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We are talking about the Democrats' attempt to ram through their health care bill using reconciliation. Now I want you to imagine the worst case scenario if they succeed.

Are you imagining it? Well, Rush Limbaugh has you beat.

I'll just tell you this. If this passes, I am leaving the country.

No!

No, we can't lose Rush if he leaves who will make fun of people with Parkinson's.

When the rest of his do it, it seems kind of me.

And folks, to stop this thing, we're going to need all the help we can get, which brings us to tonight's word.

To find and conquer.

Folks, we all remember what Shakespeare so famously said.

What's in a name that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

Maybe. But would your true love really want you to give her a beautiful red taint blossom? Of course not.

Because words have power. They can hit like a fist, especially if you write them on your fist.

And Republicans know this. They have always found just the right word.

From, from libousine liberals, to welfare queens, to death panels, Republicans know that the right name can make any legislation sound as unwelcome as a turd in a punch bowl.

And we all, we all know that reconciliation is a gross abuse of Senate rules.

The problem is, the word reconciliation sounds kind of nice, no matter how hard Michelle Malken tries.

You're spelling reconciliation differently than the president is and his men.

Yes, with a W at the front.

Records and train reconciliation.

She is great.

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