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Bill Maher: Republicans "Want the Economy to Tank, Because That's Their Best Ticket to Beat Obama"

Last night, Bill Maher joined Ed Show fill-in Michael Eric Dyson to discuss the GOP's ongoing shenanigans, including the recent debt hostage negotiations deal. Among other things, Maher said that Republicans "want the economy to tank, because that’s their best ticket to beat Obama. And the bill they just forced him to sign is a great start to insure we have this double dip recession, and that unemployment stays high, and that nothing is moving in the economy."

Watch the whole segment, in two parts, below:

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By Lauren Kelley | Sourced from AlterNet

Posted at August 4, 2011, 7:18 am

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