Rachael Maddow is absolutely brilliant

[malaise]

her discussion re the state of infrastructure with KO was unbelievably good.
I knew the next bridge falling down would be the last straw. Watch the rage spread DUers.

Dems better not join Bush and tear up civil rights. This is the perfect moment for Dems to stand up. If they do, I hope Al Gore and Kucinich tear them to pieces.

Bush is a walking disaster.

[Rick Myers]

1. She was great! Excellent commentary about conservatism!

Hopefully it will get to those You Tubes...

[WorseBeforeBetter]

2. You beat me to it...

I was just about to post the same. Intelligent, articulate, genuine, etc. And she's "steamed," as every American should be. A friend sent this to me earlier today:

“Bridges actually received comparatively high marks in the civil engineering report: an acceptable C grade, compared with D notes for the country's aviation system, dams, drinking water, electric power grid and hazardous waste system.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070802/pl_nm/bridge_collapse_infrastructure_dc_1

It's a disgrace, but hey! we're number 1!

[malaise]

11. The shit is about to hit the fan

Dems better stand tough!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

26. They better, but I'm not really that optimistic.

I hope I'm wrong. At what point will Americans hit the streets? How many more bridge collapses, massive power outages, patients dumped in the streets, etc.? I live in a state ranked 14th (maybe it was 11th...) worst in the country for bridge safety and the local news opened with the start of college football practice. I'd say UFB, but with the state of Corporate Media, it is FB.

It seemed like even Richard Wolffe couldn't contain his contempt for the Maladministration during this evening's segment.

[bdamomma]

3. * always pointing the finger at Dems, and pushing the fear card

he is such an ass. I hate the guy.

And I love when Keith has Rachel on.

[sandnsea]

4. She was very very good

If Minnesota is among the best - what does that say about the worst? And I love that she nailed Republicanism, I am so sick of people pretending that this just cropped up with Bush. This is who they are, they've been preaching against government for decades.

[yurbud]

5. she did a monologue on it last night that was dead on brutal

[Hamlette]

7. last night's was great...as was tonight's. She needs her own show.

she seems good natured without looking stupid and she is able to call them on their really stupid stuff without being snarky. (Sometimes Keith is too cutsie snarky for me).

Instead they pick people like Glenn Beck and Paula Zahn and Joe Scarborough.

Maybe the Internet is our medium but TV and radio is theirs?

[malaise]

9. Well to put it simply

it was easy to identify the Rhodes scholar. :D

[WorseBeforeBetter]

19. LOL! I was going to offer up Beck's bio in comparison...

but figured most DUers are aware of his *cough* impressive credentials.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. She does have her own radio show, on Air America Radio.

But it would be good to have her on "mainstream" TV more often. She's excellent.

[yurbud]

43. I think more people listen to radio. here in LA, she should be on earlier, and move Ed

to the nether hours.

He's a great transitional object for red staters, but not exactly LA material.

[KittyWampus]

6. you know, let's not forget the miners who died because of Bush. A moment of silence for them too

please.

[malaise]

18. Bush is a walking disaster

He must be stopped.
The Courts have said he has done something illegal - are there no consequences?

[movonne]

8. I think Thom Hartmann said she was one smart person..

[Graybeard]

14. Rhodes scholar, Doctorate in Political Science...yeah I guess she's smart.

KO picks his analysts carefully and Dr Maddow is one of the best.

[malaise]

17. What stands out is her familiarity with

the subject and she keeps it simple - the true mark of the brilliant.

[immoderate]

45. And from Oxford, yet...

I love Rachel's radio show, she is brilliant. Also throw a bone to the wonderful Kent Jones, the best sidekick in radio.

--IMM

[proud patriot]

12. It was spot on

I love Rachel :loveya:

[Rude Horner]

13. The Rachel Maddow show is my favorite

of all on our local progressive talk radio. I think she's extremely intelligent, well spoken, and interesting to listen to.

[Hieronymus]

15. Yes, Rachel was a Rhodes Scholar and has several degrees, including Phd.

[CatWoman]

16. she sure was!!!

and did you see the fire in her eyes?

such passion!!!!

she reminds me of NSMA.

[AtomicKitten]

20. Dr. Maddow kicks ass.

[elfin]

21. Randi is better -- but Keith doesn't like her

for some reason -- she said so on a recent program. But Maddow is good as well -- but I like Randi better.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. I have to disagree -- Randi is entertaining and goes off on some great rants,

but she is often rude to her guests, interrupting and cutting them off; and sometimes she is not very well-informed. Rachel Maddow is calm, rational, extremely knowledgeable and well-informed, and she never sounds shrill, like Randi sometimes does.

[Berry Cool]

29. Agreed. Randi has also never explained what makes her think Keith doesn't like her.

All she does is keep saying Keith doesn't like her, and that she's heard he's "not a nice person," and then never explains what THAT's supposed to mean. It'd be nice if she'd stop slurring him without explaining why he's supposedly so not-nice.

And to add about Randi being rude to callers: she was bugging me today because she was on a kick about how journalism needs to be licensed by the government so that journalists are no longer permitted to tell lies. Of course, this flies in the face of the First Amendment, and is the way totalitarian governments are run, but what the hell. She was telling people who said this that they were "crazy."

I could not believe I was hearing her say that she believes the government should license journalists to ensure they will tell only "the truth." She thinks THIS government could be trusted to determine what "the truth" is???? She thinks they would not punish and de-license people who tell the truth and license only those who parrot their lies?

[Hieronymus]

35. Randi has claimed numerous times that Keith Olbermann steals her

material .. yea, right. I can't listen to a complete program of hers anymore.
Randi is rude, even to callers that agree with her .. she really has a huge inferiority thing going on, and battles it with rudeness.

[Hieronymus]

33. You got it .. Randi is entertainment .. pure and simple.

[sellitman]

40. Bingo!

You saved my worn out keyboard with that astute post!
Agreed.

[Gregorian]

22. She defused the state lack of funding concept.

I didn't know the fed was responsible for 80% of the infrastructure funding.

[malaise]

25. There's a great discussion on inequality

and class polarization on PBS Now. Barbara Ehrenreich is with Bill.

Sp.

[Berry Cool]

30. But state funding still matters.

Not as much as fed, but it matters too. Which is why it matters that the governor vetoed a gas tax that would help pay for repairs. It might not have saved this bridge, but could have saved others.

[MasonJar]

23. Well, she is a Rhodes Scholar, according to Keith's intro.

[peacetalksforall]

24. Maddow has a great sense of humor to add to her other talents and

abilities. And a great easy to take laugh - important for having witty sidekicks and a steady stream of laughs on her/their program. She's good on radio and tv. Very disciplined and knows where the road is and how to get down it fast without breaking any laws. She must be brilliant.

[Disturbed]

27. She is brilliant and wonderful.

She will never get her own Prime Time TV because ... You can guess, why she won't.

[malaise]

31. She will

They will be swept from power.

[Berry Cool]

32. Funny, I've seen Rosie O'Donnell in prime time. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

34. I thought Katrina would be the last straw, but I was wrong.

:(

[malaise]

36. Katrina woke up people

but it didn't really affect them. The couldn't believe their government could treat others like that. Bridges now - that's a whole different matter! Now they know they're being treated the same way.

Sp.

[in_cog_ni_to]

39. EVERYONE has bad weather though! We have tornadoes here in Illinois, up North they have blizzards,

the coastlines have hurricanes, the South has floods and droughts, and CA. has fires and earthquakes. FEMA's reaction to disasters does affect them...sooner or later. Katrina should have been the last straw for every single American citizen.

So now that a bridge they drive on could collapse, they all of a sudden care? Sad. Very, very sad.:(

[burrowowl]

37. Yes, she is great

I wish KABQ got all 2 hours of her. We get Lisle and hell they could easily put him later, he irritates me! He even irritated me be he got on Air America and I can't understand how he got on?

[stop the bleeding]

38. Is there a link for this?

sorry to be behind, but thank you in advance for anyone who can help?

[malaise]

44. Here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/
click Searching for answers in Minneapolis
then Tax Policy to blame for Bridge collapse?

[mzmolly]

I always marvel at not only her intelligence, but her ability to kick ass communicating.

She should run for office, or at least have her own major news program. ;)

Rachael > :yourock:

[mzmolly]

41. dup

*

[SunDrop23]

42. She's spot on quite often.