big party tonight. that s what is going on. joan walsh, always a pleasure to get your take. great to have you with us. thank you. now let s get some rapid-fire response from our panel on these stories tonight. mr. country first, john mccain, got a direct appeal from a 9/11 first responder to support a bill that would help workers sickened at ground zero. mccain s response, i can t help you. and defense secretary robert gates says he is not optimistic that congress will repeal don t ask, don t tell this year. with us tonight, joe madison, xm satellite talk show host and ron christy, republican strategist. gentlemen, good to have you with us tonight. ron, you first. the tax cuts. is this a big victory for the conservatives? well, thing is a big victory for the american people. z a time when we re serious economic crisis, we shouldn t be raising taxes on any hard-working american who is
and you ve got 13 months to get these people off of unemployment that you held hostage. you ve got two years to create jobs in this country instead of spending that money on your luxury items. ron is full of it. this is an attempt to just allow rich people to maintain their 100,000, 300,000, 400,000. create jobs or shut the hell up. and the american people ought to be in the streets screaming, not at president obama so much because i m going to tell you, you guys sat here and held you held the poorest of the poor hostage. you played chicken with poor people s lives. and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. well, have i too much respect for my friend to get into class warfare arguments. the fact of the matter is the last three tax cuts that we have seen in the last 50 years, 1961,
joan walsh, always a pleasure to get your take. great to have you with us. thank you. now let s get some rapid-fire response from our panel on these stories tonight. i ll get the panel s reaction to the president s tax cut compromise with the republicans. mr. country first, john mccain. got a direct appeal from a 9/11 first responder to support a bill that would help workers sickened at ground zero. mccain s response, i can t help you. and defense secretary robert gates says he is not optimistic that congress will repeal don t ask, don t tell this year.ç with us tonight, joe madison, xm satellite talk show host and ron christy, republican strategist. gentlemen, good to have you with us tonight. ron, you first. the tax cuts. is this a big victory for the conservatives? i think it s a big victory for the american people. at a time when we re in a serious economic crisis, we shouldn t be raising taxes on any hard-working american who is earning a payroll, paying taxes
and you ve got 13 months to get these people off of unemployment that you held hostage. you ve got two years to create jobs in this country instead of spending that money on your luxury items. ron is full of it. this is an attempt to just allow rich people to maintain their 100,000, 300,000, 400,000. create jobs or shut the hell up. and the american people ought to be in the streets screaming, not at president obama so much because i m going to tell you, you guys sat here and held you held the poorest of the poor hostage. you played chicken with poor people s lives. and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. ç well, have i too much respect for my friend to get into class warfare arguments. the fact of the matter is the last three tax cuts that we have seen in the last 50 years, 1961, 1981 under reagan and bush wait, ed, it s interesting.
first responder to support a bill that would help workers sickened at ground zero. mccain s response, i can t help you. and defense secretary robert gates says he is not optimistic that congress will repeal don t ask, don t tell this year. with us tonight, joe madison, x satellite talk show host and ron christy, republican strategist. gentlemen, good to have you with us tonight. ron, you first. the tax cuts. is this a big victory for the conservatives? well, thing is a big victory for the american people. at a time when we re in a serious economic crisis, we shouldn t be raising taxes on any hard-working american who is earning a payroll, paying taxes and trying to contribute to this society. well, that s what the republicans got. so it s their victory tonight, right? it s an american people victory. i think when john boehner came out and said on election night we are not out gloating. we are not taking victory laps when one out of ten americans right now is unemployed.