Cenk hosts TYT. RNC co-chair campaigned for Scott Walker in Wisconsin and while trying to understand why he’s in so much trouble, she told the crowd that Wisconsin may not have very smart voters. Ohio Gov Kasich is also in trouble, so he’s embracing Medicaid expansion, a key portion of ObamaCare, which got him in trouble with the GOP, so he’s trying to tell everyone that the healthcare reform had nothing to do with the expansion. The GOP’s nightmare that ObamaCare is working is coming true, because they have to accept it while bashing it. Videos of Bill O’Reilly claiming that the reason Americans are still in favor of Democratic candidates is because of emotion, that the Dems have promised to selfish constituents are played. New York Times story about the conflicting Republican ads on immigration for this election are examined. In states with a low Hispanic population, the ads are vehemently angry, but in states with high populations of Latinos, the ads are catering to them. Video mashups of the contradictory ads are shown. Sarah Palin’s PAC has raised $2.7 million with the promise to promote Republican candidates, but only gave $150K to candidates, only 5.5% of the money. During this election cycle, the PAC has $1.4 million on hand, and only gave $45K. The rest, and majority of the money went to her consultants, her book publisher, hotel stays, SUV rentals, and travel. Palin’s personal lifetime political donations total $628. Lawrence Lessig’s PAC, MayDay is looking to raise money to go after the elected officials that have benefitted and gone corrupt due to money in politics. GOP Rep. Fred Upton, head of the Energy and Commerce Committee isn’t very happy with this idea, so his staff is threatening the CEOs of companies that have contributed to MayDay by disregarding any of their interests that come across his table while he’s in charge. Upton proves the point of MayDay by illustrating the level of corruption he’s involved in. In America’s efforts to combine the war on terror with the war on drugs, we’ve spent $7.6 billion to fight opium in Afghanistan, but in that span, it has grown exponentially in the country. A poll on how disaffected people are with their government showed that the nations with the worst approval had the most perceived government corruption. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke about how the inequality in the U.S. greatly concerns her, but didn’t hint that she may actually come after the banks that have exacerbated this problem.
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In Raising Immigration, G.O.P. Risks Backlash After Election
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Gov. John Kasich: Repeal Obamacare, but not all of it
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Comments
Cenk, I can’t agree with you on voting for the lesser evil. If we’re voting out of fear then we’re just playing to lose. There has to be a better solution. At this point the Democrats are as about as corrupt as the Republicans. You have 2 choices when it comes to choosing Dem or Repub. Its the same as choosing to either get your ass kicked with a hammer or a fist.
I love it when Cenk uses Lord of the Ring references. I can almost see the Balrog
The U.S. is not at 5.9% unempolyment we are closer to 25% unemployment, ShadowStats.com shows 3 types of measurements of unempolyment U3, U6, and before the 1980’s when Regan first changed the measurement of unemployment, they have a better description on the websit. But the current administrstion is using the U3 meassurement and the fact that I can’t get off the highway or turn into a grocery store without running into a pan handler makes me believe shadowstats.com and not the government.
^Reagan
Cenk, great show today… PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not talk over Harris tomorrow- you guys could potentially have a great debate (a debate that badly needs to be had), but nailing him on soundbites taken out of context (as Greenwald and Aslan do) will do nothing but hinder the inter-liberal Islam dialogue that we need now more than ever, It will be great as long as you give each other time to articulate!
Couldn’t agree more. Please don’t present him with a bunch of out of context soundbites like astrych mentioned; that would be such a waste of time and an insult to your and his intelligence. You both have interesting perspectives and important things to say, so focus on getting to the meat of the issues and arguments. And nothing ruins an interview faster than the interviewee constantly getting interrupted. Harris is usually so mild and polite in interviews that he’ll let himself be interrupted over and over. Let. the. guy. speak. He will definitely let you speak. It could end up being a great interview.
Bobbinna, here is that video i promised you, sorry i was late on the other thread.
POSSIBLE PROOF THAT BILL MAHER THINKS MOST MUSLIMS ARE BAD PEOPLE:
I have found this interesting interview/video where Maher is pretty clear on his views about muslims.
This is an interview with Larry King on Larry King Now…
Conversation about muslims starts at 7:40 in part 3 of 5 clip here…
youtube.com/watch?v=HMwkZyxlwPI
Continues into part 4 of 5 clip here…
youtube.com/watch?v=hGSeh8X54wE
Let me know what you guys think.
I know there are people here that think Maher/Harris does not think most muslims are bad people, I wish that were true… however I can’t go into their minds, so this is the next best thing (the video above) that hasn’t been seen by many people.