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Has a double-digit approval rating, even at this point, i would be surprised by that. for dick cheney to go out and lecture people about how political operatives can manipulate intelligence to deceive the public, i mean, it just -- it leaves me speechless. i dont know what to say to a guy like that. >> okay. thank you for your speechlessness, ryan. >> im sorry. >> betsy, do you have a reaction to the great dick cheneys comments there, which as i said did sound as though theyd come from his audio...

Just spoke to senator warren about her new bill to rein in the cost of federal student loans by giving them the same rates to borrow money for school the government gives to banks. a blockbuster report from the "huffington post" details how sally mae is making a fortune and colleges are make hg money off of sally mae. university endowments and teacher pension funds are big toward in sally mae, the private lender generating enormous profits thanks to student debt and this climbing cost of educati...

During this period? whats going on in that market? >> -- go ahead, ryan. >> it is basically a lack of competition. it is simple as that. if you need the money and you want to go to school, you have a choice. you can basically go to sally mae and take whatever rate they will give you and go to school, or you can not go to school. we place such a premium, such an emphasis on college, as we should in this country, that people are going to take the offer. its an offer that you cant refuse more or le...

>> i urge the senate not to move forward on the marketplace fairness act. >> sovereignty of our states is significantly eroded. >> could seriously harm americas small businesses. >> unleashes all the nations tax collectors on small internet businesses. >> urge you to vote against this motion. ♪ >> now, if you havent been paying attention to this battle, you may be a little confused and that would be fair because your usual rules of thumb likely will not apply. more than 20 republicans voted fo...

>> could seriously harm americas small businesses. >> unleashes all the nations tax collectors on small internet businesses. >> urge you to vote against this motion. ♪ >> now, if you havent been paying attention to this battle, you may be a little confused and that would be fair because your usual rules of thumb likely will not apply. more than 20 republicans voted for the bill, which really makes you wonder, but on other hand, grover norquist hates it. so then is this in the final analysis ac...

>> so ryan, president obama decided to make humor out of it and laugh at it. but enough people are polled and supportive of these theories that its kind of scary, even though its hilarious, its still frightening. >> right. these people invest so much energy in thinking about these conspiracies and these imagined future fantasies of federal agents kicking in doors and black hawk helicopters floating around. but in reality, we already have that. its called the drug war and its called the criminal ...

People who make those kinds of laws. you know, if you want to be fair about it. i did a show today about the fact that there may be $34 trillion -- trillion dollars stashed offshore and around the world. $34 trillion. this is absurd. we are watching scapegoating going on and im afraid its the cruzes, the talk show reality on the right, they get the attention and scare the hell out of everybody. >> ryan grim, joe madison, thank you for your time this evening. republicans are still beating the d...

Republicans -- but my god, where are the responsible adults in the republican party to come together and put an end to this foolishness? >> ryan, talking about conspiracy theories, the president addressed some of them in the white house correspondents dinner last weekend. listen to this. >> these days i look in the mirror and i have to admit, im not the strapping young muslim socialist that i used to be. my administration put out a photograph of me going skeet shooting at camp david. do you reme...

John has just said, isnt it, ryan? >> no, thats exactly right. and a member of congress, a republican member of congress, told napolitano, i have seen this on "the drudge report" and credible media outlets such as "the drudge report" are reporting this. so you need to respond to it. and she said something back like, well, im not exactly sure that i would agree with you that thats a credible media report. you know, thats a problem in washington. that people do rely on "the drudge report" to kind ...

Homeland secretary why are you buying up all the bullets? the federal government hates guns so much that theyre going to just buy them all up and hoard them. you know, its -- you dont know where to start with this stuff. >> drudge is a tip sheet for fox. a lot of times theres a conservative media food chain. youll see it in these wacky blogs. then it goes on "drudge" then fox and comes out of the mouths of senators and they always use the cover-up, were just raising questions. >> of course. >> t...