Guests:
Richard
Engel
Haley
Barbour
Amy
Walter
Michael
Gerson
Nia-Malika
Henderson
Robert
Gibbs
Jeh
Johnson – Sec. Dept of Homeland Security
Alan
Kuperman
Rep.
Charlie Dent (D-PA)
Sherrilyn
Ifill, President NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Cynthia
McFadden
Beau
Willimon – Exec. Producer,
House of Cards
House of Cards
Todd:
OMG President Obama
won't
say radical islam
Audience:
that's rad
Todd:
Republicans say they
are
mad
at Obama but Bush and
Cheney
also said terrorism
was
not true islam
Bush:
Islam is Peace!
Todd:
omg it's cable catnip –
Rudy
Giuliani said Obama
doesn't
love America
Todd:
Americans
hate politics and
the
media because
of what
Rudy said
and
also obsessing over what Rudy said
Todd:
he's desperate to stay relevant
but
the media are to blame
Rudy:
Obama criticizes America
but
I'm not racist because
he
went
to white schools
Todd:
I'm not sure it
works that way
Rudy:
Obama is a Commie!
Todd:
Democrats are equally to
blame
because they
are enjoying this
Todd:
Rubio took the high road but
Scott
Walker ducked the issue and
Bobby
Jindal said Obama is
a
foreigner
with a funny name
[
break ]
Todd:
welcome Mr Barbour
Barbour:
good morning Charles
Todd:
is
Rudy not polite enough?
Barbour:
Obama caused the
recession
in 2007!
Todd:
okay but what about
calling
the President of the
United
States un-American
Barbour:
Democrats are to
blame
for what Rudy said!
Todd:
should we care even
what
Giuliani
says about anything
–
after
all his father was an
un-American criminal
un-American criminal
Barbour:
Democrats want to
change
the
subject from Obama's failed
decision
to invade Iraq in 2003!
Todd:
Scott Walker won't
say
if
Obama is a Christian
Barbour:
Chris Christie is a
great American!
Todd:
but did Walker mess
up?
Barbour:
Scott Walker was
just
saying that Obama is lying
about
being a Christian
Todd:
wait what?
Barbour:
exactly
Todd:
no one else gets asked
whether
they love America or if
they
are a genuine Christian
except
the first black President
– is
this racist?
Barbour:
I don't get that
because
of
a lot of black people are Christians
more
than whites probably
who
may
be Hebrews
Todd:
so saying the
twice-elected
African-American
President
secretly
hates the country and
wants
to destroy it is not racial
Barbour:
we want to talk
about
Obama's
failed policies – ten years
ago
the economy was booming
and
Obama wrecked it
Todd:
should Rudy Giuliani
apologize
Barbour:
Giuliani is a war
hero!
[
break ]
Todd:
panel I
hate this story and it
brings
out the worst in the press
and
politicians and so let's talk
about
it some more
Walter:
welcome to
the
NFL Mr. Walker!
Gerson:
you can't talk in public
like
the voices your hear
in
your
head or on talk
radio
Todd:
right
Gerson:
Walker is not
ready
for prime time
Todd:
Ron Fournier says the Internet
turned
Republicans into
assholes
Henderson:
for pete's sake
Haley
Barbour just said
Obama
has
faked his Christianity for 25 years
Todd:
the Internet makes liberals
called
conservatives fascists
which
makes me sad
Gibbs:
this is campaigning
101 –
if
someone asks you if the Christian
President
is a Christian then
you say yes
Todd:
that makes sense
Gibbs:
Rudy blew so many
dog
whistles he ended
up
winning best in show at
the
Westminster Dog Show
Todd:
good one Bob
Gibbs:
if you can't answer the
easy
questions you not ready
to
run for President
Walter:
Governor Walker is still learning
Gibbs:
Chuck
assume you love
the
country since you have so
many
flags on this set
Todd:
I do I really do
[
break ]
Todd:
OMG ISIS has spread to Egypt!
Engel:
Libya is much like
Italy –
it
has a Mediterranean climate,
nice
beaches, and is a totally lawless land
Kuperman:
just like
Bush in Iraq
Obama
took a stable ally in Libya
and
attacked and wrecked it
Todd:
oops
Engel:
Obama fucked up by
overthrowing
Gaddaffi allowing
radicals
to overrun Libya
Engel:
then he screwed up
again
by
not overthrowing Assad allowing
radicals
to overrun Syria
Todd:
I think I follow
Engel:
now the US has to
invade and
occupy
Iraq against
because the
U.S.
overthrew
Hussein and ISIS
overran
that country
Todd:
I'm sensing a pattern
Engel:
what is Obama's plan
to
stabilize Iraq and
Syria and
Libya
and Yemen
and
Egypt
and Afghanistan?
Todd:
coast guard?
Engel:
Obama seems to have
no
plan to fix the whole world
– it's
very frustrating
Todd:
thanks for coming Richard
[
break ]
Todd:
OMG you said the
Mall
of America is about
to
be attacked today!
Johnson:
that's right Todd
Todd:
that's crazy and
scary
Johnson:
ISIS is on the internet
now
causing American teenagers
to
want to attack a mall
Todd:
so are there more
mall
cops at the mall?
Johnson:
that's right –
they've
formed
a ring of steel around
the
food court
Todd:
wow what else
Johnson:
we've stationed trained
german
shepards in front of the Gap,
the
Apple store, and Yankee Candle
Todd:
not Auntie Anne's?
Johnson:
the dogs keep eating the pretzels
Todd:
they are addictive
Johnson:
I personally will be
guarding
the Cinnabon
Todd:
sounds like you've
got
all the bases covered
Johnson:
we're professionals
David
Todd:
should people just not
go
to the mall and
maybe go
outside
or read a book or
spend
time with their
families
Johnson:
now who's
un-American?
Todd:
if the President
used
the
phrase 'radical
islam'
would
the war
be over?
Johnson:
ISIL is hijacking
Islam!
Todd:
that's not very nice
Johnson:
if we call them
Muslims
it
dignifies
ISIS which is what they want
Todd:
if Homeland Security
runs
out
of money what happens
Johnson:
30,000 Americans
protecting
you
from terrorists will be furloughed
and
you will probably be killed
Todd:
oh shit
Johnson:
also immigrants
will
flood across the border!
Todd:
well that does it
[
break ]
Todd:
welcome Senator Corker
Corker:
hi Chuck
Todd:
does it matter what we call terrorists?
Corker:
they are islamic extremists
and
they are about
to attack America
Todd:
we all know that
Corker:
we must reluctantly invade
and
occupy Iraq again
but this
time
in sober and
sensible way
Todd:
Kayla Mueller's parents
understand
why the U.S. doesn't
pay
ransom but say that policy
shouldn't
apply if an American
is
actually kidnapped
Corker:
if the U.S. paid ransom it
would
encourage more kidnappings
and
involve a lot of paperwork
Todd:
ISIS is enslaving people
Corker:
yes they are – it's
one
of many evil things they do
Todd:
they really are up there
on
the scale of being really evil
Corker:
the American people
have
to understand that invading
and
occupying Iraq is
going to be difficult
Todd:
oh you think so?
Corker:
I have it on good authority
Todd:
and you have a plan to
end
slavery around the world
Corker:
yes I
have a bill to
end
slavery by businesses
Todd:
the free market hasn't
solved
this problem?
Corker:
incredibly no
Todd:
do
Republicans hate
immigrants
so
much they will shut down Homeland
Security?
Corker:
that's a tough call
[
break ]
Todd:
the Supreme Court said
there
is no more racism and
gutted
the Voting Rights Act
Ifill:
the court provide a guide
to
fix the law but of course
Congress
has done nothing
Todd:
you're one of the only
Republicans
who wants to fix it
Dent:
I believe there are many
Republicans
who secretly care
about
voting rights
Todd:
they're hiding it well
Dent:
our bill strikes the right balance
between
support the right to vote
and
totally suppressing it
Todd:
voter ID is the sticking point
Ifill:
a Texas judge ruled that voter ID
was
passed for the purpose of
discriminating
against minority
voters
Todd:
that sounds about
right
Ifill:
if we want to honor the civil
rights
movement we need fix the law
Todd:
Congressman
what
about voter ID
Dent:
voter fraud is a huge problem –
Republicans
are going to insist on
voter
ID to prevent all
this fraud!
Ifill:
if you care so much about
fraud
and voting rights why
not
expand early voting?
Dent:
lol that's funny
[
break ]
Todd:
American Sniper is
Red State
and
Birdman is Blue State
Todd:
ooh a behind-the-scenes
look
at House of Cards
McFadden:
like many Americans
Kevin
Spacey is frustrated with
Washington
because both sides do it
Spacey:
no it's one side –
the
Republican party is blocking
everything
the President is doing
McFadden:
derp
McFadden:
are you a cynic?
Willimon:
no Frank Underwood
is an optimist
McFadden:
oh come one
Willimon:
he get things done!
[
break ]
Todd:
Republicans are attacking
Obama
for saying we are
not at
war
with Islam when Bush and
Cheney
said the same thing
Gerson:
that's right
Todd:
so Obama is right?
Gerson:
ISIS want a holy war
–
you'd
being playing right into their hands!
Todd:
wow
Gerson:
we need muslim
allies
in
the war on terror – you can't alienate them!
Todd:
Bill Kristol wrote something interesting
Walter:
I find that hard to believe
Todd:
he says the GOP is
sleepwalking
to defeat in 2016
Walter:
the election is 600 days away
Todd:
Iowa is only 300 days!
Walter:
we've spent your
whole
show on irrelevant stuff
Todd:
true
Walter:
but there
are some
good
GOP candidates out there
Todd:
really?
Walter:
it's possible
Todd:
Hillary works with Saudi Arabia!
Gibbs:
they are a U.S. ally
Todd:
but they're muslim
foreigners
Gibbs:
Giuliani works for Qatar
and
you didn't mention that
Todd:
like I have time to
list
every
bad thing Rudy does
in
a one-hour show
Gibbs:
fair point
Todd:
who's your favorite fictional President?
Gerson:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
from
the Simpsons
Henderson:
Selena Meyer from
Veep
Walter:
Lisa Simpson
Gibbs:
President Josiah Bartlett!
Todd:
Harrison Ford
Henderson:
get off my plane!
Todd:
and that's another
episode
of Meet The Press
