rush limbaugh accusing the never-mad barack obama of being mad about, i don t know what, exactly. but that the republican party has aligned itself with the rush interpretation of, hey, you never need context, just use any words you want at any time. , grab anything you can possibly use in a political context, no matter if it s what he actually said, no matter if he was quoting john mccain, it really doesn t matter if it benefits us political. i mean, that s the mentality. and the thing that i think is strange here is the concept that we benefit as a nation from our institutions, from our infrastructure, from having an education system. that s not a particularly controversial concept. but i feel like republicans have taken a sort of basic understanding that we used to have in this country about the fact that those things are good, about the fact that when we pledge, when we decide to spend money and we have to increase the debt ceiling, that s what we re going to do. about the fact tha
but there are 30-round magazines that are just common all over the place. you simply can t keep these weapons out of the hands of sick, demonstrated individual who is want to do harm. and when you try to do it, you restrict our freedoms. you restrict our freedoms. this from a guy who obeaded diently removing his shoes at airports to prove he s not going to blow up an airplane, even though he can also prove to all those tsa agents that he is a united states senator. the hundred-round clip is not about freedom. that, senator, doesn t care about freedom. wayne lapierre and every senator member have their freedoms restricted by government every day. when you try to do it, you restrict our firemen reedoms. wayne lapierre and senator johnson and every nra member are told by government where they can and cannot park their cars.
clara, calling c-span this morning. and we have some new designs for our off the cliff campaign buttons. nicholas smith from glendale, california sent us two versions of his button. benjamin pendleton from spotswood, new jersey, sent us these. and john of albany, new york, sent us this one with the thelma and louise touch. for an explanation of what happens if our government goes off the cliff on new year s eve, you can go to our website, thelastword.msnbc.com. coming up, team bachmann calls john mccain numbnuts. the republican party s having some big problems uniting before their convention. whose side is mitt romney on? numbnuts or the bat crap crazy side? and in the rewrite, how wayne lapierre and the national rifle association support the freedom of american mass
chose, but mitt romney had promised to operate wide out in the open. and another thing too that a lot of reporters seem to have had some trouble with was the cost associated. so when you wanted to look up some documents, it cost $25 per hour for a researcher, so that became quite an expense in some cases. cal borchers and david corn, thanks for joining me tonight. sure thing. a pleasure. coming up, michele bachmann has gone too far for the republican establishment and now it s bachmann versus john mccain. and guess whose side newt gingrich is on? and in the rewrite tonight, the nra continues to fight for freedom. the freedom for american mass murderers to not have to reload before firing a hundred bullets. off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa s commitment to serve
look at the skirmishes with these five members of congress, who ask a very practical question. what is the impact of the muslim brotherhood in the u.s. government? do you share that concern? absolutely. and so newt gingrich has once again decided to align himself with the bat crap crazy wing of the republican party and its out-of-control leader, michele bachmann. so far, it s newt, michelle, and four republican house members, trent franks, louie gohmert, and lynn westmoreland against the speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner, the house intelligence committee chairman, mike rogers, and senators john mccain, lindsey graham, marco rubio, and a number of other republican lawmakers. here s senator mccain speaking for the establishment republicans. republicans. to say that the accusations made in both documents are not substantiated by the evidence they offer is to be overly