culture, have we lost the sense of sacrifice in this country? can we not serve it up? you don t have to hit the beach at omaha. you weren t around during pearl harbor. a lot of us weren t. but there it is, documented. what that generation went through. and back then, we were threatened. you know what? we re threatened right now with a financial crisis. wasn t it mr. bernanke on 60 minutes last night that was saying something about gosh, we were so close to a world financial collapse, and they just had to do something about it. okay. so the american taxpayers fork it out. and we ve heard so much conversation about well, we just can t put this on the backs of the next generation. well, then why the hell aren t we going to do something about it? we just can t bite the bullet. we re afraid to ask americans to serve up a little bit more. we have bought into this philosophy. you know, if we raise taxes, our economy is going to go in the toilet. i believe mr. bernanke also said in that inte
i suggest they will have him for breakfast, lunch and dinner. do you remember a month ago, boehner was saying okay, we ll compromise on 250,000. boehner was saying it was good. now all of the sudden there is all this vulgarity in terms of treating what are democratic proposals. we got to remind people, we were winning on this issue, and moreover, two-thirds of the american public was with us. if we can t win when the public is with us, imagine when we have to do things that congressman, thanks for speaking tonight. things that aren t favorable. thank you so much, ed. the generational ramifications of the argument don t seem to matter. it s really sad. bad. coming up, newt gingrich and psycho talk ahead of a 2012 run. he wants to kick the unemployed while they re down and out, let the rich decide what taxes they ll pay. we re going to chase his fox ç fanny right into the hen house in the zone, next. stay with us.
president at some time is just going to have to draw a line and say no further. i won t move. i don t think he can. is that going to happen in 2012? is that going to happen in 2012? i don t know. let me tell you something that sooner or later either that or they re going to eat him alive. i suggest they will have him for breakfast, lunch and dinner. do you remember a month ago, boehner was saying okay, we ll compromise on 250,000. boehner was saying it was good. now all of the sudden there is all this vulgarity in terms of treating what are democratic proposals. we got to remind people, we were winning on this issue, and moreover, two-thirds of the american public was with us. if we can t win when the public is with us, imagine when we have to do things that congressman, thanks for speaking tonight. things that aren t favorable. thank you so much, ed. the generational ramifications of the argument don t seem to matter.
going to be republicans yelling and screaming that they need tax cuts for the rich, and we re still going to have too many unemployed, and we re going to fighting again for jobs. we need to take the tax cut for the ultra rich, let it rescind, take the money and put it into job creation. people want to get become to work. that s what they want. president obama clearly had anguish. he was anguished by this tonight. does this weaken his presidency, and does it hurt his chances for 2012? i think it does both, ed. when i say it does both, i think in some cases it shows to the country that he is empathetic and is willing to make some sacrifice and take some hits to make sure that the unemployed aren t left on the scrap heaps of society. but at the same time, we want him to fight. we re willing to stand side by side, shoulder to shoulder and fight with him for those things. and we need to expose these republicans for the hypocrites that they are. mr. gerard, always a pleasure. good to h
anguish. he was anguished by this tonight. does this weaken his presidency, and does it it his chances for 2012? i think it does both, ed. when i say it does both, i think in some cases it shows to the country that he is empathetic and is willing to make some sacrifice and take some hits to make sure that the unemployed aren t left on the scrap heaps of society. but at the same time, we want him to fight. we re willing to stand side by side, shoulder to shoulder and fight with him for those things. and we need to expose these republicans for the hypocrites that they are. mr. gerard, always a pleasure. good to have you speak up tonight. thank you so much. thank you. joan walsh, editor at large in the salon.com. joan, joan, the winners and the losers. draw the line. dick cheney and george w. bush are yukking it up. they re having a party because this president and this democratic congress seems to be enshrining the worst decision that those republicans made. remember that.