the rachel maddow show, transcript 08/13/10 - health care appliances

Host: Good evening, Rachel.
Host: Good evening, Keith.
Thank you.
Thank you for staying with us for an hour at home.
We started tonight and the president signed a bill of $0. 6 billion to increase security along the US route. S. -Mexico border.
Nevertheless, this is an effort to strengthen border law enforcement
Obama's secretary of homeland security pointed out today that, in fact, the problem of illegal immigration
As reflected by immigration law enforcement
The problem has not gotten worse in the past decade. (
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Homeland Security Minister Janet natantano: everything that should go up is going up, everything that should go down is going down.
Seizures rose across the board last year.
The arrests or illegal transit operations have ended. (END VIDEO CLIP)
MADDOW: It's a little taboo these days.
This is at least contrary to our common wisdom.
But the problem of illegal immigration in the United States has not deteriorated.
Just people who like to say things are getting worse-
Despite the fact
The complaints are much louder now.
As their complaints get bigger and bigger
Despite the fact
Their complaints began to become strange.
In the newsroom in our office, I can't watch because I'm visually easily distracted. What?
But everyone else who works on rachel maddow's show, everyone who works at our little News Center, always turns on all the other wired networks during the day to monitor the news during the day.
I don't know, but it's easy for me to get distracted.
I walked past our surveillance bank one day this week and I just parked on my track on CNN. “Terror babies? !
This is the topic that Anderson Cooper discussed last night on CNN.
Baby of terroristsReally? Hats off to Mr.
In fact, Cooper is here to discuss and expose this conspiracy theory.
But the theory itself is amazing.
The idea is that very far-sighted foreign women of terrorism come to the United States to have children.
Why are they doing this?
They did it so that their terrorists were born in the United States.
In this way, the children of the terrorists will be born as American citizens. S. citizen.
Then, the children of the terrorists will stumble home, as the toddler of the terrorists, then the children of the terrorists, then the teenagers of the terrorists, and so on, and finally, it will be back here in about 20 years to enter the country with its horror baby American passport for a terrorist attack. Ta-da!
These very, very far-sighted terrorists are waving the womb of the lady, and obviously should not be the terrorists themselves.
They're just baby incubators for terrorists.
They're terrorists.
As far-fetched as horror baby theory looks-
I know this is the latest counter.
Settlements right hysterical. And I do—
Pay tribute again to Anderson Cooper.
He cleverly debunked this.
But still, the baby theory of terrorists is still in Congress. (
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Louis GOHMERT®Texas: they will bring pregnant young women into the United States to have children, they don't even have to pay anything for their children, and then they will go back to where they can be raised and pampered as future terrorists.
Then one day, 20 years, 30 years later, they can be sent to help destroy our way of life. (END VIDEO CLIP)MADDOW: See?
You think I'm exaggerating.
You thought I was exaggerating.
I made it sound more eccentric than it is.
When Louie Gohmert said that, he actually made it sound more crazy than I explained.
They don't have to pay anything for their children, he said.
They will then go back to where they can be raised and pampered as future terrorists.
Horror baby
Of course, they look like babies.
Obviously, we have to repeal the 14 amendment, so the baby born here, any baby, is no longer the United States. S.
Protect us from terrorist attacks. It‘s amazing.
Fear, you know, is a real, tested political strategy.
Make people afraid of foreign threats, the treatment that those who look different from you make up for you and your lifestyle, no matter how small these people are --it‘s a well-
The old-fashioned tactics of conservative politics have raised such fears.
The problem is that, especially trying to make voters afraid of immigration, is always a tempting strategy for conservatives, but it never really pays off.
At least not now.
From the voter's point of view, it seems to be no longer so effective.
That's because it's done in demographics.
2004 of Hispanic voters voted for the Republican Party, according to a 44% poll.
Two years later
For conservative politicians, immigration rhetoric has once again become too tempting.
Things that immigrants were "afraid" of were returned, a figure that dropped to 29%.
Republicans won 31% of the Hispanic vote in 2008, but any white voter the Republicans got from the "fear of the terrible Brown" strategy, they were not enough to stop the Republicans from taking a big hit that year.
Now, those who are trying to scare people away for political gain are not strategically stupid.
I mean, they see these numbers, too. Anti-
Immigration politics feels good for a party that likes to run in fear, but anyone can tell it doesn't work.
Ask "how many presidents are in the tank.
Smart Republicans know how to read the numbers.
This is not a mystery.
You will hear smart Republicans express the same phenomenon I just described.
Republicans know that.
So how do they keep going back
Immigration for election year?
What else can drive them to these harsh reactions?
Despite their biggest immigration policy for election benefits?
Last night on this show, we talked about an undisclosed direct impact of Arizona's "newspaper", and the "please" law is, it is likely to invest millions of dollars a month into the private prison industry --
In particular, a private prison company called the American Correctional company.
CCA holds a contract to imprison federal prisoners in Arizona.
How do you become a federal detainee in Arizona?
Well, when you were arrested in Arizona and detained on immigration charges
This means that you will be placed in CCA prison, which is
The profit entity paid to you by the government.
CCA is likely to reap huge economic benefits from the Arizona governor's January Brewer signing. B.
1070, because 1070 is targeting more people in Arizona for federal immigration fees. Cha-ching!
It's really convenient considering that two of Governor Brewer's senior advisers have direct contact with the US corrections company.
As CBS affiliate KPHO reported for the first time, we talked about last night that the deputy chief of staff of Governor Brewer used to be a lobbyists for CCA.
His wife is currently a registered lobbyists for CCA.
In addition, one of Governor Brewer's policy advisers, the person running her campaign, owns a company that represents CCA.
So Governor Brewer signed it. B. 1070 into law—
Again, this will lead to the arrest and detention of more immigrants --
The prison company may benefit a lot from her pair of consultants.
Now, it turns out that there is a more direct connection between S and S. B.
1070 and private prison industry benefiting from S. B. 1070.
Do you remember who introduced it? B.
1070 in the first place?
Somewhere deep in your memory library on this issue is the name Russell Pierce.
He is a Republican state senator in Arizona. B. 1070.
It's really his baby.
Russell Pierce is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee in Arizona.
He's a powerful man in the State Council.
His relationship with the industry is scoffing at the prospect of more arrested immigrants, so there is more profit in Arizona --
He is even more connected to the industry than Brewer in January.
Joining us now is the reporter Morgan Loff, who has been doing a lot of legwork for the story, a subsidiary of CBS at KPHO, Phoenix.
Thank you very much for coming back to the show, Morgan.
Reporter: I'm glad, Rachel.
I think people across the countryB.
1070 with Governor Arizona, Brewer, January.
What is the connection between Russell Pierce and S? B. 1070?
Loff: The idea behind S. B.
1070 is a question Russell Pierce has been thinking about for years.
In fact, for the first time in 2006, he introduced a bill that made it a state crime to keep illegal immigrants in Arizona.
Back in 2006, this actually passed our state legislature, but later-
Governor Janet Napolitano vetoed the bill.
This time he has a Republican governor who is apparently looking for a big problem --
A few months ago, immigration became a big problem in Arizona, even bigger than before.
She signed the bill into law, increasing her popularity among Arizona residents and making Russell Pierce stronger.
MADDOW: We talked last night about the relationship between Governor Brewer and the private prison industry, especially with the US corrections company.
What is Russell Pierce's financial relationship with the industry?
Loff: We looked at his financial report this afternoon and he was supported by the private prison industry.
The political action committee, funded by two private prisons contracted by Arizona, donated the maximum amount allowed by Russell Pierce last year.
He also made money from lobbyists who worked for these companies, as well as other private prison industries and businesses there.
What's interesting about Russell Pierce is that he's running around. election.
He could be re-elected without spending a dollar, and he became popular.
So, he was sitting around $73,000 in the campaign.
He doesn't need to use the money at all.
As far as I know, sir.
From this point of view, Pierce's political prospects are very broad.
He's not just looking at him the next time. election.
He seems to be a relatively ambitious political figure in Arizona.
Given the context of the war, it's expected to be easy considering his return
Morgan, election effort, is there any indication of what Russell Pierce is going to do next on this issue?
Loff: Well, after he passed the exam successfully. B.
1070. we looked at his email for about two months. mails.
He is a public official.
We have the right to check his status-mail account.
And in the process, we're starting to see a model that he's planning to push forward, which is to abolish the innate citizenship, you know, the Fourteen Amendment movement that you just mentioned in your statement.
His idea is to enact a bill in Arizona banning illegal immigrants from being Arizona-born children.
He plans to move the plan forward next year.
Who knows what he's going to do with the money?
But he has enough money to push the issues that he is concerned about.
MoDo: Morgan, I think Russell Pearce was the one behind the privatization of all Arizona state prisons last year, is that right too? LOEW: He was.
He sponsored the legislation, and we looked at his legislative record and it looks like he was pushing forward legislation calling for the privatization of state prison beds back in 2003.
I think there are 1,000 beds in 2003 and 1,400 before that.
But the biggest one is the bill you just mentioned, which will hand over our entire prison system to the private prison industry.
Now, the bill has been rejected, but another bill has passed and basically does the same thing.
In a sense, most of our prison system was handed over to the private prison industry last year, but none of these companies would come forward to bid. MADDOW: Wow.
Morgan Loff, investigative reporter for CBS affiliate KPHO, Phoenix, Arizona-
Thank you for your report, thank you for your time at the national level to help us connect these points, Morgan.
We really appreciate it.
It's my pleasure, Rachel.
MADDOW: a sitting senator. S.
The senator, a family values politician, was caught paying prostitutes in order to deceive his wife.
The senator, despite his arrest, has so far not paid any political price for this --
At least not before today.
Today, his past clearly caught up with him. That‘s next. (
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MADDOW: By the end of this month, the United StatesS.
Combat troops will be evacuated from Iraq.
We have known this war for more than seven years.
Even if Iraq is completely changed, the war to change the United States will end.
NBC's Richard Engel just spoke to the U. S. general in Iraq as we left Iraq.
Richard Engel lives in Baghdad. coming up. (
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MADDOW: that's how Senator David Witte of the state of Luis Anna has appeared in the last few years, when he did appear on the cable news.
This is a short film. you have to wait until the end because he is naturally a punching line. (
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MADDOW: See if you can find irony in this particular kind of question being asked by this particular US senator. SEN.
John Enders®Nevada: Do you think the incentives set up in companies like Goldman Sachs are appropriate incentives for people to engage in ethical behavior?
M: Senator, I think Goldman is working hard on ethical behavior.
That's not what I said.
Do you think these incentives will lead to ethical behavior?
MADDOW: imagine what the Republican cloakroom looked like before this hearing.
Well, who will chase these people for their immoral behavior?
"Who will chase these people on moral issues?
John Ender, are you ready?
John Ensign, is currently under federal investigation to make moral charges against your employees and the wife of your former employee?
John Ender, do you want to be the person here who is the moral center?
Hey David Witte, do you want to chase them on a prostitute? (End Video Clip)
MADDOW: That's how David Witte recently appeared on cable news, actually, in the last few years.
Senator David in Victor (David Vitter) for Bill Clinton (Bill Clinton) have an affair and to he crusade.
Senator Victor ran for his office based on what he called Superior family values. (
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David Witte. ®Luis Anna: The bottom line is that I have to change a lot for our children.
Woman: Great, David.
You can start with Jack.
This is David Witte. I agree with the news. Marriage—
It is often said, but it is very, very real and worth repeating.
Marriage is the most basic social system in human history. (End Video Clip)
MADDOW: after the announcement-
Once David Witte was elected after announcing his good family values and his harsh opposition to the bad family values of others, David Witte fell into a prostitution scandal or two.
His name appears on the phone list in Washington, D. C. C.
David Witte apologized. (
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Vette: I would like to again express my deep, sincere apologies to all those who I have been disappointed and disappointed with these actions of the past.
I am totally responsible and I am very, very sorry.
No matter how long ago, I knew it had hurt the trust relationship I enjoyed with many of you and I had a lot of work to do to rebuild it. (END VIDEO CLIP)
MADDOW: You know, sometimes when politicians show up on the customer list at the local prostitute mall --
Especially if they're an activist for family values.
Sometimes they have to resign.
But not David Witte.
About a year after he apologized with his wife, he stood with former Idaho senator Larry Craig --
Another Republican. co-
Support the Marriage Protection Amendment so that a marriage like prostitute David Vette can be protected from the same serious threat
Sexual partners are also allowed to get married.
Coffee by David Witteout-the-
The amazing hypocrisy of his nose led him to be a bit like a national joke on the Internet and cable news.
This has not had much impact on his political career in Washington, DC, and around the city.
It seems that everyone is afraid to mention the prostitute.
They all pretended not to happen.
At least they did.
Now, someone has finally drawn a line with David Witte, the prostitute issue, and some of his other female issues.
Through the right square of Rubicon in the middle of Senator Victor
Stan, as well as the senator's disturbing record on other issues. Check this out. (
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Charlie melanken (D)
This is Charlie Melancon. I agree with the news.
Announcer: We know how David Witte handled his serious crimes, and when Witte's staff abused his girlfriend violently, Senator Witte asked him to continue his work and deal with women's issues.
David Witte about women
He voted against equal, who works on equal footing, against reports of breast X-rays, and even against the protection of women who have been raped at work.
David Witte, for a woman, his serious crime is not even his worst. (END VIDEO CLIP)
MADDOW: In the November election, David Witte's Democratic rival, Charlie Melanson, finally pointed out the elephant to be hired in David Witte's political living room.
He has also set up two websites to track Senator Vette. SeriousSins.
Com and ForgottenCrimes. com.
I can't believe these URLs have not been taken yet.
Now joining us from New Orleans is Clancy Dubos.
He is the owner of "Gambit Weekly. ”Mr.
Dubos, thank you very much for your time.
Clancy DuBos, GAMBIT's weekly owner: Rachel, good evening.
Nice to be here.
MADDOW: Is there a standard way for David Vette to react to such an attack?
In my opinion, politicians are actually shy about chasing him on this issue?
I think there are two reasons.
First, there are two response modes for Vitter.
When he is caught by the media or forced by reporters, he tends to run away.
He was in hiding for weeks after the prostitution scandal.
After his staff attacked his girlfriend's latest scandal, he was hiding for about a week.
But when an opponent attacks him, he tends to fight back.
At least equally fierce.
In fact, when he was a national representative, his own colleagues gave him the nickname "painful vitality.
"I think people know that if you're going to pester David Witte, you're going to be in a fight because he's kind of embodies an old adage about no rules in a knife-wielding battle
Mado: I would like to ask you, what is one of the reasons why David Witte continues to survive?
Continue to survive a lot of things that no one else can survive.
Because he has a Republican backup in the state, because the state and power brokers in the state really like him.
But are you saying they're more afraid of him than they like him?
I think people-
Republicans in the state of Louis Anna love or love Governor Bobby Jindal.
They tolerate David Witte.
I don't think David Vette has so many intimate private bff in the Republican Party.
They know what kind of person he is, but they do like the fact that he is a conservative and he is a senator.
He was the first Republican. S.
Senator from the state of Luis Anna after reconstruction
So, they like it.
So they tolerate everything else.
MADDOW: What do you expect Charlie Melanson to have on David Witte? The media have been following him on this issue, but many politicians really don't
I think this is inevitable.
I think when Witte attacked him with commercial ads, Melanson decided to fight back.
Coincidentally, both of them have to survive in their respective party primaries, but they should all do so.
So it seems that Vettel and Melanson are already reviewing the party primary in August 28 and are already attacking each other.
I think what we can expect is a rise in temperature, a tradition in the state of Luis Anna.
MADDOW: But, do you think an attack on this particular issue would resonate with the voters of the state of Luis Anna? Is this—
Did those things come up in very difficult times?
Advertising, are they the kind of things that voters are happy to hear, are they likely to react, or are they likely to backfire?
I don't think it will backfire.
First of all, everyone in the state of Luis Anna knows hook.
The door of David Witte, most people may know about the staff, although they may not know all the details. I think that ad
If you look closely and listen once or twice, you will find --in my opinion—
It targets women directly.
I think the polls show that if Vitt is underwhelmed, it's a female voter.
Female voters won't like his hypocrisy or his falsehood in family values, where he wrote a column
Ed said Bill Clinton was morally unfit to be president, and the whole time since then-
Mix up with prostitutes and pay for sex.
It is understandable that women have a brief integration in this regard.
Then the last round, the assistant stabbed his girlfriend and threatened to kill her, and then Witte asked him to move on.
I think he punished him for a week.
He suspended him for a week and then put him back in charge of women's issues.
I think a lot of women will have some very serious concerns about David Witte to respond.
I think melanken knew it was part of the lower belly of Witte.
MADDOW: Clancy Dubos, owner of "Gambit Weekly", joins us from the state of Luis Anna
Thank you very much for your time tonight, sir.
We really appreciate it.
Nice, Rachel. Thank you.
MADDOW: So, the National Democratic Party has put its strongest, most effective, and most devastating opposition.
Republican politics has been hit for at least a year.
They did it.
Of course, they have released it on a Friday in August.
Still, it's still a kick tooth.
This is coming. (
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Richard Engel, chief foreign correspondent for NBC News: It's worth the effort, why? GEN.
S. commander Ray OdiernoS.
Iraqi forces: First of all, I would like to say that my answer to this question is: the question has not yet been determined.
I believe that if you look at Iraq's location on the map, you will realize its strategic importance to stability in the Middle East.
I think if we do that, I think the overall stability of the region will improve, which means it will translate into the US in my opinion.
Engel: but it's still an open question because ifODIERNO: It is.
Engel: if we don't do it rightODIERNO: It is.
Engel:-that's not worth it. ODIERNO: Yes. I mean, again—ENGEL: Is that—(CROSSTALK)
Odierno: What I want to say is that what we will know in three to five years is what I have been saying.
Three to five years from now? ODIERNO: Yes. (END VIDEO CLIP)
MADDOW: NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel talks with Iraq's top commander, General Ray Odierno, about whether the war in Iraq is worth it, regardless of the future Iraq, Iraq in 2013, all will be the stability of the Middle East, and whether this will bring more national security to the United States.
The war in Iraq ended on September 1.
It is over, not in the metaphorical or symbolic sense, but in the true end.
The security agreement between the Bush administration and the Iraqi government stipulates that,S.
The fighting mission in Iraq ended on September 1, 2010.
All troops will have to be withdrawn next year.
At some point after the initial invasion of Iraq, there was a false claim that Iraq had taken control of 9/11 people, or that Iraq was an imminent threat to attack us with weapons of mass destruction, which makes sense, at some point after these claims were crushed by their own lies, the reasons for the war in Iraq changed.
Paul Wolfowitz admits that this is no longer a claim of weapons of mass destruction, but it is only a superficial reason why we go.
At some point they started to sell us that war could be a useful force and that war could be constructive and it would and should have a positive impact on Iraq and the big Middle East, because of a country invaded and conquered, occupied Iraq may be a spark of hope for democracy in the Middle East.
This is the guiding vision of why we have been there for so long.
We can't leave because things are not good.
We have to keep fighting there until the war there makes it better there.
However, we are leaving now, we are leaving now, not because things magically reach where we can magically go.
This month is not much better than last month or the previous month.
September 1 is not the day when bombs magically stop exploding in Iraq.
Because we said we were leaving, we're leaving now.
This is also the way the war in Afghanistan may end, unless we are less politically coherent about it than it is now.
These wars are coming to an end, and it is recognized that at least with the end of the war in Iraq --
So it might be constructive to also end a selective war, an elected war that could turn things around and make a broken place better.
Now, unlike before, the United States recognizes the success and future of these countries that we have been fighting for, and the success and future of these countries does not depend on us. (
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We must allow Iraq to do so.
We can't do that for them.
Now what we do is set the conditions so they can do it.
I think we should be proud of that, at least from a unified perspective, and we believe that we have now provided the political process and the economic process with the space and time to start moving forward.
Now is the time for them to catch. (END VIDEO CLIP)
Space and time.
We gave them space and time.
It's time for them.
So America's topS.
As commander of the United States in IraqS.
The battle mission is over.
If you feel familiar with it, it's because you're doing well and you 've been paying attention to it all the time. (
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US Army Ben Hodges: Let's say the Afghans came out to do their part at the time and we had enough time to do what we had to do in Kandahar. MADDOW (on camera)If they don't?
Hodges: Well, we will give them the best chance.
"We will give them the best chance," Brig said . "Gen.
Ben Hodges is in Afghanistan.
Gen said we can't do this for them.
Ray Odierno in IraqThis is new.
Hearing these two wars may be a whole new world.
NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel will be connected to us in Baghdad next. (
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MADDOW: What you see here is the first home of the last American flightS.
Leaving Iraq's combat brigade
They will leave Iraq for the United States.
A few hours ago, NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and the crew broadcast the video for us in Baghdad. Mr.
Engel is with us now, in the early hours of Baghdad.
Richard, thank you so much for getting up so early and talking to us.
Hey Rachel, it's my pleasure.
Will I get a "Sir" if I get up early? Engel.
Is this how it works?
I can call you uncle.
I can call you professor Richard.
You have won it at this point.
Let me start with the video we just played there.
I know you took it earlier tonight.
What exactly did we see there?
Engel: what we see is the American combat forces.
The last combat troops in the country, boarded the plane tonight, left and went home.
Now, according to the plan, all US combat troops should leave the country by the end of this month, and we see the first flight of Iraq's last combat brigade to return directly to the United States.
MADDOW: what will happen to America? S.
After all, the American presence seems to be in Iraq. S.
The combat forces left this month?
Apparently there are 50,000 Americans there, but they are described very specifically as non-combat troops.
What is their mission?
Engel: there are not only new tasks.
There's a whole new war if you want.
The Iraqi freedom operation OIF, which began with the invasion on March 2003, will end at the end of this month and the combat operation will end.
What is about to begin is Operation New Dawn, a training task.
There will be 50,000 American soldiers here.
They will work with the Iraqi police, intelligence, armed forces to train them, provide them with intelligence support, and provide some logistical support, only to ensure that Iraqi security forces can maintain some stability in the country.
Richard, let me ask you what Gen is.
Odierano told you that the future of Iraq does not depend on the United States. S.
This is by Iraqis.
Asked about the deadline for leaving Afghanistan next year, the United States responded similarlyS.
The authorities are now talking about the war.
When you hear this, is it new to you?
Is this different from the way the Bush administration talked about these wars?
Engel: What you hear now is more about trying to push responsibility to the Iraqis.
I think it's coming when you feel like you 've done everything you can. What the U. S.
It's done in this country now.
They overthrew Saddam.
Iraqis are still grateful for this.
Saddam was so bad.
They have established credible institutions.
They have established credible Iraqi security forces.
And Iraqis and America. S.
The military is very sincere to say that they think their troops are now much better than they were a few years ago and much better than those under Saddam Hussein. But what the U. S.
What has never been possible is to create a government.
They have failed to establish political institutions here or in Afghanistan.
I think there is an understanding that AmericaS.
Military can't do it. The U. S.
The army can create other armies, but it cannot create political systems that are accepted by people in Iraq, Central Asia or the rest of the world.
I think they might just be aware of that and say, "We can't do that anymore.
Now we need some grassroots support.
"MADDOW: what does that help with the standard of living of Iraqi civilians, like living in Baghdad or living in another Iraqi city, without a functioning government?
How about living standards?
The Iraqi people are very angry about this.
They admitted Saddam was gone. That‘s good.
They acknowledge that their security institutions are better and that life on the streets is safer.
But Baghdad is still where no one wants to live today.
Electricity is only available for a few hours.
When the electricity comes, it will arrive in the waves and will often blow out any of your appliances.
Inconsistent.
And no one can call.
When I was filming yesterday, people came up to me in the street and said, where is the government?
The United States is here. they have no government.
Now, America will say, "it's not our responsibility.
"At some stage, Iraqis must move forward and do so for themselves.
But there is a real political vacuum here, no one is responsible, no one in the United States is responsible. S.
The troops are leaving.
If you look at the ground, there is still no government.
The country held elections five months ago.
Different political parties are still fighting for positions and failing to agree on a new prime minister.
This is a weakness, it is an inherent weakness, it is a weakness of the United States. S. troops and U. S.
Military commanders are worried, but there is nothing they can do.
MADDOW: Well, the discontent in the vacuum-
Is it possible that this will lead to instability?
Is it possible that the civil war will return to Iraq?
Engel: Civil War-
The Iraqis don't seem to want it anymore.
Sunnis killed Shiites and bodies in the streets
They have the pounds.
Unless there is a catastrophic event, some of it really triggers-
Tearing the fabric of society again, this is the incredibly unpleasant and very scary thing that Iraqis have tried and discovered.
What most people expect is that you will have a series
You will go through a period of chaos, political assassination, corruption --
Corruption, the resolution of scores.
So maybe not full
In a massive civil war, people kill each other from door to door, but the Mafia-
Style states that you can do anything you want without much law and order.
NBC's tireless chief foreign correspondent, Professor Richard Engel
Richard, thank you again for the discomfort you caused us to stay up late.
Nice to meet you. Thank you.
Engel: It's a pleasure. Thank you.
So there's something about Franklin D.
Dwight D. Roosevelt
Most people who deduct taxes from their wages agree.
Surprisingly, Republicans did not participate in 2010.
Happy birthday, Social Security.
Did you agree on the Republican deficit reduction plan?
Next is the introduction. (
Business break)
MADDOW: this is the most popular government project in history.
Everyone who contributes to it wants it.
It was created by Franklin Roosevelt.
Dwight Eisenhower supports it with an interesting word written by his brother.
Today's Republican think tank thinks it's time to stop the program.
Social Security is also the birthday of social security.
Republicans seem to celebrate their birthdays by giving Democrats a political gift about birthdays.
Please keep an eye on this. (
Business break)
MADDOW: if the men and women you know who serve overseas have been a little cranky lately, that could be the policy reason.
The prevention of All Cigarette Trafficking Act became law as early as possible.
It is intended to prevent children from buying cigarettes by mail, requiring all tobacco goods to be sent by courier so that the recipient has to sign for the cigarettes and must provide proof of age.
No signature, no proof of age, no cigarettes.
That's why the rules for EMS are implemented.
The problem is that the military does not accept overseas shipments.
As a result, since the law came into effect on June 29, there has been no way of accidentally transporting cigarettes to overseas forces.
I don't care how you feel about smoking, if you are in uniform and are stuck in other countries because you are in uniform, if you want a new port too, you should have a new port.
This week, the Postal Service announced that it would change the rules to allow troops to receive tobacco without having to sign it so that they would light it again as early as August 27. (
Business break)
MADDOW: So the Democrats did some of their best political work for a long time.
Of course, they did it on a Friday of August, so no one will see it. Ta-da!
Welcome. why is there an ulcer in the Liberal Party?
But if you're curious, here's what a good Democratic politician looks like. (
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Announcer: for 75 years, the elderly in the United States have been able to grow old with dignity and security.
But Republicans want to change the system, risk social security in the stock market, privatize it for corporate profits, wait for guaranteed benefits, or get rid of them together. (END VIDEO CLIP)
MADDOW: It's a strong argument, not only because the music is getting creepy, but the voice of the announcer who starts talking about Republicans becomes evil.
Even if he has been speaking happily, it is a strong argument because Social Security is a very strong political issue.
This is a powerful social contract in this country.
Frankly, Democrats do have room to run on this issue right now, because see who they are running on this election cycle. (
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Cape Sharon®Senator candidate for Nevada: we need to gradually eliminate health insurance and Social Security.
Unidentified male: I don't know if it's constitutional.
This is certainly a terrible policy.
Let young people choose to quit, the sooner the better.
Unidentified male: Do not repair it.
You mean don't do these fixes.
Angle: I mean, I can't fix it. It‘s broken.
Man: This is a Ponzi scam.
They want us to pay for this generation.
Unidentified male: the idea that the federal government should manage health care or retirement or any of these programs is fundamentally contrary to what I think. (END VIDEO CLIP)
MADDOW: these are not random, like the speakers of the Tea Party, or random activists we found in the dark corners of the Internet.
These are Republican nominees in the US Senate from Nevada, Colorado and Kentucky.
These are the views they expressed on social security in the lens.
"It's a broken Ponzi scam that needs to be phased out because it's wrong "--
For the 20 million Americans whose Social Security does not mean living in poverty, tell them that.
So Democrats found a good fighting word to hit the other side this Friday, August.
The Democratic Senate campaign even has a handy interactive map on its website that shows you every state where a Republican who wants to get stuck with Social Security is running
Of course, the only excuse for Democrats to come up with this particular political weapon on Friday, August is that the whole issue is historically linked this weekend.
Today is the 75 th birthday of social security.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Insurance Act on August 14, 1935.
So the Democrats are probably thinking, "Hey, maybe it's a good time to remember, thanks to the FDR, Social Security is one of the things that we have now in the US, how much this is
"Now is also a good time to remember that Social Security and unemployment insurance are born at the same time, because fortunately, both policies are being attacked by conservatives today.
When Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act 75 years ago, he defended unemployment insurance for two reasons.
One is the moral obligation to help those who would have fallen from the financial cliff.
But another reason is that it is a safety net for the economy as a whole, because tens of millions of Americans have zero purchasing power.
As individuals, they must not only live on cat food, but also lock the economy in a downward spiral that the economy cannot get rid of due to lack of purchasing power. (
Start audio clips)
Former President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The unemployment insurance portion of this legislation not only helps protect individuals from relief dependency during future layoffs, but also, by maintaining the purchasing power of the country, alleviate the impact of economic difficulties. (END AUDIO CLIP)
MADDOW: these two arguments about unemployment insurance are as real today as they were at the time, especially since we have just experienced the worst financial disaster since the Great Depression, and of course, it is the background of the adoption of the Social Insurance Law 75 years ago and the formulation of the law.
But after 75 years of unemployment insurance work, conservatives have objected.
Not only because they think unemployment insurance is not good for the economy.
They also disagree with FDR in terms of moral requirements.
They don't think we should help people who may be homeless or live on cat food.
This is the Republican Party's position on unemployment insurance this year. Sen.
Jon Kiir of Arizona, for example, believes that people are out of work because they are out of work. (
Start Video Editing)SEN. JON KYL (R-AZ)
This will not create new jobs.
In fact, continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a deterrent to their search for new jobs. (END VIDEO CLIP)MADDOW: See?
Logic is reasonable.
People are out of work because of unemployment insurance.
Everyone who now has homeowner insurance should burn their house regularly.
For him, Sen.
Orrin Hatch, Utah, believes that anyone who gets unemployment benefits should be tested for drugs. (
Start audio clips)SEN. ORRIN HATCH (R-UT)(
By phone)
: You know, we shouldn't give cash to people who basically only blow drugs. (END AUDIO CLIP)
MADDOW: Also, everyone's favorite Senate candidate, running for majority leader Harry Reid in Nevada --
She thinks the unemployed are spoiled by unemployment insurance. (
Start Video Editing)
Angle: that's what happened to us, we put so much rights into our government that we really ruined our citizens and said you don't want what's available(END VIDEO CLIP)
MADDOW: Also, don't forget Iowa Congressman Steve King, who said on the issue of extending the offer for unemployment benefits, "we shouldn't turn the safety net into a hammock.
Or Nevada Congressman Dean Heller's super.
The attack on the unemployed is also very fierce. strange.
"The current downturn in economic policy could bring people back up during the Great Depression, who wander around the country and do odd jobs, says Heller.
He questioned the wisdom of extending unemployment benefits, citing "is the government building homeless people now ? "‘ he asked.
So that's how Republicans today look at unemployed people.
People who do not work are a group of lazy homeless people who may take drugs.
Today, my friend Steve Bennett at the Washington Monthly pointed out another major historical detail about Social Security and unemployment insurance, that is, today's conservatives are not only still arguing with Roosevelt after 75 years whether these things are a good idea, but whether the United States has a basic safety net is a good idea, whether we are better off by 1935 or not, they still have the same argument.
But today's liberals, conservatives in their 1950 s, in other words, like Republican President Dwight Eisenson, foresee that politicians will continue to boycott these programs.
And Ike also foresaw the political disaster that will be brought to those who resist them.
Steve Bennett today quoted a letter from President eisenhowe to his brother on 1954, in which he quoted "if any party tries to abolish Social Security, unemployment insurance and repeal labor laws and agricultural programs, Ike said, in our political history, you will not hear from that party again.
The president acknowledged in the letter that there were people who supported this nonsense, but added, "their numbers are small and they are stupid.
"Their numbers are negligible, they are stupid," concluded the reference.
I have to say as usual, in theory, I'm with Ike on this issue.
But today's Republicans are stupid.
It seems very harsh and uncivilized.
That's what it is for us tonight.
See you Monday.
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