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Skidmore

(37,364 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:35 PM Mar 2015

Well done, Chris Hayes! Well done, sir.

Chris just did a tour de force of Reagan and the history of the Iran Contra Scandal as a follow up to his interview with the neocon journalist, Jennifer Rubin last night. It was brilliant and should go viral and be referred to frequently.

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Well done, Chris Hayes! Well done, sir. (Original Post) Skidmore Mar 2015 OP

Saw it. It was brilliant! Awknid Mar 2015 #1

You'll find it later on his program website n/t malaise Mar 2015 #3

I saw it too... ReRe Mar 2015 #5

Col, can hardly wait to see it. 2naSalit Mar 2015 #2

K & R. Perfect time to bring up corrupt Reagan and the Iran/Contra Scandal FSogol Mar 2015 #4

It might be too late. 3catwoman3 Mar 2015 #6

COMCAST's Chris Hayes? AngryAmish Mar 2015 #7

And they want to put him on Mt. Rushmore ErikJ Mar 2015 #8

IranContra-BCCI were the biggest crimes against the Constitution in our History. blm Mar 2015 #9

YouTube video of the interview TxVietVet Mar 2015 #10

Ack! Snarkoleptic Mar 2015 #11

Jennifer Rubin NoMoreRepugs Mar 2015 #12

I think Reagan was more acted upon than actor in that business... First Speaker Mar 2015 #13

I don't watch TV much, but we were having problems with our Dish/TV volume CrispyQ Mar 2015 #14

Here's a link for you to that segment. Skidmore Mar 2015 #15

And if you need a reminder of that era lordsummerisle Mar 2015 #16

Awknid

(381 posts)

1. Saw it. It was brilliant!

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:39 PM

Mar 2015

I would love to send it to my niece who thinks St. Ronnie hung the moon.

malaise

(268,844 posts)

3. You'll find it later on his program website n/t

Reply to Awknid (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:46 PM

Mar 2015

ReRe

(10,597 posts)

5. I saw it too...

Reply to Awknid (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 10:21 PM

Mar 2015

... and the reason it was brilliant is because it was factual. It was TRUE.

2naSalit

(86,498 posts)

2. Col, can hardly wait to see it.

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:44 PM

Mar 2015

I can only watch online and the online version isn't viewable until at least 90 minutes after it airs on the TeeVee.

Thanks for the headzup.

FSogol

(45,464 posts)

4. K & R. Perfect time to bring up corrupt Reagan and the Iran/Contra Scandal

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:54 PM

Mar 2015

PS. Hope Rubin gets rabies treatment in time.

3catwoman3

(23,965 posts)

6. It might be too late.

Reply to FSogol (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 10:23 PM

Mar 2015

She was already foaming at the mouth.

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)

7. COMCAST's Chris Hayes?

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 10:24 PM

Mar 2015

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)

8. And they want to put him on Mt. Rushmore

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 10:33 PM

Mar 2015

He's become the 2nd coming of RW Christ.

blm

(113,037 posts)

9. IranContra-BCCI were the biggest crimes against the Constitution in our History.

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 10:51 PM

Mar 2015

Well, they were up until Bush-Cheney. Who knows what we'll find out - though I think they are capable of covering up the worst of it, and the corpmedia sure helps a lot.

TxVietVet

(1,905 posts)

10. YouTube video of the interview

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 10:55 PM

Mar 2015

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)

11. Ack!

Reply to TxVietVet (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:33 PM

Mar 2015

I can almost smell the sulfur through my laptop monitor.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,400 posts)

12. Jennifer Rubin

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:54 PM

Mar 2015

yep - looked up obnoxious in the ol' Webster's and there was her picture !

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

13. I think Reagan was more acted upon than actor in that business...

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 12:36 AM

Mar 2015

...because by 1985-6, his Alzheimer's was clearly, in retrospect, so advanced that he didn't know what the fuck he was doing. The people around him could--and did--persuade him to do anything.

CrispyQ

(36,437 posts)

14. I don't watch TV much, but we were having problems with our Dish/TV volume

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 10:29 AM

Mar 2015

& had just gotten if figured out when Chris started his history lesson. If we had a real media instead of a corporate propaganda machine, every other station would have reminded America of this, too.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

15. Here's a link for you to that segment.

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #14)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 10:58 AM

Mar 2015

http://on.msnbc.com/1L4CTyo

lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts)

16. And if you need a reminder of that era

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 08:21 PM

Mar 2015

you can always turn over to Faux News and watch convicted felon Oliver North give his analysis on foreign policy.

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