Meet The Press - March 10, 2012

Guests:

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)

Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO)

Joe Scarborough

Dee Dee Myers

Ruth Marcus

Fmr. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

Fmr. Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL)

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Gregory: OMG Obama has finally realized

he has to be nice Republicans if he's

going cut entitlements!

Audience: oooh

Gregory: we could have a budget

deal by July! I'm squeeing!

Coburn: it shouldn't be news that Obama

is finally being nice to Republicans

Gregory: can you all make a deal?

Coburn: Obama must finally tell the

American people that Medicare

must be cut – I'm thrilled

Gregory: nice

Coburn: Obama has to stop poking

his finger in our eyes and adopt GOP policies

Kaine: good things are happening –

Democrats agreed to write a budget and

Republicans agreed not to purposefully

wreck the U.S. economy

Gregory: sweet

Kaine: we're rocking and rolling

Gregory: why is Obama reaching out

to Republicans now?

Scarborough: because he's been in 

Washington long enough to learn this 

whole city is a bunch of juvenile crybabies

Gregory: of course

Scarborough: also I am an awesome 

man of great accomplishments

Gregory: great

Scarborough: on the day the House 

impeached Bill Clinton he was on the 

phone with Newt Gingrich talking about 

bombing another country

Gregory: that is all kinds of awesome

Gabbard: we need to talk to each other

Gregory: would you accept any higher taxes?

Gardner: no

Gregory: ok

Gardner: we got tax hikes and now it's time

to cut spending finally now that we have

a Democrat in the White House

Coburn: I've spent 8 years reading the federal

budget and I've noticed that we waste a lot

of money since a Democrat became President

Gregory: excellent

Coburn: Washington politicians agree

on too much – spending money in bad ways

Scarborough: Republicans also spent too much

– this has to stop now since a Democrat got elected!

Gregory: of course

Scarborough: we have to cut Medicare

now that a Democrat is President!

Gabbard: the American people are

frustrated that Medicare is wasteful

Gregory: Republicans say no more taxes

Gabbard: what about closing tax loopholes

the GOP says they dislike

Kaine: we give away over a trillion

dollars a year in taxes

Scarborough: Republicans can't

close tax loopholes - Obama has to give

Republicans cover by cutting Medicare

– then maybe they can agree

Gardner: I hope Obama is not a liar –

but remember Obama lectured us

and chastised us – he's so mean

Kaine: oh stop whining and suck it up

Gardner: but Obama said Paul Ryan's

budget was a bumch of lies

Gregory: there was a once a beating on

the House floor and now it's considered

a big deal that Rand Paul does a 13-hour filibuster

Coburn: I just remembered the tyranny of

majority is bad since Democrats got the

White House and a majority in the Senate

Gregory: fascinating

Coburn: I thought Rand Paul's extended

rant while wrong was awesome

Gregory: now that Obama is President shouldn't

Congress have the guts to restrain the President?

Gardner: yes it's about time to limit the

power of the President since Obama took office!

Gabbard: yes I agree

Scarborough: I have been very concerned

about the power of the President to wage

attacks since Bush left and Obama was sworn in

Gregory: indeed

Scarborough: the White House dragged their

feet on the President's power to violate the

civil rights of an American citizen on American

soil and no I have never heard of Bush doing

the same thing to Jose Padilla in 2002

Gregory: Shouldn't Barack Obama be

just like Ronald Reagan?

Kaine: absolutely – my constituents tell

me make a deal – it doesn't matter 
what kind - just make a deal

Gregory: Obama demonized Republicans

– isn't he terrible?

Coburn: yet and he's reaching out now but

it's going to take a long time for all the

hurt feelings from mean Barack Obama to heal

[ break ]

Gregory: should we hate Sheryl Sandburg

because she's succcessful?

Marcus: people love a good catfight – 
also she's rich and good looking –

no wonder people hate her

Gregory: why do women resent her?

Blackburn: women have to be twice as

good as men and she's three times better

Gregory: you all should aim higher

Blackburn: we all have to be the trailblazer

Gregory: let me explain what Sheryl

means to all of you

Sandburg: women need to be more amibtious

Gregory: what she's really saying ignore

men and lean in

Myers: thank you for explaining

that to us Fluffy

Gregory: you're welcome

Myers: women too often hold back in

running for office or trying to get promoted

Blackburn: women wait to be invited

and men push their way through

Marcus: women are afraid of looking rude

and men are unafriad to look stupid

or like assholes

Gregory: that's true – Steve what do you think

Schmidt: um...

Gregory: you tried to turn Sarah Palin

into a real candidate – how did that go?

Schmidt: Todd Palin was a great partner –

unfortunately he was also a moron

Gregory: but a great guy

Schmidt: any organization should give 

opportunity to women or it will fail – 

the GOP needs to work on this

Blackburn: you need to have a supportive family too

– kids need to get in line!

Myers: successful women are going to be disliked

Marcus: go for it anyway

Blackburn: some men are not comfortable

with women leaders

Gregory: what should I tell my daughters –

be a CEO or be a good wife and have kids?

Schmidt: my wife should be admired for

leaving her career and raising our kids

Marcus: women still worry about balancing

work and family and men don't

Gregory: true enough

Marcus: also when try jobs you're not

qualified for like Sarah Palin you set

the whole feminist movement back

Schmidt: yeah sorry about that ladies

[ break ]

Gregory: Jeb you don't want to give

undocument immigrants a path to citizenship

Bush: we should give them worse benefits

than people who are waiting patiently

Gregory: ok

Bush: I wrote this book to make people

who hate immigrants happy

Gregory: Romney said Obama won by

handing out gooodies to poor people –

would more immigration just create

more Democratic voters?

Bush: no because Asian-Americans are

not poor and they voted for Obama 70-24

Gregory: ouch

Bush: we just need to convince people the

Republican stands for more than failed

wars and wrecked economies

Gregory: should a person who hired an

undocumented immigrant be disqualified?

Bush: nah hell we've all done it

Gregory: won't you be a great disappointment

to your mother if you don't get elected

President of the United States of America

Bush: yes – Kennebunkport is like the

downeast House of Atreus

Gregory: what do people think of

your brother's Presidency?

Bush: my father was more than the

Jimmy Carter of the GOP!

Gregory: I asked you about your brother

Bush: I think history will be very

kind to George W. Bush

Gregory: [ SPIT TAKE ]

Gregory: who is more likely to be President

– you or Marco Rubio?

Bush: oh my god you Beltway journalists

are like heroin addicts

Schmidt: Jeb is well-situtationed for the

White House – he's a deep thinker and

everyone flip-flops

Gregory: Rand Paul is creating a youthful

movement of crazy people

Marcus: I loved his nutty useless filibuster

Gregory: oh so did I

Marcus: the whole GOP is cracking up –

neocon vultures, pro-war psychos, small

government anti-Obamas, pro-life vaginal probers...

Schmidt: Rand Paul asked a very important

question about whether Obama will

start murdering white people

Gregory: what about Ashley Judd?

Blackburn: I like her a lot

Gregory: would you support her?

Blackburn: I might – I once crossed

Naomi Judd and she slashed the

tires on my house

Gregory: and that's another episode

of Meet The Press

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