Rachel Maddow, still here for us

[kpete]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-does-it-say-about-the-gop-that-trump-is-the-white-supremacists-candidate/2016/02/28/0d5d0b12-dcbe-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html?tid=sm_tw


Thanks, we need you more than ever,
and peace to you and yours,
kp

[2pooped2pop]

1. She's under my bus for her constant Hillary cheerleading.

I can't forgive anyone that would help give us that disaster. Loading up my bus and pushing it over the cliff to save America. Fortunately its a very big bus.

[agracie]

2. I will gladly help you shove her under. What a disappoint she has been.

[LanternWaste]

3. Yeah... the convenience of throwing people under the bus for disagreeing

Yeah... the convenience of throwing people under the bus for disagreeing with us is legend. We may not care to state why we support someone, but it's fun and entertaining as hell to state (over and over again) why we hate "them." And as long as we deny ourselves that that is part and parcel of the problem, we can maintain our pretense of righteous progressiveness.

[2pooped2pop]

7. I'm not throwing them under the bus anymore

I've decided to put them on the bus and push it over a cliff. And its not for disagreeing with me but for helping to destroy what is left of this country.

[MurrayDelph]

20. I'm not against Rachel (or Joy Reid) for rooting for Hillary

This is America, they, like you and I, have the right to support whomever we like
(as long as we are willing to vote for our second choice if our preferred candidate doesn't become the nominee).

What I'm against is showing a marked favoritism while simultaneously claiming impartiality.

[GoneFishin]

37. You are right, pretending to be impartial is worse. But it's too late. I already threw her under the

bus when it became clear that she has become more corporatist since she has had her own TV show, and presumably makes more money.

[longship]

13. OFFS! She's had Bernie on over and over again!

And this Bernie voter loves Rachel.

BTW. With the number of people being flung under the bus, how do one plan on accomplishing anything politically when one keeps flinging allies under the freaking bus?

[2pooped2pop]

14. She is not an ally

Not since her Hillary cheer leading started. You have not been paying attention if you do not know this. My bus is very big and they don't go under it anymore. They go on it. Then they are pushed over the cliff. So OFFS that. We have empty seats left if you want a lift.

[longship]

17. I got it.

If they don't agree with your opinion or present any opinion counter to it, over the cliff they go.

Well, I wish you luck with that.

Regards to you.

[2pooped2pop]

25. Its not about my opinion

It's about saving the country from the disaster that is Hillary. Anyone helping to unleash a Clinton onto the American people goes on my bus.

But really why do you give a fuck who goes on my bus? There's still seats left if you are interested though.

[longship]

40. Well, that's your opinion.

[2pooped2pop]

44. Typical

[longship]

45. Unlike the atypical of wanting to over the cliff those who disagree.

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[bettyellen]

18. She loves Bernie too. Wow.

[RandiFan1290]

4. I'll be watching The Young Turks and Democracy Now

While waiting for Randi to come back

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

23. I can't believe she's not coming back until July. She needs a bit more money to achieve that.

[PonyUp]

5. Rachel Maddow, here for Hillary. n/t

[Iggo]

6. She anywhere else besides MSNBC?

[Paladin]

8. Piss off, Bernie Acolytes. Rachel is more valuable than ever. (nt)

[geomon666]

9. This place is awesome during election years.

[Hortensis]

10. Well, her ratings are extremely high, so

we should have her for some while. We don't do cable down here on the marsh, and if I could have one cable show it'd be hers, but we'll be home again in the late spring.

[mythology]

27. You can download the show as a podcast

[Hortensis]

43. Thanks, Mythology. I really should get the codes

that would allow me to set that up from my husband when he's not out fishing or something. We have electronics we've never used, literally.

[Wilms]

11. That's why we get leaders like we do.

ohhhhh. She called the republicans, er, republicans. That is sooooo awesome. She should be paid millions and have her taxes kept low by the Third Way.

Sorry, kpete. No sale.

[Gothmog]

12. Yeah for Rachel

[LannyDeVaney]

15. In all honesty, if even Rachel Maddow pisses you off ...

then DU is probably not the forum for you.

I mean that with true sincerity. It can't be an ideological reason - it comes down to hatred for a candidate she supports (allegedly - I've never actually heard her claim a preference of Clinton or Sanders), and we're talking about a pool of candidates in the Democratic party, then DU is truly not the site for you.

Peace.

[Logical]

19. She has been a hillary cheerleader, not a journalist. But I understand her wanting a woman president

[LannyDeVaney]

21. Tonights show she did a segment on Sanders big money balance, pointing out it was non-Super Pac ...

and now she is interviewing Rep. Gabbard.

So, yeah, totally in the bag for Clinton.

[Logical]

24. Yea she is. I said she was. I am agreeing with you. nt

[mythology]

32. And the complete missing of the irony

Is why I don't take it seriously when people claim Maddow is biased.

[agracie]

35. She is a journalist. therefore her personal preference is...

immaterial. Her bias toward Hillary and her dismissive tone toward Bernie is hard to miss. Used to watch her frequently, but no more.

[GoneFishin]

38. She clearly clicked a couple of notches toward the right when she got her own TV show. I loved her

on radio. She is not the same, and I can only assume it is a combination of more money and pressure from the network head cheese balls.

[flamingdem]

16. Great segment on Trumpkkk

She's not in the tank for Hillary, she's in the tank for justice.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

22. I love her commentary tonight. Loving it. And I totally forgot about Jeff Sessions's past.

[leveymg]

26. Did Rachel ask Tulsi if she was pressured to leave the DNC?

I really would like to know.

[LannyDeVaney]

28. No, that I heard.

Since you asked ... the DNC never came up. She was drawing contrasts between her beliefs and Clinton's foreign policy, and she clearly outlined why she was supporting Senator Sanders.

It was a good interview about real issues, and not gossip or finger-pointing.

[leveymg]

31. That answers it. Purged.

This was like one of those old Larry King softball interviews agreed to by both sides in a celebrity divorce settlement. Satisfied the immediate curiosity of the rabble while the real issues go unspoken.

[LannyDeVaney]

33. Wow, I guess we'll just have to disagree on that quality of the interview ...

Yikes.

[hopemountain]

41. yup. rachel spun

the reason for tulsi leaving because the senator was endorsing sanders. not one word about the debate issue - which was included in gabbard's reason for leaving.

however, the info about clinton's war hawk actions is very important and as rachel said "focused".

[Agnosticsherbet]

29. She is the only journalist on MSNBC I still enjoy watching.

She doesn't support Clinton or Sanders. The problem people have is that she did not openly push Sanders.

[jillan]

30. I am very curious to know what her ratings are these days.

I miss the Rachel I fell in love with on Air America. She was fascinating.

[AgadorSparticus]

34. Beautifully said! I don't care what people in here say about Rachel Maddow. I really like her. Nt

[onecaliberal]

36. By not disclosing the truth and outright lying she is assisting is the destruction of

Democracy. It is not the job of the fourth estate to protect a corporate media conglomerate. Real journalism is dead in this country.

[hopemountain]

42. and by not correcting the untruths

when there is data to back it up - just letting the information hang out there. rachel had done this several times. and, she outright lied when releasing a ridiculous poll favoring hillary for super tuesday so heavily it was outrageously skewed - but, hey, rachel literally laughed that it was the only poll she could get because her phone wasn't working for some reason. she was reporting from south carolina.

i just never figured her for loosing her professional journalist integrity and high standards for objectivity. this is what is so disappointing about her giddy behavior for hillary.

[GoneFishin]

39. Can't agree with you on this one Kpete. She's a cheerleader for a warmonger and bankster apologist

Sorry.

[beltanefauve]

46. Not only

is she in the tank for Hillary, she spends waaay too much time talking about Trump. In fact, MSNBC seems to be all Trump all the time.