This week on The Brody File, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus joins us to explain how the GOP is ready to capitalize on the Obamacare political disaster. Also, Charles Krauthammer stops by the studio to discuss his early liberal tendencies, politics ...
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David: THIS WEEK ON
"THE BRODY FILE," CHRISTMAS
HAS COME EARLY FOR THE
G.O.P.
OBAMACARE IS THE PRESENT
UNDER THE TREE.
WE GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BRYCE.
ARE YOU GOING TO SEND THEM A
THANK YOU CARD OVER
OBAMACARE?
IT IS LIKE THE CHRISTMAS
VACATION MOVIE, THE JELLY OF
THE MONTH, WHEN COUSIN EDDIE
SAYS, CLARK, IT IS THE JELLY
OF THE MONTH CLUB, THE GIFT
THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
YEAR-ROUND.
AND OUR CHARLES GOES
ONE-ON-ONE WITH SOMEONE FROM
FOX NEWS.
PEOPLE ASK ME, HOW DO YOU
GO FROM WALTER PO MON
MONDALE TO FOX NEWS.
THE ANSWER IS I WAS YOUNG
ONCE.
David: PLUS A PRO-LIFE
BATTLE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW
MEXICO.
THE STAKES ARE HIGH.
"THE BRODY FILE," WE ARE
PACKING HEAT FROM D.C., IS
THAT LEGAL?
ANYWAY, WE'RE ON ACROSS
AMERICA.
AND WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO
"THE BRODY FILE."
WE'RE HAPPY YOU'RE WITH US,
BUT YOU KNOW WHO IS REALLY
HAPPY?
THAT'S RIGHT, STEWART, THE
SALSA-DANCING DOG, WHO IS
GOING TO BUST A MOVE RIGHT
NOW TO GET US IN A FESTIVE
MOVE.
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[SALSA MUSIC]
David: ALL RIGHT, I
WANT YOU TO CLOSE YOUR
EYES.
I WANT YOU TO PICTURE
STEWART, THAT DOG, AS A
REPUBLICAN.
CAN YOU SEE STEWART, THE
REPUBLICAN, DANCING.
THAT'S RIGHT, REPUBLICANS
DANCING UP A STORM
POLITICALLY BECAUSE
OBAMACARE KEEPS ON TURNING
INTO MORE OF A DISASTER.
AND SO WE NOW BRING YOU THE
LATEST EPISODE FROM THE SOAP
OPERA, "AS OBAMACARE
TURNS."
"AS OBAMACARE TURNS,"
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE
TAXPAYER.
David: LET'S SEE.
THE WEBSITE IS A DISASTER.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
GETTING CANCELLATION
NOTICES.
THE PRESIDENT IS BEING
CALLED A LIAR, EVEN BY
LIBERALS.
AND HIS APPROVAL RATING IS
DOWN TO AN ALL-TIME LOW OF
42%.
ALL OF THIS MEANS A HUGE
OPPORTUNITY FOR REPUBLICANS
TO DO VERY WELL IN THE
UPCOMING 2014 MID-TERM
ELECTIONS.
WHO BETTER TO TALK ABOUT
THIS THAN REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
BRYCE PREVUS.
WE SAT DOWN WITH HIM TO
DISCUSS THE STATE OF
OBAMACARE AND HOW THE G.O.P.
CAN CASH IN POLITICALLY.
CHAIRMAN, LET ME ASK YOU, IS
THIS AN EARLY CHRISTMAS
PRESENT?
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE
TWO ANSWERS TO THAT.
ONE, POLITICALLY, THE ANSWER
ISIE.
IS YES.
POLITICALLY, LET OBAMACARE
GO THROUGH AND WE'LL TATTOO
IT TO THEIR HEADS AND BEAT
THEM IN 2014.
THE PROBLEM IS IT IS A
PAINFUL THING FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
POLITICS ASIDE, THIS THING
IS A MON TRUS CENTURY.
MONSTROSITY.
WE TRIED EVERYTHING, THE
GOVERNMENT WAS SHUT DOWN,
AND WE DID EVERYTHING WE
COULD TO POSSIBLY STOP IT.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL
GET BETTER, NO MATTER WHAT
FIXES THE PRESIDENT THINKS
HE'LL PUSH THROUGH.
David: DO YOU GET A
CHANCE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
SETTING UP THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES AS THE BAD GUYS?
HE'S TRYING TO SHIFT THE
CONVERSATION AT THE KITCHEN
TABLE.
WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO IS
PUT THE BLAME ON INSURANCE
COMPANIES, SO WHEN FAMILIES
ARE SITTING AROUND AND
HAVING THIS DIFFICULT
CONVERSATION, THEY CAN MAYBE
BLAME SOMEONE ELSE, OTHER
THAN THE PRESIDENT.
THE PROBLEM IS WE KNOW THAT
FIX ISN'T A FIX AT ALL.
IT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE
ANYTHING.
AND THE BIGGER PROBLEM NOW,
OF COURSE, IS THAT YOUNG,
HEALTHY PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING
TO BE SIGNING UP FOR
OBAMACARE.
WHICH IN THE A ACUARIAL,
WILL BE THE BIG PROBLEM.
David: IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY TRANSLATE TO
2016.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
REPUBLICAN PARTIES.
WE HAVE A MID-TERM
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
WE'VE BEEN DOING WELL IN
MID-TERMS.
IT IIT IS VERY
MESSAGE-DRIVEN, AND OUR
MESSAGE IS YOU DON'T SPEND
MORE THAN YOU TAKE IN.
IT IS A STRONG MESSAGE.
THE PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE,
WE'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE
FOR 24 YEARS.
WINNING A DECISIVE RACE.
I THINK OBAMACARE WILL BE A
BIG PROBLEM FOR DEMOCRATS IN
2014.
I LIKE WHERE WE'RE SITTING
IN THE SENATE AND HOLDING
THE HOUSE.
GOVERNORS LOOK STRONG.
BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A
NATIONAL PARTY IS, NUMBER
ONE, HAVE A GROUND GAME THAT
IS PERMANENT.
FIX OUR DATA AND DIGITAL
ISSUES, WHICH IS ABOUT A
$40 MILLION UPGRADE.
AND THEN ALSO PRESENT THE
VISION IS NOT JUST KNOW
ABOUT OBAMACARE, BUT THE
VISION MOVING FORWARD TO GET
OUR COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK.
David: WE HAVE HEARD A
LOT OF TALK THAT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS AGAINST
THIS AND AGAINST THAT.
WHAT DOES THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY HAVE TO DO TO GET OUT
THEIR MESSAGE ABOUT
REPUBLICAN PROPOSALS AS IT
RELATES TO HEALTH CARE?
FOR ONE THING, WE HAVE
OUR BREAD AND BUTTER
MESSAGE, ON THE DEBT AND THE
DEFICIT AND THE BUDGET, AND
I THINK PAUL RYAN HAS DONE A
GREAT JOB OF BEING A GO-TO
PERSON ON THAT ISSUE, AND
ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ARE ON
THE SAME PAGE ON GETTING OUR
DEBTS AND DEFICITS IN
CONTROL.
BUT THE SECOND THING IS WE
HAVE A MESSAGE ON HEALTH
CARE.
EVERYONE HAS TO REPEAT THE
SAME THING.
WE NEVER TRIED OPEN
PRICING.
WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY -- THE
CONGRESS HAS NEVER TAKEN A
SHOT AT OPEN PRICING.
WHAT IF IT LOOKED LIKE IF
HOSPITALS LISTED OUT THE
PRICES OF EVERYTHING THEY
CHARGED FOR, AND PEOPLE HAVE
MORE CONTROL OVER MAKING
THOSE DECISIONS.
WE NEVER TRIED GETTING JUNK
LAWSUITS UNDER CONTROL IN
THIS COUNTRY.
WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO THE
PRICE OF HEALTH CARE?
WOULD IT LOWER THE PRICE OF
HEALTH CARE?
WE THINK THAT IT WILL.
WE NEVER TRIED ALLOWING
PEOPLE TO POOL THEIR
RESOURCES TOGETHER, GET
SMALL INDIVIDUALS TOGETHER,
AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
SELF-EMPLOYED, AND SMALL
BUSINESSES, AND LET THEM GET
HEALTH CARE AT A LOWER
PRICE.
WE NEVER TRIED THREE BASIC
THINGS WE BELIEVE WILL LOWER
THE COST OF HEALTH CARE.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE
TALKING ABOUT OUT ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO TALK
ABOUT IT IN INTERVIEWS LIKE
THIS.
David: HAVE YOU GONE
TO HALLMARK TO SEND
PRESIDENT OBAMA A THANK YOU
CARD.
IT IS LIKE IN "CHRISTMAS
VACATION," WHEN THE COUSIN,
CLARK, IT IS THE JELLY OF
THE YEAR, THE GIFT THAT
KEEPS ON GIVING ALL YEAR
AROUND.
BUT IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE
FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
David: IT IS NOT ONLY
THE REPUBLICANS BASHING THE
PRESIDENT, IT IS LIBERALS,
TOO.
I WANT YOU TO WATCH WHAT
BILL MAR MARR HAD TO SAY.
DEBBIE SCHULTZ IS GOING TO
DEFEND THE PRESIDENT, BUT
THEN WATCH BILL.
IT WAS NOT A LIE.
LET ME KNOCK THAT DOWN RIGHT
AWAY.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT AND
MYSELF AND EVERY OTHER
DEMOCRAT THAT TALKED ABOUT
IF YOU LIKED YOUR HEALTH
CARE, YOU CAN KEEP IT, THAT
WAS REFERRING TO THE
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS WHO HAD HEALTH
CARE.
85% OF AMERICANS HAD HEALTH
CARE COVERAGE TO BEGIN
WITH.
AND IN FACT, WHAT THE
REALITY OF OBAMACARE IS, IS
NOT ONLY ARE THEY ABLE TO
KEEP THROUGH HEALTH CARE, IT
IS VERY LIKELY TO COST --
LET'S BE HONEST.
OBAMACARE SAYS BASICALLY IF
YOU HAVE A REALLY CRAPPIE
PLAN, YOU CAN KEEP IT.
AND I WOULD SAY, WHAT DO YOU
WANT A CRAPPY PLAN, BUT THEY
WANT IT.
AND BECAUSE OF OBAMACARE,
THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO KEEP
IT.
THAT IS A LIE.
David: WHEN YOU START
LOSING LIKE BILL MARR, AND
HOW ABOUT RUTH MARCUS AT THE
"WASHINGTON POST." "THE
PROMISE AND THE APOLOGY ARE
THE BOOK ENDS OF EFFECTIVE
POLITICS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS
TRAGICALLY, AND PERHAPS IR
IRREPARABLY FLUBBED BOTH."
AND SHE CONTINUES TO TALK
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND SHE
SAYS THIS, QUOTE,"THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION KNEW THIS AND
FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE THE
POLITICAL OUTCRY IS OF THE
HIGHEST ORDER."
AND SHE GOES ON TO
SAY, QUOTE,"OBAMA'S ACTUAL
APOLOGY WAS FOR THE WRONG
THING.
IT WAS THE MISLEADING
SELLING AND BOTCHED
IMPLEMENTATION."
AND SHE FINALLY
CONCLUDES, QUOTE,"CAN HE
RECOVER?
I'M SORRY TO SAY I'M NOT AT
ALL CONFIDENT."
AND NOW FROM A RUTH MARCUS
COMMENTARY TO THIS WEEK'S
BRODY FILE COMMENTARY.
WE GOT A RECENT E-MAIL FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN WE
POSTED THIS COLUMN ENTITLED
"PRESIDENT PINOCCHIO."
IN THE ARTICLE, "THE BRODY
FILE" LAYS OUT THE HARD,
PLAIN FACTS THAT THE
PRESIDENT SIMPLY LIED TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN HE
SAID, IF YOU LIKE YOUR
DOCTOR AND YOUR HEALTH CARE
PLAN, YOU CAN KEEP THEM.
IT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE,
FOLKS, AND HE KNEW IT.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, HI
HIS APOLOGY REALLY WANT AN
APOLOGY AT ALL.
HE WAS MORE SORRY ABOUT THE
WAY THE BILL WAS STRUCTURED,
RATHER THAN THE TRUST THAT
THE PEOPLE PLACED IN HIM.
AND NOW HE SAYS YOU CAN
ACTUALLY GET ON THE
OBAMACARE WEBSITE, AND IT
WILL ACTUALLY BE BETTER THAN
THAN YOUR OLD ONE.
HOLD ON A MINUTE.
EVEN IF THAT IS TRUE, AND
FOR MANY THAT IS NOT GOING
TO BE TRUE, PRESIDENT
PINOCCHIO IS CHANGING THE
FOCUS NOW.
WHY DIDN'T HE SAY THAT WHEN
HE WAS OUT SELLING OBAMACARE
TO AMERICA?
WHERE WAS THAT TALK THEN?
THE SIMPLE FACT IS THAT THE
PRESIDENT LIED, AND NOW HE
IS TRYING TO WIGGLE OUT OF
IT WITH AN ASTERISK.
HE IS TRYING TO WORM HIS WAY
OUT OF IT BY TELLING THOSE
WHO ARE GETTING CANCELLATION
NOTICES, THAT HE IS TRYING
TO GIVE YOU BETTER BENEFITS
AND A BETTER WAY OF LIFE.
LOOK, THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE
AT ALL.
THE ISSUE IS THAT HE LIED.
ALL RIGHT, COMING UP NEXT,
AN INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES
KRAUTHIMER WITH FOX NEWS,
TALKING ABOUT HIS DAYS AS A
PHYSICIAN AND HIS FAITH, AND
HIS LOVE OF BASEBALL.
WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT.
David: WE'RE BACK HERE
ON "THE BRODY FILE" SHOW.
ONE THING WE LIKE TO DO IS
GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT LOOK AT
SOME OF THE MEDIA
PERSONALITIES YOU SEE ON
YOUR TV SCREEN.
THIS WEEK, GET READY FOR
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, WITH
FOX NEWS.
YOU MAY KNOW HIM FOR HIS
CONSERVATIVE COMMENTARY ON
POLITICS, BUT WE NOW WANT
YOU TO GET TO KNOW A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT HIS PERSONAL
STORY, AND HOW HE WENT FROM
A SPEECH WRITER FOR A
LIBERAL WALTER MONDALE, TO A
LEADING VOICE IN THE
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.
HE HAS A NEW BOOK OUT, AND
JOHN JESSUP CHECKS IN WITH
THAT STORY.
Reporter: CHARLES
KRAUTHAMMER SAYS ONE OF HIS
DEFINING MOMENTS CAME WHEN
HE WAS A YOUNG PHYSICIAN AT
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL
HOSPITAL.
WITH FOUR MONTHS TO GO IN
MY RESIDENCY AND LOOKING AT
A PRECIPICE AT THE END, ONE
OF THE PROFESSORS AT HARVARD
I WROTE A PAPER WITH, HE
CO-AUTHORED, AND WE WORKED
TOGETHER, OUT OF THE BLUE,
HE GETS APPOINTED BY JIMMY
CARTER, HEAD OF NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF MENTAL
HEALTH.
THE SECOND I HEARD THAT, I
WENT INTO HIS OFFICE AND I
SAID, JERRY, I HEAR IN
WASHINGTON, IF YOU GO DOWN
THERE WITHOUT A RIGHT-HAND
MAN, THEY'RE GOING TO EAT
YOU ALIVE.
AND HE SAID, WHERE DID YOU
HEAR THAT?
AND I SAID WELL, I MADE IT
UP.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A
RIGHT-HAND MAN.
AND HE SAID WHO WOULD THAT
BE?
AND I SAID, YOU'RE LOOKING
AT HIM AND I GOT THE JOB.
BUT IF JIMMY CARTER DIDN'T
APPOINT THIS MAN, FOR
REASONS HAVING NOTHING TO DO
WITH ME, TO THAT JOB, I
DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD
BE.
I SURELY WOULD NOT BE HERE
ON THE SET WITH YOU.
David: YOU MAY BE
STILL PRACTICING MEDICINE?
I'D BE PRACTICING
MEDICINE.
I'D BE WORKING WITH RATS,
PROBABLY.
David: SOME MIGHT SAY
IN WASHINGTON, YOU'RE STILL
WORKING WITH THEM.
NOT THAT DIFFERENT.
Reporter: FOR A MAN
THAT ENJOYS TACKLING THE
COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE, HE HAS
A SIMPLE EXPLANATION.
PEOPLE GO HOW DO YOU GO
FROM WALTER MONDALE TO FOX
NEWS.
I SAY, I WAS YOUNG ONCE.
Reporter: IN HIS BOOK,
HE WRITES ABOUT POLITICS AND
WRITES ABOUT FAMILY, CHESS,
CATS, AND BASEBALL.
I LIKE THINGS THAT ARE
HARD AND BEAUTIFUL AND
ELEGANT.
THAT WOULD APPLY TO
GYMNASTICS, THAT WOULD APPLY
TO POETRY, THAT WOULD APPLY
TO OPERA.
THINGS THAT SHOW HUMAN
EXCELLENCE.
I HAPPEN TO LIKE IT IN
BASEBALL BECAUSE I PLAYED
THE GAME.
SO WHEN I SEE A SHORTSTOP
GOING INTO A HOLE TO FIELD A
GROUNDER AND HAS A JUMP
THROW TO GET IT TO FIRST
BASE, I SORT OF KNOW IN MY
BONES HOW HARD THAT IS.
I DON'T QUITE KNOW THE SAME
WHEN I WATCH A BALLET OR AN
OPERA.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I DID.
I THINK YOU SORT OF LOVE
WHAT YOU KNOW IN MANY WAYS.
AND BECAUSE I KNOW IT, I
LOVE IT.
AND I LOVE TO SEE IT
PLAYED.
Reporter: ARE YOU
OPTIMISTIC, AND SHOULD
AMERICANS CONTINUE TO BE
OPTMISTIC ABOUT OUR FUTURE?
I'VE ALWAYS HAD A SENSE
OF A HAND IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
THE FOUNDING GENERATION --
WE WERE JUST A SMALL LITTLE
PEOPLE AT THE EDGE OF
WESTERN CIVILIZATION, AND WE
PRODUCED THE GREATEST PEOPLE
IN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN
SPECIES.
IN THE 19th CENTURY, WE
NEEDED A LINCOLN, AND WE GOT
A LINCOLN.
WE NEEDED AN F.D.R. TO GET
US THROUGH THE DEPRESSION,
AND WE GOT THAT.
WE NEEDED A REAGAN TO
RESTORE OUR SPIRITS AND
RESTORE OR ENERGY AND TO WIN
THE COLD WAR, AND WE GOT A
REAGAN.
I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GOING TO
GET A SAVIOR.
I THINK IT IS GROUNDED IN
THE BASIC DECENCY, GOODNESS,
AND COMMON SENSE OF THE
ORDINARY AMERICAN.
SO I REMAIN ETERNALLY
OPTMISTIC ABOUT AMERICANS.
David: THANK YOU,
JOHN.
A NICE PERSPECTIVE FROM
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER.
ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE ROLL ON
FROM D.C., IS WISCONSIN
GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER
THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR
TOP COMMANDER IN
CHEESEHEAD?
WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE IT,
NEXT.
David: WE'RE BACK HERE
ON "THE BRODY FILE."
TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT
THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
HEY, FOLKS, IT IS NEVER TOO
EARLY.
SO FIRST, LET'S BE CLEAR,
AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO
SIT DOWN FOR THIS SO WE CAN
BREAK THIS NEWS TO YOU
GENTLY.
"THE BRODY FILE," WE'RE NOT
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU'RE
DISAPPOINTED.
WE APOLOGIZE.
ONE GUY, THOUGH, WHO IS
CLEARLY SERIOUS ABOUT
THROWING HIS HAT INTO THE
ROOM, THE RING, THE RING IN
THE ROOM, IS WISCONSIN
GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER.
THE TOP CHEESEHEAD HAS BEEN
LAYING HINTS FOR MONTHS, BUT
JUST RECENTLY HE SPOKE WITH
ABC NEWS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
CANDIDATE SHOULD RUN FOR
PRESIDENT.
DESCRIBE FOR ME THE IDEAL
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE IN 2016?
I THINK IT HAS GOT TO BE
AN OUTSIDER, AND THEY SHOULD
BE A FORMER OR CURRENT
GOVERNOR.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE
SUCCESSFUL THINGS IN THEIR
STATES, WHO ARE READY TO
MOVE AMERICA FORWARD.
IT RULES OUT MARCO RUBIO,
TED CRUZ, AND RAND PAUL.
ALL GOOD GUYS, BUT IT HAS
GOT TO BE SOMEBODY WHO IS
VIEWED AS BEING
EXCEPTIONALLY REMOVED FROM
WASHINGTON.
YOU'RE CRITERIA WOULD
ALSO RULE OUT PAUL RYAN?
YEAH, AND I LOVE PAUL
RYAN.
IF HE HAD A FAN CLUB, I
WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT OF
THAT.
David: IT DOESN'T TAKE
A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO KNOW
THAT SCOTT WALKER IS GOING
TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, "THE
BRODY FILE" ACTUALLY SPENT
SOME TIME OUT IN WISCONSIN
WITH SCOTT WALKER.
WE WERE AT THE GOVERNOR'S
RESIDENCE.
AND HERE IS A CLIP FROM "THE
BRODY FILE" VIDEO VAULT
WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT GOD'S
PLAN FOR HIS LIFE.
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ALL THIS IS JUST A
TEMPORARY THING.
GOD HAS A PLAN FOR US.
WHO KNOWS WHERE IT MIGHT BE,
EVEN BEYOND JUST SERVING AS
GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE.
BUT IF WE STAY TRUE TO THAT,
THERE ARE ALWAYS COMFORTS.
David: GET READY TO
HEAR A WHOLE LOT MORE ABOUT
SCOTT WALKER IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF YEARS.
COMING UP NEXT, WE HEAD TO
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, TO
CHECK IN ON ONE OF THE
BIGGEST PRO-LIFE LEGISLATIVE
STORIES TO COME ALONG IN
QUITE SOME TIME.
BRODY FILE, BACK IN A
MOMENT.
David: AND WELCOMEK
WELCOME BACK TO "THE BRODY
FILE."
PRO-LIFE SOURCES CONVERGED
ON ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.
PRO-LIFERS WERE PUSHING A
CITY ORDINANCE THAT WOULD
PROTECT BABIES BEGINNING AT
20 WEEKS.
IT IS CALLED THE "UNBORN
CHILD PROTECTION
ORDINANCE."
THE THINKING IS THAT IF
PRO-LIFERS PREVAILED, IT
WOULD BUILD MOMENTUM FOR A
FEDERAL BILL THAT WOULD
APPLY TO ALL STATES.
WELL, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT TOO
WELL IN ALBUQUERQUE.
JOINING ME IS MARJORIE FROM
SUSAN B.ANTHONY'S, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
BEING HERE.
IT IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE
WITH FRIENDS.
David: WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED IN
ALBUQUERQUE, AND WHAT WERE
SOME OF THE DYNAMICS THAT
LED TO THE FRUSTRATING LOSS
THERE?
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT
DAVID AND GOLIATH ROUND
THREE.
NUMBER TWO WAS VIRGINIA,
WHERE WE GOT STOMPED AGAIN,
AND ROUND THREE, HERE.
AN EXTREMELY POPULAR ISSUE,
A THIRD TRIMESTER,
COMPLETELY EMBRACED BY THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY, AND
PRETTY MUCH EVERY
DEMOGRAPHIC IN THAT TOWN,
AND YET WE LOST.
SO IT IS A TIME TO TAKE A
DEEP BREATH AND ASK AN
IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT WHY
WHEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLY
POPULAR ISSUE, COMPLETELY,
ORGANICALLY BROUGHT UP FROM
THE GRASSROOTS, PUT ON THE
BALLOT, WHY DID WE LOSE?
IS IT BECAUSE ALL OF A
SUDDEN PEOPLE CHANGED THEIR
MINDS IN A PERIOD OF
MONTHS?
NO.
THERE IS A PERFECT
COORDINATION, A LOVELY
HARMONY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IN THAT ELECTION, THERE WAS
THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN,
ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA,
PLANNED PARENTHOOD, AND THE
LOCALS ON THE GROUND, AND
THE ACLU.
THEY MIGHT NOT REALIZE, OF
COURSE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL
OF THAT.
WE HAD WHAT WE HAVE, AND WE
HAD THE ORGANIZATIONS ON THE
GROUND.
AND WE WERE OUT STANCED FOUR
TO ONE.
IT IS AMAZING WHAT GREAT ON
THE GROUND TURNOUT
ORGANIZATIONS CAN DO.
David: WHERE DO YOU GO
FROM HERE TO GETTING MORE
FOLKS TO THE FIGHT, IF YOU
WILL?
I THINK GETTING MORE
FOLKS TO THE FIGHT IS
EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO
HAVE TO HAPPEN.
AND THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE IN
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
AND THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE IN
ALL SORTS OF OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THERE WILL BE GOOD
PEOPLE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN ON THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE.
IT IS THOSE PEOPLE WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING TO.
David: THE PRO-LIFERS
WILL CONTINUE TO BATTLE ON.
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE BIG
FAMILY FEUD BETWEEN LIZ
CHENEY AND MARY CHENEY?
THERE DAD,, OF COURSE, IS
DICK CHENEY.
LIZ IS RUNNING FOR THE
SENATE IN WYOMING AND SHE
SUPPORTS TRADITIONAL
MARRIAGE.
GOOD FOR HER.
HER SISTER IS GAY, AND
MARRIED UNDER THE LAW.
HERE IS LIZ ON FOX NEWS
SUNDAY.
I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE
BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUAL
ORIENTATION.
IF THEY WANT THEIR PARTNER
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HEALTH
BENEFITS, OR BE DESIGNATED
IN THEIR LIFE INSURANCE,
THERE IS NO REASON WE
SHOULDN'T DO THAT.
BUT I DON'T SUPPORT AMENDING
THE CONSTITUTION ON THAT.
I DO BELIEVE IN THE
TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF
MARRIAGE.
David:
David: MARY SAYS HER
SISTER IS ON THE WRONG SIDE
OF THE ISSUE.
AND SHE REFUSES TO SEE HER
SISTER FOR CHRISTMAS.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS HEADED
FOR A DR. PHIL SHOW.
WE'RE BACK WITH THE OY-VEY
MOMENT OF THE WEEK WHICH
WILL HAVE THE WIVES OF THIS
COUNTRY NONE TOO HAPPY.
David: WE'RE BACK HERE
ON THE BIG SHOW WE LIKE TO
CALL "THE BRODY FILE."
IF WE HAD A JERK OF THE WEEK
SEGMENT, THIS NEXT GUY WOULD
WIN IT HANDS DOWN.
INSTEAD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO SETTLE FOR THE OY-VEY
MOMENT OF THE WEEK.
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David: ALL RIGHT, MEN,
LISTEN UP.
HERE IS A GOOD LESSON IN
WHATNOT TO DO WHEN IT COMES
TO YOUR WIFE.
DO NOT -- WHATEVER YOU DO,
DON'T BLOW HER OFF.
DON'T MAKE HER LOOK LIKE SHE
IS A NUISANCE, BECAUSE HERE
IS STEVE LONGAN, THE GUY
THAT LOST THE SENATE RACE IN
NEW JERSEY EARLIER IN THE
MONTH.
CHECK OUT WHAT HE DOES TO
HIS WIFE DURING HIS
CONCESSION SPEECH.
I HAVE, UM, SPENT THE
LAST 20 YEARS OF MY LIFE IN
POLITICS, SERVING THE PEOPLE
OF NEW JERSEY IN THE WAY I
THOUGHT I BEST COULD.
David: COULD WE SEE
THAT AGAIN ON "THE BRODY
FILE" INSTANT REPLAY
CAMERA.
HEY, BUDDY, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING.
YOUR WIFE IS TRYING TO
CONSOLE YOU AND YOU BLOW HER
OFF.
THAT'S NOT COOL AT ALL.
THAT IS THE OY-GEVALT
LEVEL.
OUR BEST GUESS IS MR. LONGAN
WAS VERY LONELY AND HE WAS
PROBABLY SLEEPING IN THE
DOGHOUSE THAT EVENING, AND
MAYBE EVEN LONGER THAN
THAT.
THAT IS DISGRACEFUL.
AND THAT DOES IT FOR THIS
WEEK, EVERYBODY.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, GOD BLESS.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK.