Meet The Press – January 3, 2016

Guests:

Gov. Jon Kasich (R-OH)

Sen. Rand Paul

Capt. Mark Kelly

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-TX)

Hallie Jackson

Kristen Welker

Chris Matthews

Jennifer Rubin

Sara Fagen

Eugene Robinson

Richard Dorment

Todd: omg 2016 is here and now we

can really focus on the Presidency race

Todd: can Trump gets voters! Can anyone

stop him? Are Democrats excited?

Todd: New Hampshire is

more important than Iowa!

Todd: Trump leads in Iowa but eight

years ago Giuliani and Clinton led in Iowa

Todd: now we have permission

to talk about Bill Clinton's sex life!

Todd: talk Iowa to me

Jackson: it's between Trump and Cruz

but Huckabee is coming on strong

Jackson: but has Cruz raised 

expectations too high?

Todd: so who come in third?

Jackson: Rubio must come in

third or he's doomed

Todd: Hillary has to win Iowa because

she's behind in New Hampshire

Welker: right but at the same time

Sanders has to win New Hampshire

or he can't win anywhere

Welker: the Clintons won New 

Hampshire in 1992 and 2008

Todd: the GOP is desperate for

an alternative to Donald Trump

Todd: is New Hampshire do or die for you?

Kasich: I want to be the story in New

Hampshire and then win the nomination

Todd: but Chris Christie is

surging and no one like you

Kasich: not many people know

this but I'm actually very popular

Todd: people in New Jersey hate

Chris Christie so what's wrong

Kasich: I don't know – Christie is

a horrible Governor and a terrible person

Todd: we all know that

Kasich: frankly Ohio is amazing

so I can't explain it

Todd: you're bipartisan and reasonable

and Republicans hate that

Kasich: voters think the system is

rigged in favor of rich people

Todd: well it is

Kasich: I know that but I speak for

people who live in the shadows

Todd: vampires?

Kasich: them too

Todd: you compared Donald

Trump to Adolf Hitler

Kasich: I'm just trying to

bring the nation together

Todd: that checks out

Kasich: Obama had no experience

so why elect Donald Trump?

Todd: you Trump compared him to Nazis

Kasich: Trump will lose to Hillary Clinton

Todd: what about Tamir Rice?

Kasich: we have no violence in Cleveland

Todd: except for the unarmed 

children being shot

Kasich: naturally I'm not including them

Todd: you don't agree with the 

Grand Jury decision?

Kasich: no comment

[ break ]

Todd: welcome Sen. Rand Paul

Paul: nice to be here Charles

Todd: you've stopped campaigning 

– what's going on?

Paul: I was busy raising money – sheesh!

Todd: fair enough

Paul: also I have a job as a Senator unlike Rubio

Todd: you say Ted Cruz steals all your ideas

Paul: I said invading other countries

was a bad idea before he ever did

Todd: impressive

Paul: Hillary Clinton is a war-monger!

Todd: your foreign policy is 

just like Barack Obama's

Paul: I wouldn't arm Syria rebels

or get involved in Libya

Todd: okay

Paul: Obama is far too interventionist!

Todd: I've heard that

Paul: also he's too nice to Saudi Arabia

Todd: compared to who?

Paul: Lindsey Graham and Barack Obama

have the same foreign policy

Todd: that a harsh accusation

Paul: against who?

Todd: I'm not sure

Paul: right

Todd: is Ted Cruz as big an 

asshole as we've heard?

Paul: oh no – he's much worse

Todd: you're frustrated at

how this campaign has gone

Paul: reporter don't understand statistics

Todd: that is true

Paul: the news media are idiots

in love with Trump

Todd: we all know that

Paul: we're going to shock people

in Iowa when we turn out dozens

of college students

Todd: you know the caucuses

are in the morning

Paul: shit I'm doomed

[ break ]

Todd: omg Donald Trump has 

given us permission to talk about 

Bill Clinton's sex life!

Trump: he's an abuser!

Clinton: I want to be the First First Gentleman

Todd: but Clinton is the most

popular politician in America

Sanders: Clinton deregulated wall street

Clinton: I'm running for my first term

Todd: Trump used to love the Clintons

and said infidelity was not important

[ break ]

Todd: panel – what's Trump up to?

Matthews: Clinton had the guts to run

for the Senate after Bill's impeachment

which is ballsy

Fagen: Trump called Hillary a friend

and Bill Clinton's a great President

Rubin: his supporters love

irreverent attacks on Democrats

and by irreverent I mean racist

Robinson: he's playing as if he

were already the GOP candidate

Todd: Clinton said he was

the best recruiter for ISIS

Todd: now there is a video showing that

Matthews: Hillary gave them that idea!

Todd: his supporters don't believe

anything that resemble objective facts

Rubin: they reject anything bad about Trump

Robinson: he attacks the press 

– and people love it

Fagen: he's bombastic and stupid 

and lashes out and that's just plain fun

Todd: but on the other hand Hillary

doesn't like to talk about Bill's affairs

Matthews: the people are in a

revolutionary mood like against the

French against the Bourbons and

all humanity against the Bushes

Rubin: did someone say bourbon?

[ break ]

Todd: welcome Mr. Kelly

Kelly: nice to be here sir

Todd: President Obama is going to

use an executive order to close the

gun show loophole

Kelly: about damn time

Todd: is this feasible?

Kelly: fixing the gun show loophole

only failed because of a filibuster

Todd: there is that

Kelly: 40% of gun sales don't

require a background check

Todd: Obama can't enforce these rules

without money and the ATF doesn't have any

Kelly: so we need to get the ATF money!

Todd: interesting idea

Kelly: guns are sold to criminals

without background checks

Todd: you want to explain gun

culture to east coast liberals

Kelly: poor white people are

scared and love their guns

Todd: what are they so scared of

Kelly: poor black people

Todd: what are black people scared of?

Kelly: cops

Todd: what about the GOP mantra

of 'enforce the laws on the books'

Kelly: that line is about arresting

people who fail a background check

which the NRA doesn't really want

Todd: that sounds right

Kelly: yep

Todd: thanks for coming

[ break ]

Todd: welcome Lieutenant Governor

Patrick: hiyo Ted

Todd: you just made open-carry

even more open than before

Patrick: I just want to point our

your previous guest is a total moron

Todd: he's former navy aviator and

astronaut and space shuttle pilot

Patrick: women who live in cities

are terrified and what their guns!

Todd: is that right

Patrick: everyone knows the police are

useless and we need to defend ourselves

Todd: if you see someone walk into

a store carrying a gun should you call 911?

Patrick: open carry people are the

most wonderful people in the world

Todd: no doubt

Patrick: I love guns!

Todd: so why not allow

everyone to open carry?

Patrick: I support the Second Amendment

Todd: so why do you oppose gun rights?

Patrick: it's an evolving issue Chuck

Todd: why not let everyone carry a gun?

Patrick: I'm evolving Chet!

Todd: are you a hypocrite?

Patrick: I would like to see a

day where everyone carries

a gun at all times

Todd: we all would I'm sure

Patrick: in every place with open carry

crime is lower and murders are down!

Todd: of course

Patrick: guns are a good thing!

Todd: like ice cream and orgasms

Patrick: criminals love gun free-zones like

Europe where murders are out of control

Todd: I'm gonna have to check that

Patrick: let America carry guns everywhere

and America will be a safer place!

[ break ]

Todd: Americans are angry!

Todd: who are these angry people

Todd: white people are really angry!

Todd: Republicans are really really angry

Todd: and women are more angry

than men – especially white women

Todd: wow you put Donald Trump

on the cover of your magazine!

Dorment: white people are really angry

that the American dream is dead and

we're not winning wars

Matthews: people are mad about jobs

going overseas or to immigrants

Robinson: they're mad because 

the nation is less white and you 

have to Press 1 to hear english

Fagen: middle aged women are working

and taking care of kids and parents

– no wonder they're mad

Dorment: but women have empathy

for injustice and makes them even more angry

Rubin: people are mad because

Barack Obama doesn't care about murder

and terrorism and laughs at fear of death

Fagen: people are angry because

Obama is weak and won't go after terrorism

Robinson: oh god you idiots

Fagen: also people hate all institutions

Dorment: blacks have more reason

to be angry but they are in fact less angry

Fagen: well I'm a white women

and I'm really freaking angry!

Rubin: so am I and fucking I'm furious!

Todd: Donald Trump took down Rick Perry

and Bobby Jindal and Lindsey Graham

and some guy named Pataki

Todd: Jon Kasich is scared!

Matthews: Trump is the bully who

gives you a terrible nickname

Rubin: to be fair Bobby Jindal was awful

Fagen: there are too many candidates

please remove some and I am not a crank

Todd: keep dreaming

Rubin: don't count out Christie!

Fagen: no one knows what's

going to happen

Rubin: people don't want

facts – they want emotion

Fagen: Christie is like Trump but

has better record of corruption

Todd: Obama did an interview

with Jerry Seinfeld

Obama: world leaders are mostly insane

Todd: and that's another

episode of Meet The Press