Page 152 - Ed Schultz News Today

Should show that scene. let me ask you about youre going to see the troops tonight at -- >> yeah, were going right now. >> walter reed. >> yeah, were going to show it to about 50 guys, do a q and a afterwards. >> youre going to show the them the movie. >> which is the best thing about this thing the fact its able to reach out and make people feel included. i cant wait. >> theyre all going to love it. what theyre going through with missing arms and legs and post-traumatic things. >> thats the m...

>> and its one of the great scenes for them to come together. >> when you win the academy award for best actor i think you should show that scene. let me ask you about youre going to see the troops tonight at -- >> yeah, were going right now. >> walter reed. >> yeah, were going to show it to about 50 guys, do a q and a afterwards. >> youre going to show the them the movie. >> which is the best thing about this thing the fact its able to reach out and make people feel included. i cant wait. >> th...

First of all, youve got two fantastic political analysts who have already spoken, david and richard. so im going to do something i dont usually do, which is vent. who are the takers and who are the makers, ed? is chris christie a taker? are the people on the jersey shore takers? not makers? are the people in connecticut and on staten island who were devastated by sandy takers and not makers? the congress of the united states, over the last couple months, just voted about 60 or 70 billion dollars...

Stupid party. you know, this is an old storyline for republicans. hes tapping into some very old narratives about people on welfare. and thats how, you know, somehow democrats are busing people to vote, buying up votes. were really talking about the inner cities. were talking about african-americans here. there are lots of code words that might work for cuccinnelli among a virginia tea party audience, but its not going to speak to the bigger things voters are looking for. how does it speak to pe...

Fit into bobby jindals characterization of this is the stupid party. you know, this is an old storyline for republicans. hes tapping into some very old narratives about people on welfare. and thats how, you know, somehow democrats are busing people to vote, buying up votes. were really talking about the inner cities. were talking about african-americans here. there are lots of code words that might work for cuccinnelli among a virginia tea party audience, but its not going to speak to the bigger...

0 but there were enough democrats who said yes and went along with it. thats part of the reason the war happened. the difference over time is that republican chuck hagel and most of the democrats who were wrong about iraq, they figured out that they were wrong and they turned against the war and ultimately they tried to end the war because it had been a mistake. we can say mistake in the technical sense here, right? the war was started to go get weapons of mass destruction from saddam and to sto...

0 picture here. >> as you can tell from looking at this footage, as you can tell specifically from the evolution of the eye bags and the hairdos over time, that whole thing between chuck hague sxl john mccain was a long while ago. chuck hagel as john mccains campaign co-chair, as the top of his short list for defense secretary, that was more than 12 years ago now. but the thing that happened, the thing that turned john mccain from someone who wanted himself to nominate chuck hagel for defense in...

0 would be "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam"? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge -- >> are you answering the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? thats a pretty straightforward question. >> well -- >> i would like the answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, im not going to give you a yes or no answer on a lot of things. >> well, let the record show...

And its vital to the treasury. why not? >> because the, you know, dick cheney said deficits dont matter, and as a political matter so far they havent. but its also because were not thinking about -- weve turned tax into a four-letter word, ed. and we need to recognize that our whole country and our government at its base is about taxes. >> david cay johnston, always great to have you on "the ed show." thank you. republicans might be backing down in their effort to rig the electoral vote. but t...

Be doing. would he be able to fully work out women in combat and obviously the stresses in dealing with sexual assaults. but what were seeing on the stage today and the little bite thats going to go out all over youtube you is going back to the stress of the break between the neoconservative republicans and the paleo conservative republicans like chuck hagel. john mccain personalizes each of these nominations. its really about him. the surge was something he pushed and he really still needs to w...