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roe vs. world
"Pro-Life" Groups Continue To Threaten Clinics, Declare Violence "Inevitable"
On Wednesday, Rachel Maddow aired an excellent segment in which she reported on several more threats on abortion clinics. Not surprisingly, some pro-lifers are attempting to use the murder of Dr. Tiller for their own gain.
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By Intern KatyComment by NefariousNewt: The only thing that extremist anti-choice groups are "heir" to is the legacy of tyrannical hatred and murder that was... 167 Responses | Other threads
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news at 10
Hillary Looking For Lottery Winners, Rachel For Teabaggers
- Hillary Clinton is having a lottery to retire her campaign debt — and the prizes are a day in New York with Bill, one in D.C. with James Carville, or American Idol tickets. [Washington Post]
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By MeganComment by SarahMC: I'm doing this!: "Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus has a list of all the Socialists in Congress." headdeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddeskheaddesk 22 Responses | Other threads
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dirt bag
Joaquin Rapping? We're Getting Punk'd
- Joaquin Phoenix's rap career: An elaborate hoax? Sort of.
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By DodaiComment by sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): I ahem also mocked Alba for that when I first heard it. I prefer my crow heated up and served... 35 Responses | Other threads
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first love
Do The Obamas Signal A Return To "Married Romance?"
During the Inaugural dance-a-thon that took place Tuesday night, it was hard not to notice how in love our First Couple seemed as they spun around the floor, celebrating their historic victory with one another. More »
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By hortenseComment by katie.scarlett.o'hara: How rare is it to see a married couple that still really cares for each other like that? Rare... 19 Responses | Other threads
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mag hag
Rachel, Katie & Campbell Are In Vogue
The Vogue issue featuring Rachel Maddow (alongside Katie Couric and Campbell Brown) is not the make-over disaster we feared, as you can see. It's also chock full of interesting bits — and we've got more.
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By MeganComment by SisterMaryMartha: Hmmmm. I like Rachel Maddow, I do. And I love that photo. For some reason though, I cannot sit through an... 10 Responses | Other threads
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recession
The Economy Sucks, Condi Has No Advice And Saxby Chambliss Is A Perv
- Now that it's been a full year of shitty economic news, we are officially in a recession and have been for a year. Aren't you glad to know? [MSNBC]
- The market is not glad to know, and it slid almost 700 points after learning the obvious. [NY Times]
- In other obvious news, Condoleezza Rice doesn't plan to give much advice to Hillary Clinton. What advice she does give, we're guessing Clinton doesn't plan on following. [MSNBC]
- Bill Clinton is pretty happy about Hillary's nomination, though. [Real Clear Politics]
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By MeganComment by AbJams: I think it is more pervy to assume that Saxby Chambliss' touching of his granddaughter was "incestuous" than it is... 6 Responses | Other threads
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sarah palin
Like a particularly pernicious canker sore, Sarah Palin will be back in our grill down in the lower 48 next week. She will campaign for Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss, whose race will be decided during a run-off election on December 2nd, before heading to Philly to meet with President Elect Obama and several other Governors to discuss the economy. Wanna hear Rachel Maddow's take on this mess? Click on the pic of Palin and Maddow at left for Rachel's pithy commentary. [MSNBC] More »
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By JessicaComment by Penny: Oh......this is probably going to make me some enemies. I think she seems awesome but I am kind of lost on... 7 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
Rachel Maddow Turns Straight Men Into Gay Women
Rachel Maddow went on Conan Friday night to talk about her nerdy childhood and newfound success. (You can read more about her dorky early years in this new Newsweek profile). Sporting her adorable poindexter glasses, Rachel told Conan that she gets a lot of fan mail from straight men asking the question, "If I like you, does that make me a lesbian?" Maddow says she thinks these clueless dudes are trying to compliment her, but also trying to make it absolutely clear that they're not gay. So how does she answer their inane query? She tells them yes. If you're a straight man and you fancy a gay woman, "That makes you a woman, you should check your pants," Rachel tells Conan. Clip above. More »
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By JessicaComment by kelsium: Rachel Maddow is everything that is good in the world. 6 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
Mag Hag
From a tipster on the inside: "Not ten feet down the hall in one of our tiny windowless 'crying rooms' here at 30 Rock, Andre Leon Talley and a bunch of assistants are putting make-up on Rachel Maddow for a photoshoot/interview in Vogue. Vogue just got so much more awesome, I don't even know how to deal." If they put the woman in heels and red lipstick there is going to be hell to pay; doesn't anyone remember what Talley did to Jennifer Hudson?
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By JessicaComment by Penny: I don't get the appeal of this lady. She looks like a boy. 12 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
Sarah Palin Is "Not Gonna Be A Dictator And All This" About Alaska Senate Seat
Sarah Palin is like a scab: we want to ignore her but we can't stop picking at her! Rachel Maddow seems to feel the same way, and last night she addressed the possibility of a Senator Palin. Here's a brief recap: incumbent GOP Senator Ted Stevens, who's been convicted of 7 felonies, is ahead by 3,000 votes though there are 90,000 votes yet to be counted. If Stevens were to win, he would be forced to step down, and many speculate that Palin would either appoint herself to the vacant seat or run in a special election. So what does the Governor have to say about this hullabaloo? "The Alaskan voters have spoken and me not being a dictator won't be tellin' anybody what to do. A Governor, especially one that's not gonna be a dictator and all this, doesn't have control over that." The Governor doth protest too much! Clip above. More »
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By JessicaComment by Jessi Ramsey: Look, Alaska is not a state that you dump change on, okay? Its not a big truck, its a series... 6 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
We Just Want The Next President To Come On Down Already
- Only a few more days until the election, and Barack Obama is doing us a solid by appearing with two of our favorites: Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart.
- You know who is so not our favorite? Former Ms. editor turned turned Palin proponent Elaine Lafferty.
- John McCain is also on our shit list for his female-unfriendly health plan.
- However, we are totally in love with this Price Is Right-inspired Marie Claire fashion spread. Childhood nostalgia come on down!
- But truly, nothing says nostalgia like these pictures of our childhood Halloween costumes.
- Also making us nostalgic: thinking about raiding our moms' closets.
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By JessicaComment by bananaballs: 4 more days 4 more days 4 more days OMG OMG BREATHE, BB, just. 4. more. days. This is gonna be... 4 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
Rachel Maddow And Barack Obama: Ready To Rumble
Last night Barack Obama sat down with Rachel Maddow to discuss, among other things, why he's been tough on the Bush Administration specifically, but not on Republicans in general. Okay, maybe they didn't "rumble" about Barack's softness on the GOP, but Obama did tell Rachel she was "cruisin' for a bruisin!" Earlier in the Rachel Maddow Show (and not part of this clip), Maddow showed Obama at a Florida rally. People started booing when Obama mentioned the name McCain. Obama stopped the crowd sternly and said, "You don't need to boo, you just need to vote." Maddow quipped, "Oh, so that's the classy way to deal with a crowd that trends towards ugliness." All of this serves to highlight one of the things that's so inspiring about Obama: he cares about uniting people. Clip above. More »
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By JessicaComment by Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): Ok so I'd like to share a very special CEFD - which in this case is Crap Email From My... 35 Responses | Other threads
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news roundup
McCainiac Nicolle Wallace Will Not Be Left Holding The Garment Bag
- The officially-designated GOP scapegoat for Wardrobe-gate appears to be McCain aide Nicolle Wallace (left), despite the fact that I guarantee she knows how to put together a wardrobe for less than $150,000. Wallace isn't "going to engage" with people until after the campaign, but she knows the score and her memory doesn't even have to be that long. [Think Progress, Politico]
- Speaking of the score, Vanity Fair and the National Security News Service are apparently pursuing reports that McCain killed a guy in a car accident (implication: drunk driving) in 1964 and the Navy is still covering it up. Who knew the October surprise would be about McCain? Karl Rove must really hate him. [Huffington Post]
- Joe The Motherfucking Plumber officially endorsed McCain today, and said that Obama would be the end of Israel. What the fuck does JTMP know about Israel? Joe doesn't know jack, actually, and even Fox News had to admit that. [CBS, Huffington Post]
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By MeganComment by JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: STOP TALKING ABOUT HER! SHE WILL KILL YOUR FAMILY! 14 Responses | Other threads
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10 political hotties
Decision 2008: The Top Ten Campaign Objects Of Our Affection
Ever since the Obama Girl declared late last year that she has a crush on Obama, we've felt a certain freedom to admit that Barack Obama is hot. I mean, who among us doesn't want to be that baby? Unfortunately, Senator Obama's allure keeps people from noticing many of the other crush-worthy objects of our collective affection (besides Reggie Love, who I covered in depth but who never accepted my Facebook friendship invite, so he is dead to me). After the jump are ten other political crushes from this long and arduous campaign season.
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sarah palin
This Week We Crashed At The Intersection Of Fashion And Politics
- We spent way too much time talking about Sarah Palin's sexy secretary garb and how much it cost and/or did not cost. But what we really want to know is how Palin gets her hair so big. Maybe her bouffant is built out of campaign secrets and the souls of unborn babies.
- Maybe all Sarah needs is a good talking to from Tyra and Judge Judy. Then she'd learn to keep her receipts in order!
- She has about as much sense as these crazy cat people. (We kid, we love them.)
- But probably a lot more sense than Elisabeth Hasselbeck, whose t-shirt wearing antics have torn The View asunder.
- Breaking: Goop makes us gassy.
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By JessicaComment by Penny: This week flew by. I turn 29 tomorrow. I don't really know how to feel about this. Have a swell weekend ladies and... 14 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
Rachel Maddow Takes On Livin' Large, Palin-Style
Megan and Latoya already took on Sarah Palin's magical Technicolor $150,000 dream coats during Crappy Hour, but here's Rachel Maddow's two cents, just 'cause we heart her so much. She not only rags on Palin's lavish, RNC-funded shopping spree, but also mentions Palin's fibbed expense reports. (Palin charged the state of Alaska $21,000 so her children could accompany her to events where they were not invited, and then altered her expenses to say they had been on official business.) "Free duds and free trips for the kids?" Rachel says. "It kind of makes me want to be a maverick, too!" Clip above. More »
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By JessicaComment by morninggloria: My word does this woman make me seriously question my heterosexuality. 8 Responses | Other threads
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sarah palin
GOP Pinheads: Women Aren't "Feminist" Unless They Vote For Sarah Palin
Earlier this week, I praised Sarah Palin for embracing the term "feminist" when so many young women shun the f-word. Well I am reneging my praise, because now she's taking the term and using it as a tool for petty divisiveness. Yesterday at a rally in Nevada, Governor Palin criticized Barack Obama for being a "faux feminist" according to the New York Times, because he didn't choose Hillary Clinton as a running mate. “Our opponents think they have the women’s vote all locked up, which is a little presumptuous since only our side has a woman on the ticket,” she said yesterday. Really, Sarah? Really? You're beating that old PUMA drum? Oh now it's on. When you combine this with John McCain's recent assertion that he chose Palin to counter the "liberal feminist agenda," this amounts to a concerted, yet completely absurd effort on the GOP's part to get women to vote for them.
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By JessicaComment by KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins: OMG you guys, someone stole my liberal feminist agenda! I put it in my Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper (the one... 19 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
Rachel Maddow Talks Spanking And Smears With Senator Claire McCaskill
With all the ugliness that's coming from the McCain camp and rogue affiliate GOP groups, Rachel Maddow is wondering whether Barack Obama will explicitly respond to the attacks... beyond his comments during Wednesday's debate. Obama campaign co-chair, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, says Obama may fight back, "But never with personal attacks. It's just not what America needs right now." In addition, Maddow is totally obsessed with the fact that Obama said "spanked" yesterday when he cautioned supporters that "I've been in these positions before where we were favored and the press starts getting carried away and we end up getting spanked." Rachel repeated it at least twice yesterday, and after the first utterance she added, "Mrow!!" Heh. Clip above. More »
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By JessicaComment by suck_it_monkeys: I get as tingly when he says "spanked" as I do when he says "tit for tat." Mrrrow indeed. 5 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
John Kerry To Rachel Maddow: John McCain's Campaign Is "Disgraceful"
John Kerry knows from negative GOP campaigning, and last night, Rachel Maddow invited him to discuss John McCain's attacks on Barack Obama's character. Kerry is disgusted by the McCain camp's obsession with Bill Ayers, and brought up all the questionable folks McCain has palled around with. From the lobbyist who worked for Saddam Hussein to Scooter Libby, McCain has crossed paths with some bad folks, Kerry points out, and that doesn't make him any more guilty than Obama is for knowing Ayers. The negative campaigning is "insulting to Americans," he adds. And Americans seem to agree: a NY Times poll shows that voters are three times more likely to have changed their view of McCain from positive to negative. Clip above. More »
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By JessicaComment by BuffySummers: Is it way too off-topic to just say that they totally look alike in a weird way? Anybody? No? 13 Responses | Other threads
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sarah palin
Rachel Maddow: Sarah Palin "Is Lying To You — Enthusiastically And Repeatedly"
There have been many times during this campaign when we felt like we were taking crazy pills; like spinmeisters were straight out lying and their words were being taken at face value. Thank Jebus we have Rachel Maddow: Maddow is incredulous and furious at Sarah Palin, who has been denying that the Branchflower report said she abused power and violated ethics. Palin said on a radio show earlier this week, "I'm very pleased to be cleared of…any hint of any kind of unethical activity there." Hearing this, Rachel went off. For Palin, Rachel says, "Day is night, up is down." This is not a question of whether or not Palin is lying, Maddow continues, "this is a person who is looking straight into a camera and lying to you. Enthusiastically and repeatedly." Clip above. More »
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By JessicaComment by BeckySharper: Anyone else want to engage in a mass polygamous lesbian wedding with Rachel Maddow? I love her so much... 25 Responses | Other threads
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crappy hour
McCain Campaign, CBS Journalists Are Unashamed Of Their Own Entitlement, Election Tactics
When the chips are down and all the prayers to God to win the election and protect you from witchcraft haven't worked, everyone knows it's time to call in the big guns: the forces of evil. And, if they're too busy helping the Axis of Evil get nukes and shit, well, then you can always call in the forces of pettiness and covert racism, as they've been helpful in many an election here in the States. But Swampland's Ana Marie Cox and I will insist on, at a minimum, throwing rhetorical spitballs at the hordes and making assfucking jokes as the sky is falling, so there's that, at least... after the jump. More »
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By MeganComment by Grim Reaper of the Forest: You know, I don't like the whole Obama-Wright connection. Not because Wright is a fiery black preacher, but because... 18 Responses | Other threads
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crappy hour
Debate Redux: "That One" Won And That Other One Didn't
Ana Marie had to beg off Crappy Hour due to the Straight Talk Express bus schedule — unlike the Bolt Bus, there's no free WiFi on board. Spencer Ackerman's sole response to a text was "Can't," Jason Linkins is never up this early, Kay Steiger has a real job that she's on her way to and Moe is likely luxuriating in bed. Luckily, I have other friends, like Huffington Post blogger Steve Ralls who in true Jezebel style watched the debate with a close Australian friend he is now calling "that one." We discuss an infamous moment of intimacy between McCain and Obama, "that one," whether Suze Orman should be Treasury Secretary instead of Warren Buffet, who's driving the sexy Obama tank we're all in these days and why "tolerating" gay people doesn't fill us with good cheer, but thought of an Obama-packed court might. More »
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By MeganComment by rosasparks looks like a Fraggle: Two things - my crazy mom has been not putting her money in the bank for years. It's hidden in... 30 Responses | Other threads
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news roundup
We Ain't Gonna Take It, And Paulson And Bernanke Ain't Gonna Get It
- Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed Chair Bernanke were on the Hill today, metaphorical hats in hands, asking for gobs of money and the ability to spend it with no oversight. Unlike what Sarah Palin actually said about the Bridge To Nowhere, Congress told them, "No thanks." [Washington Post]
- Dick Cheney tried his hand at asking nicely, but House Republicans, knowing Cheney well, told him to go fuck himself. A couple of them then fist-bumped Pat Leahy on the way out of the meeting. [Politico]
- Ahmadinejad doesn't care who we elect because he plans to keep building his nukes regardless. [CNN]
- The Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for a Georgia man convicted of killing a police office on the sole basis of eyewitness testimony since recanted. Scalia, Alito and Roberts must have taken a really long lunch today. [CNN]
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By MeganComment by Penny: And with that......ciao mein, bitches. I'm moving to Switzerland. 21 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
Rachel Maddow Rejoices: Obama Has 21 Point Surge Among White Women
Even though many thought Sarah Palin's inclusion on the GOP ticket was a ploy to get disaffected Clintonistas to vote for McCain, the latest poll from CBS and the New York Times shows that Obama now has a 2 point edge over McCain when it comes to white female voters — up 21 points from last week. Obama is now far ahead of McCain among women in general, with 54 percent of female voters to McCain's 38. Overall, Obama leads McCain, 48 to 43 percent. MSNBC's ratings juggernaut Rachel Maddow is positively gleeful about these new poll numbers, and last night, she invited Slate's Melinda Henneberger on her show to discuss Obama's new lead among women. More »
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By JessicaComment by SarahMC: I'm doing this!: I am a little shaken up because two really cool, nice female acquaintances of mine just friended me on FB.... 15 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
Loose Lips
Great news for Rachel Maddow: her new show on MSNBC is a ratings juggernaut. Her show has beaten both Keith Olbermann's and Larry King's and it's only been around for a few weeks. • Robert Downey Jr.'s friends think his sexuality is "fluid." Downey tells the London Sunday Times, "A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual…That's okay. Being relaxed about sexuality is something you're born with." • David Eigenberg, otherwise known as Steve from Sex and the City, is going to be a dad. David, a former marine met his wife, ex-Army specialist Chrysti, at a military party six years ago. [Newsbusters, A Socialite's Life, Daily Star]
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By JessicaComment by SisterMaryMartha: RE: Robert Downey's sexuality. Who cares? Go Rachel! 31 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
Liveblogging The Start Of Rachel Maddow's News Hegemony
Rachel Maddow's show premieres tonight! Squee! And, for real, just to be able to watch it, I am sitting tethered to my Blackberrry like its the convention again, watching it on a 13 inch TV in an un-air-conditioned house. That's how committed I am!! It starts after the jump (with her appearance on Olbermann!) It starts, like usual, after the jump. More »
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By MeganComment by PilgrimSoul: Oh you people always threaten to move to Canada, but it never happens. 14 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow premieres
Rachel Maddow's new MSNBC show premieres tonight at 9:00 pm ET, and I'll be taking a break from my day off (if not from my alcohol consumption) to live blog the hell out of it! Join me back here in fangirldom and alcohol consumption then!
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By MeganComment by BlowJoy: Woah, check out the blush and lipstick on Steve whoever!! Sheesh! 6 Responses | Other threads
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rachel maddow
Rachel Maddow: "I Need To Focus On What I Think, So That I Can Stay Original"
Last night, I grabbed Spencer Ackerman and walked over to MSNBC's public set here in Denver — not to stand around in the background hoisting signs about McCain or, like one lady, to shout about ethanol, but to talk to the one person on which he and I have nearly-identical intellectual crushes — Rachel Maddow. She reads Jezebel, people, for real! So her publicist let us hang out on the set, where we watched Maddow rip Pat Buchanan a new one for the brand of crazy he's obviously bringing in this particular picture and heard the crowd cheer every time she opened her mouth and then I got to talk to her about being herself, being An Issue, and what she actually likes to talk about (unsurprisingly, it's not herself). And Spencer and I both agreed that as pretty as she looks on television, she's actually probably closer to stunning in person — even though she doesn't think so.
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By MeganComment by librariesare4lovers: Can I pose a question to anyone here who is a lesbian, gay, bi or transgender- When someone in the... 6 Responses | Other threads
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crappy hour
Do Liberals Have To Wrap Themselves In A Flag To Get Some Retribution?
Even as Rachel Maddow prepares to take the helm of her own show at MSNBC, Barack Obama is slipping in the polls even as McCain isn't rising in them. That doesn't sit so well with Spencer Ackerman and me, so we parse the polls, the racists and what Obama's campaign needs to start doing (hint: it involves testicles and a Howitzer!) to win. Plus, we take on Scotty McClellan's assertion that investigating the many doings of the Bush Administration would be divisive for the country Bush already divided and started wiretapping. More »
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By MeganComment by Booksaretoo: whoa whoa whoa... Toby Keith is a DEM? Seriously? I mean, have you heard his songs? "Shock'n... more » | Other threads
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news roundup
Oh, Hell Yeah And Oh, Hell No
- Rachel Maddow has finally been given her own show at MSNBC. She's taking over Dan Abrams' 9:00 ET spot on September 8 (the Monday after the conventions). Congrats! [NY Times]
- Barack Obama told John McCain to stop questioning his patriotism just because they disagree on national security. It won't work, but it was well-said, so go read it. [Politico]
- John McCain might really be prepared to piss off the fundies and pick a pro-choice VP, which should mean that very few pro-choice women will actually vote for him but could mean the fundies will stay home in a snit on Election Day. [CNN]
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crappy hour
The Edwards Scandal Will Not Be Allowed To Die!
People has Elizabeth Edwards on its cover this week, not that she posed for it or is quoted directly within it but, despite her plea for privacy, everyone just wants to know how she feels about the world knowing that her husband cheated on her. (Hint: Not good.) So David "TRex" Ferguson and I act like good little voyeurs and have a peek but get distracted by Keith Olberman's rant about how awesome smart women are (call me, Keith!) and Rachel Maddow, how Michelle Malkin is in no way responsible for Arkansas Dem Bill Gwatney's assassination, Media Matter's Paul Waldman's takedown of right-winger Jerome Corsi, becoming a minority, KFC and David's Unified Field Theory of Gay Republicans. More » -
rebecca traister on rachel maddow
Rebecca Traister and I have all the same tastes in women: we both love Dana Scully and now she has publicly avowed her love for for Rachel Maddow. Maddow is smart, self-deprecating, funny but doesn't own a TV or read about herself on the Internet, though, so she's unlikely to learn of our shared love for her. Oh, well, unrequited crushes are always the best. [The Nation] -
rachel maddow
Rachel Maddow For President (Of Cable News, That Is)
There was a time that I didn't like Rachel Maddow. That time was January, and she was on a panel on MSNBC's election night coverage and she was going off on something about Hillary Clinton that I disagreed with. Then she ripped Pat Buchanan a new one about something else and my cold, cold heart melted, just a little. And then she made Pat Buchanan look really stupid, and said some stuff that made Chris Matthews grudgingly agree that he had been wrong and I was totally hooked. If the New York Times profile of her today is anything to go by, I'm not the only one who fell for her hard, and fast. More »
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By MeganComment by ArtfulSlinger: @ Megan: This post makes me positive we should be friends. I have a big old lady boner for... more » | Other threads
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