Actress Stacey Dash: I Agree With Rob Lowe’s Slam on Big Government

MACCALLUM: "You know Rob Lowe. You have been down this road and tweeted something about Mitt Romney during the election that got you surprising backlash you didn't expect."
DASH: "No, I didn't expect it. But you know, people have their opinion and they are entitled to that. What I did not expect was the whole race thing, you know. To be called an uncle Tom, I don't like black people. I am black, that's absurd. I believe you should elect a leader based on the content of their character not the color of their skin."
MACCALLUM: "What did you make of Rob Low, also a Hollywood actor and big star, who has been known as supporting the liberal causes and says, 'you know, I don't want to walk in to a voting booth and just check a box automatically,' he wants to evaluate what he thinks, and he's getting called out for being a libertarian or possibly even a conservative at this point. But he says he does not want any label. What do you think?"
DASH: "I agree about federal government. I don't think it should be involved in everything. I think it should be involved in some things like national defense. But as far as the people, I think the federal government removes the power too far away from the people. I think that people should governor state by state. They should be given the choice of who is going to governor the state according to what they need in their state because they're the ones who know best. I don't want to federal government telling me what I should do, you know, or telling mer how I should educate my child or health care system."
MACCALLUM: "One of the big issues that has been brought to the fore by the president is the issue of equal pay. And he's saying women get paid 77 cents for every dollar to man and that, you know, this is sort of a rallying cry. And the war on women worked very well for Democrats in the last election cycle, and it looks like they're going back to that well again. What do you think that?"
DASH: "I think he is tinkering with business, with small business. And I think that if there's any truth to this he should talk to some women business owners and see what they have to say about it. I think this is him just trying to say something he knows nothing about. He has never run a business so I don't know if he is the best person to say, or sign any papers about it."
MACCALLUM: "As a woman, how do you feel about being told, sort of, you should feel you are not being treated equally in this case, you should be concerned about this?"
DASH: "Yeah, I don't like -- that is the point about federal government. I don't want you to tell me how I should feel about anything. I should be able to make my own choice based on my life -- how I live, how I get paid."
MACCALLUM: "In terms of being an actress in Hollywood, you know, sort of the backlash you feel to your political perspectives in life, I know you said it was surprising. But are there more people that share your sentiment who don't say things?"
DASH: "Yes. There are lots of people who share my sentiment and don't say anything but that is their choice. But I do believe we should stand up, we need to say something. Ronald Reagan said that government, you know, we believe government is the solution to the problem and he said government is the problem. And I believe a lot of people feel that way. They are just afraid to say it because the liberal Democrats are so opinionated and harsh when they are supposed to be really open-minded. But you know, the Republicans, we are the ones that are supposed to be racist, homophobic."
MACCALLUM: "It's an interesting road that you've been on since that tweet, and it's changed a lot in terms of what you're able to do and what you're speaking out about. It's really interesting to get your perspective."