a liar.ndsey graham, usually a gentile sort, backing him up. now word that the president hates the republican candidate for president. the primary hasn't started and there are people who say they don't like this kind of politics. the same people who don't like negative advertising, but there's another group that want to see them fight for it. they don't think politics should be a show on public television. they think it should be people with strong opinions, passionate about who they should be voting about, who should be running the country, about what the country stands for. i don't like to see a politician call another politician a liar because it ends the discussion. and oftentimes, it hurts the person who called the person a liar far more than it does the one he's calling a liar. this thing about a candidate hating a guy also gets to me. let me throw in a but here, have you noticed the republicans have gone up against romney this time and last tend to have negative attitudes against the g

a liar. so we have a fight here about mitt romney's tax returns that's escalated to a nasty scene. all about one issue. is the man hiding something? maybe a lot of things. and it's only begun. let's hear from the game changers and what they think about it. mark halperin writes for time. both are seasoned analysts for msnbc. mark, i want to show you right now. let's begin where we left off friday night. harry reid used a source who told him mitt romney didn't pay taxes for ten years. if reid's goal was to keep the issue alive, he succeeded big time. first, romney told reid to quote, put up or shut up. then yesterday rnc chairman reince priebus came out swinging in romney's defense. let's listen. >> as far as harry reid is concerned, listen. i know you might want to go down that road. i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself. complains about people with money but lives in the ritz carlton here down the street. if that's on the agenda, i'm no

what do they mean he's a liar about this? >> whatever their meaning is, they're behaving in such a destructive way it trumps everything. there's a debate whether mitt romney should have to release more than one year. and the additional year he's going to release of his returns. the democrats have the better of that argument on the politics and substance. then there's another thing which is what reid is doing. which even some democrats will tell you privately using the senate floor this way is out of bounds and something that most senate leaders wouldn't do. those are trumped by the fact that republicans have so badly mishandled this. not just the ones you've showed, but mitt romney saying, put up or shut up. they're turning this into a ten-day story. getting more attention than the economy including the jobs numbers friday. this is one of the biggest debates they've made. it's going to chew up time on this fight because they're punching at harry reid who's got no business drawing them in and he totally has. as a matter of pur

because the liars win the hearts of their base instead what you do is you call out the liars as liars that's what franklin roosevelt did back in one nine hundred thirty six calling out the liars in the republican party who were trying to destroy the new deal anyway and you you. let me make. an eighty eight page. that. we believe in a thing. we believe in. we believe in and work for the unemployed we believe in favoring a. some. i think. we do want to like the way the president minutes frank is doing. them we will do what. we will do with them and the only thing we have in the bone doing on them will not cost any body any. roosevelt won reelection that year or anyone again four years later and again four years later you see the only way you beat liars is to call them out as liars. the food bowl started here before going global and now it's cooling the fire. log in. to the right to. choose your place to take your stand. needs to. make your statement. spread the word. coupon stream along. wealthy british style sign. writing. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to th

because the liars win the hearts of their base instead what you do is you call out the liars as liars that's what franklin roosevelt did back in one nine hundred thirty six calling out the liars in the republican party who were trying to destroy the new deal anyway and you will. let me make. eighty eight pages of that. we only thing. we've only been talking. we believe in work for the unemployed we believe in favoring a. some. like the way the president minutes frank is doing. what. we do. we will beat them and then. but doing up will not cost any body and. roosevelt won reelection that year and he won again four years later and again four years later you see the only way you beat liars is to call them out as liars. or you. can. drive. me nuts. please. stop and look at the current of its unemployment the national debt. failing governments ask yourself does it really matter who wins with the billions created you can gamble with your money or turn it into some.

trying to make sure that a professor liar. with more success came my way i bought a bigger house and more stuff. but something odd happened to me when i moved into my first beverly hills house that kind of took the edge off my buzz i was standing alone in the entrance foyer after the movers had just left and i was struck with one very clear very strange feeling i was no happier. there i was standing in the house and my culture had taught me was a measure of the good life and it made me absolutely no happier it's pretty remarkable tom you went from those homes to living in a mobile home community albeit a very nice one to malibu but nonetheless a mobile home community. tell us about about that. well i think that clip sets it up really nicely is that i was i was sold the paradigm if you will i was sold the idea that success looked a certain way that it looked like a home and you know i started eight thousand square foot home in beverly hills and i moved to a seventeen thousand square foot three home seven acre compound in pasade

he's a dirty liar and we're moving on. >> and he wasn't calling liar liar. >> i think he's lying aboutnt knowing something about romney. so this is what's wrong -- >> that's pretty stiff. you think the leader of the senate is lying? >> i really do. i think he's created an issue here. i think he's making things up. at a time when the country is just about to fall apart. >> today senator reid's chief of staff fired back saying they're a bunch of cowards and they're avoiding the issue. they're a bunch of henchmen for romney. and house leader nancy pelosi said quote, harry reid is a person who is as we we know a fighter. a, he wouldn't say this is true unless somebody told him that. there are still questions about romney's tax returns and white house surrogate robert gibbs explained why this weekend. >> mitt romney gave john mccain 23 years of tax returns in order to be the tryout for vice president where john mccain picked sarah palin. if 23 years is good enough to show john mccain so mitt romney can be vice president of the united states, how come only two years is appropriate for voters

not a dirty liar.uldn't be here if mitt romney did what his father did, release 12 years of his tax returns. say what you want about democrats trying to change the subject. members of romney's own base want to see these tax returns as well. so this isn't just about democrats. this is about a lot of people cu curious as to how romney has spent his personal finances and what he's done over the last decade or so. it's very difficult to say you believe in this country if you don't invest your own money in this country and that's what people want to see. >> i think some democrats think that what harry reid did was okay because, you know, when the whole birther thing was going full force nobody came and called them out. nobody called them dirty liars. >> and they're still out. it's not like they've gone away. they're still drumming up and they wanted to see president obama's credentials as far as his education. they want to see this. they want to see that. and the simple fact of the matter is this conversati

calling him a liar. -- we had to do what republicans calling him a liar. >> what about on this panel?> one thing, when it comes to john mccain, what did he actually see? he has not seen the tax returns that are of most interest, and that this is 2008, 2007 and 2009 reports. those are the ones that people want to see because they reflect what his tax rate was during the financial collapse. john mccain sell pre-2008. -- saw pre-2008. those are the returns he saw. they do not reflect the losses that the tax experts say could have effected mitt romney's tax rates. >> for the record, i think the majority leader was wrong with mccarthyism. let's move on to the real substance. i think mitt romney is doing a disservice to the fellow members of his republican party. not like john mccain, he released two years of returns. -- he had a public background. everybody had an idea of what his income was like. here is mitt romney, one- quarter of $1 billion, almost a billionaire, how did he make his money? he has swiss bank accounts, offshore tax havens in the party and explanation of how he otherwise,

liar and his most recent film. tom a eleven he set this segment up by just sharing a short clip from i am with our viewers here it is. but i took a chance on a guy who at the time was known as the white guy on in living color. my world changed overnight. and well i kind of went shopping. first i bought a little seven thousand square foot house and those are several swimming pools movie stars. trying to make sure that a professor leifer. when one success came my way i bought a bigger house and more stuff. but something odd happened to me when i moved into my first beverly hills house that kind of took the edge off my buzz i was standing alone in the entrance foyer after the movers had just left and i was struck with one very clear very strange feeling i was no happier. there i was standing in the house of my culture had taught me was a measure of the good life and it made me absolutely no happier it's pretty remarkable time you went from those homes to living in a mobile home community albeit a very nice one to mali

maybe he didn't have to say dirty liar. no, harry, you're a liar.ld that -- >> kimberly: all right. since it's the olympics and if everybody wants to place semanic gymnastics, take out the "dirty." but the behavior that is inappropriate is harry reid. where is the evidence or the facts? it's conduct unbecoming. >> bob: he released taxes like every candidate has for 30 year, we wouldn't talking about it. >> kimberly: are you going to see he makes money? >> eric: don't fall in this distraction. the beckel trap. you are going to turn it in a tax discussion. >> kimberly: i'm going with the winner. >> bob: of course you are. >> eric: this is not about romney's taxes. this is whether harry reid is right or wrong to say he knows romney didn't pay taxes? is it fair or right? should he do this? >> andrea: he shouldn't. media shouldn't report it as fact. if i tried to write that in one of my columns my editor wouldn't publish it. unnamed source, i through a friend of a friend. my girlfriend called me up and i heard a rumor. that's not something that the journ

called him a dirty liar. you stand by that? you think harry reid's a dirty liar? >> i just said. >> i'll triple down on my comments from yesterday. he's a dirty liar and we're moving on. we're moving on to defeating this president and saving this country. >> but republican campaign veterans are finding it harder to defend, including former reagan campaign manager, ed rollins. >> i would have put out five or six years. i would not put out 20 years, and i obviously wouldn't respond to anything that harry reid states. >> i think at this point in time, it's going to dog him all the way. and he needs to get it behind him. he's paid a lot of money in taxes, he's made a lot of money. >> wait a minute, do you think he should release more taxes? >> i think he should release more taxes. >> really? >> absolutely. two years is not enough, obviously. >> and "the wall street journal" editorial board. "mr. romney's problem is that he can only disprove the charge by releasing his tax returns, which he says he will not do for

susan, is harry reid a dirty liar?> i don't know, but harry reid is really playing old school dirty politics by doing this. and his story has been changing, which is amazing. first he said, i can't say for certain. then he gets up on the floor of the united states senate and then makes a claim. then he comes back with another interview and says, oh, well, lots of people are saying that. what is it? this guy, he can't get his story straight, and, frankly, it's inappropriate. it goes beyond the pale, especially on the floor of the u.s. senate. >> lizz? >> well, you know, if we didn't hear throughout the course of this past couple of years ellen west saying, oh, there's 80 communists in the house of representatives. michele bachmann accusing keith ellison and, you know, hillary clinton's aide that they're part of the muslim brotherhood, i often wonder if this is one of those things where harry reid finally said, we have been sitting through a political climate where we have heard the president's a muslim, show us the birt

dirty liar? >> i just said it. >> i think he's making things up. >> i just said it. >> you think the leader of the senate is lying? >> i really do. >> i think republican have kind of misplayed this. >> i'll triple down on my comments. sfl he wasn't doing this ringside in vegas in a boxing match. >> let them call names. >> i know that governor romney could clear this up in ten seconds. >> brilliant politics. >> i give you nothing on that. >> claim that mitt romney is withholding his tax returns. well, that's not a claim. he is. >> i would have put out five or six years. >> a huge amount of income, paying a tiny amount of tax. rchlt i 85 i. >> i give you nothing on that. >> i'm glad i wasn't holding my breath. >> when the preacher can't preach to his own choir, it's time to get a new preacher. >> we knew it. you must have been. who else would you have for? >> have a nice day. >> i'm alex wagner, in for lawrence o'donnell. mitt romney thinks he's found his battle cry. after trying it out on sean han

listen to mary mccarty mccarthy accused her of being a liar. when i buy the accusations of stalinism and unwarranted sympathy for the soviet union which followed the publication. tired of the never-ending negativity by her personalized self-aggrandizing nature, she was unprepared for this new assault. the following morning she called her own friend and lawyer from london. one of the two people to whom she had dedicated the memoir. she wanted to know if there were grounds for a lawsuit. and they agreed that there might be. during this time, she demanded to know why he hadn't descended. she would be suing the whole darn bunch of you, cavett recall her telling him. very mccarthy heard rumors of a pending lawsuit. on february 18, a servicemen knocked on her door and was handed the formal notice. it had caught her underwear, she protested. and millions came to the forefront accidentally. surely come her opinion was not actionable. they suggested that mary mccarthy was lying. several days before the interview, she had offered mccarthy a range of ques

you think harry reid is a dirty liar?then nancy pelosi landed the final blow to the g.o.p. with proof that mitt was cheating on his taxes. she offered this amazing legal argument. he is said harry reid made a statement, that is true. somebody told him. it's a fact. she left it there. kimberly? >> kimberly: this is -- >> eric: it's proof. >> kimberly: what kind of proof is that. really? i have a few things i can prove based on that criteria. thanks, nancy. this will amount to nothing when it comes down to the election. you can say what they want. mitt romney is a successful businessman who knows how to make money on his own, bob, not through inheritance. there is simply nothing to attack him on so they have to reach and grasp at this. it's calling on flat ears. >> eric: stay ontippic. harry reid, should he is use the senate floor to l

>> slam harry reid, him to be a liar -- show him to be a liar.in 2003, there is a form called a c-130 whether you pay taxes or not and the millionaires are doing it, the i.r.s. gave them a choifs going to court and saying your accountant did not remember what they were filling out or you could be charged with a felony so they were given an amnesty and then they had to retract their tax returns from 2009 until 2003. so i'm just saying -- by the way, chris i can't watch you guys on friday anymore. >> why? >> caller: because my husband's going to take the remote because i found cat from hell and had an all daymare ra on this to cook his supper. >> my cat from hell. >> caller: thank you very much. >> isn't he awesome? >> he is awesome. stephanie is missing out. my husband did not get his supper and i'm not allowed to watch you guys on friday anymore. >> stephanie: oh boy everybody loses. [ wah wah ] >> have to order that on fridays, too. >> stephanie: that was one of our recommendations, my cat from hell. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] so i love this w

i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar. >> you think harry reid's a dirty liar?just said it. >> rights priebus for all of his righteous ig dig nation has offered no proof that harry reid is a liar, clean, dirty, or otherwise. harry read is definitely lying, pants on fire lying. but they produce exactly zero evidence to support their claim that harry reid is lying. but that's politifact which is par for the course which is why it's okay not to take them serious on anything ever. it's also worth noting how sen tore harry reid continues to comport himself for the way he's been pursing this allegation. he gets trashed on the sunday shows, gets called a dirty liar. how does he he respond sne digs in deeper telling reporters today, the whole controversy would end quickly if he would just release his income tax returns like everyone else who runs for president. this seems like an emotion nalt outburst from a guy who has had pent-up emotions ready to burst out. but whether it's unchark stick for harry reid, it does not seem to be a stunt. even though the way he's gone ab

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he's dirty liar who lives in the ritz. into the fray and she told the "huffington post" quote harry reid made a statement that is true. someone told him it is a fact. whether he did or not can easily be disposed off. mitt romney can release his tax returns and show whether he paid taxes. so is nancy pelosi on to something? was harry reid's actions out of bounds welcome here to help us answer that are two politicalled inners who have seen their share of cover. susan kennedy chief of staff to former california governor republican arnold schwarzenegger and also here political reporter joe garofoli, i welcome you both back inside "the war room." joe, was harry reid wrong? >> 's way out of bounds. maybe i'm looking at it from the journalistic point of view where you have to point up what you say. >> some coke bottled glasses from a by-gone era. these are not journalists. this is a political campaign. and of course he's going--you don't have to prove that someone told you that he didn't pay taxes. all romney has to do is release

an attack by dan pfeiffer is saying that i am battling because rumors, and vehemently calling me a liar. i call to the british embassy, and he says i am and liar because it is in the white house and the residents -- i call to the british embassy and they say that i was right, it is in the residence of the british ambassador, and the one on the blog in a photograph to convince people i'm a liar is something that had been in the white house for 50 years, a gift to lyndon johnson. >> what do you think of that? >> i just think that dan pfeiffer is one of the rare people in washington who is capable public apology. i want to know what happened to the lincoln bus at 10 downing. >> what does this tell you about the organization at the white house? >> it shows you the rapid response -- we got to slam them right away. >> evan is absolutely right. >> i have a bust of charles in my office and nobody is getting bad. >> oh, you guys. >> last word. see you next week. >> "inside washington" is brought you in part by the american federation of government employees, proud to make america work. for more

you just called him a dirty liar.arry reid is a dirty liar. >> i just said it. >> cenk: i love it. harry reid is a dirty liar because he has no evidence backing up his claims--that's what they say. what about someone who says, he isn't working at bain capital but there is evidence of it. wouldn't that make a dirty liar, too. >> we can put all this stuff to rest tomorrow. mitt romney can go to kin co-s. he can photo cop copy his taxes. he can hand them out to cnn and reporters all over the country. we wouldn't talk about this tomorrow. >> cenk: all right, you know what, i would like to use the words of mitt romney and say hey, mitt, if you want to solve this tax issue put up or shut up. show us the tax returns. otherwise we have to believe that obviously you're trying to avoid taxes by keeping them in the cayman island bermuda switzerland, etc. did you pay taxes some of those years. i would bet a lot of money that you didn't pay taxes some of those years. we have with us former governor of philadelphia and a counter au

. >> i think he's lying. >> do you think harry reid's a dirty liar?just said it. >> i think he's making things up. >> i just said it. >> you think the leader of the senate is lying? >> i really do. >> i think republican have kind of misplayed this. >> i'll triple down on my comments. >> he's not doing this ringside at a boxing match in vegas. >> let them call names. >> i know that governor romney could clear this up in ten seconds. >> brilliant politics. >> i give you nothing on that. >> claim that mitt romney is withholding his tax returns. well, that's not a claim. he is. >> i would have put out five or six years. >> a huge amount of income, paying a tiny amount of tax. >> i'm glad i wasn't holding my breath. >> when the preacher can't preach to his oin chown choir, time to get a new preacher. >> we knew it. you must have been. who else would you have for? >> have a nice day. >> i'm alex wagner, in for lawrence o'donnell. mitt romney thinks he's found his battle cry. after trying it out on sean hannity's radio show on thursday, romney brought it on

he says i am a liar because the boss is in the white house residence. i call that the british embassy, and it they said that i was right, that the bust is in the residence of the british ambassador, and the one that pfeifer showed on the blog to convince people that i was a liar was something that had been in the white house for 50 years, a gift to lyndon johnson. >> what do you think of that? >> dan pfeiffer is a big person, one of the rare people in washington who is capable of a public apology. i want to know what happened to the lincoln boss at 10 downing. >> what does this tell you about the organization at the white house, colby? >> they are scared of charles stree. >> rapid response, we have to slam them right away. >> evan is absolutely right. >> ihavea bust of charles in my office and nobody is getting fat. >> oh, you guys. >> last word. see you next week. >> "inside washington" is brought you in part by the american federation of government employees, proud to make america work. for more information about afge and membership, visit afge.org. v

>> she's a liar. what she said, the president's lying? >> i would not say -- we can't prove the president is lying. i think it's a very serious charge to say the president is lying? he did say the republicans wanted dirty air and dirty water. >> to say that the president is surrounded by liar is a pretty accurate charge. who wants to be surrounded by liars. what is obama going to do about her? >> sean: nothing. >> he is going to keep the liar on the campaign? >> sean: obviously. >> that says something about his own integrity. i would ask for her to be dismissed. >> sean: she should be. what do you think -- defense secretary or homeland security? >> i think a very happy citizen if we have this come out right. >> sean: are you confident? >> i have nightmares about what could possibly happen if it doesn't go the right way. i am confident. i spent a couple of days in michigan on behalf of governor romney. i spent three days in virginia, four days in south florida, all in the last 15, 20 days. i like what i see. i think that the governor is ah

you think he is a dirty liar? >> i just said it. >> was it dirty? here is how the democrats responded. >> is it opponent for the demic leader of the senate to make a charge like that with no more evidence than an ano, ma'am mouse source? >> i don't know who harry'd's source is -- -- >> that's the point. >> i know that mitt romney can clear it up in ten seconds. but releasing the 23 years of tax returns that he gave to john mccain when he was vetted for vice president. or 12 years of tarks returns. >> george with the tough questions for both sides this morning. i want to bring in rick klein tonight. and democrats having trouble defending harry reid on this. but isn't that what the democrats the want here? >> they are taking the bait. harry reid is making wild leads. but it's what they want him to be doing. it may feet good for democrats to blast away at him. but there is a risk in responding. you have republicans complaining about campaign taxes and democrats talking about mitt romney taxing. they would rather talk about that than the obama economy k

he's going to keep that liar on his campaign? >> obviously. >> then that says something about the president and his own integrity if that's the case. but i would ask for her to be dismissed from the campaign. >>> the romney camp asked the president to denounce the ad. he has yet to do so. >>> here's what we want to know. it tuns out your web browsing says an awful lot about your politics. >> interesting it's a study by endayi engage dc. wh if use google tumbler you most likely favor obama. those who favor mitt romney probably buy stuff on ebay hang out on pinterest and search the web with binge. are you a fan of the game angry birds then you are a swing voter. the study finds those who listen to pandora are more politically engaged. >>> that leads us to our question of the day. we want to know what does your browser say about you? looking forward to what folks say about this. >> i haven't even heard of some of this stuff. >> 9 after the hour. the donald says no speaking for the gop convention. >> why you may have wanted to unplug

i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar. >> you think harry reid is a dirty liar? >> i just said it. >> ranks priebus for all his righteous indignation has offered no proof that harry reid is a liar, clean, dirty, or otherwise. neither for that matter has politifact which says harry reid is lying. but they produce zero evidence to support their claim that harry reid is lying. but you know, that's politifact and par for the course which is why it's okay to not take them seriously on anything ever. it's also worth noting how senator harry reid continues to comport himself on the issue. taking criticism from left, right, and center, and stupid for the way he has been pursuing this allegation. he gets trashed on the sunday shows, called a dirty liar, and how does he respond? he digs in deeper, telling reporters today, quote, the whole controversy would end very quickly if he would just release his income tax returns just like everybody else who runs for president. so, it has felt like an emotional outburst from a guy who had pent up emotions ready to burst out, but whe