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What‘s Really Behind Maddow’s ‘Green Weenie’ Obsession?

The “green weenie” comment made on Sunday morning‘s CNN appearance by former Senator Alan Simpson has burrowed deep into Rachel Maddow’s brain and taken hold.

Last night‘s edition of TRMS featured over six minutes of the news channel’s prime time programming dedicated to the military colloquialism used by the former senator and key member of the President’s bi-partisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility.  Why?  Why would a program focus on the comments of a retired Senator who is serving as an advisor to the President?  Ms. Maddow’s intro to the segment give obvious clues to her real intent;

Let us examine that introduction a bit closer;

“Former Senator Alan Simpson, one of the bi-partisan co-chairs of the president’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, a.k.a. the cat food commission, a.k.a. the thing a lot of of people are worried will be the vehicle for cutting back social security, which is among the most beloved of American Institutions for a reason.  Former Senator Alan Simpson, because of his key role on the “oh God, please don’t cut social security” commission, pretty much everything he says in public now is closely scrutinized because people want to figure out what he is going to do to this revered institution, that thing most Americans feel very strongly about protecting.”

After dismissing the ad hominem swats taken at Alan Simpson by calling this commission the “cat food commission,”  Ms. Maddow should know that the NCFR cannot DO anything to Social Security.  The benefits received, taxes levied to generate the funds and the date at which one becomes eligible to receive those benefits will not be set by this commission.  They are set by elected officials in Congress (the House & Senate), a place where Mr. Simpson used to work.

This was the start of a six minute effort to discredit the work being done by Alan Simpson and the commission he co-chairs.  Ms. Maddow is couching her message in an attempt at comedy, but at the core of this is an attack on a retired public servant who has honored his country by accepting an invitation from the President to return to service and do the very difficult work that so many in our Congress refuse to do or are too frightened to do; propose reductions in government spending.

Alan Simpson and the other co-chair, Erskine Bowles are looking at the dire financial realities of our country and will deliver an unvarnished plan of what can be done to save us from the looming fiscal meltdown obvious to even the most uneducated among us. The President saw fit to appoint them to these positions, perhaps their review and answers will offer some solutions previously not discussed.

The entire segment is here for your review.

Comments (88)

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  • valarie
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:46pm

    That poor, unfortunate looking, angry young man needs to give it a rest.

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  • Don Springfield
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:33pm

    I suspect that Ms. Madcow has a larger audience on The Blaze that she has on MSNBC.

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  • baare
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:26pm

    This is too easy. Its a “weenie” stupid!

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  • pm69cv64
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:25pm

    lets be honest rachel madd-ke really doesn t think of any type of weenie s. maybe plastic ones if at all

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  • scout n ambush
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:59pm

    If it turned it green it should be Quarintined .Or at least come with a Surgeon Generals warning.(Sorry couldn’t help it .)

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  • mndjohnson
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:43pm

    Americans do not/did not love forced social security. However, the rip off created ponzi scheme by the ultra liberal progressive element, have disabled and elderly people just getting by on it. It is their money they paid into the system by being hard working people of America. It does not fall into the freebie catagories such as Acorn, the Funding of the Artsy Fartsy crowd, abortions paid for knowingly and unknowingly by the tax payers, PBS, endowment of the Arts, ACLU, political faux social agencies funded thru back door to circumvent the American tax payer.

    This is just smoke. Getting rid of any new entries into the social security program for people under a certain age and abolishing the politicians slush fund is a good thing. Taking Care of and honoring our elderly is a sacred trust and a vow that should not be broken because politicians have stole from the American people’s coffers for far too long. Maybe the politicians should pony up and pay back the moneys they have stole. Just a thought.

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    • Katayno
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:54pm

      I agree to a point. But most people do not save in their lifetimne and the only thing that keeps them off the street is that puny little check. It’s too bad it is used for a slush fund…or that we pay them so little interest for the luxury of using their money for 5 decades. What gets me is that there are people getting it who obviously didn’t have to pay into it as much as others. It’s too bad wallstreet had been so corrupt and the S.S. never got privatized in a safe manner. It definately looks like a ponsi scheme at this point….but if you think family will take care of their elderly…guess again.

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  • Katayno
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:40pm

    I am conservative….and believe in the Bush tax cuts…because it really helped the middle class out.
    HOWEVER, I am sick of the tax loopholes for the rich on both the Left and the RIght. When it comes to their tax loopholes they are conveniently all on the same side. When John Kerry talked about Bush’s tax cuts for the riches 1%, no one knew that Bush paid 35% taxes that year and Kerry only paid 10%. I believe I pay about 27%. Warren Buffet claims his secretary pays a higher % that he does. GW on an interview said he wants his tax cuts to stay because the middle class benefits from it but also said the rich have their tax attorneys hired to keep their tax contributions LOW.

    Alan Simpson said that the rich would pay a flat tax of about 20-30% with no tax cuts allowed, we in turn would not get our deductibles either, like our house tax…BUT our entire tax % would be lowered, based on our income to about 10-17%. This would get us out of debt in 13 years….one billion yearly. Instead we are talking about cutting old people’s care and S.S. and defense…..What the hell? THere are too many rich people in congress protecting their asses. I don’t want the rich to have to pay a ridulous amount of taxes because they provide the jobs…..but just PAY their fair share. The tax atty. lobbyist are all having mini-strokes at this idea.

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    • bullwinkle1
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:41pm

      Anything but a consumption tax and a repeal of the 16th admendment will not be a conservative solution.

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    • weeblewacker1
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 5:21pm

      sounds like smart thing to me.

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  • takemout
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:28pm

    To: Mike Opelka,
    The Bi-Partisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility co-chaired by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles is a ridiculous pile of dung. And, this is from a conservative. It has nothing to do with fiscal responsibility and everything to do with political posturing. It was a waste of time.

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    • Katayno
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:42pm

      Hate to agree…..I did have hopes for a while.

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  • Johnnyp1958
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:25pm

    Green Weenie ? Yes Maddow like the Green Weenie you keep in your night stand draw .

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  • Boilervet
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:20pm

    What else is she going to talk about, the issues facing our country imposed upon us because of her Progressive agenda? She has to spin this crap to her believers cause they can’t talk about the facts.

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  • brntout
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:20pm

    Am i colored blind or is she wearing green?

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  • creativeryder
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:19pm

    Hey Rachel, Rue Paul’s “Drag Race” called, and your on the schedule as “head adviser” all next week…

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  • Showtime
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:16pm

    http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-dallas/rand-paul-s-500-billion-spending-cut-has-cornered-gop-senior-senators-video

    Rand Paul drops half a trillion bucks of cuts and eliminations on Senate. No sense playing around!

    There is a link to the bill enumerating each department and amount of allotment or cut. GO for it! I’m calling my senators and asking them to support the bill! Their phone numbers are stored in my telephone.

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    • Katayno
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:24pm

      How about 1 trillion yearly by changing the tax code?!?! Why hit S.S., or medicare, or defense…fix the tax code!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:32pm

      Katayno, Stop making sense, that just won’t work in federal government.

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    • weeblewacker1
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 5:16pm

      and i am sure your number is stored on theirs too!

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  • Katayno
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:15pm

    I am disappointed. The last time I heard Simpson on Greta, he said that tax loopholes cost us 1 trillion a year and was touting a type of flat tax. I KNEW he would pull away from that idea…..too bad.

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  • Just_Bubba
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:14pm

    She / He has the same problem that all of the ******* / progressives are dealing with. They are an extreme minority who has awakened a populace 100 times their size and they now realize their agenda is slipping away from them. They are coming out of the “closet” now because it’s their final push for power. It’s now or never for them and they well know it! Watch either this show or Chris and you get the same mentality (or lack thereof). They have run out of other people’s money and it pi$$es them off we will not give any more.
    The only way they could have won was to keep it a secret for another 100 years and program 5 more generations of kids. They need much more than 10% of the population to sway the populace.They underestimated how many people are still entrenched in the old way of life, you know, earning what you need.

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  • Cabo King
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:14pm

    she is such a good looking man

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  • RedeyeBlind
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:13pm

    She/He did research for this? and nothing else…figures libs look into anything foolish as this but hard core info on stuff that is important? NEVER

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  • Lustygus
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:13pm

    I think she is so cute

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  • Sinista Mace
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:11pm

    Perhaps Alan Simpson was referencing the “Artificial Device” used to violate Ronald Reagan.

    V-MAN MACE  
    • Sinista Mace
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:16pm

      I’m still wondering why Alan Simpson called America a “cow with 300 million teats” in this same interview.

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    • GeauxAlready
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:39pm

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      I’m still wondering why Alan Simpson called America a “cow with 300 million teats” in this same interview.

      To get Madcow all excited!!!

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  • GeauxAlready
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:11pm

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    Maddow’s ‘Green Weenie’ Obsession has forced Alf into hiding………….

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  • TERMLIMITSNOW
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:08pm

    that young man should follow joan rivers advice…

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  • DashRipRock
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:07pm

    Green weenie = Man-Bear-Pig

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:10pm

      You forgot the chicken lips…..

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 4:01pm

      lol Dash that was funny,and i want to say something so bad about the heading,but it wouldn’t be nice so i am silent

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  • kaydeebeau
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:01pm

    Hmmm perhaps the only weenie fetish she has other than that one who is a rep from NY – I know bad – I couldn’t resist

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  • Shane the Golden
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:58pm

    “Green Weenie” envy?

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    • booger71
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:06pm

      I thought she already had one

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    • Boss J
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:14pm

      I can not stand to hear this ?woman? talk, but looking at her is even harder. She’s like a cross between an alien and a baby giraffe. And why does she feel it necessary to wear such low cut shirts?

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:29pm

      I‘m to the point I don’t really care what is said on MSNBC. It’s irrelevant and insignificant.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:43pm

      You mean she wasn’t talking about the undistinguished senator from New York?

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:44pm

      This is really an irrelevant article – I can’t believe someone actually wasted the time to write it.
      http://wp.me/pYLB7-AO

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    • WHITE LOTUS2x
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:05pm

      Couldnt bare to read it all. Something about madow likes green weenies. Sounds like the name of a porn show. Oh, I think she may have been refering to mr. weener the politician. They would be cute together just leave out the green weenies.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 4:25pm

      She’s got an “itsy bitsy, teeny weenie yellow polka dot …..” sounds like Keith Olberman, he has one 2.

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    • Bruce_Almty
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 6:29pm

      Was Rachel abducted by aliens and probed with a green weenie ? That’s probably the connection. Or maybe her girlfriend has one.

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  • SREGN
    Posted on February 9, 2011 at 1:58pm

    Alien abduction.

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:07pm

      It’s hard to even determine who the worst person is in the liberal media anymore. For sure Maddow is near the top of the list. She has been focusing on bashing Beck and Hannity this week over the coverage they have given to the Muslim Brotherhood. Maddow calls the coverage an abuse of media responsibility. I call MSNBC’s lack of coverage of this group an abuse of the media responsibility.

      http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the worst in media 2010 video

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:19pm

      @Sregn

      Alien abduction would probably result in the aliens declaring war upon us, who or why would they want with a liberal progressive spin machine?

      @CnsrvtvJ

      Agreed. The worst of the liberals and progressives of the media is hard to determine anymore; they all are coming out of the night, and revealing their true selves for all to see. The sad part is that we have gotten so used to the faces of darkiness, that the light is no longer recognized easily as for what it is – plain, simple truth and reality.

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:27pm

      Well said Snowleaopard.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:34pm

      This phrane “Green Weenie” could be used to make so many jokes and comments; yet for the sake of decency and such I will not do so.

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    • brliantedj
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:37pm

      You damn straight she’s thinking of green weenie. Keith just got a job.

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    • FreedomAdvocate
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 2:46pm

      @cnsrvtvj Damn right they are abusing the media responsibility. They should be providing us with all relevant information. or at the very least make cherent counter-arguments to those the attempt to defame.

      Rather, it is clear they simply want to promote the Egypt protests as purely a democratic uprising, but ignore the realities underlying it.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:13pm

      This story is a perfect example of Mercury Radio Art’s M.O and the product it sells: Pick a detail of obscure minutia, focus on it, obsess over it, attempt to portray it as a major issue and platform of progressives, then imply some wild, hysterical, extreme conclusion. As you can all see, simply by reading these posts, Mercury Radio Arts customers are ready, willing and able to assign any number of wild conspiracy theories to any bit of minutia The Blazer chooses to publish.

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    • LSX
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 4:00pm

      This story is a perfect example of MSNBC’s M.O and the product it sells: Pick a detail of obscure minutia on FNC, focus on it, obsess over it, attempt to portray it as a major issue and platform of the TEA Party, then imply some wild, hysterical, extreme ******* conclusion. As you can all see, simply by reading the posts on Media Matter, Whitehouse.gov or the Huff Post, MSNBC kool aid drinkers are ready, willing and able to assign any number of wild conspiracy theories to any bit of minutia a liberal blogger chooses to publish.

      Fixed it for you Booker…
      *

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    • Mister President
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 4:42pm

      Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the like shouldn’t even exist. Forcing young workers to support people who didn’t plan for their retirements is just unfair. All of those programs should be eliminated completely.

      Mister President  
    • dr_funk
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 5:39pm

      I’ve already given up ever receiving a social security check, and frankly, I won’t shed a tear over it.

      I’d rather phase the damn thing out, and start keeping more of my money to spend on my own retirement or charitable contributions of my choice.

       
    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 10:21pm

      Mr. Maddow no longer has credibility with anyone of intelligence. He is just a smart-ass liberal that someone has seen fit to hand a microphone and a prime time slot. I watched him once. Too much “I’m smarter than all of you” attitude came out of his mouth. I’ll not waste my time or lower my values to watch that show again.

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    • I CHOOSE THE RED PILL MR PRESIDENT
      Posted on February 9, 2011 at 11:48pm

      I don’t even have to read the story to tell you the answer to this one. She’s got weenie envy. Green’s just the liberal color of choice…

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    • davecoolworld
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:07am

      Maybe Mr. Maddow thinks a green weenie is a good idea…one that takes “AA”’s.

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    • davecoolworld
      Posted on February 10, 2011 at 12:11am

      Guess I’m not as decent as SNOW. ;)

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    • US_SOLDIER
      Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:18pm

      To clear things up for everyone (especially maddow and her retarded viewers telling her all those crazy things that “green weenie” were.) If she would have listened to him he clearly said “its a term we used to use in the army.” and still is used today lol. it means basically getting screwed lol. it goes back to the BDU (battle dress uniform) days, hence the green uniforms. so when the army screws u and is wearing a green uniform a green weenie is most likely to “be the perpetrator” :) not a car or fishing lure lmao

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