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In 1961, i think, the soviet union sent up the first man in space. that was actually considered more sensational than sputnik, which ed reminded me before the broadcast weighed 20 pounds and was the size of a volleyball. but when they sent a human being, this very brave soviet astronaut, and he remains a hero in russia today, that really brought it home that they put a man in space. theres one other thing i would say, what television has done in the united states and probably in other countries ...

Reagans book and make sure everyone saw it when he went on vacation and then now to have all these analogies happening, it sounds too scripted to me. >> president reagan is painted to somebody in the 1980s. youre in washington and somebody didnt like the poor, remember, he was pro homeless. thats how he was painted. you know, because he tried to get rid of regulation and tried to level the playing field and grow the economy, cut interest rates. a lot of people looked at that negatively and every...

Challenge. by the end of the 60s we left the old soviet union in the dust and we had american astronauts walking in moon dust well before them. so watch sarah palin but keep in mind just a few things. one, americans did not celebrate sputnik. they overcame it. and two, the space race did not bankrupt the ussr. the soviet union fell two decades later because of the arms race. the single biggest event in the second half of the 20th century and sarah palin does not understand it? >> governor, last ...

Tonight, sarah palin criticizes president obamas state of the union speech, manages to twist history at the same time. says it was full of wtf moments, including obamas "sputnik" moment. she said the soviet union accrued so much debt at the time that it led to its collapse. is that true? were keeping them honest tonight. and a mother jailed for enrolling her students in the wrong school district. she says he was trying to send them to a better school. does the punishment fit the crime? wooet l...

>> of course, there were plenty of people interested in the legacy of a fitness icon. were joined by yahoo! life editor and former anchor, heather cabot. good morning, heather. hey, guys, once again, washington is capturing the webs attention with president obamas second state of the union address. the presidents call for civility and his mention of congresswoman gabrielle giffords sent people searching for updates on her recovery. they also wanted to know about representative paul ryan, who d...

Consider all of the other things they were spending money on, funding cuba, occupying eastern europe, inindividualing afghanistan, building the berlin wall. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall! >> that was president ronald reagan, of course, six presidents, three decades after sputnik went into orbit. then just a few days ago, she credited for the soviet unions end, she writes in "usa today," we won the cold war without firing a single shot, or apparently launching a single rocket. more now on...

Think maybe ed would agree with me here, and i know that other serious conservatives, republicans agree that she does not do the party any good. >> lets ask the man who knows about conservative republican ideas. >> the president gave a speech that obviously was a very bipartisan speech, a lot of things that republicans can agree on. equally as important, and sort of a new star of the republican party, paul ryan gave the counter speech. hes going to be a very important player here. hes the one we...

Michele bachmann is a representative of the tea party, but at the end of the day, we have to get our serious players out front and talk about the things that matter. >> ultimately, professor cohen, historians love -- everybody is researching sputnik. that has to be exciting for you. >> well, its more auto biographical, and i when it went up. in 1961, i think, the soviet union sent up the first man in space. that was actually considered more sensational than sputnik, which ed reminded me before t...

>> wtf, in case youre wondering what that short hand is for, its for wtf. if youre a kid, ask your parents, they can explain. parents, if you dont understand, ask your children, theyll tell you. i cant tell you. governor palin is taking heat for that. but its a matter of taste and opinion. but keeping them honest, were interested in the hard facts. and what she said about this. >> half a century ago when the soviets beat us into space with the launch of the satellite called sputnik, we had no id...

This countrys financial crisis was caused by the kind of wall street deals that make monopoly money look real by comparison. or it was caused by the average joe snookered into a home loan that just went bad. thats coming up. and later, president obama talked about a sputnik moment. but sarah palin wants to talk about a spud nut moment. im not making this stuff up. youre watching "the ed show" on msnbc. stay with us. were right back. [ william ] three years ago, i started my first real job as a p...