oh, yes, absolutely. we see it every day. what s the evidence of what you re seeing and hearing there in mississippi? well, the tea party has moved the entire political discussion so far to the right that voters who once thought of themselves as moderates or maybe even republican leaners have reached out to join our democratic party. well, it s a mess going on down there. rickey cole, thank you for your time tonight. thank you for having me. coming up, growing calls from both sides for change at the va. but now karl rove and the others on the right are trying to score cheap political points off of tragedy. and there s a new game we can all play. it s called which mitch mcconnell will show up? that s next. hey. i m ted and this is rudy.
Involved, he also has not been cleared yet. joining me now is ricky cole, chairman of the mississippi democratic party. thank you for coming on the show tonight, ricky. thank you, reverend, i appreciate it. so, ricky, politics down there can be pretty rough. but have you ever seen anything like this? this is some of the worst i ve ever seen, reverend. it s to the point now where we hear from republicans who want to vote in our democratic primary next tuesday and we have open registration in mississippi. we re encouraging the republicans to come vote for our candidate, travis childers, in the democratic primary. you know for the mcdaniel s tea party supporters, it s all one big conspiracy. the president of the national tea party patriots citizens fund says, quote, with this big drag net they have cast, i hope the police don t swoop in here and
hamburgers every day. that s not what in my small town up in northwest alabama, that s not what the lunch ladies served every day. the breakfast snacks being served this morning here in the room undoubtedly not pass anybody s test. pistachio nuts, pea nuts, crackers. let me get this straight. our kids should eat poorly because members of congress eat poorly too. i mean that s what republicans think. their bill would allow schools to opt out of nutrition rules requiring schools to limit salt, sugar and fat and to add more fruits and vegetables to school lunches. the move makes zero sense. and today, the first lady hit back in an op-ed piece saying, as parents, we always put our children s interests first. our leaders in washington should do the same. they should. but the republican who wrote the bill says the first lady just doesn t understand the problem. i do think that mrs. obama is well intentioned. i don t mean to be disrespectful to her program. i think it s just
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0 classified information. we had this clip that made rounds this week. with james clapper earlier this, before this all came out at a hearing. does the nsa collect any data on hundreds of millions of americans? no, sir. it does not? not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect but not wittingly. that was so interesting to watch this week because now that we sort of know the subtext to that conversation, it makes a lot more sense why he was asking the question that way. as a reporter, covering, you know, washington, capitol hill, is it something you were aware of or colleagues were aware of what ron wyden and what udall side of safety. the new york times interviewed a student at harvard and asked her about the revelations of the nsa revelations. she said on one hand i think it is extreme lynn vasive. am i surprised? do i think it is right? no. do i think it is necessary? that s where i m undecided. i have to keep come back to that. there wa