Rachel calls Repugs out as America-haters

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via AlterNet's PEEK:



Rachel Maddow Slams Republicans for Unpatriotic Actions

Posted by Steve Benen, Washington Monthly at 9:50 AM on February 8, 2009.

"Get out of the way of the people who are actually trying to save the country."



You've probably seen/heard similar assessments of the stimulus debate this week, but I found Rachel Maddow's take especially compelling. (Yes, this is from Friday, but I got a little behind on my Tivo watching.)

Watch: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/125909/rachel_maddow_slams_republicans_for_unpatriotic_actions/


For those who can't watch clips online, here's the transcript of the key portion:

"Cutting food-stamp funding to attract Republican support is proof-positive that the Republicans are not trying to come up with an effective stimulus here. If your house is on fire, and you call your fire department, and your fire department tells you to pour gasoline on the flames, they're not actually making a good-faith effort to help you put out the fire. They're not a good fire department.

"If you're working up policy to fix an economic crisis, which is characterized by there being no spending in the economy, and someone in that debate says, 'OK, but cut the spending out of the rescue plan,' they're bad at making policy.

"And you know what? It matters when you're wrong. A whopping proportion of the Republican rhetoric about stimulus is wrong.... It's just wrong. The time is now to take the radical step, as Americans -- as civic-minded Americans concerned about our future -- it's time to take the radical step of privileging correct information over incorrect information....

"If you are wrong, from here on out, you should lose the argument and you should lose your political potency. Form a flat-earthers club or something, where you talk enthusiastically to each other about your made-up economic ideas that aren't based in reality. But get out of the way of the people who are actually trying to save the country."


http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/125909/rachel_maddow_slams_republicans_for_unpatriotic_actions/

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1. About time someone in the media got around to that.

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2. Go, Rachel!

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3. My admiration for Rachel. Maddow never stops growing.

Love the woman! K & R.