MSNBC "The ED Show" - Transcript

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REP. ALAN GRAYSON (D), FLORIDA: I think I understand the disappointment. They‘re not going to be winning the Nobel Peace Prize themselves any time soon, you know. They probably wish that there were a Nobel Prize for fear, a Nobel Prize for hatred, a Nobel Prize for racism, you know, then they would be in the running. But I don‘t think they‘re going to be winning the Nobel Peace Prize soon.

SCHULTZ: This was you on the floor, talking about the president and just how much the people on this country on the Right are against him. Here it is.

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GRAYSON: America understands that there‘s one party in this country that in favor of health care reform and one party that‘s against it, and the know why. They understand that if Barack Obama were somehow able to cure hunger in the world, the Republicans would blame him for overpopulation. They understand that if Barack Obama could somehow bring about world peace, they‘d blame him for destroying the defense industry. In fact, they understand if that if Barack Obama has a BLT sandwich tomorrow for lunch, they will try to ban bacon.

But that‘s not what America wants. America wants solutions to its problems, and.

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SCHULTZ: Congressman, I have to ask you, do you think that this story has got a life to it that may go on for weeks, that people are going to remember how the GOP has responded to the president winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Will this hurt them even further, in your opinion?

GRAYSON: I think it will hurt them terribly. People are going to be embarrassed to be Republican before much longer. They come up with their 12-day talking point, which makes no sense whatsoever. There are over 200 nominees and the vote was actually taken quite recently.

So we‘re talking about nine months of accomplishment, the change, the conversation that people are having all over the world about each other. That‘s why he got the award, but they come up with their plausible lie about 12 days and they spread it as far and wide as they can.

SCHULTZ: Congressman, do you think that this is going to have an impact on the president‘s upcoming decision to commit more troops to Afghanistan? What do you think?

GRAYSON: I think I‘d like to see the president win three Nobel Peace Prizes. He‘s already won one, now I‘d like to see one for Iraq and one more for Afghanistan.

SCHULTZ: Do you - OK. Obviously, you don‘t support the president committing any more troops there at all, but one thing is for sure, that they just won‘t stop on this president, will they? And - and what should be the counterpunch? I mean, you have been probably the most aggressive Progressive - aggressive Progressive that has been out there, firing back at Republicans. Do you think that this is a strategy that the Democrats should take and maybe ratchet it up even a little bit more?

GRAYSON: Well, sure. I didn‘t know when I spoke last night, Ed, that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. That was announced this morning. When I said on the floor of the House, if that if he brought about world peace, they would attack him for hurting the defense industry, I didn‘t know that it was going to happen today. You know, I am often proved right, but usually not this quickly.

SCHULTZ: Congressman Grayson, good to have you with us tonight on THE ED SHOW. Thanks so much.

GRAYSON: Thank you, Ed.

SCHULTZ: Coming up, if Michele Bachmann wants me to stop talking about her, she‘s got to stop saying stupid stuff. Wait until you hear what she‘s whining about now. Having to read? I‘ll show you that, coming up in "Psycho Talk."

Plus, Rush Limbaugh sure has been a busy guy as of late. When he‘s not spewing hate or signing up for beauty pageants, he‘s trying to buy the St. Louis Rams, although, I guess the players don‘t want to play for him. Stephen A. Smith, coming up on that.

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