documents. so this was probably always richard north county s signature, even at the end, despite that amazing thing your friend posted on your facebook wall for nixon s 100th birthday. you want to know who really did change his signature in office? look at this. both of these signatures say the same thing. they both belong to treasury secretary tim geithner, who by virtue of being treasury secretary is also the guy who gets to sign our money. when mr. geithner became treasury secretary, he changed his signature. he changed it from the rather lovely loop de loops on the left to the fifth grader s cursive timothy f. geithner you see on the right. here he is explaining why. i think on the dollar bill i had to write something that people could read my name. i didn t try for elegance. i just tried for elegance. because mrs. quigley, the first grade writing teach worry have given me an f on that. i took third grade in new delhi, india. whether it is foreign penmanship instruction
maybe somebody who had a superpac. wait a second. i know when i look at the u.s. senate, i say to myself, you know what they could use? another white guy. in the spotlight tonight, how jim demint s departure will hurt the republican party. governor nikki haley writes on her facebook wall that she will not appoint stephen colbert to south carolina s vacant senate seat. stephen, thank you for your interest, but you forget one thing, my friend. you didn t know our state drink. big, big mistake. what s the state drink? [ laughter ] there is a state drink? it s milk. [ laughter ] haley also writes on her facebook wall, he will make this decision quickly. number one, he will not take the appointment myself. number two, i will appoint a person who has the same philosophy of government that jim demint and i share. here is what senator demint and
what s the state drink? [ laughter ] there is a state drink? it s milk. [ laughter ] haley also writes on her facebook wall, he will make this decision quickly. number one, he will not take the appointment myself. number two, i will appoint a person who has the same philosophy of government that jim demint and i share. here is what senator demint and the current heritage foundation president told rush limbaugh yesterday. well, i can say boehner is not forcing either of you guys out, right? that s pretty true. it might work a little bit the other way, rush. joining me now, msnbc s ari melber and the huffington post s ryan grimm. ryan, you can t these guys can t just go quietly into the night there has to be a little zinger, a little fork in the eye to john bain attorney way out.
the decision on who will replace demint falls to south carolina governor and friend of the show nikki haley. but who will she pick? let s see. you want somebody young, somebody conservative, somebody from south carolina. maybe somebody who had a superpac. wait a second. i know when i look at the u.s. senate, i say to myself, you know what they could use? another white guy. in the spotlight tonight, how jim demint s departure will hurt the republican party. governor nikki haley writes on her facebook wall that she will not appoint stephen colbert to south carolina s vacant senate seat. stephen, thank you for your interest, but you forget one thing, my friend. you didn t know our state drink. big, big mistake.
republicans, not get bogged down in a bunch of partisan bickering but let s focus on people who sent us to washington and make sure that we re doing the right thing by them. so i want you to call, i want you to send an e-mail, post on their facebook wall, if you tweet, then use a hash tag we re calling #my2k, not y 2 k, #my2k. because it s about your 2k in your pocket. we re trying to burn that into people s minds here. [ applause ] in the meantime i m doing my part. i m meeting with every constituency group out there. we re talking to ceos, we re talking to labor groups, we re talking to civic groups, i m talking to, you know, media outlets, just explaining to the american people this is not that