Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Hour 1
Segment 1
Cenk hosting today.  The Voting Rights Act appears to be in trouble as the Supreme Court hears it.  Justice Scalia called the act a perpetuation of racial entitlement…to vote!  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/voting-rights-act-supreme-court_n_2768942.html Justice Roberts asked if the government is saying that people in the South are more racist than in the North.  Cenk has an easy answer for him.  He dives into the inequality of opportunity between Black and White Americans.  The wealth gap between the two groups got 3x larger since 1986. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/racial-wealth-gap_n_2772840.html  Videos of Rep Keith Ellison going to town on Sean Hannity’s show last night. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/keith-ellison-sean-hannity-worst-journalist-fox-news_n_2772687.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics  Cenk points out that Hannity’s and O’Reilly’s incredibly old audience has dropped 35% and 26% in the key demo. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/26/fox-news-ratings-february-oreilly-hannity_n_2768265.html   In reaction to Republicans’ big losses lately, Erick Erickson thinks the problem is simply that their messaging is off.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/erick-erickson-conservative-media-failing_n_2772781.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics

Segment 2
Rep Walter Jones has come out and admitted that he was wrong about the Iraq War.  Video of him telling a group that he thinks Dick Cheney will end up in hell over his part in starting the Iraq War.  He’s also pushing for an amendment to get money out of politics. http://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-congressman-dick-cheney-will-probably-go-to-hell-for-the-iraq-war/  Louie Gohmert spoke with NewsMax about how immoral our debt is for the country.  He went on to compare it to slavery and abortion as some of the most immoral things the country has done. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/louie-gohmert-debt_n_2773639.html?utm_hp_ref=politics  Bob Goodlatte is the most influential Republican in the Judicial Cmte and recently said that he is totally against a pathway to citizenship.  After the rest of the Party told him how devastatingly bad this puts them with Latino voters, he changed his mind and modified his message. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/bob-goodlatte-immigration_n_2773662.html

Segment 3
Encouraging poll on gun control.  Video of Bloomberg’s attack ad on the Republican trying to take Jesse Jackson Jr’s vacated seat.  Despite how devastating this was to her campaign, we’re still not going to pass on in Congress.  Video of the grieving father of a Sandy Hook student speaking for his son.