On the whole of the interview, I actually think this a good back and forth — not intellectually, but in that both sides basically hold their own while hurling insults — but I’ve gotta say, Rachel Maddow (aka “the love of my life”) has some serious guts to call out Americans for Prosperity spokesperson Tim Phillips (and through him the wealthy elite who pose as ordinary Americans in order to advance specific corporate agendas) as a “parasite” who feeds on the fear of ordinary Americans. It’s dead on the money, but it’s not the kind of thing I’m used to hearing liberals articulate on TV. It’s not the kind of rhetoric I’d want to hear all the time, because I think it does have a tendency to muddy the intellectual substance of a debate. But at the same time, the right has never had a problem throwing punches, and it’s good to see that we’ve got some heavy weights on our side now, too. A quick side note: isn’t it odd that so many “Americans for Prosperity” are already prosperous? Shouldn’t it be “Americans for Keeping Things the Way They Are”?
The full interview can be viewed on You Tube: Part 1 and Part 2.
Tags: AFP, americans for prosperity, parasite, rachel maddow, tim phillips
