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you've got to understand what we're facing and ted is one of those guys. >> ted krrksz ruz, i've seen him speak and he is spell binding. he really is. he's just a tremendous or tor. >> today, cruise was one of the 15 gop senators who asked president obama to drop chuck h arks gra hagel as secretary of defense. >> i think president obama is the most radical president we've ever seen. but i think an awful lot of republicans fail to stand for prinsz pl and contributed at getting us in this mess. >> president obama is the most radical president we've ever seen? good luck on that rebrandings, republicans. jonathan, is ted cruz the right's idea of change? >> ever since they've loes, they've looked for someone to be their standing bearer. we talked about congressman ryan and then we moved onto chris christie and now everyone is focused on ted cruz because ted cruz has made some impertinent comments and he's been sort of the bull in the china shop among republicans, but also democrats. and my colleagues at "the washington post" had a column on him and the mainstream media piling on jim cruz.
you've got to understand what we're facing and ted is one of those guys. >> ted krrksz ruz, i've seen him speak and he is spell binding. he really is. he's just a tremendous or tor. >> today, cruise was one of the 15 gop senators who asked president obama to drop chuck h arks gra hagel as secretary of defense. >> i think president obama is the most radical president we've ever seen. but i think an awful lot of republicans fail to stand for prinsz pl and contributed at getting...
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gulp fiction himself, is out praising freshman senator ted cruz and tweeting happy to see ted cruz came to d.c. to make a difference, not just make some friends. yes, rubio thinks this guy is a super star. >> we need to eliminate unnecessary institutions. >> we are living in the days of atlas shrubs. >> i will never support new taxes. period. the end. >> i think it's time for some more meetings. joining me now are angela rye and dana millbank. is this really the master plan to save the party? >> you know, it's just so hard to keep abreast of all of ted cruz's out rages. he's been on the job for six weeks and he's already sort of rivaling joe mccarthy. you know, in fairness to karl rove, he is telling the republicans what they need to hear. and i suspect republican leaders would like to do it. the problem is you can see like a guy from ted cruz, there's no way to control him. he has this swollen sense of his own importance. and he's made -- look, obviously, he's infur rating the democrats. but even members of his own party are starting to get sore about this. they realize there's nothing
gulp fiction himself, is out praising freshman senator ted cruz and tweeting happy to see ted cruz came to d.c. to make a difference, not just make some friends. yes, rubio thinks this guy is a super star. >> we need to eliminate unnecessary institutions. >> we are living in the days of atlas shrubs. >> i will never support new taxes. period. the end. >> i think it's time for some more meetings. joining me now are angela rye and dana millbank. is this really the master...
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and who do you have on the right side is ted nugent. and that was, i think, very much in the back of the minds of a lot of folks in leadership how they were not too happen we with nugent being there. he was a guest of steve stockman who's doing his best to be the 113th congressman which was to garner a lot of attention, do some things that are very much out of the mainstream and end up becoming a thorn in the side of the leadership. >> jonathan, mr. nugent appears to have some kind of obsession with fecal matter. is this a personal fetish or a personal problem? which is it? >> oh, lord, martin. it's a personal problem. buttic it was reprehensible for him to be in the chamber. he is an american citizen. he has a right to be there. his presence there only -- it sort of highlights just how coarse our political discourse has become. that someone who can say he wants obama to suck on the end of his machine gun or other things he said at the nba convention last year, that he can say these repugnant things and still be there within feet of the
and who do you have on the right side is ted nugent. and that was, i think, very much in the back of the minds of a lot of folks in leadership how they were not too happen we with nugent being there. he was a guest of steve stockman who's doing his best to be the 113th congressman which was to garner a lot of attention, do some things that are very much out of the mainstream and end up becoming a thorn in the side of the leadership. >> jonathan, mr. nugent appears to have some kind of...
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ted cruz starts attacking the loyalty of america, of one of mccain's fellow vets. the viciousness is something we haven't seen before because of its combination of mccarthyism and weird unconnectedness, attacking chuck hagel because no one will give info about the benghazi situation, even though hagel wasn't even in the government when benghazi happened. sick stuff. seems to be growing. the better he looks the worst these characters, inhofe, cruz and lindsey graham are determined to look. notice the smile on john boehner's face sitting behind the president at the state of the union. if you did you're imagining things. so afraid of the hard hating right are republicans these days of every stripe even boehner's scared of looking like he might actually like something barack obama had to say. to do that today is to risk political death in these days of republican defeat, anger, discontent and downright hatred. joy reid of the grio and michael steele, former chair of the republican national committee. both are msnbc analysts and good ones. is this delay on the hagel vot
ted cruz starts attacking the loyalty of america, of one of mccain's fellow vets. the viciousness is something we haven't seen before because of its combination of mccarthyism and weird unconnectedness, attacking chuck hagel because no one will give info about the benghazi situation, even though hagel wasn't even in the government when benghazi happened. sick stuff. seems to be growing. the better he looks the worst these characters, inhofe, cruz and lindsey graham are determined to look....
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i also think bringing someone like ted nugent, who as you point out is not only outrageous but actually threatened the president to the point that the secret service had to take that threat seriously, i mean, that shows the ongoing lack of respect for this president. it shows a lack of respect for the importance of the state of the union. we have seen it time and time and time again. every single time the president has gone to the chamber for his institutional responsibility to speak to members of congress, they take it as a joke. they call him a liar. there's some kind of shenanigan that goes on. no doubt with mr. wang dang sweet pootang we're going to hear something funny tomorrow. >> professor shrum, are you surprised at what this man is doing, bringing ted nugent? >> i'm not surprised at all. there are a whole group of these guys who believe, for example, you should be able to carry concealed weapons anywhere in the country or unconcealed weapons. this is a real problem for the republican party. they don't know how to deal with it. it's across the whole range of issues, and as i hav
i also think bringing someone like ted nugent, who as you point out is not only outrageous but actually threatened the president to the point that the secret service had to take that threat seriously, i mean, that shows the ongoing lack of respect for this president. it shows a lack of respect for the importance of the state of the union. we have seen it time and time and time again. every single time the president has gone to the chamber for his institutional responsibility to speak to members...
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that's just a sample of ted cruz's comments. as reuters reported the spokesman responded we hope there will be practical changes in foreign american policy and washington will become respectful of the rights of nations. not exactly. it reminds us of another senator, joe mccarthy. see if you agree, however. a month after his famous 1954 "see it now" broadcast in which he exposed mccarthy's tactics, he asked him to respond. here mccarthy uses a famous tv review in a communist newspaper to connect him to communism. let's listen. >> but take 30 seconds or so and look further and see who's giving comfort to our inmys. here's from march, all attacking mccarthy and the same issue is mr. murrow's program as one of tonight's best bets on tv. >> well, also that week senator cruz -- this week cruz took another opportunity to say that he may have received -- catch this. may have received $200,000 from of all places north korea. i dome think north korea has $200,000. let's listen. >> it may be that he spoke at grou groups or anti-israel grou
that's just a sample of ted cruz's comments. as reuters reported the spokesman responded we hope there will be practical changes in foreign american policy and washington will become respectful of the rights of nations. not exactly. it reminds us of another senator, joe mccarthy. see if you agree, however. a month after his famous 1954 "see it now" broadcast in which he exposed mccarthy's tactics, he asked him to respond. here mccarthy uses a famous tv review in a communist newspaper...
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ted crashes at a midway point. his friends continue parachuting down the canyon. he is unable to move. too much of a climb back up the mountain for his friends to help him, so ted waits alone, scared and in serious pain. >> i'm immediately on the radio. >> i'm alive. i think i'm pretty hurt, though. >> i was having trouble breathing. definitely a lot of short breaths. just a lot of pain in my whole core area. i needed help. and i wasn't going to be able to get out of there in that location on my own. >> i can move everything. i literally put it all on my back and i'm coughing up a lot of blood. i don't know if i just knocked my lungs loose or -- >> by the time the rescue team arrives half an hour later, ted believes he's seriously injured. in an incredible piece of timing, two blackhawk helicopters happened to be in the area doing training
ted crashes at a midway point. his friends continue parachuting down the canyon. he is unable to move. too much of a climb back up the mountain for his friends to help him, so ted waits alone, scared and in serious pain. >> i'm immediately on the radio. >> i'm alive. i think i'm pretty hurt, though. >> i was having trouble breathing. definitely a lot of short breaths. just a lot of pain in my whole core area. i needed help. and i wasn't going to be able to get out of there in...
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that has a name, other than ted cruz. what ted cruz just did there is a thing that has a name in american politics. >> the did the civil liberties union provide you with money at that time? >> offices of attorneys and one of them was the civil liberties union, yes. >> but the question is did the civil liberty union supply you with an attorney? >> they did supply an attorney. >> the answer is yes? >> the answer is yes. >> you know the civil liberties union has been listed for a front for doing work for the communist party. >> that was footage for "good night and good luck", the george clooney movie that came out in 2005. and the footage you can see playing there along with the actors, the footage playing in the background of what is supposed to be the cbs newsroom there along with edward r. murrow looking on, the footage of is joe mccarthy, senator if there wisconsin. and joe mccarthy is famous for stuff like this. >> there are the millions of loyal americans who have voted the democrat ticket, individuals who are just as
that has a name, other than ted cruz. what ted cruz just did there is a thing that has a name in american politics. >> the did the civil liberties union provide you with money at that time? >> offices of attorneys and one of them was the civil liberties union, yes. >> but the question is did the civil liberty union supply you with an attorney? >> they did supply an attorney. >> the answer is yes? >> the answer is yes. >> you know the civil liberties...
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but ted nugent, why would a congressman bring -- let me see if i can play for people what ted nugent said. >> barack obama becomes the president in november again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. >> now, why would you bring someone like that as your guest to the state of the union address and you are a republican congressman? >> they're not taking either the night seriously, they're not taking politics seriously. it's politics as a show. that may work on some cable news channels, but again, how does this party -- how do republicans speak to real voters' concerns. this is the party that only a few years ago had a rising star whose only claim to stardom was he accused the president of lying in the state of the union. >> right. >> you know, they do have a real choice. in certain districts this might work. on certain news channels, this might work. they will never make it to national power taking this. >> it's a cheap political stunt. it's a pr stunt. this guy wanted his name in the news. and he's getting it. >> the congressman? >> the congressman who invited ted
but ted nugent, why would a congressman bring -- let me see if i can play for people what ted nugent said. >> barack obama becomes the president in november again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. >> now, why would you bring someone like that as your guest to the state of the union address and you are a republican congressman? >> they're not taking either the night seriously, they're not taking politics seriously. it's politics as a show. that may work...
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but, boy, they all want to say, go, ted cruz. marco rubio tweeted, there's always a sense that there's supposedly not so the great blood between the two. he tweets this morning, happy to see ted cruz came to d.c. to make a difference, not just make some friends. he's doing very well. >> yeah, okay. >> yeah, you don't believe that, huh? >> look, the reality of it is, cruz has come in and he's defining his own terms. he's his own man, to your point. and i thought your piece was spot-on. it's what's not being said publicly, as you just noted. these guys in the senate, they're very a cloistered community. and they like the quiet, they like the downplay. you've got someone who is the bull in the china shop, coming in the door, mixing things up, because his agenda is not about the senate's agenda, it's about a different agenda, which may be something down the road for him. >> speaking of people who are trying to make their own way, elizabeth warren, i want to play a clip of elizabeth warren yesterday, who on one hand has kept a low med
but, boy, they all want to say, go, ted cruz. marco rubio tweeted, there's always a sense that there's supposedly not so the great blood between the two. he tweets this morning, happy to see ted cruz came to d.c. to make a difference, not just make some friends. he's doing very well. >> yeah, okay. >> yeah, you don't believe that, huh? >> look, the reality of it is, cruz has come in and he's defining his own terms. he's his own man, to your point. and i thought your piece was...
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the problem with ted cruz is not ted cruz. it is the leaders of the part mitch mcconnell and john boehner and others. >> do you think they'll do that? >> i can't see what they'll gain from it. you have seen a few attempts. mccain called him out. lindsey graham called him out. >> mitch mcconnell has his own problems to worry about without calling out ted cruz, wouldn't you think, michelle? >> but the problem is the leaders of the party, even very conservative leaders are so incredibly cowed by their base. for a long time you had a party that very adroitly whipped up the frustrations and paranoia and suspicions of their base. they're no longer controlling the base. the base controls them. and so there is not much leverage they have over it. >> they have just enough control to screw things up so legislatively nothing gets done. that's about where they are right now. let's talk about another texan and louie gohmert. >> we have some people who think sharia law ought to be the law of the land and forget the constitution. but the gun
the problem with ted cruz is not ted cruz. it is the leaders of the part mitch mcconnell and john boehner and others. >> do you think they'll do that? >> i can't see what they'll gain from it. you have seen a few attempts. mccain called him out. lindsey graham called him out. >> mitch mcconnell has his own problems to worry about without calling out ted cruz, wouldn't you think, michelle? >> but the problem is the leaders of the party, even very conservative leaders are...
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you know, and ted cruz is a tea party guy. so this is -- he is the fruit of a movement that in some ways has burned itself out but we still have a few of them around -- >> but it's also burning out this country, isn't it? >> that's what -- just to get back to my earlier point, the president has to engage in full political combat on this and not -- yes, if he can get it through and cobble together five votes to break the filibuster and not break too much china, that's fine, but if he can't, if we get to a situation where this nomination is truly in limbo and it is hurting the united states, then he he has to go to the public and go after the obstructionists and he's already in the last few weeks of his second term, he has begun to be more confrontational. he needs to continue on that path. >> dana, does it seem remarkable to you that he's only just given his state of the union address at the beginning of his second term and yet the obstructionism that we observed in the first term only seems to have been amplified? >> well, cer
you know, and ted cruz is a tea party guy. so this is -- he is the fruit of a movement that in some ways has burned itself out but we still have a few of them around -- >> but it's also burning out this country, isn't it? >> that's what -- just to get back to my earlier point, the president has to engage in full political combat on this and not -- yes, if he can get it through and cobble together five votes to break the filibuster and not break too much china, that's fine, but if he...
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the shooting victim who ted nugent attacked after the state-of-the-union address. and how did marco rubio do in his audition for the presidential nomination last night? was a star born? and later, more readings from the nra's enemy's list, and why does the nra's enemy's list have so many jewish organizations on it? a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. >>> what does the anti-defamation league have in common with the ywca? all three of them on the national rifle association enemy's list, as is richard gere and lou gosset jr., it is the craziest list you have ever heard, and it is on tonight's rewrite. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come wit
the shooting victim who ted nugent attacked after the state-of-the-union address. and how did marco rubio do in his audition for the presidential nomination last night? was a star born? and later, more readings from the nra's enemy's list, and why does the nra's enemy's list have so many jewish organizations on it? a hybrid? most are just no fun to drive. now, here's one that will make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you...
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countered to the message from this republican of ted nugent. it all does play in to together. optics. we know whether it's right or wrong people talking about the optics of that and that is a powerful message. ted nugent, if you will against the people with the first lady there and factor in independent voters on the fence here. >> tamron, you bring up a very good point on the optics and something that the national rifle association struggled with in the aftermath of the newtown tragedy. and of course, this is a -- all playing out with the republican party as we mentioned before and the nbc/"wall street journal" poll showing the republicans with the highest unfavorable poll numbers in a long time and has to ask whether this is the best way to win the swing voters back and a fascinating story as the gun debate plays out. >> fascinating guest list. obviously, as well. beyond those invited as a part of the dwaebt over gun control. great pleasure. >> thanks. >>> up next, former white house speechwriter john lovett and his thoughts. >>> but first, there's a lot going on today. here
countered to the message from this republican of ted nugent. it all does play in to together. optics. we know whether it's right or wrong people talking about the optics of that and that is a powerful message. ted nugent, if you will against the people with the first lady there and factor in independent voters on the fence here. >> tamron, you bring up a very good point on the optics and something that the national rifle association struggled with in the aftermath of the newtown tragedy....
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the shooting victim who ted nugent attacked after the state-of-the-union address. and how did marco rubio do in his audition for the presidential nomination last night? was a star born? and later, more read iings from the nra's enemy's list, and why does the nra's enemy's list have so many jewish organizations on it? [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro. just like you. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. . >>
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they think elizabeth warren is more fair than ted cruz? this reminds me of something else someone at fox once said. >> we're not nuts, are we? >> i won't answer that one. but did you think we'd let you get away with this ri lidiculou defense of ted cruz? nice try, but we gotchya. here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location. olay ultra moisture body wash can with more moisturizers than seven bottles of the leading body wash. with ultra moisture your body wash is anything but basic. soft, smooth skin with olay. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only nati
they think elizabeth warren is more fair than ted cruz? this reminds me of something else someone at fox once said. >> we're not nuts, are we? >> i won't answer that one. but did you think we'd let you get away with this ri lidiculou defense of ted cruz? nice try, but we gotchya. here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his...
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when ted cruz starts attacking the loyalty to america of one of mccain's fellow vietnam vets, a combat vet at that. the vicious ps is something we haven't seen before because of the combination of mccarthyism and this weird unconnectedness attacking chuck hagel, for example, because no one will give us info or anyone info about the benghazi situation even though hagel wasn't even in the government when benghazi happened. sick stuff. and it seems to be growing in inverse proportion to obama's popularity. the better he looks the worse these characters inhofe, cruz, mccain and lindsey graham are determined to look. did you notice the smile on john boehner's face sitting up there behind the president during the state of the union? if you did, you're imagining things. so afraid of the hard hating right of republicans these days of every stripe even boehner's scared to death of looking like he might like something barack obama had so say. to do that is to risk political death in these days. let's go at it. our guests are joy reid of the grio and michael steele, former chafer of the republica
when ted cruz starts attacking the loyalty to america of one of mccain's fellow vietnam vets, a combat vet at that. the vicious ps is something we haven't seen before because of the combination of mccarthyism and this weird unconnectedness attacking chuck hagel, for example, because no one will give us info or anyone info about the benghazi situation even though hagel wasn't even in the government when benghazi happened. sick stuff. and it seems to be growing in inverse proportion to obama's...
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let's talk about ted cruise because both of you have been writing about ted cruise. margaret, you also are writing about marco rubio and his foreign trip. ted cruise and his speech in ohio, chris, what are you reading into the early stages of this freshman? >> we suspected this strongly when ted cruise won a republican senate primary in texas in 2012, and he is a man in a hurry and someone who is not going to go along to get along. if we thought jim demint didn't play by the rules of the senate, well, ted cruise is jim demint 2.30 or 3 had the 0. we saw in the hearing with secretary clinton, we saw in the confirmation hearings with chuck hagel that cruise was by far the most prosecutorial, the most aggressive of the questioners of both of those folks, and he is someone who makes no bones about his -- both his ambition and his willingness to buck how the senate is supposed to work. we're going to hear more from him before we hear less. >> you know, the way the senate is supposed to work is that you don't ask a question about the friends of hamas until you check out wh
let's talk about ted cruise because both of you have been writing about ted cruise. margaret, you also are writing about marco rubio and his foreign trip. ted cruise and his speech in ohio, chris, what are you reading into the early stages of this freshman? >> we suspected this strongly when ted cruise won a republican senate primary in texas in 2012, and he is a man in a hurry and someone who is not going to go along to get along. if we thought jim demint didn't play by the rules of the...
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. >>> president obama, well, would have made ted kennedy very proud last night. next, i'll tell you why $9 an hour minimum wage is just the beginning. "the ed show" congressional committee tells us just how president obama's fix it first idea could be the republicans' worst nightmare. we're right back. >>> why this volume of amendments on just the issue to try and raise the minimum wage. what is it about it that drives you republicans crazy? what is it? >> six years after ted kennedy asked the question, not a whole lot has changed. republicans are still opposing efforts to raise the minimum wage. and last night president obama called on congress to take some action. >> tonight let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. >> also part of that kennedy speech was "how many more billions of dollars do you want to give to the corporations? what else do you want from these workingmen and women?" well, boehner, ryan and rubio, they have publicly rejected
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. >>> president obama, well, would have made ted kennedy very proud last night. next, i'll tell you why $9 an hour minimum wage is just the beginning. "the ed show" congressional committee tells us just how president obama's fix it first idea could be the republicans' worst nightmare. we're right back. [ male announcer ] pearls. hairbands. and now hot pink toes. seems tough for a tough dog like duke. but when it has anything to do with gwen, he's putty in her hands. for a love this strong, duke's family only feeds him iams. compared to other leading brands, it has 50% more animal protein... ...to help keep his body as strong as a love that can endure anything... even every fashion trend. iams. keep love strong. you know it even eveafter all these years. but your erectile dysfunction - you know,that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needin
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. >>> president obama, well, would have made ted kennedy very proud last night. next, i'll tell you why $9 an hour minimum wage is just the beginning. "the ed show" congressional committee tells us just how president obama's fix it first idea could be the republicans' worst nightmare. we're right back. [ female announcer ] switch to swiffer 360 dusters extender, and you'll dump your old duster. but don't worry, he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ who's that lady? ♪ sexy lady, who's that lady? [ female announcer ] swiffer 360 dusters extender cleans high and low, with thick all around fibers that attract and lock up to two times more dust than a feather duster. swiffer gives cleaning a whole new meaning. and now swiffer dusters refills are available with the fresh scent of gain. just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. did you know not all fiber is the same? citrucel is different- it'
. >>> president obama, well, would have made ted kennedy very proud last night. next, i'll tell you why $9 an hour minimum wage is just the beginning. "the ed show" congressional committee tells us just how president obama's fix it first idea could be the republicans' worst nightmare. we're right back. [ female announcer ] switch to swiffer 360 dusters extender, and you'll dump your old duster. but don't worry, he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ who's that...
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. >> steve, you write today in salon.com the risk posed by senator ted cruz of texas and i'm quoting you, threatens to take the party not just back to the embarrassment of jesse helms baugh the embarrassment posed by mccarthy. >> the comparison has been drawn obviously because you have cruz at these confirmation hearings baselessly asirting we don't know if chalk hagel took money from north korea. you have that sort of reminiscent of joe mccarthy. >> also a story about when he was at harvard alleging -- >> the professors who wanted to overthrow the government at harvard. >> you have that same streak and when i invoke jesse helms, he was an irtabt even to the republican establishment. they didn't really like having jesse helms around for all those years but the resistance from the republican establishment only made him more popular with the republican base. the particular danger of cruz though i think for the republican party is the republican party today is less ideologically and geographically diverse than it was in the days of joe mccarthy. joe mccarthy was around when dwight eisen
. >> steve, you write today in salon.com the risk posed by senator ted cruz of texas and i'm quoting you, threatens to take the party not just back to the embarrassment of jesse helms baugh the embarrassment posed by mccarthy. >> the comparison has been drawn obviously because you have cruz at these confirmation hearings baselessly asirting we don't know if chalk hagel took money from north korea. you have that sort of reminiscent of joe mccarthy. >> also a story about when he...
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where ted cruz is. look, this is an issue -- >> someone wrote something hilarious the other way, after john cornyn, the other senator, voted against john kerry. he said, i now discovered that ted cruz has two votes, not just one. jon cornyn is so worried about a vote to the right, that whatever vote ted cruz makes jon cornyn is going to run to the floor and make the opposite one. >> i think this in the end will be a negotiated resolution. everybody staked out their positions, and now the devil's in the details. we're going to see. >> but the question is it's not in the details if they can kill it. my point is i covered mccain-kennedy. i covered mccain and kennedy. the switchboards. there was this tremendous mobilizing power that was numbers usa and a bunch of different anti-immigration groups, restrictionist groups, hammering this thing six hours a day, and congressional switchboards just lit up. and they really scared the pants off legislators. i want to ask why that's not going to happen this time? wh
where ted cruz is. look, this is an issue -- >> someone wrote something hilarious the other way, after john cornyn, the other senator, voted against john kerry. he said, i now discovered that ted cruz has two votes, not just one. jon cornyn is so worried about a vote to the right, that whatever vote ted cruz makes jon cornyn is going to run to the floor and make the opposite one. >> i think this in the end will be a negotiated resolution. everybody staked out their positions, and...
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. >> the day we learned steve stockman would bring ted nugen after making the following remarks during the nra raltly. listen to what he said. >> >> barack obama becomes the president again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. >> this is the man that congressman stockton is going to sit among the victimins tomorro night in the state of the union address. >> they actually ended up helping the president's cause. here you have a machb who's spoken this way. and then, on the contrary, you will have all of these people who have been victims of gun vie lenls. ultimately, i think it will damage republican's cause and efforts to reframe and rename their party. >> i think we can digs agree, but the be that sensitive and arrogant to bring someone like that to the state of the union when the victims are going to be there, i think it sends a whole lot about those that oppose this. . >>> coming up, new congress, same destructive war on women. senator kiersten gillibrad on the fight. and they whipped him, smeared him, blocked him, and it's still happening. but it's his turn. he'
. >> the day we learned steve stockman would bring ted nugen after making the following remarks during the nra raltly. listen to what he said. >> >> barack obama becomes the president again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. >> this is the man that congressman stockton is going to sit among the victimins tomorro night in the state of the union address. >> they actually ended up helping the president's cause. here you have a machb who's spoken...
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and teddy turner the son of ted turner. turner is out with a new tv ad this week asking people to break up with career politicians. as you watch, keep an eye out for who gets prime real estate in a large picture frame and you will know who the ad's out to get. >> we've come a long way. i know it's been too much, but what's a few trillion? it was all for you. without change. i'll keep my promises this time. it'll be different. i'm sorry. for all the mistakes i've made. just give me one more chance. >> break up with career politicians. the right guy, teddy turner. conservative republican, economics teacher, not a politician. >> it doesn't take much guessing which career politician turner is talking about here. mark sanford. he's in the biggest picture there with the other photos taking less space. >>> next, think your fast food joint has anything to do with whether you're democrat or republican? think again. first okay let's think ethnic here. bagels, croissants, or doughnuts. for democrats it's bagels or croissants. republic
and teddy turner the son of ted turner. turner is out with a new tv ad this week asking people to break up with career politicians. as you watch, keep an eye out for who gets prime real estate in a large picture frame and you will know who the ad's out to get. >> we've come a long way. i know it's been too much, but what's a few trillion? it was all for you. without change. i'll keep my promises this time. it'll be different. i'm sorry. for all the mistakes i've made. just give me one...
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. >>> rocker and nra member ted nugent was interviewed. he got the negativity reaction to jim lagavin who said it was an odd choice for a member of congress to invite someone who threatened the life of the president. >> i mean because he lied claiming that somehow i didn't feel sorry for the victims of violent crime. >> is that an appropriate thing to say? >> that would take general fecal material instead of brain matter to actually continue such a vicious, hateful lie. >> tell us what you really think. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now we're joined by bill karins. good morning. >> good morning. we don't have any big storms coming, that's good. a little snow for some areas the next 24 hours. that's really the only weather story out there. and we had some interesting scenes yesterday in oklahoma city and amarillo who got hit by -- anywhere between two and four inches of snow. snowed a little bit in northern arkansas and southern missouri. that's about it. this is the little storm that's going to track into d.c. wit
. >>> rocker and nra member ted nugent was interviewed. he got the negativity reaction to jim lagavin who said it was an odd choice for a member of congress to invite someone who threatened the life of the president. >> i mean because he lied claiming that somehow i didn't feel sorry for the victims of violent crime. >> is that an appropriate thing to say? >> that would take general fecal material instead of brain matter to actually continue such a vicious, hateful...
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ted kennedy, remember, was a fairly young senator and hadn't really proven himself. douglas macarthur was a general, and no one knew how he would react to public service. hillary clinton has been on the scene for 20 years, two decades, and has been a fairly dominant player already in american politics for those 20 years. chris, it is unbelievable, i can't walk a block in philadelphia without being stopped by someone thrusting a card in my hand saying when hillary runs, i want to give money. i have never seen anything like it in my political experience of 34 years ever. not anywhere close. not even the obama phenomenon matches the enthusiasm level that's here. could something change in three years? of course. three years is a long time. but, remember, it's not really three years. if she wants to make a decision, she has to make a decision by next spring, spring of '14. if she makes that decision, she by and large pre-empts the democratic field. >> what do you tell joe biden that he should do between now and then to prepare to run if she doesn't run but prepare to hit
ted kennedy, remember, was a fairly young senator and hadn't really proven himself. douglas macarthur was a general, and no one knew how he would react to public service. hillary clinton has been on the scene for 20 years, two decades, and has been a fairly dominant player already in american politics for those 20 years. chris, it is unbelievable, i can't walk a block in philadelphia without being stopped by someone thrusting a card in my hand saying when hillary runs, i want to give money. i...
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ted kennedy, remember, was a fairly young senator and had hardly proven himself. general macarthur didn't know how to act in public service. hillary clinton has been on the scene for two decades and maz been on the dominant scene. chris, it is unbelievable. i can't walk a block in philadelphia without being stopped by someone who thrusts card in my hand and says when hillary runs, i want to give money. i haven't seen that in my 34 years of experience ever. not even the obama phenomenon matches the enthusiasm here. could something change? of course. remember, it's not really three years. if she wants to make a decision, she has to make a decision by next spring, spring of '14. if she makes that decision, she by and large preempts the democratic field. >> what would you do if you were talking? you'll probably be talking off and on. what do you tell joe biden he should do between now and then to be prepared to run but be prepared to hit the parachute if she does run? how do you hit both? >> he goes at it like he's going to be candidate because i tlink's still a decen
ted kennedy, remember, was a fairly young senator and had hardly proven himself. general macarthur didn't know how to act in public service. hillary clinton has been on the scene for two decades and maz been on the dominant scene. chris, it is unbelievable. i can't walk a block in philadelphia without being stopped by someone who thrusts card in my hand and says when hillary runs, i want to give money. i haven't seen that in my 34 years of experience ever. not even the obama phenomenon matches...
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a republican to invite ted nugent and free publicity for that. see if that's the trend in the future. i covered a state of the union as a congressional reporter. i was up there in the balcony. most interesting thing is the wife of an elderly congressman, republican congressman of florida in the iraq war showed up with a basically pro-war t-shirt and she was seated next to the quaker mother of an anti-war democrat. >> weird. >> very visibly uncomfortable by the seating arrangement. that was the closest thing to fireworks i saw. >> i think to a certain degree you are right, steve, but probably so many politician who is are bad at using that tom and jane from augusta, you know, sort of conceit. very few politicians are good at it but those that are, are really, really good ate. it's interesting to look back at the guests of state of the unions past because i think it like a sort of pulse of the country. and maybe just a pulse of the country through the eyes of politicians. maybe not even us, but what politicians at the time are thinking the country
a republican to invite ted nugent and free publicity for that. see if that's the trend in the future. i covered a state of the union as a congressional reporter. i was up there in the balcony. most interesting thing is the wife of an elderly congressman, republican congressman of florida in the iraq war showed up with a basically pro-war t-shirt and she was seated next to the quaker mother of an anti-war democrat. >> weird. >> very visibly uncomfortable by the seating arrangement....
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so why isn't any republican denouncing ted nugent in the chamber? this is a guy who compared gun owners to rosa parks. where is the leadership? but, first, the water cooler story of the day. marco rubio's water gate. keep it here. more politics nation ahead. >>> we're back on "politics nation." the republican's mark rubio's big night. and what a night it was. okay, okay, where was i? senator rubio laid out the right wing vision for america. oh, what was i saying? rubio bit the truth last night. i'm hydrating just like the senator. yet, we're having some fun, like the rest of america with marmarc marcmarco marco rubio's water female. look at that lunge. never breaking eye contact with the camera. it's being called rubio's watergate. even zero dark thirty. it lit up twitter. 92 tweets per minute. watergate. poland spring were trending and at least 15 parody twitter counts sprang up. senator rubio, he's in on the fun himself tweeting out a picture of his famous water bottle. but what rubio was saying before and after his water cooler moment wasn't so f
so why isn't any republican denouncing ted nugent in the chamber? this is a guy who compared gun owners to rosa parks. where is the leadership? but, first, the water cooler story of the day. marco rubio's water gate. keep it here. more politics nation ahead. >>> we're back on "politics nation." the republican's mark rubio's big night. and what a night it was. okay, okay, where was i? senator rubio laid out the right wing vision for america. oh, what was i saying? rubio bit...
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turner's son. >> and namesake. >> and if mark sanford attaches ted turner's record to ted turner's son, yeah, i could see a moment where mark sanford might get through a runoff and get to congress. >> so an embarrassment beats a legacy. >> exactly. he's got high name recognition, and erick erickson was one of his biggest detractors, and the minute sanford started this congressional tour, erickson is all i forgive him. let's be graceful and give him another shot. >> it's not rural south carolina. it's not cotton land. it's very beautiful charleston, one of the most beautiful cities in the world i think. are those people up to this kind of level of life? this sort of way of looking at things, this que sera sera. do they have enough of that to vote for him? mark? i'm sorry, not mark, john. we're talking about mark. >> it is within the realm -- that's okay. although i hope my wife doesn't make the comparison. >> no, you're not mark. >> it's within the realm of possibility, and understand that charleston, like new orleans, is a pretty sophisticated city, and there will be some folks who may
turner's son. >> and namesake. >> and if mark sanford attaches ted turner's record to ted turner's son, yeah, i could see a moment where mark sanford might get through a runoff and get to congress. >> so an embarrassment beats a legacy. >> exactly. he's got high name recognition, and erick erickson was one of his biggest detractors, and the minute sanford started this congressional tour, erickson is all i forgive him. let's be graceful and give him another shot. >>...
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you've got a guy like ted cruz, he has a choice to make. and yesterday, and by all indications so far, he has great pedigree. he could do exactly the same thing and go towards the mainstream, but he doesn't seem like he's doing that. it seems like he's laying his cards down to go to the far right and appeal just to the pure hardcore tea partiers, as you just said. >> it's a sad statement about the u.s. senate yesterday. fortunately john mccain rescued the body with his comments. >> and by the way, thank you, senator mccain. that's what washington, kelly, used to be about. nobody can disagree -- nobody could disagree with chuck hagel more than john mccain does. and for good reasons. they have a completely different view of foreign policy, how it should be enacted, especially the middle east, but john mccain had the character to stand up and defend a guy he disagreed with. >> mccain had said it was the most unimpressive appearance at a hearing when hagel had his confirmation hearing and then came back and gave those remarks in his defense. he
you've got a guy like ted cruz, he has a choice to make. and yesterday, and by all indications so far, he has great pedigree. he could do exactly the same thing and go towards the mainstream, but he doesn't seem like he's doing that. it seems like he's laying his cards down to go to the far right and appeal just to the pure hardcore tea partiers, as you just said. >> it's a sad statement about the u.s. senate yesterday. fortunately john mccain rescued the body with his comments. >>...
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and it started with ted cruz. but it seems to have spread out even to the ranking member of the armed services committee. that's one thing. now the guy is approved, and they were all congratulating themselves yesterday before the votes saying this is really going to weaken chuck hagel. >> smeared him good. >> very difficult job being secretary of defense. that's right. >> and crystal was out doing that. >> who made his job difficult? they've weakened not only chuck hagel, they've weakened the defense department, the united states. >> they did a little hot dog jump -- this used to be sort of sacred to protect our country. and when we have a secretary of defense, but here they basically smeared him right up front. >> he didn't get money from north korea. he is not running around with terrorists. apparently he is not -- >> may i say isn't it interesting that none of the things that they floated are true? >> none. >> none, zero. >> and they had two months to look for it. >> zero, zero. this was the worst combination o
and it started with ted cruz. but it seems to have spread out even to the ranking member of the armed services committee. that's one thing. now the guy is approved, and they were all congratulating themselves yesterday before the votes saying this is really going to weaken chuck hagel. >> smeared him good. >> very difficult job being secretary of defense. that's right. >> and crystal was out doing that. >> who made his job difficult? they've weakened not only chuck...
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. >> ted cruz doesn't have a bone to pick with chuck hagel. but this is mccain being angry -- >> about contain stood up at the end of that and said we shouldn't besmirch chuck hagel with what is happening. >> on that point, there is threatened a walkout on this committee vote. i'm told by folks, there are folks like mccain, the older guard saying to younger republicans do not do. that. >> mickey did not vote for hagel. it's complete insanity here. >> no one commenting on whether he would make a good secretary of defense or not. >> or asking relevant questions. >> i actually do think maybe a larger question, ted cruz and rand paul, you sort of look at them together, this is an emerging wing of new republican senators. you look at ryan and rubio on the hill as the new leaders but this is a very significant and potentially a very dangerous part of the republican party, within the party. especially if rand paul runs for president. >> look at the violence against women act passed 78-22 because there's still mention of bipartisanship in luke didn't
. >> ted cruz doesn't have a bone to pick with chuck hagel. but this is mccain being angry -- >> about contain stood up at the end of that and said we shouldn't besmirch chuck hagel with what is happening. >> on that point, there is threatened a walkout on this committee vote. i'm told by folks, there are folks like mccain, the older guard saying to younger republicans do not do. that. >> mickey did not vote for hagel. it's complete insanity here. >> no one...
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ted kennedy, remember, was a fairly young senator and hadn't really proven himself. douglas macarthur was a general, and no one knew how he would react to public service. hillary clinton has been on the scene for 20 years, two decades, and has been a fairly dominant player already in american politics for those 20 years. chris, it is unbelievable, i can't walk a block in philadelphia without being stopped by someone thrusting a card in my hand saying when hillary runs, i want to give money. i have never seen anything like it in my political experience of 34 years ever. not anywhere close. not even the obama phenomenon matches the enthusiasm level that's here. could something change in three years? of course. three years is a long time. but, remember, it's not really three years. if she wants to make a decision, she has to make a decision by next spring, spring of '14. if she makes that decision, she by and large pre-empts the democratic field. >> what do you tell joe biden that he should do between now and then to prepare to run if she doesn't run but prepare to hit
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bush continued a relationship with ted kennedy. we impeached bill clinton and bill clinton continued to reach out to us. >> you don't think there's a new level of low here? >> no, absolutely not. >>> keep hearing that and so sick of hearing that from people not around washington in 1993 and 1994 and 1995 and 1996, i have yet to sit here, maybe you have, mark halperin. >> fair. >> you were around, did you know of major conservative leaders that put out videotapes suggesting that barack obama was a murderer. people forget the level of hatred that went mainstream when bill clinton was president. i could come up with a lot of great examples when george w. bush was president. let's just stay with the democratic case right now. the crap that was put out about bill and hillary clinton from 1993 to 1996, '97, '98, i think makes what this president has had to endure, which has been ugly, like what george w. bush had to endure was ugly, look almost like child play. this collective amnesia about the clinton wars is absolutely staggering. peop
bush continued a relationship with ted kennedy. we impeached bill clinton and bill clinton continued to reach out to us. >> you don't think there's a new level of low here? >> no, absolutely not. >>> keep hearing that and so sick of hearing that from people not around washington in 1993 and 1994 and 1995 and 1996, i have yet to sit here, maybe you have, mark halperin. >> fair. >> you were around, did you know of major conservative leaders that put out videotapes...
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i said it about ted cruz. ted cruz is going to learn a valuable lesson when he tries to get some things for his state. all the toes that he stepped on are going to turn around and kick him in the shin. so hagel, you know, hagel is paying for his conduct back in '07 and '08. not his positions. but the way he held it. and mika, i've got to be clear here, mika. you know i like chuck hagel a lot. and you like him a lot. >> i do. >> we've loved working with him at the atlantic council. i want him to be sec spadef. i'm just explaining for people in washington, and ed certainly knows this, payback is hell. and hagel's learning it just like ted cruz is going to learn it in the future. >> me thinks, though, carl bernstein is really funny that john mccain or lindsey graham would call someone disagreeable at times. is that just me? >> i'll let you say that. i wrote the original cover story for "vanity fair" on john mccain in 1999. and part of the institutional history here is the john tower nomination, which is the other
i said it about ted cruz. ted cruz is going to learn a valuable lesson when he tries to get some things for his state. all the toes that he stepped on are going to turn around and kick him in the shin. so hagel, you know, hagel is paying for his conduct back in '07 and '08. not his positions. but the way he held it. and mika, i've got to be clear here, mika. you know i like chuck hagel a lot. and you like him a lot. >> i do. >> we've loved working with him at the atlantic council. i...
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>> the thing she holds is not -- she succeeded the great ted kennedy who arguably was one of the most productive senators. arguing blue bipartisan and idealogical. he understood that the senate and politics was about getting things done, and invoking the word that seems to be almost profane in washington now, compromising with the most conservative of senators, including orrin hatch and many others, who he he was able to broker deals with and change the course of public policy in the country. that's what i hope senator warren is focused on, and i imagine that she is based on how passionate she was in campaigning on these issues back in massachusetts. >> it's something that's been bandied about in the discussion of ted cruise. you know you've arrived in washington when you can not only get the press -- i'm really pair phrasing here. get the press, but also cut a deal. certainly both of them have gotten the press. you'll see about the deal. coming up, it is comparable to the narcotics trade and gun trafficking. the underground ivory market and rise of elephant poach issing threatening t
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shame on ted nugent. i'm so sad he has said those things. but i want the people who have been victims of gun violence to know that we do care deeply about them, and we do believe that they need to be represented in that forum tomorrow night. >> there is a lot of conversation that you're not going to be able to get the assault weapons banned, that universal background checks and closing the gun show loophole. congresswoman schakowsky, would you be all right with that? >> you know, ed, we're making progress already with 23 executive orders of the president. >> yeah. >> if we get background checks, if we get rid of these clips, that is definitely a victory. we're not going to start pushing -- stop pushing to get rid of these assault weapons. >> sure. >> but, you know, we're going win major victories that are going to represent real progress. >> congressman cummings? >> yeah, i think we're going to have some progress. i don't know whether we'll get everything. i hope so. but as you know, ed, i have a gun trafficking bill. >> yeah. >> along with
shame on ted nugent. i'm so sad he has said those things. but i want the people who have been victims of gun violence to know that we do care deeply about them, and we do believe that they need to be represented in that forum tomorrow night. >> there is a lot of conversation that you're not going to be able to get the assault weapons banned, that universal background checks and closing the gun show loophole. congresswoman schakowsky, would you be all right with that? >> you know,...
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but 15 other republicans including marco rubio and ted cruz are continuing the fight. they sent a letter to president obama urging him to withdraw hagel's nomination. the white house says that will not happen. >> just to be clear he won't be withdrawn. >> absolutely not. if any suggestion to the otherwise to the contrary might have been found in the minutes of the meetings of the friends of hamas. yeah. >> white house secretary jay carney making light of a discredited report that claimed hagel received speaking fees from a group called friends of hamas, a group that doesn't exist. let me bring in a republican strategist chip saltsman and democratic strategist morris reed. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> morris, texas republican ted cruz is among 15 senators asking the president to dump chuck hagel. part of what he said in his statement, in the last 50 years no other secretary of defense has been confirmed with more than three members voting against him and in the entire history of the position no one has been confirmed with more than 11 no votes. will chuck hag
but 15 other republicans including marco rubio and ted cruz are continuing the fight. they sent a letter to president obama urging him to withdraw hagel's nomination. the white house says that will not happen. >> just to be clear he won't be withdrawn. >> absolutely not. if any suggestion to the otherwise to the contrary might have been found in the minutes of the meetings of the friends of hamas. yeah. >> white house secretary jay carney making light of a discredited report...
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here is what congressman steve stockman, who, of course, brought the great ted nugent to the state of the union. he tweeted this, under sequester obama administration picks what gets cut. now, again, that's totally untrue. >> it's absolutely incorrect, untrue, no way. making that up out of whole cloth. >> right. >> absolutely. but as we know, the gop has not really been one to care too much about the facts. they've been playing fast and loose. this is not president obama's sequester. again, this is a deal that both sides said they were going to link themselves together on to try to force an agreement. and, again, now they're trying to say it's about the president, and the other criticism that, oh, he'd rather be out campaigning, you know, obviously they know that the more the president talks past them and directly to the american people, the more heat is on them to actually get back to the table and stop protecting big oil and the gas companies, which is one of the big loopholes that the president is looking at. instead of taking that from medicare and medicaid and the people who need
here is what congressman steve stockman, who, of course, brought the great ted nugent to the state of the union. he tweeted this, under sequester obama administration picks what gets cut. now, again, that's totally untrue. >> it's absolutely incorrect, untrue, no way. making that up out of whole cloth. >> right. >> absolutely. but as we know, the gop has not really been one to care too much about the facts. they've been playing fast and loose. this is not president obama's...
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to be the star republican guest for the evening. >> so you bring up ted nugent. let's talk about that, chip, because right now the names being talked about for the rebuttal, marco rubio, we've got rand paul, and we've also got ted nugent, who is going to be a guest of stock mab tonight, coming in. so, when we look at this, people are kind of in shock about these three names being put together, but listen to how michael steele talks about what this sends from the republican party, its message. >> so you're going to have rubio give a response to the president, and rand paul give a response to the response to the response of the president. >> that's the republican party. >> this is the problem. does this make any sense to anyone in america, to have a bifurcated message coming out of america? >> chip, does it make any sense? >> well, you know, what happens is, the republican party's always been kind of the executive-based party, and we've always liked having the president, because we've got one person in charge. in lieu of not having the president, we've had a lot of
to be the star republican guest for the evening. >> so you bring up ted nugent. let's talk about that, chip, because right now the names being talked about for the rebuttal, marco rubio, we've got rand paul, and we've also got ted nugent, who is going to be a guest of stock mab tonight, coming in. so, when we look at this, people are kind of in shock about these three names being put together, but listen to how michael steele talks about what this sends from the republican party, its...