Guests:
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ)
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (Chair DNC)
Chuck Todd
Mike Murphy
*********************
Gregory: OMG the Storm of the Century
is headed right for the Republican Convention
Reporter: The Cone of Weather Silence
is going to smash Tampa
Gregory: incredible
Reporter: here you can see Isaac is
going to soak Florida with margaritas
and Gopher will overwhelm them with
his boyish charm
Gregory: Senator McCain God also
sent a hurricane to your convention in 2008
McCain: believe me I know - but on
the upside fewer people will see
Republicans speaking
on their television
Gregory: does it look bad to have a
big party during a storm
McCain: it would but trust me this is
not exactly a fun time
Gregory: Todd Akin is a little nuts but
he’s not getting out of the race
McCain: we’re gonna take this dumb fucker out!
Gregory: ha I love it
McCain: incredibly Romney is almost
tied with Barack Obama even will all
the stupid stuff Republicans keep saying
Gregory: Is Mitt Romney trying to reach
out to racists in his party with
his birther statements
McCain: no one has a sense of humor anymore
- Obama is black and may not be eligible to
be President - ha ha ha
Gregory: Romney is not popular among
the human demographic
McCain: poor poor Mitt Romney has
been abused by Obama’s
big swinging spending
Gregory: so how does Mitt Romney win?
McCain: we have to tell young women to
forget about rights to their body and
blame Obama is they don’t have a job
Gregory: good luck with that
[ break ]
Gregory: Jeb Bush you guaranteed
a Romney victory
Bush: indeed he will win as long we don’t
talk about anything that isn’t good
for Mitt Romney
Gregory: abortion has become a big issue
Bush: abortion - what’s that??
Gregory: Todd Akin refused to leave even
after the GOP tried to have him killed
Bush: pay no attention to the zygote
in the corner
Gregory: does this hurt the image
of the party?
Bush: people only care about the debt
and unemployment which Obama
caused all by himself
Gregory: Mitt Romney is less popular
than he was six months ago
Bush: that’s because Barack Obama
is unspeakably mean
Gregory: what will you talk about when
you give your speech?
Bush: I will be setting myself up to
run in 2016 by talking about education
which everyone loves
Gregory: how exciting
Bush: Obama keeps dividing America by
saying people didn’t build things and
instead saying it’s all communal
Gregory: how sad he keeps dividing
people by talking how we are all part of
a larger community
Bush: it’s terrible
Gregory: Mitt Romney has 0% of the
African-American vote
Bush: but Romney is popular among white men!
Gregory: oh believe me I know
Gregory: will Florida’s vote-counting
incompetence ruin another Presidential election?
Bush: probably
Gregory: what’s the secret to winning in Florida?
Bush: drill for oil and let immigrants
stay if the get a master’s degree
Gregory: what about a bachelor’s
Bush: no way - I’ve seen the partying
at the University of Florida - those kids
aren’t learning anything
Gregory: what else?
Bush: cut Social Security!
Gregory: would you consider raising
taxes to tackle the debt
Bush: no that would be foolhardy
Gregory: but you say we need to find
common ground to solve big problems
Bush: right - what I meant was liberals
agreeing to whatever Republicans want to do
Gregory: of course
Bush: for example we could
compromise on cutting social security
Gregory: what else
Bush: we could all agree to cut the debt
by cutting taxes and regulations
Gregory: I like what I’m hearing
Bush: the reason the economy is weak
is because of liberal politicians like
that idiot George W. Bush
Gregory: how do we reform Medicare?
Bush: we must fight back against
demagogues and also attack Obama
for cutting Medicare
Gregory: so clever
Bush: the GOP is very popular among
old people because we promise not
give them the wonderful choice to
have a voucher program
Gregory: should we crack down
on illegal immigrants?
Bush: Obama has reduced immigration to zero
Gregory: that’s news to me
Gregory: meanwhile the GOP is
losing Hispanic voters
Bush: that’s because many Republicans are idiots
Gregory: would you like to be President?
Bush: I never think about it except during
Thanksgiving when Mom makes me sit
at the little kids table with all the other
losers who have never lived in the White House
Gregory: Obama blames the economy
on your brother
Bush: it’s very unbecoming
Gregory: so very rude of him
Bush: he should offer fresh solutions like a
jobs bill or invading a country
Gregory: what is the Bush family legacy?
Bush: at the Bush family we don’t
talk about the L word
Gregory: oh you should - that’s a great tv show
Bush: my father and brother may have
been terrible Presidents but I will learn
from their mistakes
Gregory: how does it make you feel knowing
they have ruined the Bush family name
for generations to come
Bush: [ sobs ]
I was the smart one! me! it’s not fair!
Gregory: there there Jeb
Bush: you can’t keep us down!
The Bush will rise again!
Gregory: thanks for coming
Bush: thank you Fluffy
[ break ]
Gregory: The Republicans have arrived
in Florida and Tampa is a disaster area
and also a storm is coming
Todd: the show must go on!
Gregory: this is a really big opportunity for
Romney to convince people he is human
Murphy: this is his etch-a-sketch moment!
Gregory: our polls show that 35% don’t
like Mitt Romney and 22% believe he is an android
Brewer: we must introduce Mitt to the people
Gregory: isn’t it a little late for that Jan
Brewer: people are too busy looking for a
job to figure out who Mitt Romney is
Gregory: Team Obama tore Romney
down with negative ads
Wasserman-Schultz: the GOP destroyed
America four years ago remember
Gregory: Bill Clinton won the election
at the convention in 1992 with an amazing
speech where he talked about hope and
didn’t have sex
Todd: that was unusual - there will be
no bump this year because $500 million
has already been spent
Gregory: what don’t people know
about Mitt Romney
Murphy: Romney never murdered anyone!
Gregory: well that’s something
Murphy: Democrats have thrown in the
towel on defending Obama - the whole election
is about whether Mitt Romney and the
GOP are acceptable
Gregory: meanwhile the GOP is reaching out
to people on abortion and immigration
Brewer: the Democrats are waging a class
warfare war on rich women
Gregory: um ok
Brewer: in Arizona we believe in small
government stopping people and
demanding their citizenship papers
Wasserman-Schlutz: this is a metaphorical
window in their soul of the GOP - and a
real window into the hard drive of Mitt Romney
Gregory: the GOP is alienating Hispanic voters
Murphy: I never read the GOP platform but
I did read the Democratic platform and
they didn’t close Gitmo like they promised
Todd: the Democrats have turned this
into values election
Murphy: Obama wants to make this election
about trivial issue like whether Mitt Romney
will turn America over to our new
Robot-Machine Overlords
Gregory: will he do that?
Murphy: the American people don’t care -
they only want to know if they will have a
good job when the Internet Devices become
self-aware and enslave us all
Gregory: no one fluffs like me
Murphy: we all know that
Gregory: Todd Akin is crazy and seems
to be hurting the GOP
Murphy: Mitt Romney will give every fetus a job!
Gregory: this race is dead even!
Todd: actually Obama has a huge advantage
in the electoral college - Romney must win
Ohio or he’s screwed
Murphy: Romney must now reach
out to independents
Todd: well he’s losing Republican women
Brewer: the GOP loves women and
all the women issues
Gregory: I see
Brewer: women want the Republican
economy back!
Gregory: Romney leads by 6% on the
issue of changing Washington
Wasserman: well duh he’s not the incumbent
Greg: how do you answer the charge
that Obama is losing
Wasserman-Schultz: he’s not
Gregory: I think Americans are hungry
for a Man of Action
Murphy: damn right - Ryan is a workout fiend
Todd: Ryan is a Congressman and
people hate Congress
Murphy: dammit
Gregory: and that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
***************************************
Sunday, August 26, 2012
This Week with George Stephanopoulos - August 26, 2012
Guests:
Jonathan Karl
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA)
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles)
Rep. Donna Edwards
Greta Van Susteren
George Will
Mary Matalin
*******************************
Stephanopoulos: OMG God sent a hurricane
to the GOP convention
Karl: Republicans expect torrential winds,
rain and a little Biblical flood
Stephanopoulos: what is their disaster plan
Karl: they’ve issued everyone one red umbrella
Stephanopoulos: will this affect the convention?
Karl: yes but they are used to it since the
Lord sent another hurricane four years ago
Stephanopoulos: the Almighty is persistent
McDonnell: The Party of Abraham defeats Isaac!
Stephanopoulos: did God sent a storm
because he hates you
McDonnell: no this weather only proves we
are better than Democrats because it
will only take us 3 days to nominate a guy
Stephanopoulos: former GOP Florida Governor
Charlie Crist says the GOP has gone
completely insane
McDonnell: Obama downgraded
America’s credit rating
Stephanopoulos: you want to amend the
U.S. Constitution to protect zygotes
McDonnell: you can’t pay attention to the
Party platform - those are just our fundamental
beliefs that we don’t care about
Stephanopoulos: I’m confused - are you in
favor of the Constitutional amendment or not
McDonnell: abortion is up to the states and Congress
Stephanopoulos: not if you amend
the Constitution genius
McDonnell: also the Supreme Court has spoken
on this issue so let’s drop and also amend the
Constitution or not whatever
Villargiosa: an adamant policy of no exceptions
for rape or incest is extreme
Stephanopoulos: but you just heard deny
McDonnell that is the GOP policy although
it’s in the platform
Villargiosa: yes I heard that white man spin wildly
Stephanopoulos: the economy is still bad
3 1/2 into the Obama Presidency
Villaraigosa: Obama has an awesome jobs plan
and the GOP rejected it
Stephanopoulos: what else
Villaraigosa: we need to raise taxes on rich people pronto
McDonnell: Obama is good family man with
a nice wife and adorable kids but he
increased the debt and doubled gas prices
Stephanopoulos: snap
McDonnell: Romney wants to train all Americans
to work in lucrative new jobs like private equity,
looting, layoffs and tax-offshoring
Villaraigosa: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will
raise taxes on the middle class!
McDonnell: Obama didn’t fix the recession
fast enough!
Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming guys
[ break ]
Stephanopoulos: Does Todd “fighting ovaries”
Akin hurt the GOP
Will: he’s a moron but I thought liberals solved
all this with Roe v Wade
Granholm: Mitt Romney is running away
from his own party’s platform
Matalin: we need to get this dipshit out of the race
Stephanopoulos: you think Akin will drop out?
Matalin: I don’t care if he does- we’ll run a write-in
candidate if we have to and if that doesn’t work he
can meet with an unfortunate accident
Edwards: women are fleeing this crazy-ass party
Susteren: what the hell is a legitimate rape
Matalin: the GOP is doing just fine with women
Susteren: not younger women
Matalin: they don’t count
Edwards: it’s not just one crazy man -
GOP policies are hostile to women
Will: Sandra Fluke is some barren slut so
old she’s about to collect social security
so what does she care about contraception
Granholm: forcible trans-vaginal probes
are not small government
Matalin: abortion is very nice but Obama
is a Kenyan who will destroy America
Stephanopoulos: awesome
******************************
Jonathan Karl
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA)
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles)
Rep. Donna Edwards
Greta Van Susteren
George Will
Mary Matalin
*******************************
Stephanopoulos: OMG God sent a hurricane
to the GOP convention
Karl: Republicans expect torrential winds,
rain and a little Biblical flood
Stephanopoulos: what is their disaster plan
Karl: they’ve issued everyone one red umbrella
Stephanopoulos: will this affect the convention?
Karl: yes but they are used to it since the
Lord sent another hurricane four years ago
Stephanopoulos: the Almighty is persistent
McDonnell: The Party of Abraham defeats Isaac!
Stephanopoulos: did God sent a storm
because he hates you
McDonnell: no this weather only proves we
are better than Democrats because it
will only take us 3 days to nominate a guy
Stephanopoulos: former GOP Florida Governor
Charlie Crist says the GOP has gone
completely insane
McDonnell: Obama downgraded
America’s credit rating
Stephanopoulos: you want to amend the
U.S. Constitution to protect zygotes
McDonnell: you can’t pay attention to the
Party platform - those are just our fundamental
beliefs that we don’t care about
Stephanopoulos: I’m confused - are you in
favor of the Constitutional amendment or not
McDonnell: abortion is up to the states and Congress
Stephanopoulos: not if you amend
the Constitution genius
McDonnell: also the Supreme Court has spoken
on this issue so let’s drop and also amend the
Constitution or not whatever
Villargiosa: an adamant policy of no exceptions
for rape or incest is extreme
Stephanopoulos: but you just heard deny
McDonnell that is the GOP policy although
it’s in the platform
Villargiosa: yes I heard that white man spin wildly
Stephanopoulos: the economy is still bad
3 1/2 into the Obama Presidency
Villaraigosa: Obama has an awesome jobs plan
and the GOP rejected it
Stephanopoulos: what else
Villaraigosa: we need to raise taxes on rich people pronto
McDonnell: Obama is good family man with
a nice wife and adorable kids but he
increased the debt and doubled gas prices
Stephanopoulos: snap
McDonnell: Romney wants to train all Americans
to work in lucrative new jobs like private equity,
looting, layoffs and tax-offshoring
Villaraigosa: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will
raise taxes on the middle class!
McDonnell: Obama didn’t fix the recession
fast enough!
Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming guys
[ break ]
Stephanopoulos: Does Todd “fighting ovaries”
Akin hurt the GOP
Will: he’s a moron but I thought liberals solved
all this with Roe v Wade
Granholm: Mitt Romney is running away
from his own party’s platform
Matalin: we need to get this dipshit out of the race
Stephanopoulos: you think Akin will drop out?
Matalin: I don’t care if he does- we’ll run a write-in
candidate if we have to and if that doesn’t work he
can meet with an unfortunate accident
Edwards: women are fleeing this crazy-ass party
Susteren: what the hell is a legitimate rape
Matalin: the GOP is doing just fine with women
Susteren: not younger women
Matalin: they don’t count
Edwards: it’s not just one crazy man -
GOP policies are hostile to women
Will: Sandra Fluke is some barren slut so
old she’s about to collect social security
so what does she care about contraception
Granholm: forcible trans-vaginal probes
are not small government
Matalin: abortion is very nice but Obama
is a Kenyan who will destroy America
Stephanopoulos: awesome
******************************
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Meet The Press - August 19, 2012
Guests:
Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-Md.)
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-Va.)
Mayor Kasim Reed (D-Atlanta)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
E.J. Dionne
Chuck Todd
Peggy Noonan
Rudy Giuliani
*********************************
Gregory: OMG the campaigns are
actually talking about an issue like
Medicare - that’s terrible!
Obama: I will protect Medicare from Paul Ryan!
Ryan: I will protect my Mommy from Obama!
Gregory: so how about that Paul Ryan?
O’Malley: Paul Ryan wants to privatize Medicare!
McDonnell: Obama caused the recession in 2007!
Gregory: is Medicare doomed
McDonnell: Medicare will go bankrupt in
a few decades!
Gregory: Joe Biden said the GOP is going
to put y’all back in chains
O’Malley: so fucking what
Gregory: but it’s so divisive!
O’Malley: Romney uses racist dog whistles
all damn the time
Greg: Bob how do you answer the charge
that Joe Biden is a racist?
McDonnell: sadly I must agree
Gregory: Romney says Obama is running
a campaign of hate
O’Malley: Romney is a big whiner who
constantly fouls and then calls foul
Gregory: Romney says he paid a
whopping 13% in taxes
McDonnell: Obama had a whopping tax hike!
Gregory: that would be an awesome
point if it were true
O’Malley: Fluffy who knows if Mitt
ever paid taxes at all??
McDonnell: Obama is a nice guy but he’s
failed to fix the Republican recession of 2008
Gregory: Obama would take $700 billion from
Medicare and Romney would make is a
voucher program for people under 55
O’Malley: a fucking voucher - how delightful
McDonnell: Romney is just being honest -
America is the greatest country in the world
and can’t afford to take care of old people anymore
Gregory: I’m sold
McDonnell: we have to cut Medicare -
also Obama robbed Medicare
Gregory: Ryan proposed the same
efficiency cuts that Obama made
McDonnell: exactly - Obama has blood
on his hands!
Gregory: I’m confused
McDonnell: America is awesome!
We’re broke! USA! USA!
Gregory: rock on
McDonnell: Obama just talks and talks
and Ryan bravely promises to give more
money to current old people
Gregory: unemployment is still really high
O’Malley: true but we created
more jobs last year than in 8 years of
George Bush Presidency
Gregory: maybe but he gave good aircraft carrier
O’Malley: should we give another
massive tax cut to people who make
millions of dollars per year?
Gregory: it couldn’t hurt!
Gregory: Ted you are an hispanic
anti-establishment tea partier
Cruz: I love Paul Ryan!!
Gregory: go on please
Cruz: Romney is admittedly intensely
dislikable but Obama isn’t creating
enough jobs
Reed: Ryan is a loveable right-wing nut
Dionne: true believers on the left and
right believe voucherizing Medicare is
a winning issue for them
Gregory: oh it’s on now
Dionne: The GOP has to decide if Barack Obama
is a socialist who is giving away freebies to the poor
or a brtue who is viciously cutting Medicare
Noonan: Ryan is good-looking and serious
but putting old people on an ice floe may
not be a winning issue for the GOP
Todd: the GOP brilliantly shifted away
from lack of jobs to talk about how
Republicans want to cut Medicare
Cruz: the American people are fed up
with Medicare maybe someday going
to people younger than 55!
Gregory: you go Tom!
Cruz: Ted
Gregory: whatever you’re only a nominee
Cruz: the government has its boot on
the neck of the people!
Noonan: voters are dissatisfied and crave
hope and optimism also someone
who will admit we are broke and
must privatize the social safety net
Dionne: if we’re broke can we at least
raise taxes on billionaires?
Reed: Ryan isn’t serious - he voted for TARP,
tax cuts, wars and drug benefits and none of
it was paid for as long as Bush was President
Cruz: he’s been serious about talking about
cutting spending since Obama became President
Reed: what a damn joke
Dionne: Obama is serious about talking
about cutting too!
Cruz: yes but I hate him so it doesn’t count
Gregory: Saint Rudy tell me about Paul Ryan
Giuiliani: he’s not as dumb as Sarah Palin
Gregory: win
Giuiliani: we have learned since the
Bush recession that government is too big
Gregory: what about Medicare issue
Giuiliani: it’s a risk that talking about it could
ruin the GOP but it’s worth it to privatize
the social safety net
Gregory: should Mitt Romney talk
about his taxes?
Giuiliani: I’m sure it’s a non-issue but he
should he should not reveal them because
it could be very damaging
Gregory: how do you respond to the
charge that Joe Biden made a gaffe
Giuiliani: I’m afraid I must admit that
Joe Biden is a terrible person and a moron
Gregory: and yet he’s Vice President and
you barely avoided prison
Giuiliani: I only said that because I want to
shame the media into making fun of Joe Biden
Todd: be careful - don’t underestimate
Joe Biden - behind those gaffes is
a sharp cookie and a genial genius
Noonan: Joe Biden’s gaffe is the most
important thing ever - but he’s also
loveable senile daffy old man
Gregory: imagine if we had a President like
that Peggy ha ha
Reed: Fluffy you are fucking obsessed
with this - does the name Ted Nugent
mean anything to you
[ break ]
Gregory: who’s going to win the election Chucky?
Todd: if Obama wins Florida Romney can
win every toss-up state and still lose
Gregory: yikes
Dionne: the base of the GOP are old
people who watch Fox constantly but
Medicare gives Obama an opening
Gregory: but shouldn’t we cut Medicare?
Cruz: absolutely!
Gregory: go on Tom
Cruz: we must save Medicare by privatizing it
Gregory: I see
Cruz: we must completely reform
Medicare so it will be there
for younger people
Gregory: in a completely different form
Cruz: exactly
Noonan: Paul Ryan bravely went to
old people in Florida and told them he
was going to give them another trillion dollars
Greg: brilliant
Noonan: the American people know that
America can’t afford Medicare anymore
Reed: y’all are crazy!
Todd: Ted you demand cuts of Medicare
and then bash Obama for taking money
away from Medicare
Cruz: but he gave the money to undeserving
lazy people on Obamacare
Dionne: that’s all total bullshit - Romney
would re-open the doughnut hole
Gregory: glazed or powdered
Dionne: the GOP never liked Medicare and
have always wanted to get rid of it -
let’s talk about that!
Gregory: sorry we can’t - we talked about the
important issues of Joe Biden’s gaffe and
what Giuliani thinks about it so we’re all out of time
Dionne: of course
Gregory: and that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
**************************************************
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Gov. Martin O’Malley (D-Md.)
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-Va.)
Mayor Kasim Reed (D-Atlanta)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
E.J. Dionne
Chuck Todd
Peggy Noonan
Rudy Giuliani
*********************************
Gregory: OMG the campaigns are
actually talking about an issue like
Medicare - that’s terrible!
Obama: I will protect Medicare from Paul Ryan!
Ryan: I will protect my Mommy from Obama!
Gregory: so how about that Paul Ryan?
O’Malley: Paul Ryan wants to privatize Medicare!
McDonnell: Obama caused the recession in 2007!
Gregory: is Medicare doomed
McDonnell: Medicare will go bankrupt in
a few decades!
Gregory: Joe Biden said the GOP is going
to put y’all back in chains
O’Malley: so fucking what
Gregory: but it’s so divisive!
O’Malley: Romney uses racist dog whistles
all damn the time
Greg: Bob how do you answer the charge
that Joe Biden is a racist?
McDonnell: sadly I must agree
Gregory: Romney says Obama is running
a campaign of hate
O’Malley: Romney is a big whiner who
constantly fouls and then calls foul
Gregory: Romney says he paid a
whopping 13% in taxes
McDonnell: Obama had a whopping tax hike!
Gregory: that would be an awesome
point if it were true
O’Malley: Fluffy who knows if Mitt
ever paid taxes at all??
McDonnell: Obama is a nice guy but he’s
failed to fix the Republican recession of 2008
Gregory: Obama would take $700 billion from
Medicare and Romney would make is a
voucher program for people under 55
O’Malley: a fucking voucher - how delightful
McDonnell: Romney is just being honest -
America is the greatest country in the world
and can’t afford to take care of old people anymore
Gregory: I’m sold
McDonnell: we have to cut Medicare -
also Obama robbed Medicare
Gregory: Ryan proposed the same
efficiency cuts that Obama made
McDonnell: exactly - Obama has blood
on his hands!
Gregory: I’m confused
McDonnell: America is awesome!
We’re broke! USA! USA!
Gregory: rock on
McDonnell: Obama just talks and talks
and Ryan bravely promises to give more
money to current old people
Gregory: unemployment is still really high
O’Malley: true but we created
more jobs last year than in 8 years of
George Bush Presidency
Gregory: maybe but he gave good aircraft carrier
O’Malley: should we give another
massive tax cut to people who make
millions of dollars per year?
Gregory: it couldn’t hurt!
Gregory: Ted you are an hispanic
anti-establishment tea partier
Cruz: I love Paul Ryan!!
Gregory: go on please
Cruz: Romney is admittedly intensely
dislikable but Obama isn’t creating
enough jobs
Reed: Ryan is a loveable right-wing nut
Dionne: true believers on the left and
right believe voucherizing Medicare is
a winning issue for them
Gregory: oh it’s on now
Dionne: The GOP has to decide if Barack Obama
is a socialist who is giving away freebies to the poor
or a brtue who is viciously cutting Medicare
Noonan: Ryan is good-looking and serious
but putting old people on an ice floe may
not be a winning issue for the GOP
Todd: the GOP brilliantly shifted away
from lack of jobs to talk about how
Republicans want to cut Medicare
Cruz: the American people are fed up
with Medicare maybe someday going
to people younger than 55!
Gregory: you go Tom!
Cruz: Ted
Gregory: whatever you’re only a nominee
Cruz: the government has its boot on
the neck of the people!
Noonan: voters are dissatisfied and crave
hope and optimism also someone
who will admit we are broke and
must privatize the social safety net
Dionne: if we’re broke can we at least
raise taxes on billionaires?
Reed: Ryan isn’t serious - he voted for TARP,
tax cuts, wars and drug benefits and none of
it was paid for as long as Bush was President
Cruz: he’s been serious about talking about
cutting spending since Obama became President
Reed: what a damn joke
Dionne: Obama is serious about talking
about cutting too!
Cruz: yes but I hate him so it doesn’t count
Gregory: Saint Rudy tell me about Paul Ryan
Giuiliani: he’s not as dumb as Sarah Palin
Gregory: win
Giuiliani: we have learned since the
Bush recession that government is too big
Gregory: what about Medicare issue
Giuiliani: it’s a risk that talking about it could
ruin the GOP but it’s worth it to privatize
the social safety net
Gregory: should Mitt Romney talk
about his taxes?
Giuiliani: I’m sure it’s a non-issue but he
should he should not reveal them because
it could be very damaging
Gregory: how do you respond to the
charge that Joe Biden made a gaffe
Giuiliani: I’m afraid I must admit that
Joe Biden is a terrible person and a moron
Gregory: and yet he’s Vice President and
you barely avoided prison
Giuiliani: I only said that because I want to
shame the media into making fun of Joe Biden
Todd: be careful - don’t underestimate
Joe Biden - behind those gaffes is
a sharp cookie and a genial genius
Noonan: Joe Biden’s gaffe is the most
important thing ever - but he’s also
loveable senile daffy old man
Gregory: imagine if we had a President like
that Peggy ha ha
Reed: Fluffy you are fucking obsessed
with this - does the name Ted Nugent
mean anything to you
[ break ]
Gregory: who’s going to win the election Chucky?
Todd: if Obama wins Florida Romney can
win every toss-up state and still lose
Gregory: yikes
Dionne: the base of the GOP are old
people who watch Fox constantly but
Medicare gives Obama an opening
Gregory: but shouldn’t we cut Medicare?
Cruz: absolutely!
Gregory: go on Tom
Cruz: we must save Medicare by privatizing it
Gregory: I see
Cruz: we must completely reform
Medicare so it will be there
for younger people
Gregory: in a completely different form
Cruz: exactly
Noonan: Paul Ryan bravely went to
old people in Florida and told them he
was going to give them another trillion dollars
Greg: brilliant
Noonan: the American people know that
America can’t afford Medicare anymore
Reed: y’all are crazy!
Todd: Ted you demand cuts of Medicare
and then bash Obama for taking money
away from Medicare
Cruz: but he gave the money to undeserving
lazy people on Obamacare
Dionne: that’s all total bullshit - Romney
would re-open the doughnut hole
Gregory: glazed or powdered
Dionne: the GOP never liked Medicare and
have always wanted to get rid of it -
let’s talk about that!
Gregory: sorry we can’t - we talked about the
important issues of Joe Biden’s gaffe and
what Giuliani thinks about it so we’re all out of time
Dionne: of course
Gregory: and that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
**************************************************
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David Waldman (@KagroX) & Jay Ackroyd (@jayackroyd) discuss
the past week's political and policy developments. Also listen for
Bobblespeak's Most Ridiculous Moment
Listen live and later
This Week on ABC - August 19, 2012
Guests:
Stephanie Cutter - Obama Campaign
Kevin Madden - Romney Campaign
****************************************
Tapper: OMG politics is so mean!
Obama: Paul Ryan wants Mitt Romney
to pay 1% in taxes!
Madden: yes but this would give poor
Americans an incentive to invest in the
very trustworthy stock market
Cutter: Romney will raise taxes on the
middle class by $2,000 just to give a
big tax cut to rich people
Tapper: it’s a fair cop
Madden: Obama wants to raise to taxes
on our Job Creators®
Cutter: they are Winkelvoss Twins of employment
-- if those people were Job Creators® they
would have created jobs
Tappen: Obama is very mean to talk about
Romney putting a dog on the roof of his car
Cutter: LOL that was hilarious
Madden: Romney is running a very serious
campaign about coal and Obama is dividing
America talking about his favorite chili
Tapper: I hear you but Romney does lie
pretty much all the tie
Madden: that’s true but Obama is a socialist
appeaser who will turn America over to
the Revered Wright and a bunch of Black Panthers
Tapper: Rudy Giuliani says Joe Biden
isn’t very bright
Cutter: did Bernie Kerik tell him to say that?
Tapper: Biden says Republicans are
gonna put y’all back in chains
Cutten: so what - Romney said Wall Street
was chained and shackled
Tapper: Paul Ryan said he would end
the gutting of Medicare which he and
Obama proposed
Madden: Obama destroyed Medicare
and gave the money to lazy people!
Tapper: nice
Madden: also the GOP bravely guts Medicare
for people under 55
Tapper: Did Mitt Romney kill a steelworker’s wife?
Cutter: no no no not at all - Bain Capital did
Tapper: did Obama kill Osama bin Laden?
Madden: No George Bush did -
Obama had nothing to do with it!
Tapper: thanks for this fascinating
discussion guys
****************************************
Stephanie Cutter - Obama Campaign
Kevin Madden - Romney Campaign
****************************************
Tapper: OMG politics is so mean!
Obama: Paul Ryan wants Mitt Romney
to pay 1% in taxes!
Madden: yes but this would give poor
Americans an incentive to invest in the
very trustworthy stock market
Cutter: Romney will raise taxes on the
middle class by $2,000 just to give a
big tax cut to rich people
Tapper: it’s a fair cop
Madden: Obama wants to raise to taxes
on our Job Creators®
Cutter: they are Winkelvoss Twins of employment
-- if those people were Job Creators® they
would have created jobs
Tappen: Obama is very mean to talk about
Romney putting a dog on the roof of his car
Cutter: LOL that was hilarious
Madden: Romney is running a very serious
campaign about coal and Obama is dividing
America talking about his favorite chili
Tapper: I hear you but Romney does lie
pretty much all the tie
Madden: that’s true but Obama is a socialist
appeaser who will turn America over to
the Revered Wright and a bunch of Black Panthers
Tapper: Rudy Giuliani says Joe Biden
isn’t very bright
Cutter: did Bernie Kerik tell him to say that?
Tapper: Biden says Republicans are
gonna put y’all back in chains
Cutten: so what - Romney said Wall Street
was chained and shackled
Tapper: Paul Ryan said he would end
the gutting of Medicare which he and
Obama proposed
Madden: Obama destroyed Medicare
and gave the money to lazy people!
Tapper: nice
Madden: also the GOP bravely guts Medicare
for people under 55
Tapper: Did Mitt Romney kill a steelworker’s wife?
Cutter: no no no not at all - Bain Capital did
Tapper: did Obama kill Osama bin Laden?
Madden: No George Bush did -
Obama had nothing to do with it!
Tapper: thanks for this fascinating
discussion guys
****************************************
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Meet The Press - August 12, 2012
Guests:
Reince Preibus - Chair RNC
Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI)
David Axelrod (Obama Campaign)
Dan Balz
Rachel Maddow
Rich Lowry
Bill Bennett
Rafalca
***************************
Gregory: OMG Paul Ryan is now the
intellectual leader of the Republican Party
Audience: high praise indeed
Reporter: Paul Ryan is going to
campaign without Mitt Romney who
will spend more time with his money
Gregory: Team Romney outwitted
the national political media
Audience: unpossible
Reporter: Journalists didn’t recognize
Ryan because he was wearing a
baseball cap and also he doesn’t
usually venture out in sunlight
Gregory: I love it
Reporter: then Ryan snuck out the back
of a magic wardrobe in his house and
scampered through the woods
Gregory: he’s like budget-cutting
woodland goblin
[ break ]
Gregory: is this a game-changing choice?
Preibus: America is starving and hungry
Gregory: we all know that
Preibus: this choice shows that Romney
will govern as he campaigned - as a
soulless rich white guy
Gregory: Does Paul Ryan want to put
our elderly out on the street?
Preibus: Obama promised to carpet the world!
Gregory: plush or berber?
Preibus: saxony!
Gregory: naturally
Preibus: Obama ruined our credit rating
Gregory: I thought that was the tea party
Preibus: Obama wants to gut Medicare!
Gregory: Ryan wants to turn
Medicare into a voucher program
Preibus: yes but Obama will bankrupt Medicare
Gregory: my goodness
Preibus: Obama is filthy thief who stole
money from Medicare and gave it to
his lazy friends on welfare
Gregory: those are strong words Reince
Preibus: Fluffy we must save Medicare
for future generations by taking it
away from present generations
Gregory: tell me more
Preibus: Obama loves the sound of his
own voice like some uppity
voice-talking guy
Gregory: and that breathing thing
he does - it never stops
Preibus: we are truly blessed to have
these two white men willing to revoke Medicare
Gregory: Paul Ryan voted for TARP,
bailouts, wars and tax cuts
Preibus: That was completely different
- a Republican was President
Gregory: I see
Preibus: Democrat are criminals who
won’t cut Medicare!
Gregory: Ryan has no foreign policy or
private sector experience
Preibus: Romney ran the Olympics!
Gregory: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Gregory: welcome Governor Walker
Walker: cheesehead rule!
Gregory: let’s to some tough questions
- what is noodling?
Walker: Ryan’s personal life is none
of our business
Gregory: was this a game changing choice?
Walker: Yes - Paul Ryan is adorable!
Gregory: you think America will fall in love?
Walker: Ryan is a great choice and also
Mitt Romney is very courageous for
choosing such a principled nut
Gregory: People don’t want to change Medicare
Walker: Americans deserve better than
a boring national conversation about Medicare
Gregory: it seems like a problem
Walker: don’t worry Fluffers -
Mitt Romney will protect Medicare
from the likes of Paul Ryan
Gregory: I feel so much better now
Walker: Obama won’t protect future
children from current greedy elderly people
Gregory: Do people care more about
the debt or do they want Social Security
and Medicare?
Walker: I am not the second Governor
ever recalled from office
Gregory: winning!
Walker: Romney is very bold for
choosing such a divisive figure as Paul Ryan
Gregory: Can Ryan even carry his home state?
Walker: if he doesn’t it’s because
we’re a certified Blue State®
Gregory: how do you win Wisconsin?
Walker: Noodles!
[ break ]
Gregory: how about Paul Ryan?
Axelrod: Ryan would cut funding for
medical research and nursing homes and
instead give rich people trillions of dollars
Gregory: Paul Ryan would respond to
you by saying DEBT CRISIS
Axelrod: uh huh
Gregory: Ryan says we must destroy the
program in order to save it
Axelrod: Fluffy Obama added eight
years to life of Medicare
Gregory: well that’s not enough
Axelrod: Gingrich called the Ryan plan
right-wing social engineering
Gregory: good - America needs more engineers
Axelrod: Ryan voted for tax cuts,
more wars, bailouts and now he wants
… moar tax cuts!
Gregory: Ryan says Obama had 24
months to fix the Republican recession
and he failed
Axelrod: the GOP gave Obama an
economy shedding 800,000 jobs per month
Gregory: that’s all in the past
Axelrod: the GOP wants to double down on
the ideas that caused a Depression
in the first place
Gregory: forget the petty arguments over unemployment - what is this election all about?
Axelrod: saving the middle class or crushing it
Gregory: Romney says Obama is
very mean for a Super PAC ad saying
a guy was laid off by Bain and he
lost his health insurance and his wife died
Axelrod: here’s the thing about that ad
- it’s all true
Gregory: well it’s not very polite
Axelrod: Meanwhile Romney approved
a totally false ad saying Obama wants
to give welfare money away to undeserving
lazy people
Gregory: speaking of that - our
expert panel is coming up next
[ break ]
Gregory: OMG we’re all in love with Ryan!!
Todd: Mitt 2.0 needed a re-boot
Gregory: I love it
Todd: Romney did some internal polling
and found that after he has campaigned
for six months and no one likes him
Balz: This was as they say a
moment of clarity
Gregory: sweet
Balz: the debate is going to be teh awesome!
Gregory: liberals and conservatives both
love how polarizing Ryan is
Maddow: liberals want the election to
be a choice between keeping Medicare
or getting rid of it
Bennett: I’m begging the American people
to pause for a minute and not reject
Ryan’s crazy ideas out of hand
Gregory: that’s fair
Bennett: you’re gonna have to deal
with Ryan now bitches! It’s on!
Lowry: conservatives are thrilled with
this choice since Romney is a clearly a
loser and a weak candidate
Lowry: Obama accused Romney of
killing people but he has blood on his
hands because he takes money from Medicare
Maddow: Ryan’s plan does that too!
Lowry: but Romney is the nominee so
that doesn’t matter
Maddow: that’s amazing - Ryan is
simultaneously a conservative superhero
for budget-cutting but his budget ideas
are also irrelevant?
Lowry: that’s my story and I’m sticking with it
Todd: um what the fuck Rich?
Lowry: We must cut medicare!
Obama cuts medicare!
Balz: even Republicans can’t stand
Ryan’s batshit ideas
Bennett: Paul Ryan turned Alice Rivlin
into a vampire and she’s perfectly happy
Maddow: we cannot rely solely on the
contentment level of the reluctant undead
Bennett: under Ryan’s bold visionary
plan people could stay on Medicare
if they wanted to
Gregory: well I’m sold
Gregory: Chucky can Romney-Ryan win?
Todd: there are old people in Florida,
Iowa and Pennsylvania and they
kind of like Medicare
Bennett: Obama is wrecking the country
Gregory: I see
Bennett: Romney is like Ronald Reagan
Reagan: don’t drag me into this Bill
Gregory: are voters yearning for
cutting spending?
Maddow: Ryan’s plan is to cut taxes
for rich people and MAGIC
Lowry: everyone knows that when you
cut taxes for rich people revenues go up
Gregory: everyone?
Lowry: yes - look at how popular
Simpson-Bowles is
Maddow: Paul Ryan rejected Simpson-Bowles because it slightly raised taxes
Lowry: Rachel do you support cutting
funds for Medicare - yes or no!
Maddow: I’m not running for office
- Paul Ryan is
Lowry: but only for Vice President -
no one cares about that - now I demand
you answer my question
Gregory: Bill tell me something wonderful
about Paul Ryan
Bennett: when I first met Ryan I told him
I liked sex and drugs and Paul said
no thanks I’m only into money
Gregory: that’s wonderful - what else
Bennett: he’s 2,000 years old, sleeps
underground, has his original heart
and never shot a man in the face
Gregory: what a dreamboat!
[ break ]
Gregory: hi Rafalca
Rafalca: nice to see you Fluffy
Gregory: how were the Olympic games
Rafalca: they were amazing - marching
the opening ceremonies was incredible
although when I saw all those Mary Poppins
I nearly plopped one on the track
Gregory: should you be exempt from
taxes on your Olympic winnings
Rafalca: that doesn’t concern me since
I’m actually a corporation registered
in the Cayman Islands
Gregory: should Mitt release his taxes
about you?
Rafalca: don’t drag me into this -
I’m just a horse who loves to dance
Gregory: what does the future hold for you
Rafalca: I’m aiming to do the hokey-pokey in Rio
Gregory: and that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
*****************************************
Virtually Speaking Sundays
Marcy Wheeler (@emptywheel) and Avedon Carol (@Avedon_Says )
discuss developments of the week, including Mitt Romney's selection of
Paul Ryan on the GOP ticket. Featuring Culture of Truth's weekly commentary
on the Sunday News Shows: The Most Ridiculous Thing that happened this Sunday.
6:00 p.m. pacific | 9:00 p.m. eastern
Listen live and later at BlogTalkRadio
Reince Preibus - Chair RNC
Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI)
David Axelrod (Obama Campaign)
Dan Balz
Rachel Maddow
Rich Lowry
Bill Bennett
Rafalca
***************************
Gregory: OMG Paul Ryan is now the
intellectual leader of the Republican Party
Audience: high praise indeed
Reporter: Paul Ryan is going to
campaign without Mitt Romney who
will spend more time with his money
Gregory: Team Romney outwitted
the national political media
Audience: unpossible
Reporter: Journalists didn’t recognize
Ryan because he was wearing a
baseball cap and also he doesn’t
usually venture out in sunlight
Gregory: I love it
Reporter: then Ryan snuck out the back
of a magic wardrobe in his house and
scampered through the woods
Gregory: he’s like budget-cutting
woodland goblin
[ break ]
Gregory: is this a game-changing choice?
Preibus: America is starving and hungry
Gregory: we all know that
Preibus: this choice shows that Romney
will govern as he campaigned - as a
soulless rich white guy
Gregory: Does Paul Ryan want to put
our elderly out on the street?
Preibus: Obama promised to carpet the world!
Gregory: plush or berber?
Preibus: saxony!
Gregory: naturally
Preibus: Obama ruined our credit rating
Gregory: I thought that was the tea party
Preibus: Obama wants to gut Medicare!
Gregory: Ryan wants to turn
Medicare into a voucher program
Preibus: yes but Obama will bankrupt Medicare
Gregory: my goodness
Preibus: Obama is filthy thief who stole
money from Medicare and gave it to
his lazy friends on welfare
Gregory: those are strong words Reince
Preibus: Fluffy we must save Medicare
for future generations by taking it
away from present generations
Gregory: tell me more
Preibus: Obama loves the sound of his
own voice like some uppity
voice-talking guy
Gregory: and that breathing thing
he does - it never stops
Preibus: we are truly blessed to have
these two white men willing to revoke Medicare
Gregory: Paul Ryan voted for TARP,
bailouts, wars and tax cuts
Preibus: That was completely different
- a Republican was President
Gregory: I see
Preibus: Democrat are criminals who
won’t cut Medicare!
Gregory: Ryan has no foreign policy or
private sector experience
Preibus: Romney ran the Olympics!
Gregory: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Gregory: welcome Governor Walker
Walker: cheesehead rule!
Gregory: let’s to some tough questions
- what is noodling?
Walker: Ryan’s personal life is none
of our business
Gregory: was this a game changing choice?
Walker: Yes - Paul Ryan is adorable!
Gregory: you think America will fall in love?
Walker: Ryan is a great choice and also
Mitt Romney is very courageous for
choosing such a principled nut
Gregory: People don’t want to change Medicare
Walker: Americans deserve better than
a boring national conversation about Medicare
Gregory: it seems like a problem
Walker: don’t worry Fluffers -
Mitt Romney will protect Medicare
from the likes of Paul Ryan
Gregory: I feel so much better now
Walker: Obama won’t protect future
children from current greedy elderly people
Gregory: Do people care more about
the debt or do they want Social Security
and Medicare?
Walker: I am not the second Governor
ever recalled from office
Gregory: winning!
Walker: Romney is very bold for
choosing such a divisive figure as Paul Ryan
Gregory: Can Ryan even carry his home state?
Walker: if he doesn’t it’s because
we’re a certified Blue State®
Gregory: how do you win Wisconsin?
Walker: Noodles!
[ break ]
Gregory: how about Paul Ryan?
Axelrod: Ryan would cut funding for
medical research and nursing homes and
instead give rich people trillions of dollars
Gregory: Paul Ryan would respond to
you by saying DEBT CRISIS
Axelrod: uh huh
Gregory: Ryan says we must destroy the
program in order to save it
Axelrod: Fluffy Obama added eight
years to life of Medicare
Gregory: well that’s not enough
Axelrod: Gingrich called the Ryan plan
right-wing social engineering
Gregory: good - America needs more engineers
Axelrod: Ryan voted for tax cuts,
more wars, bailouts and now he wants
… moar tax cuts!
Gregory: Ryan says Obama had 24
months to fix the Republican recession
and he failed
Axelrod: the GOP gave Obama an
economy shedding 800,000 jobs per month
Gregory: that’s all in the past
Axelrod: the GOP wants to double down on
the ideas that caused a Depression
in the first place
Gregory: forget the petty arguments over unemployment - what is this election all about?
Axelrod: saving the middle class or crushing it
Gregory: Romney says Obama is
very mean for a Super PAC ad saying
a guy was laid off by Bain and he
lost his health insurance and his wife died
Axelrod: here’s the thing about that ad
- it’s all true
Gregory: well it’s not very polite
Axelrod: Meanwhile Romney approved
a totally false ad saying Obama wants
to give welfare money away to undeserving
lazy people
Gregory: speaking of that - our
expert panel is coming up next
[ break ]
Gregory: OMG we’re all in love with Ryan!!
Todd: Mitt 2.0 needed a re-boot
Gregory: I love it
Todd: Romney did some internal polling
and found that after he has campaigned
for six months and no one likes him
Balz: This was as they say a
moment of clarity
Gregory: sweet
Balz: the debate is going to be teh awesome!
Gregory: liberals and conservatives both
love how polarizing Ryan is
Maddow: liberals want the election to
be a choice between keeping Medicare
or getting rid of it
Bennett: I’m begging the American people
to pause for a minute and not reject
Ryan’s crazy ideas out of hand
Gregory: that’s fair
Bennett: you’re gonna have to deal
with Ryan now bitches! It’s on!
Lowry: conservatives are thrilled with
this choice since Romney is a clearly a
loser and a weak candidate
Lowry: Obama accused Romney of
killing people but he has blood on his
hands because he takes money from Medicare
Maddow: Ryan’s plan does that too!
Lowry: but Romney is the nominee so
that doesn’t matter
Maddow: that’s amazing - Ryan is
simultaneously a conservative superhero
for budget-cutting but his budget ideas
are also irrelevant?
Lowry: that’s my story and I’m sticking with it
Todd: um what the fuck Rich?
Lowry: We must cut medicare!
Obama cuts medicare!
Balz: even Republicans can’t stand
Ryan’s batshit ideas
Bennett: Paul Ryan turned Alice Rivlin
into a vampire and she’s perfectly happy
Maddow: we cannot rely solely on the
contentment level of the reluctant undead
Bennett: under Ryan’s bold visionary
plan people could stay on Medicare
if they wanted to
Gregory: well I’m sold
Gregory: Chucky can Romney-Ryan win?
Todd: there are old people in Florida,
Iowa and Pennsylvania and they
kind of like Medicare
Bennett: Obama is wrecking the country
Gregory: I see
Bennett: Romney is like Ronald Reagan
Reagan: don’t drag me into this Bill
Gregory: are voters yearning for
cutting spending?
Maddow: Ryan’s plan is to cut taxes
for rich people and MAGIC
Lowry: everyone knows that when you
cut taxes for rich people revenues go up
Gregory: everyone?
Lowry: yes - look at how popular
Simpson-Bowles is
Maddow: Paul Ryan rejected Simpson-Bowles because it slightly raised taxes
Lowry: Rachel do you support cutting
funds for Medicare - yes or no!
Maddow: I’m not running for office
- Paul Ryan is
Lowry: but only for Vice President -
no one cares about that - now I demand
you answer my question
Gregory: Bill tell me something wonderful
about Paul Ryan
Bennett: when I first met Ryan I told him
I liked sex and drugs and Paul said
no thanks I’m only into money
Gregory: that’s wonderful - what else
Bennett: he’s 2,000 years old, sleeps
underground, has his original heart
and never shot a man in the face
Gregory: what a dreamboat!
[ break ]
Gregory: hi Rafalca
Rafalca: nice to see you Fluffy
Gregory: how were the Olympic games
Rafalca: they were amazing - marching
the opening ceremonies was incredible
although when I saw all those Mary Poppins
I nearly plopped one on the track
Gregory: should you be exempt from
taxes on your Olympic winnings
Rafalca: that doesn’t concern me since
I’m actually a corporation registered
in the Cayman Islands
Gregory: should Mitt release his taxes
about you?
Rafalca: don’t drag me into this -
I’m just a horse who loves to dance
Gregory: what does the future hold for you
Rafalca: I’m aiming to do the hokey-pokey in Rio
Gregory: and that’s another episode
of Meet The Press
*****************************************
Virtually Speaking Sundays
Marcy Wheeler (@emptywheel) and Avedon Carol (@Avedon_Says )
discuss developments of the week, including Mitt Romney's selection of
Paul Ryan on the GOP ticket. Featuring Culture of Truth's weekly commentary
on the Sunday News Shows: The Most Ridiculous Thing that happened this Sunday.
6:00 p.m. pacific | 9:00 p.m. eastern
Listen live and later at BlogTalkRadio
This Week with George Stephanopoulos - August 12, 2012
Guests:
Fmr. Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)
David Axelrod (Obama Campaign)
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA)
Howard Dean
Paul Gigot
Cokie Roberts
Peggy Noonan
******************************
Stephanopoulos: wow Romney chose
Paul Ryan to be his Vice President!
Karl: ha Paul Ryan snuck through his
back door into the woods -
the media had no clue
Stephanopoulos: we all know that
Karl: it’s not everyone who can fool
the Beltway media
Stephanopoulos: Ryan has energized
this campaign!
Karl: it’s so on now right now!
Stephanopoulos: but they aren’t
campaigning together
Karl: it’s divide and conquer
Stephanopoulos: do even know
what ‘divide and conquers means?
Karl: um
Stephanopoulos: Axel what
about Paul Ryan?
Axelrod: he’s a scary right-wing
ideologue who would defund
science and education
Stephanopoulos: science is overrated
Axelrod: did I mention he wants
to privatize social security
Stephanopoulos: Ryan is going right
after Obama - does that scare you
Axelrod: Ryan would raise taxes on
the middle class and give rich
people a big tax cut
Stephanopoulos: Mitt Romney says
they will save Medicare from Obama
who steals money from it
Axelrod: Romney’s plan does the same thing
Stephanopoulos: but Paul Ryan
is the nominee now
Axelrod: they also turn Medicare
into a voucher program
Stephanopoulos: that’s good because
Americans love to clip coupons
Axelrod: Ryan doesn’t even think
Medicare should exist
Stephanopoulos: will Ryan carry swing states?
Axelrod: only those that hate women,
medical research and the middle class
Stephanopoulos: a Super PAC ad implies
Romney was responsible for
an employee’s wife’s death
Axelrod: Romney approved an ad that
lies about welfare
Stephanopoulos: still it’s very mean
Axelrod: it’s all true though
[ break ]
Stephanopoulos: Tim you are two-time
loser in the race for Vice President -
no offense but that’s kind of pathetic
Pawlenty: [ sobs ]
Stephanopoulos: you must have a sad
Pawlenty: Obama is not an adult
Stephanopoulos: is Paul Ryan an extremist?
Pawlenty: the American people love
people who tell them hard truths
and give money to rich people
Stephanopoulos: that is so true
Pawlenty: the American people realized
the debt is important in January of 2009
Stephanopoulos: of course
Pawlenty: Obama is the real extremist
for cutting $700 billion from Medicare
Stephanopoulos: what about the Ryan plan?
Pawlenty: under Ryan’s plan people
could still stay on Medicare if they want
Stephanopoulos: with $6,000 less
Pawlenty: you would think the President
would have the courage to cut
Medicare but he won’t
Stephanopoulos: you just accused him
of cutting $700 billion from Medicare
Pawlenty: see - he’s evil!
Stephanopoulos: Ryan is only a
House member and he’s spent life
inside the Beltway
Pawlenty: don’t worry - Romney and Ryan
have got the Bush foreign policy
team advising them
Stephanopoulos: what a relief
Pawlenty: Romney knows all about
foreign countries - he has bank
accounts all over the world!
Stephanopoulos: is Romney lying about
Obama moving people from welfare to work?
Pawlenty: it would be very easy for
Obama to clear this up - just release
the President’s orders!
Stephanopoulos: heh
Pawlenty: Obama should have the
basic decency to take responsibility
for a Super PAC ad he isn’t responsible for
Stephanopoulos: will picking Ryan
change the tone of the campaign?
Pawlenty: Obama surrendered to Russia,
betrayed the Czech republic
and keeps raising taxes
Stephanopoulos: actually Obama has cut taxes
Pawlenty: not in my mind
Stephanopoulos: did you give Mitt
more than 2 years of tax returns
Pawlenty: damn right I did
Stephanopoulos: sorry about losing again loser
Pawlenty: [ sobs ]
[ break ]
Stephanopoulos: you really wanted
Paul Ryan didn’t you
Gigot: I’ve known him since he was
22 years old and Ryan is one of the
most serious and thoughtful vampires I’ve met
Stephanopoulos: oh good
Gigot: Romney cannot win this election
attacking Obama so he turned to
Paul Ryan to close the deal
Dean: hey I’ve got a great idea -
let’s turn Medicare into a voucher program!
Stephanopoulos: Mitt went with his instincts
Noonan: when Romney was with Bain
he had a great eye for those who
could best suck the life out of companies
Newsom: he’s a young good-looking
policy wonk - what’s not to like?
Stephanopoulos: that says it all Gavin
Newsom: except for alienating all
old people - and also young people
Roberts: even Catholic bishops attacked Paul Ryan’s budget
Gigot: Obama cut $700 billion from Medicare!
Newsom: So does Ryan
Gigot: Obama wants unelected panelists
to cut Medicare - only unelected
judges should do that
Dean: Romney’s big problem is that
people think he’s heartless and doesn’t
care about them - I don’t think bringing
on a zombie is going to help
Noonan: Spending is out of control
since 2009!!
Stephanopoulos: wow
Noonan: Ryan must tell old people he
is trying to save Medicare for their
grandchildren by getting rid of it for
their ungrateful children
Roberts: also he must bravely tell rich
people he is willing cut their taxes
Gigot: Romney has been very specific
that he will end loopholes
Dean: name one
Gigot: quit bugging me
Dean: Get rid of Medicare! Are we insane?
Roberts: but Ryan is a good looking young man
Newsom: that is true
Newsom: Ryan wants to cut taxes for
rich people another thirty percent
Noonan: blue collar workers ruined California!
Stephanopoulos: do tell Peggy
Noonan: the left and right all know we
must embrace Paul Ryan’s serious plan
of wars, tax cuts, bailouts, pork for his
district and ending Medicare
Gigot: Ryan’s plan is just like Simpson Bowles
except without higher taxes to pay for stuff
Dean: the man is a radical and a nut
Noonan: it’s a busy bouncy tweeting
world not worthy of a man like
Saint Paul of Janesville
Roberts: ending Medicare is open
to mean demagoguery
Gigot: America is in decline therefore
we need to turn Medicare into
a voucher program
Roberts: Do people think Romney
cares about them?
Gigot: certainly - some of his best friends
know some regular poor people
Noonan: Democrats want to kill Paul Ryan
Roberts: I like Ryan - he’s cute
Noonan: he’s not the type of person who
would push his grandmother off a cliff -
at least not without a good reason
Newsom: forget demagoguery -
the facts are scary enough
Roberts: Obama has a ridiculous ad with
silly women talking about their
“reproductive rights” - it’s pandering!
Stephanopoulos: what should he have done
Roberts: Obama should run an ad
taking credit for U.S. female Olympic athletes
Noonan: the British disappointed me
by throwing the Queen out of a helicopter
Stephanopoulos: and there really is
nothing more to be said
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Fmr. Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)
David Axelrod (Obama Campaign)
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA)
Howard Dean
Paul Gigot
Cokie Roberts
Peggy Noonan
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Stephanopoulos: wow Romney chose
Paul Ryan to be his Vice President!
Karl: ha Paul Ryan snuck through his
back door into the woods -
the media had no clue
Stephanopoulos: we all know that
Karl: it’s not everyone who can fool
the Beltway media
Stephanopoulos: Ryan has energized
this campaign!
Karl: it’s so on now right now!
Stephanopoulos: but they aren’t
campaigning together
Karl: it’s divide and conquer
Stephanopoulos: do even know
what ‘divide and conquers means?
Karl: um
Stephanopoulos: Axel what
about Paul Ryan?
Axelrod: he’s a scary right-wing
ideologue who would defund
science and education
Stephanopoulos: science is overrated
Axelrod: did I mention he wants
to privatize social security
Stephanopoulos: Ryan is going right
after Obama - does that scare you
Axelrod: Ryan would raise taxes on
the middle class and give rich
people a big tax cut
Stephanopoulos: Mitt Romney says
they will save Medicare from Obama
who steals money from it
Axelrod: Romney’s plan does the same thing
Stephanopoulos: but Paul Ryan
is the nominee now
Axelrod: they also turn Medicare
into a voucher program
Stephanopoulos: that’s good because
Americans love to clip coupons
Axelrod: Ryan doesn’t even think
Medicare should exist
Stephanopoulos: will Ryan carry swing states?
Axelrod: only those that hate women,
medical research and the middle class
Stephanopoulos: a Super PAC ad implies
Romney was responsible for
an employee’s wife’s death
Axelrod: Romney approved an ad that
lies about welfare
Stephanopoulos: still it’s very mean
Axelrod: it’s all true though
[ break ]
Stephanopoulos: Tim you are two-time
loser in the race for Vice President -
no offense but that’s kind of pathetic
Pawlenty: [ sobs ]
Stephanopoulos: you must have a sad
Pawlenty: Obama is not an adult
Stephanopoulos: is Paul Ryan an extremist?
Pawlenty: the American people love
people who tell them hard truths
and give money to rich people
Stephanopoulos: that is so true
Pawlenty: the American people realized
the debt is important in January of 2009
Stephanopoulos: of course
Pawlenty: Obama is the real extremist
for cutting $700 billion from Medicare
Stephanopoulos: what about the Ryan plan?
Pawlenty: under Ryan’s plan people
could still stay on Medicare if they want
Stephanopoulos: with $6,000 less
Pawlenty: you would think the President
would have the courage to cut
Medicare but he won’t
Stephanopoulos: you just accused him
of cutting $700 billion from Medicare
Pawlenty: see - he’s evil!
Stephanopoulos: Ryan is only a
House member and he’s spent life
inside the Beltway
Pawlenty: don’t worry - Romney and Ryan
have got the Bush foreign policy
team advising them
Stephanopoulos: what a relief
Pawlenty: Romney knows all about
foreign countries - he has bank
accounts all over the world!
Stephanopoulos: is Romney lying about
Obama moving people from welfare to work?
Pawlenty: it would be very easy for
Obama to clear this up - just release
the President’s orders!
Stephanopoulos: heh
Pawlenty: Obama should have the
basic decency to take responsibility
for a Super PAC ad he isn’t responsible for
Stephanopoulos: will picking Ryan
change the tone of the campaign?
Pawlenty: Obama surrendered to Russia,
betrayed the Czech republic
and keeps raising taxes
Stephanopoulos: actually Obama has cut taxes
Pawlenty: not in my mind
Stephanopoulos: did you give Mitt
more than 2 years of tax returns
Pawlenty: damn right I did
Stephanopoulos: sorry about losing again loser
Pawlenty: [ sobs ]
[ break ]
Stephanopoulos: you really wanted
Paul Ryan didn’t you
Gigot: I’ve known him since he was
22 years old and Ryan is one of the
most serious and thoughtful vampires I’ve met
Stephanopoulos: oh good
Gigot: Romney cannot win this election
attacking Obama so he turned to
Paul Ryan to close the deal
Dean: hey I’ve got a great idea -
let’s turn Medicare into a voucher program!
Stephanopoulos: Mitt went with his instincts
Noonan: when Romney was with Bain
he had a great eye for those who
could best suck the life out of companies
Newsom: he’s a young good-looking
policy wonk - what’s not to like?
Stephanopoulos: that says it all Gavin
Newsom: except for alienating all
old people - and also young people
Roberts: even Catholic bishops attacked Paul Ryan’s budget
Gigot: Obama cut $700 billion from Medicare!
Newsom: So does Ryan
Gigot: Obama wants unelected panelists
to cut Medicare - only unelected
judges should do that
Dean: Romney’s big problem is that
people think he’s heartless and doesn’t
care about them - I don’t think bringing
on a zombie is going to help
Noonan: Spending is out of control
since 2009!!
Stephanopoulos: wow
Noonan: Ryan must tell old people he
is trying to save Medicare for their
grandchildren by getting rid of it for
their ungrateful children
Roberts: also he must bravely tell rich
people he is willing cut their taxes
Gigot: Romney has been very specific
that he will end loopholes
Dean: name one
Gigot: quit bugging me
Dean: Get rid of Medicare! Are we insane?
Roberts: but Ryan is a good looking young man
Newsom: that is true
Newsom: Ryan wants to cut taxes for
rich people another thirty percent
Noonan: blue collar workers ruined California!
Stephanopoulos: do tell Peggy
Noonan: the left and right all know we
must embrace Paul Ryan’s serious plan
of wars, tax cuts, bailouts, pork for his
district and ending Medicare
Gigot: Ryan’s plan is just like Simpson Bowles
except without higher taxes to pay for stuff
Dean: the man is a radical and a nut
Noonan: it’s a busy bouncy tweeting
world not worthy of a man like
Saint Paul of Janesville
Roberts: ending Medicare is open
to mean demagoguery
Gigot: America is in decline therefore
we need to turn Medicare into
a voucher program
Roberts: Do people think Romney
cares about them?
Gigot: certainly - some of his best friends
know some regular poor people
Noonan: Democrats want to kill Paul Ryan
Roberts: I like Ryan - he’s cute
Noonan: he’s not the type of person who
would push his grandmother off a cliff -
at least not without a good reason
Newsom: forget demagoguery -
the facts are scary enough
Roberts: Obama has a ridiculous ad with
silly women talking about their
“reproductive rights” - it’s pandering!
Stephanopoulos: what should he have done
Roberts: Obama should run an ad
taking credit for U.S. female Olympic athletes
Noonan: the British disappointed me
by throwing the Queen out of a helicopter
Stephanopoulos: and there really is
nothing more to be said
**********************************
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