Rachel Maddow Smacks down Pat Buchanan

Looking for the "deleted" MSNBC footage of the Rachel Maddow/Pat Buchanan Smackdown? We gots it!

BUCHANAN: Look, Rachel said there was humility, real humility here. Let me read his direct quote according to Dana Millbank. He's telling the Congressional guys, "This is the moment the world is waiting for. I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best tradition." Upon what meat has this our Caesar fed? He's sounding like America's hot dog.

MADDOW: The issue is that quote has been disproved today! That quote has been contradicted by multiple other sources, talking to Time Magazine, talking with other reporters, explaining...he did not say that at all.

GREGORY: Let me break in. Smerc, you're coming. Let me break in with what the actual quote is. The Politico reported on this. This is what Obama actually said according the the Politico: "It's becoming increasingly clear, in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, it's not about me at all. It's about America. I have just become a symbol." Smerc.

SMERCONISH: All right. Nobody was in a room from a journalistic standpoint when that statement was offered, but, The New York Times - I'm amazed that no one has brought this up so far - June 4, 2008, a direct quote from Senator Obama, "I love when I'm shaking hands on a rope line and I see a little old white lady and a big burly black guy and Latino girls and all their hands are entwined, and they are feeding on each other as much as on me. It's like I'm just the excuse." In other words, he's said it before, in the proper context. It's a feel good statement about the country and what he represents. We don't have to debate what he said behind closed doors because we have him on the record. And giving him the benefit of the doubt, he said the same thing yesterday that he told the Times on this day.

MADDOW: Which I would argue is a symbol of humility and not hubris. But people want to run with the hubris line.

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[brynb2]

Man, you teabaggers get testy easy. Get a grip. This video was like a year ago. She's done way more since then.

[chrisizq]

The title doesn't fit..if anything its a draw..Maddow is way too quick to hurl the r word. And Obama's campaign in general was over the top. They had a mock presidential seal, his campaign demanded to speak at the Brandenburg gate in Germany where traditionally only heads of state speak, and he essentially believes his charm will win over our enemies in Iran, N. Korea, etc. That he will somehow find a way to make evil govts see the folly of their ways. That's arrogance.

[brynb2]

Ah, I get it. You didn't watch the video.

[billionaireby16]

Harold Ford is a souless White Black Man....

[91dodgespiritrt]

@pig5689 Whether you like MSNBC or not, it's easy to admit Buchanan isn't afraid to challenge and straighten out these leftist democrat pundits like Maddow. It's obvious he's more intelligent (advisor to 3 presidents) & more informed than she'll ever be. As a result he quickly puts a halt to their bullshit and "tomfoolery", making mincemeat out of her lies. If Maddow wants to whore for Obama, fine.She just needs to be prepared for trouble when she's humiliated in front of millions of viewers.

[americanromancatholi]

@maxroachtribute Yes racist means nothing these days just as the word anti-Semite and Nazi and fascist and sexist means nothing. You should thank your comrades at the Jewish and Marxist Frankfurt School for your indoctrination.

[maxroachtribute]

your point was "she's a rhodes scholar but she doesn't know everything"? and i should give you credit for saying that?

are you serious?

[KinglyNumbaOne]

@maxroachtribute I didn't mention Sarah Palin, genius. Oh, wait...you have no rebuttal for my actual point so you have revert to your psychotic obsession with Sarah Palin. Okay, I get it. =P

[chrisizq]

@maxroachtribute My post his over a yr. old, but I'll reply anyway. I never said he only had charm....I said it was arrogant to think that evil heads of state like Iran or North Korea would change their ways because Obama would sit down and talk to them one to one, on a personal level. That was essentially what he was claiming.....so basically he thinks that with his charm & reason, they will see the light....and all I said was that seemed pretty naive to me. The past 2 yrs have proven me right.

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@chrisizq

when it comes to this it becomes preponderance. looks like milbank got it from a secondary source. milbank has credibility? and he's a leftist? so all leftists have credibility? so MAddow should have all the credibility in the world. examine the logic first before posting please.

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@KinglyNumbaOne

based on your argument at least sarah palin will now have a chance to be called intelligent.

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@americanromancatholi

who called him a racist? nowif racist means nothing tell that to all the descendants of black americans who have been lynched. tell that to holocaust survivors and the survivors of holocausr victims.

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@chrisizq

ok. what would the crowd size if by any chance mccain spoke there? oh that's right all obama uses is his charm. amazing how this harvard grad constitutional law professor has gotten away with just his charm.

[americanromancatholi]

@brynb2 And your cussing makes you look unintelligent. The liberal disease is frustrating really. Smacks down? LOL it is more truthful that Pat Buchanan smacks down them until they call him a racist. BTW the word racist means nothing. Do you liberals even know where your ideology comes from. Probably not.