Crooks and Liars

Friday January 20, 2006 12:34 pm

Maddow Fights Back

By John Amato

Rachell gets pissed because Carlson and his ilk have been trying to turn anti-Bush sentiment into Osama Bin Laden Lovers after his newest tape was just released.

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(Transcript)

MADDOW: I'm actively angry that this is being turned into a political attack on Democrats, when Osama just threatened us.

CARLSON: It's not a political attack on Democrats. It's merely an acknowledgement that Osama is stealing all your best lines. Time to take a new one.

MADDOW: That is absolutely ridiculous.

CARLSON: Sure. It's totally true.

MADDOW: What about when he said, "This is going to be a generations long war and we need patience. That's George W. Bush.

CARLSON: Yea, that's one of the lines Bush uses, but it wasn't...

MADDOW: So why aren't we saying that he's getting his talking points from the republicans...