THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR GEORGIA'S SIXTH DISTRICT IS
ALREADY THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE RACE IN U.S. HISTORY, WHICH I'M
SURE MICHAEL SHURE WILL APPRECIATE AS A DEVOTEE OF
POLITICAL HISTORY, OVER $50 MILLION IN OUTSIDE, LARGELY
UNKNOWN MONEY BEING SPENT.
BUT IT'S ALSO STARTING TO LOOK LIKE
POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE DIRTIEST, BECAUSE IN THE CLOSING DAY OF
THE RACE, ONE DAY BEFORE THE VOTING HAPPENS, ALTHOUGH MUCH
EARLY VOTING HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, AN OUTSIDE GROUP HAS
RELEASED AN AD TRYING TO LINK JOHN OSSOFF, THE DEMOCRAT, TO
THE RECENT SHOOTING IN VIRGINIA.
LET'S WATCH.
>>WOW.
>>THEIR MESSAGES ARE SO IN YOUR FACE.
>>DID
ANYBODY HONESTLY SEE ANYBODY APPLAUDING THIS SHOOTING?
>>THEY SHOWED SOME TWEETS -- I COULD ONLY SEE ONE FULL NAME, I
DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS, BUT THEY WERE EVEN VERIFIED.
THEY FOUND A
PERSON ON TWITTER --
>>WHO SAID STEVE SCALISE IS AN ASS, OR SOMETHING?
>>I'M SURE SOMEONE MADE INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS, BECAUSE
IT'S TWITTER --
>>AND YOU CAN THINK STEVE SCALISE IS AN ASS WHILE AT THE
SAME TIME HOPING HE GETS BETTER AND THINKING IT'S FUCKING AWFUL
THAT HE GOT SHOT.
I CAN'T GET OVER THIS AD, I CAN'T GET OVER
THE WAY ALSO THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THIS -- THAT THE
NOTION THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THIS
PRESIDENT AND WHAT HE WANTS TO DO MEANS THAT THAT IS AN EXTREME
POSITION.
>>THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE UNHINGED LEFT.
>>EVERY TIME YOU SHOOTING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, ANY KIND OF ATTACK
OR SOMETHING, A LOT OF PEOPLE TRY TO GRASP ONTO THE NARRATIVE
THEY LIKE AND SHOW HOW THIS BACKS UP WHAT THEY BEEN SAYING
ALL ALONG, WHICH IS DISGUSTING, BUT IT'S ALMOST EVEN WORSE WHEN
SOMEONE SEES A NEW OPPORTUNITY AND TRIES TO GET SOMETHING OUT
OF IT, WHERE THEY NOW THINK, OH MY GOD, WE CAN SMEAR ANY
RESISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT.
IT'S ALL THE SAME AS SHOOTING
CONGER PEOPLE.
AS IF THIS ISN'T THE SAME PARTY THAT SAID
INITIALLY THAT THEIR MAIN JOB IN OFFICE WAS TO MAKE BARACK OBAMA
LOSE, TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
>>PUT TARGETS ON POSTERS OF THEIR OPPONENTS.
>>THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO ARE CONSTANTLY
SHOUTING ABOUT WATERING THE TREE OF LIBERTY, AND HOW OUR COUNTRY
WAS FOUNDED ON BEING WILLING TO SHOOT DOWN TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT
OPERATIVES -- NOT A LOT OF THEM ARE HIPPIES.
NOT A LOT OF THEM
ARE INVOLVED IN DRUM CIRCLES.
THEY SUBSCRIBE TO A POLITICAL
POINT OF VIEW, IT AIN'T NECESSARILY BERNIE SANDERS
MOST OF THE TIME.
>>ONE THING I PICKED UP ON, MAYBE THE THREE OF US TALKED
ABOUT IT LAST WEEK, BUT USING NANCY PELOSI IN AN AD LIKE THIS,
OF COURSE THE HOUSE RACE AND THEY WILL TALK ABOUT NANCY
PELOSI, GIVING HER MORE POWER BY GIVING ANOTHER VOTE IN CONGRESS
TO HER, BUT I TALKED TO A CONGRESSMAN OFF THE RECORD WHEN
I WAS IN WASHINGTON LAST, WHO SAID ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES
FOR THE DEMOCRATS IS GOING TO BE, IF IT LOOKS LIKE IN 2018
THEY CAN ALMOST WIN THE HOUSE, IF THEY ARE CLOSE, THERE MIGHT
BE 10 SEATS IN PLAY, TO GET NANCY PELOSI TO COME OUT AND SAY
I'M NOT GOING TO RUN FOR SPEAKER.
BECAUSE THEN YOU TAKE
AWAY WHAT IS A VERY EFFECTIVE BOGEYMAN FOR THAT SIDE, AN
EFFECTIVE WEAPON FOR THE OTHER SIDE.
SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE IN
POWER, SHE WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OR SHE WILL RETIRE.
ONE OR THE OTHER.
HE SAID IT WILL BE TOUGH TO DO, SOMEONE
WILL HAVE TO BE CHOSEN TO WHISPER INTO HER EAR, NANCY, I
THINK WE CAN WIN THE HOUSE IF YOU DON'T STAND FOR SPEAKER.
>>THAT'S A TALL ORDER, BUT IT'S A GENIUS MOVE.
AS MICHAEL SAYS, IF YOU TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU HAVE A SHOT.
>>BECAUSE WHAT SHE REALLY IS HAS BEEN BESTED ICED TO THE POINT OF
NO RETURN.
YOU COULD GET INTO ARGUMENTS ABOUT HEALTHCARE AND
SINGLE-PAYER, SHE'S IN THE LEADERSHIP, IF SHE WERE A MEMBER
OF CONGRESS SHOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION, OTHER THAN
BEING A LEADER.
BUT THEY'VE TURNED HER YOU REVERSIBLY INTO
SOMETHING THAT SHE CAN'T GET AWAY FROM, AND WE SAW IT IN A
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN WITH HILLARY CLINTON LAST YEAR.
YOU SEE THAT WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
>>AGREED, SHE IS PART OF OLD WASHINGTON, INSTITUTIONAL,
CORPORATE POLITICS, SHE CAN'T GET THAT STINK OFF OF HER.
>>AND I WOULD LOVE FOR HER TO BE AS FAR LOONY LEFT AS THEY
PITCH HER AS BEING.
>>SHE WAS MORE SO BEFORE SHE WAS A LEADER, WHEN SHE WAS A MEMBER
OF CONGRESS, SHE AND BARBARA BOXER CAME TO THE HOUSE
TOGETHER, THEY WERE THE SAME TYPE OF VERY LIBERAL --
THEN SHE GOT INTO LEADERSHIP AND RULES WERE DIFFERENT, YOU
ARE KEEPING A COALITION TOGETHER.
>>I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, IT SEEMS LIKE REPUBLICANS ARE
ABLE TO MAKE THESE IDEAS NOT EVEN NECESSARILY ROOTED IN
POLICY, JUST THESE VISCERAL, LIKE, YOU SEE THE FACE AND YOU
NAME IT JUST DON'T LIKE -- I'M NOT SAYING ME PERSONALLY, I'M
SAYING A LOT OF PEOPLE -- AND HERE'S ONE OF THE TERRIBLE
THINGS OF AMERICAN POLITICS, IT SEEMS TO WORK BETTER AGAINST
WOMEN.
THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT DRIVING HATRED AND RESENTMENT
TOWARDS FEMALE POLITICIANS.
>>WOMEN WHO ARE POLITICIANS ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE TOO.
YOU WATCH
THAT SPOT, AND THE MESSAGE IS IN YOUR FACE, IT'S ALMOST THIS
PUGILISTIC KIND OF POLITICAL AD, AND WHEN YOU ARE A WOMAN YOU ARE
CALLED UPON TO BE ALL THESE THINGS, STRONG BUT NOT
OVERBEARING, I'M TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO WIN POLITICAL FAVOR --
I THINK WOMEN IN POLITICS ARE IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION OFTEN
IN TERMS OF FIGHTING IN A BARE KNUCKLES WAY.
>>SIMILAR TO BEING IN BUSINESS, EXPECTATIONS ARE DIFFICULT.
>>AND A LOT OF CONGRESSIONAL ADS, THEY DO THIS IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, THEY DID THIS IN MONTANA -- ARE USING PELOSI AND
SANDERS.
THEY DECIDEDLY DIDN'T USE HIM IN GEORGIA, WHERE HIS
MESSAGE MAY BE RESONATING WITH MORE DEMOCRATS.
>>WHERE HE IS APPARENTLY STUMPING NOW.
>>I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO.
THEY DIDN'T USE BERNIE SANDERS, THEY USED KATHY GRIFFIN AND
NANCY PELOSI.
>>I WOULD SAY AFTER WHAT KATHY GRIFFIN DID THEY HAVE TO GET HER
OUT OF THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP.
SHE IS TOO CONTROVERSIAL.
ANYWAY,
LET'S BREAK DOWN THE REACTION TO THIS TERRIBLE AD, OSSOFF WITHOUT
A STATEMENT SAYING --
>>A SPOKESPERSON FOR HANDEL [SIC] SAID --
>>THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY ABOUT THIS.
FRED CARVER,
GOP CHAIRMAN FOR GEORGIA'S 11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, SAYS --
>>OH,
I THINK YOU ARE NOT CHOOSING TO SEE THEM THEN, PERHAPS.
>>GOES ON TO SAY WE ARE SEEING ABSOLUTE RESISTANCE TO
EVERYTHING THIS PRESIDENT DOES.
>>UNLIKE BARACK OBAMA.
>>I'M SURE BRAD CARVER WAS JUST CURSING MITCH MCCONNELL'S NAME
WHEN HE SAID WE ARE GOING TO BE THE PARTY OF NO.
>>APPARENTLY VOTER INTEREST IN THIS RACE IS HIGHER THAN IN
PREVIOUS CYCLES, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY VOTED EARLY, BUT
YOU STILL CAN VOTE TOMORROW WHEN THE ACTUAL RACE HAPPENS.
LET'S
BRING THIS UP, YOU WILL SEE THE TWO MOST RECENT POLLS, ONE HAS A
NARROW LEAD FOR THE REPUBLICAN, ONE HAS A NARROW LEAD FOR THE
DEMOCRAT.
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS THE DISTRICT HAS MOVED SLIGHTLY
TOWARD THE DEMOCRATS, AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS SO FAR THIS
CYCLE HAVE BEEN TOWARDS DEMOCRATS, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN,
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE, THIS MOST RECENT AD
THEORETICALLY COULD SWAY PEOPLE, SO IF YOU CAN VOTE AND CHOOSE
NOT TO, GO TO HELL.
I'M JOKING, BUT I PREFER THAT YOU VOTE.
ALSO
AT THE LAST MINUTE DONALD TRUMP SORT OF ENDORSED HANDEL, AND HE
DID SO IN THE BEST WAY HE COULD.
HE TWEETED A BUNCH OF THINGS
ABOUT HOW PASSIONATE HE IS ABOUT HER WITHOUT ONCE SAYING ANYTHING
ABOUT HER, ONLY ATTACKING OSSOFF AND SPELLING HER NAME
INCORRECTLY.
SO HE'S VERY INVESTED IN THIS RACE.
>>ALSO KEEP IN MIND TOMORROW THERE IS ANOTHER RACE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, THAT'S THE RACE FOR MULVANEY'S SEAT.
IT'S A FURTHER
APART RACE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY GOING INTO IT, TIM RYAN,
THE CONGRESSMAN FROM OHIO WHO I HAVE NOTE HAS GONE INTO CAMPAIGN
FOR ARCHIE PARNELL, THE DEMOCRAT, HAS ALSO MADE THREE
TRIPS TO IOWA.
TIM RYAN, WHO RAN AGAINST NANCY PELOSI AS THE FALL
GUY FOR SPEAKER, AND HAS BEEN A FRIEND OF THIS SHOW FOR A LONG
TIME, MAKING LITTLE WAVES, AND I THINK HE MIGHT RUN
FOR
PRESIDENT.