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Rachel Maddow says Wisconsin is on track to have a budget surplus this year (PolitiFact: False)
PolitiFact.com ^ | 2/18/2011 | Dave Umhoefer, PolitiFact

Posted on 02/19/2011 3:01:25 PM PST by Qbert

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“Shortly thereafter we elected a Republican governor and discovered the shortfall had been under-reported by a billion dollars due to Doyle’s shenanigans. And today, now that a Republican is actually doing something about the shortfall, suddenly history is rewritten and the lapdogs report we actually have a $122 million dollar surplus. Maddow is lying to our faces.”

—I say it’s always best to start with the assumption that they’re lying to you, and then there are fewer surprises...


21 posted on 02/19/2011 3:40:19 PM PST by Qbert ("I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air" - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Qbert

I hear that is how she got this gig? She lied her way into the interview. She lies constantly. I had to stop even going to MSNBC.


22 posted on 02/19/2011 3:54:45 PM PST by ColdOne (2012 the END of an ERROR!)
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The DNC is 100% confident that Wisc will in the future not have a deficit.

Then the DNC/Soros,Mega Hollywood, should give the state the money to make up the deficit till the red ink is gone.

Put up , just as we taxpayers do each and every day, or shut up.


23 posted on 02/19/2011 3:58:08 PM PST by NoLibZone (Impeach Obama. Then try him for treason.)
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To: Qbert

Madcow lied?

NO .. who would have thunk it?


24 posted on 02/19/2011 4:01:46 PM PST by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: Qbert

dear MSNBC;. how much more evidence do you need that this disgusting excuse for a journalist is not fit to be in your organization? How many times has she jumped on issues just for the sake of being partisan, not just this Wisconsin budget issue, but also Sarah Palin and egypt (based on a satire site, that she fell for?)?

Maddow is a horrible journalist, and I use the term “journalist” loosely. She has no crediblity, and therefore no trust. And with no trust, she is useless in the news.

You have clowns like her, Matthews, Olberman (thank God you wised up to that), Schultz, and ODonnell....complete lunatics who obscure the facts, are on record for making racist comments, and are completely insane.

dont’ listen to me, your poor ratings show the lack of trust.

So, MSNBC....it just perplexes me, but are you TRYING to fail? Really?


25 posted on 02/19/2011 4:06:25 PM PST by DecentAmerican
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To: NoLibZone

“Then the DNC/Soros,Mega Hollywood, should give the state the money to make up the deficit till the red ink is gone.”

Fine by me.

Shoot, with all the big dollars Spielberg and his buddies squandered on Feingold’s election, they could have fed hundreds of “poor” teachers (making a hundred grand in salary and benefits combined...)


26 posted on 02/19/2011 4:09:44 PM PST by Qbert ("I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air" - Margaret Thatcher)
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WI Gov.-elect Scott Walker to inherit projected $3.3 billion budget deficit

A simple internet search would have allowed her to check to see if that was actually true before she reported it.

27 posted on 02/19/2011 4:13:24 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: DecentAmerican

“So, MSNBC....it just perplexes me, but are you TRYING to fail? Really?”

But it doesn’t matter if they fail, or not. They’re owned by GE, and GE got bailed out by Obama.


28 posted on 02/19/2011 4:14:09 PM PST by Qbert ("I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air" - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Qbert

Who can believe anything she says. She’s just a shrill for the liberals. She probably gets her talking points from the WH press secy. office.

Is she really a woman or a man? Can we believe her either way? I wouldn’t believe her if she told me the sky was blue; I’d have to look to be sure. Its not really too big a deal what she says anyway, nobody really watches her show anyway.


29 posted on 02/19/2011 4:26:15 PM PST by jgrand
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To: DecentAmerican

They aren’t trying to fail.

it is a conscious decision on their part to be the first choice for newstalk for the far left.

They want to “win” that demographic slice. It is small - but it is a real slice.

They have no intention of valueing their credibility. It is not their goal, and not what their viewers want to see. Their viewers want to hear insane left wing rhetoric - and that is the product PMSNBC is making for them.


30 posted on 02/19/2011 4:37:55 PM PST by Eldon Tyrell
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I bet one of her two viewers is skeptical of the budget surplus spin...


31 posted on 02/19/2011 4:47:36 PM PST by MrDem (Founder: Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
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It has already been made known that the governor is inheriting a 3bn+ DEFICIT you lying POS Nazi Socialist propagandist.


32 posted on 02/19/2011 4:53:41 PM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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Maddow is a horrible journalist, and I use the term “journalist” loosely. She has no credibility, and therefore no trust. And with no trust, she is useless in the news.

This does not speak very highly of Microsoft either.
33 posted on 02/19/2011 4:58:40 PM PST by Foolsgold (L I B Lacking in Brains)
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Maddow is a horrible journalist, and I use the term “journalist” loosely. She has no credibility, and therefore no trust. And with no trust, she is useless in the news.

This does not speak very highly of Microsoft either.
34 posted on 02/19/2011 5:03:40 PM PST by Foolsgold (L I B Lacking in Brains)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Yep...we don’t need no stinkin’ businesses to create jobs. /s


35 posted on 02/19/2011 5:23:28 PM PST by berdie (qill)
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To: Qbert

There are lies, damn lies and the falsehoods reported as fact on MSNBC.


36 posted on 02/19/2011 5:44:35 PM PST by The Great RJ (The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
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To: mockingbyrd

IF it were true that WI had a “surplus” wouldn’t other states be emulating them in droves? And I love how liberals say that the “surplus” was spent on giving tax breaks to businesses. Gee, wouldn’t want WI to HIRE people, would we?


37 posted on 02/19/2011 7:58:53 PM PST by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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