The Rachel Maddow Show, Transcript 02/08/11 - local dish restaurant fort mill south carolina

Host Rachel Cherry: I don't envy the staff on your show averaging them out every 19 seconds.
I can't see it anymore.
I had to leave them alone in the room with that one.
I have to tell you this.
This is one of the interviews I got, it's just interesting that there are a lot of people in my life, like, not only relatives, but also people who work in the doctor's office I went to, call me, text me, email me, and say see how angry the interview made them with Bill O'Reilly.
O'Donnell: What happened to that guy?
MADDOW: It was—he was—
He has raised his blood pressure all over the United States.
This is a considerable achievement.
Thank you, Lawrence.
Thanks, Rachel.
MADDOW: Thank you for staying with us for an hour at home.
Tonight, we have a recording of a political speech, which must be heard to believe and understand.
It's about reproductive rights, written by a Republican lawmaker in the great Wyoming.
If you think it means boiling your blood, stand aside and be surprised or even surprised.
And we have a way. too-in-
An in-depth survey of Alan Simpson's comments
We are a bit proud of the investigation.
And we have a former senator, Blanche Lincoln.
A reminder of the scale of bad ideas in Democratic politics.
Actually, it's
This reminds us that this is the size and shape of former Arkansas senator blanch Lincoln.
We have an hour ahead.
But, first of all, when we learned tonight that Republicans are counting on an extension of the Patriot Act, which has no problem in the house, when we learned that the extension of the Patriot Act unexpectedly failed in the House, once again, we learn that as a nation, we know very little about what the Republican Party is becoming.
As a country that is seen as obsessed with our own politics, the unfinished business of reinventing the Republican PartyBush, post-
In the McCain era, it was like a surprise whenever it appeared.
We are a goldfish. every time we are in that little plastic castle, we rotate around the bowl.
Wow, what is that?
Wow, what is that?
This is an unresolved issue and remains the most interesting unanswered question in American politics.
It shouldn't surprise us, but it does surprise us.
Rand Paul will most likely never talk to me again, which is one of the reasons why I feel depressed.
Rand Paul is a member of the new Republican Party of Kentucky.
He announced his candidacy for the Senate on the project.
I think I have always had a cordial and respectful relationship with him.
Rand Paul and I and some kind and respectful interviews with him in ideology
A thoughtful father, Ron Paul.
Everything is fine.
But then things happened.
Start Video Editing)
MADDOW: do you think private businessmen should be able to decide if they want to serve black, gay or other minorities? SEN.
Rand Paul®Kentucky: I don't believe in any racism about racism.
I don't think we should have any form of government racism, any system of racism.
MADDOW: but, in terms of legal remedies for persistent discrimination, if there is a private business, like somewhere in the city of Wisconsin, like your hometown, that doesn't want to serve black customers, and don't want to serve gay customers or anyone else --
Do you think they have a legitimate right to do so, post the logo "black people who don't have service here?
PAUL: It's interesting, you know, that you look back at 1950 and 1960, and the problems we're facing.
There was an incredible problem.
But what about private enterprises? I mean, I hate—
I don't want to pester you about it, but I do want an answer.
Do you think private businesses have the right to say we don't serve black people? PAUL: Yes.
I am not in favor of any form of discrimination.
At the age of 60, we did something very important, and I am in favor of it, that is, to remove the Apartheid of schools, to remove the Apartheid of public transport, to use public roads,
MADDOW: how about canceling segregation at the lunch counter? Lunch counters?
Do you agree with Walgreen's lunch counter? (CROSSTALK)
PAUL: What happened? right.
Well, the question is, if you decide that the restaurant is public owned, not private, then do you say that you should have the right to bring your gun into the restaurant? (END VIDEO CLIP)
MADDOW: that's it. it lasted more than 14 minutes. I was -
This is the first question I asked him. I had—
I have nine more.
I have 10 questions.
What I want to ask him next is that in those 14 minutes, I didn't ask him that day, because we asked him over and over again, he wouldn't answer the civil rights question, I-
What I want to ask him that day is that nine months later, what I want to ask him now is --
This is actually my next question: how can you trust the small government and the government that is big enough to monitor every pregnancy in this country?
A government that ensures that every pregnant woman is forced into pregnancy?
Senator Paul, if you are such a small government figure, why do you want to empower the government to force the government to choose the outcome for every pregnancy in the country?
I want to ask.
I don't think he will come to the show any more.
Common sense said that my interview with him, just after he won the primary, was bad for his constituents, even though he won the election and he hasn't run for six years.
But if there is a chance, I would like to ask him the next question I have to ask him because of this question --
The idea of big government, small government conservative chaos, is becoming more and more important in Washington.
Despite the ink we spill and the time we spend talking about Republican politics and Tea Party politics, and the way the party enters the next election season, we never fully understand that.
Republicans won a lot of seats in November, and Rand Paul is one of them.
They do this because they are all in favor of smaller governments and more freedom, right? (
Start Video Editing)SEN.
Jim Deming®South Carolina: a limited government party with fewer taxes and less spending.
Unidentified men: speak to Americans who have not given up our country's limited self-experimentgovernment. REP.
Paul Ryan. ®Keep our government Limited. REP.
Michelle Buckman®We are a country that loves freedom! (CHEERING)REP.
John Boehner®Ohio: economic freedom, personal freedom. (End Video Clip)
MADDOW: this is the message they sent during their campaign in November --
Freedom, freedom, let people do what they want!
They then arrived in Washington and immediately started working to get the government in charge of every pregnancy in the United States.
Even if they slowed down the legislative calendar and stopped anything else, they put forward one, two, three super-radical bills that restrict abortion rights.
One of the bills was heard in the House today.
There's another hearing tomorrow.
Whether you care about abortion itself or not, whether you care about abortion rights, this is the front page of this year's Republican agenda, and this so-called little government, Tea Party year, it shows you that the big ideology of American conservatism is now shaken and divided, and Democrats seem to know that too.
Listen to New York Democratic Congressman Jared Nadler today in these-
Abortion Hearing(
Start Video Editing)REP.
Jerrod Nadler (D)
New York: many Republicans seem to believe in freedom, as long as no one uses it in a way that they find objectionable.
This is a strange understanding of freedom. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Exactly.
The Democrats finally agreed.
I have to stand for a while.
Don't you join me?
Say proudly, do that. All right.
Proud to say that the United States now has two conservative ideas.
On the one hand, it is liberal conservatism, and on the other hand, it is authoritarian conservatism.
There is a small "Don't worry about me" government, and there is a big, intrusive government.
Of course, no one calls himself an authoritarian conservative, right?
Sounds terrible.
No one would say, "I'm in favor of a big government with influence, vote for me.
They all said they were on this side, right?
They are all on the side of free will.
No matter what kind of Republicans are running on what platform, they say they are for smaller governments, limited governments and individual freedoms.
That's their buzzword, right?
But look at the Republican policies of the past decade.
Expand the National Security Agency.
So it has the ability to eavesdrop the phone without authorization and screen the email
Mail, check various library records.
Is the government so small "far away from me?
Or is the government so big?
In the last administration, Republican presidents and Republicans
They took control of Congress, and when they created the Department of Homeland Security, the federal government was bigger than at any time since World War II.
Between 2001 and 2008, they are twice as many as the Defense Department.
Small government conservatives, right, are said to be small government conservatives who have put in place a policy of indefinite detention that allows an American citizen to be arrested and detained for years without charge. I mean—
I mean, they support the death penalty.
The government is right to kill you.
Do you want to talk about the balance between the power of the individual and the power of the government?
There is no more basic than this.
Republicans say they are small liberal Conservatives in government.
But what they do when they have power is the big government that is authoritarian. And whether—
It's true, whether Democrats go with them or not, or if Democrats have dropped these things when they have a chance --
This is a Republican policy.
It is not only a matter of national security, but also a cultural war.
After Colombia decided that same-sex marriage was legal, the government stepped in to review textbooks.
The Republican Congress will step in with the federal government to overturn local decisions as a federal priority.
Don't bother me, government.
Abortion, of course.
If you're pregnant, no-
It's not your own decision.
Even you and your doctor have not made a decision and it doesn't matter what you want.
In terms of the decisions of these small government officials, it doesn't matter what your doctor suggests, and the government should be the person who calls, not you.
It's a big government policy, and Democrats are catching up with Republicans at the hearing today.
At a press conference today attended by a group of Democratic senators, when Democrats said they would focus on jobs, the economy and everything else, they were looking at why they would focus on abortion, this is a sign that Democrats are getting.
Democrats recognize that there is a difference between the two sides on this huge board.
Republicans claim they're on this side, they're all about small government, there's a difference between the two, and we'll let you do what you want to do, although what they are really pursuing is on this side.
Democrats started their little life once.
They have recognized the differences between what Republicans are saying and what they are doing, and Democrats are starting to run for it.
Do you believe it? I know.
But the most important question, the most interesting one, at least in American politics, I think since the Republican primary in 2008 --
Especially the rise of Ron Paul.
It's those who really believe in the small government, the true believers, the people who really believe in it, not just verbally, whether they have hope to survive in Republican politics.
We may have an answer today.
Today, the Patriot Act voted in the Republican Party.
Controlled house.
This is a vote to re-authorize certain elements of the Patriot Act, including provisions allowing the federal government to access the records of individual libraries.
Before voting today, my old friend Ron Paul, the father of Rand Paul, who had also spoken to me, Ron Paul declared against the Patriot Act on libertarian grounds.
When the result of the vote came out today, it failed unexpectedly.
There was a glorious moment, politics.
Com today has a big title on how the Patriot Act extension will pass and then fails. Twenty-
Six Republicans, along with 122 Democrats, voted against the re-authorization of these provisions of the upcoming Patriot Act-26 Republicans abandoned their party in this vote.
Now, the Democratic Party has also voted against the White House on this issue.
But it's a bit like a dog.
It's not surprising.
The left has been critical of the Patriot Act.
The news of the man biting a dog here is all the Republicans who voted against it from the right.
This year, we have also seen some Republicans oppose their party and support the prospect of cutting the size of the Defense Department. Kill (INAUDIBLE).
They even started making some very, very quiet voices about the war against Afghanistan.
A long time ago, everyone in Republican politics learned to talk about a fashionable libertarian --ish line.
Democrats are just learning to take advantage of the fact that Republicans are talking about a small government game, but there is actually a very big government agenda.
Well, what happened in America? S. politics now?
What happens next if Republicans really start putting money on their lips and if they start supporting the government policy of "let me stay alone" and not just saying they support it?
I think this will be a major political adjustment in the United States.
Dick Cheney and John Boehner work together with the current White House
Rand Paul and Rachel Mado are playing again on the other side? Call me!
Now we are joined by Harper magazine columnist Thomas Frank, author of the wreck crew. ”Mr.
Nice to meet you, Frank.
Thank you for being with us.
Author Thomas Frank, wreck crew: Rachel, how are you today?
Well, I never got up on my show, so I was very excited. (LAUGHTER)
MADDOW: Let me ask you if what I'm standing up for makes sense.
Do you think there is a tension between wanting the government to impose moral standards and interfering with security issues and what they say they want a smaller government?
Frank: Yes, of course.
I mean, you set it up.
You set it up very well.
But I will actually go further.
I'm talking about the Republican Party, the main differences.
I'm not going to say authoritarian, libertarian, I'm going to say you have pro
Conservative or pro business
Market conservatives sometimes call themselves market conservatives, and then you get your cultural war conservatives.
There are various tensions between the two factions.
The rise of liberals, where they have 26 opposition, is an interesting thing.
If the Democrats understood it a few months ago, it would be great, right?
Hey, there was a huge disagreement at our party.
What do you want to do about this? No? OK.
Let it go. I know.
Democrats can always avoid any strategic advantage over themselves.
But I mean it.
Rachel, I mean it.
At the tea party last year, you know, they gave them the Democratic Party's world-class stuff.
You can see this thing in a few months and months.
Back in 2009 they said it was about freedom, you know, reading your HIAC.
Whenever the government takes over more power in the economy, they will have to fight freedom of speech.
If-isn't this the most amazing thing?
You know, if Barack Obama says, well, we're going to have universal health insurance, and I'm going to repeal the Patriot Act at the same time?
Think about it and it will confuse them-
It will bring problems to their view of the world.
The party was-
You know, we were a party.
MADDOW: do we know enough about the struggle between the two sides in Republican politics to know who will win?
I mean, obviously, it's John Boehner and Eric Conto and all these more traditional Republicans in leadership --
But as they were opposed by their own party, they ended up-
So how is the balance of power here shaken?
I just think that the big government on the right, the intrusive national security personnel are the ones who will win forever.
You know, I never thought that the government was the purpose.
I think it's almost nothing to do with these guys.
They talk about big government, small government, it doesn't make much sense.
The point I was trying to make in that book was that the "Wreck crew" you kindly mentioned a second ago was something they didn't care about.
It is what the government has done that has aroused their interest, right? in American life, one side of the government has undertaken all the different disputes.
Look, at the end of the day, Republicans are almost always talking about their record here, not their ideology --
They are almost always on the side of business, almost always.
MADDOW: Is there a way for the Republican Party to push the cultural war, I 've been focusing on abortion, but that's a lot of things.
I mean, the first thing they're trying to do is say, let's fund for NEA, let's fund for public broadcasting, all these things feel like Jesse Holmes is raised from the dead.
They're kind of like the front.
All these cultural wars, trying to undo D. C.
Gay marriage laws and all that. FRANK: Yes.
MADDOW: is it possible on the right that Fisher becomes very important?
They say, you know, stop focusing on these things and get gay people and people who need abortion to do what they want to do.
Can't it become very important in the election, so will it change things even in the next election?
You know, Rachel, you're very nice.
What I want to say will please you, but the answer is No. It‘s not—
This will not happen. MADDOW: Yes.
Frank: look what's there.
Okay, look at what's happened in the last two years.
The economy has just been in this disastrous state of free fall, and this natural thing has happened.
The Cultural War was pushed to the front page and the economic issue became the first.
It's a situation where, you know, Democrats have to be fools in order to lose --
I mean, the world needs, you know, Franklin Roosevelt at a time like this.
Democrats, however, did screw up.
They can't save their lives, you know. OK.
Now the economy is recovering a little bit and the cultural war is back.
They did so because they succeeded because the cultural war won the election.
That's why they brought it back, no-
You know, not for other reasons.
So, I don't think they will give up the strategy.
As to whether or not it will destroy the Republican Party, like oh my God, the Republican Party should be destroyed immediately after what they have done, you know, over the years, with the bank easing, they-
I mean, they did it.
Basically, the financial crisis of 2008.
Here again they promise to do more of the same thing and more deregulation.
A party that can recover from such a disaster, you know, I don't think the split of the party will disappoint them.
MADDOW: Oh, I never expect anything when it comes to them. But I think—
I think this is the most interesting issue in the United States and it is also an open one. S. politics.
Thomas Frank, Harper magazine columnist, author of the wreck crew
Thank you very much for joining us.
I really appreciate it.
Frank: no problem.
MADDOW: We're going to test the assumptions that Thomas Frank and I just talked about because the vast majority of the self
Small government announced
Dear Republicans, frankly support the government's right to monitor every pregnancy in the United States.
Really, really, really big government.
It is strange that, logically speaking, those who oppose this kind of government intervention do include some actual small governments --
They love Republicans. they don't just talk about it, they believe it.
We have a Republican you 've never heard of, but you'll hear his incredible speech at the State Council in Wyoming --
His speech may change your mind about how culture war politics divides Republicans.
You should listen to this next time. (
Business break)
MADDOW: it turns out that the international news coverage that Americans were obsessed with last week, even though they said we don't care about international news, is taken for granted and it turns out that the story is not over yet. (
Play video clips)
This is Egypt. it's all open.
More than anyone can imagine.
Details. come up. (
Business break)
MADDOW: When you think about American cultural wars, it's tempting to just look at their extreme performance.
This is especially easy to do if you venture into the land of the state legislature, because on any day, the national cultural war is almost irrelevant to what extent --
I assure you that somewhere in our great country, there are some eccentric state senators or state delegates who have made some obviously absurd suggestions.
You can call it the Russell Pierce rule.
If he does not introduce the law "please file", then he is co-sponsoring a law that states that Arizona should ignore federal law.
At the same time, the person who helped write the "please paper" law for Arizona is now the secretary of state for Kansas, and he proposes to obtain the power of attorney-general to prevent voter fraud --
The secretary of state.
Maybe he will want to impose this sentence on himself.
They will rename the position of the presiding judge.
When you start looking out, it's easy to fall off the kook end of national politics.
But because it's a rule because there's always someone doing it somewhere and over time you'll find out not to read too much, right?
Not to make these people famous.
Don't let it infer the current situation in the United States as something important to national politics.
But sometimes within political parties, or in various movements that make up the components of our US policy, sometimes what happens in the US can be almost a highlight, a highlight.
Within the Republican Party there is a nationwide conflict about what Republicans will be like most of them, especially in recent decades, massive, intrusive government conservatives, or will they be little government conservatives?
Some libertarians and some tea party people claim the way they want to lead things.
Watching it perform on the national stage is a fascinating struggle.
But it's more fun to watch the game in the great Wyoming. Yes, Wyoming.
This is a story that is not going to be like you think --
I can almost assure you.
First of all, you should know something about the State Council in Wyoming.
That's why the Wyoming struggle can be seen as a revelation to the Republican Party.
Here is the seating chart of the Wyoming State Legislature. look at this.
This is the merger of both houses.
There are 90 lawmakers in Wyoming, 76 of whom are Republicans.
This is three steps more than most people.
So think about most people, almost a political party ruling here.
On the steps, a cultural warrior
A large state council member named Bob Brechtel.
The representative of Brechtel introduced a bill that was clearly referred to as the "abortion information bill available for decision ".
The bill with the name a bit awkward calls for some pretty extreme restrictions on abortion.
It requires the doctor to "inform the pregnant woman that she has the right to check the active ultrasound.
"It also requires doctors to tell women a lot of things, most of which are not supported by a lot of medical evidence about fetal pain, and when, how and to what extent the fetus feels pain.
It requires all this information to be passed on to women 24 hours prior to abortion.
In other words, there is a 24-
The time to wait for an abortion is one hour.
Such a big, intrusive bill was introduced in Wyoming's very Republican legislature.
This kind of thing is happening now in many states.
But in Wyoming, there is a conservative reviewer, A actually conservative reviewer, who has a big, intrusive government bill on this.
There's a volley on the other side of the Republican Party, like in-
Hey guys, actually, we're talking about small things in government.
A pair of Republican lawmakers stood up on the east wing of the Wyoming Capitol in Cheyenne, and they charged the guy --
From their own party, this guy will take the roof from the U. S.
The self of Washington's Capitol
Declared Conservative there.
As far as we know, we do not think it is broadcast nationwide.
We think this is the exclusive show by Rachel Mado.
So listen to this.
This happened recently.
This happened late last month at the State Capitol in Wyoming.
This is Republican opposition.
Abortion measures. Listen. (
Start audio clips)STATE REP.
Lisa Shepp. ®Wyoming: this is the most personal thing you can imagine when I go to see a doctor.
I want myself, I want my husband, I want my doctor.
I don't want any government. STATE REP.
Su Wallis®Wyoming: The bill is to say that as a woman I am not smart enough to know the decision I am making-and somehow the state is required in this particular decision, they are required in the absence of other medical decisions.
Shipman: We don't need to tell the doctor that we don't even know what we're talking about.
We don't even know what's in the regulations.
What I want to ask is where we should leave the government.
This is not in the doctor's office. (END AUDIO CLIP)
MADDOW: leave the government where it should be and don't go to the doctor's office.
What you just heard is the conservative view of Republican lawmakers against tightening abortion rights.
The tightening of abortion rights has spread across the country, a state legislature composed of state legislatures.
One of the members you just heard, State Representative Sue Wallis, went on to tell a very personal story about her decision to have an abortion a few years ago, at that time, she explained to her colleagues on the floor of the Wyoming House that she had cancer, which had complicated her previous pregnancy and caused her to have a miscarriage.
She was a single mother when it was difficult for her to choose an abortion, separated from the partner who abused her.
She told the House of Wyoming everything.
And then she said this. (
Start audio clips)STATE REP. SUE WALLIS (R-WY)
What I want you to understand is that it's just a story.
There are countless changes outside.
As a country, we should not interfere with the very personal, very-
Our ability as agents of free morality cannot justify these broad attacks.
So if this goes on, I would like to fix it by removing all the things that are untrue and misleading, which are a lot in this bill.
I know that some of you, perhaps many of you, feel that you have to vote on this bill in one way or another to make some broad statements.
But I just ask you as a person, as a friend, as a colleague, not to judge your fellow human beings on a large scale. (END AUDIO CLIP)
It was January 25.
That bill, that counter.
The abortion bill she opposed was rejected.
But the fight is not over yet because the original bill sponsorremember him?
Bob Brechtel has launched another one.
It's called the abortion ultrasound information act, very similar to the old bill, the bill that was killed, except that he took out all the super scientific dubious things about fetal pain.
The new bill is also very similar in function and is slowly moving towards passage.
But as promised
Sue Wallis put forward some amendments to try to change it as much as possible, to try to reduce disruption, and to put forward a small C conservative Republican argument against the big government Republican proposal in the cultural war.
We will keep you informed of her struggle with this bill and the most fascinating struggle within the Republican Party. (
Business break)
If you want to know if the whole of Egypt is over, the answer is No.
More specifically, the answer is this. This is -look at this.
This is Tahrir Square in Cairo today.
This is not the archive footage of our big protest day protesters last week.
This is how many people are out in the city's main protest area today.
The Washington Post reported, citing the quote, "thousands of people gathered in the heart of Tahrir Square, the largest crowd since the protests began two weeks ago, according to witness estimates.
The BBC agrees, saying "journalists say this is the biggest demonstration since the protests began in January 25.
Even after the sun sets, there are still thousands of people in the square.
They don't go home.
This is as big as before.
The government met with protesters and political opposition this weekend.
They made some concessions.
The constitution will be revised in order to oppose the election.
Press freedom will be expanded.
"Guilty Conscience"
Political prisoners will be released. The 30-year-
The old state of emergency, frankly questioning the whole concept of the word "emergency --
At some point in the end, this will eventually be lifted.
In other words, the government has acknowledged everything they can do, except for the biggest, loudest, most persistent and most consistent demands of the protesters, the removal of President Hu hosni Mubarak.
They admitted it all.
Are these concessions enough to stop the energy of the protest movement?
Overall, would people think they got enough from the government to stay at home the next time the protesters take to the streets? No.
No emphasis.
There are more people on the street today than ever before.
The government's concessions did not cool the protests.
This thing is bigger, not smaller.
The next major protest is scheduled for Friday.
As you know, Friday's protests are usually bigger than any day of the week.
Anything could happen.
But now, it seems to be a snowball.
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports tomorrow at Cairo time.
So in a few hours he will interview Egypt's new vice president, the new head there, whose concessions apparently failed to stop the protests.
Richard and Omar Suleiman will be interviewed tomorrow.
Then, we will have Richard cover it live on the show. (
Business break)
MADDOW: I have an update on a story we told on our show last night.
Former Senator Alan Simpson, one of the two parties
Chairman of the president's national fiscal responsibility Committee. k. a.
Cat food committee,. k. a.
Many worry about cutting social security tools, one of the most popular reasons for American institutions.
Former Senator Alan Simpson, because of his key rules on the committee "Oh God, please don't cut Social Security", almost everything he has said publicly now has been closely watched, because people want to know what he's going to do with this highly respected institution, most Americans feel very strongly about protecting it.
For this reason, last night on the show, we explored the mystery of Sen.
Alan Simpson recently commented on a mysterious green weenie.
This is Sunday.
Simpson has to say about green winey. (
Start Video Editing)FMR. SEN. ALAN SIMPSON (R-KY)
: I am waiting for politicians to stand up and say there is only one way to do this.
You dig big four-
Medical insurance, Medicaid, Social Security and Defense.
Anyone who gives you something different, you want to get out of the door, put your finger in your throat and give them green weenie with oak leaf clusters.
Unidentified women: So, my God, this is pretty-
Simpson: then go and buy the green weenie.
Unidentified woman: get the green weenie.
Terrible.
We often say so in the Army. (END VIDEO CLIP)
What does Alan Simpson mean when he says "put your finger in the throat and give them green weenie?
Why do you use your thumb?
Is it significant?
Yesterday, we called Mr before the show time.
Definition of Simpson's office.
We still haven't called back today.
When we waited for his call, we began our own investigation.
A man named Harriet wrote in our blog that "green weenie" refers to a fly --
Tie mode of flying fishing.
This green weenie is very, very small, very cute and irresistible if matched properly.
Sean sent us a possible explanation on Twitter, citing "green weenie is a green scrub pad, just like the back of the plate sponge.
We still use this term in the Navy.
In our survey, we also learned that this awesome muscle car was named "Green Weenie ".
It is reported that more than 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates fans use green rubber hot dogs
Like a bell, shake Magic in each other's team, shake good luck in your own team.
These are good times for the Pittsburgh Pirate green team.
In the name of full disclosure, I should let you know that there is another definition of green weenie mentioned on TV.
Here is the explanation of "city Dictionary.
However, for the sake of my mom and our executive producer Bill Wolfe, we have edited this and he is easily embarrassed.
So these are the green weenie explanations that we can find when we are looking to figure out exactly what the cat food committee is working.
When Alan Simpson quoted Green weenie and cracked the candy Crow, he was talking about the chair.
Now, in the context of what Alan Simpson has said, these greens are meaningless, and that's the idea of two small budget cuts.
Then we realized that this was not the first time Alan Simpson talked about green weenies, so we could mention someone else in the context analysis of what he meant. (
Start Video Editing)
Simpson: from my days in infantry, when someone makes such a strange statement, we give them the green weenie command for the Oak Leaf Cluster.
Since then, I have received a green weenie order from the American Association of retirees. (END VIDEO CLIP)
MADDOW: You see, this is an important term for our investigation, because hearing him describe it not only as green weenie, but also as the order of green weenie, the order of the green weenie of the oak leaf cluster made us realize that we had to go back and listen carefully to the tape this weekend.
It's a bit hard to hear at the relevant point, but we think we can write it word by word. (
Start Video Editing)
Simpson: you want to get out of the door, put your finger in your throat and give them a green weenie of oak leaves.
We often say so in the Army. (END VIDEO CLIP)
So it's not just a green weenie.
It is a green weenie with oak leaf clusters that sounds a lot like military vocabulary.
So in this survey, in this case, we did what anyone would do.
We contacted the awesome reference librarian in the United States. S.
Military Academy at West Point to help us.
Thanks to them, they are really great and we can tell you with confidence that Alan Simpson used the word "green weenie, this made it possible that Kandi Crawley used a slang term on the Army Commendation Medal this weekend.
Why is it called Green sausage?
Well, quoting the soldier talk dictionary, "the military Commendation Medal is the only decoration of the merits or achievements that most soldiers and junior officers wish to win.
"Cynical nicknames may appear among soldiers who have not won medals to show their contempt for those who have won them.
Later, when the decoration was out of date without distinction, the word "weeni" began to make sense.
"Green comes from the basic color of the service and the ribbon hanging, while the" weenie "of the Frankfurter sausage may have a significant penis.
"Don't look at me.
I did not write.
Now we know what Green weenie is.
It will make sense.
You know, I mean, think about what's going on here and send out a green weenie because there's not a lot of spending cuts.
This is consistent with its slang meaning because it is an improper counter
The reward you get for free. It makes sense.
But there's still a problem here. (
Start Video Editing)
Simpson: get out of the door and put your finger in your throat and give them the green weenie. (END VIDEO CLIP)
I still need to know from Alan Simpson why the whole "put my finger in the throat" section.
Man, what's wrong with the thumb? Sen.
Simpson, you have a very important job in our country.
We would love to hear from you.
We have a lot of questions for you.
I don't know if you
Mail, but it's rachel @ msnbc if you get it. com. (
Business break)
MADDOW: What really annoys me is that today's program is planning to ask me for a second time to stand in front of the camera and still lead.
This is for a good cause.
About Blanche Lincoln's life.
It's fake Blanche Lincoln.
Also, a very good senator who made a very bad decision.
This is coming. (
Business break)
MADDOW: broadly speaking, conservative Democrats did not perform well in the last election.
On Monday, November 1, there were 46 conservative Democrats in the Blue Dog League.
By the next night, there were no more than 46 of them. There were 24.
Their numbers have fallen by almost half.
Arkansas senator blanch Lincoln, a conservative Democrat in the upper house of the Senate, actually became a typical child. See?
This is the poster.
Democrats pretend that they are not real Democrats, and it is futile to run for office in conservative places, because it is futile to oppose Democratic policies and democratic ideas, hoping that people will mistake you as a Republican. When you have -
If voters have a real Republican and they have a choice, do you think you will fool them?
By the time she arrived in November, Sen.
Blanche Lincoln is opposed to health care reform, to caps and trade, to saving the American auto industry from extinction, to saving the American economy from extinction, and to making it easier for unions to organize, all her ads boast about how terrible the Democrats are, and Blanche Lincoln disagrees with them on anything.
Vote for Democrat Blanche Lincoln. Yes.
Blanche Lincoln was voted off with more than 20 points.
If you are a Democrat and are strongly opposed by Republicans, everything you do to portray your party as irresponsible and wrong will bring extra votes to your opponent.
The main politics are different, and the blue state politics are usually different, but if you run in the red state, everything you say against the Democratic conservatives can and will be used against it.
However, they will not be protected if they do not refuse to understand this.
In an article on "politics"
Com "today, a group of conservative Democratic senators expressed their enthusiasm for Republican attacks on health care reform and their own willingness to weaken it.
They are Joe Manchin, Jon Tester, Ben Nelson, Claire.
Missouri Senator Claire macaskiir once attended the show, but she did not attend any more, and although we called again today to inquire, she was not there.
If you can't talk to her on TV, it's hard to know how to communicate with Sen.
MacAskill.
But because when she really showed up on the show, all the staff, including me, loved her so much that she was a joke-loving person and loved her company so much, we have come up with a plan to try to help.
We turned the poster child into a postage child.
Guys, can you help me out? Sen.
You are welcome back to this show, MacAskill.
We hope you can come. We miss you.
Before that, as a gesture of goodwill, we will send you an email in our life --
The size of the Blanche Lincoln cut as-
Blanche, hook your hand.
As a friendly reminder, remind you that you are considering the consequences of the huge election mistakes you have made.
Hope you like it.
In addition, our interns are very skilled in paper art.
Thank you. (
Business break)
MADDOW: October 25, 2007, in the Korengal Valley in northeast Afghanistan, 22-year-
Old Army expert Sal Giunta and his platoon were ambushed, and the enemy used the form of a rocket to rain hell on the Americans.
Grenades and machine guns.
According to Sebastian jugel's description in his book War, within seconds of the start of the ambush, every American in the leading lineup was hit by a bullet.
Their doctor was hit on the femur.
The leader, Sergeant, was hit eight times on foot.
Sal Giang tower is fourth.
He was shot down in the chest and his life was saved by his body armor.
He stood up and approached the enemy's fire.
He pulled two wounded soldiers to safety.
He grabbed three grenades and threw them out.
He ran along the trail to the injured leader on patrol and found two enemy fighters dragging the injured man into the bush.
He emptied the clip in M.
A rifle, killing one of the enemy's fighters, forces another soldier to drop the injured American.
The Specialist Giunta then dragged the wounded soldier over and provided medical assistance until his squad caught up with their position.
In the end, two soldiers of his unit, Sal Gionta, were killed and five others seriously injured, but the courage of Sal Gionta prevented even more terrible results.
In November 16, Sal Gionta was at the White House, becoming the first living Medal of Honor winner since the Vietnam War. (
Start Video Editing)
Medal of Honor winner sal giunta: Although I am the one standing here wearing this medal, I want you to know, this represents all service members who have been in Afghanistan since 2001, have been in Iraq since 2003, all the branches that were there yesterday, are there today, and go back tomorrow.
It was an incredible time, but it was also a bittersweet time.
Just today I lost two of my good friends, expert Hugo Mendoza and Sergeant Joshua Brennan.
While this is so positive, I will give this back to me in a second and have my friends with me now. (END VIDEO CLIP)
MADDOW: today is America. S.
A military spokesman revealed that Sergeant Sal Gionta will retire from the army. June.
It is reported that his plan is to move to Fort Collins, Colorado with his wife and continue to accept G. I.
Bill will continue for the rest of his life, and that's what it should be.
It's time for the "education show.
Thank you for being with us tonight.
This is a report card in a hurry.
This copy may not be in final form and may be updated.
Copyright 2011 CQ-Roll Call, Inc.
All materials herein are protected by US copyright law and may not be copied, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of CQ-Roll Call.
You may not change or delete any trademark, copyright or other notice in a copy of the content.