sister simone campbell will join me next. stay tuned. >>> and in the big finish tonight, mitt romney's embrace of paul ryan's budget has a group of cathline nuns calling him out. the nuns on the bus tour traveled across nine states protesting the ryan budget plan that slashes programs that help low income americas. the sisters have called the proposed cuts immoral and inconsistent with the catholic social teachings. the group has now invited mitt romney to join them for a day and give him the opportunity to meet some of the people who depend on the programs that he wants to cut. the romney camp has yet to respond to the invitation. joining me tonight is sister simone campbell, leader of nuns on the bus and executive director of the national catholic social justice lobby. sister, nice to have you with us on the program tonight. what do you want and what would you like for mitt romney? what does he have to know that he may not know? >> well, i think he doesn't know how those at the lowest 20% of income in our society live and h

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sister simone campbell tells us why mitt romney needs to be educated on america's poor. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. mitt romney finally responded to a pro-obama super pac ad. after getting hammered by members of his own party. the ad features former steelworker joe soptic. it tells joe's story after he was laid off from a plant closed by bain capital. romney went on right-wing radio today and called the ad inaccurate. >> you know, in the past when people pointed out that something was inaccurate, why, campaigns either pulled the ad, they were embarrassed. today they just blast ahead. >> really? mitt romney wants campaigns to pull inaccurate ads? someone should ask mitt romney why he didn't pull this campaign ad. president obama is quoting john mccain, but the romney camp edits it to make it sound like the president is talking about himself. >> it's going to take a new direction. if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. >> or what about -- what about the ad accusing president obama of not visiting israel, even though only two preside

one of our favorites, simon campbell, sister simon campbell is back from st. louis to found out how they will respond to the vatican cracking down on american nuns. they are not going away skylight. michael tomasci from the callie"daily beast" who has written an article called "the coming landslide. landslide of barack obama." really? we will get that from michael, himself. but first. >> this is the "full-court press". >> on this monday, other head headlines making news, andy murray final got his big win in his home country. the scottsman won the gold medal beating fedroger federer after losing at wimbledon. one player, after the first british man to win the 10,000 meter run. the nation has won 37 medals. >> they are giddy with excitement in the u.k. rightfully so. they had a great weekend. >> they call, i guess, saturday the greatest sports day in the history of great brittain. i think they had four gold medal winners. >> home-court advantage. andes murray, good for him. he is a great player. >> president obama turns 51 years old saturday. to celebrate, he to

sister simone campbell heads the catholic activist group network, based in washington, d.c. a lawyer and poet, she has long been a fearless advocate for the poor and marginalized in america. so fearless she recently took on two other combative catholics, bill o'reilly and his alter ego, stephen colbert. robert royal is founder and president of the faith and reason institute, also in washington, dedicated, in his words, to "the twin strands out of which america and any good and free social fabric are woven." he is also editor in chief of this online publication, "the catholic thing," and the author of many books, including "the god that did not fail: how religion built and sustains the west." but first, buckle your seat belts. we're going to take a road trip across america's heartland with "nuns on the bus." and as you watch, remember, this cross-country journey took place two months before paul ryan became mitt romney's choice for vice president. >> faith is like walking through a mist with your eyes wide open. reminds me of when i was a kid in long beach and we'd stand out

sister simone campbell heads the catholic activist group network, based in washington, d.c. a lawyer and poet, she has long been a fearless advocate for the poor and marginalized in america. so fearless she recently took on two other combative catholics, bill o'reilly and his alter ego, stephen colbert. robert royal is founder and president of the faith and reason institute, also in washington, dedicated, in his words, to "the twin strands out of which america and any good and free social fabric are woven." he is also edit in chief of this online publication, "the catholic thing," and the author of many books, including "the god that did not fail: how religion built and sustains the west." but first, buckle your seat belts. we're going to take a road trip across america's heartland with "nuns on the bus." and as you watch, remember, this cross-country journey took place two months before paul ryan became mitt romney's choice for vice president. >> faith is like walking through a mist with your eyes wide open. reminds me of when i was a kid in long beach and we'd stand out at

sister simone campbell heads the catholic activist group network based in washington, d.c. a lawyer and poet, she has long been a fearless advocate for the poor and marginalized in america, so fearless she recently took on two other combative catholics, bill o'reilly and his alter ego, stephen colbert. robert royal is founder and president of the faith and reason institute, also in washington, dedicated, in his words, to "the twin strands out of which america and any good and free social fabric are woven." he is also editor-in-chief of this online publication, "the catholic thing," and the author of many books, including "the god that did not fail: how religion built and sustains the west." but first, buckle your seat belts. we're going to take a road trip across america's heartland with "nuns on the bus." and as you watch, remember, this cross-country journey took place two mmonths before paul ryan became mitt romney's choice for vice president. >> faith is like walking through a mist with your eyes wide open. reminds me of when i was a kid in long beach and we'd stand out

sister simone campbell. thank you for joining us in "the war room." battling for the poor. the mayor of the poorest city in the country is on the front line. he's next. and he can only be found on current tv. don't go away. hershey's chocolate syrup. stir up a smile. ut singer mark cohn will always be best known for that ode to his favorite city--memphis tennessee. wheys not to love? it's got great music great food, and it's a whole lot of fun. but memphis has also seen it's share of the blues. according to latest census memphis is now the poorest city in the country. the fbi said memphis is the fifth most dangerous city in the united states. our next guest is determined to and making it his mission to turn memphis around. mayor a.c. wharton has been in office since 2009, and he comes to us tonight from memphis. become to "the war room." >> thank you for having me tonight. >> jennifer: we've been talking about what romney presidency would mean to the country. he'd like to slash social programs and aid to states. who what would you tell him how those kinds of cuts would impa

sister simone campbell. thank you for joining us in "the war room." battling for the poor. the mayor of the poorest city in the country is on the front line. he's next. and he can only be found on current tv. don't go away. [ singing ] >> jennifer: he may have been born in cleveland ohio, but singer mark cohn will always be best known for that ode to his favorite city--memphis tennessee. wheys not to love? it's got great music great food, and it's a whole lot of fun. but memphis has also seen it's share of the blues. according to latest census memphis is now the poorest city in the country. the fbi said memphis is the fifth most dangerous city in the united states. our next guest is determined to and making it his mission to turn memphis around. mayor a.c. wharton has been in office since 2009, and he comes to us tonight from memphis. become to "the war room." >> thank you for having me tonight. >> jennifer: we've been talking about what romney presidency would mean to the country. he'd like to slash social programs and aid to states. who what would you tell him how those k

the democrats should get simone campbell to give the benediction. and if you asked who they admire, the bish hops or a nuns, the nones would win in a walk. >> in an interview you did with mitt romney, he said he is going to work with dolan to ensure that each piece of legislation is determined in terms of religious freedom. a lot of people say they want the government to stay out of religious freedoms. but in sounds like it's going in a different direction. >> my problem was with the mandate. and up to recently there was no problem. the obama administration and kathleen sebelius tried to redefine what an organization is. and they said, it's only those who serve catholics and employing catholics. this is a narrow definition. mother teresa couldn't qualify it. and simone campbell is a leader of a group called network. she is critiqued by beinged a odds. she is -- inviting a sister like her might not resonate in the same way that cardinal dolan is. she is missing the habit, james. which we look for when we look at nuns. >> a lot of catholics don't agre

the democrats should get simone campbell to give the benediction. and if you asked who they admire, the bish hops or a nuns, the nones would win in a walk. >> in an interview you did with mitt romney, he said he is going to work with dolan to ensure that each piece of legislation is determined in terms of religious freedom. a lot of people say they want the government to stay out of rngs freedoms. but in sounds like it's going in a different direction. >> my problem was with the mandate. and up to recently there was no problem. the obama administration and kathleen sib bill list tried to redefine what an organization is. and they said, it's only those who serve catholics and employing catholics. this is a narrow definition. mother teresa couldn't qualify it. and simone campbell is a leader of a group called network. she is critiqued by beinged a odds. she is -- inviting a sister like her might not resonate in the same way that cardinal dolan is. she is missing the habit, james. which we look for when we look at nuns. >> a lot of catholics don't agre

and simone campbell is a leader of a group called network. she is critiqued by beinged a odds. she is -- inviting a sister like her might not resonate in the same way that cardinal dolan is. she is missing the habit, james. which we look for when we look at nuns. >> a lot of catholics don't agree with the social aspects of the religion when it comes to women. james, let me ask you this to. you wanted to make a link. the other voting bloc that could turn the election is hispanics mmpb 70% of the hispanics in the country are catholics. do you think that this could help with that crucial group to get the numbers he needs to win the white house. >> in a word, no. and catholics are -- you know, will pick our cues and goo to vote. people who do go to church tend to be more republican. but i do think we should have the nuns at our convention. i think the nuns are viewed favorable in the united states and they are a part of our church. but i think any daughters idea is very good. and i wouldn't be surprised to see us do that. >> maybe the nuns and priested can get married to -- that is

the democrats should get simone campbell to give the benediction. closing our convention. and if you asked who they admire most, the catholic bishops or the nuns, the nuns would win in a walk. >> in an interview you did with mitt romney, he said he is going to work with dolan to ensure that each piece of legislation is thought in terms of its impact on religious freedom. a lot of people say they want the government to stay out of religious freedoms. but in sounds like it's going in a different direction. >> my question was about the hhs mandate, specifically about that. i think that's what he was referring to. that he would consult with dolan as president obama did. and up until recently, there was no problem. the obama administration and kathleen sebelius tried to redefine what an organization is. and they said, it's only those who serve catholics and employing catholics. this is a narrow definition. mother teresa couldn't qualify it. i knew mother teresa. and simone campbell is a leader of a group called network. she is critiqued by beinged a odds. she is -- inviting a s

with me now is sister simone campbell, who lead the nuns on the bus tour through nine states. we appreciate your time tonight. >> glad to be with you. >> does former governor -- excuse me, paul ryan misunderstood his faith? >> i think paul ryan has a very limited understanding of his faith. he gets one part about individual responsibility but he misses two other key parts, one is that responsibility only works when you are in strong solidarity, understanding the whole of society, and the second piece that catholic social teaching says the roll of government is to offset the excesses of any culture. and what paul ryan misses is that his faith calls him to balance that individualism and community. >> what you just articulated is a very different conception of community that i and many others think is completely based biblical teachings, and yet paul ryan sees it very differently. how to you engage him to show him a more powerful notion of the bible. >> we had a chance to have a conversation a few weeks ago, and i tried to engage him on those issues and basically he said you have

with me now is sister simone campbell, who lead the nuns on the bus tour through nine states. we appreciate your time tonight. >> glad to be with you. >> does former governor -- excuse me paul ryan misunderstood his faith? >> i think paul ryan has a very limited understanding of his faith. he gets one part about individual responsibility, but he misses two other key parts, one is that responsibility only works when you are in strong solidarity understanding the whole of society, and the second piece that catholic social teaching says the roll of government is to offset the excesses of any culture. and what paul ryan misses is that his faith calls him to balance that individualism and community. >> what you just articulated is a very different conception of community that i and many others think is completely based biblical teachings, and yet paul ryan sees it very differently. how to you engage him to show him a more powerful notion of the bible. >> we had a chance to have a conversation a few weeks ago, and i tried to engage him on those issues and basically he said you have

one of the nuns is sister simon campbell. he is a faithful catholic, but he is misguided. will he make a big difference when it comes to catholic support for mitt romney? >> it's interesting dynamic in this election because with the two vice presidential candidates, you have different visions of catholicism being represented. you have joe biden of the working class catholic background. you have mr. ryan on the other hand who represents a different catholic background. in a sense, one of the most interesting dynamics that can come out of this particular election will be an accountability moment for the religious communities that are involved. when the catholics start to define themselves, are they going to define themselves more in terms of pro-life, contraception? will they define themselves more in terms of social witness, social gospel? you have in some senses competing visions that actually exist within that large diverse tent of catholicism that will be an interesting conversation as we go forward. who's vision of catholicism will be the one most attractive to the amer

. >> all right, sister simone campbell, thank you for your time tonight on "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. the "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> thank you for staying with us. part of the problem for waiting about politics this year -- in this case we're all waiting for the mitt romney vice-presidential announcement -- part of the problem with anticipating a big announcement is that practically every time somebody in republican presidential politics has said this year they are going to make a big announcement, it has been a big letdown. i don't know if this happens every year, but this past year, it is starting to approach sat ire. a year ago tonight, political watchers on the edge of our seeds after the candidate said he is going to make a major announcement the following day. everybody starts trying to read the tea leaves, trying to figure out what this announcement could possibly be. at that point jon huntsman's campaign was not a joke. he was still seen as a potential contender in the race. political reporters flocked to florida where this major announcement

sister simone campbell, thank you very much for joining me tonight and gets tonight's last word. >> thank you. >>> trying ryan. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews up in new york. let me start with this weekend romance romney had with paul ryan's budget. on saturday he was for it. by sunday night he was on "60 minutes" saying he had his own ideas. what's up? he picked ryan to show he had a spine. within 24 hours, by sunday on the next day, romney was splitting away from ryan's greatest deal. where is that spine now and where is that romance? and how can you be for ryan and not be for the thing ryan is best known for? how can you support ryan's courage for coming out with a tough budget and then before sundown the next night skip town on doing the same thing. where is that spine of yours, mr. romney? you picked this guy. we didn't. why are you already pulling away from him? and there he was today back to the old mitt. what happened to that rooting tooting guy we saw on saturday? i guess he skipped town with paul ryan's medicare plan, the plan he doesn't want to be c

. >> all right, sister simone campbell, thank you for your time tonight on "the ed show." that is "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> thank you, my frind for staying home with us this hour. >>> part of the problem for waiting for a big announcement in news about politics this year, in this case, the mitt romney vice presidential announcement, but part of the problem of anticipating a big announcement is that practically every time somebody in republican presidential politics has said this year they are going to make a big announcement, it has been a big letdown. i don't know if this happens every year, but this past year it is starting to approach satire. take, as an example, a year ago tonight, political watchers on the edge of our seats after republican presidential candidate jon huntsman says he's going to make a major announcement the following day. everybody starts trying to read the tea leaves trying to figure out what this announcement could possibly be. at that point, jon huntsman campaign was not a jok

sister simone campbell tells us why mitt romney needs to be educated on america's poor. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. mitt romney finally responded to a pro-obama super pac ad. after getting hammered by members of his own party. the ad features former steelworker joe soptic. it tells joe's story after he was laid off from a plant closed by bain capital. romney went on right-wing radio today and called the ad inaccurate. >> you know, in the past when people pointed out that something was inaccurate, why, campaigns either pulled the ad, they were embarrassed. today they just blast ahead. >> really? mitt r

sister simone campbell tells us why mitt romney needs to be educated on america's poor. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. mitt romney finally responded to a pro-obama super pac ad. the ad features former steelworker joe soptic. it tells joe's story after he was laid off from a plant closed by bain capital. romney called the ad inaccurate. >> you know, in the past when people pointed out that something was inaccurate, why, campaigns either pulled the ad, they were embarrassed. today they just blast ahead. >> really? mitt romney wants campaigns to pull inaccurate ads? someone should ask mitt romney why he didn't pull this campaign ad. president obama is quo

sister simone campbell tells us why mitt romney needs to be educated on america's poor. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. mitt romney finally responded to a pro-obama super pac ad. after getting hammered by members of his own party. the ad features former steelworker joe soptic. it tells joe's story after he was laid off from a plant closed by bain capital. romney went on right-wing radio today and called the ad inaccurate. >> you know, in the past when people pointed out that something was inaccurate, why, campaigns either pulled the ad, they were embarrassed. today they just blast ahead. >> really? mitt romney wants campaigns to pull inaccurate ads? someone should ask mitt romney why he didn't pull this campaign ad. president obama is quoting john mccain, but the romney camp edits it to make it sound like the president is talking about himself. >> it's going to take a new direction.

sister simone campbell, thank you very much for joining me tonight and gets tonight's last. >> thank you. >> "the ed show" is next. >> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 85 days until the 2012 election. mitt romney has picked the most radical vice presidential candidate in the history of the republican party. i love it. tonight, i'll remind you why. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> one thing we've got to get straight -- one thing we've got to get straight -- >> the paul ryan backlash begins in iowa. and the vice president is on the attack in north carolina. >> what's gutsy about giving millionaires another tax break? what's gutsy? what's gutsy about gutting medicare, medicaid, education? >> mitt romney goes hard right with a guy who says progressivism is a cancer on america. >> what i have been trying to do is indict the entire vision of progressivism. >> it's a cancer. >> exactly. >> tonight, john nichols of the nation magazine tells us exactly who paul ryan is. joan walsh and e.j. dionne on the president's counterpunch today on the campaig

campbell. are pleased to have her who is the executive director of network catholic social justice lobby. she is with us, and network 's thousands of members it work to influence and next -- and inspire our elected officials is. network is active in critical issues such as health care, comprehensive immigration reform, housing, poverty, and hunter. sister, we look forward to your testimony. >> thank you. it is an honor to be here. i want to say at this moment in our history it seems to me we are engaged in a struggle that is much bigger than just the election cycle, and i think the platform needs to reflect that. we are engaged in a struggle for the soul of our nation, and the choice to me is clear -- will we choose to continue the unpatriotic lies we as a nation are based in its extreme individualism, where those who have can claim even more, and where those who do not have are blamed for being irresponsible? or will we choose to return to the spirit of our founders and a brace their concept -

campbell. are pleased to have her who is the executive director of network catholic social justice lobby. she is with us, and network 's thousands of members it work to influence and next -- and inspire our elected officials is. network is active in critical issues such as health care, comprehensive immigration reform, housing, poverty, and hunter. sister, we look forward to your testimony. >> thank you. it is an honor to be here. i want to say at this moment in our history it seems to me we are engaged in a struggle that is much bigger than just the election cycle, and i think the platform needs to reflect that. we are engaged in a struggle for the soul of our nation, and the choice to me is clear -- will we choose to continue the unpatriotic lies we as a nation are based in its extreme individualism, where those who have can claim even more, and where those who do not have are blamed for being irresponsible? or will we choose to return to the spirit of our founders and a brace their concept -

. >> stephanie: no, maureen dowd. [ applause ] >> stephanie: sister simone campbell said it is sad that a catholic doesn't understand we need to have each other's backs. only wealthy people can ever begin to pretend they can live in a gated community all by themselves. rock on, sister. you go, girl! [ applause ] >> stephanie: it ain't a man's world. it is sister simone's world. >> so i heard. >> stephanie: with her nunn chucks. mitt romney on the campaign trail. i guess the thing is everybody is saying leave him alone. >> yeah. >> stephanie: who is it that said this weekend -- o'malley, governor o'malley was saying he's the guy you don't want to play pickup basketball with haas he's always crying foul. by the way, more cracks in the grove. >> oh no. >> stephanie: lindsey graham says read my lips. don't sign no new tax ♪ he finds himself in times of trouble ♪ ♪ there will be no answers let mitt be ♪ ♪ and when we want to see where he keeps his mommy she's on abc ♪ ♪ she'll take no more questions let mitt be ♪ ♪ let mitt be ♪ ♪ let mitt be ♪ ♪ let mitt be ♪ ♪

we're pleased to have sister simone spam all -- campbell. she is with us and networks thousands of members to represent in her testimony. and other activists, were to influence and inspire our elected officials. today, network is active in critical issues such as health care, comprehensive immigration reform, housing, poverty, and hung there. sister, we look forward to your testimony. >> it is an honor to be here. at this moment in our history, it seems to me we are engaged in a struggle that is much bigger than just the election cycle. i think that the platform is to reflect that. we are engaged in a struggle for the soul of our nation. the choice to me is clear. will we choose to continue the unpatriotic lie that we as a nation are based in extreme individualism where those who have can claim even more, and where those who don't have are blamed for being irresponsible? or will we choose to return to the spirit of our founders and embrace their concept delaware- week, the people. it is week the people that is our constitutional framework, p