issue. the kind way to understand this is as disgusting hypocrisy. the kind way to understand this is shameless craven, unprincipled partisan hackery. that s the nice way to see this. the less nice way to see this is that republicans in congress actually do care about policy, and they not only care about policy, but they believe what they say about policy. they believe that a payroll tax deduction would probably be good for the economy, right? they say cutting business taxes is good. they believe it. that a lot of they believe their own rhetoric, right, that a lot of uncertainty in the business environment could potentially be fatal to the american economy. the worst possible thing you could think about what congressional republicans are doing right now in this game of chicken they are playing on the debt ceiling, the worst possible thing you can think about them with what they are doing, with the threats they are making to cause another global catastrophe, if not another deep recess
more positive future. of course, that s how people would interpret his performance. for those who huff only the heady mix of partisan hackery and character assassination and outrage known as foxagen. his performance looked like this. i m black jayah, i m black, y all, i m black y all why would they invite somebody who will blow up the entire building? welcome to morning joe. 7:00 in the morning, washington d.c. norah o donnell. patrick gavin still here along with governor dean, joining the conversation, editorial writer, pulitzer writer jonathan capehart and msnbc contributor. you re a rap guy, you and me. common, how shall we say this,
but now they have discovered a desire to take a stand on this issue. the kind way to understand this is as disgusting hypocrisy. the ciod way to understand this is shameless craven, ub principled partisan hackery. that s the nice way to see this. the less nice way to see this is that republicans in congress actually do care about policy, and they not only care about policy, but they believe what they say about policy. they believe that a payroll tax deduction would probably be good for the economy, right? they say cutting business taxes is good. they believe it. that a lot of they believe their own rhetoric, right, that a lot of uncertainty in the business environment could potentially be fatal to the american economy. the worst possible thing you could think about what congressional republicans are doing right now in this game of chicken they are playing on the debt ceiling, the worst possible thing you can think about them with what they are doing, with the threats they are making