August 27, 2013 Archives

August 27, 2013 Archives

Chuck Todd: "This Is A Very Controlling West Wing" When It Comes To Press Access

"It's very frustrating. They are controlling the way the West Wing -- this is a very controlling West Wing when it comes to message, and they control press access in a way that is frustrating as it is to deal with anybody right now," NBC News' Chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd told Laura Ingraham on Tuesday. Todd also addressed Presiden

Obama: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Would Like" Obamacare

TOM JOYNER: What do you think [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.] would say about Obamacare? PRESIDENT OBAMA: Oh, he would like that. Well, because I think he understood that health care, health security is not a privilege; it’s something that in a country as wealthy as ours, everybody should have access to. And starting on October 1st, because

Ed Henry Grills Carney About Getting Congressional Approval For Attack On Syria

ED HENRY, FOX NEWS: In 2007, the Boston Globe asked candidates running for president to answer a series of written questions, and one was in the context of Iran: Does the President have the constitutional authority to bomb Iran without seeking a use of force authorization from Congress? Candidate Obama said, "The President does not have the power



Juan Williams: If You Look At The Realities Of Today, I Think Dr. King Would Cry

JUAN WILLIAMS, POLITICAL ANALYST, FOX NEWS: Well I don't think there's any question we've come a long ways. And I just think, you know, in personal terms, my dad couldn't be sitting here on a major network talking about the news you know, 50 years ago. Or you think back 100 years before that Emancipation Proclamation; you unders

Krauthammer: "Pointless Exercise" If Attack On Syria Isn't About Regime Change

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: It’s precisely because of all of those unknowns that if you're going to cross the line, you're going to cross the Rubicon and enter into the war by killing people, by launching cruise missiles as the administration clearly is about to do, that it do something. Not just as an expression of outrage, you know, as a kind of a sho

Limbaugh: Why All Of A Sudden Is It Okay To Be Judgmental Of Miley Cyrus?

RUSH LIMBAUGH: I thought it was judgmental. I thought we didn’t have the right to judge somebody else’s morality, and I thought we didn’t have a right to comment. I thought this was art, that it was performance art. I thought we were supposed to see the beauty and the innovation and the creativity, just like we’re supposed to see it when



"The Five" Co-Host Andrea Tantaros Gives Tribute To Her Late Brother Daniel

From the obituary of Daniel Tantaros: Daniel K. Tantaros, son, brother, friend, and angel on earth passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born in Allentown, PA on December 12, 1981 at the same hospital he left us, Daniel filled many

Chris Matthews On Syria: Hitler Didn't Use Chemical Weapons

CHRIS MATTHEWS: "The problem is, I don't like it, first of all I'm rather dovish, I don't like what I'm going to say but it's true. If you basically put down a red line and say don't use chemical weapons, and it's been enforced in the Western community, around the world -- international community for decades. Don't use chemical weapons. We didn't u

MSNBC'S Karen Finney Hangs Up On Hugh Hewitt After Grilled About Alger Hiss Comparison

HUGH HEWITT: Pleased to welcome for the first time, and I hope she comes back often, Karen Finney, long time voice of the Democratic National Committee, now the host of a weekend show on MSNBC, Disrupt With Karen Finney. Karen, welcome, good to have you on, thank you for coming. KAREN FINNEY, MSNBC HOST: Thanks so much. Thanks for having me on.



Bernie Goldberg On Media's Coverage Of Delbert Belton, Chris Lane Murders

Bernie Goldberg joins Bill O'Reilly to discuss his take on the Media's coverage of the murders of Chris Lane in Oklahoma and Delbert Belton in Spoken, Washington.

Carney: Syria's "Violation Of International Norms Absolutely In The National Security Interest" Of U.S.

QUESTION: And finally, the United States yesterday postponed with Russia talks in The Hague. Russia calls that regrettable. What is the United States trying to say or communicate to Russia about Syria -- that it should accept a military response; that it should not stand in the way or object? What are we trying to communicate to Russia? JAY C

Crossroads Satire Promotes Obamacare To Young People

This entry to the "Young Invincibles" video contest (HHS is giving out cash prizes to filmmakers who can successfully convince young people to participate in Obamacare) probably won't win. Titled simply "Propaganda," the video says, "at Obamacare, we believe in saying the words ‘a



Scarborough: I Hate That VMAs Are Marketed To Pre-Teen Girls

The Morning Joe panel discusses the continuing controversy surrounding Miley Cyrus' performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.

Miklaszewski: Pentagon Acting Like Strikes On Syria A "Done Deal"

JIM MIKLASZEWSKI, NBC NEWS PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: "Officially, President Obama has not yet given the order to launch those attacks, but I can tell you that officials here at the Pentagon are operating as if this is, in fact, a done deal, and they expect attacks as early as perhaps the end of this week or early next week. There are actually, Mika,

O'Reilly: Dr. King Would Be "Broken-Hearted" About State Of Black Family

BILL O'REILLY: Fifty years ago this week Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his brilliant "I Have a Dream" speech. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER: I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their ch

Sen. Boxer: $10 Minimum Wage "Would Be Right"

“I think about $10. I think that would be right,” Boxer said in an appearance on MSNBC's "The Ed Show." “People are struggling,” she said. “The difference between the very wealthy and the working poor has grown.”

Rove: A U.S. No-Fly Zone In Syria Could Have Us "Stuck Like We Were In Iraq"

KARL ROVE: "It strikes me, for example, if you make a commitment to a no-fly zone, that you'll be stuck like were in Iraq for a better part of a decade enforcing the no-fly zone. I'd rather seriously degrade their air assets and their ability to put planes in the air and keep them in the air than to say a no-fly zone."

"Special Report" Panel: Uproar Over Voter ID Laws

Steve Hayes, Mara Liasson, Charles Krauthammer.

Hayes: Why Does 1 Liter Of Salt Water Cost $91 At American Hospitals?

Hospital I.V. bags filled with saline solution (made with water and Morton's Salt) are marked up more than 10,000%.

Rep. King On Syria: Obama Can Take Action Without Authorization From Congress

JESSICA YELLIN, CNN: Your fellow Republican House Armed Service Committee Chairman Buck McKeon issued a statement saying, quote, "drawing red lines before you know what you're willing to do to back them up is folly, but now that American credibility is on the line, the president cannot fail to act decisively." Do you think the president backed the

Maddow: Americans Leaving GOP Behind On Marriage Equality

Rachel Maddow reviews the growing acceptance of equal marriage rights across America, even among Republicans.


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