‘Right Angle’: Sharron Angle in her own words

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   >>> sharon angle made a big splash last year when she ran against harry reid in nevada after a controversial campaign and tight race she lost the election. is her political career over? her new book is called "right angle." sharron angle , good morning to you.

   >> good morning. congratulations on your new position.

   >> oh, thank you. you call yourself an accidental politician in the book. it all starteded when you wanted to home school your son after he failed kindergarten and you were told you couldn't do it. you said you felt as if the government had interfered with your family.

   >> that's right. when they tell you that you can't do something that you know is right for your children and the government is supposed to be here to help us, not get in the way of things. when they said, you can't do that, i immediately said, how do i fix this? and the way to fix it was to get involved with the government. that's what "right angle" is about. it's how i got involved with government and i encourage others to get involveded, too. the cost of freedom is constant vigilance. i'm asking people to go to sharronann cur sharronangle.com.

   >> fast forward many years to the election against harry reid last november. in the book, there is a section in which you pose the question, did harry reid steal nevada? in other words, did he steal the election. do you have evidence or are you just asking the question?

   >> we have a complaint filed with the department of justice .

   >> do you have evidence?

   >> it is exactly what we found the evidence as far as what happened with the casinos and the seiu. that's one of the things i think people will be interested in. we have also formed a political action committee called our voice which is really to say we as people do not want to have this kind of thing happening in our united states . we were talking just before we came on about our young men and women who are serving now in afghanistan. one of the things that they do take over there is the idea that people should have the right to choose, the right to vote. that's our voice. so that's what we are encouraging with this political action committee . that's one of the things that we are doing with this book is all the proceeds go into our voice pac.org. what we are going to do is make sure our voice is heard in elections.

   >> one of the things you say in this book, you're very critical of president obama 's policies.

   >> yes.

   >> at one point you also question the legitimacy of his election. you say 53% of american voters elected a president not on qualifications or experience, not even on the content of his demonstrated character. the national media promoted obama on feelings and gave him a pass on anything problematic. this comes after you talk about affirmative action being a distortion of martin luther king 's preachings. are you suggesting that americans elected barack obama because of his race, because it was the politically correct thing to do?

   >> i'm suggesting that often we let other people form our opinions rather than going to find out what the facts are. i'm encouraging people in "right angle" to go look at the facts. look at people's records. see what they have done. you know, we have a lot of pretty faces on tv. but we don't know what they have done. what we need is more than just a pretty face when it comes to government. we need people who really understand what we need as people.

   >> you know, you're calling president obama a pretty face ?

   >> some people think so.

   >> are you saying then that americans would actually during a time when we were at war, two countries, with an economy as bad as it was already starting to look and become that americans would actually vote on someone because he was, as you say, a pretty face ?

   >> i think it happens all too often. we really do believe what they said about people on television. i'm a perfect example of that during the debate we had over the election that i was just in. really, right angle -- and you can get this at sharronangle.com. it pulls back the curtain on politics and what goes on behind the scenes and what we, as voters, need to know is going on behind the scenes so we can make a choice based on the facts and the record, not just what a person looks like or has a karz charismatic personality.

   >> you say in my thinking the true renaissance woman is comfortable in her own skin. you list yourself, sarah palin and michelle bachmann in the list. what are you plans politically? do you plan to run again?

   >> i haven't closed any doors. everything is open to me. i feel like every american -- that's the american dream . we can be what we want to be. it's just hard work. i'm encouraging everybody to go sharron angle .com and get a copy of the book to find out the inside story .

   >> thanks so much. great talking

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