Posted on 08/24/2011 8:58:12 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Guest hosting for Chris Matthews on Tuesday, MSNBC's Chris Jansing derided Rick Perry, wondering if the Republican presidential candidate is "too far off even for the GOP?"
Jansing, who normally hosts supposedly straight news coverage for the cable network, attempted to generate controversy over statements Perry made on civil rights. A MSNBC graphic for the segment, mocked, "I have a scheme."
According to Jansing, Perry's problem answer came in "comparing" the civil rights to cutting corporate tax rates. Here's Perry's full answer:
RICK PERRY: America's gone a long way from the standpoint of civil rights and thank God we have. I mean, we've gone from a country that's made great strides in issues of civil rights. I think we all can be proud of that.
And as we go forward, America needs to be about freedom. It needs to be about freedom from over taxation, freedom from over-litigation, freedom from over-regulation. And Americans, regardless of social and economic background is, they need to know that they can come to America and you got a chance to have any dream come true, because the economic climate is going to be improved
An indignant Jansing huffed, "So, does Perry really believe African-Americans' struggle for civil rights is comparable to the GOP's fight for lower taxes?"
Talking to Alex Wagner of the liberal Huffington Post, she slammed, "Is this ignorance?...Is this insensitivity?"
Piling on Republican, Jansing marveled, "I mean, when you look at this series of quotes from [Perry's] book, some of which he's backing off on, you have to sit back as a political analyst and say, is he too far off even for the GOP?"
Jansing is supposed to be a straight forward journalist. But, apparently, guest-hosting Hardball turns MSNBC's reporters into just another liberal anchor.
A transcript....
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RINO = NOT SARAH PALIN
Palin threads are defacto Caucus threads now. Gotta be a member to post.
Why was not this venereal shot just made available to those who want it? Freedom to take or not to take - what did Perry have against that? For it certainly would be a ‘We The People’ approach.
Do we need a venereal shot to be a part of the Perry Caucus or would an opt out through gov’t intervention be enough?
No, you can get your venereal shot from wherever you normally get it.
You’re right. The election’s over in their mind, even though most of the electorate still hasn’t a clue about who Perry is.
It was (and still is) available to those that can afford it. More than 35 million people in the US have received it.
He tried to make it required so that all insurance companies would cover it, to make it available to more people. Just like the required Hepatitis A & B vaccines.
The had the Freedom not to take it under the executive order. The order clearly states that the parents are the final authority on their children’s health care.
They are demonstrating a barry voter mentality.
You claimed they did not have the Freedom not to take it. That is not true.
The requirement was made with the clear statement “to protect the right of parents to be the final authority on their children’s health care”.
Why do you want to ignore that part? If you have to be deceptive to make your point, maybe you should rethink your stance.
The executive order was a mistake, in that we agree. If one even agrees with the concept, he handle the subject horribly. But we don’t need to be dishonest in what the EO required.
By this definition, we do not have the Freedom to Vote, Freedom to Marry, or the Freedom to drive on the Streets.
It looks to me like you are making up your own definition.
By your definition
Freedom to Vote: okay to be required to first register in a government database.
Freedom to take or not to take: not okay to be required to first register in a government database.
Good luck convincing anyone else those are not contradictory statements.
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