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there is a history to this that s the democratic party going way back here of of george mcgovern. the blame america first party. the idea of the democrats of jimmy carter as president. the idea of democrats as the weak party. any democratic party being weak on foreign policy. republicans had a lot of electoral success. is there something to tap into when they do this? first, i m shocked that dick cheney would not take responsibility for the mess in iraq are. the criticism that he and mccain and lindsey graham and everybody would be akin to saying we were attacked on 9/11 because they were weak, if he canless. ....
It is brutal. it involves air strikes, shelling, ground troops and tanks. today the republicans said to obama, see, that s how you secure a border. back to hardball. time for the sideshow. that was bill maher reacting to the ground offensive in gaza. when it comes to the political debate over foreign policy at home he made a few more predictions. could i save everyone time and tell you how it will go down for the next month? our politics are as predictable as the tides. first john mccain will go on every sunday talk show and call for war. then republicans in general are going to say obama isn t leading or warmongering enough and doing it to distract us from benghazi. then you re going to get a chain e-mail forwarded from your crazy republican uncle who says obama is in on it. then obama will come out and say this is unacceptable and do nothing which turns out to be ....
I don t remember them making the claim. historically ever since the george mcgovern campaign, even before that the republicans get a lot of political mileage out of calling the democrats weak on national security. they have tried it again and again with this president but with the bin laden raid, libya, and with winding down wars that were unpopular, they have gotten no traction. he beat john mccain, the war hawk in 2008. he beat mitt romney. he tried to make that issue, too. now they are going to keep pounding away. last august when it came to the syria episode they saw the approval ratings drop because of that mess. i think the thinking if he can be blamed for chaos overseas which he may not be able to control or address directly that will help the popularity rating ....
As indecisive, not tough enough, needs to do something. does it get more specific? no. you forgot he s weak. that s the critique of the president from the very beginning to blame him for anything and everything, even if he has nothing to do with it. the president had nothing to do with russians separatists firing off a missile on the plane. no matter what you will find senator lindsey graham, senator john mccain in front of the cameras, blaming the president, calling him weak and indecisive inviting aggression. there was a time and you remember this when politics stopped at the water s edge. that disappeared apparently john january 20, 2009. ....
The right thing to do because the only two people in the world who want war with russia are john mccain and his [ bleep ] lindsey graham. might be onto something. coming up, chris matthews spoke with the need for prison reform with piper kerman. the incarceration problem in the country is now so endemic children show sesame street has a new character with a father in prison. alex is teaching children to cope with an absent parent. that inspired john oliver who are introduced us to new friends in the segment about prison reform last night. i ll be looking at the prison conditions in america and the whole system is so broken. my daddy is in jail for a low level drug offense. that s what i m talking about, tim my. that s crazy. my daddy is in jail because he killed four people. yeah, well, okay. he s actually a dangerous individual who needs to be in ....