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To: manalagi who wrote (119339)	8/27/2012 10:54:34 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

Wow! Chris Matthews Explodes At Reince Priebus Over 'Race Card': 'Awful,' 'Embarrassment,' 'Garbage' (VIDEO) Chris Matthews exploded at Reince Priebus on Monday's "Morning Joe," tearing into the Republican National Committee chairman and accusing his party of playing the race card. The MSNBC host was livid over Mitt Romney's recent birth certificate joke, and false claims that Obama ended work requirements for welfare. "That cheap shot ... was awful," Matthews said, referring to the joke. "It is an embarrassment to your party to play that card ... you are playing that ethnic card there." As Priebus apparently laughed and co-host Joe Scarborough tried to get a word in, Matthews continued, "you can sit there and giggle about it, but the fact is your party is playing that card." "You think Mitt Romney's playing the race card?" Scarborough asked. "There's no doubt he did," Matthews said. Co-host Mika Brzezinski speculated that Romney may have said what he said because he is an "awkward joker." Priebus said Matthews was just trying to "push his brand" with his "monologue." "It just seems funny that the first joke he ever told in his life was about Obama's birth certificate," Matthews said. Later when Priebus alleged that Obama was looking at European policies for guidance, Matthews lost it again. "Where do you get this from?" Matthews shouted. "This is insane." He charged that Priebus was "playing that card again." "Let's just work on tone," Brzezinski said. "Chris, let him answer the question," Scarborough said. "I'm not going to get into a shouting match with Chris so you guys can move on," Priebus said. "Because you're losing, that's why," Matthews said. "Garbage, garbage," Priebus muttered. "It's your garbage," Matthews fired back. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/chris-matthews-reince-priebus-birth-certificate_n_1832872.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D197493

To: manalagi who wrote (119339)	8/27/2012 11:54:19 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

When Rome is burning, it is exactly the right time to double down on what made the country great. The Rule of Law, vigorous prosecution of criminals, and the idea that no man is above the law, are exactly the concepts that made this country great. We should be more focused than ever on those things. Instead we've decided to act just like every banana Republic, and surprise surprise, we're getting the same results as the banana Republics have in the past. So we'll have to agree to disagree, manalagi. I'm a student of history and history tells me that all Great countries failed when they faced calamity by throwing out the hard, but useful things that made them great in the past. Why did Rome because a dictatorship after a couple centuries of being a Republic? Well, they through out the rules and voted in a Dictator, who took liberties and ultimately dismantled the Republic's Rules of Law. It's not right to torture people, just because we're scared. It's not right to assassinate Americans and detain them indefinitely without oversight from the Judicial Branch, just because we're scared and want what's expedient. Our Constitution should not be shredded just because it is inconvenient. So yes, we'll have to agree to disagree on this. You'll never change my mind on these fundamental issues, because they aren't opinions for me, but rather, they are Values. And those never change for me.