Rachel Maddow: The Best Summary By Far

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Rachel Maddow: The Best Summary By Far

by LaFeminista

Well the best presenter of the facts by far has made what republicans don't stand for as clear as day, and connected the dots with a clarity like no other presenter has done so far.

The connection between the lies spouted by the MSM and the campaigns being run by the Republicans is highlighted perfectly. The videos below the break need to be seen by as many Americans as possible before election day.

It's the deficit stupid

No it is most certainly not, the republicans want to explode the deficit to the tune of $4 trillion by extending unpaid for tax breaks.


It's the stimulus stupid

No it is not, republicans have heralded stimulus funds as good for job creation; but only for their own districts/States.

It's about big government stupid

No it's not, the republicans like no other party before want to control even our bodily functions and make victims out of the victims.

It's about Obamacare stupid

No it is not, republicans are lining up for the funding it provides.

It's about 'teh' populism stupid.

Republicans are all about supporting the corporations, lobbyists and Wall St as can be seen from the role of the Chamber of Commerce in these elections, if it was about populism corporate money is going to the wrong side.

It's about the outsiders stupid

Where? Not in the republican party, they may be crazy; but they have been politically active whilst loony for quite awhile now.

Now the videos

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[Overseas]

1. K&R! This was a great segment! //nt

[Hissyspit]

15. DU VIDEO Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x516418

[Oceansaway]

2. K&R...n/t

[travelingtypist]

3. This has got to go as viral as possible.

I love how Rachel pounded the MSM for spouting the Republican line and spinning this election for them. She said it over and over again as directly as anyone.

[AldebTX]

4. Makes Some Great Points.

[truebrit71]

5. Absolutely brilliant...completely nailed it..loved to hear her calling out the M$M enablers too...

...about fucking time...

[great white snark]

6. Kickity kick-spread this around folks.

Thanks ProSense, your OP's are invaluable.

[ProSense]

7. Thanks, and if not for Rachel Maddow and a few others, Greg Sargent would

be more distraught:

I'm really sorry to be a broken record about this. But a discussion has erupted today among some of our sharpest political commentators about the secret money funding the massive ad onslaught against Dems mounted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the groups founded by Karl Rove.

And no one is talking about what's in the ads themselves. No one is talking about how these ads are filled with multiple distortions and debunked falsehoods. In other words, no one is talking about what it is the voters themselves are seeing in these ads on an hourly basis. The discussion is largely a Beltway process argument about matters such as whether attack ads are effective and whether the Dem criticism of the secret cash is working politically for them.

None of this discussion does anything to undercut or challenge what the Chamber and Rove's groups are actually up to here: They are flooding airwaves across the country with a massive, secret-donor-funded campaign that's designed to tip control of Congress with a campaign of misinformation, distortions and falsehoods that have been widely debunked by independent fact checkers but nonetheless have attracted little to no notice.

To be clear, contributors to today's discussion -- which was sparked by David Brooks' column arguing that attack ads don't really matter much -- made some very good points. Glenn Greenwald noted that Brooks seems to be lowballing his estimate of the amounts being spent by these groups. Michael Crowley pointed out why these ads do, in fact, matter. Joe Klein argued that voters have a right to know who's paying for the ads persuading them who to choose as their representatives.

All very good stuff, no question. But while this Beltway debate is unfolding, Rove and the Chamber are laughing all the way to a quasi-bought-and-paid-for Congressional majority. Because the stuff the voters are seeing isn't being challenged in any significant way or subjected to any high-profile media scrutiny -- certainly nothing along the lines of the scrutiny that was rightly applied to White House and Dem claims about the Chamber. For some reason, no one wants to go there.

I don't know what the answer to this problem is. Maybe no amount of fact-checking will penetrate the advertising din these groups have unleashed. But surely the substance of what's in the ads themselves deserves more attention.

And now I will quietly retreat into my padded cell. Thanks for listening.

It's interesting that the pundits can find time attack the President and Democrats, but when it comes to Republicans and their bogus claims, the response is nitpicking that completely misses the point.

[flamingdem]

8. A brilliant segment, kudos nt

[moondust]

9. Excellent piece by Rachel.

So what is it really about?

I'd say "white power."

[Lindsey]

12. Whoa! I love the way she linked in the MSM in w/everything

she said. Rachel's absolutely brilliant.

[jenmito]

10. YES! As I watched her last night, I couldn't believe how perfectly described what's

going on, especially with her constant invoking of "the Republicans and the media..."

[ProSense]

14. Concise and to the point. n/t

[bluethruandthru]

11. I think I'll just send this to every repub I know who has touted

one (or more) of these things as the reason why their side is winning!

[rasputin1952]

13. I saw that last night...

absolutely brilliant...:woohoo:

[nofurylike]

16. K&R thank you for posting this, ProSense! nt