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Rachel Maddow: Progressive Media’s Next Mainstream Star
As the seemingly endless Democratic presidential primary slog enters its second spring, one amazing woman has managed – by relentless dint of hard work, long experience, sharp intelligence, quick wit, quicker quips and a winning smile – to shatter the glass ceiling and take her rightful place in the traditional Boys’ Club of Big Time Politics.
No, not Her – Rachel Maddow!
That’s right — a woman who calls herself “a supplicant who worships in the Temple of Journalism” – but whom others have described as “Amy Goodman with animal noises” – is now firmly ensconced in the upper echelon of the political punditocracy. With her own rising radio show on Air America, coupled with regular appearances on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann program, where she is often, oddly and excellently paired with Patrick Buchanan, this self-described “thirty five year old, liberal, lesbian girl-who-looks-like-a-man” is on the brink of becoming progressive media’s next mainstream breakout star. One significant measure of Maddow’s new-found favor: the decision by MSNBC, effective next week, to hire her as a regular panelist on its newest nightly campaign program Race for the White House – and to allow Air America to simulcast the 6 pm nightly program as the first hour of its own nightly Rachel Maddow show.
The cable executives are betting a lot on their new program, which also features NBC News chief White House correspondent David Gregory (who replaces the execrable Tucker Carlson.) Passionate viewer interest in the ongoing presidential race – as evidenced by increased ratings for programs focused on campaign news – has led all three 24/7 cable operations to create new shows to cater to the marketplace demand. Race for the White House will be up against stiff competition from CNN’s Election Center and Fox News Channel’s America’s Election HQ, but installing Maddow as a regular gives MSNBC an edge its competitors can’t match – a telegenic and true progressive voice for an election cycle dominated by progressive politics and politicians. The MSNBC simulcast on Air America – in addition to making an impressive statement about the progressive radio network’s growing stature – also promises to pull in a new progressive audience to MSNBC, which is successfully positioning itself as the hot new alternative to Fox News in the cable firmament.
I sat down early one recent morning to share breakfast with Maddow, who keeps a punishing schedule that begins at 9 am, encompasses hours of preparation for her three-hour live Air America program, and often extends far into the endless cable night. A California native dedicated to promoting AIDS prevention and gay rights — she claims to have been the first openly gay American to receive a Rhodes scholarship – Maddow is also articulate, winsome, and often self-deprecating, someone who says in the same sentence that she tries “to be authoritative, transparently sourced, and pretty comprehensive” in her work, while remaining “a total dork.”
Like most radio talk show hosts, Maddow is forthright about the fact that she is NOT a journalist. “I think of myself as a commentator and a pundit; an analyst but not a reporter and not a journalist,” she told me. “You know, I think doing research isn’t enough…(she laughs) to be considered a journalist.”
Maddow started in radio less than a decade ago as a sidekick on a commercial show in western New England, when she went to an open on-air audition and was hired on the spot. “As soon as I started talking on the microphone I was like, ‘Oh, right! This is what I’m supposed to be doing,’” she recalled. “I wish I figured this out before I was twenty-six. I realized that I had a knack for it and that it was really fun.” Still, she wasn’t convinced that radio was right for her in the long run, so after a year she took time off, finished a dissertation, “and actually did get my doctoral.” Four years later, she had a national radio show. What happened?
“Air America’s first day on the air was the day before my 31st birthday –March 31st, 2004—and I forced them to hire me,” she says with another laugh. “I just pulled every trick I could out of the hat. I’ve never been, like, a well-connected person – my dad worked for the water company, my mom was a Canadian and worked for my middle school. So it wasn’t at all clear that this national media company was going to hire me. They really just seemed to hire celebrities, really. They had Chuck D and Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo and…celebrities, celebrities. And all I had was, well, an ex-girlfriend who pretended she was in Al Franken’s class at Harvard and brought him tapes of my hosted music show as the DJ in the morning from western Massachusetts. So Air America had no business hiring me.”
Nonetheless, Maddow got hired as part of the team. Within a year she had a solo spot: a one-hour program at 5 A.M. Monday to Friday. Although she credits “tenacity more than talent” for her success, it’s actually the combination of the two that makes her so compelling—along with enough self- confidence not to take “No” for an answer. “I took every opportunity given me and then some,” she said. “You know, I just forced myself on them. I knew I was right for the network.”
She’s also right for MSNBC—and perhaps beyond. Certainly her mix of news, opinion, and entertainment – the mother’s milk of talk radio – is also right for the hypercaffeinated world of cable television news.
“Cable news and talk radio are now in the same boat,” Maddow observed. “I noticed when I first started doing cable that there’d be this real exuberance among the news producers, particularly younger cable news producers, about talk radio hosts. I could see the transition actually happening. I think in cable news — whether they intended this or not — they really think that what talk radio has is what they ought to be. Which is, you know, entertaining hosts to whom viewers and listeners have loyalty, in whom they trust to provide information, who supplant other sources of news.
“But they are more full service than that. They are also providing analysis and setting up conflicts, either between themselves and other people or among their guests — and being at the same time, funny and entertaining,” she continued. “I just believe that there is a way to do all that with integrity. I don’t think that mixture of information, analysis and entertainment is itself corrupt or dishonest. The way to do it is by being very clear about what it is that you are doing. The commentary can include parody songs and making fun of people, or, you know, ranting in my dungeon. It can involve a very wide range of stylistic and communicative techniques. You just have to be clear about the distinctions.”
Rachel Maddow is nothing if not clear – about the distinctions between news, opinion and entertainment, but also about her own distinct beliefs, politics, persona, and about where progressive media may be heading. “I think the more power the Democrats gain, the better off progressive radio and progressive media is,” she concluded. “I felt like I was outside banging on a locked door when Republicans were in power seemingly everywhere. But the closer we get to retaking the country, the closer we get to overtaking the traditional media in terms of content and influence.”
Maddow’s newest bosses at NBC News obviously share her assessment — if not her sentiments – as witnessed by the new gig with David Gregory and the groundbreaking Air America simulcast. If they really have the courage of their convictions, however, they’ll soon stop making her just a panelist — and go ahead and create her own cable television show!
Rachel,don’t you owe Rep. Patrick McHenry an apology.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:35 amError America using msnbc to pull their radio show out of the crapper! A match made in heaven!
April 9th, 2008 at 11:52 amprogressive radio’s next big star? Who was the first?
April 9th, 2008 at 12:20 pmI didn’t even know air America was still around.
I think the first progressive radio star was the one in SF who got busted with kiddie porn. I can’t think of his name, though.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pmSo, a no-ratings television show is going to be simulcast on a no-ratings radio network? Brilliant! Now if we could just do something about those damn deck chairs on the Titanic!
It’s funny how one of the most renouned Air Amerika hosts can be such a complete and utter nobody in the entire radio market. Does liberal radio suck that badly?
April 9th, 2008 at 12:31 pmI think you are looking at the simulcast with MSNBC and Air America the wrong way. You are saying that this is a positive thing that somehow give more credentials to Air America, who has almost gone under a number of times in the past few years and has never sustained it self without donations from leftist interest groups (not advertising dollars, like alll other viable radio networks). And now they are teaming up with the least watched cable news network who also would have been out of business if they didnt have their older sibling (NBC)sustaining them.
I see the end of the line coming for both of these networks.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:32 pmRachel,
My friends and I–all intelligent, politically progressive, and receiving Medicare!–look upon you as our collective daughter, of whom we are very proud. We depend on you to carry on with the resurrected progressive agenda for us.
And we don’t think you look like a man–just a very attractive woman with short hair!
April 9th, 2008 at 12:58 pmI’m proud that MSNBC sees Rachel for what she is; bright, informed, entertaining and a great communicator.
She will help to factually do battle with the myths and horrors that the Republicans have used to help ruin America for those not blessed to be wealthy.
(I do wish Rachel would have given deserved credit to her partner when she “Maddow got hired as part of the team.” ‘Cause I’ll have to admit, when the show began Liz Winstead (A Daily Show creator) was the only reason that I, and others, tuned in. Rachel took some time before she became microphone ready, and Liz kept us coming back long enough for Rachel to get her groove on.)
MSNBC has pulled off a coup. May they continue in this same vein. (Thom Hartmann maybe!)
April 9th, 2008 at 12:59 pmIts funny, the minute a positive thing is said about anyone on the left, these losers come out of the woodwork. How about you keep to your side of the isles boys. FoxNews is the biggest joke on TV, and if you can read, you can see that MSNBC has had a ratings BOOM while fox, rush, and the rest of the loser right, has been slowly going down, like our economy, like our global popularity, but unlike our national debt, and the rising numbers of dead soldiers. Dont comment on something you know nothing about. Kidde porn? how about you worry about Senator Craig, or Rep Foley (trying to sleep with 14 year old boys) or your war mongering president, or your war mongering, old, useless, liberal presidential candidate. He will have to be reminded what his name is at his swearing in. Too bad he is too old to even lift his right hand.. haha good luck boys… GOP is done..
April 9th, 2008 at 1:14 pmWOW!!! Looks like some sour grapes from some unfulfilled “righties”. What’s a matter, Rush not the same since his junkie tendencies were exposed to the world? Bush didn’t deliver the goods as promised in capturing Osama? You all tired out from the lies repeated constantly on Faux News Channel? You weren’t included in that richest 1% who got the bulk of the tax cuts.
April 9th, 2008 at 1:26 pm“Boo F-ing Hoo”… Clinton/Obama ‘08
Your worst nightmare…A woman AND a black man…Booooooo, scary…A Republican’s biggest fear! Suck It!
The main reason AirAmerica “has never sustained it self without donations from leftist interest groups (not advertising dollars, like all other viable radio networks)” is because AirAmerica has been blackballed and blacklisted by most of the major (rightist) corporations in this country!
April 9th, 2008 at 1:48 pmWatched MSNBC fire Donahue. Watched Olbermann from beginning to emergence into the reality-based community and main stream media, listened to Maddow growing into drive time radio, saw Olbermann offering Maddow to MSNBC viewers with her take on things, and then their teamwork together…now she’s on with Gregory and “Uncle Pat”, and I expect to see her with her own show before too long. It is great to see people with intelligence, passion, and commitment to making things work in this society, finally get accepted…into the space where Donahue was removed from…all of this and the possible changes with certain farewell to this administration and dilution of power of right wing talk TV/radio, I am emerging from my 7-year bout of severe depression. May it continue.
April 9th, 2008 at 1:49 pmIf she truly “worships in the Temple of Journalism,” she’d decry Olbermann a heretic and steer clear of bias-based “journalism.”
Cuz, the way I see it, she’s just another smug political hack.
April 9th, 2008 at 1:58 pmA year ago, MSNBC was in third place. Today, they’re still in third place. That’s not a boom. Doubling your viewers doesn’t mean much if you only had a handful.
But I’m glad to see left-wing America is finally beginning to acknowledge that MSNBC is just a liberal propaganda tool.
That said, I think that Rachel’s pretty good at what she does. I don’t agree with her views. But at least she’s not annoying and doesn’t spew the hate like many of the far-left moonbats.
Hopefully the rest of Air America will learn a lesson from Rachel. It’s possible to conduct an intelligent discussion by presenting well-reasoned argument instead of ranting and regurgitating bile.
So congrats Rachel!
April 9th, 2008 at 2:04 pmHow refreshing she is! I am so tired of the tired neocon regurgitators on the air that listening to and watching a person who is articulate and actually a thinker is just what this country needs. Lets hope that more ‘news’ channels follow suit to get the real information out there. We would all benefit from truth for a change.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:05 pmIn spite of rightwing dominance, media realizes there are stirrings among the public and are responding to it. Olberman became a sensation with his blunt ‘comments’ which drew a loyal & steady listener base. Olberman adding Rachel Maddow’s insightful honest comments with a biting humor amped up his ratings among critical intelligent viewers.
I was fortunate to see The Rachel Maddow Show broadcast live from Ithaca, NY. She is highly intelligent, amusing, honest and attractive. She is a delight to listen to, no matter how dour the issues she addresses. Rachael has a strong following who are loyal and with transition to her on TV.
THE PENDULUM is swinging back to sanity!
April 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pmGlad to see you more frequently, Rachel! Good Luck - & don’t let them snare you like they did Randi!
This Person is not progressive, HE/She is a G odless Lefist Liberal. Please no more “Progressive”
April 9th, 2008 at 2:38 pmMaddow is right where she belongs. Amen to the above posters who pick up on what More Slanted News By Comuunists (msnbc) always tries to dispute. They’re water-carriers for the left. NO dissenting views allowed!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!
April 9th, 2008 at 2:50 pmI cant wait until we have a civil war and brother its coming soon.I cant wait to dispatch as many lefty goons that have been spawned by hippie spew in the last thirty years!
April 9th, 2008 at 2:51 pmDan, Bernie Ward is the kiddie porn addict leftist talk radio host. Look him up.
April 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pmRachel! Good Luck - & don’t let them snare you like they did Randi!
April 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Are you referring to randi making the false claim that she was mugged and beat up in NY when she actually fell on her face drunk? Pathetic.
April 9th, 2008 at 3:09 pmtoo bad she teamed up with that hack olbermann both are so in the tank for Obama don’t watch msnbc anymore or listen to AA
April 9th, 2008 at 3:17 pmProgressive radio has zero ratings so she might be a star that even the Hubble Space Telescope could not see.
MSNBC has very small ratings as well …
April 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pmJohn McEnroe didn’t last five months on CNBC. Rachel won’t last that long. It’s hard to believe they’re hiring someone else worse than Kieth “bath tub boy” Overbite. But, this station has always had a death wish as far as ratings go.
April 9th, 2008 at 4:44 pmIt’s heartwarming to see all the right-wingers jump into this blog as soon as a commentary is published and spew negative all over.
Negativism is all they have, and judging by how many of them jump on anything close to rational, some of them must be paid for it.
I see them just sitting there in front of a computer, surfing the rational and progressive websites all day, trying to throw the “hate” and grammar school name-calling instead of adding to the rational discourse.
Nearly 30 years of negativism from the supporters of Lee Atwater, Roger Ailes, and the criminals who still think the Democrats screwed Nixon!
Just this week one of the hard-core Republicans at my workplace told me “Now I see what you’ve been telling me for 8 years….. this Bush and Cheney gang are really bad for this Country.”
Why did he say that? Because now the damage these idiots have done to this once-great Country has affected him: his 401K is tanking…..
So I like what Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann are doing, and they’re doing it well.
Unfortunately, the anti-Americans among us (the late-model Republicans and so-called Conservatives who support the present Administration) can only call names and throw bravo-sierra out to us because they’re bereft of positive ideas.
TTFN.
April 9th, 2008 at 8:13 pmWhere is the “positive” in your spew? Looks pretty negative to me.
I had a woman come up to me at my workplace the other day and she said, “can you believe how stupid liberals are?”
April 9th, 2008 at 8:33 pmRachel
April 9th, 2008 at 9:18 pmYou are one of the most refreshing faces in the world of journalism. I look forward to all of your appearances on Countdown and to your next host fillin. I also hope you get your own TV show. I will soon become an Air America fan of yours. You have real ethics for journalism and as a prof of communication ethics, I have a good feel for the topic. Keep going dear lady!!!
To Don, assuming you can find someone to read this to you.
“I cant wait until we have a civil war and brother its coming soon.I cant wait to dispatch as many lefty goons that have been spawned by hippie spew in the last thirty years!”
Guess what, pinhead? Some of us lefties are armed, not to mention seriously p.o.’ed by 8 years of halfwits destroying our country and then calling us unpatriotic, or worse.
Stick to your video games, sonny, because you’ll find that a lot of us aren’t about to put up with your comic book fascism any more. We, by choice, will take non-violent measures to stop the further destruction of our country, but don’t think that means that we can’t handle the alternative.
from pharris, vet from a LIBERAL military family
April 9th, 2008 at 9:30 pmRachel is supremely competent at what she does. Anyone that says otherwise has never seen/heard her.
double ditto for Olbermann!
BUT MOST OF ALL I’M EXSTATIC THAT MARC MARON IS BACK ON THE AIR….if only subbing for Malloy…but I’ll takew it!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 9th, 2008 at 10:18 pmGuess what, pinhead? Some of us lefties are armed
We, by choice, will take non-violent measures
posted by a real pinhead
April 9th, 2008 at 10:51 pmMan, listen to the bleating of all the Freeper pigs on this thread. Rory must be doing something right if he’s attracting that much attention from the lunatic fringe.
Guess what all you right wing trolls, Keith Olbermann’s show is the most watched on MSNBC and now competitive with your favorite, Bill Orally. Pretty good for a second rate network whose viewership is growing while Fox’s is shrinking.
April 10th, 2008 at 4:06 amIf Ms. Maddow does get her own show, I for one will stop watching MSNBC. Currently, it is my cable news network of choice. However, I don’t think it will be an issue. She is unlikely to get her own show. Race to the Whitehouse is unwatchable for the most part; it has no natural rythem and Ms. Maddow does not fit the MsNBC’s core demographic with her outspoken minority opinions. I mean that she is a ultra liberal not because she is technically a minority.
I’m a democrat and male, so I must be mysogonistic and homophobic if I don’t like Ms. Maddow. Wanna feel like a minority? Try being a moderate, white, male, protestant in his 30’s in the Democratic Party. See how many people from both sides of the aisle treat you for either your beliefs or culture and skin color.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:07 ammaddow is like all the rest of the pundits-they have drunk the koolaid with obama. media bias is rampant even with maddow.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:52 amKeith Olbermann’s show is the most watched on MSNBC and now competitive with your favorite, Bill O’Reilly..
CTPatty, do you have any proof to back this outrageous claim?
April 10th, 2008 at 10:06 amHey CTP,
Olbymoron’s show is the most watched on More Slanted News By Communists. Who cares. When you’re at the bottom, the only way to go is up.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:29 amThe ONE good thing about Obama winning would be that it would put Olbydink out of business.
Seriously, the guy’s had a show for what, three years, and he has NEVER ONCE had someone on with a dissenting opinion. And he has the call to call Limbaugh a comedian. What a friggin JOKE!!
Obama’s spokesman was spot on. Keiffy is an entertainer (and even that’s stretching it), not a newsperson.
Anyone who takes Oralmahn serious is as “dumb as a box of rocks” to quote the clown himself.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:03 amWhen Rachel maddow is given her own show I’ll watch everynight. She is one of the best,articulate,funny informative and right alot of the time. And that is why it will be entertaining as well.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:26 pmkudos to rachel!
peace
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Olberman has sacrificed fact to political expediency, Maddow may be next in line. Remember that General Electric is their paymaster.
April 13th, 2008 at 10:51 pmGo Rachel , Peace! - RoryOConnor (namesake)
May 7th, 2008 at 11:07 amCheck MSNBC’s sponsors. Ms Maddow may be a breath of fresh air in a stagnant news arena, but it is an arena. Blood and games is its provender for the mass consumption. Should her “progressive” Points of View become tagged as “liberal” she will be released from her contract.
However, if she knows how to play the corporate game, I believe her observations may suffer. If,like counterpart O’Reilly, she succeeds at entertaining then,perhaps,she will become a profitable investment for MSNBC.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:47 pmRachel Maddow is a breath of fresh air and if MSNBC lets her go, I am getting rid of cable, with gas as high as it is and just getting higher since Exxon found out we will pay anything for it, cable is the one expense I will gladly cut. She is so much fun to watch and she completely obliterates the Rethuglicans. Hey rethuglicans how is that 3.70 gas for you? Thanks so much, yeah it is your fault putting the multinational corporations in charge of the country through Bush, you ultra rich make me sick, high gas, high health care, evertime I turn around the prices go up due to you greedy oil people. Rachel tells it like it is and if war with Iran comes then its $10-20 a gallon and I’ll bet you conservatives will love that, then Exxon will make more than $1700 per minute that they made last year. I bet that’s why you Rethugs love war, really get off on it, dont you, bet you love watching kids in Afghanistan and Pakistan die from starvation, bet that makes you feel soo good, anything for profit, anything for more money, you fascists are a disgrace to this wonderful land.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:58 pmDon,some of you said the left don’t fight
May 24th, 2008 at 1:15 amwho put your fuhrer underground like
a rat ?How you say red army ?
Olbermann and Maddow ROCK. Glad to see an alternative developing on cable news.. Orally and Glen “Pompous Ass” Beck need competition.
May 24th, 2008 at 8:59 am“This Person is not progressive, HE/She is a G odless Lefist Liberal.”
Wow, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve read in weeks! I hope I’m not friends with you in person, that’s embarrassing!
May 24th, 2008 at 9:03 amLove listening to you, Rachael, especially when you counter the right-wing crap spewed by the likes of Joe and Pat. You are bright, funny, patient, and I think your own cable show is just a matter of formality now. You will be a major hit!!!!
May 27th, 2008 at 9:47 pmI think Rachel is BRILLIANT. I love listening to her-she doesn’t pause, stammer, stutter, do any ‘duh’s’…I watch her every night on MSNBC with David Gregory.
June 5th, 2008 at 7:04 amWondering how she can stand JS..did I read it right? After he was rude to her (which he is often—rude, that is)-he got insulted and walked off the the set? A nice change to have others sitting in.
Bravo Rachel !
Interesting comments on here. Surprising to see so many negative comments. I’m a moderate Republican and love the Maddow, Buchanana pairing. They are both bright and argue their points well. An odd pairing to say the least, but it works for me.
June 5th, 2008 at 7:39 pmCampus Progress just did an interesting interview with Rachel Maddow. Check it out here: http://campusprogress.org/5mw/3015/five-minutes-with-rachel-maddow
June 18th, 2008 at 11:56 amYou’ve got talent. You’ve got insight. What you don’t have is the day’s date at the head of your column. You should know better.
June 24th, 2008 at 8:06 amRachel I love your hair.You are very Nice
July 9th, 2008 at 7:44 pmLeon
I’m a mom of three young Americans who will be voting this year. We have been awakened to politics and the presidential elections by MSNBC and your show. We want to thank you and we watch your show daily. We are angry at McCain’s and Palin’s intentional irresponsible and dangerous attacks against Senator Obama. We have lost too many great leaders and presidents to violence. To see the two of them encourage and relish the danger they are placing the Senator and his family in is reprehensible and not American or country first. My children are held to a higher responsibility in school. Are Americans that off that this is not considered almost criminal. Student are not allowed to make statements that would cause another persons injury or death. We can not believe that senators and even our President are not admonishing McCain against such conduct. One of these senators will be president and threats against their lives should not be taken lightly or tolerated. Calling a fellow senator a terrorist or terrorists’ friend is up hauling and irresponsible. McCain is running a dangerous campaign. We worry for the Obama family. There are children involved!
October 9th, 2008 at 9:12 pmThe Fact that Rachel Maddow was born on April 1st is no mistake for she is the queen of all the Fools. Her name, however, has been misspelled it’s actually Racial Madcow. Thanks MSMNBC for showing us another daily hour long Obama commercial, I guess ACORN isn’t the only ones responsible for the corruption of the American Democratic process. I guess you subscribe to Adolph Hitler’s philosophy
November 4th, 2008 at 8:31 am“The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.”
“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it”
“The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.”
“How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.”
“All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.”
“He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”
“The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.”
“It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.”
“It is not truth that matters, but victory”
“The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.”
“I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few”
“”The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes”
SPOILER Alert:
Sarah Palin voted for Obama. And she will be switching parties after she replaces Ted Stevens when he is forced to resign his senate seat or is forcibly removed.
Marty, you make good points but you need to apply them to the Loser Party. You give Maddow, MSNBC/Air America too much credit for Obama’s victory. The fact is, John McCain might have won if hadn’t listened to the more far right in his organization in selecting Palin as his VP nominee and playing kiss up to those on the far right, who were just as much to blame as George “Is there a way I can screw up the US any further before I leave office?” Bush and Dick “I Am A Crook” Cheney were to blame for the mess our country is in. In fact, those on the far right are more to blame than Bush and Cheney because,let’s face it, you guys put Bush and Cheney in there. Your side were the ones who adhered to the Hitlerian maxims. It was okay to lie if the ends justified the means (if the Republican party stayed in power), but like the rest of your lies, you couldn’t accept responsibility for the mess you helped create in keeping Bush and Cheney in office. And your nefarious Republican generals, Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, O’Reilly couldn’t lie anymore to those who were fed up with excuses. They could only preach to their choirs - you and your buddies. But, that was too small a choir to win the presidency for McCain. Do you really think Maddow/MSNBC/Air America brought in the extra eight million votes that gave the election to Obama? And not that Bush’s mismanagement had anything to do with it? You had your chance in 2004 to say “You’re fired!” to Bush and Cheney but you didn’t and your side finally got taken to the cleaners!
The fact is, unless President Obama makes some serious blunders during his first term in office, the presidency is likely to be out of reach in 2012 for those on the far right. With any luck, they’ll never regain the presidency at all. Your contempt for the voters who voted against your desires says it all. They weren’t fooled again but if you think someone was believing lies, try looking in the mirror! Sieg heil!!!
November 10th, 2008 at 8:34 pmrachel mad-duck is an idiot
January 21st, 2009 at 1:37 pmYou are worthless, you call yourself a journalist? Your nothing but a puppet, yes move your lips pretend you have something worth saying read the teleprompter. You don’t deserve the air you breath. Get off the air and quite wasting your time and everyone else that is ignorant enough to listen to you.
December 14th, 2009 at 6:53 pm