biden makes long passionate arguments. and president obama said no, that's exactly what i wanted him to do. i encourage him. get in there and hammer away. which of course biden does. >> larry: does he make a better case than the president? >> some people have read it and -- because biden said, look, send only 20,000 troops. the focus here is pakistan, not afghanistan. and president obama himself, in one of these meetings, said the cancer is in pakistan, this is where the safe havens are. so -- and biden goes on -- some people think it's a little too long, but it's a very succinct argument. and, of course, biden is the one who experienced -- he's older than obama, almost 20 years. knew vietnam. and vietnam is hovering throughout all of these debates. >> larry: it is, isn't it? >> yeah, it is -- >> larry: you lived through that. >> i lived through it. i was in the navy during vietnam. and somebody was asking today who did you vote for in 1968, and i voted for richard nixon because i thought he would have a better chance of g

. >>> and now to discuss joe biden's senate seat with joe biden, rachel maddow. good booking, rachel? the republican nomination for senate from delaware, but i will remember where i was. i was here on msnbc 24 hours ago. and in the wake of that ever lasting gobsmacker, i traveled from our home studios in new york here to washington, d.c. for the rare opportunity to sit down with the man who for a very long time -- a long, long, long time -- held the senate seat that christine o'donnell now wants. tonight my sit-down with vice president joe biden. the vice president had plenty to say about the delaware senate race. a pretty bold assessment of the possible repeal of don't ask, don't tell. and some very direct talk for the democratic base. >> one reason i want to be on your show is to tell the progressives out there, you know, get in gear, man. >> having just given away why the vice president would agree to spend a good part of his day with me today. we will get to the rest of what he had to say about christine o'donnell in delaware, the republican party this year,

joe biden also addressed the part of the book where biden reportedly called richard holbrooke "the most egotist cal bastard i ever met." >> it may not shock you that people talk about dixie just about they talking about my being too loquacious. they didn't say the end of the sentence. i told the president he's the best man for the job. he should have the job. this is one of the most talented diplomats we've had in 30 years. he's been my friend for 35 years. i think he's the right guy for the job. and so richard knows that. >> just to be clear, he is one. >> bob woodward will be on "morning joe" tomorrow for his first cable interview for that new book that caused such a stir. in last night's interview, the vice president also revised comments he made earlier in the day that the democratic party's base should "stop whining." that's a quote. speaking at a fund-raiser in new hampshire yesterday for three congressional candidates, biden said democrats should "remind our base constituency to stop whining and get out there and look at the alternatives." last night biden dialed back that critic

but does he trust biden in the sense he would confide in biden? >> yes. clearly there are all kinds of scenes in the book where biden comes on the eve of the troop decision in afghanistan, actually shows up at the white house early and says to the president, if you don't limit the war and the definition of what we're trying to do, we're locked into vietnam. >> so biden comes at it from vietnam because he obviously experienced that and obama did not. >> yes. >> all right. and there is, to obama's credit, some parallels to vietnam in the corruption aspect, the aspect there isn't a solid government in afghanistan, or wasn't in south vietnam. but obama sees himself as the smartest guy in the room. he's going to make the final call. he must have known, though, that by waiting as long as he did to provide the 30,000 troops that mccrystal at the time was wanting, that he looked weak, that he looked weak to the world. he didn't know what to do. >> actually the military wasn't requesting a general mccrystal didn't ask for those troops until this year. so there was

he interviews vice president biden. hi. >> good to be here for the first show. >> we're all pulling for you. >> i could not have a better lead-in. >> break a leg. >> thanks, rachel. 223 years ago tomorrow, congress sent the constitution to the states for ratification. delaware was the first to ratify and became the first state. since then delaware has stayed politely quiet exerting minimal influence on our politics until the first delawarean was elected in 2008 there by opening a senate seat seriously pursued by a former self-described witch turned true believer on tax cuts. delaware's own joe biden will join me to discuss many things, how democrats can counter republican tax cut rhetoric, tea party extremism and hold onto power in the house and senate. >>> all but certain congress will leave without resolving one of the biggest fights of the fall, whether to extend the bush tack cuts. >> the democratic house and senate in a state of paralysis afraid to vote for tax cuts, afraid to not vote for tax cuts. >> we're going

of the failed biden plan two thousand and six which was to break up iraq and to a very full idea of sunni shia kurd which is such such a false image and perspective on what iraq is truly and it is only using those sectarian ethnic lines are only used by the politicians who are opportunists in iraq who know that the only way they'll get a position is if they can say well we represent this segment of society which is not how politics works you have to be able to represent all people and so biden is contentious amongst many iraqis except those that are not so against this particular idea now what do you do you have any predictions for you know when a government might actually be formed in iraq and i don't know what kind of government it's going to be well it's very difficult we know that most likely it's not going to happen before the end of ramadan and the beginning of eight the festivities i can almost say that that's nothing going to happen i think they're going to close there is everyone's gambling everyone's trying to get a bigger piece of the pie sadly i mean that's what this is

jill biden is in maryland today. why she's on a mission to improve education next. >> reporter: looks like a great weekend shaping up. i'll have your first weather forecast coming up next. >>> complete coverage continues, sports with mark viviano, ,, i'm bob ehrlich. i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland is in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago. dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running. to make the state we love not just good but great. now let's get down to work. i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> it is clear and 66 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete forecast is coming up. a complaint has been filed, a woman claims sharp forced her

biden is the opposite of let it go. and one of the interesting parts here is the relationship between obama and biden. and i asked obama about this, and i said, you know, don't -- isn't joe a little heavy handed here? doesn't he go too long too far? no, obama said, he's doing exactly what i want. i want him to push in the strategy review sessions, and during this whole process up to a couple months ago as i report. biden is asking the questions, worried profoundly about getting into another vietnam. and he's 19 years older than obama, remembers vietnam. gets in his face about it. >> now, every one of these books provokes a round of apologies in washington. there's the famous now biden quote about richard holbrooke being egotistical. and as you continue in the book, but he is probably the best guy for the job. i had the vice president on monday night, was his first interview since that quote came out. and he was dealing with me with that quote, while dick holbrooke was here having completed an interview with "the rachel

. >>> doctor jill biden, wife of vice president joe biden was in anne arundel county today to stress the importance of education in the nation's community colleges. >> security is tight at anne arundel community colleges arnold campuses as jill biden, wife of joe biden meets with students and faculty promoting the commitment to following the america's community colleges >> president obama wants to meet the goal for america to have the highest number of college graduates. >> reporter: dr. biden taught at community colleges for 17 years and currently teaches english at northern virginia community college. >> say you are my heros because what you're doing is hard and you're persevering. >> reporter: she toured several facilities stopping to make pastries with culinary arts students >> it's exciting. the students know that anne arundel was chosen for the quality, we think the faculty and the programs to help the local economy. >> reporter: also today, the white house announced that dr. biden serves as the first-ever white house summit for community colleges in an effort to further develo

jill biden wife of vice president joe biden is in anne arundel county today. jessica cartali reports, she's here to stress the importance of education in the nation's community colleges. >> reporter: security tight at anne arundel community colleges as dr. jill biden, wife of vice president joe biden meets with students and staff. >> president obama says he wants to meet the goal by 2020, for our nation, for america to have the highest college graduation rate. >> reporter: she currently teaches english at northern virginia community college. >> i always say that you are my heros because it's hard. what you're doing is so hard and you're persevering. >> reporter: dr. biden stopped by several classes and stopped to cook with culinary students. >> we think of the faculty, the programs and what we're doing here to try to help the local economy. >> reporter: also today the white house announced dr. biden will serve as chairwoman of the first ever white house summit on community colleges october 5th. all in an effort to further develop america's work force. the summ

biden won by 457,000 to o'donnell's 140,000. biden outspent o'donnell $4.9 million, to o'donnell's $116,000. nearly 32 times 2 times bigger o'donnell's budget. her opponent for the 2010 republican primary for the u.s. senate was michael castle, a nine-and former two-term governor of delaware. >> don't ever understint the power of we, the people. >> two months ago she had no money, no campaign, and many believed in no chance. with a 23% approval rating, she looked like a long shot against the household name of michael castle. but the palin endorsement led to a $600,000 pledge to the o'donnell campaign by the tea party. even after her victory, last tuesday, republican leaders are still staying away from the nominee. the defeated michael castle refuses to endorse her candidacy. also castle's website on wednesday described o'donnell as "untrustworthy and unfit for offers." as we go into the homestretch to the general election, a new poll shows candidate chris kuntz leading his opponent, republican candidate o'donnell, 53% to o'donne

and his wife is jill biden's chief of staff. so, you know, a lot of keck connections within the white house and somebody in the white house that they really do like. the other person they talked about was ron claim and currently joe biden's chief of staff. these are some of the names we're watching. we have a whole speculation list that we've reported on in first read earlier with some of the outsiders and mike bloomberg and ed whittaker from gm and a lot of others. but some of those insiders, a lot of people are saying the good money is on them. >> do you think an interim or actually an appointment? >> that's the thing we're not tote a totally certain of. everyone would be surprised if rahm emanuel didn't leave the white house. it would be news if he decided to stay, to be perfectly frank. it would be in between an interim or somebody inside. a really good point that i heard savannah guthrie say on "daily rundown." if they pick an insider like donilin or somebody like that, they might as well do that. no point in putting someon

it was vice president biden who flew to iraq to diffuse the crisis. when the iraqis dead-locked on how to pick a new government, vice president biden flew to baghdad. he has been there six times since taking office. while back in d.c., he runs the administration's monthly meetings on iraq. when i spoke with vice president biden yesterday, he had just met with the president and with the former commander of the u.s. forces in iraq, general ray odierno. i know you're just out of a meeting with general odierno, the departing commander of the u.s. you've been in iraq a number of times, including quite recently. you told "the new york times" last week, the bottom line is there are a lot of bad ass 50,000 troops that are left. these guys can shoot straight. 50,000 troops in country is still a big, big contention. with 50,000 as you put it bad ass troops -- >> and women can shoot too, by the way. >> they are in peril. since the handover, we have had u.s. killed in action and wounded in action. does it undercut their service and their sacrifice to say this is

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the question is how bad were biden and obama fighting over afghanistan? >>> in a terrible twist of fate, the owner of the company that makes the segway, that two-wheeled electric scooter, dies in a segway accident. the question is, can they story really be true? >>> sarah palin makes a front-row appearance on "dancing with the stars" in support of her daughter bristol. the question is was governor palin rea

vice president joe biden has a message for his fellow democrats, stop whining. president obama is in campaign mode and hits the road to rev up the young voters in new mexico, wisconsin, iowa and virginia. >>> plus -- >> education is not just something that happens in school. we're doing this because it is essential to the well being of our future. >> education nation at nbc. we're taking on the toughest issues facing your kids' education today and throughout the week. >>> plus, sarah palin going dancing. did she get the star treatment? >>> and move over bed bugs. there's a new insect invasion, stink bugs. >>> good tuesday morning to you. i hope we didn't scare you off. i'm richard lui filling in for chris jansing on this day. hoping to energize voters that head to the polls five weeks from today. hit five states in two days beginning with a backyard discussion in new mexico. last night the last word with lawrence o'donnell vice president joe biden talked about the high stakes for his party. >> a lot of democrats who might have been thinking about doing exactly w

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. >> the wife of joe biden visited anne arundel community college today. she will head up a first ever commanded college summit. >> the goal of the summit is to show the importance of community colleges. >> it was clear that dr. jill biden was singing the praises of the white house and its support for community colleges. firsthand howh to make her socks from -- from the kitchen to the classroom, jill biden made the rounds to help showcase community colleges and the obama administration commitment to support their vision. >> i am still teaching. i am not northern virginia community college and i was there yesterday. i will be there tomorrow. i teach full-time. i teach english. >> the visit took place as the white house was announcing that she will head of a summit for committed colleges next month. >> the president wants to meet the goal by 2020 for our nation to have the highest number of college graduates. you are working on that. we are working on that. >> the school's president says her demonstration is already developing programs to help reach the pres

my first guest of the night, distinguished gentleman from delaware, vice president joe biden. we taped our interview earlier tonight. mr. vice president, thanks for joining us tonight. >> i'm happy to be with you. >> at the u.n. last week, president obama asked the israelis to extend the freeze on west bank construction but they allowed the freeze to expire at midnight last night. the west bank settlers today have been celebrating, some refusing to build. should netanyahu extend the freeze on the build and if he doesn't are the peace talks doomed? >> i don't think the peace talks are doomed. it's a politically difficult situation where both mr. abbas as well as prime minister netanyahu. the good news is the talks have not ended. you have abbas saying -- president abbas saying he would

so if biden is saying this, what is he saying to democrats? get off your butts and get out there and fight for health care, what do you think? >> well i don't just think it's health care. look i think that you always have to be aware of what the political moment is telling you. what this political moment is telling us is coming both from the tea party movement and from the d.c. republican insiders. and that is, that the only way that they begin to balance the budget while maintaining those tax cuts for the rich is by going straight after social security. they're effectively handing democrats the best issue they can. not only to motivate a lot of swing voters, but also to get their base out there. if you fight a fight about maintaining social security, medicare and medicaid, also talk about expanding health care, and then add on a jobs program that's serious, don't be cautious about talking infrastructure. and also, don't be cautious about saying that trade policy has to change. you do that that's a winning platform. >> okay. john nichols, i've

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that's what i -- joe biden has just given america a gift. >> what is that? >> any time a bad quote comes out -- >> this -- >> you just say -- you didn't hear the end of the sentence. you can say, i really think that such-and-such is the worst bast remarks d on the face of the earth, i hate him, i hate him, i hate him, oh, but you didn't do the rest of the sentence but he just may well be the "best damn" person i've ever met. >> i refuse to even conduct a conversation about those two points. the one about biden being loquacious or holbrook having a huge ego because both of those points are true and they're not breaking news. it's silly. if that's interesting in the book -- >> no. i'm actually more interested, mike barnicle in afghanistan. >> that is interesting. >> that we were talking about before, joe biden. >> think about the boy we met over the weekend and go from there. >> we gave a speech at a college and coming back and saw a 20-year-old kid -- >> boy. >> big guy, just crying his eyes out in the airport. turned, was embarrassed, in uniform, walked over

jill biden wife of joe biden paid a visit to a aren't county part of ongoing work to showcase how the obama biden administration is committed to supporting america's community colleges and their students. she has taught at community college for the past 17 years. >>> baltimore city community college for their convocation what a beautiful campus. >> you look very nice today. >> i'm trying to look collegiate. >> i agree. it's funny, but people ask about when will this stretch it can't last much longer it's so nice. >> right. >> sunny, 80, no humidity. really it will last well into next week. we could use rain tomorrow night, but it's a nice looking stretch. >> nothing to complaint about. >> maryland one of the best times of year. let's look at the inner harbor. a lot of boaters out and about taking in late summer weather technically still late summer. 77 degrees, humidity 50%. but overall really very, very comfortable. the humidity reading. wind southeast vector at 8 miles per hour. baltimore today a lot of blue sky. i mean, that was the theme all day long, baltimore and all around the

joe biden made a point this deadline is real a quote from joe biden in the book. a quote in joe biden's box. everybody talks out of school, i work here. there is a lot of kibbitzing any place you work, don't want to be held to it. bob woodward around, somebody will quote you and you are nailed for life, because as long as that other person lives, that book is on their shelf with your quote in it. here is joe biden talking about richard holbrooke the special afpak envoy. "he's the most egotistical bastard i've ever met." these kind of quotes. petraeus referring to david axelrod, the president's spin doctor. he called him a complete spin doctor. i guess that is what you are supposed to call a spin doctor. but a lot of these quotes are they going to cause trouble politically and in terms of policy or are they just the usual, as i said, kibbitzing? andrea? >> i think inside the white house and we should point out what the vice president said about richard holbrooke is he is the most egotistical bastard i ever met but he is probably the right guy for the job. so there

joe biden has the same idea, but he has tough love for the not so loyal left. those threatening to stay home in november. in new hampshire, he told democrats to stop bhining. then he talked to lawrence o'donnell on the last word. >> it's time to buck up here and understand we can make things better and continue to move forward. not yield the playing field to those folk who is are against everything that we stand for in terms of the initiatives we put forward. >> mike viquiera is in albuquerque, new mexico, traveling with the president. back yard chats of the new black. >> the president likes these venues and is in the land of enchantment to talk about education. he plans we are told to go after republicans and their pledge to america. of course republicans want to cut all funding back to 2008 levels and the administration and democrats said let's stop and look at the repercussions and law enforcement. from here he flies on to madison, wisconsin with a big rally to recapture the campaign magic consistent with the message he and joe biden gave yesterday. it's ine

christine o'donnell, who is the republican dom knee for joe biden's old seat in the delaware senate surfaced today. since she won the primary last week we've been finding out all kinds of fun things about her. first, there was a tape of her speaking out against masturbation. then, a tape of her admitting she had a date on a satanic alter. oops. and now, today, this clip from "the o'reilly factor" in 2007. >> american scientific companies are cross breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice, with fully functioning human brains. >> jimmy: they are? that's amazing! how do they even fit! they're putting human brains in mice and mouse brains in the republican nominee for delaware senate. it's incredible. [ cheers and applause ] i bet she got stoned at watched

and she ran against biden last time around and i'm not diminishing her in any way. independents are going to decide that delaware situation. and to look at her resume it's not a strong resume. >> i have got to tell you this, bill. if she were running for governor or mayor or president, those objections would carry a lot of water. but the main function of a united states senator is to vote. and these guys vote with their party leadership, democrat or republican 8% of the time. and o'donnell is going to vote against stimulus spending. >> bill: that's absolutely true. you are making a prediction that she is going to beat this coons in delaware? >> i can't be absolutely certain now. she just got the nomination. but i think she has a very good chance. i will tell you something that -- the weakness that cost castle to lose that primary might have cost him to lose the general election, too. he hasn't had a serious fight in over a decade and they run one against him and he folds like a house of cards. >> bill: all right. >> i think there is a very significant chance he coul

. >>> joe biden has a message for progressives, get it in gear. well, get it but people who he should be screaming at are the ones in his white house. my advice coming up in the battleground story tonight. >>> and leading republican propaganda sarah palin's taken psycho talker christine o'donnell under her wing. she's telling her to speak through fox, "daily show" co-creator is going to rip into that one and club ed special edition on a thursday night. >>> but this is the story that has me fired up tonight. senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, has proven once again, how heartless, how out of touch and how flat out cruel the republican party really is. mcconnell thinks that the people who have been hit hardest by this america's great recession are the wealthy in this country. >> we can't let the people who have been hit hardest by the recession and who need to create the jobs that will get us out of it foot the bill for the democrats' two-year advent neurexpanded government. >> iing not believe that when i heard it. he thinks that the wealthies

biden, absolutely. >> chris, can i make one quick point that matters. alaska, august 24th, what was interesting about that state? a small state by population, a relatively number of small people, we were not sure who were voting. a small number of people, delaware, a small state where a few people, that's why republican strategists are nervous. everyone i talk to today say we think he's going to win, but we don't know. >> okay. tell me something i don't know, cillizza. is murkowski going to go three-way in alaska? >> no. even if she did, it's very, very put another "very" in there, difficult. >> gaffeny, what is the first state? >> the first state, we are the first state. >> thank you so much. an easy way to end. delaware's the first state. thank you. >> why do i get that question? >> because you're on the show too often. thank you, chris, dan. >>> up next, meg whitman has spent over $100 million on her and ready to spend a lot more. now, she's trying to use bill clinton to bring down her opponent, jerry brown. what an ad she's put on the air. brown and

. >>> the wife of joe biden is at anne arundel community college today. dr. jill biden is talking to the community college. and president obama wants the u.s. to lead the world in awarding college degrees by 2010. he's counting on community colleges to reach the goal. >>> still to come at noon. coming home, one of the american hikers held in prison for a year is a free woman. >>> emergency crews arrive on the scene of a family pet in distress. >>> and take another live look outside. and stick around, your complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> sara shores is a free woman today. the iranny officials say that the rulers mediated a deal for $500,000 in bail for her release. two other americans including her fiance are still in prison. >>> more than a million chuck e cheese rings an eyeglasses are recalled. the consumer product safety commission says that the plastic can break and expose the button type batteries inside. one child swallowed a battery. >>> firefighters push to save a family pet in oregon. a 1500-pound camel

. >>> all that plus vice president biden's under fire for giving out hot dogs? >>> and this sports reporter is making news instead of making it. reporting. i will have rapid fire response. you are watching "the ed show" on msnbc. stay with us. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." the battleground story tonight, professional "psychotalker" glenn beck is ramping up the fearmongering about violence coming from the left. now he is saying the president of the united states is planning to stir up trouble. >> what you're going to have is the president is going to have all this fuel and he is going to go right directly, mark my words, ben jones is already doing it right directly to the most progressive, most violent, the worst of the worst on the left and stir them up, get out into the streets, cause trouble. . cause trouble. the word he used is violence. this type of rhetoric is so extreme, even republicans aren't safe. last week the chairman of the delaware republican party got a death threat for supporting mainstream republican senate candidate over his tea party chall

biden he is first in line of succession to the presidency. in remark just now he said he was second. house speaker is second." ♪ ♪ >> bret: in america's news headquarters tonight, a congressional race in washington state. many see as a bellwether in the fight for the political middle. republicans need to take 39 additional seats to wrestle control of the house from democrats. correspondent dan springer looks at one crucial contest. >> the race for washington state's third congressional district is being watched very closely in the other washington. it's an open seat vacated by moderate democrat brian baird in a true swing district where independents outnumber democrats and republicans. and many pundits believe that the democrats want to keep control of the house, they have to win this race. and win over voters in the middle nationwide. >> what candidates have to do now is cater to, quote/unquote, the middle. and independent voters are very fickle. they vote for different reasons. it could be they like or don't like a person. >> jamie tout

joe biden called holbrook egotistical. many describe these differences as a healthy debate the president has when making key decisions. white house officials made clear joe biden's description of richard holbrooke was followed by the comment that he was the right person for the job. officials insist no one has time to read the book, they are focused on the mission in afghanistan. >>> it has been six months since the health care reform bill was passed. tomorrow some key elements will go into effect. children can stay on their parents' insurance plans until age 26, companies can no longer deny coverage based on pre- existing conditions. president obama went to falls church to hold a backyard chat. this comes on the heels of a new poll that shows 40% of those surveyed are against the health care reform bill. >> health care was one of those issues we could not ignore. we could not a ignore it because the cost of health care has been escalating faster than just about anything else. >> there are 20 people at today's event in fal

. >>> all that plus vice president biden's under fire for giving out hot dogs? >>> and this sports reporter is making news instead of making it. reporting. i will have rapid fire response. you are watching "the ed show" on msnbc. stay with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] at ge capital, we're out there every day with clients like jetblue -- financing their fleet, sharing our expertise, and working with people who are changing the face of business in america. after 25 years in the aviation business, i kind of feel like if you're not having fun at what you do, then you've got the wrong job. my landing was better than yours. no, it wasn't. yes, it was. was not. yes, it was. what do you think? take one of the big ones out? nah. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." the battleground story tonight, professional "psychotalk"er glenn beck is ramping up the fearmongering about violence coming from the left. now he is saying the president of the united states is planning to stir up trouble. >> what you're going to have is the president is going to have all this fuel and he is goin

i love joe biden, but it's like uncle joe is telling me to stop whining. that never works. have you ever told your kids to stop whining? it's not effective. the base is feeling scapegoated. i don't understand -- we don't see the republicans saying to the tea party stop whining, you didn't get everything you want, but we're better than the other side. it's a crazymaking message. i actually disagree with josh, i don't think it will work. with the vast majority of the progressive base vote? of course we will. we always vote, but beating up on us, you know, just makes no sense to me. >> this is what i don't get, what do you mean by scapegoating? do you mean setting up a blame game situation assuming you're going to get beaten? >> i worry about that a bit. i'm not saying it flat-out. does it cross my mind? sure. because i can't think of any other reason to do this, chris. i don't know why you beat up your base. i don't know why you think a way to motivate people is to tell them they're wrong, ungrateful, irresponsible. so when my mind can't find a good political reason. i go to