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Guests: Richard Engel, Eugene Robinson, Bob Shrum, Josh Marshall, Phillip Dennis, Matt Kibbe, Diana DeGette
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Dittoheads.
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Good evening. I'm Chris Matthews in Washington. Leading off tonight:
The big right-wing lie. No matter how many times President Obama says he's a Christian, there's no beating back the drumbeat from the right that he's a Muslim, or something like it. Check out this graphic moment from Fox News of a Frank Luntz focus group with Republican caucus voters in Iowa.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I believe that he is a Muslim.
FRANK LUNTZ, REPUBLICAN POLLSTER: You do?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
LUNTZ: How many of you believe that here? Wow.
MATTHEWS: Wow, that's 10 raised hands out of 25 Republican caucus voters, 40 percent. Do they believe this nonsense? Apparently. Remember, these are the folks who pick the next GOP presidential nominee, the Iowa Republican caucus attenders. Republicans, religion and reality our top story tonight.
Plus: Suspicions confirmed. When all those Tea Partiers won in November, they threatened more trouble to the Republicans, we thought. Well, here goes. Tea Partiers helped vote down an extension of the Patriot Act last night. And Orrin Hatch is so fearful of getting primaried next year, it looks like he's crashed a Tea Party event himself last night.
Also, it's the right-wingers who always talk about freedom and liberty, so why are they lining up behind the old guard in Egypt and not behind the people in the streets, supporters in the square, in Tahrir Square? Could it because they see freedom as their kind or their way?
And return of the culture wars. Some Republican congressmen are stoking up the abortion fight. Whatever happened to all that talk about creating jobs?
Finally, tweeting his words—the painful lesson Rick Santorum just learned about criticizing herself—Sarah Palin. That's in the "Sideshow."
We start with the big right lie. Josh Marshall's founder and editor of Talking Points Memo, TPM, and Bob Shrum is a Democratic strategist.
Well, Shrummy's come back with the bad news. I don't think even he was ready for this. And I'm not (INAUDIBLE) Shrum—Luntz! What am I saying? What a confusion I'm in here! Here's some Iowa Republicans in a focus group with Frank Luntz on Friday noon—or actually, Fox News Monday night, last night. (SIC) Let's listen.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I believe that Barack Obama's religious beliefs do govern his foreign policy.
LUNTZ: And what are his religious beliefs?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I believe that he is a Muslim.
LUNTZ: You do?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
LUNTZ: How many of you believe that here? Wow. You believe he's a Muslim.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
LUNTZ: And you think that's having an impact on what he says and does.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fundamentally, yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely.
LUNTZ: Jack?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I do also.
LUNTZ: Now, do you understand the implications of what you're saying here, what the media's going to say about this group and about Iowa caucus voters in the future? You realize what you're opening up here?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think his religious belief is liberalism. He believes in his political policies more than any...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But I'm talking about foreign policy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he's Muslim-sympathetic. I don't know that he's a practicing Muslim.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: His religious belief is liberalism. And you know, that's the most intolerant religion of all. There's no room for wiggle in there.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I do think it's quite possible he is Muslim, even though he says he is Christian. But I think that this type of rhetoric—he's waffling on both sides.
MATTHEWS: Well, I don't know what we make of that, but a nationwide Pew poll in August found—that's the best last poll we've got—they are not off base among Republican conservatives. Look at that, 31 percent of Republicans think President Obama is Muslim, 39 percent say they don't know his religion, which is a cute way out. That means only—that means 7 out of 10 Republicans wouldn't say the president is what he says he is, what he practices. Is the problem getting worse?
I want to go to Bob Shrum on this because we all grew up with that phrase "the big lie"—if you keep saying something over and over and over again, somebody's going to believe it. And apparently, the conservatives in the Republican Party, in fact, across the board Republicans, are buying this number. He's a Muslim.
BOB SHRUM, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Oh, sure. And look, Fox News reports, but they also propagate. And these folks live in an unparalleled universe of untruth and intolerance. They look at Barack Obama. He's a different—he looks different than—as he once said, than any other president we've ever had. His father was born in Indonesia.
And I think this whole of his religion issue becomes a surrogate for a lot of other feelings that people have about the notion that somehow or another, their country is being taken away from them because the country is changing profoundly. There's a demographic reality out there. And what Richard Hofstadter used to call the paranoid style in American politics flourishes in times of big change and big challenge. So I think that's what we're seeing, but it's being consciously exploited.
MATTHEWS: His stepfather was born in Indonesia. His actual birth father was from Kenya. Let me go—what's going on here, Josh?
JOSH MARSHALL, TALKINGPOINTSMEMO.COM: You know...
MATTHEWS: I thought this would go away, but despite going to the prayer breakfast, despite protestations, perhaps—what does it take for him to demonstrate to some people—or is it just they're fighting words? Do they say it just to show they don't like him?
MARSHALL: I think there actually is an element of that, that some of these people really don't probably believe that, but it's what you say if you don't like Barack Obama.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
MARSHALL: But I do think, you know, the Muslim thing, the birther thing, these are—these all go together that he's not one of us. He...
MATTHEWS: How about Palin saying he hangs around with terrorists?
MARSHALL: It's—again, it's all of a piece...
MATTHEWS: Hangs around with them.
MARSHALL: It's all of a piece. It's all of a piece.
MATTHEWS: Well, let's take a look at—a little look here, Bob. You can't see—oh, he can see it up there, too, on the screen. Here's Limbaugh and Beck last August, after that Pew poll came out. Let's listen to their jamboree of misthought here. Let's watch.
RUSH LIMBAUGH, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Imam Hussein Obama! Mmm, mmm, mmm! I want to be fair, too. He probably is the best anti-American president the country's ever had. Obama says he's a Christian, but where's the evidence? Well, he went to Reverend Wright's church. Yes, but he doesn't—he says he didn't hear anything that was said in there. And by the way, Reverend Wright's church is a weird brand of Christianity. The Reverend Wright's church—black theology is what comes out of that pulpit.
GLENN BECK, HOST, FOX NEWS "GLENN BECK": The easy thing is to say, I think he's a Muslim. I don't—I really don't. I think he is a Christian that Christians don't recognize.
LIMBAUGH: Some think he's a Muslim. I'm just saying there might be reasons why some people think this.
Shock poll, 24 percent think Obama Muslim. White House, Obama obviously Christian. I'm going to get into this in a minute, but what's obvious...
BECK: President Obama is not a Muslim. I'm taking his word that he's a Christian. But here's where it falls apart for many Americans. It's a Christianity that most Americans just don't recognize!
MATTHEWS: Well, Bob, here's where it falls apart. In other words—
I mean, I've never seen a religious test so brilliantly, brilliantly applied to a guy to screw him politically.
SHRUM: Well...
MATTHEWS: This, I don't know what he is, I don't know what he claims to be, he's into some kind of black theology, it's not really Christianity, and maybe it's black Muslim really, it looks a little different but that's really what it is, Nation of Islam—all this clever, I don't know, maybe, and of course "Imam Obama," that kind of language, Bob. I never heard anything like this...
SHRUM: Listen, it's fear, smear...
MATTHEWS: I guess you'd have to go back to Father Coughlin and Franklin Delano Rosenfelt" and that horrible anti-Semitic stuff that went on back in the '30s. I don't think it's recent in American history, this kind of talk.
SHRUM: No, it's what Hofstadter talked about as the "paranoid style," and it's fear, smear and innuendo that would have made somebody else, Joe McCarthy, proud. But look, the black church—and there's so many layers of bigotry in this. The black Christian church in America has been a powerful shaping influence on our history, was the point of the lance of the Civil Rights movement. It's where Martin Luther King came from.
Now, I'd say that to Rush Limbaugh. I'd say that to Glenn Beck. And I'd discover they don't like him, either.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
SHRUM: There's something else, by the way, that ought to be said here, and Colin Powell said it on "MEET THE PRESS" eloquently the week before the election. Barack Obama's not a Muslim. He's been a Christian all his life. But what if he was a Muslim? I mean, are we going to start applying these kinds of religious tests in American public life?
SHRUM: That's what John Kennedy fought against.
MATTHEWS: OK. And it also is—I want to go back to Josh. It is part of this crazed way of looking at the situation in Egypt. It's all conflation, just like if somebody hits us from somewhere, we go hit Iraq.
MARSHALL: Right. Right.
MATTHEWS: Keep it confused.
MARSHALL: Right.
MATTHEWS: Keep it confused. Islams are out to get—a billion of these people (INAUDIBLE) They're not all out to get us. If you start getting into that world, you have done exactly what al Qaeda, that small group, wants us to get...
MARSHALL: Well...
MATTHEWS: ... get totally focused on them representing a billion people. Then we're really finished.
MARSHALL: Yes, that would be very ill-advised. I mean, I think the key is here is that, you know, when people say—in 2011, when people say someone's a Muslim, it's not what it would have meant 20 years ago. It means, He's one of those people that got us on 9/11, that might be blowing up a plane. It's all coded language. And again, I think it's really of a piece with the birther stuff, about which there's just as little evidence.
MATTHEWS: Let's take a look at Frank Luntz here, asking that same focus group of Iowa Republican voters how Obama should handle the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Now, this makes your point, how they respond. He asks them how—a particularly good question, by the way. It's a good question. How do we deal with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt? Let's listen.
LUNTZ: How many of you think that he should not—that he should state clearly, knowing the implications in Egypt, there should be no outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood? Who agrees with that idea?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely.
LUNTZ: All of you. Then what is the solution? What do you do?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I would just like to see him be proud of America, represent America, our history.
LUNTZ: You guys agree with that?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just want him to be proud of who we are and have the ability to point out all the positives that this country's represented as.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What do we have to be sorry about? He runs around apologizing, apologizing all the time. What'd we do wrong? We prospered as a nation. We pay for things and we give relief to other countries.
MATTHEWS: I don't know what to say. These people will not read the newspaper. They're not—these are tricky situations. We're trying to figure out what to do with those million people in the streets yesterday. Do we talk to some of them? Do we not talk to them? Do we let them all vote? Do we let the—push the Egyptians to have a real democratic election, or something that perhaps—I don't know what. It's very tricky. And these people just say, Well, act American, and don't apologize. What's that got to do with this? And the question, by the way, was, What do we do?
MARSHALL: Good point. You know, you see in those faces, there's a lot of hate and there's a lot of fear. And there's—I mean...
MATTHEWS: There's not a lot of newspaper reading in that crowd. I'm sorry. They're not wrestling with the issues.
MARSHALL: There's also a lot of political leaders that are stoking that because keeping your supporters, not just opposing the head of the other party, the president of the United States, but fearing him and fearing him in a very deep way is powerful politically. And so there's a responsibility that goes all the way up the—you know, all the way up the chain across—you know, across the country.
MATTHEWS: You know, I think everybody likes to play innocent. We are not innocent. The United States has to make deals with different leaders around the world. Sometimes we make it for oil, Bob. Sometimes we do it to help Israel, our friend over there. We make all kinds of deals, and sometimes we make them with people who maybe shouldn't be head of those countries. Some of those leaders in that region are parasitical. We know that. They were put in there from outside. They weren't there—they weren't elected by the people.
For us to say that somehow all we have to do is love America and we can solve all our problems is not accurate. We've got to think through these deals we've made and figure out the right ones we're proud of and are essential to our interests, and then try to work our way through the tricky stuff. Your thoughts, Bob, last...
SHRUM: Well, I had two problems with what we just heard. One was the question. We don't get to decide whether Egypt is going to deal with the Muslim Brotherhood. The government's actually talked with them for years and years and years at the same time that they've suppressed them.
Secondly, we don't run Egypt. And the president has actually done a very good job here, I think, of walking a very fine line...
MATTHEWS: Right.
SHRUM: ... trying to achieve change, but at the same time not go down into chaos. And when you listen to these people, you know why the Republican Party is going to fall off the far right edge when it nominates a presidential candidate in 2012.
MATTHEWS: You know, maybe we shouldn't have recognized China.
MATTHEWS: Just keep acting like they're not there. I don't know. I mean, maybe if we don't talk to them, maybe they won't be China.
SHRUM: Well, we've always...
MATTHEWS: Maybe they won't be there. Maybe they'll go away.
SHRUM: We've always had that kind of specter that we've gone after.
And I think...
MATTHEWS: I know.
MATTHEWS: Yes., it's...
MATTHEWS: If we don't look at it, it won't be there, you know?
Anyway, thank you, Josh Marshall, a pro. Thank you, Bob Shrum.
Coming up: The power of the Tea Party. Tea Party Republicans in the House of Representatives defeated an extension of the Patriot Act, a total blow to the Republican leadership. They never thought that was coming. They've got a problem with these people.
And Utah senator Orrin Hatch, who has a 90 -- I'm sorry, the latest number 100 percent conservative rating, is so scared to death of the Tea Partiers right now—and by the way, he's hardly a RINO. He's 100 percent conservative—that he had to crash a meeting of the Tea Party people without invitation so they wouldn't think he was the enemy. But they still want to look at him, decide whether to dump him or not, like they did Robert Bennett. This is getting very dicey on the right. It's a dangerous place to be, on the Republican right. You got to be righter than the next guy.
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MATTHEWS: Wow. We saw this one coming for a few weeks, another blow to Senate Democrats. Senator Jim Webb of Virginia won't be running for a second term next year. The Democrat, by the way, has a lot of fans in this operation. The Democrats squeaked by Senator George Allen last year after that "macacca" moment in 2006. Allen's already announced he's running for his old seat, so Allen's coming back and Webb's going away.
Possible Democrats who could now enter the race include former governor Tim Kaine and former congressman Tom Periello. But Republicans only need four seats to win control of the Senate, and with Democrats retiring in North Dakota and now Virginia, plus close matchups in Nebraska and Montana, they've got a good shot to grab the Senate, as well as the House next year.
We'll be right back.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. Last night, a vote on the Patriot Act in the House, a renewal of the Patriot Act, went down when House Republicans surprisingly lost 26 of their own members, several of those being Tea Party freshmen. And across town meanwhile, Utah Republican senator Orrin Hatch attended a town meeting to court the Tea Party Express as he gears up for a possible primary challenge on the right come 2012. So just how powerful is the Tea Party these days?
Matt Kibbe, of course, is president of FreedomWorks—that's the Dick Armey crowd—and Phillip Dennis is a Tea Party organizer down in Dallas. Gentlemen, thank you. Great Super Bowl down there in Dallas, I must say, Dennis—Phillip. Let me ask you, Phillip, the first question. Is Barack Obama a Muslim?
PHILLIP DENNIS, TEXAS TEA PARTY: I don't know. Does it matter if he...
MATTHEWS: You don't know! Here we go again! Here we go. What do you mean you don't know? He's a Christian!
DENNIS: Well, let me answer this. Let me answer this. If he's a Christian, I certainly don't like the brand of Christianity he went to in Chicago for 20 years with Benjamin Wright!
MATTHEWS: Well, wait a minute. Well, that's one of the—now, you've just given me two answers. The first on is, I don't know of he's a Christian, he might be a Muslim. And then you switch over to you don't like what you see as a too-left African-American church. So which is it? Is he an African-American Christian or is he maybe, maybe a Muslim? Which is it?
DENNIS: It doesn't make any difference to me at all. As long as he would cut the size of government, cut spending and secure our borders...
MATTHEWS: So you change the subject.
DENNIS: ... I don't care what he is.
MATTHEWS: So you're playing this game. You're playing this game.
You are playing this game.
DENNIS: I'm not playing any game. I don't know what he is.
MATTHEWS: You just...
DENNIS: Only he can tell you what he is.
MATTHEWS: Well, he said he's a Christian.
DENNIS: Well, then he's a Christian, then. That's fine. But you know, one thing that you can't deny—and I heard you guys ridiculing those people on the Rasmussen poll there...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
DENNIS: ... but one thing is that President Obama certainly has a
soft spot in his heart for Islam. You know, he's gone back—his first
speech was in Egypt. He's reached out to the Muslims moreso than any
president in the history of the world. He's even changed our history,
saying that Islam has always played a major part in this country, when
everyone knows that's not true. You didn't see—our Founding Fathers
weren't Muslim. They weren't breaking for prayers five times a day. But
this is the type of thing that he's done as reaching out—bowing to the -
to the...
MATTHEWS: Where are you on—where are you on...
DENNIS: ... Saudi Arabia!
MATTHEWS: Where are you on Islam?
DENNIS: You talking to me?
MATTHEWS: Yes. Where are you on Islam?
DENNIS: Oh, I have a big problem with Islam. I think that it—they call itself (SIC) the religion of peace, when every day, it continues around the world to show itself to be anything but! So I think those people have a right—certainly, and it's understandable that they might have a problem that our president might be Muslim. Absolutely!
MATTHEWS: So do you think those Islamic countries should be allowed to rule themselves?
DENNIS: Absolutely, they should. I do agree with that. Yes, I believe that we shouldn't be involved in that. But I know where you're going with this is what's going on with Egypt...
MATTHEWS: I'm just asking.
DENNIS: ... and I believe...
MATTHEWS: I'm not sure where I'm going. I'm following you, sir. I'm following you. I didn't know you'd go in this direction of.—
DENNIS: Yes.
MATTHEWS: ... saying you thought the president was a Muslim—or a Muslim...
DENNIS: No, no, no.
MATTHEWS: ... had a soft spot for them. That's the way you laid it in the latest phraseology.
DENNIS: Right. I don't know what he is. But he certainly does.
And I don't—And I think you would agree that he has got a soft spot in his heart for Islam. But even so...
MATTHEWS: I don't think he's anti-Islamic. And I wonder why you are. There's a billion Islamic people in the world. Are you against their religion? Are you telling them that right now on television?
MATTHEWS: You don't like their religion?
DENNIS: No, no, no.
MATTHEWS: There's a billion of them.
DENNIS: No, all I'm saying is that I see what happens worldwide ever week, with the terrorist events, the beheadings, stonings, all of these types of things.
And we have had 226 indictments for terrorism in the United States, and all of them have been Muslims. So, yes, I have a right to be concern about Islam, yes.
Let me go to Matt Kibbe, just to go around the corner here.
Matt, do you think the president is a Muslim or might be?
MATT KIBBE, PRESIDENT, FREEDOMWORKS: I think he says he's a Christian, and I take him at his word.
MATTHEWS: That's what I do, too.
Let's move on here with the Patriot Act. But I do see the problem here. And I think you're a classic member of that focus group, Phillip. I think, if you were in that focus group, would put your hand up?
MATTHEWS: Would you put your hand up?
MATTHEWS: I wonder why they put their hand up.
MATTHEWS: I do wonder why.
DENNIS: No, I wouldn't have said that he—I wouldn't say that he was a Muslim, no.
MATTHEWS: OK. Let's go on to this...
DENNIS: I was saying...
MATTHEWS: Go ahead.
DENNIS: I would you just say that he says he's a Christian, so he's a Christian. It doesn't matter to me. Like I said, I don't care what religion he is, as long as he will do the things that I would prefer he do, which is reduce the size of government, cut spending and secure the borders.
Let's take a look at this situation here with the Patriot Act. there's John Boehner, the speaker of the House, on radio in an interview yesterday. And he was asked if he's a Tea Partier. Let's go and see if he's one of your guys. Let's listen.
BILL CUNNINGHAM, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Is John Boehner a member of the Tea Party?
REP. JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: I should be.
CUNNINGHAM: Are you?
BOEHNER: I don't know if I actually pay dues, but I'm a big believer in the Tea Party. I talk to Tea Party activists all over my district and all over the country every day.
MATTHEWS: Is that—is that—I guess we should ask if he's a Tea Party member, like is he a Muslim? I mean, he says he should be. He says he doesn't pay dues. I didn't know you had dues. I didn't think it was a dues-collecting operation.
Why is he sort of kissing around this thing and not really getting to it? Is he a Tea Partier as far as you're concerned, Matt Kibbe?
MATTHEWS: Is he one of you or one of them?
KIBBE: I think, if you look at where Republicans are right now, the Tea Party has essentially taken over the Republican Party, and they're talking our values, they're talking our issues.
And, ultimately, I don't think it matters to me if you belong to the Tea Party or the Tea Party Caucus. If you believe in freedom, if you believe in limited government and fiscal responsibility, and you vote as you say you want to and believe, I'm in. I'm with you.
MATTHEWS: But what do you make of a guy like Orrin Hatch, who has moved from—he's moved over to 100 percent Conservative Union voting record. And Lugar has also moved to the right. I'm not just sure that's just the nature of the votes lately.
But I look at Hatch going to 100 percent and then showing up at a Tea Party.
KIBBE: Yes.
MATTHEWS: Is he just getting in line for the guys? Do you think he is just faking it or trying to act appropriate to your power, as you put it? You're in charge.
KIBBE: Well, he's definitely speaking to Tea Party issues right now and he's very nervous what might happen in the Utah caucus in his election coming up.
The bottom line for us is how people vote. The challenge for Senator Hatch is whether or not he can make up for the last 35 years with a new shift towards fiscal responsibility. That's what he has to persuade the people of Utah that he's going to do for the next six years.
Is the road to Damascus very crowded right now?
KIBBE: I think there's an opportunity for redemption for anybody.
Let me go to Phillip Dennis on that point.
First of all, I'm going to let you listen to Orrin Hatch and see if he's on the road to Damascus appropriately, or just pretending. Let's listen.
SEN. ORRIN HATCH ®, UTAH: I have been watching what the Tea Party does. I have been very impressed. I think it's time for America to take back America. And the Tea Party is playing a role in that.
MATTHEWS: Well, that's very special.
Do you buy that, Phillip Dennis? Is he a member or is he pretending?
DENNIS: I was just—I was just happy to hear that he stopped writing love songs to Ted Kennedy.
DENNIS: So, no, listen, it sounds like it's primary time and he saw what his good friend Bob Bennett suffered by voting too far to the left the last time.
And, so, no, I mean, we—he has a voting record, and we have watched him for a long time. And it's up to the voters of Utah. But I know that the Tea Party certainly is looking at alternatives there.
And I believe you will see a lot of people, a lot of longtime, lifelong politicians that have been there for too, too long, that are looking to move far to the right and call themselves Tea Partiers at this point.
But this whole Tea Party Caucus thing, I mean, what happens when Olympia Snowe wants to join? What happens when Harry Reid wants to join?
MATTHEWS: Well, OK. You're putting Olympia Snowe in the same category as Harry Reid.
What about a younger member like Lindsey Graham? He's got a—look at the numbers here now. Forty-two percent of the PPP poll down in South Carolina among Republicans say he's too liberal -- 45 percent say he's about right.
Is that in the sweet spot for you guys or not?
You first, Phillip Dennis. Is that good enough?
DENNIS: I find that—I find that surprising. I think the Tea Party is very against what Lindsey Graham has been doing and saying over the last six years. And he's cozied up to a lot of big-spending liberals on the other side and tried to pass through a lot of legislation that the people of South Carolina were not pleased with.
So, I would find that to be surprising. I would find the Tea Party to be much more against him. And I certainly expect him to face a primary challenger.
MATTHEWS: Would you—would you back Joe Wilson over him, Mr.—the guy who...
DENNIS: Yes.
MATTHEWS: ... said "You lie" to the president, the president lies.
Would you go to him, rather than Lindsey Graham?
DENNIS: I'm not exactly sure of Wilson's voting record up to now, but if he were more conservative from a fiscal standpoint, absolutely.
MATTHEWS: How about you? How about you, Matt? You think you ought to dump some of these guys, like Hatch and Lindsey Graham?
KIBBE: Oh, I think Lindsey—Lindsey Graham has to go. He's—he's not only voted against fiscal responsibility, voted against reining in government, but he's really approached the Tea Party with a great deal of disdain, and even insulting the voters of South Carolina.
So, I do expect a challenger. And, frankly, I would be surprised if Lindsey Graham doesn't do what Jim Webb just did, because by the time he gets to his election, he's going to be looking at some very difficult numbers.
And as for the rest of these guys, yes, you have got to look at Utah, you have got to look at whether or not we have a viable, more principled alternative to Senator Hatch. And, if we find one, we're going to be with that guy.
MATTHEWS: OK. Tea Parties rules.
Thank you, Republican Party fading like the—like the Whigs, I guess. It's now the Tea Party party.
DENNIS: Like the Democrats.
MATTHEWS: Thank you, gentlemen.
Well, that's your call.
DENNIS: Fading like the Democrats, Chris.
MATTHEWS: Well, the Democrats, according to you, are sort of vaguely Islamic anyway.
MATTHEWS: Anyway, thank you, Matt Kibbe.
You guys are always welcome here. This is good platform, you guys.
Phillip Dennis, thank you.
KIBBE: Thank you.
MATTHEWS: Up next: another Republican running scared from Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum. Well, he tweaked the former Alaska governor. Now he is doing some backpedaling. It's not—it's not smart to mess with Mother Nature, I guess.
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MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. Time for the "Sideshow."
First, show me the money.
Yesterday, likely 2012 candidate Rick Santorum took issue with Sarah Palin's decision to skip that conservative confab CPAC.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What about Sarah Palin turning down the keynote?
What do you think happens there, or...
RICK SANTORUM ®, FORMER U.S. SENATOR: I—I don't know. You know, I have a feeling she has some demands on her time.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Right.
SANTORUM: And that—and a lot of them have financial benefit attached to them.
MATTHEWS: I think Rick wished he had those options.
Anyway, he's saying Palin would rather make money than stand for the cause? Fighting words, words that Santorum wasn't prepared to stick behind, however. One day later on Twitter, he linked to the Politico report on his comments, writing—quote—"This article is garbage. All I said was she's very busy, period. It's a reporter trying to create something out of nothing."
Well, something out of nothing? Actually, something that is on videotape. Twitter vs. videotape? Videotape wins. You just saw it.
Next, John Boehner: words, words, words. On one hand, the Tea Party presses him for more spending cuts. On the other, Democrats in Congress have come out with a new Web site to taunt the speaker, whenarethejobs.com. You've got a ticker, 35 days and counting since Boehner has had the gavel, below, a counter on the number of job creation bills so far, a big red zero.
And herein lies the problem for Boehner. Can Republicans continue to say they will create jobs if they can't pass anything that does it?
Finally, get ready for a double take. Here's American actress Meryl Streep, the best in the business, I think, in character, with a side-by-side with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She's doing it again. Remember Julia Child? Well, this one is downright perfect. Streep's movie, it's called "The Iron Lady," of course, is set to hit the theaters later this week.
And, actually, I met the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. And she was very nice, not at all an iron lady.
Up next: Why are so many on the right coming out against those pro-democracy protesters in the streets of Cairo? They say they're for "democracy"—in quotes. Why are they against it in practice? And why are they backing the regime that is opposing democracy still?
That's ahead. You're watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
SUE HERERA, CNBC CORRESPONDENT: I'm Sue Herera with your CNBC "Market Wrap."
Stocks seesawing to a mixed close—the Dow eking out a nearly seven-point gain to extend its winning streak to eight in a row, the S&P 500 slipping 3.5 points. The Nasdaq gave up about eight points, but the big story of the day on Wall Street was the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange in advanced merger talks with the owner of the German stock exchange, the Deutsche Boerse. That news came as the London and Toronto exchanges announced their own merger that could create a majority—a major new trading center for mostly the mining shares.
On the earnings front, Coca-Cola delivered better-than-expected results on a 6 percent jump in their sales last quarter. Polo Ralph Lauren shares soaring about 8 percent on a huge spike in holiday sales topped by an upbeat forecast.
And networking giant Cisco reporting after the closing bell that the shares are tumbling after hours on lower profits and weaker-than-expected gross margins.
That's it from CNBC, first in business worldwide—and now back to Chris and HARDBALL.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
Demonstrations in Egypt entered their 16th day, believe it or not, with protests and strikes spreading across the country. But the patience of the Mubarak government is wearing thin, and Vice President Suleiman has ramped up his rhetoric against the opposition in the streets.
For more, let's turn to NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, who is over there now.
I guess I'm absolutely flabbergasted. I watch your over there. You're so courageous. You're covering this story better than anybody in America, in the world, I think. And I still don't understand the options. What do you see coming in the months ahead between now and September? Is there any clarity to the options we see here?
RICHARD ENGEL, NBC CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: The main problem right now—and thank you for that very nice introduction—is one of not only constitutional—a constitutional crisis. That's what Egypt keeps saying, that it's not so simple, that we can't institute all these reforms so quickly. Mubarak can't just step down. It would send the country into chaos. That's what the government is saying.
And it says that it's formed this commission to work out these constitutional reforms, and that it will take time, but don't worry; we're working on it. The government's—that's the government's line.
MATTHEWS: Right.
ENGEL: The protesters say, you know what? It's very easy. Mubarak just resigns, he steps down, he hands the power over to someone else.
We have been talking to professors, analysts, lots of former diplomats, and they say a lot of this is about personality—personality. President Mubarak personally doesn't want to step down. He's very stubborn. He believes firmly in his heart of hearts that he's the only person that is keeping this country together and preventing the Muslim Brotherhood from stepping over, and that they don't want to set a precedent, that, if the government just steps down, that, in a year, two years, three years, if there's another crisis, people will go back on the streets and topple the government.
So, they are trying to find a way out of this, but the government's
options are getting more and more limited. The people on the street don't
believe them when they say, give us time to sort out the Constitution and -
and—and give us the months to get the professors and the experts together, so we don't have a legal crisis.
MATTHEWS: Trying to carve out something in the middle I guess is impossible. You must think about it all the time.
Is there a middle solution, where you have some kind of real guarantee of an open selection come September, so you have the normal political campaigns and organization, which would have to take this many months to get organized? I mean, if they want real political parties, real options, some sort of runoff system or whatever, wouldn't they need this time to September to have an election, a real one?
ENGEL: They probably would.
And the protesters themselves agree, we need time. And they are—most of them aren't calling for snap elections to take place in the next few days. It is about Mubarak. And they think, unless Mubarak personally goes, that the process won't change, that they won't have the liberty, they won't have the momentum to organize elections.
So, it's not about time. It's about Mubarak. Some people are saying that Mubarak should go on an extended medical leave to Germany.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
ENGEL: And we have been told by diplomats that that option is on the table, but Mubarak personally won't go.
If he left, if he went to Germany, constitutionally, it becomes much easier, because then he's not really being forced out of office. He's not stepping down. He didn't die. He's just on a leave of absence, and can hand over power to somebody else.
That is considered a middle—a middle ground. But, again, he's stubborn. He doesn't want to go. And he feels that he really shouldn't go, that it wouldn't be in the country's best interest.
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Thank you so much, Richard Engel. I meant every word, you're the best. Thanks so much for joining us once again on HARDBALL.
Well, we got a new poll back at home that shows that nearly 40 percent of Republicans think the protests in Egypt will have a negative effect on our country. While just 8 percent think the demonstrations will be beneficial, just less than one—one in 12 Republicans think is it's good. The Democrats are even split on what they see over there. They see the murkiness for what it is, I think.
Eugene Robinson is an MSNBC political analyst and, of course, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for "The Washington Post."
Gene, I guess this is like an ink spot, you know, Democrats—progressives, if you will, look at it and they go, you know, democracy is not so bad, I'll take my bets, I'll bet. It's a 50/50 proposition.
Republicans see the streets, demonstrators, they go—it's the '60s here again. These are the bad guys.
EUGENE ROBINSON, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: I think that's one of the ways it cuts, Chris. I think it cuts other ways as well. There are people whose principal foreign policy concern is Israel, for example.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
ROBINSON: And, you know, (INAUDIBLE) -- since Mubarak is the guarantor—
MATTHEWS: They split. They're the guys who are the most, if you will, a hawkish, the most Likudnic (ph). Some of them say the best thing is to break up these old oligarch, these old monarchies and have real elections, because that's a pressure cooker that eventually break anyway. We need democracy.
Then there's others who say, well, hold on and look out for an ally, I guess.
ROBINSON: Well, you could look at—historically, you could say that perhaps—well, not perhaps—that there is more of a Republican tendency to say, "You know, let's go with the dictator we know rather than the mob we don't know, the democratic mob that we don't know."
MATTHEWS: He's 83.
ROBINSON: Well. So, we know him very well.
ROBINSON: We know him very well. And, look, here's the real problem because you hear these voices on both sides of the issue. I think the U.S. message has become muddy in the last week. And, you know—
MATTHEWS: Yes, I agree. Do you know where our president stands?
ROBINSON: Well, I thought I did. I did know where our president stands. He said transition now.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
ROBINSON: And then his spokesman said now means yesterday. But now, the secretary of state says, well, now means, you know, it takes some time. And so, that's the new message.
We may or may not be able to influence events in Egypt, certainly not definitely. But we can be consistent in our message. And I think the right—the first message was the right one.
MATTHEWS: Even though we say the poll show Republicans are against
what's happening over there. George Will, and I respected this guy for a -
well, I don't say he's been around 100 years, but a long time. He basically has taken let's take a look at what he wrote today and this is going to surprise a lot of liberals out there, progressives.
"Sixty years ago, American politics was embittered by an accusation couched as a question: 'Who lost China?' It is a sign of national maturity that fewer American complainers are today faulting the Obama administration for not anticipating and shaping events in Egypt. Israel, which lives next door to Egypt and has an excellent intelligence service, did not see this coming."
So, all this browbeating, and I've been part of it, but here's a conservative guy, a real Tory, you know, George Will, saying, you know, lighten up, give Mubarak a chance and let the streets vote.
ROBINSON: It was hard for a lot of people to see this coming. There has been a group of scholars, think tank people here in Washington sort of working on this for some time, and they did come and a number of reports saying watch Egypt, watch Egypt.
MATTHEWS: OK. You know, in my opinion, when I here Mubarak has coked away $1 billion or $70 billion, that's kleptocracy. That's not patriotism. That's looting your country. I can see storing away a few walnuts for the cold winter when you're ahead, but stealing billions?
ROBINSON: We'll also go beyond that, the whole kabarat (ph), secret police who as we speak are probably beating people in dungeons. I mean, that's the way the regime works, is what the way it always work. It's going to continue to work until Mubarak get out.
MATTHEWS: Eugene Robinson, you're with the people.
ROBINSON: I'm with the people.
MATTHEWS: OK. (INAUDIBLE). Thank you, Gene Robinson. I am increasingly 100 percent for them.
Up next: House Republicans want to make it harder for women to get abortions. But isn't this a push by the right to outlaw abortions altogether? This is troublemaking from what I can tell. I want to look into it. I've tried to figure it out.
We have the law on the book, a woman's right to choose. We have a law on the books, no federal money for abortion. That's the status quo. Why aren't we sticking with it?
This is HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Just one month after being shot, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is making a remarkable recovery. Her aides say she's now talking more and more. And on Monday, she asked for toast with breakfast at her hospital bed. She's out there. She's getting hungry.
Doctors say she's recovering at lightning speed. And they hope she'll be able to travel to Cape Canaveral in April when her husband, Mark Kelly, commands a final flight of the space shuttle Endeavour. What a couple there. What a great American couple.
HARDBALL will be right back.
SEN. BARBARA BOXER (D), CALIFORNIA: We're here today to send a clear message to our Republican colleagues on the House side. Your agenda on women's health is extreme, it breaks faith with the decades-long bipartisan compromise, and according to medical experts, your agenda risks the health and the lives of women.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
That's Senator Barbara Boxer yesterday, making clear that House Republicans are planning bills to restrict the women's rights to choose an abortion will face fierce opposition on the Senate side.
Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado leads the Pro-Choice Caucus.
Thank you so much.
Just to clarify this issue as much as I've been able to—there is a long-standing sort of bright line. And you may not like it, a lot of pro-life people don't like it, pro-choice people don't like it. But it's basically a woman has the right to choose within some restraints under the Roe v. Wade decision of the Supreme Court in 1973, and also because the Hyde Amendment which is getting passed generally every year, the government is not going to pay for abortion. So, that's sort of like the way it works, you have a right to choose, but the government is not involved in it in terms of financing it.
Why are—why is this border that had been sort of respected changing now? What's going on?
REP. DIANA DEGETTE (D), COLORADO: So, Chris, just at the time when Americans care about jobs and the economy, the Republican leadership in the House has made one of their first three bills to be a bill that says to women, you now can't buy abortion coverage, you can't buy full reproductive coverage in these health exchanges, or even in the private insurance market. This is an extreme and divisive bill that goes so far behind what we've ever seen before.
It would basically say people can't get tax credits if they offer health policies that give full reproductive services. So, it would—it would—it would reduce people's rights to health care and it would actually raise taxes.
Why are they doing this? I think it shows their true colors, which is they're trying to cater to the far right.
MATTHEWS: What would happen if this were to be law? I don't know if it would pass the Constitution in terms of the Supreme Court, but if you were able to say you can't buy health insurance that includes coverage for abortion, even if it's your own money or whatever, because we don't want you to, therefore, we're going to outlaw it. But would that mean the insurance companies would just stop providing that kind of coverage? What will be the effect do you think?
DEGETTE: Right. Here's what would happen, Chris, is right now, employers and some employees get tax deductions or tax credits for offering insurance to their employee. These insurance policies give a full range of reproductive care for women. So under the bill, even those companies and the new companies coming in, if they wanted to offer pre-reproductive care, they couldn't get a tax credit.
DEGETTE: What that would mean would be that insurance companies would just simply stop offering insurance policies that covered abortion—
MATTHEWS: I get it.
DEGETTE: -- and other kinds of reproductive services (ph).
MATTHEWS: I think every woman out there knows exactly what we're talking about.
DEGETTE: Yes.
MATTHEWS: Let's talk about this thing, 358, the other bill that's about—you know, if you—a woman is in a car accident.
DEGETTE: Right.
MATTHEWS: She's pregnant. She's, say, eight months pregnant, seven months pregnant. The doctors decide that her life is in danger if they continue with the pregnancy. These cases fortunately on our life don't happen that often, but when they do, the hospitals are—under current law, I'm told—required whether they're Catholic or whatever, they have to perform the surgery.
Now, what would this new legislation do?
DEGETTE: Well, you know, both of these bills are absolute riddled with little landmines like this. They redefine rape to be forcible rape, they redefine incest, and the one you're talking about says that if a woman comes into a hospital, a pregnant woman, and she would die if she didn't have an abortion, if the hospital or the doctors are against it for reasons of conscience, then they wouldn't have to save the mother's life.
I mean, that's just appalling to people and is of quite concern.
MATTHEWS: Is this—look, I'm with you on this issue because I think a woman in that kind of situation should be protected. Her rights to live should be protected.
DEGETTE: Right. Right.
MATTHEWS: But don't most hospitals—aren't all hospitals required to give that kind of emergency treatment right now? No matter what the hospital's religion.
DEGETTE: You know, I believe in a Conscience Clause. I think it's important. But under current law, if a woman comes in and she's going to die if she doesn't have the medical service, then they have to provide that have medical service. This new legislation would eliminate that law. So, it would now say—
MATTHEWS: Well, why would someone want to do that?
DEGETTE: Because they don't value the life of the mother. That's why. I mean, it's—
MATTHEWS: So, let's get back to reality here. I know the Republicans, Chris Smith—I respect the guy, disagree with him on the way in which he goes about these things—I do as a Roman Catholic respect life. I accept that as a teaching authority of my church.
When it comes to the Constitution, I think we can read the Constitution as it's been interpreted by the Supreme Court, it is, in fact, the law of the land. We live in a society that's run by law. You can change it if you want, but you've got to do it a different way than this.
It seems to me what they're trying to do, Congresswoman, is get around the rights issue by making it just so darn difficult and finding these marginal ways to deny the opportunity, which should come with the right under the Constitution.
DEGETTE: Right. We had hearings both in the judiciary and in the House subcommittees today and yesterday, and basically, some of the witnesses for the proponents of the bill said their goal is to eliminate abortions in this country completely except for, in most circumstances, I guess, the life of the mother. And that's their real goal.
So, they figure if they can't do it through the courts, then what they'll do is they'll make it virtually impossible for anybody to get full reproductive services. As I said, it's really extreme. And by the way, Chris—by the way, next week, they're planning to have a vote to eliminate the family planning money that goes to many organizations.
MATTHEWS: I know, I heard about that.
MATTHEWS: I think the Senate is going to fight this.
Anyway, thank you, U.S. Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Democrat of Colorado.
DEGETTE: Always good to be with you.
MATTHEWS: I'm glad to hear to your colleague is doing so much better out there.
DEGETTE: Thanks.
MATTHEWS: When we return, "Let Me Finish" with the global impact of Bill Clinton. What a story. I call him "President of the World" because he is. It's a subject of the new HARDBALL documentary coming out that we got. Next, I want to talk to you about it.
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MATTHEWS: "Let Me Finish" tonight with our historic documentary on President Clinton. It's been an extraordinary undertaking on our part, but to be honest—no more or less extraordinary than this subject.
Other American presidents have done things before after leaving office, but nothing on this level, or with this planetary scope. We call this documentary "President of the World" for a reason.
Bill Clinton has taken the prestigious of his time in office, his relationships with other heads of state and forged something never known before, a global force for good. He's fighting AIDS in Africa, the devastation of floods and earthquakes, and nearly every other challenge facing mankind on of the face of the globe.
When you see it all put together, you'll believe what a phenomenon, what a story that's here that hasn't been covered in its real dimension, power and positive force. At a time when U.S. influence is being questioned around the world, he's proving what one person can do—helping people in trouble, showing America, our exceptional country, at its exceptional best. This is not.
And those who watch the night of Presidents Day will see it about the usual partisan politics. But it does have a political impact. It's about a leader of our country doing real good in the world and making good for our country in the bargain.
I traveled with former President Clinton to Ireland, for example, joining him on a return to one of his great triumphs in office, the Northern Ireland Peace Accord. I can't think of a story that means more to me. And I also know firsthand a member of my family was involved in the great work of the Clinton Global Initiative against AIDS in Africa.
Well, what you see in our documentary, "President of the World," is the product of a lot of work by our producers. I honestly believe you've never seen anything like it, if for no other reason we've never had a world leader like this before.
Bill Clinton, "President of the World," here on MSNBC, the night of Presidents Day, February 21st at 10:00 p.m. Eastern.
I'm asking you—don't miss an extraordinary look at a committed, wildly impressive American doing something, living a life no one has before.
That's HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us.
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With a population of just under 70 million people spread across an area of around 500k square km, Thailand's most popular regions/cities include Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Koh Samui, and Hua Hin. The capital city Bangkok is one of the most visited cities in the world, whilst Thailand as a whole receives over 30 million tourists each year, the vast majority of these will enter Thailand through Bangkok.
As Bangkok is the only urbanized region mentioned, all others are centered around island/beach life, with the exception of Chiang Mai, set in the northern Thailand jungle.
Known for its truly tropical climate and scorching temperatures, Thailand, in general, is hot and humid all year round. The coastal locations do benefit from the cooling sea breeze, a luxury urban Bangkok is denied. Average temperatures range from 28°C (82°F) up to 35°C (95°F). However, during the Hot Season (March to June), temperatures can top 40°C (104°F).
The infamous Rainy Season tends to start in July and continue through to October; during this time expect heavy rainfall, often amounting to flooding in some areas. It will remain warm to hot but humidity levels will rise and the mosquitos will come out to play!
November to February is often referred to as the Cool Season when less rain is expected and the temperatures tend not to rise above 35°C (95°F).
From a tourist perspective; High Season lasts from November to March and Low Season April to October. But be aware of the Shoulder Seasons of April to June and September to October, when Thailand is less impacted by the Rainy Season and less busy with tourists – these can be the ideal times to visit.
In a nutshell, Thailand is a Shorts and T-shirt Country, you're never really going to be cold, so pack light; shorts, t-shirts, vests, skirts, singlets, and light dresses. Maybe pack jeans and shoes if you're planning on going to a swanky roof-top bar in Bangkok or to a temple where flip-flops are not acceptable.
Don't forget mosquito spray as the little pests can get everywhere; big ones and little ones! Always protect against the sun; high factor sunscreen and UV-protective sunglasses. The usual medications found at home should be available in most pharmacies.
With the Suvarnabhumi International Airport being serviced by some of the world's major airlines, tourists can fly into Thailand from almost anywhere in the world, sometimes with a connection along the way. All the popular regions have their own international airports, with the exception of Pattaya, which is just a 90-minute taxi ride from Bangkok. However, arrival destinations are slightly limited outside of Bangkok, but the likes of Emirates and Qatar Airways will fly into Phuket International Airport. The rest, mostly fly in from local countries on budget airlines, including Scoot, SilkAir, AirAsia and Lion Air to name a few.
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Nicole Says: Chuck Bass Go Find Blair Waldorf, YOUR Runaway Bride
Even though Blair is now married to an evil Prince and has run off with a boy from Brooklyn, I think she's closer than EVER to finally being with her true love, Chuck Bass.
Blair's royal fairytale turned into her absolute worst nightmare on the Jan. 30 episode of Gossip Girl. She was humiliated in front of the entire world and had to torture herself by not resisting being whisked away by Chuck, only to end up being schemed by her own husband (yes, HUSBAND).
And we all have only one person to thank for this royal mess — and that's Gossip Girl herself. Or should we say, Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg)?
Even though Blair (Leighton Meester) didn't ride off into the sunset with Chuck (Ed Westwick) at the end, it doesn't mean that they're over for good. The producers have even said Chuck and Blair are NEVER over.
It's like Gossip Girl said — this is just the beginning. I'm not worried in the LEAST about the possibility of Dan (Penn Badgley) and Blair getting together. Chuck and Blair have been through SO much, I know this one will be no different. Everyone is rooting for them. Blair's own mother, Eleanor Waldorf, asked Chuck to STOP the wedding after Blair had a Sex and the City-like panic attack. Chuck listened to Blair's mom and went to the church to ask Blair not to marry Louis.
"It should be me and you out there," Chuck said to Blair.
"Of course, I love you. I've always loved you. I love you more and more every day if that's even possible," Blair said to Chuck.
But she wouldn't budge because she was still convinced her vow to God to marry Louis is the only thing keeping Chuck alive.
Good thing Serena (Blake Lively) ruined that one for her. Before Blair and Louis' "I do's" Serena told Chuck the reason Blair didn't call off the wedding weeks ago. However, that wasn't enough for Chuck to yell "I DO" when the priest asked if anybody objected to their marriage.
Fortunately, Georgina filmed the entire conversation Blair and Chuck had about loving each other and sent out a GG just at the right time. Blair was embarrassed and ran away, but eventually went through with her nuptials after speaking with Louis (Hugo Becker).
But what came next was the most SHOCKING part of all…
Here are my 4 'OMG' moments:
#1 Prince Louis is EVIL
I'm still in shock over this. All along I thought Louis had a good heart and was hopelessly in love with Blair. Who would have thought in a million years that he would be the biggest schemer in all of this?! When Prince Louis and Princess Blair joined together for their last dance before jetting off on their honeymoon, Louis told Blair their marriage was just going to be "a show" and that it would just be for the cameras. After all that Blair had put him through, there was not "love" that would exist in there marriage. Blair really should have run the first time.
#2 Blair Runs Off With DAN!
OF ALL PEOPLE! Blair leaves her wedding reception and runs away with Lonely Boy at the same time Chuck is searching for her. But I don't think this is ANY indication that Blair chooses Dan over Chuck. Dan is always the guy Blair runs to when she's in a crisis. However, after all is said and done, it would have been nice if Blair ran away with Chuck. Something tells me he'll find her soon enough though and all will be merry in this CHAIRYTALE.
Who saw that one coming?? I'm not sure if I buy it though. I don't think Georgina has always been the real gossip girl, but I think she'll be taking her place for the time being. And frankly, I wouldn't mind it. I'm pleasantly surprised with her attempt to destroy Blair's wedding!
#4 Serena Tells Dan: 'I Love You'
Unfortunately for Serena, her dream became a reality. Even though I don't think Blair and Dan will end up together, I don't think Serena and Dan will either. Dan is so not into her.
Sure, tonight's episode didn't end in our much-hoped-for fairytale, but it will one day. I think this was hands down the best episodes of Gossip Girl ever. Now that Blair definitely won't spend the rest of her life with Louis because he's EVIL, Blair will have no choice but to finally return to Chuck, right?
She won't do anybody any good by being with anobody else!
So Chuck Bass, we know you're searching for your runaway bride right this very minute! And if you're not, you better get to it! Don't give up now!!
What did you think about tonight's episode, HollywoodLifers? Have you given up on Chuck and Blair? Were you as shocked by Louis' behavior as I was? Vote and weigh in below.
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The North American Securities Administrators Association announced Wednesday that it will hike enrollment fees for its state Series 63, 65 and 66 exams on June 1.
Despite increased costs of maintaining the exams, NASAA says the exam fees have not increased for the past four years.
The state tests are administered for NASAA by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and "passing an exam is normally a prerequisite for being licensed by a state before a broker-dealer or investment advisor can work with investors," says NASAA spokesman Bob Webster.
Candidates enrolling for these exams on or after June 1 will be charged the following:
–Series 63, $115, currently $96;
–Series 65, $155, currently $135; and
–Series 66, $145, currently $128.
While these exams, if passed and kept active, need only be completed once by an advisor, David Bellaire, executive vice president & general counsel for the Financial Services Institute, says that the fees "would be paid multiple times by those who fail to pass the exam and those who leave the business for more than two years and decide to rejoin."
Says Bellaire: "Any increase in fees in this economy concerns us. While these are not large increases, continued incremental increases in fees could reduce investor access to professional financial advice."
Jonathan Henschen, president of Henschen & Associates, a broker-dealer recruiting firm, notes that "with the shift to more and more advisors" performing advisory services, "it makes sense that [NASAA] would raise the costs in that one area. Having gone four years without raising the fees, it makes sense that they'd be doing it now."
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The other morning I took a little stroll in the neighborhood — I don't go far now, or fast, either — and I walked up on a vacant lot that made me uncomfortable.
What bothered me was its vacancy. The last time I walked by that lot, it had a house on it.
Nice brick house, and surely not more than 40 years old. Now it's gone, and the lot's all leveled and smoothed and ready for a new house. Better one, maybe. Bigger anyway.
I'd never been in that house. Didn't know those who lived there. But before the dog got sick, we walked by the place dozens of times and the house had a friendly look about it. A little front porch, and two or three shade trees in the yard.
I believe one of the trees is gone. It was growing in an awkward spot, I guess. Taking up space the new house will need.
Now when I was young and full of plans and ambitions, I wouldn't have spent two minutes thinking about a house getting wrecked. In those times, I was in favor of almost all change. Change was good. Bigger was better. Anything in the way? Get rid of it. Tear it down.
But somewhere along the trail, change began to bother me, and now I'm just flat against most of it. Some minor changes seem aimed in a specific way at me, and I take them personally.
I'm irritated by a certain corporation for changing the label on a can of beans I've been buying for years. It's the wrong color, and harder to locate on the shelf. This seems like change for the sake of change, and I'm against it.
I was reminded weeks ago that I'm past due for a new prescription for my glasses, but I'm holding off because of the change this will bring. Last time I changed prescriptions, the new lenses made me seem 8 feet tall when I looked at the floor.
Within two weeks I wore those glasses down to my usual height. But walking around for two weeks with your head 8 feet from the ground? That's dangerous. It keeps you ducking when you walk through standard doors, and if you stumble and fall it's a long way before you land.
Right now, a car salesman is after me to swap my old pickup for a new one. He knows my record on buying cars, from the old days when I was in love with change and would swap for a new car on any Tuesday just because I didn't have anything better to do.
Car dealers loved me then. I got birthday cards from several. I was once asked to speak at a car dealers' banquet. I was widely known as a customer who had no fear of a 36-month car note, who never even asked what interest rate he was paying on a balance.
But I'm a different person now. The salesman has offered me the sweetest of deals on a new pickup. But I can't give up my old truck. It would be like trading in a faithful dog.
I've gone in and kicked a few tires. The new pickups are beautiful and smell so nice. When I climb in one, however, and sit behind the wheel, the feeling I get is change, change, change.
The driver's seat cushion of my old pickup has been excavated into the shape of my behind, and no new seat would ever feel more comfortable. Besides, this truck still runs. And it's paid for.
Then telephones. Three years ago, we changed all the phones in the house. I already was into my anti-change mode, so I was opposed to new phones.
I still am. The voices of my friends sound like strangers on these phones. And the instruments have buttons and signs and flashing lights that, so far as I can tell, have nothing whatever to do with talking on the telephone.
Also, I'm against daylight-saving time. I used to be in favor of it, but I can't remember why.
I believe this anti-change business of mine began when my partner had her long hair cut off, about 18 years ago. It flowed way down her back. It was beautiful, and I was against cutting it off. But off it went anyway, and I grieved about that.
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Saturn may be in the Cassini spacecraft's rear-view mirror, but the science team behind the international mission is continuing to take in data — including eye-opening readings of the planet's rings.
After a seven-year cruise, the bus-sized probe successfully fired its engine to enter Saturnian orbit last Wednesday night, and it's now heading away from the planet for its first full 116-day circuit.
Scientists are continuing to process data from last week's close encounters. The science team for Cassini's Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph, or UVIS, reported Wednesday that Saturn's rings were sparser and dirtier toward the inside, but denser and icier toward the outside.
Such findings could lead researchers to a better understanding of how the rings evolved, said Larry Esposito of the University of Colorado at Boulder, who leads the UVIS team.
Esposito sketched out two possible explanations for variations in the rings.
"One is that the different parts of the rings are fragments from different moons that had different compositions," he told MSNBC.com.
The other explanation, which he prefers, is based on the fact that "the rings are constantly bombarded by meteorites which are dark and dirty, compared with the clean ice that we'd see."
That dark material makes a big impact on the inner, sparser region of the rings. But toward the outside, where the rings are denser, the greater volume of ice "dilutes the meteorite input," Erickson said.
It's too early to determine which explanation fits the data better, he said.
"We're still working with our data to try to determine these answers ourselves," he said, by running the UVIS readings through various computer models for ring dynamics. Esposito and his colleagues are also looking forward to more observations of Saturn's rings.
Wide-angle view
As Cassini zooms away from Saturn, the scientific instruments can get a wide-angle perspective on the planet and its surroundings.
"We'll actually be making movies of Saturn as part of that," Linda Spilker, Cassini's deputy project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., told MSNBC.com Wednesday. "When you get a little bit farther away, that's a good time to make movies."
In Cassini's case, the "movies" are time-lapse sequences showing the dynamics of Saturn's atmosphere, its rings and its moons.
Spilker said the science team would also be observing the distribution of hydrogen and oxygen across the Saturnian system, as well as activity in the magnetosphere. On its way out from Saturn, Cassini already captured closer views of Iapetus and other moons.
"We got more hints of what Iapetus might look like," Spilker said. "I see this as a kind of teaser for what's coming up."
Mysteries of Titan
Titan — which is Saturn's largest moon as well as the only moon in the solar system with a thick atmosphere — was an important target during Cassini's first post-insertion pass on Friday, and it will be even more important this fall and winter.
Cassini is equipped with camera filters and other instruments that can pierce through Titan's obscuring smog, and even during Friday's flyby, scientists had hoped to see clear evidence that Titan possessed oceans or lakes of liquid methane and ethane.
They didn't get the readings they expected, but Spilker said that doesn't mean the liquid isn't there.
Video: Titan revealed "That's still a big question mark," Spilker said. "If there had been global oceans, we would have seen them by now, but there still could be some substantial lakes."
In addition to the question about liquid hydrocarbons, scientists are intrigued by the linear and circular features they saw in the Titan flyby imagery.
The lines could represent faults in Titan's surface, and the circles could be craters — all of which may well indicate that the icy moon is geologically active, like Jupiter's equally mysterious moon Europa.
This first round of data is only whetting Spilker's appetite for the much closer flyby of Titan on Oct. 26, when Cassini is due to come within 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) of the moon's surface.
"That will be 300 times closer than the one after Saturn orbit insertion," she said. "We know that with the camera and the Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer we can see through to the surface, so we'll get just much more detail on what the surface looks like."
Yet another flyby will bring Cassini just 1,475 miles (2,360 kilometers) from Titan on Dec. 13, and on Christmas Eve, the spacecraft will send its piggyback Huygens probe toward Titan for a trip through Titan's atmosphere. Now that Saturn orbit insertion is out of the way, the release of the Huygens probe looms as the mission team's next nail-biting moment.
"We have a slight breather with this 116-day orbit," Spilker said, "but that gives us time to focus on the probe release activities."
As Cassini's four-year mission proceeds, the orbits get tighter — and the breathers get shorter.
"Once we get a couple of years into the mission, we fly by Titan every 16 days," Spilker said.
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Congrats to Katy Perry! She is celebrating her Billboard Woman of the Year nod by covering the magazine's new issue.Set against a powder pink background and wearing electric blue eye shadow, the image is the same as the black and white glam shot that was released yesterday, only in technicolor.
In the video where she talks about this accolade, Perry opens up about the women who inspired her. She admitted that she likes to be viewed as a strong woman, and that Billboard is doing just that with its appointment of her as Woman of the Year.
She reminds us that she wasn't allowed to listen to secular music other than Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Edith Piaf, the latter was allowable only because her mother speaks French. The subjects these women were singing about were intense. Perry couldn't enjoy Madonna, but she was allowed to listen to Billie Holiday sing about drugs. Ironic, isn't it?
Oh, and speaking of being ironic (don't ya think?), Perry also threw props to not only Patty Griffin and Jonatha Brooke, but to Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill.' She cited the 1995 album as a major source of inspiration, since every song struck a chord.
She also hearted Gwen Stefani and Bjork.
As for new music? All she said was that there will be no replication on the 'Teenage Dream' follow-up. It will be a ride and that she thinks there is innate value in going away for a minute and being missed.
Hurry back, Katy! And congrats again on being Billboard's Woman of the Year.
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A collection of memoirs by members of the Hope College family preserves memories from a generation that is fading with time and reflects how the events of World War II shaped not only individual lives but the future of the college itself.
Titled "Hope at the Crossroads: The War Years," the volume examines the Hope of the 1940s through recollections penned by some 35 students, faculty and others on campus at the time. Through their accounts, the extensively illustrated book demonstrates how events thousands of miles away ultimately shaped the college, which grew from a modest institution with just 550 students before the war to a post-war, sardine-packed beehive of some 1,350, many former GIs whose seriousness about the future and education enlivened the learning environment in ways that continue still.
The book is dedicated to those who never had an opportunity to experience the change: the 43 students or alumni who gave their lives while serving in the U.S. armed forces during the war.
"Hope at the Crossroads: The War Years" has been edited by Eileen Nordstrom and Dr. George Zuidema, two alumni and Holland residents who developed the idea through their participation in the Hope Academy of Senior Professionals [HASP].
"We both go to a memoir group at HASP," said Zuidema, who is a 1949 Hope graduate. "Glenn Bruggers was writing about the day that he and Gord Brewer took the train to Muskegon to enlist. He had some interesting stories, and that got us thinking, and one thing led to another..."
"...and George said, 'I think we ought to do a book,'" said Nordstrom, who attended Hope in the following decade, graduating in 1956.
Nordstrom and Dr. Zuidema had previously worked together on Zuidema's autobiography "Moving On: A Memoir." Zuidema, who enrolled at Hope immediately after high school, also has a chapter in the new book about his experience at the college.
Hoping to provide a broad overview, they resolved to feature a mix of perspectives in the volume. Even with nearly three dozen contributors, however, they recognize that those included are representative and not exhaustive.
"We could have had a hundred," Nordstrom said.
There are accounts of typical pre-war student moments - sodas at the local drug store, the Pull tug-of-war, the thrill of watching the "Blitz Kids" of the men's basketball team at the Holland Armory. And then the times change - most of the men leave campus for service in the military; the college hosts an Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) unit; the students raise money for a jeep in support of the war effort; a young student sits sadly at her professor's home, not knowing what to say when he and his family learn that his son has been killed. Some tell of the war - Gord Brewer, who returned and graduated in 1948 after serving in the Army Air Corps, shares his experiences as a ground crewman with a fighter group in England and of the pilots who were lost. With the war over, times change again, with former servicemen on the GI Bill filling the campus, their wartime experiences giving them a perspective and focus that shaped the character of the education for their non-veteran peers as well.
In his memoir "On Campus Living - Men's Residences 1945-1949," 1949 Hope graduate Dr. Roger Kempers of Holland reflects on the impact of the veteran students. "They came from all the branches of military service and seemed uniformly glad again to be civilians. However, behind the facades of carefree college students lay many untold stories of great courage and heroism," he writes. "The maturity and sense of purpose that the returning men and women of World War II brought with them changed HopeCollege forever."
Most of the memoirs were prepared specifically for the book, but some are shared from other sources. An essay by Roy Berry, who came to Hope through the ASTP program (and while on campus met his wife Myra, a member of the college's Class of 1945 who also wrote a chapter) was prepared through the Oral History Project of the Joint Archives of Holland. An article by now-deceased retired faculty member Dr. John Hollenbach, which chronicles how Hope's response to the overwhelming growth in the student body immediately after the war was guided by President Irwin Lubbers's commitment to helping the returning servicemen, was previously published through a HASP "History Writing" project in 1993.
Reflecting the reality that the U.S. is losing its "Greatest Generation" to the passage of time - nationwide, according to some estimates, more than 1,000 World War II veterans die each day--some of the voices that were present at the start of the project have since fallen silent. The Rev. Jim Cook of the Class of 1948 and the Rev. Bill Hillegonds of the Class of 1949, who both wrote chapters, each died this past year, as did the Rev. Glenn Bruggers (Class of 1948), whose eloquence at the HASP meetings had inspired the volume.
Copies of "HopeCollege at the Crossroads: The War Years" are available at the Hope-Geneva Bookstore for $30.00 plus shipping and handling. Proceeds from the sale will support a scholarship at Hope named in memory of the 43 Hope servicemen who gave their lives during the war. Located on the ground level of the DeWitt Center, the bookstore is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The bookstore may be called at (616) 395-7833 or 1-800-946-4673 or visited online at www.hope.edu/bookstore.
The book's introduction is by Gordon Van Wylen, president of Hope from 1972 until retiring in 1987, who is himself a World War II veteran, having served as a submarine officer in the Pacific Theatre.
The contributing authors are Myra Berry, Roy Berry, Vern Boersma, Gordon Brewer, Glenn Bruggers, Elton Bruins, Jim Cook, Vivian Cook, Elaine DePree, Russell DeVette, Lamont Dirkse, Pinks Dudley, Paul Fried, Wallace Friedberg, Carol Granberg, Lars Granberg, Bill Hillegonds, Libby Hillegonds, John Hollenbach, Roger Kempers, Robert Kranendonk, Arend D. Lubbers, Rosey Maatman, Barbara Mulder, Don Mulder, M. Eugene Osterhaven, Robert Snow, Barbara Dee Timmer, Trudy Vander Haar, George Vander Hill, Robert Van Dis, Arthur O. Van Eck, Gerard Van Heest and George Zuidema.
The book was printed by the Steketee-Van Huis Group of Holland, Mich.