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Kos: People "Want Class War, They Want The Government To Go After The Rich"

"For a while, Republicans were talking about class war. 'We can't have class war.' But what they're realizing is that people kind actually do want a class war, they want to go after the rich. So that wasn't working, so this is, I guess, Plan B," Markos "Kos" Moulitsas said on "Countdown." Keith Olbermann responds: "Yeah, to say nothing of the fact that there has been a class war in progress for 30 years and it was waged by the rich on the poor." Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCP Staff | Countdown - Thursday December 1st, 2011 | Send to a Friend

Comedian Richard Lewis: Herman Cain Would Be "Lucky To Be A Doorman"

"Countdown" host Keith Olbermann and comedian Richard Lewis break down the Republican field of presidential candidates. Lewis dismisses the current frontrunners as "a silly Muppet show" and muses about alternate career paths for Herman Cain. Lewis, known for his edgy humor, let loose a very controversial "joke." Lewis says Herman Cain would be "lucky to be" a "doorman." He also classified the entire field as "like the new Christy's Minstrels." Transcript below. Richard Lewis, comedian: "I'm a patriot, man. I want, you know -- this is disgusting. This is like the new Christy's Minstrels, it's like a silly muppet show." Keith Olbermann, host: "Or a parade going by." Lewis: "Yeah, I mean, look. This whole things that's been going on, I mean [with] McCain, I mean, Cain -- you know, the big deal he had was with the Godfather's. But with all these things going on, he's lucky to be, I don't know, a doorman. Bada-bing! He's gone." Olbermann: "I think that's the next job." Lewis says Cain's performance as a candidate is "humiliating." "He is not right for the people who are in need," Lewis said about Newt Gingrich. "The Republicans or Democrats, the independents, the poor. This cat is not the right guy. Let him be a king on his own island, you know?" Lewis also explained the difference between the two parties and why he is a Democrat. "I've been a Democrat most of life because I think they're more humane and I think they care more about the middle class and the people who have nothing, you know? And the people who are impoverished. It's true. Historically, it's true. So sue me. I'm not a socialist Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCP Staff | Countdown - Tuesday November 29th, 2011 | Send to a Friend

Garofalo: GOP Loves Herman Cain Because He Pretends We're In A Post-Racial Society

Comedienne and actress Janeane Garofalo paid another visit to Current TV's "Countdown" program on Wednesday night. Garofalo talked about Republicans, Obama, the Tea Party and of course, Herman Cain. "It always works on a certain segment of the population. If you are trying to appeal to the worst in us. Quite literally, the worst in us and you're trying to go to the limbic brain of anxiety, fear, intolerance, hatred, bitterness, ignorance, you have to just use these very simple, as they say, dog whistle words," Garofalo said while trying to explain what she believes will be the Republican strategy in 2012. Garofalo gave a stumbling and bumbling response. Garofalo then accused the "mainstream media" of letting gaffes by Republicans slide. No joke. Continuing her diatribe against Republicans, Garofalo explained why the party loves a black man like Herman Cain. "But they do love a black man like Herman Cain, and Michael Steele, and is it Ron Christie? Any of these pundits who pretend we're in a post-racial society. They like that kind of black person," Garofalo said. While defending Occupy protests Garofalo said the Tea Party movement is not legitimate and accused supporters of being motivated by "racial intolerance." "Or 'I'm not armed this time,' they had signs that would say that," Garofalo said while recalling news reports she saw on the Tea Party. "So, how is linking arms on a college campus an act of aggression, but saying you have a gun and you're willing to use it and it's time to secede and to revolution [sic] and you don't recognize this government is legitimate. How is that not seen as some type of aggressive thing? But it just defies -- it's one of those things, again, that is just so silly and it makes you feel like you're the crazy one when you see these things. The double standard that exists for the Tea Party, which is not, by the way, a grassroots movement that is concerned with deficits and government expansion. They are a [sic] astroturfed fully-funded by the Koch Brothers, FreedomWorks, and supported by FOX News. They are [a] subset of the Republican party primarily motivated by racial intolerance." FLASHBACK: Janeane Garofalo: Racist Republicans Support Herman Cain FLASHBACK: Garofalo: Herman Cain "Being Paid To Run," Has Stockholm Syndrome Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCP Staff | Countdown - Wednesday November 23rd, 2011 | Send to a Friend

Michael Moore: Obama, Federal Government Behind "Occupy" Evictions

"This is not some coincidence. This was planned and I think the question really has to be asked of the federal government and of the Obama administration. Why? Why? Why are you participating in this against a non-violent mass movement of people who are upset at what Wall Street and the banks have done to their lives?" Michael Moore said on Current TV's "Countdown." Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCP Staff | Countdown - Wednesday November 16th, 2011 | Send to a Friend

Rep. Steve Israel: Voters Have "Buyer's Remorse" With GOP Congress

“Countdown” guest host David Shuster consults Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, to get his take on John Boehner’s latest attempt to force the issue of the Keystone XL pipeline by attaching it to an upcoming bill. Says Israel, “This is why the American people no longer trust them, and this is why there’s this buyer’s remorse.” Israel also speaks of his committee’s Drive to 25 initiative to take back Democratic control of the House, saying the candidates involved will aim to “reignite the American dream, rebuild the middle class and restore economic strength.” Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCP Staff | Countdown - Thursday February 2nd, 2012 | Send to a Friend

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