Rachel Maddow: Tea Parties and Ron Paul

[zombieconfederate420]

funny how liberals try to make it look like we conservatives rise taxes it is there asses who raise them

[K20ej88]

Why is this dude named Rachel?

[hectorsalinasisback]

Ron Paul is a progressive very similar to JFK, he opposes Zionism. Wonder why the economy is such a mess? The Zionists are the ones who control our world's oil supply and have lobbied for many unconstitutional wars at the expense of tax dollars and our troops, including Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and now the military action in Libya. Sadly, Obama, many Republicans and the Tea Party shills are controlled by the Zionists, much like puppets.

[bdmenne]

I am so confused by this interview. Is it meant to confuse, distort and irritate the undecided Ron Paul viewers, because I am all three. Good thing I know enough about Ron Paul to look past the shenanigans of Palin, fringe tea-partiers, and the like.

[54markl]

I will tell you Flat Out that the Left wishes to tax the Very Wealthy 90% of their income, like under FDR. The Teaparty pretends that this issue does not exist, that's what all the phony Libertarianism is about. Whether they acknowledge this or not, It's going to happen. We do not want people in this country who make more than African nations. This is Populism, which is at least as old as Libertarianism. It is not Socialism, except in the sense Social Security is. No Nobility in America!

[54markl]

The Teaparty will soon collapse under the weight of its own monumental stupidity. Only the press is keeping it alive, because the press is bored. Even if they win the Congessional elections, people will immediately see that they are Colnel Jack D. Ripper from Dr. Strangelove, and will toss them out right quick.

[Xaulted]

@54markl The Press is a farce with no credibility. And I hope you're wrong about the Tea Party collapsing... their the only hope this country has. WE THE PEOPLE are the Tea Party. If you at least agree with the Tea Party, then you deserve to have all your rights taken from you... and they are, and have been for far too long. It will only get worse until people who believe in true Freedom & Liberty are willing to stand up and FIGHT the crooked establishment that is enslaving us.

[54markl]

@Xaulted I do not dislike anyone, I just say a lot of rhetoric when I am frustrated, because I am bombarded with rhetoric from the Right all day. When you mean a Black Man by the crooked establishment, I cannot agree. The Super Wealthy are the Crooked Establishment, and you support them. Freedom without Equality is worthless. By enslavement, you mean paying for other people's healthcare, so you must be Rich. You the People are Right Wing People, We will fight for a 90% tax on the Very Rich!

[Xaulted]

@54markl Well I not apart of the 'Right' or the 'Left'... The establishment owns them both... 2 sides to the same coin. A devise used to divide and conquer. The Tea Party transcends party lines and gets back to the basics that EVERY AMERICAN should be fighting for, our Freedoms and Liberties! You can't have equality without freedom... unless you think the establishment is going to give equality... lol Which might be true, we might all be equally enslaved to them soon enough.

[54markl]

@Xaulted Everything is very frustrating. I think all we can do is live our lives the best we can and vote the way we were programmed to when we were young. Who's to know what's a shadow and what's not these days. You just have to go by the dictates of your own conscience and hope things turn out okay. Good day to you, sir.

[TheMango121]

Great Video.

[PaulUmbarger]

This woman is totally against anything that might be good for the country. She's a traitor.

[amsquare]

@PaulUmbarger That is a bit of an overstaement, don't you think. Rachel is hardly a traitor. Save that term for those who caoitulate to corporations by way of their lobbyists.

[54markl]

@PaulUmbarger Boo! Go to the Glenn Beck site!

[54markl]

@PaulUmbarger Go back to the Ozarks and drink moonshine, bubba!

[PaulUmbarger]

@54markl Actually, I'm from the deep south and I would LOVE to go drink some moonshine but, due to the Obama Depression, I can't afford any corn liquor.

[54markl]

@PaulUmbarger Aaaaah, si sarebbe triste se non fosse cosi divertente, pistole!

[PaulUmbarger]

@54markl (it would be sad if it were not so funny, guns)

[54markl]

@PaulUmbarger Ha, ha! Great! Sir, you are a scholar and a gentleman! I wish you every success in life! And pass that moonshine!

[PaulUmbarger]

@54markl Thanks! Best of seccesses to you as well! As soon as I can swipe a tanker truck to convert into a backyard still, I'll be sure to invite you! I mean, as long as we have to make our own moonshine, we might as well make enough to last the all day! LOL!

[Zeevro7]

Ewwww Rachel . . .

[tristanmayfield]

I love Maddow! Unlike Fox she engages in something called investigative journalism where they check FACTS.

[tannerbk]

rachel maddow is the reason i dnt watch msnbc

[amsquare]

@tannerbk You don't watch MSNBC because you like Fox"News",.

[54markl]

@amsquare Fox News sucks eggs!

[amsquare]

@54markl Indeed, chupan huevos.

[54markl]

@amsquare Ha ha! Huevos rancheros!

[Xaulted]

Notice how they have to spin the Tea Party to being a 'right winged' agenda thing and ignore the whole point. Tea Party isn't a political party, it's a mindset about the freedom & power of the people. It has NOTHING to do with the political right OR left. If your a true American that believes in the Constitution & The Bill of Rights, then you should be applauding the Tea Party Movement, if not joining it.

[amsquare]

@Xaulted The "Tea Party" is a sham and promoted by the likes of Sean Hannity and Dick Army. Give all of us objective indeoendent thinkers a break and take the bullshit elsewhere.

[Xaulted]

@amsquare Please, Sean Hannity has as much to do with the spirit of the Tea Party movement as Obama does. If you really want to be an "objective independent thinker", you'll stop defending Maddow's corp media spew and get a clue as to what is actually going on in the world. Tell that to the other 4 people who watch her show too.

[amsquare]

@Xaulted You are as arrogant as you are cynical. Your bullshit doesn't fly with me. Spend your time with the weak-minded who might think that you actually know something.

[Xaulted]

@amsquare I'm the arrogant, cynical one? You're the one that replied to me saying that the Tea Party is a sham, when the Tea Party is the only thing that's going to stop the gov't from finishing their ploy of destroying this country.

You're the one on here defending Maddow of all people, give me a break! And then you have the nerve to say I'M the one talking the BS. Listen, Turn off your TV, stop sucking the sack of Corp Media, take a look around and wake the hell up!

[amsquare]

@Xaulted I stand by all that I have stated. As long as the intolerant, selfish, delusional and racists continue to play prominent roles in the Tea Party movement, and while you are supported by the usual corporate right wing lobbyists/"rat-fuckers" (remember Watergate?), you will have the likes of me on your ass. The only thing that the present administration is trying to destroy is the corporate stranglehold on our country.

[Xaulted]

@amsquare WOW... your further off the edge then I suspected. Saying the Tea Party movement is racists (listen to Chris Matthews much?) really says your buying into the mass corp media swindle of demonizing the Tea Party movement because it threatens the establishment and their moves for amnesty and completing the NAU which will be by by America, no more united states. But I guess I'm talking to a wall at this point, I need not go on, you discredit yourself. Keep drinking the water buddy.

[amsquare]

@Xaulted The Wow belongs after you paranoid rantings about "mass corp media" , NAU and the like. How can you possibly NOT realize that there is a strong racist element in the Tea party movement? Open your eyes and ears, but most of all shake the cobbwebs from your mind!! I am a Euro-Amarican and I see it ALL OVER THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT. That's what happens when you awaken and retire watching Fox news, listening to Hannity, Limbaugh and Beck.

[Xaulted]

@amsquare Fox news, Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ect.= Corp Media... their all players in the game put on by the establishment. You call it paranoid rantings because you don't want to face the facts. Keep drinking the water.

The Tea Party movement has nothing to do with racism, the only reason YOU think so, is because the above told you to think so.

You think Ron Paul is using sophistry, but I bet you think Obama is a saint. And you think your awake?

[amsquare]

@Xaulted There are no saints and I worship no one, real or imagined. But some people are more selfish and self-centered than others. I tend to side more with the we people than the me people.

I personally know a few teabaggers, as my days put me in contact with many new people. They are racists, despite their denial. I have watched too many videos, read too many articles, seen too many photos, and listened to too many interviews not to see the bigotry and racism in the movement. I am awake.

[54markl]

@Xaulted The water is fluoridated by the commies!

[54markl]

@Xaulted And Fascist. Don't forget Fascist.

[54markl]

@Xaulted Don't forget the essence of bodily fluids, Col. Jack!

[54markl]

@Xaulted The Nazi Party was also all this.

[grahmnash1]

The only time Maddow has any interest in Ron Paul is when he is at odds with Republicans or Foxnews. Mature approach there, Rachel.

[ALPHAandOMEGA44]

KENNEDY CUT TAXES HE WAS GOING TO PRINT UP INTEREST FREE NOTES.....YOU CAN'T CREATE CREDIT OUT OF THIN AIR

[ALPHAandOMEGA44]

SHE LIKED RON PAUL AT FIRST NOW SHE FLIP FLOPS.....what a joke!

[sandythebear]

Yessir, Ron Paul 2012

[stowse]

MadCow loses what little credibility she clings to using the term ''tea-bagger'' and knocking that group. Which explains her basement ratings and others on PMSNBC.

[54markl]

@stowse Professional wrestling outdraws Fox News. It has more relevant content! :P

[1514mojo]

Unfortunately, the lying Republican/Democrat politician critters and the federal reserve, (which is neither federal nor reserve), since 1913, have printed (counterfeited) trillions of dollars out of thin air to help fix problems they help create.

Trade your green toilet paper for things that have actual value while you still can.

If youre not petrified of the coming dollar collapse, you arent paying attention.

[54markl]

@1514mojo Yes, pick Hitler and jackboots instead!

[yakyakyak69]

Throw OUT the Statist Progressive Social-Fascists (GOP & DEM)!

STOP Empire Building & Foreign Intervention with 700+ US military bases OCCUPYING almost EVERY nation PRODUCING hatred & jihad resistance!

Trade, NOT bribes/bombs Manipulation OR Isolationism!

STOP Fascist Crony Corporatism, Illegal Immigration & Marxist Redistributionist THEFT.

Return to Constitutionally limited Gov't, Individual Liberty & Responsibility, Sound Money, FREE competition between FREE States & FREE people.

[54markl]

@yakyakyak69 Boo, Libertarians! Throw a bomb, anarchist!

[shawno66]

screw you dyke and whatever you say

[amsquare]

@shawno66 Nice. You are a nice representative of the modern Libertarian movement. You hide behind that philosophy to push forward a bigoted agenda. You should be proud!

[shawno66]

@amsquare

Rachel M. is the depraved bigot that deserves whatever harsh words she receives. When she stereotypes and insults a group of solid Americans and uses derogatory terms like "teabagger" she opens herself up. What's good for the goose......

[amsquare]

@shawno66 But she does not use vulgar language, shows respect toward her guests and otherwise acts professionally. She did not coin the name "tea bagger". It is in common usage now. She is anything but depraved and is the antithesis of a bigot. It appears that you may disapprove of her sexual orientation and perhaps your perception of her politics. True libertarians do not make judgements like that. Does she not have a right to those liberties?

[shawno66]

@amsquare

She absolutely has a right to her lifestyle. I also have the right to disprove, which is where libertarians differ from liberals. The term "teabagger" is no different than calling a black person a "nigger". I didn't invent that word. Is it fine for me to use it on national TV? I purposely called her a "dyke" to illustrate that nobody likes being called a disparaging name. By using the word "teabagger", she IS using vulgarity. You do know where the word 'teabagging" comes from, right?

[amsquare]

@shawno66 You have a filthy mind. That meaning is not the one that comes to my mind when I hear the term tea-bagger. What I think of , and what Maddow does as well, I am certain, is the tea party movement members who when on all over the place with tea bags hanging from their hats clothes and everywhere. Tea bags are their symbol.

[shawno66]

@amsquare

Her intent, (along with Olbermann) is exactly what it appears to be. It is laughable to say she is just thinking about tea bags hanging from hats. That is why I am so offended by her. Her use of the word is 5th grade name calling.

[amsquare]

@shawno66 Then we will just disagree. I do not like name-calling or vulgar references from anyone. I just do not hear Maddow doing that, but I do hear others calling her everything in the book of foul insults. If someone does not agree with her views, he/she can attack those views, hopefully with the same level of professionalism that Rachel displays.

[amsquare]

@shawno66The fact that a disgusting practice also has that name, and that some less than classy people have alluded to it should not rub off on Maddow, who is very upright, despite her sexual orientation.

[shawno66]

@amsquare

Please understand, I don't care about her "orientation".

She is another elitist liberal snob who thinks less of everyone who doesn't think like her. That is why I dislike her, because of her political views and no other reason. Why does she intentionally uses derogatory name-calling tactics?

[amsquare]

@shawno66 She is quite fair, actually, especially when comapred to her counterparts on the right.

[tristanmayfield]

@shawno66 bigot

[shawno66]

@tristanmayfield

waaaahhhhhh......another wining liberal.....

Rachel Maddow has got to be the biggest bigot on TV today.

She is a text-book example of a self-loathing wannabe elitist.

[owatadikiam]

Rachel's show cancelled on Monday, now that health care is free she has scheduled a vasectomy for the morning and a pelvic exam for the affternoon.

[CrossoverManiac]

The Boston Tea Party of 1775 was not sweet and agreeable. If it was, the US would still be a British colony.

[thablackmarkit]

you mean 1773.

[FiatParadox]

haha she's a lover of props 3:33 and she loves his pair of sweet teabags??? WTF

[wadepo1]

Rachel needs to be tea bagged

[dieyoung]

@wadepo1 as long as its by a woman, that dyke.

[yakyakyak69]

@wadepo1 GROSS!!!

[TheIconoclasst]

@wadepo1 - I can't see Rachel allowing anyone to teabag her. The lesbians frown on this.

[peteblaxmith]

@TheIconoclasst has nothing to do with her ALLOWING a teabagging ;D

[tomas6262]

@wadepo1 She doesnt dislike him. only teabaggers

[Quiltingsando]

Sad the lack of respect on ALL sides because WE are missing opportunities in REAL discussion of issues that face our nation The Media is condescending and opinionated when they are most needed to be neutral Tea parties originally organized by frustrated people from ALL parties Ron Paul message, impeccable credentials and consistent record in Congress brings people of all walks together His popularity was not due to his hair style or charisma Ron Paul is a true Statesman worth knowing

[potential1011]

ron paul=freedom

[amsquare]

@potential1011 Ron Paul = sophistry.

[PringDaddyPring]

@potential1011

It also = total disaster unless you already are a millionaire... it's the ultimate "survival of the fittest model".I think people who actually think ron paul is a solution flunked out of every mathematics class they ever took. it would be a disaster. I don't know if you knew this, but the constitution is hundreds of years old... we've progressed a lot since then.I doubt People from France still run around quoting Napoleon. That's basically the equivalent to ron paul's solution

[fjhfhrbkh]

I hate that stupid dyke

[Adagio2424]

its sad to waste so much tea

[bearcat648]

People should watch this before commenting. I expected Rachel to be trashing the tea parties (I guess she has elsewhere), but here she is mostly focused on a very important issue: establishment Rebuplicans trying to co-opt libertarianism and the Ron Paul movement.

Great interview, nothing like the trash from Olbermann and Garofalo.

[beastmodemayn]

After you watch the whole thing it seams like it, but when she first came on she still sounded condescending to me... The whole "tea-baggers" tag she gave the people attending said tea parties.

[shawno66]

@beastmodemayn

yes she is offensive in her inciting name-calling.

[unrik08]

About time somebody gives Ron Paul credit for our Tea Parties, even if she calls us crazy Campaign 4 liberty is the future of the republican party and our issues are cut spending and taxes end fed end illegal wars

[prescottbill]

Do you think she wears a strap on to work?

[Philhelm]

Rachel Maddow: Technically, still a virgin...

[Natalia1nLuv]

Actually there is no consensus as to what a virgin is. Secondly only crass losers like yourself care to make the point you made.

Good job on being helplessly brainwashed Philhelm!

[Philhelm]

Well, to this...woman's credit, at least she's the only one making teabag jokes who has never been teabagged.

[batmaneul]

I wish the media would grow up. How childish making dozens of references to sex. This woman is disgusting and has no class.

[VoteLiberty]

I agree that she's garbage and shouldn't be trusted, but this was a freebee for us.

[ooosydonooo]

i'd hit that

[electrostatic1]

Actually, she is telling the truth... Hannity and Gingrich are nearly universally hated by the founders of the Campaign for Liberty...

[newWorldobey]

they should rename msnbc BSNBC

[intheknow777]

BOYCOTT MSNBC!! BOYCOTT MSNBC!!

TAKE OFF YOUR TIN FOIL HAT RACHEL!

U SHLD SHUT UR PIE HOLE UR TEA BAG STRING IS SHOWING.

RACHEL MADDOWS MADE UP HER OWN NAME CALLED TEA BAGGING..WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? NASTY RACHEL? U MENTIONED URBAN DICTIONARY?

"US" TAX PR0T3ST3RS DONT KNOW WHAT THE HECK UR TALKING ABOUT!

By the way Rachel ..pull UR teabag out the strings are hanging & everyone sees it!

[ZombiesNTea]

Well, as a Ron Paul supporter, I guess you WOULD know a whole lot about "tin foil hats".

hahahahahahahahaha

[intheknow777]

@zombieNtea Ur comment about ron paul supporters & tin foil hats is long refuted. Why the heck do U think all the news stations are having him on. (besides ratings) Ron paul was right. this mess canot be blamed on ANY Paul supporter because WE voted for Ron Paul. Everything Ron Paul said has happened. And U sheep DIDNT listen. Funny in MN when the RNC was happening Ron Pauls rally had 12k people. Mccain/Palin 10K ...we were not surprized! NOW I Am done with U.. leave me alone!

[ZombiesNTea]

And the mess can be blamed on me? I didn't vote for Obama either. I voted for Nader.

[VoteLiberty]

Who, in their right mind, would vote for a conveniently non-descript socialist piece of shit who would eviscerate the Constitution in no less flagrant a fashion as the criminals who are doing it right now?

This is why you're known as watermelons--green on the outside, but thoroughly RED on the inside.

[ZombiesNTea]

A) You don't know what the word "socialist" actually means, and I'm not interested in trying to explain it to you, only for you to retort to me that I'm wrong, while I know I'm right. What I will say is that both Obama and Nader are "social democrats", Obama being centrist and corporate, Nader being progressive (and not corporate). Not socialists. There is a *very* distinct difference. Not to seem like a dick, but I suggest you read up on "social democracy" and "socialism".

[ZombiesNTea]

B) I would consider myself some kind of socialist, I suppose, but not like you think. I am not for Leninist states, gulags, or repealing civil liberties. I'm a big fan of the Bill of Rights. I believe in a general idea more than a specific idea, but I'd say I'm a democratic socialist (check wikipedia on democratic socialism) who thinks power should be as community based as possible, with localities being confederated. Think ward republic meets democratic socialism.

[Sivels]

I don't think you understand the implications of socialism on any individual, and society

[genericandothers]

@ZombiesNTea I would classify myself as libertarian leaning but I like the concept of community based cooperations. The issues with true social democracy and socialism is the scale of implementation. if u can keep socialist policies on a local scale or even state..... i think u can have an argument for it; however, these things tend to spread rapidly (for funding reasons) and eventually the lack of a large-scale pricing system catches up with the framework. I like your perspective though.