Page 6 - Guy Elected News Today

Its worked in atoestonia and lithuania. people know what theyre supposed to pay, and it leads to economic expansion. and thats the one thing this country needs right now is economic expansion, not this politics of envy. >> well, the answer is how we catch up to lithuania. i mean, john, i have to tell you, theres been a progressive tax in this country under reagan, under roosevelt, under every -- under eisenhower. >> and look what its done. its screwed up -- >> weve been the most successful econo...

He had the good -- >> no, dont -- >> -- wisdom to leave and become a private consultant. >> the interesting thing -- >> great job, brownie. >> the guys that rick perry picked up, a lot of them worked for rick scott, the governor of florida. now, remember, rick scott was head of a company that was charged $1.7 billion in fines and damages for defrauding medicare. and they got that guy elected governor. so if i were mitt romney, or somebody else, and saw these guys coming into rick perrys camp, i ...

>> chris, theres nothing better than being on television with you when youre using the word "horny." lets start with that. >> okay, randy, better word. >> stick with horny. >> well stick with what youve got. it is extraordinary, and they do seem to be giving the president a gift on a lot of these issues. im more struck, in some ways, by how, in romneys case in particular, how totally ignorant he seems to be about the actual public policy implications of what it would mean to let the foreclosure ...

They could relate to emotionally with the anger they had towards obama. you know, mitt romney isnt that guy. let alone the positions, whether hes conservative enough, whether hes flip-flopped or not, he doesnt feel their anger. and michele bachmann, donald trump, herman cain, rick perry, theyve all tried to capitalize on that. no one has done it, you know, in a sustainable way yet, and now here comes rick perry again, for the second bite at that poisonous apple. >> well, lets take a look at the ...

Americans agree with their beliefs, so what is it about the movement thats drawing growing numbers of americans? and what exactly are the protesters looking for? well, matt cooper is managing editor of "national journal daily" and michelle goldberg reports for "newsweek" and the daily beast. i want to ask michelle and matt to look at these numbers. i saw them in "the new york times" yesterday and blew them away. a smart guy runs through some of these numbers and theyre just amazing. look at this...

Pull he has on these far-right candidates. this is a guy who was actually more a democrat a few years ago than a republican, but they just cant resist the lure of donald trump or the lure of obama the other, obama the alien, whether its birtherism, or its the fact that he doesnt like this country, hes not truly an american. they just cant let that theme go, because its just too powerful for too much of their base. >> you know, whats really humiliating here is a guy whos elected by the people of ...

A smart guy runs through some of these numbers and theyre just amazing. look at this number here. 86% of the american people say the wall street people and lobbyists have too much influence in americas national capital in washington. thats 86% say they have too much clout, those wall street guys. 79% say the income gap in this country is just too big between the wealthy and the other americans. 71% think bank ceos should face prosecution for the role in the 2008 crisis. and 68% want the rich to ...

Loopholes because loopholes are whats killing this country. >> john feehery, were not going to talk about loopholes, we agree we dont like them, theyre fat cats. but keeping up with this guy, you need a stopwatch. you shouldnt have to wait until friday to figure out what he meant on tuesday. thank you, john feehery, thank you, michael feldman. up next, michele bachmann has got a plan on what to do with all those sick and poor people after she repeals obama care. she sounds like ebenezer scroog...

Things, other conspiracy theories about the war in libya. so i dont know what magnetic pull he has on these far-right candidates. this is a guy who was actually more a democrat a few years ago than a republican, but they just cant resist the lure of donald trump or the lure of obama the other, obama the alien, whether its birtherism, or its the fact that he doesnt like this country, hes not truly an american. they just cant let that theme go, because its just too powerful for too much of their b...

The bottom, allow investors to buy homes, put renters in them, fix the homes up and let it turn around and come back up. the obama administration has slow-walked the foreclosure processes that have long existed, and as a result, we still have a foreclosure overhang. >> john heilemann, i have to go through a riff right now, because i think you and i cover -- so as sam does -- this incredible portrayal by the republicans by themselves. first of all, they look hot and horny for executions out in th...