and did they also throw rush limbaugh under the bus? find out next on news watch. >> stephanie wolf a visiting assistant professor at west liberty university west virginia. instructed her students to keep a journal of news reports about politics, news sources included the economist, the bbc, huffington post, but the top two banned sources onion, which the assignment wrote was not news, is literally a parody and number two, fox news. she wrote the tag line, fox news makes me cringe. please do not subject me to this biased news station. i would almost you rather print off an article from the onion. well, following some unexpected reaction from press presser wolf allows fox to be used as a source, we've broken through. >> i'm glad and i'm sure this professor is going to have a great career in academia because they just love this stuff, but you know, i love the idea of the bbc and the huffington post being fair and balanced. >> why do we scare people so much? >> we should give professor wolf a shoutout. for making her cringe, we're doing ou

everybody is out of town, and limbaugh is answering him isn't that a victory. >> limbaugh continues todominant voice in the conservative movement. he commands listeners he's on every day three hours a day. the problem republicans have is rush limbaugh becomes their face and voice and tone of that party. too many are following his way. look, the results are the results. the republicans lost the presidency. they double down on beating obama on healthcare. they double down to beat obama to slash government spending. they doubled down on obama to invade another country and they lost. when you have no leadership these democrat gods like limbaugh are able to rise above that. >> michael: what do they do--let's talk about what they do on march 1st. the republicans are going to keep losing and losing. >> you have speaker john boehner controlled by the republicans. he's caught between a rock and a hard place. he's caught between the tea party movement and trying to be responsible leader. he can't be both. and you've got the senate, who--i mean, you have speaker bane who are has said, i'm not goi

and did they also throw rush limbaugh under the bus?ind out next on news watch. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. >> stephanie wolf a visiting assistant professor at west liberty university west virginia. instructed her students to keep a journal of news reports about politics, news sources included the economist, the bbc, huffington post, but the top two banned sources onion, which the assignment wrote was not news, is literally a parody and number two, fox news. she wrote the tag line, fox news makes me cringe. please do not subject me to this biased news station. i would almost you rat

while steve king, tea party general, joe walsh, rish limbaugh, mark levin, paul brown, all the inhabitants of the could could nest because karl rove is drawing lines in the sand. want republicans to win, cut out the crazies. beat the democrats stop giving them easy targets, rape candidates and stop making the democrats look smart and reasonable by running stupid and crazy candidates. the joy is i have to say this, it's really quite funny, each of the right wing factions thinks they are the sane ones, the ones that have to protect the party from the others. tonight, the duel of the death drives deeper, do or die, fight to the death, winners run against hillary clinton. the losers say it's not their fault they lost. wait a minute. that doesn't make any sense and neither does this fight on the right for the right to say you're right and with me tonight are two msnbc political analysts joy reid of the grio and david corn from mother jones. it's a joy to watch this, watch rove running around as a new matt dillon cleaning up the party, cleaning up main street from all the bad guys when, in fact,

i'm glad you played that clip from rush limbaugh because in a lot of ways karl rove and rush limbaugh are very much the same. they're both using the same sort of know-nothing crowd, the people in the hinterlands who are angry, who don't understand why the country is changing, who don't understand the new america they don't feel comfortable in. they're both using them to sell a product. for rush limbaugh it's to get his advertisers there because terrestrial radio is dying and he has to keep his show going. for karl rove it's the accumulation of power by tricking people. he doesn't necessarily -- >> terrestrial radio. young lady, you've done it again. you're teaching me this business i'm in. what is terrestrial radio -- >> radio as opposed to satellite, xm as oppose the to -- >> when is the first time -- >> when is the first time you used that term in your life? >> only because i used to be in the radio business. when you're in radio -- >> it's like e.t. terrestrial radio. >> but karl rove needs a raison d'etre, a reason to exist. he needs -- >> i know french. >> i know you know french.

you know they are union members rush limbaugh bill o'reilly if you want to explain you know rush limbaugh and bill o'reilly are very strong right wing television hosts of america who spend their entire day condemning union members only to lo and behold they summers and crooks and liars dot com that in fact they are union members and they're telling people breaking the unions right there televangelists in america and they are part of unions that they are decrying their self hating union members now live but they're also like a cop or a or a teacher or municipal workers who are you know part of unions and i've been telling these people for years now to tie your wages to money supply the money supply is up by billions of money supplies up the m two is up ten twenty fifty percent on a percentage of percent you need to tie your wages to money supply not the fabricated nonsensical scored unquote inflation number that is completely fabricated and has no representation in reality and now here in the u.s. obama is talking about well let's raise the minimum wage which is exactly equivalent to adjus

you know they are union members rush limbaugh bill o'reilly do you want to explain you know rush limbaugh and bill o'reilly are very strong right wing television hosts of america who spend their entire day condemning union members only to lo and behold it simmers and crooks and liars dot com that in fact they are union members and they're telling people breaking the unions right there televangelists in america and they are part of unions that they are decrying their self hating union members now live but they're also like a cop or a or a teacher or municipal workers who are you know part of unions and i've been trying these people for years now to tie your wages to money supply the money supply is up by billions of money supplies up the m two is up ten twenty fifty percent on a percentage or percent you need to tie your wages to money supply not the fabricated nonsense of goals scored unquote inflation number that is completely fabricated and has no representation in reality and now here in the u.s. obama is talking about well let's raise the minimum wage which is exactly equivalent to ad

you know they are union members rush limbaugh bill o'reilly if you want to explain you know rush limbaugh and bill o'reilly are very extreme right wing television host america who spend their entire day condemning union members only to lo and behold it summers and crooks and liars dot com that in fact they are union members and they're telling people breaking the unions right there televangelists in america and they are part of unions that they are decrying their self hating union members now live but they're also like a cop or a or a teacher or municipal worker who are you know part of unions and i've been trying these people for years now to tie your wages to money supply the money supply is up by billions of money supplies up the m two is up ten twenty fifty percent on a percent to nine percent you need to tie your wages to money supply not the fabricated nonsensical scored unquote inflation number that is completely fabricated it has no representation in reality and now here in the u.s. obama is talking about well let's raise the minimum wage which is exactly equivalent to adjusting t

the difference between pat and limbaugh, he's not selling it. he believes everything he says, whether you like it or not. >> i don't care whether glenn beck or rush limbaugh bheesh what they say or not. >> i do. >> it's an interesting academic discussion. the outcome is the same. and you get these people riled up and now karl rove wants to try to put this angry genie back into the bottle and you say no. >> you don't focus on the integrity? i know you do. newt gingrich went after the art tex i am uopposed to boston. of bill yars financing a boss to pick candidates in 50 states. and grassroots small town conservatism. no one person it. he's a walking etch a sketch. >> it's absolutely absurd. but without irony, he changes position on this stuff. that's why he's newt gingrich. >> well congratulations on the hubris monday night. >>> coming up, look who's becoming the face for administration. joe biden. it's almost that funny. it's serious business to fight guns. guns -- for gun safety, you have to be for guns. he's laying the groundwork for 2016. he'

you know they are union members rush limbaugh bill o'reilly if you want to explain you know rush limbaugh and bill o'reilly are very strong right wing television host america who spend their entire day condemning union members only to lo and behold they summers and crooks and liars dot com that in fact they are union members and they're telling people breaking the unions right there televangelists in america and they are part of unions that they are decrying their self hating union members now live but they're also like a cop or a or a teacher or municipal workers who are you know part of unions and i've been telling these people for years now to tie your wages to money supply the money supply is up by billions the money supply is up and to is up ten twenty fifty percent on a percent to nine percent you need to tie your wages to money supply not the fabricated nonsensical scored unquote inflation number that is completely fabricated and has no representation in reality and now here in the u.s. obama is talking about well let's raise the minimum wage which is exactly equivalent to adjustin

you know they are union members rush limbaugh bill o'reilly do you want to explain you know rush limbaugh and bill o'reilly are very extreme right wing television host america who spend their entire day condemning union members only to lo and behold they summers and crooks and liars dot com that in fact they are union members and they're telling people breaking the unions right there televangelists in america and they are part of unions that they are decrying their self hating union members now live but they're also like a cop or a or a teacher or municipal worker on you know part of unions and i've been trying these people for years now to tie your wages to money supply the money supply is up by billions of money supplies up the m two is up ten twenty fifty percent on a percent to nine percent you need to tie your wages to money supply not the fabricated nonsensical scored unquote inflation number that is completely fabricated and has no representation in reality and now here in the u.s. obama is talking about well let's raise the minimum wage which is exactly equivalent to adjusting the

going to be limbaugh.going to be in the house gop where this morning raul labrador who yesterday was presented as the sensible face in the house gop on immigration and basically came out and said a pathway to citizenship and will not pass this chamber. that's the problem marco rubio faces. just like any senate republican is that you have a house republican caucus that is still very much beholden to the far right wing of that party. >> if he comes out looking reasonable, that's a win for him. >> how do you define reasonable. do they even want a reasonable -- >> lo look at last year's crop. is giving the espn to the state of the union a good thing or in the words of one of my producers -- is it like ok the cover of "sports illustrated?" it's both an honor -- a gift and a curse. >> i still remember senator jim webb's 2006 during the bush period. he came out with a populous message that today really, you know, is one that is mainstreamed in the democratic party. it still needs -- >> that's one end of the spect

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and joining me david limbaugh, strategist penny lee.ime to come clean, stop hiding it, you want to rip food out of the mouths of babies, you want hold people to be thrown over the cliff and kids with autism and downs syndrome to defend for themselves. you hate people, hate children, old people, everybody. just come clean. >> and that goes without saying of course, but, you know, liberals are especially puffed up after this election, they're arrogant. they're power mad and this, this is, look at what they're doing in the various states. they're propping required liability insurance for gun owners just to harass people who believe in the second amendment and won't come to heel. they say we want to bring you to heal. this congresswoman is engaging in hysterical hyperbole and propaganda. 47 trillion in next years that's not enough spending? what's killing for the infants and babies, he's smothering producers and the wealthy he's taxing them more and about to go nets because the republicans finally have him over the barrel in the negotiation

that is rush limbaugh world. >> he is kind of loveable. he is sad, they should just rename the party the peace, love and puppy's party and have everybody over and have a slumber, it is hilarious to watch the despair on the right. >> there is no opposition if they're not questioning where he was born every day and attacking him. >> because what they have been doing the last four years is opposing what obama does, even if it is things they wanted to do. the last election preferred that the american people preferred obama's policy and preferred him to them. now he will be a version -- slightly more conservative, i don't get it. >> let's listen to what rush limbaugh said about the new marketing plan. >> it seems like every day a new republican goes to the microphones to offer an opinion about what they need to do, in order to reverse their fortunes. and i think it is time they stopped telling everybody what they need to do and just do it. you never tell people what the marketing plan is, because then you give people a chance to resist it. >> r

rush limbaugh doesn't help the party.an entertainer whose show actually does drag down republican and conservative candidates, i believe. >> and yesterday, the american conservative union announced that sarah palin will speak at cpac, so they're keeping the dream alive at cpac. >> the dream will never die. >> right, but at least sarah palin doesn't go out there and actually run and lose for republicans. she at least has that grace not to run. >> she knows that before she can run again, right? >> i think she knows how that would play out. >> so sam, this struggle is something that -- is extra difficult for rove, now, because he is also coming off a losing season in politics. >> yeah, and whenever you have a losing season, rove's lifeline is basically the big money in the republican party. and the natural question is why would you keep funding somebody who had a huge collapse in the last election cycle. the only question for why they would do that is because there is no one else to fund and there is just so much money to th

rush limbaugh. are in a little room with no audience. >> this is a little room. >> no, you know, applause lines. so that is -- >> i have it right here. i mean -- >> so so i don't know. you know, it is hard to judge this thing because of the water thing. because -- how did he do? >> the water throws it off. the dry mouth, which rush limbaugh said about three times which i really appreciated. but there is something real here. which is when your rise is based on nothing, your fall can also be based on nothing. >> oh, yeah, that makes sense. >> let's take a look at where the bar was set. he had to do better than bobby jindal did. let's just put the two of them together and see how they did. >> good evening, and happy mardi gras. >> false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. the choice is not just between big government or big business. >> sam stein, which is better? looking a little goofy, walking up to the microphone, and then saying happy mardi gras, which i think threw a lot of people

i'm glad you played that clip from rush limbaugh because in a lot of ways karl rove and rush limbaughre very much the same. they're both using the same sort of know-nothing crowd, the people in the hinterlands who are angry, who don't understand why the country is changing, who don't understand the new america they don't feel comfortable in. they're both using them to sell a product. for rush limbaugh it's to get his advertisers, and he has to keep his show going. for karl rove it's the accumulation of power by tricking people. he doesn't necessarily -- >> terrestrial radio. young lady, you've done it again. you're teaching me this business again. i'm in -- >> radio as opposed to xm -- >> i used to be in radio. >> when is the first time you used that term in your life? >> only because i used to be in the radio business. when you're in radio -- >> it's like e.t. terrestrial radio. >> but karl rove needs a raison d'etre, a reason to exist. he needs -- >> i know french. >> i know you know french. >> he needs a reason to exist. the tea party has gotten their market share of the republican

. >> vintage rush limbaugh. in the months since then the obama administration has sought to quell controversy by proposing an expanded set of rules. ones which increase the types of nonprofits that can opt out of the affordable care acts contraception mandate while insuring that employees in need of birth control have access to free contraception. the new policy outlined by the department of health and human services on friday guarantees that employees at really just nonprofits like universities, hospitals, and charities, still have access to free contraception coverage, but it allows the institutions to avoid having to pay for the contraception directly. instead, insurance companies will pick up the tab. in addition, the rule broadens the types of institution that is can opt out of the mandate. no longer would a nonprofit have to site the promotion of religious values as its purpose or primarily employ persons who share the same religious beliefs or primarily serve people who share the same religious tenants in

the difference between pat and limbaugh, he's not selling it. he believes everything he says, whether you like it or not. he may not like it at all. >> i don't care whether glenn beck or rush limbaugh believe what they say or not. >> i do. i do. >> it's an interesting academic discussion. the outcome is the same. and you get these people riled up, and now karl rove wants to try to put this angry genie back into the bottle and you say no. >> you don't try to focus on the integrity? i know you do. newt gingrich went after the architect himself. gingrich wrote this this week. he says i am unalterably opposed to a bunch of billionaires financing a boss to pick candidates in 50 states. this is the opposition of the republican tradition of freedom. that is the system of tammany hall and the chicago machine. it should be repugnant to every conservative and every republican. he's a walking etch a sketch. >> it's absolutely absurd. but without irony, he changes position on this stuff. that's why he's newt gingrich, i guess. >> great having you on, joy. y