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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100909:05:36:00

Diversity is not the federal government s job but a local issue. it happened last night in north canton, ohio, at a public event hosted by the republican candidate for congress jim renacci. so public it turned out even his opponent showed up and while the local paper highlighted the impromptu debate between the two candidates, the night s most important exchange came not from mr. boccieri but mr. renacci and a man named robert thompson who says he lives in the inner city and is deeply concerned about the issues plaguing his african-american community telling mr. renacci, quote, we re suffering out here. thinkprogress.org capturing what followed. again, i m concerned about the civil rights and the diversity of your campaign in terms of why anybody of color should be in support of you as a congressman. ç well, you re talking about local issues and i m a firm believer that the federal ....

Jim Renacci , North Canton , Robert Thompson , Inner City , Implementing Civil Rights , African American , Thinkprogress Org , Community Telling ,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100909:02:36:00

It happened last night in north canton, ohio, at a public event hosted by the republican candidate for congress jim renacci. so public it turned out even his opponent showed up and while the local paper highlighted the impromptu debate between the two candidates, the night s most important exchange came not from mr. boccieri but mr. renacci and a man named robert thompson who says he lives in the inner city and is deeply concerned about the issues plaguing his african-american community telling mr. renacci, quote, we re suffering out here. thinkprogress.org capturing what followed.ç again, i m concerned about the civil rights and the diversity of your campaign in terms of why anybody of color should be in support of you as a congressman. well, you re talking about local issues and i m a firm believer the federal government and our constitution was based on freedom and was based on the freedoms that our number one goal of our military is freedom. ....

Jim Renacci , North Canton , Robert Thompson , African American , Community Telling , Inner City , Implementing Civil Rights , Thinkprogress Org , Ã Again ,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100514:04:05:00

Thinkprogress.org of republican congressmen, a number of them, and frank lutz, the guy who teaches them what words to use, at a fund-raiser this week on capitol hill. let s watch this spectacle. nice to meet you, congressman sessions. just have a quick question. do you think on the morning that the house is going to talk to a lot of these bp and other oil executives it s good that your caucus is meeting with the oil and gas industry for a fund-raiser? you know, what i think is really good is that barack obama wants oil prices to skyrocket frank luntz went into the fund-raiser. did he give you that talking point? no. i put it on the floor of the house every day. any messaging advice on this bp spill as the guru? yes. the first messaging advice is there are way too many people in really nice suits in one place at one time. shortly after the oil spill you said that oil rigs have a very positive environmental record. ....

Frank Lutz , Fund Raiser , Thinkprogress Org , Capitol Hill , Congressman Sessions , Nice To Meet You , Oil Executives , Oil And Gas Industry , President Obama , Gulf Oil Spill , White House , Talking Point , Oil Prices , Oil Spill , Oil Rigs ,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100513:21:05:00

Look at this video from thinkprogress.org. a republican congressmen, a number of them and frank luntz, the guy who teaches them what words to use at a fundraiser this week on capitol hill. let s watch this spectacle. nice to meet you congressman sessions. i have a quick question, do you think on the morning that the house is going to talk to a lot of these bp and other oil executives, it s good that your caucus is meeting with the oil and gas industry for fundraiser? you know, what i think is really good is that barack obama wants oil prices to skyrocket. frank luntz went into the fundraiser, did he give you that talking point? if you see, i put them on the floor of the house every day. any message on the bp spill? no. as the guru? the first messaging advice is there are way too many people in really nice suits in one place at one time. shortly after the oil spill, you said that oil rigs quote have a very positive ....

Frank Luntz , Thinkprogress Org , Capitol Hill , Oil And Gas Industry , Oil Executives , Congressman Sessions , President Obama , Talking Point , Oil Prices , Oil Spill , Gulf Oil Spill , Oil Rigs ,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100505:05:21:00

Now, that s a good call. at a public forum yesterday, texas governor rick perry said the deepwater horizon oil spill should not cause a knee-jerk reaction that says we are going to shut down drilling in the gulf of mexico. according to thinkprogress.org, governor perry rejected that deregulation should be blamed for the spill or the massey mine disaster. or the financial meltdown. he said the spill might have been an act of god. the forum was partly funded by ....

Rick Perry , Knee Jerk Reaction , Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill , Thinkprogress Org , Gulf Of Mexico , Massey Mine Disaster , Act Of God ,