Dr. Richard Carmona interview on the Rachel Maddow Show

March 23, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

I happened to catch this segment of the Rachel Maddow Show last night while channel surfing between basketball games (I have my priorities).

Maddow's lead-in segment was about "GOP projection" — the schoolyard taunt "I'm rubber, you're glue; whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you." Specifically, the GOP is now projecting their "War on Women" onto Democrats. Governor Jan Brewer did this earlier in the week. Our 'cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs' Governor has a conspiracy theory:

“From what it appears, it might be an issue that has gained fire by our opposing party. I think that it’s a Democrat ploy to kind of put a wedge, if you will, between Republicans and women,” Brewer told reporters today.

MSNBC's Chris Matthews did a good job of illustrating the stupidity of this "GOP projection" with Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA). Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA): Devious Democrats Are Behind All This 'War on Women' Stuff | Crooks and Liars:

MATTHEWS: Whose tactics are they? I`m just asking you, whose tactics are they? You say they`re Democratic tactics.

How did Democrats get Republicans legislators to make these proposals? How tricky are they, these Democrats? They get the Virginia legislature to bring up all this stuff on abortion. They get Santorum to talk up contraception. Are these Democrats ventriloquists? How do they get the Republicans to say all this stuff? They are really masterful, I would say. I know I`m being sarcastic. But you know the evidence is a lot of right-wing social activists in your party are giving the Democrats catnip here, right? You`re admitting that.

That's right, Democrats are all Svengali's who can make Tea-Publicans engage in their "War on Women" against their will.

This lead-in segment was followed by the interview of former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona about how Arizona's Tea-Publican legislature is making a bid to be the most radically extreme in the nation on the GOP "War on Women."

Video below the fold. (Interview begins around 3:50 mark).

The AP explains the pricing of gasoline

March 23, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic today published this AP report on the pricing of gasoline. Q&A: What makes gasoline prices rise?: Q: What determines the price of gasoline? A: Mainly, it's the price of crude oil, which is used to make gasoline. Oil is a global commodity, traded on exchanges around the world. The … Read more

CD8 GOP Debate Proves One Thing Conclusively: Jessie Kelly is an Idiot

March 22, 2012

By Michael Bryan I watched the CD8 GOP debate on AZPM. GAHHHHHHH! My head nearly exploded. But I endured. It was cringe-inducing to watch all four candidates sink, at times, to the lowest possible denominator. The extreme and dangerous degree of political orthodoxy on the right is fully on display in this primary contest. The … Read more

AP Fact Check: More drilling has no effect on the price of gasoline

March 22, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Oil is a global commodity and its price is set by a global market — one in which supply and price are manipulated by the members of OPEC. This is simply a fact of life with which we live. The Associated Press (AP) has done a statistical analysis fact check and found … Read more

The Great Renege: Boehner Backs Out of Debt-Limit Deal

March 22, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Weeper of the House John Boehner confirmed today that he is not a man of his word and, as he has demonstrated from the day he took the gavel in the House, that he is the weakest Speaker of the House in modern American history. As the Rachel Maddow Show has documented … Read more

Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney is a pathological liar

March 22, 2012

Posted by AzBliueMeanie:

I have been making the point that Willard "Mittens" Romney is a pathological liar for many months. Everything this man says from the moment he introduces himself — his name is Willard — is a lie.

Steve Benen also has been making this point and has been "Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity" in a weekly "Top Ten" list of the lies of Willard "Mittens" Romney since January. Here is Benen's Top Ten list from last week Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol. X. And here are Benen's previous editions of "Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity": Vol. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX.

Steve Benen is now a co-producer of the Rachel Maddow Show. On Wednesday's show, following Romney campaign spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom's "Etch A Sketch" gaffe (read telling the truth), " Rachel Maddow finally did what no journalist to date has bothered to do. She enumerated the lies he tells daily, the cynicism with which those lies are told, and goes on to explain why Romney is undermining democracy and the office of President when he lies so easily just to get the job." Rachel Maddow: Romney's Lies Should Disqualify Him From High Office. Video below the fold.