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Segment 1
Cenk hosting. President Obama’s terrible Grand Bargain negotiations. Earlier in the year Obama said that if he won, the Republicans would come around and work with him. They aren’t doing so. VIDEO of Obama saying the Republicans keep finding ways to say “no” and that perhaps they just don’t want to say “yes” to him. Obama’s weakness is hurting the negotiations. VIDEO of Obama conceding that he moved his proposal to “the middle” and the Republicans still didn’t accept. VIDEO of Obama talking about Boehner’s caucus. Obama saying people are looking for a balanced approach (VIDEO) but that is not true; people are not looking for drastic cuts in medicare and SS. Graph of people’s preference. Raising taxes on people who make more than $250,000 is the number one preference, and Obama has given this away. Markos made the point that Obama’s approval ratings go down when he gives in to the Republicans. Cenk says that the Republicans have no leverage, but they make up leverage issues (like the debt ceiling and unemployment insurance) and Obama falls for it. Example: Jim Bunning’s position to stop unemployment insurance.
Segment 2
2nd Amendment history. The 2nd amendment was not intended to give individuals the right to bear arms. NRA. Orrin Hatch. Warren Burger. Antonin Scalia. Brilliant and successful propaganda campaign to make the gun manufacturers more money. Tim Scott. Wanted to build a monument to aborted fetuses. He talks in a VIDEO about mental health, but that is a distraction to make people not talk about guns. VIDEO of Rick Scott with Soledad O’Brien.
Cenk predicts there will be legislation limiting bullets in magazines and tightening up reporting requirements, but there will be no assault weapons ban.
Segment 3
Comparing the Newtown CT massacre to the killing children in drone strikes.
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I love how around 18:00 everytime Cenk says “fuck” he looks over at Jayar/Jesus to see their reaction
Instead of auctioning the Pontiac, Wolf PAC should just sell it to Obama.
Mandatory liability insurance for ALL gun owners.
Minimum pay out per event = $100,000.
For vehicles.
Why not guns?
Best of all:: it would be loved by the insurance companies and they are a mega lobby. Get ‘er done now!
Just when you think youve heard the stupidest gun control theory, someone out does them all!
A million dollar doesnt do shit after a shooting…
Interesting, although honestly I think insurance companies are more dangerous to this country than guns.
The Chained CPI issue is much more complex than Cenk describes. This is The Last Word’s interview with Robert Greenstein: Go through the Web-Only video too.
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-last-word/50254607
Cenk looks like a ghost.
Cenk says “all those Obama supporters”.
You mean…like…YOU, Cenk? You voted for him.
I’d try listening to the show. Who knows, you might learn something. Stranger things have happened.
Yeah, you’d learn that Cenk *begrudgingly* voted for Obama.
So he’s totally different than people who *enthusiastically* voted for Obama.
If you sigh heavily when you vote, you make a huge difference.
It was the lesser of two evils. The alternative was not electing a progressive independet but rather a stone cold fuck nuts conservative mormon. Voting for someone doesn’t mean that you agree with everything they say. There is ideology and then there’s pragmatics.
Obama is far more dangerous than Romney ever could have been.
Laws can be changed, but a Supreme Court judge can last for 40 years…
I think it means Cenk can’t possibly lay on the OUTRAGE so thickly.
His credibility is not strong enough, having voted for him.
He should be constantly pointing out, but yeah, this is what we had to choose.
But he acts like he had nothing to do with Obama’s reelection.