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Rep. Marsha Blackburn Takes On MSNBC Election Panel On GOP Spending

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Republican Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn assumed the challenge of facing the entire MSNBC election night team last night to celebrate the Republican victory and take a couple of hardball questions from Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow. While the conversation got heated when Rep. Blackburn refused to define military spending as “discretionary,” she held her own on her promise to cut the federal budget.

“I’ve got to ask you a hardball question,” Matthews opened the segment with, asking Rep. Blackburn what the Republican majority’s priority would be in the House now that they had the requisite number of votes to undo some of the Democrats’ policies. Blackburn answered that extending the Bush tax cuts would be first, followed by a review of the health care bill passed under the Democratic Congress. Matthews, wondering how extending tax cuts would decrease the budget, asked, “what will you get rid off in the government to pay for the tax cuts?”

After several answers of “federal spending,” Matthews (and, later, Maddow) pressed Blackburn to define that spending. She refused to specify what she would cut, other than answering that she did not consider defense spending discretionary, and thus would not limit it. As for social security and Medicare, which Matthews inquired about, Blackburn insisted that the party would come to a decision after an “adult conversation,” to which Matthews scoffed, “yeah, right.”

The full conversation from last night’s coverage of the elections on MSNBC below:

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  • Cancon2

    Sick of Bathtub boy ,Madcow and Chrissy yet?

  • Tony

    Good God. MSNBC should be ashamed. The childish laughing in the background. It was low even by MSNBC standards

  • Big Eddie

    MSNBC Election Panel ? Worst collection of loons since the last pajama party at Joy Behar’s house . Marsha , Marsha , beautiful Marsha , don’t waste your time .

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-A-Wojtowicz/1471630141 Michael A. Wojtowicz

    They should have laughed louder. The GOP members, while I give them credit, were all a comedy act. When someone asks you a question……might wanna try and answer. To quote the moron from Nevada who has faded into obscurity…..Man up?

  • Fox News:Dividing America is good for our bottom line

    Why don’t these right wing douchebags just say the are willing to increase the deficit in short term by giving tax cuts in the rich, on the expectation that they can blame the corresponding increase in the deficit on the Democrats; followed then by an effort to make massive cuts in Medicare and Social Security.

    “Quit using Jesus Christ as excuse for behaving like despicable human beings.”
    —A sign at the restore honor rally.

  • tatboy

    The train wreck goes completely off the track…

  • ChrisNH

    I’d say this: “Everyone knows government largess when they see it. Watch as a garbage truck or dump truck drives by and you’ll see three or four public workers squashed into it. Watch a public works project and you’ll see one man digging while five other watch. Governments small and large are festooned with this sort of redundancy, so that’s where I’d go to fund those ‘evil’ tax cuts that’ll do more to elevate the economy than anything Obama has done…or will do.”

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Phil-Bourekas/1538058627 Phil Bourekas

    ChrisNH said:
    I’d say this: “Everyone knows government largess when they see it. Watch as a garbage truck or dump truck drives by and you’ll see three or four public workers squashed into it. Watch a public works project and you’ll see one man digging while five other watch. Governments small and large are festooned with this sort of redundancy, so that’s where I’d go to fund those ‘evil’ tax cuts that’ll do more to elevate the economy than anything Obama has done…or will do.”

    It’s funny that liberals, and MSNBC, were willing to believe that Obamacare would find a magical $200B in medicare waste, because they needed that to be true, but don’t believe there are other areas of waste to be targeted.

    Just look at any sort of government program intended to deliver a specific benefit. What percentage of education spending reaches the classroom? Check the efficiency of welfare, veterans services, etc.–we can deliver the same level of benefits to deserving people while reducing spending. As soon as the government accepts the fact that it already consumes as much of our income and GDP as it can, and that the problem is spending, the better off we’ll be. Individuals have recognized this, and cut back spending, which eliminated jobs. Putting their money back in their hands is the most efficient way to get the economy moving.

  • Latin2

    Hey Frances, don’t you think it was SEXIST the way all those guys on the MSNBC were attacking Conservative women? Oh wait you only get upset if guys attack Liberals women.

  • mickeywhite

    Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR:
    Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, FY2004 Foreign Operations Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Flood Insurance Reauthorization , Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Debt Limit Increase, Fiscal 2005 Omnibus Appropriations, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening, Patriot Act extention.

    Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:
    Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations, Withdrawing U.S. Soldiers from Afghanistan.

    Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
    See her unconstitutional votes at :
    http://mickeywhite.blogspot.com/2009/09/tn-congressman-marsha-blackburn-votes.html
    Mickey

  • Big G

    Phil Bourekas says: “It’s funny that liberals, and MSNBC, were willing to believe that Obamacare would find a magical $200B in medicare waste, because they needed that to be true, but don’t believe there are other areas of waste to be targeted.”

    Now, wait one minute Phil. The question was not prefaced by, “The democrats can’t find any place to cut spending, so, where do YOU think you’ll find waste???”

    The question asked was: “…what will you get rid off in the government to pay for the tax cuts?”

    The answer was: “…federal spending.” (NO DUH!!!)

    Then she was asked to define “federal spending” and she wouldn’t/couldn’t.

    That was the way it went, NOT as you portrayed it.

    While I am a little disgusted with the way the MSNBC panel acted, I am completely disgusted with the way the GOP & Tea Party (in cojunction with Faux News Network) has waged a war of misinformation, misdirection, & spin doctoring just so they can “win the elections”.

    Your comment was a prime example of that kind of politicing. I find that dispicable!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Charles-Bennett/1145658544 Charles Bennett

    if the Dems have ANY balls, they will make retroactively paying for the Iraq boondoggle a part of this budget reduction “discussion”. Repugs are unbelievably hypocritical POS’s. Topping Goebells is no small feat-congrats.

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