capitalism doesn t work. you re angry at wall street? washington, too, or just wall street? definitely washington. the politicians who are corrupted by a lot of the corporate money from wall street. so what do you want, protesters? it seems like people want a messiah leader. just like they did when they anointed barack obama. but, if you don t know what s wrong, no one can fix it for you. john adline is contributor and cnn columnist for newsweek and the daily beast. john, great to have you with us. you spent some time there, as well. great to be here. and i m curious what your takeaway was. i have to say, i was in tahrir square during the egyptian revolution, and this lacked the intensity, to say the least. it s not remotely parallel. look, drum circles don t solve problems. it s tough to get your demands taken seriously dressed as a zombie. there s no parallel to the grievances these folks have. some of them are legitimate, people should be angry, but to comp
sarah palin didn t put an american flag lapel pin on gabrielle giffords congressional district. she didn t just put a checkmark there. she put gun sites there. this is irresponsible. you know, sarah palin when she was released her video, she quoted my father talking about personal responsibility, don t blame society for, you know, individuals crimes. well, i think it s time for sarah palin and people like her to take personal responsibility hearses. it s not that sarah palin s responsible for gabrielle giffords shooting or the deaths of this 9-year-old girl or others, but there s a context here. a context of a violent society with a lot of murders every year, a fetishization of guns and gun use, and a cavalier attitude toward mental health, as well. lean forward with hardball with chris matthews, weeknights at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern on msnbc, the place for politics. now here s your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,755 after
sarah palin didn t put an american flag lapel pin on gabby giffords congressional district. she didn t just put a checkmark there. she put gun sites there. about and when she released her video, she quoted my father talking about personal responsibility and don t blame society for individual s crimes. i think it s time for sarah palin and people like her to take a little bit of personal responsibility themselves. it s not that sarah palin is responsible for gabrielle giffords shooting or the deaths of the 9-year-old girl or these other innocent people. but there is a context here. it s a context of a violent society with a lot of murders every year, a fetishization of guns and gun use, and a rather cavalier attitude towards mental health as well. but that context is what surrounded mr. loughner when he committed his crime or allegedly did it. and let s be a little humble here. i don t like being humble all of the time but i think we all have to be. we don t like his full mindset. fo
pointing out. all this rhetoric about guns, second amendment solutions, lock and load. the cross hairs. sarah palin didn t put an american flag lapel pin. she put gun sites there. about and when she released her video, she quoted my father talking about personal responsibility and don t blame society for individual s crimes. i think it s time for sarah palin and people like her to take a little bit of personal responsibility themselves. it s not that sarah palin is responsible for gabrielle giffords shooting or the deaths of the 9-year-old girl or these other innocent people. but there is a context here. it s a context of a violent society with a lot of murders every year, a fetishization of guns and gun use and a rather cavalier attitude towards mental health, as well. but that context is what surrounded mr. loughner when he committed his crime or allegedly did it. and let s be a little humble
fdr court packing era and you hear the same rhetoric, the rhetoric that goes, you know, conservatives are the only ones who really care about the words on the paper and the meaning and the framers and all this stuff. and, you know, whoever it is that doesn t agree with their policy program is not adhering to the constitution. so this does have a long-standing tradition. the other thing that is a little bit interesting, chris, for a secular country, we re awfully religious about the constitution. so everything you just played in that clip, you can talk about the bible in the same way. i think there is a sort solve fetishization here that is of a piece with the need for a religious document that is immutable and perfect in every way. that s a really good point. i guess my question here to play devil s advocate. okay, fine. they kind of fetishize the constitution, and they had to give it this sort of biblical textual status. you know, what is wrong with