Posted on 03/28/2009 1:26:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Rachel Maddow was unknown outside of progressive circles when she began her nightly cable show on MSNBC in September. Not anymore.
Catching the wave of interest in political news and commentary, the Rhodes Scholar's mix of smarts and snark and girl-next-door approachability caught ratings fire. Almost immediately, the Castro Valley native was frequently beating CNN's Larry King in the nightly ratings (although King had more overall viewers in February). Not bad for somebody who didn't own a television until last week. It still hasn't been turned on, said Maddow, who fears once she starts, she won't be able to stop watching.
That hasn't prevented her from appearing on late-night TV shows over the past month (Stewart, Letterman, Fallon). The Stanford University graduate and former activist is back in San Francisco tonight to headline a fundraiser for Mother Jones magazine that is expected to raise $100,000.
We caught up with Maddow, 35, to talk about everything from what Democrats are doing wrong to how she deals with groupies. Here are excerpts from the conversation.
Q: You are a proud progressive, yet you regularly take on the left. What has the Obama administration done wrong so far?
A: Oh, tons of stuff. State secrets? That was in a San Francisco courtroom, wasn't it? The judge was so incredulous that the Obama Justice Department folks were going to continue with the Bush administration's argument that one of these horrible terrorism rendition cases should be dismissed on the basis that the whole idea of it was secret. Not that a specific piece of evidence was secret, but that the whole idea of the case was about a secret thing.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
If she's a Rhodes Scholar they must be auctioning those off to the highest bidder.
“The Stanford University graduate and former activist...”
Former, riiiiiight.
Dyke-O-Rama.
Girl or guy next door?
Please, oh please fellow FReepers, please don’t post a picture of it.
progressive = commie
Notice how all the right wing reviews label them as out of touch, mean, hard core, intolerant, extreme, etc. While the left wing reviews, like this one are full of sweetness and light.
Number 28 on the list of stuff white people like
Good stuff.
No wonder Anderson Cooper is losing his gig - people think he’s dyed his hair and is hosting a show under the pseudonym “Rachel Maddow.”
“caught ratings fire”??
She loses to Hannity by a 2-1 margin in the 25-54 demo.
LOL. Exactly.
In reference to her comments basically on blue dog Democrats and calling them conservatives, she and liberals like her tend to forget that the majority of people in the US aren’t socialist, and yes, that’s my new name for liberals, the ones out there today aren’t liberal or progressive, they’re socialist.
She's a member of a privileged victim/minority class, so of course she gets a pass in academia.
Snarky lesbian-next-door. Charming.
“Our side is smart and beautiful. Their side has to use “snarky” while describing them.”
I guess “snarky” is their synonym for my term “fugly”!
I relish the possibility that someday Maddow’s flim flam could surpass Olberboy’s in the ratings. She may be a socialist and goofy but at least she doesn’t ooze egotism from every pore.
I found an old article about her, written back in her radio host days. What a weirdo. She kept referring to herself as “ queer “, and bragged of her college days of bedding women. It would be too funny to watch someone call her a queer now. She would be outraged at the homophobia. This person is truly an idiot.
...Some Liberals (or Statists) are such unattractive people. Not even lipstick, eyeliner or highlights would help.
“Ugh! I made the mistake of clicking on the link!”
Resist the temptation to open the thread about the pantless woman.
PMSNBC host, Wretched Madcow, seen here BEFORE her unsuccessful facial reconstructive surgery. She apparently used the same surgeon who performed Chrissie Mathews’ failed brain transplant.
This awful woman talks with her mouth on the side of her face while she smears and denigrates everything decent. Is it a medical condition?
I caught about 2 minutes of her one night... At first I thought it was Keith Olbermann in drag, but then realized that it was far too masculine to be Keith.
Mark
I definitely will. That’s just what I get for being nosy.
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