Martin Bashir | December 07, 2012
Top Lines of the week: Boehner, magic beans, Norquist, mood relaxers, and the War on Christmas
Boehner’s non-progress report on the fiscal cliff; Jay Carney’s “magic beans and fairy dust”; Rush Limbaugh mocks Twitter on the radio; Grover Norquist didn’t know we voted for a king; Bill O’Reilly doesn’t want to talk about the War on Christmas; Shepherd Smith winks and nods about “mood relaxers”; and Jon Stewart introduces us to the GOP’s new House “wife” in the week’s “Top lines.”
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>>> from the war on christmas to passing the peace pipe and, oh, yes, something about driving off a dlif. here are today's "top lines." the week in review.
>> merry christmas , everybody.
>> this isn't a progress report . there is no progress. you know dasher and dancer
>> republicans acknowledging the need for additional revenue. rudolph the red nose reindeer
>> we have to break that habit.
>> just don't sit around and think.
>> magic beans and fairy dust .
>> we have to eat our spinach.
>> obama went to twitter to encourage low information voters.
>> what goes beyond social i remember is communism.
>> he thinks somebody made him king.
>> say thing likes scrooge and coal.
>> merry christmas everybody .
>> i don't want to do this.
>> you guys look so angry about this war on christmas .
>> deadly serious.
>> he's gotten a little predictable.
>> that baby is wrapped in an electric blanket .
>> enough of the talk, let's gets on with lighting the free.
>> the war on fun. abortion and the gay rights agenda.
>> i absolutely agree 100%.
>> yeah!
>> victoria secret angels.
>> we have the victoria secret catalog. we said can any of these people talk.
>> i along came sean penn .
>> assuring the house runs efficiently, the housewife.
>> i will not stand by and watch the people of south carolina ignored.
>> it's going to be a great year.
>> i'm not going to sit here and say i should be south carolina 's next senator.
>> a more powerful position than a single united states senator .
>> not when so many other people are saying it for me.
>> 7.7%, the lowest level since december 2008 .
>> that's curious.
>> for the republican party if it's not something they personally need, it's an entitlement.
>> if you have cancer and you don't have health insurance , that's hurricane sandy.
>> can you name me one person that saved their lives by a handgun?
>> millions.
>> women are victims of violence all the time. they can make better decisions.
>> learn to protect themselves.
>> or make better decisions.