Republicans can't get enough big government - The Rachel Maddow Show (June 1st, 2011)

[IngloriusBastard11]

Anyone who has seen the movie "V" knows exactly what the Republican Party is all about and what they could turn a country into if given the power and the means to do it.

[IngloriusBastard11]

Republicans usually hate big government when it comes to having the government keep an eye on corporations that exploit the regulations, toss their workers under the bus, and want to provide them nothing more than minimum salaries and benefits (preferable no benefits)

If Republicans really had their way you would be making 3 dollars an hour, have no benefits and they would turn America into another China or Vietnam. They truly are Communist underneath all that bullshit about God and Country.

[heartthrobbk]

The abortion issue is a red herring as far as I'm concerned, as I never intend to have children (Why would I want to bring them into a shithole like this world? I'm a MAN, by the way, not a woman.) What irritates me is that Republicans keep preening that they are for "smaller government". But they won't be satisfied to simply outlaw abortion. They'll also want to micromanage a pregnant woman's diet, alcohol, and tobacco consumption ultimately, too. Count on it. Screw that.

[MrHaggis03]

Attempting to outlaw contraception is a joke and it`s going to lose the GOP the election in 2012, and rightly so.

Most of us cannot pray our (natural) sexual urges away , and do not feel that sex is solely for pro-creation. The stats clearly show that over 90% of women use, or have used some form of contraception. It shows how out of touch these Republican religious fanatics really are.

[jboze3131]

Maddow is a child. It isn't a desire for big government to protect the basic human rights of a child. We somehow lost our way in this country and allowed SCOTUS to rule that, hey, ya know that life and liberty stuff? Well, it doesn't apply to fetuses. They don't get the guaranteed God-given rights of life and liberty!

Maddow knows there are certain things government MUST do, but she can't help but pretend she's clueless on this topic.

[eddieisfiction]

@jboze3131 you made absolutely no sense there. Hey how about during this small segment, we also talk about why there isnt world peace either... Yeah take that maddow.

You are an idiot.

[Neosaigo]

Apparently I am full of babies in my scrotum soon, wonder if I can get a tax cut for the billions of babies I have. /rolleyes

[poindexterwitkowsky]

~***Republican$ are always saying that they hate"Big Government". What they really mean is that they hate government regulation.Keep in mind that Republican$ don't work for you.They only work for BILLIONARES, CORPORATIONS& WALL STREET. They want to destroy MEDICARE because then they can give that money to the insurance co's. They want to destroy social security so they can give that money to Wall Street firms. They want to destroy UNIONS so that everybody makes minimum wage (like in Texas).

[autumnsylver]

If they ban all contraception in Alabama, I hope all women in Alabama ban sex.

[slickjilly]

Rachel rocks!!

[laviliterthefirst]

one person doesnt know how to read!

[billhause]

Actually, Rachel Maddow is the first and only newscaster whose words my wife and I trust since Uncle Walter Cronkite retired. Rachel does her research and reports the facts albeit tongue in cheek. We love her humorous delivery! Rachel Rocks! Those who denigrate and dismiss Rachel Maddow suffer severely from "self-denial" and in the words of Jack Nicholson "can't handle the Truth." Check and re-check Rachel's facts unless you prefer to live in the Faux News ranting and raving lies.

[RadarKat73080]

How many Republicans can you fit in a womb!

[Panzerfaust04]

@adescato You're the only lunatic here because your argument makes absolutely no sense and it seems like you just threw Hitler in there because it makes everything sound worse when his name is invoked. Also, you're putting words in Kim's mouth by saying she wants more minority children to be aborted when she said nothing even close. In other words, you're an ignorant loon with a racial preoccupation and no idea how to argue without insulting people. Take some of your own medicine and fuck off.

[Marchant2]

The Communist Party, I mean the Republicans, have gone so koo koo for kool aid, that soon we'll be watching them with their eyes bugged out as they go around hitting everyone on top of the head with their self-righteous, Far Right Wing gavels.

[adescato]

This lady (tongue in cheek) is nuts! Only lunatics watch her show. How did I end up on this page? I was searching for abortion statistics. By the way, by percentage, abortion is killing off more minority children then white! Hmmmm Kim thinks its good. Kim is obviously a racist. Hitler wanted to control the population too, isn't that right Kim?

[sharper68]

@adescato You are the psycho here as you argue for big government against everything your people apparently stand for you lose all creditability. You are fighting for the right to imprison people because you do not like their politics and want to control procreation, to call on a way overused comparison that is EXACTLY what Hitler did. It is pretty clear you project your obsessive draconian control issues on to anyone you think is wrong, it does not make your poor assertions valid

[KimInLosAngeles]

The people against the contraception must have frontotemporal dementia because they are unable to reason.

They are just like Octomom who gave birth to octuplets in 2009 even though she already had 6 kids & was on public assistance programs because she was unemployeed.

We already have nearly 7 billion people on earth, so how the hell are we going to feed all the new borns after the pills are banned?

The U.S. will end up looking like one of the third world Latin American nations in a few years.

[p71280]

@KimInLosAngeles LIKE ABORTION? I got a better idea. Save the baby and abort the mother.

[jonnyy40]

Take into account.CONTEXT! That was part of a 16 minute interview.

[exbronco1980]

the world has like 6.8 billion people. these anti abortion/anti contraception people, yes, the world doesn't already have enough people in it. (sarcasm)