terrible people willing to d defend anything on television. we have to account for that. it s up to networks to do a better job of deciding who s going to be on television. you know, i sympathize because they re great tv. right. i mean, these nut balls going on television will be like donald trump he s 8 foot tall, shoots lightning out of his et cetera. you know, that s great television, i guess, and it s pretty people love watching, i guess, these people get beat up. i mean, i watch it. i watch it a lot. and that s part of the theme of this whole campaign is the sort of triumph of spectacle. we ve all sort of been part of that, myself, included. right. speaking of triumph and spectacle, if you had advice for hillary clinton, you help write that sort of roasting at the white house correspondents dinner of donald trump. she s going second tonight, hillary clinton, she could basically take the gloves off. what would be your advice for her tonight? i think the key for the
right. i mean, these nut balls going on television will be like donald trump he s 8 foot tall, shoots lightning out of his et cetera. you know, that s great television, i guess, and it s pretty people love watching, i guess, these people get beat up. i mean, i watch it. i watch it a lot. and that s part of the theme of this whole campaign is the sort of triumph of spectacle. we ve all sort of been part of that, myself, included. right. speaking of triumph and spectacle, if you had advice for hillary clinton, you help write that sort of roasting at the white house correspondents dinner of donald trump. she s going second tonight, hillary clinton, she could basically take the gloves off. what would be your advice for her tonight? i think the key for these things is be self-deprecating, give yourself room. that s what we ve done with president obama s speeches. get up there, make a few jokes on yourself, the harder you are on yourself, the honest you are about your flaw,
wrapped up in the cult of personality around trump. it s a movement that s distancing itself from traditional conservatism to movement conservatism. if you have movement conservatism at the heart of your party in these congressional majorities, you want to preserve that as much as possible. that s why you see kind of a mute response from capitol hill. yeah, you do wonder is there anything that he can say that would get a harsh rebuke or an un-endorsement from paul ryan at this point? robert costa, thanks for your time tonight. appreciate it. thank you. joining me now former obama speechwriter who served as speechwriter for hillary clinton, her senate office, campaign trail in her 2008 run for president. well, let s start, i want to talk about the al smith dinner in a second because i don t know if we have that live shot just to let people get a sense of the theatrics around this because it s supposed to be this sort of lighthearted evening, gentle ribbing. i want to get your thou
he s a guy that has a back bone of steel. it s hard to imagine sitting between those two and not addressing the elephant in the room. not addressing the issues of character. not addressing the issues is of values. i ll be interested to know how he does it. he may do it with a smile but cardinal dolan is a tough guy. that is all in for this evening. the rachel maddow show starts right now. live coverage indeed. thank you, my friends. thanks to you at home for sticking with us for the next hour. we ll be live with the al smith dinner in just a second for the remarks by donald trump and hillary clinton or hillary clinton and donald trump. we don t even know which one goes first. first woman nominated by a major party for president, hillary clinton. 2016, democratic party. first african-american nominated by a major party for president, barack obama, 2008, democratic party. first jewish person nominated by a major part for vice president,
incarnation is, after the election should trump be defeated. you have a grievance movement that s building within the american right. a movement that s populist, nationalist and not so much wrapped up in the cult of personality around trump. it s a movement that s distancing itself from traditional conservatism to movement conservatism. if you have movement conservatism at the heart of your party in these congressional majorities, you want to preserve that as much as possible. that s why you see kind of a mute response from capitol hill. yeah, you do wonder is there anything that he can say that would get a harsh rebuke or an unendorsement from paul ryan at this point? robert costa, thanks for your time tonight. appreciate it. thank you. joining me now former obama speechwriter who served as speechwriter for hillary clinton, her senate office, campaign trail in her 2008 run for president. well, let s start, i want to talk about the al smith dinner in a second because i don t know