Rachel Maddow takes on the whole panel on Carter visiting Hamas . . . and wins

[ProfessorPlum]

Run time: 03:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIxbiiPHhA   Posted on YouTube: April 16, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 16, 2008 By DU Member: ProfessorPlum Views on DU: 4402

 

[ProfessorPlum]

1. I love her laugh at the end

like, "you doofuses".

[Sander]

6. I just wish she had her own show

I love KO, but sometimes he gets just silly. And his constant rants at troubled celebrities (Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan, Britney Spears, etc.) are tiresome.

Just give me an honest news/opinion show with RM and I'd be thrilled.

[Political Heretic]

16. I really don't want her to have her own show, unless she spends most of it doing her own analysis.

I don't want her to be a pundit. She is a political analyst with a PHD in poly sci - she needs to be the one pundits are directing questions too, not the one directing questions to other foolios.

[progetto]

40. either way, she deserves more air time. n/t

[dbmk]

2. All the others offer up is opinions

And she just pounds them with fact after fact that contradicts them. If she wasn't so good, it would almost be boring :)

[Bolo Boffin]

3. Rachel Maddow is my new god.

She shut that thing DOWN.

"So you think Colin Powell is a radical on this?"

:rofl:

[Muttocracy]

4. Facts, schmacts. Body they didn't like that Colin Powell thing!

:)

[fascisthunter]

5. All Three Guys are Full of Shit

the guy below Maddow is a wimp.

[ginnyinWI]

13. this clip shows so obviously what they do.

Just try to stir up stuff, even though it means nothing. Blah blah blah--saying whatever, just to fill up the time. Rachael is willing to stand up to this kind of bs-ing. Bravo for her.

[MindMatter]

20. Correction: All FOUR guys are full of shit

That Gregory fellow seems like he's auditioning for a gig at Faux News these days.

[Beaverhausen]

7. But Obama did condemn Carter

I'm confused.

[Muttocracy]

18. those 3 couldn't seem to get it when she said that! nt

[Just-plain-Kathy]

33. I was disappointed to hear that Obama condemned Carter...

I’m not going to pretend to be an expert on this subject, but the way I understand it; Hamas defended the Palestinians during the Israeli occupation of their territories. Hamas rebuilt their cities, thanks to Hamas the Palestinians have hospitals, schools and services. The Palestinians voted for Hamas; Jimmy Carter’s a hero for trying to use diplomacy where our idiot president wouldn’t dare.

[judy]

43. What? This is soooo disappointing!!

I thought Obama had said that in Foreign policy, he would want to talk to ANYONE! Damn...this is not good.
Of course Jimmy Carter is right. Talking to the democratically elected Hamas, is the only way that they will find other outlets to defend the Palestinian cause than bombs. It's kind of a no brainer.

[judy]

44. What? This is soooo disappointing!!

I thought Obama had said that in Foreign policy, he would want to talk to ANYONE! Damn...this is not good.
Of course Jimmy Carter is right. Talking to the democratically elected Hamas, is the only way that they will find other outlets to defend the Palestinian cause than bombs. It's kind of a no brainer.

[truedelphi]

54. Apparently O didn't go far enough - he should have immediately

Committed suicide on the news that Pres Carter visited the gravesite.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

8. Rachel: "you think Colin Powell is a radical on this?" uh uh

heh this ought to be her show!

[Voice for Peace]

9. She's the only one making sense in that clip. I'm surprised at Eugene Robinson.

Carter's own words about why he was doing this are beautiful to the ears:

http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=1355&thisview=item

"I'm going to try everything I can to get him to agree to peaceful resolution of differences, both with Israelis through Gaza and also with Fatah. But I'm not a negotiator; I'm just trying to understand different opinions and communicate, provide communications between people who won't communicate with each other...I think if he does have anything constructive to say -- he or the president of Syria.. then I will bring that to other people." :applause:

[muyojoe]

15. I was surprised at Eugene too

He is usually not this stupid. Rachel did a great job though.

[yellerpup]

10. Kick for Rachael!

I wish I could express myself so well. Glad she's there to take the words right out of my mouth! K&R! :kick;

[NJSecularist]

11. I'm glad she's on our side...

If I was on the other side, she'd annoy me with all those facts. :)

[floridablue]

12. I think Eugene Robinson has gone over the top as a WP

reporter, trying to cover Senator Obama's ass for obvious reasons. He has been smirking and licking his chops at the thought of a black in the White House ever since the first primary/caucus.

[goclark]

19. Since he is one of the very few people of color that

is "selected" by the Shills in the Media to take his turn for 1 minute,I don't see him as "licking his chops" for Obama at all.

All day and all night we see Tweety,Morning Joe, Lou Dobbs, Andrea Mitchell,Hannity,ORiley, Rush and on and on telling us what they believe. Oops, forgot Buchanan. :puke:

They are "licking their chops" and putting down Democrats when it serves them and that is all the time.

So even if he was Obama's grandfather, I think he tries to be fair. If he didn't, he would not be invited back.

They are in total control of his message and his microphone and they are licking their chops and don't even have a guilty bone in their bodies.

[Cassandra]

21. That's a remarkably tasteless thing to say...

for someone from the often troublesome state of Florida.

[gmudem]

46. The thought of "a black?"

Notice how this place is called Democratic Underground. Spare us all the race shit.

[Yes We Did]

14. If Rachel were running, she could get my vote... The other guys look stupid. No Dumb!

These guys have been at it too long... much like Hillary's crowd. Outdated.

[Yes We Did]

17. The guys always think they're right about matters of national security. School them Rachel!

[zeos3]

22. I'm so glad they actually let her talk

Every time these right wing douche bags talk about an issue it's automatically:

*Good for the right/republicans/conservatives (the word used depends on whether or not a republican committed the screw up they're talking about)

*Bad for liberals and democrats and the left

*Anyone who disagrees with them is "so far out of the mainstream" or from the "far/extreme left"
(also any reference to the left must be preceded by "far" "way out" "radical" etc.)

I'm so glad they let her make her points

[madamesilverspurs]

23. And she often has to make her point

by speaking over their loud interruptions. Her class and smarts are a very welcome contrast to their opinionated snark.

[lynnertic]

41. she's got the voice to cut over all the blabber.

Very nice.

[elleng]

24. Engagement does NOT reward good behavior, doofus;

it looks FORWARD to tolerable behavior from all.

[hwmnbn]

25. Screw it!! Rachel for president!!...

Let's get someone in there who can blast those repugs with facts and logic.

She is teh AWESOME.

[mythyc]

26. i love her

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[JimboDem]

27. Dr.Maddow

inoculates us from the spin. Well done Rachel!:toast: :patriot: :loveya:

[goletian]

28. maddow is the light at the end of the dark tunnel of cable news. - nt

[knixphan]

29. Rachel's my hero!

Love that woman... Always the one in the room with a brain.

[knixphan]

30. kickin' with love

[Dyllyn]

31. Good girl

You show im

[reprehensor]

32. Smart.

The boys were out gunned.

[ekwhite]

36. Outgunned? They brought a knife to a gun fight! N/T

[JoePhilly]

34. She SPANKED these clowns!!!

[acetylyne]

35. More power to her

What a fine example of someone in the media that I might actually trust to give me the news.

[billyoc]

37. They're going to need a lot more chairs if they intend to do battle with Dr. Maddow.

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[knitter4democracy]

38. Who's the idiot who said that Carter's a foreign policy failure?

That self-satisfied, smug POS who sat there saying crap about Carter? I don't recognize him, but I was shocked at the stuff he was saying. Carter? The one who got the Camp David peace accord? Is he serious?

[KitSileya]

42. Exactly! He didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize for gardening, you know.

Which is why Robinson was so wrong when he talked about Carter not having a portfolio - he's got the Peace Prize, which is its own portfolio.

And yeah, Dr. Maddow certainly kicked their @sses.

[ToughLuck]

39. HA HA..she did great!! Screw those other idiots and their FAILED IDEAS

[Infinite Hope]

45. Bad for Obama? Is anything anybody does automatically Obama's fault? Jesus. n/t

[hisownpetard]

47. I put more weight on Rachel's intelligently informed opinion than all four of those dumb-bells

who are playing Hollywood Squares with her.

[Fovea]

48. ROFL!!!!!

I love it when she pwns a bunch of Media Whores in mid confabulation...

I loves me some Dr. Maddow!

[ooglymoogly]

49. Pretty woman inside and out and much to smart for these

talking head fools. If she keeps doing a flamenco dance on these foolish heads they will begin trying to get rid of her.

[Kjaereste]

50. Rachel for VP!

It's high time we had people with three-digit IQs in the West Wing.

[and-justice-for-all]

51. She busted them out...

Those clowns are not so much 'concerned' with Carter as they are with trying to hit Obama with anything they can. Those 4 idiots tried to lie about what Obama had said about his position on the Carter/Hamas issue, that is the MSM for ya.

I am all for Carter talking with Hamas, someone has too/needs to... I think it is called diplomacy, something rethugs know nothing of.

[bdamomma]

52. I love Rachel's strategy, she is so good with facts.

plus I like her smile and laugh.

[guyanakoolaid]

53. Why can't we get smart straight-talking women like this to run for President as a Dem?

Not saying Hillary isn't straight-talking, but... OK that is what I'm saying.

[truedelphi]

55. Whenever Barbara Boxer decides to run, would

be my answer.

But this gift of Maddow's is something not too many people of either gender can claim to have.

[ljm2002]

56. Rachel Maddow continues to impress...

...she is really terrific, well informed and very poised. I could not maintain a calm demeanor during some of these exchanges, but she does it effortlessly.

As for having her own show, I don't care as long as we see MORE MORE MORE of her.

[truedelphi]

57. I've had to email this to five or six people. It's just that good! n/t