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us into war. >> we know he has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons. and we believe he has in fact reconstituted nuclear weapons. >> and here on "hardball" last night, the top cia official, the man who briefed president bush on a daily basis said what cheney said was not true. >> was that true or not? >> so we were saying -- >> was that true? >> we were saying -- >> can you answer that question? >> no thats not true. >> theyre using your stuff saying you made th...

Of piecemeal or some time of dream act. when cantor -- he lost because he didnt go back to the district and play the role of congressman, that spooked a lot of house gop members. they dont want to walk the plank. look at the agenda from here on forward, benghazi, irs, possibly suing the president of the united states. theres no real legislative agenda moving forward. >> david, those are -- luke points out rightly, the agenda is intended to ginn up the far right base and get them to the polls. do...

johnson and eric holder to move quote available and appropriate enforcement resources from or entire yor to the border. he is also asking congress to allocate approximately $2 billion to address the surge of migrants, mainly children mostly from south america at the south texas border. the president will give the department of homeland security new authority to accelerate the screening and deportation of unaccompanied my grants not from mexico. over and over again today the president m...

0 its not just the re-elected chris christie who faces peril, but those in both parties in the legislature as well as the governors office. can the leaders and key investigators in trenton get to the bottom of this operation road hog that has disgusted the country, or will they be block bade political buddy-buddy system that protects the politician while ignoring the public? well, the good politics now of catching the perpetrators and preventing such acts from happening again overwhelm the peopl...

A whole segment on ted cruz. ted cruz is like the summation of the whole thing youve been doing this whole hour. yes, hes only talking to his own people. theres no edward r. murrow, no senate committee that can shame him. i disagree with david. i dont think hes necessarily going to win in the end here. if you look at republican polls, who republicans like as a possible standard bearer, the average republican responding to that poll is smart enough to know that ted cruz is not translatable to the...

The summer of joe wilson saying you lie in september. his approval rating plummets from the 60s into the 40s into the 30s and its never budged. this strikes a chord beyond the narrow boundaries of the fringe. thats part of what scares me now. >> okay. lets take a look at number two on the countdown. congressman from michigan during a town hall meeting in august he told the crowd he wanted to impeach the president and couldnt tolerate the presidents mere physical presence. a u.s. congressman resp...

Fineman, david cornyn, jonathan cape capehart, joan walsh. kicking off this category, georgia congressman paul broun, creationiwho shuns science for a literal interpretation of the bible. this guy sits on the house committee on science, space, and technology. have a listen to what he told a group of his supporters last year. >> all this stuff i was talking about, evolution, big bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell. its lies to keep me and all the folks taught that from und...

Remind us why gop continues onalienate mainstream voters. here is a list of doozies from right here on "hardball." >> what does raising a family teach you about international finance? where do you get knowledge -- where does knowledge about international finance derive from raising a family? whats the connection? >> its not my only source of information raising my children. there are many sources of information that i gather like you do. you have the judgment to be my critic. i could challenge y...

0 marijuana across the desert. in this special edition of "hardball" we can count down the most knuckle headed statements in these categories. hatred of the president, hatred of the presidents agenda, denial of reality, ted cruz and a special section devoted entirely to u.s. congressman steve king of iowa. joining me our panel of all-stars, howard fineman of the "huffington post." jonathan capehart of the "washington post" and joan walsh of salon. lets get started with a look at had red. u.s. ...

They shouldnt have to do that. a restriction on free speech which said in previous supreme court money is. there dont seem to be five votes to strike down other limits challenged here on how much money in total you can give to political parties and pacs and other candidate committees. those probably will survive. there dont seem to be five votes either for what supporters of campaign finance would consider doomsday scenario where the supreme court goes all the way and says, okay, were going to s...