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William769

(55,147 posts) Tue Oct 1, 2013, 10:26 AM Oct 2013

Rachel Maddow: 'Elect Republicans and They Will Burn the Place Down'

When the government officially shut down at midnight, MSNBC went to its most popular anchor, Rachel Maddow, who warned viewers, "Elect Republicans and they will burn the place down.”

Maddow showed clip after clip of Republicans saying since 2010 that they looked forward to one day shuttering the government. Then she played footage of Republican House members leaving a strategy meeting on Saturday as if they'd hatched a plan worth celebrating. "They did not seem like they were having a somber moment," she observed.

The out anchor who has become the face of MSNBC depicted Republicans as "psyched about this." She went on, "This is happening because they like this tactic."

Then before cutting to an interview with Slate's Dave Weigel she summed up her point with the quote that made headlines. "Elect Republicans and they will burn the place down," she said, "and they like the sound of that."

http://www.advocate.com/politics/2013/10/01/rachel-maddow-elect-republicans-and-they-will-burn-place-down

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Rachel Maddow: 'Elect Republicans and They Will Burn the Place Down' (Original Post) William769 Oct 2013 OP

The video at link is explosive. William769 Oct 2013 #1

She also said how they refer to Obamacare as a "bill" question everything Oct 2013 #2

Don't forget to post the link to whitehouse. gov to designate the Republican party as a whttevrr Oct 2013 #3

... William769 Oct 2013 #4

It's down... {:o( whttevrr Oct 2013 #7

Here's a direct link to that segment malaise Oct 2013 #5

Thanks & sorry I didn't see your OP. William769 Oct 2013 #6

Don't be sorry malaise Oct 2013 #8

William769

(55,147 posts)

1. The video at link is explosive.

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 10:29 AM

Oct 2013

question everything

(47,484 posts)

2. She also said how they refer to Obamacare as a "bill"

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 10:38 AM

Oct 2013

while in reality it is not a bill. It was signed by the president into a law.

The cold facts are that whenever Republicans take control of the House under a Democratic administration, they shut down the government. This is the only parallel with 1995. The rest are irrelevant details.