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O'Donnell to Liz Cheney: Your Father Was a Fraud and You're a Liar

I've written before that I don't have many heroes, but Lawrence O'Donnell insists on forcing me to publicly state my admiration for him.  In this clip, he exposes more conservative hypocrisy, specifically Liz Cheney's criticism of President Obama's trip to Dover Air Force Base to participate in a ceremony honoring American servicemen and women killed in combat.

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Continued thanks to Lawrence O'Donnell for his keen eye for picking up on conservative hypocrisy.

Mike Fauntroy on Tavis Smiley's PRI Show October 23-25

I'm discussing Representative Charles Rangel and all of the scandal that is currently swirling around him on The Tavis Smiley Show.  It airs each weekend around the country, show check out the show's website to find out when and where you can hear it in your area.  My segment is in the first hour of the show.

Frist: Obama's Plan is NOT Socialized Medicine

The constant refrain from opponents of the health care reform legislation that is making its way through Congress is that it's "socialized" medicine.  The inference, of course, is that socialized medicine is worse than the system we currently have (try telling that to the nearly 50 million Americans without insurance and the millions more that are under-insured). This refrain flies in the face of the facts and, somewhat surprisingly, there are prominent Republicans that are speaking up in favor of reform.  We've heard from notable former Republican elected officials, such as Bob Dole and Bill Frist, argue in favor of much of what is now going through Congress.  Frist is particularly interesting, given his pre-political career as a medical doctor.  Here is a clip of Frist discussing this issue.  I'm sure health care reform opponents can't be happy with his comments.

ACORN? Unacceptable. Gang Rape? Acceptable!?

Jon Stewart exposed hypocrisy in the Senate Republican caucus over the GOP's rush to defund ACORN, while voting against an amendment offered by Senator Al Franken that would prohibit government contractors from inserting language in employee agreements that would preclude workers from suing for mistreatment. The amendment was offered in response to the treatment of Jamie Leigh Jones who, in 2005, was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR co-workers while a contract worker in Iraq; she was locked into a shipping container to prevent her from reporting the incident. Her employment agreement only allows for a private arbitration hearing, not a prosecution in a court of law. Franken's amendment would close that loophole for Halliburton/KBR.

All of the 30 votes against the amendment came from Republicans. They are: Alexander (R-TN), Barrasso (R-WY), Bond (R-MO), Brownback (R-KS), Bunning (R-KY), Burr (R-NC), Chambliss (R-GA), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS), Corker (R-TN), Cornyn (R-TX), Crapo (R-ID), DeMint (R-SC), Ensign (R-NV), Enzi (R-WY), Graham (R-SC), Gregg (R-NH), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Johanns (R-NE), Kyl (R-AZ), McCain (R-AZ), McConnell (R-KY), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Sessions (R-AL), Shelby (R-AL), Thune (R-SD), Vitter (R-LA), Wicker (R-MS).

Why are these Senators so protective of Halliburton?

Here's Jon Stewart's take on the opponents of the amendment. Searing!

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