of late night. hey, we ve got a real humdinger of a show tonight. johnny carson held court for 30 years. but when it came to politics, he chose punch lines over political attacks. razzing presidents like ronald reagan. did you see the picture in the magazine of reagan riding his horse on the ranch with george bush riding behind with a pooper-scooper? johnny carson wanted to be everything to everybody. he wanted to be a middle american kind of guy. bill carter has covered the media industry for more than 30 years. he was looking for the joke of it. he would look for the silliness of it. he wasn t a member of the resistance, let s put it that way. well, i don t know, brian. my fellow americans i just don t know. you just remember those things, you know? former snl cast member joe piscopo took his own jabs at president reagan. if you vote for me again in 1984, you ll receive this handsome set of ginsu steak knives. piscopo said back then,
here s johnny. there was only one real king of late-night. we have a humdinger of a show tonight. johnny carson held court for 30 years. but when it came to politics, he chose punch lines over political attacks, razoring presidents like reagan. does the picture of reagan riding his horse on the ranch george bush behind with a popper scopper. he was looking for the joke of it. he would look for the silliness of it. well, i don t know, brian. my fellow americans. you just remember those things, you know. former snl cast member joe piscopo took his own jabs at president reagan. if you vote for me again in 1984, you ll receive this
campaign strategist and msnbc political analyst, steve schmidt. the host of now. alex wagner. they are trying to get that break there. they are trying to get that scratched off the resume. you would be glad to trade one line from her resume from one line with yours, right? maybe. maybe. let me just say that which doesn t kill you, makes you stronger. oh! i was happy to have served on that campaign. losing presidential campaign is a blow. it s hard. but what a campaign! yeah. humdinger, right? isn t that the word for on it? if you re a democrat, what a campaign. speaking of democrats. i saw a lot of them yesterday. president obama is launching a major push to expand flexibility policy for working families. he spoke yesterday at the first-ever white house summit on working families.
he wrote a humdinger of a concurring opinion that basically compares anyone who supports affirmative action with the worst racists and white supremacists in our history. slave holders argue that slavery was a positive good that civilized blacks and elevated them in every dimension of life. a century later segregationists similarly asserted that segregation was not only benign, but good for black students. the university s professed food good intentions cannot excuse its outright racial discrimination any more than such intentions justified the now denounced arguments of slave holders and segregationists. so while today was not the day in which the supreme court killed off affirmative action higher education, it was the day in which one of the court s most conservative justices made it plainly clear how determined he is to end the practice. and keep in mind, he has allies both on this court, and as we reported here in the greater conservative legal movement. joining me to discuss, the
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