January 9, 2012 — Melissa Harris-Perry
EPISODE NUMBER: 8004 (January 9, 2012)
GUEST: Melissa Harris - Perry
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VIDEOS: Monday, January 9, 2012
"AXE body spray has a new product for women. I'm guessing it's mace."
"Nation, it is the eve of the New Hampshire primary, when the folks in villages of Dixville Notch and Fiddler's Cyst and Tinkler's Sack exercise their Constitutional right to end the primaries before the rest of us can vote."
"YES!!! 'Bout damn time! Let's get our troops back into Iraq! We've been out for... almost two weeks now!"
"The speed of light. Not figuratively, literally. Folks, forget nuclear weapons. Iran has developed the warp drive. Those centrifuges were actually enriching dilithium crystals. And unless we stop them, Captain Mahmoud Ahmad-kirk-ejad will soon be getting it on with 72 space virgins."
"Yes, 572 years is a little bit older than the Constitution, but it still applies. Remember, the Magna Carta was written by angry, rich men who believed their ruler was an illegitimate usurper."
"Let our longbowmen go!"
"I don't think it's any secret that I am a huge fan of Rick Santorum. I have loved him ever since his work in Davey and Goliath."
"Rick Santorum is not embracing the racial stereotype that black people are all on welfare. As he said, he just got a little tongue-tied. Who hasn't been there? You're talking a lot, you're giving speech after speech, and you stumble over your words like a drunken Irishmaaaaa... people. The point is, sometimes the tongue gets lazy. Probably because it's Mexicaaaaa... people. Bottom line, don't trust what you hear in the media, we all know it's controlled by the Jewwwww...s. People. Now that might seem anti-Semitic, but I'm pretty sure I didn't say Jews."
"The real point of the book isn't that there are these bad things that these other folks are doing to African-American women, the real point of the book is that it matters how we feel about ourselves. African-American women's internal life experiences are part of the American story. So when we're listening, for example, to the GOP rhetoric about this nostalgia of this America when things were simpler and better, you can never tell that story if you bother to think about African-American women's experience. Because there's no moment in American history where it is nostalgic and better to have been a little black girl. And so what we do is we put black women's stories at the center of the American story, and all of a sudden the American story takes on a very, very different resonance and trajectory." - Melissa Harris-Perry
Okay, we haven’t even got to the interview yet and I am sick with laughter. That “magna carta” routine was hysterical, and followed by the Santorum “blaaaaah” bit.
This is one of the best ever!
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karenatasha Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 3:38 PM
Well, I wasn’t too articulate there, was I, rushing to write my comment during the commercial? I just was trying to say that the Magna Carta monologue followed by the Santorum slapdown was almost too much for me to bear! My sides were beginning to hurt from the hysteria.
There. Now I’m back to writing English.
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Kris Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 4:22 PM
I understood your under-the-influence-of-Stephen-speak karenatasha and it was awesome! ^_^
I think the show should come with a warning.
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karenatasha Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 4:37 PM
Caution: Watching this show may temporarily deprive you of your power of speech, cause painful cramps to your sides, and have you snorting uncontrollably. If symptoms persist more than four hours….please see your Prescott Pharmaceuticals health provider.
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Kris Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 6:07 PM
I think I love you. ^_^
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What an amazing interview! Ms. Harris-Perry did a fantastic job. It is truly rare to see anyone maintain such composure in the face of a dialed-up “Stephen”.
I love to see how excited he gets, too. When he realizes that he can push the limits because the other person is capable of dealing with it.
Her stance at the end, about looking at history through the eyes of a little black girl, was brilliant. Such a clearly articulated message! For Stephen’s part, the “white man’s burden” reference was a spot on response.
Every time I think my respect for the quality of this program can’t get any higher…
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karenatasha Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 4:40 PM
Fearless, he’s fearless, our Stephen is. Who else would dare to bring up the “white man’s burden” in such an interview? Everyone tiptoes around the issue of race, terrified of being misconstrued, but Mr. Colbert is so sure that he doesn’t have anything to worry about, he risks it all. When you have it-getters like Harris-Perry or Samuel L. Jackson, the result is priceless.
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Kris Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 6:06 PM
The way he used it so clearly illustrated the absurdity of the concept. Priceless.
Ms. Harris-Perry was as good as Jon at pushing through Stephen’s ridiculousness to get her point across. Still, even the best of them have to crack a grin and was great to watch her trying to keep a smile off her face at certain points.
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Oh my lord. I was flailing around I was laughing so hard at “Jeeeewwwwwsssss.” Excellent interview as well. I liked her point about the GOP trying to bring nostalgia to America’s shameful past, saying “You can never tell that story if you bother to think about African American women.” Because you can pretty much shorten that point to the more general “You can never tell that story if you bother to think” and it still applies to anything the GOP frontrunners say. Seems that they all share Jerri Blank’s motto: “Think about it. I haven’t.”
Great great show!
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karenatasha Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 11:08 PM
Very nicely put, Colbaby!
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That was one of the most solid table of contents ever. Every joke was great, especially the axe body spray line. Totally loved the Santorum bit, but the thing that made me laugh the most was when Stephen said, “And Ron Paul, you…should dress up as Merlin.” HA! I think it was the way that Stephen said it. Either way, it was hilarious.
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colbaby Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 4:55 AM
“Lead into gold! Lead into gold!” That killed me.
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I thought Melissa Harris Perry was incredibly impressive. Leave it to Stephen to have a smart, well-informed, strong, interesting, beautiful woman with a seriousness of purpose and a sense of humor on his show. Now if only the rest of the “actual” news media presented women with her verbal and intellectual skills on their TV shows, as newsmakers or commentators, or gave them a full five minutes to make their point, the “real” news might actually be interesting.
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Karenatasha Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Well, she is getting her own show on MSNBC! And she’s been filling in there for awhile. I was really looking forward to seeing her, and she didn’t disappoint.
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I totally loved the whole Magna Carta bit. It was a history nerd’s delight.
This is the only show on TV that actually raises my IQ. Everything else is stupid.
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