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>> the politifact lie of the year is out and it isnt a lie at all. tonight, the truth about the republican vote to end medicare. and racism rears its ugly head once again in the republican party. michael eric dyson on why the grand old party still cant stand the first black president. oh, we got a lot of correcting to do tonight, dont we? americans, great to have you with us. your taxes are going up in 11 days. how do you feel about that? heres what happened. house republicans kill...

down the politics. thats my problem with the president. he hasnt stepped up and led. >> righties keep saying the president hasnt led. they couldnt be more wrong. and tonight, ill prove it. >> you can go right now to politifacts website, go to the readers choice and vote on the lie of the year. >> the politifact lie of the year is out and it isnt a lie at all. tonight, the truth about the republican vote to end medicare. and racism rears its ugly head once again in the republican pa...

at all. tonight, the truth about the republican vote to end medicare. and racism rears its ugly head once again in the republican party. michael eric dyson on why the grand old party still cant stand the first black president. oh, we got a lot of correcting to do tonight, dont we? americans, great to have you with us. your taxes are going up in 11 days. how do you feel about that? heres what happened. house republicans killed a two-month extension of the middle class tax cut and un...

readers choice and vote on the lie of the year. >> the politifact lie of the year is out and it isnt a lie at all. tonight, the truth about the republican vote to end medicare. and racism rears its ugly head once again in the republican party. michael eric dyson on why the grand old party still cant stand the first black president. oh, we got a lot of correcting to do tonight, dont we? americans, great to have you with us. your taxes are going up in 11 days. how do you feel about t...

Go to conference, that they are not going to go along with the two-month deal. they want the year extension of the payroll tax cut. its very clear that the tea party is swinging a big stick behind closed doors with speaker john boehner. for more on this, lets go to joan walsh, editor at large of salon.com. what do you make of this development live here on "the ed show" tonight? >> well, its obvious john boehner is being held hostage by his tea party members and theyre more important to him than ...

He wonders if the bush op-ped that was recently in "the wall street journal" is a trial balloon. so we shall see. joan walsh, we do know one thing, mitt is not satisfying the conservatives. and it looks like newt gingrich is exploding and nobody believes that ron paul can run the table. so well see. >> and we were right. you know, last week we were talking to ourselves, gee, we know hes going to fall, but when is he going to fall? hes falling, ed. we were right. >> thats right. thanks, joan. app...

Boehner and also the republican majority leader eric cantor saying tonight theyre going to go to conference, that they are not going to go along with the two-month deal. they want the year extension of the payroll tax cut. its very clear that the tea party is swinging a big stick behind closed doors with speaker john boehner. for more on this, lets go to joan walsh, editor at large of salon.com. what do you make of this development live here on "the ed show" tonight? >> well, its obvious john bo...

is simply that. a coincidence. but it is a striking coincidence. because ron paul, the new front-runner in iowa, is the only candidate in the republican presidential field who is not a george w. bush foreign policy inheriter. ron paul is the only one who doesnt want the iraq war, say, to go on for longer. and ron paul is officially leading the pack in the first republican nominating state as of the day that the iraq war officially ends. now, if you think that might mean that republican...

is simply that. a coincidence. but it is a striking coincidence. because ron paul, the new front-runner in iowa, is the only candidate in the republican presidential field who is not a george w. bush foreign policy inheriter. ron paul is the only one who doesnt want the iraq war, say, to go on for longer. and ron paul is officially leading the pack in the first republican nominating state as of the day that the iraq war officially ends. now, if you think that might mean that republican...

>> when republicans controlled state offices they used the argument to go to the legislators and tell them, make up a myth. its fantasy talk, ed. totally fantasy talk. for example, rick scott in florida was put to the test, said rick scott, mr. governor, come show us where this fraud has taken place. he couldnt show it because it doesnt exist. but nevertheless, it creates this visceral scare and legislators have something to hang their hat on and they have the right to take away peoples rights t...