICANS.
AND THEY GET MORE GOOD NEWS
THIS WEEK.
MICHIGAN SENATOR CARL LE
LEVIN IS RETIRING.
HE HAS BEEN IN THE SENATE
SINCE THE CIVIL WAR -- AT
LEAST IT SEEMS THAT WAY.
AND ALSO RETIRING
J-ROCKEFELLER, AND TOM
HARKIN.
THE G.O.P. IS GOING TO WIN
QUITE A FEW SEATS TO WIN
BACK CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
TIME NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE
LATEST ON PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND SPENDING CUTS.
NOW, I KNOW, I KNOW IT IS
HARD TO CONTEMPLATE ALL OF
THAT IN ONE SENTENCE.
BUT CHECK OUT THE LATEST ON
THE SEQUESTER.
HOW ABOUT THE MOVE BY NEW
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN
KERRY.
HE IS IN EGYPT, MEETING WITH
MOHAMMED MORSI, AND HE GOES
AHEAD AND PLEDGES
$250 MILLION TO MORSI'S
RADICAL GOVERNMENT.
NOW, MORSI IS THE GUY WHO
CALLED JEWS APES AND PIGS --
REMEMBER THIS?
[SPEAKING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
David: JUST SO WE'RE
CLEAR, THE PRESIDENT IS
GIVING MONEY TO THAT GUY IN
EGYPT, THE APES AND PIGS
GUY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE
SEQUESTER, WE'RE CUTTING OUR
MILITARY LEFT AND RIGHT.
WE'RE EVEN CUTTING THE
SEPTEMBER 11th VICTIMS'
COMPENSATION FUND.
AND THE TOPIC OF CUTS CAME
UP DURING A HEATED EXCHANGE
ON FOX NEWS' THE O'REILLY
FACTOR SHOW.
HERE IS LIBERAL ANALYST,
ALLEN COMBS, GOING AT IT
WITH AN IRATE BILL O'REILLY
OVER THE FACT THAT THIS
PRESIDENT HASN'T PROPOSED
ANY SINGLE SPECIFIC SPENDING
CUTSMENT.
FOR $2.50 IN TAX CUTS --
THAT'S NOT THE THING --
HE IS CUTTING
MEDICARE --
NO, THAT IS NOT
SPECIFIC.
HE HAS TO SAY, HERE ARE THE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO
GO DOWN.
HERE IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO
REFORM MEDICARE AND SOCIAL
SECURITY, AND THE MAN
REFUSES TO DO IT.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
HE IS TRYING TO CUT THE
PROGRAMS --
NOW I'M GETTING TEED OFF
ON YOU.
GIVE ME ONE PROGRAM HE SAYS
HE WILL CUT.
HE SAYS HE'LL CUT
ENTITLEMENTS.
THAT'S NOT A PROGRAM.
YOU ARE A LIAR.
DON'T CALL ME A LIAR.
WHERE IS THE PROOF.
DON'T SIT THERE AND CALL
ME A LIAR.
WE CAN HAVE A DISAGREEMENT
WITHOUT YOU CALLING ME A
LIAR.
YOU ARE LYING.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HAVING A
DISAGREEMENT AND CALLING ME
A LIAR.
THIS IS WHY I'M CALLING
YOU A LIAR.
GIVE ME ONE PROGRAM HE WOULD
CUT --
HE WOULD CUT MEDICARE AND
MEDICAID.
David: "THE
BRODY FILE" HAS A
SUGGESTION.
HE SHOULD GO TAKE A CLASS ON
ANGER MANAGEMENT.
MY NAME IS SHEILA, AND WE
ARE HERE TODAY FOR ANGER
MANAGEMENT.
WHY DON'T WE ALL TAK MAKE A
BIG GRIEWJ.
GROUP.
BREATH IN, BREATHE IN,
BREATHE OUT.
David: LET'S MOVE ON.
WITH ALL OF THIS TALK ABOUT
BUDGETS AND SEQUESTERS AND
CUTS, WE DECIDED TO SEND
KATELYN BURKE OUT THIS WEEK
TO TRIM THE FAT.
* WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO
* WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THAT
CASH *
David: AND KATELYN
JOINS US WITH MORE ON THAT.
WELL, DAVID, IT IS NO
SECRET THAT
THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT HAS A SPENDING
PROBLEM.
SO WHILE THE FOLKS IN
WASHINGTON TRY TO FIGURE
THAT ONE OUT, WE ASKED SOME
PEOPLE HERE HOW THEY WOULD
TRIM THE FAT FROM THEIR OWN
BUDGET.
WHAT WOULD YOU CUT OUT?
PROBABLY STARBUCKS AND
CAFE MOCHA.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I
SPEND MOST OF MY MONEY ON --
THAT AND GAS, BUT I NEED TO
DRIVE.
SO COFFEE COULD BE LESS IN
MY LIFE.
BEVERAGES OR SMACK FOOD.
JUST EATING THE MAIN
NECESSITIES.
MY CLOTHES.
I SPEND A LOT OF FASHION.
Reporter: IF YOU HAD TO
TRIM THE FAT A LITTLE BIT,
WHAT WOULD YOU CUT?
I WOULD PROBABLY GET RID
OF MY NETFLIX ACCOUNT AND I
WOULD TRY NOT TO EAT OUT.
I WOULD GO TO THE GROCERY
STORE A LITTLE MORE.
ALL OF OUR PETS, AND THAT
WOULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
NOT HAVING THE CATS AND --
I WOULD PROBABLY DO LESS
EATING OUT BECAUSE MY WIFE
IS A GOOD COOK.
Reporter: IF YOU HAD TO
TAKE A GUESS ON WHAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO
TO CUT BACK ON THEIR BUDGET,
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS
FOR THEM?
I WISH THEY WOULD
LITERALLY SIT DOWN AND GO
THROUGH ALL OF THE
PORK-BARREL SPENDING.
I THINK ELIMINATING
THINGS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT
LIKE BUT AREN'T NECESSARILY
NEEDED.
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
THINGS THAT PRIVATE SECTORS
COULD TAKE CARE OF.
I HEARD THEY HAVE A LOT
OF SPENDING ON REALLY RANDOM
RESEARCH PROJECTS, LIKE
SQUIRRELS AND THINGS.
DAVID, I WOULD PROBABLY
HAVE TO CUT OUT THE NUMBER
OF CHICK-FIL-A LUNCH RUNS I
MAKE.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
David: NO DOUBT, IT
WOULD BE THE TACO BELL
RUNS.
I'M OVERBUDGET EVERY WEEK.
THANKS, KATELYN.
WHEN WE COME BACK, PRESIDENT
OBAMA GETS ACCEPTED IN
JERUSALEM.
JENNY AND THE "B" BLOCK HAS
THE NITTY-GRITTY NEXT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE,"
EVERYBODY.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK, "THE BRODY
FILE" HAS A FEW SUGGESTIONS
FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA WHEN HE
GOES PACKING FOR HIS NEXT
OVERSEAS TRIP.
PASS THE POTATO LATKAS,
BECAUSE GUESS WHAT,
PRESIDENT OBAMA, YOU'RE
HEADING TO ISRAEL.
GOOD FOR YOU.
IT ONLY TOOK YOU FIVE YEARS
TO VISIT OUR CLOSEST ALLEY.
NICE.
WHAT IS GOING TO GO DOWN IN
THE HOLYLAND?
JENNY AND THE "B" BLOCK,
A.K.A. JENNIFER WISHON, IS
HERE TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S FIRST VISIT TO
ISRAEL AS COMMANDER IN
CHIEF.
HERE IS MY TIP TO THE
PRESIDENT, LAYOFF THE
MATZAH.
Reporter: BETTER LATE
THAN EVER ON THIS TRIP.
THE TRIP IS COMING AT A
CRITICAL TIME FOR ISRAEL AND
THE MIDDLE EAST, AT IRAN
INCHES CLOSER AND CLOSER TO
MAKING A NUCLEAR BOMB.
THE CURRENT REGIME IN
IRAN IS VERY DANGEROUS.
Reporter: EXPERTS AGREE
IRAN'S QUEST FOR A NUCLEAR
BOMB IS TOPIC ONE WHEN
PRESIDENT OBAMA TOUCHES DOWN
ON ISRAELI SOIL.
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Reporter: THE QUESTION
IS: WILL THE PRESIDENT'S
VISIT BE HEAVIER ON OPTICS
OR SUBSTANCE.
YOU CAN'T JUST GO VISIT
THE WESTERN WALL AND PRAY
AND VISIT THE SHRINES AND GO
TO BETHLEHEM AND DO THE
TOURIST SIGHTS AND MAKE
EVERYONE FEEL HAPPY.
Reporter: HOW BIG OF A
DEAL IS IT FOR THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES TO
VISIT A FOREIGN COUNTRY?
IT'S AN ENORMOUS SYMBOL
AND SIGNAL TO BOTH THE
COUNTRY THAT HE VISITS AND
THE COUNTRIES AROUND IT.
Reporter: PRESIDENT
OBAMA HAS URGED ISRAEL TO
GIVE SANCTIONS AND DIPLOMACY
A CHANCE TO WORK.
BUT IRAN CONTINUES TO PRESS
AHEAD.
EVEN COZYING UP TO NORTH
KOREA, ANOTHER ROGUE NATION
WORKING TO DEVELOP THE
CAPABILITY TO LAUNCH NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
IRAN HAS SEEN NORTH KOREA
TESTING NUCLEAR WAR HEAD,
AND ITS SCIENTISTS WERE
THERE AT THE LAUNCH.
WHICH MEANS THIS
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IRAN
AND NORTH KOREA IS VERY
CLOSE.
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Reporter: SINCE WINNING
RE-ELECTION, ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
HAS BEEN BUSY ORGANIZING HIS
NEW GOVERNMENT.
NOW THAT HIS KEY LEADERS ARE
IN PLACE, IT IS TIME TO
CONSIDER THE TIMELINE FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF A
PREEMPTIVE STRIKE AGAINST
IRAN.
THE ISRAELIS THINK IT
WILL COME TO THE PROVERBIAL
RED LINE SOMETIME IN THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS.
AMERICAN ANALYSTS THINK IT
WOULD TAKE LONGER BEFORE THE
IRANIANS HAVE THE CAPABILITY
TO ATTACK ISRAEL WITH A
NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION.
INTELLIGENCE IS A VERY FUZZY
BUSINESS.
THE BEST NETANYAHU CAN
HOPE FOR IS A GREEN LIGHT
FROM THE PRESIDENT, THAT,
YES, WE'VE RUN OUT OF BETTER
OPTIONS.
Reporter: HOW IMPORTANT
IS FOR PRIME MINISTER
NETANYAHU TO GET THAT GREEN
LIGHT FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA?
I THINK IT IS CRITICAL.
Reporter: DO YOU THINK
IN A FEW MONTHS WE'LL BE
TALKING ABOUT WAR?
I THINK WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT IT NOW.
I THINK THAT NETANYAHU, ONCE
HE HAS HIS GOVERNMENT FULLY
SQUARED AWAY, MEETS WITH THE
PRESIDENT, WE'LL KNOW NOT IF
HE IS GOING TO ATTACK, BUT
WE'LL BEGIN TO SENSE SOME
POSTER.
POSTURE.
Reporter: IRAN'S
NUCLEAR AMBITIONS AND THE
THREAT IT POSSESS TO ISRAEL
AND THE U.S. WILL LIKELY BE
ONE OF THE BIGGEST FOREIGN
POLICY CHALLENGES THE
PRESIDENT FACES IN HIS
TERM.
WITH EACH PASSING DAY, THE
CHANCE OF THEIR BEING A
PEACEFUL SOLUTION GROWS LESS
AND LESS LIKELY.
David: DANGEROUS
WATERS, FOR SURE.
JENNY, THANK YOU.
WHEN WE COME BACK, CUTTING
THE FAT -- NOT OUT OF THE
"THE BRODY FILE," THERE IS A
LOT OF THAT, BUT OUT OF THE
FEDERAL BUDGET IN YOUR
PERSONAL BUDGET.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE."
ALL RIGHT, WITH ALL OF THIS
NEWS SURROUNDING THE
SELECTION OF A NEW POPE,
"THE BRODY FILE" WONDERS TWO
THINGS: FIRST OF ALL, IS THE
POPEMOBILE AIR CONDITIONED
AND EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL
DRIVE?
THE SECOND QUESTION,
POSSIBLY MORE IMPORTANT,
WHAT DO CATHOLICS THINK OF
THE CHURCH TODAY?
WELL, A NEW POLL HAS SOME
INSIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK.
52% OF CATHOLICS THINK THE
CHURCH IS MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
JUST 31% DON'T THINK SO.
HOWEVER, 52% OF CATHOLICS
ALSO THINK THE CHURCH IS OUT
OF TOUCH WITH THE VIEWS OF
CATHOLICS.
62% SAY THE NEXT POPE SHOULD
ALLOW PRIESTS TO MARRY.
AND ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE,
CHECK THIS OUT, CATHOLICS 18
TO 34 SUPPORT SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE BY A 62 TO 30%
MARGIN.
CATHOLICS OVER 55 ARE
OPPOSED 50% TO 39%.
FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH NOW
TO THE BIBLE, THAT'S CALLED
AN EVANGELICAL TRANSITION.
HOW ABOUT THE MOVE BY NEW
C.I.A. CHIEF JOHN BRENNAN.
HE WAS SWORN IN AS C.I.A.
CHIEF BY VICE PRESIDENT
JOSEPH BIDEN LAST WEEK.
BUT NO HAND ON THE BIBLE.
ACTUALLY, LET ME THINK FOR A
MOMENT.
THERE IS NO BIBLE ANYWHERE
TO BE FOUND.
INSTEAD, HE WENT WITH HIS
HAND ON AN ORIGINAL DRAFT OF
THE CONSTITUTION THAT HAD
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PERSONAL
HANDWRITING ON IT.
WELL, THAT'S NICE, BUT THE
PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THAT
CONSTITUTION IS DATED TO
1787, BEFORE THE BILL OF
RIGHTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE TOOK THE
OATH OF OFFICE ON A PIECE OF
PAPER THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE
THE FIRST, THE FOURTH, THE
FIFTH, OR THE SIXTH
AMENDMENT, NOT TO MENTION
ANY OF THE OTHER AMENDMENTS
INCLUDED IN OUR CURRENT
VERSION OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
UNBELIEVABLE.
MAYBE NOT SO UNBELIEVABLE.
WHILE WE'RE LOOSELY ON THE
SUBJECT OF THE BIBLE, LET'S
TURN TO THE STORY OF THE
CUNTZ HIGH SCHOOL
CHEERLEADERS.
THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE
BIG CONTROVERSY AFTER THEY
DECIDED TO WRITE BIBLE
VERSES ON THE RUN-THROUGH
BANNERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL GAMES.
BECAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC
SCHOOL, SOME PEOPLE
THREATENED A LAWSUIT, AND
NOW THE WHOLE THING IS TIED
UP IN THE COURT SYSTEM.
HERE IS MORE OF OUR REPORT
FROM KUNTZ, TEXAS.
THE CHEERLEADERS MAY SEEM
LIKE TYPICAL TEENAGED GIRLS,
BUT IN REALITY, THEY'RE
ANYTHING BUT.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE BANNERS
THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS RUN
THROUGH JUST BEFORE THEIR
GAMES.
THE CHEERLEADERS BEGAN
WRITING BIBLE VERSES ON THEM
LAST FALL.
I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET UP
WITH THE TEAM, AND I ASKED
THI THEM WHY THEY BOLDLY
DECIDED TO PUT THEIR FAITH
ON DISPLAY.
WE'RE ALL CHRISTIANS, AND
WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS FROM
GOD.
AND IF IT'S FROM GOD, WHY
NOT?
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE
THINKING.
IT IS A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
David: THE GIRLS' ZEAL
FOR GOD'S WORD WAS SO
CONTAGIOUS, IT NOT ONLY
INSPIRED THEIR OWN FOOTBALL
TEAM, IT CAUSED THE OPPOSING
TEAMS TO DO THE SAME THING,
AND THEY ALSO BEGAN WRITING
SCRIPTURES OWNER THEIR
BANNERS.
BUT THE FREEDOM FOR RELIGION
FOUNDATION FILED A COMPLAINT
WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THEY SAID BIBLE VERSES
SHOULD NOT BE DISPLAYED AT
FOOTBALL GAMES BECAUSE THAT
BASICALLY MEANT THE SCHOOL
WAS PROMOTING A PARTICULAR
RELIGION.
THE CHEERLEADERS SAID THAT
WAS A VIOLATION OF THEIR
FREE SPEECH, AND THEY FILED
A LAWSUIT.
THEIR ATTORNEY, DAVID
STARNS, IS WORKING WITH
LIBERTY INSTITUTE ON THE
CASE.
THIS CASE IS ALL ABOUT
THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS TO
EXPRESS THEIR SINCERELY-HELD
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AT
SCHOOL.
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT SAID THAT STUDENTS DO
NOT LEAD THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AT THE
SCHOOL HOUSE GATE.
David: THE CASE WENT
TO COURT LAST OCTOBER, AND
THE JUDGE RULED THAT THE
CHEERLEADERS COULD CONTINUE
TO WRITE SCRIPTURES ON THE
BANNER FOR THE REST OF THE
SEASON.
THE SCHOOL BOARD BROUGHT IT
BEFORE THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR
FROM THEM.
THE CHEERLEADERS STOOD UP
FOR THEIR FAITH ONCE AGAIN
AND RECEIVED OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE GOOD KIDS.
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY
BELIEVE.
AND THEY ARE NOT AFRAID TO
STAND UP AND SAY WHAT THEY
BELIEVE.
David: EVEN THE TEXAS
GOVERNOR AND THE
ATTORNEY-GENERAL HAS
PUBLICLY SUPPORTED THE
CHEERLEADERS.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL HONORED
THEM AT A RECENT BANQUET,
AND HE SAYS HE IS PROUD OF
THE GIRLS FOR STANDING ON
THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS
COUNTRY.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE
CONVICTION, YOU CAN BE A
MESSAGER FOR THE ENTIRE
WORLD.
Reporter: WHAT IS GOING
ON IN THE SCHOOL?
YOU GUYS ARE THE COOL,
FAMOUS CHEERLEADERS, AREN'T
YOU?
WE'RE STILL THE SAME
PEOPLE WE ALWAYS WERE.
THIS HAS JUST HELPED, LIKE,
OUR FOOTBALL BOYS AND US
COME CLOSER TO EACH OTHER.
BUT, I MEAN, EVERYTHING IS
STILL THE SAME AT SCHOOL.
WE'RE ALL STILL CLOSE
AND, LIKE, NOBODY ARGUES.
WE HARDLY TALK ABOUT IT
ANYMORE.
David: SO FOR NOW, THE
CHEERLEADERS ARE WAITING FOR
THEIR NEXT COURT DATE IN
JUNE, TO SEE IF THEY CAN
CONTINUE TO PROCLAIM GOD'S
WORD AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL GAMES.
"THE BRODY FILE" WISHING THE
YOUNG LADIES LUCK.
NEXT, AN OY-VEY MOMENT OF
THE WEEK THAT IS GOING TO
HAVE EVERY WIFE IN AMERICA
PRETTY UPSET.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE."
BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU, WE HAVE
A STORY THAT LITERALLY MADE
US SAY, WHAT THE WHAT?
AND IT MADE US THINK THIS
WOULD BE A GREAT OY-VEY
MOMENT OF THE WEEK.
*
David: ALL RIGHT,
FIRST A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
YOU REMEMBER FORMER SOUTH
CAROLINA GOVERNOR MARK
SANFORD, THE GUY CAUGHT
CHEATING ON HIS WIFE.
HE MADE UP HIS STORY HE WAS
HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
WHEN HE WAS WITH HIS
ARGENTINAN MISTRESS.
AND NOW HE IS RUNNING FOR
CONGRESS AND ASKING VOTERS
FOR A SECOND CHANCE.
I'VE EXPERIENCED HOW NONE
OF US GO THROUGH LIFE
WITHOUT MISTAKES.
BUT IN THEIR WAKE, WE CAN
LEARN ABOUT GRACE, A GO GOT
GOD OF SECOND CHANCES AND BE
THE BETTER FOR IT.
David: HERE IS THE
OY-VEY MOMENT, HE IS ASKING
HIS EX-WIFE TO RUN HIS
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN.
I WOULD HAVE TOLD HIM TO
TAKE A HIKE ALONG THE
APPALACHIAN TRAIL.
AND SANFORD NOW ENGAGED TO
HIS ARGENTINAN MISTRESS.
OY-GEVALT.
THAT DOES IT FOR THIS WEEK.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, GOD BLESS
AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
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