queen of rage. ah palin, the former alaska government. is this unfair in liz prada will give her take next. >> i look at the headline. queen of rage is worse than the picture. i don't think every day americans. if they think she is the queen of rage, not at all. i wasn't eating well. she's a dietitian. and she suggested i try boost complete nutritional drink to help get the nutrition i was missing. now i drink it everyday, and i love the great new taste. [ female announcer ] boost has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to help keep bones strong and 10 grams of protein help maintain muscle. and boost has the taste that's preferred. your favorite patient is here! [ dad ] i choose being strong and active. i choose new and improved boost. >> welcome back. queen of rage. that's what the cover of "newsweek" is calling presidential candidate michelle bachmann. what about the coverage of the debate. author and journalist liz is joining us. that was a cover indeed. >> good aft

the queen of rage labell. just more of the same snarky mean spirited coverage we have come to except and gop hopefuls square off in iowa. did the media make their choice? find out next on news watch. over 70% of firefighters are local volunteers... these are our neighbors putting their lives on the line. and when they rely on a battery, there are firefighters everywhere who trust duracell. and now you can join with duracell to help. just buy specially-marked packs & duracell will make a battery donation to local volunteers. these days don't we all need someone to trust...? duracell. trusted everywhere. this cover to us captures that. you know something michelle bachmann should not trust the mean girls on the left. she would be better off building a time machine and going back in the '60s and falling in love and touring with ike tourner than trusting those women. >> tina brown and comedian and radio host dennis miller. the cover has received all kinds of media and calling her the queen of rage. what is the overa

i don't know if it would go with the queen of rage if these praying. r maybe. >> that's true. >> there it is. >> the other part that could potentially be sexist is the idea that a female candidate has to be pretty on the cover. when an unflattering picture of a male candidate is taken we don't necessarily see that as fundamentally problematic. we don't necessarily think that male politician haves to be good looking in order to gain our support. it could be that even in leveling this critique, we're sort of in the land of saying if you're a woman and running for office you also have to be pretty or attractive and a supermodel in addition to being politically qualified. >> you know the men have to have hair. hair makes the men in politics. >>> real quickly track palin has made sarah palin a grandmother again. it's the second grandchild for her. "people" reporting her and his wife welcomed a daughter into the world sunday night. congratulations to all the palins. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipat

the cover of "newsweek" calls her "the queen of rage." as asked about it today during a campaign stop in iowa. >> you are on the cover this morning of what is left of "newsweek" magazine. have you seen it yet? >> i have not. >> it is a closeup. photo and a headline "queen of rage." >> we will have to look at, that won't we? >> what is the power behind your campaign is it rate rage? >> i think the power behind our campaign is hope and a future. that's all i believe in. >> joining me now msnbc johnathon -- and opinion writer for the "washington post." >> thank you, lawrence. let's start with the cover of "newsweek." they are calling the cover sexist. tina brown, who runs "newsweek"s intensitis galvanizing voters that. who's right? tina brown says it is intensity. and a national organization says no, this is sexist. >> everyone can be right in this little argument here. tina brown, you know, she's the editor of "newsweek" trying to pull the magazine off the mat. this is not the first controversial controversy that "newsweek" has had under tin

the whole idea is she is crazy. >> i would be the queen of rage if someone took that picture and put that on a magazine. i would go out of control. and don't these people also have people to do all of the sorting for them? this is probably not the only picture taken of her. >> she was on -- usually -- unless you are like britney spears, you are not allowed to pick your own cover. that's something the news week editors did and they did it on purpose. >> that's not true. that's a conspiracy theory. theed -- the editors deliberately put on a photo of michele bachmann. >> they said, oh could have had a hand and oh we like this picture. i'm sure there were 50,000 pictures that looked better than that picture. >> there was a cover of "time" that they made her look bizarre. they did the same thing. this is something they do to conservative women because conservative women are better looking than liberal women. >> wait a second. what about hollywood? >> i don't understand you, bill, why are you defending it when you have been in magazines and you know it is a deliberately bad picture,. >> of

the cover of "newsweek" calls her the queen of rage. about it today during a campaign stop in iowa. >> you're on the cover this morning of what's left of "newsweek" magazine, have you seen it today? >> okay, big close-up, wild-eyed photo with the headline, "queen of rage." >> we'll have to take a look at that, won't we? >> what really is the power behind your campaign? is it rage? >> well, i think the power behind our campaign is hope and a future. that's all i believe in. >> joining me now, msnbc contributor jonathan capehart, opinion writer for "the washington post," thanks for joining art with the "sexist." tina brown, "newsweek" tweeted "michele bachmann's intensity is galvanizing voters in iowa and "newsweek" captures that. who is right? >> everyone can be right in this -- in this little argument here, tina brown, you know, she's an editor of "newsweek," trying to pull that magazine up off the mat. this is not the first controversial cover that "newsweek" has had under tina brown's leadership. we are talking about it, people have s

. >> reporter: that strange picture and the queen of rage headline. >> i think it's outrageous. k it's a disgrace on their part. >> reporter: "newsweek" had its choice of plenty of other photos. these are the outtakes not chosen by the magazine. so why did they choose this picture. editor tina brown tweeted, "michele bachmann's intensity is galvanizing voters in iowa right now and 'newsweek's' cover captures that." >> hi there, i'm michelle. >> reporter: still critics argue it's just another example of "newsweek" portraying conservative women unfairly. remember these covers of sarah palin? and now this, a cover so unflattering, even the national organization for w want to see they want to see bachmann defeated is rallying to her defense. >> it's sexist. i don't know any man who is a legitimate, front-running candidate for the united states presidency that has been treated that way by a major mainstream magazine. >> oh, it's not sexist. look, she's a provocative candidate, and it's a provocative picture. >> reporter: lois romano wrote the "newsweek" article and defends the queen o

. >> reporter: that strange picture and the "queen of rage" headline. >> i think it's outrtreous. a disgrace on their part. >> reporter: "newsweek" had its choice of plenty of other photos. these are the outtakes not chosen by the magazine. so why did they choose this picture? editor tina brown tweeted, michele bachmann's intensity is galvanizing voters in iowa right now and "newsweeks" cover captures that. >> hi there, i'm michele. >> reporter: critics argue it's just another example of "newsweek" portraying conservative women unfairly. remember these covers of sarah palin? and now this -- a cover so unflattering even the national organization for women, who say they want to see bachmann defeated, is rallying to her defense. >> it's sexist. i don't know any man who is a legitimate front-running candidate for the united states presidency, that has been treated that way by a major mainstream magazine. >> oh, it's not sexist. look, she's a provocative candidate. and it's a provocative picture. >> reporter: lois romano wrote the "newsweek" article and defends the "queen of rage" headl

others think it's the next president of the united states. >> the queen of rage? >> absolutely. a week where "the new york times" calls the tea party terrorists, then apologizes the next week. this cover captures that. >> what, looking cross eyed in a light check? >> not cross eyed. >> the intensity in her eyes is in all the photographs. this is connecting with people. people in the crowd are saying i should follow her. there's something about her with the eyes looking out. she's got a very, very intense demeanor. >> mika read it. after she read it, she said there doesn't seem to be a lot of words that back up the headline, the queen of rage. >> i read the article. did i miss it? >> the fact is, she is right now the face of the tea party. the tea party, we came off a week where rage was all the rage. let's face it. we have been coming out of a period in politics so hyperpo r hyperpolarized and michele bachmann is the face of the tea party right now. >> what do you think, mike? >> you have people talking act the cross-eyed candidate. >> i'm going to tell you what i think of the c

a wild-eyed photo with the headline "queen of rage." >> ahah.ave to take a look at that. >> reporter: today the campaign told us that the picture was taken during a lighting test, before the formal portrait and bachmann preferred other choices. not so says "news week." a spokesman told us the photographer's assistance sat in for the lighting test but these pictures were among the alternatives they rejected. bachmann was never given a choice. they say bachmann is focusing on iowa where she's the frontrunner and might get a sympathy vote because of the unflattering portrait. >> she's a very attractive woman, to see her in person it didn't represent her very well. >> reporter: andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> michele bachmann and others going after support in the christian conservative wing of the gop have their eyes on one man these days. texas governor rick perry will travel to iowa on sunday, day of an event in south carolina and what's widely expected to be a declaration that he is running for the republican nomination. >>> and you may

queen of rage refers to the tea party is what they said. to the first question, did she look like a religious zealot, someone who was part of almost a cult or did she look enraged. >> the funny thing about her is she will give you the worst polices in the world with a smile, and -- >> megyn: you don't like her positions. >> no, i don't. i think she needs to reeducate -- a whole long list of reasons why i cont think her polices are a strong area. >> tina brown's newspaper sells are down so this looks like an act of desperation, trying to make surena newsweek stays relevant. look, i talked tobackman's campaign, they said the picture was taken during a lighting test in the very beginning. if you've ever had your picture taken -- >> megyn: there's no question you can get a beautiful picture of michele bachmann. >> there was another way it could have been handled, i'm not saying one is right and one is wrong, but michele bachmann could have denounced the media, she could have gone after newsweek, we've seen sarah palin do this many times. >> but

>> i have not. >> it's a close up with a wild eyed photo with the headline queen of rage. >> we'll havet that, won't we? >> are the media letting us hear your voice and what really is the power behind your campaign, is it rage? >> well, i think the power behind our campaign is hope. and a future that's all i believe in. i told you that i'm an iowan and i was born here. >> she doesn't sound like the queen of rage. kept her cool here. some of her supporters are livid. they say that picture makes their heroine look crazy. even some bachmann opposers called it inappropriately. bachmann's campaign said she's not interested in getting too a conversation about "newsweek." we'll be right back. ♪ that "old flame" you should have called. ♪ that leap of faith you never took. but there's one opportunity that's too good to miss. the lexus golden opportunity sales event, with exceptional values on the lexus is. but only until september 6th. see your lexus dealer. toi switched to a complete0,. multivitamin with more. only one a day women's 50+ advantage has ginkgo for memory and concentration, plus su

critics say the picture was used to make her look back and the tite ol the queen of rage is facing backlashticle. i'll say this in defense of michele bachmann. now that i have looked at the picture, it is outrageous. it does i think portray her as happened with sarah palin in a negative light. i don't know why "newsweek" back to back gets themselves in this controversy when you knew you were going to get it. amazingly, the national organization of women, one of your favorite groups come out in defense of bachmann on this. >> dana: the reason they did it back-to-back is the reason what we're doing right now, giving them attention. i will guarantee you if the head of "newsweek" had a picture of herself like this on the cover of my magazine there would be h-e-double hockey sticks to pay. finally, the national organization for women defended bachmann against "newsweek." interesting they chose this one to defend. look at what terry o'neil said. it's sexist, casting her in that expression and then adding the queen of rage, i think it is, i guess sexist. gloria steinem had a very simple test. is i

you put in "the queen of rage" juxtaposed with a picture of a lady that appears to be enchanted by simplehung on a black board. or maybe it's a child thinking of pigs. but be honest, "newsweek", you used that photo in a petty attempt to make michele bachmann look crazy. and that's what her words are for! (laughter) if you're involved in a gay and lesbian life-style it's bondage, it's a very sad life. it's part of satan, i think, to say this is gay. or "i wish the american media would take a look at the views of the people in congress and find out are they pro america or anti-america?" or "i believe there's a strong chance we will see young people put into mandatory service. and the real concern is that there are provisions for what i would call re-education camps for young people." (audience reacts) you want a photo that makes her seem a little off? make it out of her words! (cheers and applause) so i say shame on you! shame on you, "newsweek" and your editor tina brown. no, too glamorous. yeah, getting there. that's it. we'll be right back. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of

is the face of the tea party right now. >> "newsweek" editor in chief defending her magazine's queen of rageying the wild eyed michele bachmann reflects the personal intensity that's driving her presidential campaign. which bringstous the flip side, our look behind the headlines. "newsweek" is getting a lot of push back over that cover. they're done it before facing accusations of sexism over a couple of sarah palin covers over the past few years. but politicians are no stranger to controversy. take this "new yorker" cover from the summer of 2008. the magazine's editor said it was meant to satirize the way the obamas were portrayed by the right wing. the obama campaign called it tasteless and offensive. this january 2007 issue of "text monthly" poked fun of then vice president dick cheney very accidentally shooting a campaign contributor on a hunting trip. the photo shop image refers to a if the national lampoon" cover. "time" named the cheney picture the best mag cover of the year and bill clinton's pose on the cover of "esquire" in december 2000 was inspired by the lincoln memorial, but so

> those close to her say she's unphased by this week's "newsweek" cover photo captioned at the queen of rage>> have you seen it yet? >> i have not. >> it's a close up, sort of a wild eyed photo with the headline queen of rage. >> well, we'll have to take a look at ? >> a statement "newsweek" editor said michele bachmann's intensity is galvanizing voters in iowa right now. and "newsweek's" cover captures that. >> it's a very provocative photo. she's a very provocative candidate. she is stirring a lot of intense passions among the electorate and passions among her party and i think the cover reflects that. >> how could a woman even critics describe as attractive be made to look this bad? >> she looks blank and confused. i did think it was unfair. >> in the cover story bachmann tells "newsweek" you use the word anger, it's not anger. people are saying the country is not working. bachmann has built a fan base for her opposition to raising the debt ceiling. >> do not raise the debt ceiling. >> but she's generating excitement among evangelical voters key to winning in iowa and south carolina. by m

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bachman appears wide-eyed, with the headline, "the queen of rage." she is revealing outtakes of the cover shoot. including images of the congresswoman campaigning in iowa and washington. bachman's campaign claims the photo was talken during a lighting test. tina brown says in a statement, michele bachmann's intensity is galvanizing voters in iowa right now. and "newsweek's" cover captures that. we'll hear more from tina when she joins us on "morning joe." bachman will speak to david gregory sunday, when "meet the press" goes to iowa. >>> still ahead, new england patriots' wide receiver chad ochocinco announces his housing plans in his home city. did you hear about this? says he's going to move in with a patriots' fan. perhaps even mike barnacle. we'll let chad explain. >>> and jon stewart weighs in on the michele bachmann cover, with a gag in a looked oddly familiar to some of you viewers who e-mailed us from "way too early" nation. is that a thing? that clip and a check on weather. >> david berkowitz, 24. spent his days sorting letters in the post of

a lot of people dismissed her as you saw the "newsweek" cover, the queen of rage or what have you, and she won a very traditional contest. this is a traditional republican nominating contest, so can she be dismissed as just the tea party darling, the queen of rage after this win? that legitimizes her in a lot of ways. >> and a strong showing. let's move on because rick santorum told candy crowley if he didn't come in a certain position, he was going to get out of the race. is it good enough for him to stay in the race? >> he told candy crowley he had to place in the top five. he narrowly made that. that might be enough to keep his campaign alive for a little bit longer. now we're moving into phase two of this campaign and donors will be looking at who's really serious, who should we give our money to. that will be a major major thing for him whether he can convince donors that a fourth place finish is good enough. >> i want to bring in cnn's mark preston here, and we are told that tim pawlenty spent a lot of money trying to win this thing, but he only came in third. is this it for him?

calling michele bachmann the queen of rage is one thing, but the photo is clearly a misfire. it received widespread criticism today, some called it biased and insulting. one columnist said she's made to look like there is someone dangling a treat in front of her. several wondered if a male politician would be treated in similar fashion. >>> and texas governor rick perry is emerging as the most talked about gop contender not in the race. this weekend he drew a crowd of 30,000 in houston at a prayer service to pray for our country. he is now off to two big primary states as he considers a run. >>> word from washington tonight that after 200 years, the page program in the house of representatives is ending. both party leaders in the house have decided it is not cost effective anymore. in the electronic age they're just not needed to relay messages as they once were. the senate page program will continue. >>> now, how about something life affirming. diana nyad, a veteran long distance swimmer, is well on her way to setting a new world record, swimming from cuba to the florida key

this is just cracking up first of all it's michele bachmann you don't know and it's called the queen of rage and the photo might seem a little displays and i think my favorite headline that i saw all day came from gawker who just said michelle bachmann looks surprised to be on. i'm sorry but i'm going to have nightmares about this this is the most frightening picture if i were her if i were her people i would be so angry that that's the picture they put on there but that is a face that she makes i guess a lot but it's so scary to see i mean she's it looks like she's like that's what this is but you know if you don't lose this captures michele bachmann her finest if you remember her. got the crazy eyes and she never looks at the camera. with the bubble she's staring off camera north or whatever it is this is you know this is this is an irish i'm sorry the absence of michele bachmann or this is just the same person that has them hold it like some whole conspiracy against her that's always trying to make her look the other way or probably with the photographer that . look up what you want to be

the headline the queen of rage. a lot of folks say that photo is not very flattering. he is looking up and not looking straight. is that cover fair or not fair? >> i think when the national organization for women and the "new york times" defend michelle bachman, you know somebody has gone too far. the businesses are falling apart these days and they are struggling for eyeballs. they overreached a little bit. look how gracefully she handled this. she has a bit of margaret thatcher in here and ignoring this and focusing on the issues gracefully done. at the end of the day, this is not so much an issue about feminism. you wouldn't have done this if she was a guy. this is about elitism. there was a group of people in washington and new york who think the people that cling bitterly to guns and religion and have ideas like balancing the budget, they are unenlightened and they are laughing at the old. >> i wouldn't say to the republican primitive, i would call it a foreign idea. more than anybody. i looked at that. >> that's not true actually. >> 15 minutes and maybe somebody

the queen of rage. and offensive supporters accuse the magazine of trying to make the candidate look crazy. the daily beats posted outtakes of the news week photo shoots with alternative photos that they could have chosen to use. showing bachmann on the campaign trail and poses with less intensity than the one on the cover. we want to know what you think. share your opinion on facebook or twitter about the magazine cover. >>> 7:18, in new york, starting this fall sex education classes including the use of condoms will be required for middle and high school students in new york city. the idea we're told is to improve the lives of african americans and latino teenagers who are more likely in some cases to have unplanned pregnancies or catch sexually transmitted diseases. the focus, however, is to get those students to wait until they are older to have sex. >>> from the old military installation to a modern education center, the foothill, the community college district is hoping to build the 50,000 square f

. >> reporter: that strange picture and the queen of rage headline. >> i think it's outrageous. i think it's a disgrace on their part. >> reporter: "newsweek" had its choice of plenty of other photos. these are outtakes not chosen by the magazine. why did they choose this picture? editor tina brown tweeted, michele bachmann's intensity is galvanizing voters in iowa right now and "newsweek's" cover captures that. >> hi there, i'm micicle. >> reporter: critics argue it's another example of "newsweek" portraying conservative women unfairly. remember these covers of sarah palin? now this. a cover so unflattering even the national organization for women, who say they want to see bachmann defeated, is rallying to her defense. >> it's sexist. i don't know any man who is a legitimate, front-running candidate for the united states presidency that has been treated that way by a major, mainstream magazine.. >> oh, it's not sexist. look, she's a provocative candidate. and it's a provocative picture. >> reporter: lois romano wrote the "newsweek" article and defends the headline. >> she is app

dubs her the queen of rage check out the cover shot, a less than flattering picture of the congresswomanfrightened to say the least this the first time "newsweek" has gotten this kind of backlash remember governor palin in runner shorts? the women's group now at that time was quiet then. but they are speaking out now and better late than never. forgot to mention, "newsweek" editor's a woman, tina brown, go figure. >> matt lauer didn't see this coming. he and ann curry were doing a segment about exotic animals when a guest landed on his head. >> is that one potty trained? oh no! [ laughing ][ñ2d >> that thing has sharp claws. a little to the left. >> oh my lord. stay there matt, don't move. >> they are very gentle. >> greta: we wonder if that bird will be invited again? >> french are getting fancy when it comes to after hour cravings a bakery installing 24 hour automated beget dispensers. get fresh bread from a machine. right now there are two machines in tkpwrpbs and we would like one here in our break room here in fox in washington. >> finally, needles are the enemy for this new fashio

what i think captures, that picture taken with that headline to say that she's the queen of rage. uns taken together, that's incredible. what they're trying to do is the image of leona helmsly called the queen of mean. it was really character assassination in my view and what is michelle bachmann going to say at this point? i mean, she's handling it with dignity, as you point out, you know. >> busy in iowa this weekend. >> i'll tell you what, the national organization of women have come to her defense. and in fact, terry o'neill goes on to say that's sexist. she says my job is to defeat michelle bachmann and i intend to do so but good women will not run for office if "newsweek" magazine can do this to a prominent politician and get away with it. >> congratulations now. you know what? they're defending a conservative women. >> that's one of the first times. we had hillary clinton and sarah palin in the forefront of the 2008 election there were several circumstances where they did not come to the defense of the conservative woman but immediately jumped up when it was a liberal woman.

. >> i think it's hilarious that newsweek gave the queen of rage covered on michele bachmann after thate far left. enviros turn it to religion. they are less persuasive, particularly after climate get a. you look and you will go advocate like he is to have the government change the weather. you bet ver the research right. the spokesperson shouldn't a know forous fibber. hello. >> greg: bob, you look forlorn, sad, deflated. >> bob: i want to say about the attack on al gore. i would have said it but the producers wouldn't let me. i will say this. that was a little rant, that is for sure. that is more animated than al has been his entire career. for those people who really do believe these things that he called [bleep] he is right. the earth is getting warmer. 11 straight years of the higher temperatures. wait. >> before that it was hotter. 11 strait years it was hotter. >> excuse me. you of the flat earth society. i want to introduce you to galileo. you have to get over this. by the way there were a few e-mails from england. overwhelming the science. not a question. if people say there is

underneath appears the headline, "the queen of rage." w some conservatives and the national organization of women -- you don't usually see an alignment there -- are all coming to her defense accusing "newsweek" of sexism and political bias. caroline mays a reporter for the daily caller who specializes in women's issue, thanks for being here. >> thanks, megyn. megyn: when was the last time you heard n.o.w. aligning their criticisms with michele bachmann? >> it's rare, but it's really striking that they went ask ahead and took her defense this time around. they've been having a lot of attacks against her, and, i mean, i think it's just the final straw. she's been in the spotlight, and she's being hit for it. megyn: all right. so you spoke with the head of n.o.w. yesterday? >> yes, i did. megyn: all right. and who did you speak to and what did she tell you about the cover? >> teri o'neill. she said what they look for is gloria steinem's test. if this were done to a man or if it ever could have been done to a man, then it's not considered sex

. >> that strange picture and the queen of rage headline. >> i think it's outrageous. think it's a disgrace on their part. >> newsweek had its choice of photos. these are the out-takes not chosen. why did they chose this picture isn't editor, tina brown, tweeted michele bachmann's intensity is galvanizing voters in iowa right now and newsweek's cover captures that. >> hi, there. >> critics argue it's another example of newsweek portraying conservative women unfairly. remember these covers of sarah palin? and now this, a cover so unflattering, even the national organization for women who say they want to see bachmann defeated, is rallying to her defense. >> it's sexist. i don't know any man who is a legitimate, candidate for the united states presidency that has been treated that way by a major mainstream magazine. >> oh, it's not sexist. look, she's a provocative candidate. it's a provocative picture. >> louis romado wrote the newsweek article and defends the headline. >> she's appealing to a segment of the population that we felt was in a rage, that's really angry. i d

as the outrage grows over the picture of a wide-eyed michele bachmann, some may sigh wild-eyed "queen of rageown was on "morning joe. ". >> the intensity in her eyes is in all the photographs of her. this is the thing that's connecting with people. people in the crowds saying, something about her tells me i should follow her, and there is something about with the eyes looking out. she has a very, very -- this very intense demeanor. >> so this was from a light check, though. is that correct? >> no, it wasn't a light check at all. absolutely nonsense. there's no light check. no, our photographer took pictures of her. there was no precondition about how these pictures would be seen. we don't ever do that. >> karen hunter is a journalist, publisher and msnbc contributor. mark tapscott. good morning. if you didn't think so before, do you think maybe, karen this could at least among republicans turn michele bachmann into a sympathetic figure? could it help? >> it could help her with her base, but it does help with the broader american people, because she looks crazy. i don't think that they did any

. >> okay, big close-up, sortd of a wild-eyed photo with the headline queen of rage. >> well we'll haveke a look at that, won't we? >> michele bachmann is in the process of proving she is no sarah palin. palin would have been all up in the lame stream media's face complaining about out of context photographs. in fact, when this image graced the cover of "newsweek" in 2009, palin slammed the magazine saying, "the out of context "newsweek" approach is sexist and oh so expected by now." bachmann has moved on to offering her trademark, wildly unrealistic ideas of what she would do today if she were president. >> if i were president today, i would call all the members of congress back into washington, d.c. and i'd say this, look, we are going to get this aaa back, and this is what we're going to do. first, we're going to tell the markets that there will be no default on the debt, we'll make sure all the interest payments are made. >> joining me now, dana milbank, opinion writer for "the washington post," thanks for joining me. watching that clip, i realized there is no way michele bachmann c

. >> getting heat for calling michele bachmann the queen of rage.ked for comment, she said there's only one household, tha. here's the photo right there.no makes her look crazy, and that music comes with each issue. >> rick santorum will be there. his tent boasts rick santorum summer dance party, which, by the way, is the lowest testing bet pilot ever. >> yeah. >> corporations are people, my friend. they are like members of your family, your brother fax machine, your uncle ben, your aunt annie, your mama celeste, your go daddy. >> when you cut your hair, it zapped your conservative strength, like a right-wing samson. rachel maddow is ten weeks away from a fox contract. >> oh, that image. late night hosts have the last word, you can have the last word on our blog, follow my tweets at @chrislhayes and watch my show. msnbc will have coverage of the ames straw polls, beginning at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. "the rac

queen of rage. where were they when anointed one was hanging out with ayers, and wright?andard? >> i don't know what is worse the reaction or the lie in that statement. sean hannity, there's not a person in the face of this earth who looks at that picture and says she looks more presidential which is what tina brown said. that was done to make her look crazy. it has -- it has backfired so much. even the nationalors of women have denounced her. -- the national organization of women have denounced her. "newsweek" once upon a time was a real magazine. it went bankrupt. it was sold for a dollar to some left wing internet rag the daily beast run by tina brown this is not serious journalism any more. they've got the name but this is a when it comes to a brand. >> sean: it should be transparent. this doesn't pass the smell test her pathetic explanation. you are right. the three big networks blaming the tea party instead of president downgrade for what happened with s&p. >> president obama returned from camp david sunday leaving his democrats to place blame for the downgrade on t