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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:31 PM Original message |
I'm disappointed at DU's disappointment in Maddow |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. DU's disappointment? You're kidding, of course. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. I love Rachel. Keith too. Throw in Jon stewart and you have my 3 most watched political shows. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Add Stephen Colbert, and you've got my 4 must-see-TeeVee shows. nt |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I don't watch Colbert as religiously, but he's on my "sometimes" list along with |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
60. I like BBC America too. I don't always remember to watch though. nt |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I love Rachel and think she is doing an amazing job. |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rachel is at the top of my list for news programs/commentators to watch. |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. lots of 'debbie downer' complaints lately- |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
69. Who's Debbie Downer? |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 05:39 AM Response to Reply #69 |
77. google = your friend. see below- |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. There are many people here who can't bear the slightest hint of |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. I love Rachel and her style. I don't want a cheerleader, I want astute analysis. n/t |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
64. Astute analysis? |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Rachel is a pessimist, but she is no dunce and is not ignorant. |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #64 |
84. Properly pessimistic? Isn't that an oxymoron? |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. I love Rachel and I love what you wrote |
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FormerConservative (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm disappointed in your disappointment of DU's disappointment in Maddow |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. LOL! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. You know, it deeply grieves me that you... |
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sunnystarr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. I find that disappointing ... (nt) |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. I couldn't agree more with you, jp |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm disappointed at your disappointment at our disappointment... |
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FormerConservative (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. *sigh*...now I'm disappointed in your disappointment |
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sunnystarr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. It's disappointing that |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. I don't buy and wouldn't argue that this is simply an anti-complacency tactic |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 06:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
79. What you call pessimism , I call keeping it real |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. So if we love her we can't find fault with her? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I don't remember asking anyone to shut up, but I'll reread the OP |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. You were criticizing those who criticized her |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. "Can't" and "shouldn't" are different things, no? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Namaste n/t |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. I didn't mean to offend, and I'm sorry if I did |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Of course you do. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. Yes, I have but I also recognize it's her show to do with as she pleases n/t |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. she's a quality analyst |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Rachel is also a "big girl" and she is aware that overall we approve of her show. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
59. remember who her bosses are! |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yay for groupthink against wanting Rachel to be part of the groupthink! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yay for groupthink against groupthink that is conscious of groupthink! |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. We're on the same side of a good anti-groupthink groupthink. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. You two have just tied my brain into knots. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
62. Gordian groupthink. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. I gather you don't live here in Florida ! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Fear of critical stories impacting events was a factor in the runup to war |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. I agree if it was a story...but it was an opinion given at the end of an interview....off the cuff.. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. See, I agree that a case can be made against "downer" comments or opinions |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Yes..it makes sense.....but I still hurt from those comments coming from her....a friend of ours. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Personal reaction to it is an inarguable fact--I feel the same way sometimes |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm 67 years old and Rachel is the most intelligent commentator I've ever seen on TV |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. I like Rachel's show except for the "Talk me down" segment. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Please stop |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. I actually learned something from her show that I already had a sneaking suspicion about. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I actually heard Howard Dean speak about election fraud a while back. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
76. No, not true. Dean and Obama ARE working on that issue big time. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. I adore the 5:00-7:00 PM PST Keith-Rachel MSNBC block. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. She's been a downer on the dems for a while now...sorry you don't like it |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. We need an echo chamber. We don't need another liberal "journalist" |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. An uncritical echo chamber can lead directly to abuse of power |
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Dollface (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. Rachel insists that I think about things. I like that. But Olbermann is my guilty pleasure. I know |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. Rachel's okay. But she's been Debbie Downer So.Why does everyone HAVE to like the same commentators? |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm not disappointed in Rachel. She can be a real Debbie Downer, but I still love her. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
46. im somewhat concerned, with your disapointment. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
47. weak people have to have their beliefs confrmed 24/7. we |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. During her coverage of the bailout, she gave great interviews to Kucinich and DeFazio |
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Claire Beth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. I love Rachel...Who is disappointed? n/t |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. There are few threads right on the first page of this forum |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
54. Rachel is always a downer during elections. Year after year. Election |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
55. People forget now that back when Olbermann started on MSNBC he was more restrained, too. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
57. I Enjoy Rachael very much and my Dad called me the other to tell me he actually |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
61. She tries to present the issues not our wishes. n/t |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
65. All well and good. Maybe the style of the show just needs fine-tuning. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
66. I got the same thing last night. |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
68. Well said. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
70. None of us feel all is ok. None of us think Obama is perfect. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. I say questioning things can be positive, and I'm accused of telling people to "never question" |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
71. Some people aren't able to process unless or until they hear exactly what they want to hear |
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Lucy Goosey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
72. I love Rachel. |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
73. kr |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
75. ironically I was disappointed in her ham handed attempt to try and paint |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
78. I love Rachel |
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KalicoKitty (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
80. I love Rachel! |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
81. I'm disappointed you're diappointment by our disappointment. |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
82. Preach it! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
83. Great Post...thx. nt |
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