0 there is a war on christmas. are you nuts? it really must be the holiday season because that question was gift-wrapped. thanks for watching. i m al sharpton. hardball starts right now. the frying of susan rice. let s play hardball. good evening i m chris matthews in washington. let me start with this war in washington. say what you will about the election we just had. this one s hotter, nastier, more personal. one side says it s about character, about whether a close confederate of the president told the truth, the whole truth as she knew it when she went on national television and said the death of a u.s. ambassador was a spontaneous reaction to an anti-muslim video, some trouble-making clown made out in california. ignoring john mccain and his ail argue evidence it was an organized act of terrorism. not so says the president. his u.n. ambassador and close friend simply told the truth as she was permitted to tell it, what the cia gave her to say and no more. for that he
0 and the fact is that that was known prior to september 16th, when ambassador rice went on those shows. there was conflicting information, i will totally, readily concede that, but there was reporting and information that said there wasn t any protest, including interviews with people who had been there on the ground. so for ambassador rice or any other administration official to maintain with such certitude that there was no that there was a protest and that the assault was primarily linked to the video just does not hold up. thank you so much for coming on hardball, senator. thank you. now david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones. the senator just said her complaint or concern about the ambassador s position on the sunday shows in the days after the attack of our facility in benghazi is not that she was con trained by not being able to use classified material but that she took the material she was given, shaped it politically and used it to protect the presid
we got here, this is the club, this is the way we re going to keep it. where were the women they were pushing out during the war on women debate? kathy morris rogers, who worked for them, defended them, and defended in my mind, terrible policies. where are these people now. i want to flip something around and point out the house democratic caucus leadership is incredibly diverse. it s that diverse leadership that s going to be defending the benefits of white seniors, most of whom voted for mitt romney. there are so many ironies here. but it s the democratic party, the face you re saying the last vestige of support for keeping all the entitlements which help older people are the young, healthy healthy, diverse black, members of congress women. yes. that s ironically what our economy will look like in worker bees and retirement bees. now and you re playing defense here tonight.
anti-muslim video, some trouble-making clown made out in california. ignoring john mccain and his ail argue evidence it was an organized act of terrorism. not so says the president. his u.n. ambassador and close friend simply told the truth as she was permitted to tell it, what the cia gave her to say and no more. for that he charges susan rice, in the words of the new york post, being fried. political fight fans on the tabloids relish this extreme combat what should be a good person s judgment? that s my question tonight. is susan rice now a surrogate for the president, someone to take the punishment when others above her pay grade should be answering the questions, or is she accountable for going on national television knowing she can t tell the whole truth because it s classified? let s begin with senator susan collins, republican of maine. i guess it s the toughest question in the world, senator, and that is, do you believe that susan rice, the u.n. ambassador, knowingly
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