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0 in the show. joining me tonight, congressman spirit de faz oof oregon. great to have you with us tonight. i don't think that we could have a more classic example of how the republicans are wrong when they come to the conclusion that privatization is the answer to everything. about 80% of the post office's financial losses since 2007 are due to this congressional mandate to prefund 75 years of future retiree benefits over a ten-year period. congressman, what can be done about this. what's your take on this, and what should congress do at this point in the wake of what we have seen happen in t...

0 twitter @arimelber. we will be back on monday talking about last-minute gift ideas for the political junky in your life. coming up now, it's "the ed show" with ed schultz. . >> good morning americans, welcome to "the ed show," live from the north country. detroit lakes, minnesota. let's get to work. >> because congress didn't act, more than 1 million of their constituents will lose vital economic lifeline at christmastime. >> 1797, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits. >> the clock is tick itting. people got bills to pay. >> extended federal unemployment insur...

0 being in company of people we don't get along with at the time. that hypocrisy is par for course for some of them. >> you know, richard, mccain went as far as i played talking about chamberlain shaking hands with hitler. i mean, this kind of stuff particularly on a day like this but particularly when the record is clear mccain and others shook hands with people they questioned. and that most americans questioned is ridiculous. and, you know, limbaugh, the head of the party, he said that handshake was really a distraction from something else. listen to this. >> but the drive byes, folks, are ...

>> they would come back sooner if they had taken the advice of mitt romney. instead of spending all those dollars of taxpayers' money that otherwise could have been done more effectively. >> i don't want to run auto companies. ♪ ♪ let me go >> for the recovery that was promised is nowhere in sight. >> ooh. yeah. um, i'm going to have to go ahead and sort of disagree with you there. >> the taxpayers have recouped $39 billion of a $49 billion investment. >> we ought to be singing the hallelujah chorus. this is so fabulous for every american listening to this story. >> i bet on amer...

Protest, an organized, national effort to bring people out from behind the counters at fast food restaurants, put them with their allies and supporters on the streets of communities across this city. i was in some of the places where these protests took place. and there was nobody going by booing them. the horns were honking, you saw the thumbs up. people were cheering these workers on. and that fits with what the polls tell us, ed. polling says that 80% of americans believe that congress should raise the minimum wage above $10 an hour. so there's real passion there in this country. and i thin...