Rachel Maddow's transformation... or: I take back what I said about her mole...

[ReverendDeuce]

In a post a few days ago I said that before Rachel Maddow gets her own show, she needs to get rid of her mole because it's distracting to me and my girlfriend. It was painful during Olbermann's off period last week...

I did some Googlage...

I take it all back...

She's come a LONG WAY! Good for her! I am glad she's taking care of herself. The mole can stay and I will not complain any longer!

Transformation Step 1:



Transformation Step 2:



Transformation Step 3:



Transformation Step 4?

We've yet to see this fourth stage. Presumably we will once she has her own show. I will update this thread accordingly.

[meegbear]

1. Transformation Step 4 ...

:hide:

[ReverendDeuce]

3. LOLOLOL

That's not nice! :)

[EOTE]

26. But kinda hilarious :) NT

[fascisthunter]

5. lol

ouch

[tridim]

7. OMG, that pic had me ROFL

For the record I think Rachel is beautiful.

[bdamomma]

25. her smile is great.

[Westegg]

10. Uncanny.

[Cheap_Trick]

51. careful now....

Someone was accused of "homophobia" here because they posted a pic of Rachel next to Wesley Crusher (from Star Trek).
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4994344

With the hair just right, I can see the resemblance. They have similar cheekbones.


And it's not "homophobic" to point out that one person resembles another.

Rachel has definitely come a long way. I had never seen those "before" pics, and am only familiar with her through her appearances on Countdown.

Having said that, I wish I was a lesbian.

[CatWoman]

55. ROFL!!!!

:rofl:

[Lex]

2. Let's get a pic of you and see what we think about your face.

:shrug:

[ReverendDeuce]

6. I don't think you understood what I wrote...

I've always thought she was attractive, but I felt the mole had to go. After seeing the Rachel of yesteryear, it put it into perspective!

[Lex]

11. Yeah, that must be it.

I didn't understand.

You couldn't stand to look at her with the mole, but at least she's not as ugly as she used to be?

Something like that?

[ReverendDeuce]

13. I didn't say anything about ugly... She's never been ugly!

WTF?

[Lex]

15. Oops, sorry. It "was painful" and "distracting" for you to watch.

But definitely not ugly.

[libnnc]

16. My partner has told me on more than one occasion

that she wished she could BE that damn mole

Three nights ago...

"Hmmmm, I wonder what Rachel's neck feels like...I could chew on that..."

My response, "Honey! I get her first!"

Rachel Maddow = Hawtness

[Lex]

20. Agree.

I despise the practice of pulling women's looks apart for sport. It annoys me to death.

Your partner is right! :thumbsup:

[Name removed]

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[ReverendDeuce]

19. You implied that I said her older look was ugly, not her current one...

I said the mole was painful and distracting to watch.

That's FAR from saying she is or was ever ugly.

From the start, I said that all she needs to do to really hit it out of the park was to lose the mole on her neck. It's a health concern! Skin cancer is not good, look at what it's done to John McCain.

[Lex]

21. Oh! A health concern now!

:rofl:

[ReverendDeuce]

24. They are! They can be an early sign of melanoma...

IIRC...

[noamnety]

65. Thank you for pointing out what's really being said here.

Having spend most of my life with a large birth mark/mole on my face, it's very enlightening to find out it's been "painful" for people to have to cast their eyes upon me.

[Lex]

67. Believe me, not everyone thinks like that.

Some people, you know. :eyes:

[noamnety]

68. The OP's attitude

reminds me of a summation I tried to make a few months ago of men and women on another forum talking about their frustrations in life. Obviously everyone has issues with neighbors, or gas prices, all that. But when it came to what they revealed about their gender, their complaints ran mainly like this:

"Holy mother of god, I can't believe life is so unfair, having to deal with sexual assaults and being a single mom trying to support a kid after the deadbeat pro-life dad wouldn't pay anything."

"Holy Christ, I can't believe life is so unfair, I actually had to cast my eyes upon a woman who didn't meet porn standard today."

[whistle]

4. What mole?

[Bok_Tukalo]

8. Maddow is the Ms Hot of Hottington Village - Population: Hot

That is all

[libnnc]

9. I think the nerdy glasses are sexay but

I've spent my whole life wearing them so :shrug:

Rachel rox my sox

seriously :loveya:

[Mojambo]

12. Kinda got a Jim J. Bullock/Charles Nelson Reilly thing going on in that first pic.

Speaking of Charles Nelson Reilly I found this photo while googling and it's like the scariest thing I've ever seen.

[90-percent]

14. My wife

My wife is totally hetero, but she does get hot pants whenever Rachel is on Keith.

If my wifes gonna go lesbo, at least she has discriminating tastes!

And Rachel's place in Mass. is less than an hour away from us.


-90% Jimmy

[Sydnie]

18. she hs a place in Mass? Where about?

Cool! I think she is beautiful and smart. What a package!

[Beer Snob-50]

34. i believe she is in the northampton area

she use to be a disc jockey on my local radio station here. always very intelligent. i gotta say, i am surprised she doesn't have her own show on msnbc. she is very good on obermann and any other show i have seen her on. and obvoiously on air america she hits a homerun.

[bicentennial_baby]

56. She has a house in Cummington

[AlCzervik]

22. I look much different than i did 10 years ago and even 5 years ago.

it just kind of happens over time and it's not just about age. My taste in clothes and in glasses is very different than what it used to be, same thing with my hair.

[libnnc]

23. so, because she was wearing glasses in those pics, that means

she wasn't taking care of herself?

I don't understand.

[maxsolomon]

27. she looks like crap in those early photos.

and her sexual orientation has nothing to do with it. those glasses are a crime against nature.

she's had a TV makeover, and i applaud her & her agent.

[libnnc]

30. personally I think the glasses are sexy

but for TV, yes, she looks great now


I wish as a "fuck you" to the image gods that she could wear the damn glasses, the jeans and the sneakers but I'm not in charge...

Edit to add: I'm sure you're just a vision of loveliness...

[ReverendDeuce]

35. Those glasses CAN be made to work well, it just needs more coordination...

The first two photos are not good.

Rachel's hair is not styled right for those glasses.

My girlfriend has glasses that are thick framed like these, but her hair is done well so that it really works.

Rachel needs a pixie cut and she might be able to pull it off.

[libnnc]

37. Kewl. I didn't know I was talking to Carson Kressley!

Just be happy and thankful (like the rest of us) that Rachel is even on the teevee machine to begin with.

She doesn't "need" any more "makeovers".


Enough.

[ReverendDeuce]

41. Nobody said she "needs" anything... We're just suggesting...

It's obviously been working for her so far to change her look a bit, so why not finish it up with a nice, stylish pixie cut? She'll look even better than she already does!

[libnnc]

43. um. no.

thx bai.

[maxsolomon]

54. yes, i am considered handsome. by straight women & gay men.

and, for a straight guy, i put a lot of effort into grooming, clothing & shoes. and when i needed glasses (prior to LASEK), i put a lot of thought into how the frames worked with the shape of my face.

so thanks for your support.

making yourself attractive as possible is just plain good sense. and if you're on TV, its part of the job description. even Pat Buchanan wears makeup.

[ReverendDeuce]

57. I agree 100%, but I don't wear make-up....

Although I do use higher-end products for the face and shaving such as Zirh. There is NO finer shaving gel than Zirh. I promise you. I've tried a lot. NOTHING beats Zirh with a nice straight razor... god DAMN it feels good.

[zippy890]

28. i'd love it if she's wear some jewelry, nothin fancy

some earrings Rachael? just a little spakle or sumpin.

[ReverendDeuce]

29. I agree! A small chain would be appropriate, as well... n/t

n/t

[LeftyMom]

31. She's beautiful.

Now where are the ten year old pics of KO with the glasses and mustache that made him look like Groucho Marx? Or do we only get to nit-pick women?

Because seriously, you're suggesting that she get herself cut up because you don't like her mole and find it distracting somehow (meanwhile, I've got a ginormous tv, and I haven't even noticed that she has a mole.) She has a brain, and a look and personality of her own- she's not one of those interchangeable blonde newsreaders. I would suggest dealing, because I have every reason to expect you'll be seeing her on TV a lot more in the near future.

[Lex]

39. .

:yourock:

[hedgehog]

32. Rachel used to bleach her hair and wear it long?

Who knew?

[devilgrrl]

33. Now all she needs is a new set of cans...

:eyes:

[libnnc]

36. yep. can't have our news anchors sans huge hooters

I feel kinda sorry for folks who have become so used to the big boobed barbies on the teevee.

We'll have to walk them through this "transformation" process.

Women who look like real people :wow: WHO KNEW?

[devilgrrl]

38. Imagine where Amy Goodman would be if she were just hotter looking.

Doesn't it just kill you?

[libnnc]

42. I'm old enough to remember what that "industry" did to

Linda Ellerbee

And it still pisses me off.

the rise of Jessica Savitch was the beginning of the end of women in the television news business.

[devilgrrl]

53. I use to enjoy Ellerbee's NBC Overnight

I was pissed when they canceled it. Same goes for 'Our World' on ABC.

[Lex]

40. And some fake eyelashes and maybe some sparkley jewelry?

LOL.

[AlCzervik]

44. and a nice vacant look in her eyes.

:D

[Lex]

45. Blue contact lenses too!

How could I forget that?

(Hey you. :hi: )

[AlCzervik]

46. i'm fine thanks, had company for 2 weeks, went away for a week and my bff is coming

here for a week the first part of August, just in time for the Xfiles movie, yay! I hope all is well for you and yours. Nice to see you btw.:hi: :loveya:

[Lex]

47. Sounds fun

but exhausting! :pals:

[fascisthunter]

49. that picture says it all about Bush's mother

makes sense knowing her son so well...

[Cleita]

48. Yes, and a short skirt so she can sit in front of that coffee table set

and viewers can fantasize about looking up her skirt. :sarcasm:

[libnnc]

50. witht the "fuckme" heels

can't forget those

:banghead:

[90-percent]

52. the good news

The good news is that Rachel won't be on an episode of "What Not to Wear". She don't need it no more. Shes totally made.

However, I bet Rachel would be able to tell Stacy and Clinton where to go!
And neither would know what hit them!


-90% Jimmy

PS - Linda Ellerbee was friends with Frank Zappa and she wrote a nice piece about Frank back when he died. Daniel Schorr also said nice things about Frank on NPR back then, too.

[tannybogus]

58. Pearls!

She needs to wear a string of those honking big pearls like Bushmama. That will cause so much cognitive dissonance for the Cain't voters that their brains will melt. Makin a big sumption about brains here.

[propel]

59. She's alright

But women need to let their hair grow out.

[Lex]

60. LOL.

Women "need" to do whatever the hell they choose to do with their hair.

[orleans]

61. thanks for reminding me i should get my hair cropped (it's nearly down

to my waist now--time for a change!)

[orleans]

62. we love the way rachel looks, talks, laughs, and thinks!

she has become our new media goddess. (at least in my household)

[Hekate]

63. Mr. H and I are both in love with Rachel Maddow. Brains first, but what a great package...

There's nothing wrong with looking your best, imo. I'm staggered at the transformation, though -- I don't know what persuaded her to make the change, but I'm glad she did because she is a beautiful woman. She doesn't have to do anything further -- a bit of androgyny is a good look on Rachel.

I can only speculate that the earlier pix were part of a phase of some duration, because I can't imagine even Keith Olbermann's blandishments would make this happen overnight.

Regardless, television being what it is -- i.e. visually-driven by above-average attractiveness -- this makeover is essential to her new career. I hope she's very happy with the look, because our household is very happy with her continued intelligent presence on the wasteland that is MSNBC.

Hekate

[orleans]

66. i remember there was a night when they had so much makeup on her

and these big long eyelashes--it was terrible!

they probably got so many emails demanding to know what they hell they did to rachel that they fired the makeup jerk.

now i think she's perfect.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

64. Rachel is a doll and she kinda reminds me of

the young Jamie Lee Curtis, She has cheekbones to die for, is smarter than hell, generally kicks ass and is mega adorable. And this from a straight middle aged suburban guy.

[rucky]

69. I think the coke bottle glasses are groovy.

[90-percent]

70. Lesse here

There's a Zappa plays Zappa Show coming up in Northampton in about two weeks. I wonder if Rachel would mind if I dropped in after the show? I'll even bring a bag of Cheetos or something....

Nahhhhhhh.....I always let my fave celebs have their privacy!

-90% Jimmy

[mmonk]

71. No discrimination of moles please.

I don't feel like having mine removed right now.