Kitty discovers the truth about Medicare Part D
Have you noticed how many of Charlie Crist’s friends are suddenly all over TV? Who are the equivalent for Marco Rubio, besides Jim DeMint and the tea party people…? Anyhoo, Florida Temp Senator George LeMieux was just on “Hardball,” and Chuck Todd, sitting in for Chris, stumped him by informing LeMieux, perhaps for the first time, that Medicare Advantage is not Medicare. It’s a private insurance product that gets taxpayer subsidies, so if you cut the subsidies, you’re not cutting Medicare, you’re just giving less money to insurance companies. Cue the “ums…” LeMieux wouldn’t say straight out that Marco Rubio is qualified for the Senate, and he stood by his friend Charlie Crist. Not much other news there, but someone ought to forward Kitty a description of Part D … Best line of the segment: Chris Cillizza: nobody knows Charlie Crist like George LeMieux. He also made the observation that Crist may be struggling without his chief strategist, who is the equivalent of the governor’s Karl Rove. Interesting point …
Matthews v. Palin, round 2: ‘nothing going on mentally’
Chris Matthews renewed his Sarah Palin fusilade last night, saying she “has nothing going on mentally” and calling her “dangerous.” Watch, as Mark Halperin is equally tough on her, though he hasn’t gotten the same amount of ink for it:
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Matthews’ case against Palin is that because she knows so little about so much, she is an “empty vessel, ready to be filled with aneoconservative ideology she doesn’t even understand,” a la Dan Quayle or George W. Bush (the latter of whom proved that you don’t have to be bright to become president.) That’s not such a far fetched case, including according to Ron Paul, who says the neocons have already infiltrated the tea party movement, of which Palin is the undeclared but clear leader. (She’s also the leading figure, besides Rush Limbaugh, in the Republican Party, something the party may not like, but it’s reality.) More on Sarah’s 2012 prospects (shudder…) here.
Chris Matthews dresses down ‘balloon head’ Palin
Another keeper episode of Hardball, as Chris takes on Sarah Palin and her “handy” prompter:
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What do I have to do to get Alan Grayson to run for the U.S. Senate?
Orlando-area congressman Alan Grayson talked healthcare reform and Dick Cheney’s Obama treason talk on “Hardball” today, and dropped two of the classic one-liners of the year, proving once again why he is a rarity in politics today: an authentic guy who’s sure enough of himself to say exactly what he thinks (and rich enough not to care if he pisses off the corporate money-men.) The Grayson liners: “Dick Cheney, STFU,” and regarding Dubya kissing, holding hands and skipping through the flora with his Saudi prince? “Maybe if he’d gotten to second base, gas would be $2 a gallon.” Watch the entire segment (about 5 minutes, and well worth it):
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Run, Alan, run! … please??? In the meantime, if you’ve got some spare change, donate it to Grayson’s re-election. At least those lucky bastards in Orlando will get two more years of his service. As for me, my Congressman is Lincoln Diaz-Balart. (sigh)
In case you missed it: Mary Cheney saw Secret Service as her personal chauffeurs
Mary Cheney - Secret Service diva
Tucked into the “Hardball” interview regarding the alarming party crash by the fame-seeking Salahis with Washington Post columnist Roxanne Roberts and Ron Kessler, former Secret Service agent and author of “In the President’s Secret Service,” was the claim by Kessler that Mary Cheney, daughter of Dick “One Vote” Cheney and younger sister of The Spawn,) abused the Secret Service when her father was vice president. No, really? A Cheney??? Read more
Chris Matthews vs. the Neocons, round two
In case you missed it, tonight, Chris Matthews went on night two of his tirade against neocons who are all for war, but not for fighting. Watch:
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In case you missed it: Ron Reagan Jr. (and Chris Matthews) vs. neocon Frank Gaffney
Fresh off his black tie fete for our four times draft deferred, hawkish former vice president, Dick Cheney, and his former deputy, the still-convicted Scooter Libby, (in which Dick Cheney accused the Obama administration of “dithering” on Afghanistan,) Frank Gaffney tried to give as good as he got on “Hardball” yesterday, even telling the son of the president Gaffney purportedly idolizes that Ron Reagan Jr’s father “would be ashamed” of him. But in this clip, watch as Chris Matthews serves him up, and Ron Reagan proves that he really is the son and namesake of America’s John Wayne president:
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Of course, behind the above thumping is the very sobering fact that Mr. Gaffney was among a coterie of neoconservatives who served George W. Bush that pre-cooked meal that was the Iraq war, costing more than 4,000 American servicemen and women their lives, not to mention hundreds of allied troops and countless thousands of Iraqis. Ronald Reagan, meanwhile, essentially silenced the neocons, most of whom worked for his administration in some capacity, mostly nestled within the Department of Defense, because they couldn’t stop themselves pushing for him to go to war — and that would be thermonuclear war — with the Soviet Union. Read more
Chris Matthews, two birthers and a gymnasium full of firearms
On “Hardball” today, Chris Matthews drew out John Velleco, director of federal affairs for the radical group Gun Owners of America, and an apparent birther, who believes that it would be appropriate to have president of the United States speak in a gymnasium full of armed people.
And then he turned to Tom Delay, also a birther, who for some reason is being paid by ABC to dance in high heels:
Anybody have the number for ABC Entertainment? I don’t even watch “Dancing” — too much like a sad reality show for has-beens for my taste — but you’ve got to wonder who’s booking that show over at the clearly right wing outfit that is Disney/ABC. First Tucker Carlson, now this… come to think of it, ABC and ABC News have been on this winger kick for a while, from that fabricated, hit piece on Bill Clinton and 9/11 (and the creepy ties unearthed in that regard) to booking Karl Rove and Michelle Malkin on “This Week” (apparently not content to limit the bookings to legit conservatives like George Will…) to continuing to employ the odious corporate tool John Stossel. Makes you wonder…
Lawrence O’Donnell vs. the Sleeping Giant
Poor Katy Abram. She has a small business and knows she pays lots of taxes, but has no clue how much money she earns. 9/11 didn’t get her interested in politics, but the prospect of getting health insurance has her all shook up. And while she wasn’t to clear on the fact that Medicare and Social Security are government programs, once it was pointed out to here, she kind of wants them done away with, you know, the way the founders intended. The only thing that could have made this worse would have been O’Donnell asking her to define “Socialism.”
Painful….ly funny. And MSNBC: Please give this man his own show!
UPDATE: Katy’s fears mount. This time, she fears the rationing of the toilet paper…
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