An important moment on Bill Maher Friday

[Nancy Waterman]

Michael Brendan Dougherty, a conservative and one of the guests, said he had talked with a Republican senator who told him that McConnell has pointedly told his caucus to NOT PASS ANYTHING until the election. We all know they are purposefully crashing the economy for political gain, but this was proof, from a conservative, on the air, that it is so. I would love to see a video of this go viral. Does anyone have the clip of this?

[rhett o rick]

1. kick

[AnotherMcIntosh]

2. Maybe it is time to stop being a "Centrist"?

[Auntie Bush]

3. K&R But we all new it anyway...but nice to have proof.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. this might be the video you are looking for

[siligut]

5. It starts at 8:49

The part where he says that Sen. Mitch McConnell told them not make a single move between now and the election.

[valerief]

7. Thanks. BTW, who tossed a flour-bomb on Waters' jacket? nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. is that what happened? really? I thought he was just wearing a weird jacket... he has his own style

for sure

[valerief]

12. Well, I was just being sarcastic, but maybe someone did flour-bomb him. Ha! nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. heh-heh .... he is such a delicious character. love him!

[liam_laddie]

17. Waters' jacket...

I thought he took a 3" paint roller with a load of light gray paint and went at it. Strange indeed.

[Capt.Rocky300]

28. My wife said it looked.....

like it had been in the closet so long it had mildew growing on it. But he wore it anyway.

[valerief]

30. Me, too! Even if he wasn't such a sweetie, I'd love him for the moustache alone. nt

[dmr]

37. I LOVE his facial expressions!

He gets me giggling a lot! He's not only funny, he's smart. I love smart & funny!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

53. best combination going!

[Hissyspit]

43. He hitchhiked to California:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-05-25/features/bal-john-waters-hitchhiking-journey-ends-book-chronicling-it-to-be-called-carsick-20120525_1_john-waters-hitchhiking-journey-carsick

John Waters hitchhiking journey ends -- book chronicling it to be called 'Carsick'


May 25, 2012

After eight days, 15 rides and who knows how much peculiarity, John Waters has wrapped his cross-country, "Zen-like," hitchhiking journey and plans to recount his adventures in a book he'd like to call "Carsick."

The New York Times just spoke to Waters, who's coming down from his adventure in San Francisco, where he has an apartment. We learned yesterday that Waters reached his destination in no small part thanks to a 20-year-old Maryland councilman, who drove the filmmaker through several legs of the trip and for his troubles, earned a key to Waters' San Francisco pad and a personal tour of the city.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

52. that should be a fun book! thanks for the link

[Nancy Waterman]

21. This is exactly what I was looking for!!

Thank you!! Do you have a link to it that I could send around?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. remove the extra dot & question mark ---

htt://www..youtube.com/watch??v=IP0pQQONUik

[Nancy Waterman]

26. thank you

xx

[Tuesday Afternoon]

33. yw

[Make7]

35. Oops! Replied to wrong post. ( n/t )

Here's a link that skips over the beginning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=7m45s&v=IP0pQQONUik

(You can change the start time to whatever you want by editing the minute and second information after the t=.)

[pacalo]

39. Thank you, Make7. You are the best in providing coding tips!

[Make7]

36. Here's a link that skips over the beginning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=7m45s&v=IP0pQQONUik

(You can change the start time to whatever you want by editing the minute and second information after the t=.)

[drynberg]

27. Thanks a whole bunch, really.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

32. yw

[Marr]

50. That conservative seems completely reasonable.

How bizarre.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

54. mos def

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. I liked this guy a lot! If Dems are smart, I would

follow up with this guy/senator and get to it!

[Gregorian]

8. Thanks. I've been wanting to hear something like this.

Until now it has just been speculation. At least for us outsiders.

[Nancy Waterman]

48. Exactly!

Many of us knew it was true but to have them actually admit it, to me, seems like a big deal. There are many who think it might be true but cannot quite believe it. After all, it seems pretty treasonous if true. E..J Dionne in the video describes the confusion well: do they really want to crash the economy for political gain, or do they actually believe lower taxes and spending cuts will help. Many are stuck with this question and don't go the extra step. This clip makes it clear.

[Doctor_J]

9. What prupose do you think would be served by the video going viral?

Repukes all agree with the concept, and Dems can't do anything about it. So what's the point?

[daleanime]

15. Indepentants?

[awoke_in_2003]

24. Yeah, I have heard of those people...

they always claim to be independent, yet always vote for republicans.

[leftynyc]

47. If that were true,

Pres Obama would have lost the election HUGE.

[truedelphi]

19. I mean if only we Dems had someone with access to the bully

Pulpit! Someone who would let er rip with a strong stand for America's middle incomed.

Last I heard about the guy in The WH, he was busy ascertaining which person(s) needed to be followed by a drone.

And which states needed their voter-approved, medical marijuana clinics shut down!

[Doctor_J]

25. He's the only one with access to a microphone,

and he's simply not a fighter.

[truedelphi]

51. Oh I think he's fighting, and doing so on

a level that would make someone playing fifth dimensional chess games very proud.

I just don't think he is fighting for us!

[Doctor_J]

11. Maybe Harry will go nuclear

[indivisibleman]

14. Don't they always do crap like this? Reagan with the Iranians is about the same thing.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. Or Richard Nixon's treasonous October surprise

Much worse than Watergate, Nixon contacted the South Vietnamese government to get them to delay their participation in the Paris peace talks to prolong the war and the killing so he could win the 1968 election. LBJ didn't go public with Nixon's crime fearing that it would forever taint the Presidency.

http://consortiumnews.com/2012/03/03/lbjs-x-file-on-nixons-treason/

"...On May 14, 1973, Walt W. Rostow, who had been national security adviser during some of the darkest days of the Vietnam War, typed a three-page “memorandum for the record” summarizing a secret file that his former boss, President Lyndon Johnson, had amassed on what may have been Richard Nixon’s dirtiest trick, the sabotaging of Vietnam peace talks to win the 1968 election. ..."

Republicans are the most treasonous, corrupt, and immoral crime syndicate in the history of the country and I would not put anything past them including yet another October surprise.

[indivisibleman]

18. Yes! Thanks, I knew Nixon was another example but

didn't have the info to put it all in order like you have done here. Perfect.

[SunSeeker]

44. Nixon, part of a long line of Republican traitors.

Thanks for the link.

[TahitiNut]

46. Or Reagan's "deal" with Iran to NOT release the hostages until Reagan was sworn in.

And folks wonder why "Iran Contra" was such a big deal.

[Bluenorthwest]

20. As a non centrist, non moderate, non independent, that struck me as a 'water is wet' moment

It must be hard to keep being all centrist when the center has moved so far to the right that it is in the foyer of Mitt's La Jolla home about now....

[magic59]

29. Repubicans are more like the mafia

They come to power through fraud and deceit, milk the system for all its worth, then trash it.

[valerief]

31. I thought they WERE the Mafia. nt

[keroro gunsou]

41. hardly....

the mafia has standards.

[Beartracks]

23. Republicans think of politics like football.

It's just a game, with spoils for the victor.

Public service never really comes into it for them.

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[JAbuchan08]

34. Latinos aren't allowed to vote!*

*anywhere GOP is in charge.

[Left Coast2020]

38. So will MSNBC get this video?

Send it Rachel, Ed, Rev AL. How about PCCC?

[salib]

40. lame as best

[SunSeeker]

42. K&R

[rrHeretic]

45. Nope

Because that 'breaking' news is about 3 years old. I mean, are you JUST finding this out? It's been common knowledge almost from day one of Obama's presidency. And this is why the question still remains - why did he even try to compromise and cozy up to those right wing fanatics in the first place?

Nothing has been accomplished regarding this economic depression we're in. Yes, it's a depression as I've been saying for years and what Paul Krugman (NYT Times Economist) has now also termed it.

[Nancy Waterman]

49. Othere media covering the issue

Did Republicans Deliberately Crash the US Economy? http://bit.ly/Mn9Y50

Senate Republicans: Filibuster everything to win in November? | McClatchy: http://bit.ly/LAs5sp

Top House liberal: GOP refusing to compromise to avoid economic plunge http://tpm.ly/KIWENl

Jonathan Chait explains it all: the GOP’s all-in gamble for 2012 http://bit.ly/MkI9gl

[Left Coast2020]

55. Just saw it on MSNBC

THe guy sitting in for Ed ran it on repukes repulsive and obvious attempt to crash ecomony--based on poll. COOL. So now the evidence is in for the jury.