Rachel Maddow on All Topics
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“When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arrested, he was read his Miranda rights, which a number of Republican lawmakers have called a travesty, a disaster, a weak move. They wanted Mr. Abdulmutallab in military custody. But today, FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress that despite being read his Miranda rights, and despite not being tortured, the
Christmas Day underwear bomber suspect is still cooperating with investigators and giving them useful intelligence.”
“Republican Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer asking the people of South Carolina to elect him governor and also saying that some of his constituents in South Carolina are stray animals who need to be stopped from breeding by cutting off their food.”
“Everything you thought about Pat Robertson when you first heard these comments from him, feel free to keep thinking them. He meant it.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, behold Pat Robertson, the unintended consequence of your First Amendment.”
“More than seven in 10 Afghans say things are on the upswing in their country. "Optimistan!"”
“The further away we get from the 9-12 march the bigger its legend grows. At some point, I will have been there, you will have been, too. It will be like Woodstock.”
“The debate that`s happening overseas right now over legislation to execute people for being gay. It`s the anti-homosexuality bill of 2009.”
“One of the people pictured in the ad, this guy, is an elected state representative, Republican Robert Schaaf of Missouri, and he`s now, officially nationally famous for making a political ad proclaiming that he`s a racist. Welcome to the national stage, Representative.”
“Afghanistan poses no threat to us, and yet, our war there is being doubled and tripled in size. Why? It's because we think there might be a
threat from Afghanistan in the future, if a safe haven for terrorism there re-emerges in the future.”
“It is remarkable to have Sen. McCain himself get involved personally in shooting down Palin's claims in her new book, particularly because McCain reportedly advised his staffers and aides to be as low key as possible in defending themselves against Palin's accusations.”
“The man [Stupak] who sneaked the strongest anti-abortion legislation in a generation into the health reform bill is now walking around Washington like he owns the place.”
“This is an amazing and not at all complicated tale of Mr. Armey getting paid lots of money to support certain issues and lots of money to oppose those very same issues at the very same time.”
“The roughly 120 seconds its taken me to tell you this story would be a steal for [Mayor Bloomberg] at about 1200 dollars.”
“Ballot measures about same-sex marriage have a worse track record than this year`s St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tennessee Titans all rolled into one.”
“After the president and his advisers made their case against FOX, that network has run with it and run with it in an attempt to presumably try to glean some commercial success from it.”
