Rachel Maddow is perturbed that Republican Sam Brownback, governor of Kansas, said he will probably sign anti-abortion legislation he had not read.
Yes, you certainly have heard something along these lines before. Back in March 2010, two weeks before Obamacare became law, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unloaded a quote that will almost surely grace her obituary, saying of the 2,000-plus page proposed legislation, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy." (video after page break)
On her MSNBC show last night, Maddow slammed Brownback for a remark that echoed Pelosi's from two years ago --
That bill passed the Kansas House last week, doing all of that. And right now it appears to be stalled in the state senate. But the state's Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has already told reporters, he told reporters way back in February, that even though he had not yet read the bill at that time, he'd probably sign it. Regardless of what's in it? He knew he'd sign it before he read it?!
At no point in the extended interview did Maddow ask the donkey-in-the-room question, one that every sentient adult in America was wondering after Pelosi's remark two days earlier -- Uh, just out of curiosity, Madame Speaker, have you read the health reform bill? You know, the one with repercussions that could last decades? That one.
In lieu of this, viewers were treated to another guffaw-worthy remark from Pelosi when she described Maddow, an unabashed left-wing propagandist, as "non-partisan."
