When will the GOP learn not to mess with Rachel?

[Nancy Waterman]

Tom Coburn made some disparaging comment about her being emotional, and she just eviscerated him on her show.
Once they get in her crosshairs, she really goes for the jugular and is incredibly effective. And all she uses are the facts. It is a beautiful sight to behold.

[boppers]

1. Maddow, I presume?

She's one tough cookie.

[dtotire]

20. Video Clip of her comment about Coburn

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#36293893

[gateley]

2. I often think that people running against GOP incumbents/candidates would

do well to just show some Rachel footage. She always lays it out concisely, counters each claim with the facts, and makes it easy to understand.

[Jennicut]

3. They underestimate her level of intelligence and ability

to take a Rethug, chew them to pieces and spit them out. She does her homework, unlike many so called journalists.

[Raine1967]

8. She will take anyone --GOP or not -- to task.

She is he real deal. She pays it out, she connects the dots and she calls it as the facts present themselves.

She is far more non partisan than people really want to think she is.

[ckimmy57]

44. And

she does it with style..:thumbsup:

[vduhr]

47. I don't think they underestimate her at all.

The fact that they try to discredit her (i.e. both Coburn and Scott Brown) indicates to me that they are absolutely aware of her and are scared of her. I love that they always come out looking like idiots too.

I like to watch Keith Olbermann (love his bold comments), but for concise information, I always watch Rachel Maddow.

[awoke_in_2003]

50. KO and Rachel...

are the dream team- the Cronkrites of our day (I think Walter would be proud of both). If only they got more exposure.

[awoke_in_2003]

49. and she does it...

with such cool and panache- I love that lady

[and-justice-for-all]

4. They like having their ass beat by her on a regular bases...nt

[awoke_in_2003]

51. Well, they don't always...

have the money to hit the S&M nightclubs (Michael Steele is bogarting :) )

[AndyA]

5. Coburn deserves what he gets.

Rachel will prevail!

Being from Oklahoma, I take personal joy in watching Rachel Maddow call out my corrupt, bigoted, hypocritical, psycho, asshole Senator.

Keep up the good work, Rachel. Love ya! :hug:

[blueredneck]

6. Thank God, I thought I was the only Oklahoma Democrat alive.

Oklahoma has been scarier than normal lately. :P

[yesphan]

25. Just wait

until ol' "faith, family and freedom" becomes governor.

[grace0418]

37. I have a friend in Tulsa who is not only a Dem but gay to boot. I honestly don't

know how he stands it. You all have more fortitude than I. :hi:

[awoke_in_2003]

52. I heard Tulsa...

is rather blue (great, now "Livin' On Tulsa Time" is the earworm of the night)

[Cha]

7. Sounds like a thing

of beauty!

[Bitwit1234]

9. That is what I LOVE LOVE LOVE about her...just the facts Mamn

nothing but the facts. And boys and girls that's something the GOP can't argue with and it is driving them nuts.

[Lindsey]

11. What can be said about Rachel that hasn't already been said?

I've posted that very sentence on another thread. And just when I think I can't be anymore impressed by her, her live coverage last night regarding the Denver plane incident absolutely- blew. me. away. She has the right mix of everything: brilliance, humor,nails every issue,oh and she's sooooooooo HOT. I'm gay and she's a rock star in the gay community. Almost everyone I know Tivos her if they know they can't catch her live.

[dmr]

16. I record her even when I watch her live!

I LOVE Rachel.

[golfguru]

10. It is sad that Rachel's ratings are falling...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/04/22/msnbc-maddow-show-ratings-tumble

[Berry Cool]

12. Interesting that you should come here and claim that

and cite Newsbusters as your source.

We're supposed to trust a wingnut site to give us accurate ratings info?

[PBS Poll-435]

13. !

:popcorn:

[ckimmy57]

45. Agree

WTF is up with that idiot and their "link" of lies...

[Greyskye]

15. Not according to less biased sources than Newsbusters.

The Newsbusters cited 'source' is an opinion piece in the entertainment section of the L.A. Times from April, 2009. A year old? Seriously? :eyes:

How about data from this quarter?

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/30/msnbc-beats-cnn-in-1q-2010-in-primetime-and-in-total-day-among-adults-in-march-first-time-since-2001/46635
“The Rachel Maddow Show” finished well ahead of CNN’s “Larry King Live” in 1Q, up by 20 percent in total viewers (920,000 vs. 767,000) and 18 percent among Adults 25-54 (238,000 vs. 201,000). The advantage was even greater in March, with Maddow up by 58 percent in total viewers (1,067,000 vs. 676,000) and 55 percent among A25-54 (268,000 vs. 173,000).


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/business/media/30cnn.html
Mr. King’s audience dropped 43 percent for the quarter and 52 percent in March. He dropped to 771,000 viewers for the quarter from 1.34 million in 2009. More alarming perhaps, Mr. King, whose show has been regularly eclipsed by Rachel Maddow’s on MSNBC (and is almost quadrupled by Sean Hannity’s show on Fox), is now threatened by a new host, Joy Behar on HLN (formerly Headline News.)

[totodeinhere]

19. Citing CNN is not a very good means of comparison.

All of CNN's primtime ratings are down across the board. These days it's not much of an accomplishment to beat your competition on CNN. A more accurate measure of how Rachel is doing would be to compare her present numbers with what they looked like a year ago. In in that measure, her ratings have tanked. (In fairness, other MSNBC programs were also down.)

All MSNBC programming was down double digits compared to Q1 of '09. Monday to Sunday, MSNBC's primetime for the quarter was down -15% in Total Viewers compared to Q1 of '09 (-22% demo). "Countdown" was down -26% in Total Viewers (-42% demo), and "Rachel Maddow" was down -25% (-38% demo).

(The emphasis was mine.)

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/q1_2010_ratings_msnbc_down_double_digits_tops_cnn_in_prime_156755.asp

I am citing Mediabistro.com, a trade publication without any particular political agenda one way or the other.

Meanwhile, Hannity on FNC continues to out rate Maddow by better than two to one. I would say that objectively speaking, Rachael is not doing too well.

BTW, what you cited was an MSNBC press release and hardly an objective description of what is really happening. Of course in their own press release they are going to put the best spin on things that they can.

[Greyskye]

28. The cites were www.tvbythenumbers.com & NY Times.

Better luck next time.

[totodeinhere]

30. Do you dispute the substance of what I said that her numbers are down 25% from a year ago and...

that she trails Hannity by better than two to one?

[Greyskye]

32. No. I dispute usage of year old editorials linked by conservative rags to support current debate.

[totodeinhere]

35. I agree with your dispute of old editorials. But that data I cite is current and it's from a...

neutral source. Look, I am a fan of hers. And I wish her well and I wish more people could watch her. But I am not going to bury my head in the sand and assert that she is getting good ratings because that just isn't happening. Losing to Hannity by better than two to one and losing 25% compared to last year just doesn't cut it.

[golfguru]

43. Sorry about the year old data

My bad on googling Rachel Maddow rating and that one of was the first item showed up.
I Know nothing about newsbusters either.

[Dappleganger]

42. What is sad.

Your news source fails.

[Phx_Dem]

14. Learn? The Republicans?! ROLFMAO.

Don't tease.

:rofl:

[xxqqqzme]

17. She took coburn out to the woodshed

It was damn fine reporting too. Her rundown of his involvement in the ensign mess was a thing of beauty.

[rasputin1952]

18. They won't...she is a target because she speaks truth to power...

Rachel has integrity, something that the GOP lost after TR was president, (briefly returned under Eisenhower, but died for good immediately following Ike).

Rachel has that rare combination of intellect, courage and integrity...she is in a class by herself. When one adds that she actually likes her job and has great delivery skills, her power is amazing.

The GOP, and some D's, cannot hold a candle to her, on the few times she errs, she owns up to it immediately...when's the last time you saw an R do that?

[ProfessorPlum]

21. Rachel is a f*ing badass!

[ShortnFiery]

22. Rachel did us proud last night.

I admire her. In fact, I encourage my daughter to listen when she's on and say, "Now that woman is one excellent role model for young women."

Very few people are super-intelligent, classy, morally sound and stunningly attractive all wrapped into one awesome package.

Rachel Maddow. :loveya:

[niceypoo]

23. Facts and eloquence

She is so perfect for what she does

[SKKY]

24. It seems that, since we spend so much time bashing Palin, and rightfully so,

...they are picking a fight with Maddow. The problem with that strategy is that Maddow is about 2 or 3 times smarter than the average Republican. I can't remember an interview where someone on the right got the best of her.

[ckimmy57]

46. Oh God

wouldn't you just love to see Rachel take on Palin. God, what a beating that would be. Rachel would chew her up, spit her out and send her ass home crying.

[SKKY]

58. Actually, I don't know if I would...

...it would be like watching that Celebrity Rehab show. I find it difficult to watch people walk into something like a lost child, that is exactly what Palin would be against Maddow- a lost child.

[CTyankee]

26. "I am reporting on your record, Senator. And this is what that feels like."

Wow! she knows how to "close" an argument...

[mercuryblues]

27. Recap of the segment

Oh, my Dear Rachel. What anger you hath wrought.

Maddow has been stirring up the c-street hornet's nest.
A little history:
Coburn and Ensign are "renters" at the house on c-street, owned by the family. Included in their rent is maid service, a cook, a 12 bedroom home, lavish digs. The people who live there pay anywhere from $600 to $900 a month. The going rate for accommodations like that in the DC area - over $4,000 a month. She has brought this to light and people are investigating. The congressmen who live there have not claimed the discounted/subsidized rent on their IRS forms as income, they have not claimed it on their disclosure forms as donations, nor have they reported it to the ethics committee. Big no nos. Their rent is being subsidized by a secret religious group and not being reported to anyone.

Coburn is now losing it. he is quoted as saying Rachel Maddow is reporting on this from an "emotional" perspective. He would have been wise to ignore her, but then he is not a wise man. She excoriated him last night.

Coburn has blocked the extension of unemployment benefits on the grounds it is not paid for, he even imagines himself the hero of this. the few people that will feel pain from my actions is nothing compared to the pain of future generations that have to pay for this. I am taking a brave stand.

The only problem with his "brave" stand - Coburn voted for the unpaid for tax cuts by boosh, plus 2 emergency supplemental war funding bills, both unpaid for. he also has another problem with paying as you go. When Pay-Go was voted on a few weeks ago, he voted against it. So if he was serious about Paygo why does his record show, just the opposite?

Ensign had an affair. Coburn negotiated the bribe paid to Ensign's mistress' family. Ensign will most likely be indicted soon, because of that payment and a few other shady dealings. Coburn has repeatedly stated the he only "rents a room" at c-street. When the affair and bribe became public and Coburn's involvement he had this to say "is privileged communication" that he "will never reveal to anybody. Not to the Ethics Committee, not to a court of law, not to anybody."

A double whammy of confidentiality. Except when it wasn't.
Coburn later said he counseled Ensign to end the affair and to go public with it. If Ensign followed his advice, this would not be a scandal now.

So he did talk about the advice.

"But where in the c-street house did this conversation take place? Did the OBGYN Coburn give his medical advice to Ensign in the bedroom he rents? His spiritual advice in the bathroom? So who pays your rent Senator Coburn?"

Maddow then shows a clip of Coburn crying during a senate hearing, talk about who is emotional. Amazingly enough Maddow reports this without one single tear.

[vduhr]

48. And don't forget this:

http://www.wealthstrategiesjournal.com/2010/02/clergy-members-seek-irs-probe.html

Rachel has mention this a few times when reporting on C Street and its shady activities. She hasn't let up for a second on this one. She's great!

[samplegirl]

29. She exposed his ass

and served it on a platter!!!!!!!!!!!!

More Democrats should be doing the same.

[marew]

31. So true! LOL!

[Rage Inc.]

33. Rachel Maddow=Tim Russert

K&R!

[BrklynLiberal]

39. HUH?????????????

[bobhuntsman]

56. rachel > tim

[lunatica]

40. Not in a million years!

You must be believing all the hype about him, because he was never anywhere close to being objective. He carried water for Cheney and Rove and the entire neo con bunch. He skewered Democrats on the flimsiest of straw man arguments, but Cheney told blatant lies on MTP and Russert let him get away with it. I stopped watching MTP because of that.

Maybe once upon a long time ago he may have been good. But no. There's no comparison.

[AuntPatsy]

34. Too bad she cannot be cloned and distributed onto all available media talk slots.

[JoePhilly]

36. Love her ....

[BrklynLiberal]

38. She is like one of those knife throwers....precise, accurate and cuts real close to the skin...

[DailyGrind51]

41. Rachel and Debbie Wasserman Schultz v. Dick Cheney & Karl Rove would be "pay per view"!

RM and DWS would give BOTH those slobs coronaries!

[defendandprotect]

53. Watched this last night and it's brilliant ... and funny -- except Coburn is so pitiful....

One of the biggest "Christian" phonies in the Senate --

Another member of "The Family" -- rent $833 per month.

A doctor who wants to prevent medicare care for Americans --

A prime negotiator in the Ensign "affair" --

And still preventing extension of unemployment benefits which families desperately need!!

And another GOP hypocrite on "paying for stuff"!!

Let's call this guy's office every day -- !!!

[Paladin]

55. With Respect, "Pitiful" Is The Wrong Word To Apply To Coburn.

Try "repulsive" or "sub-human" instead.

But your calling his office every day idea has real merit......

[defendandprotect]

57. Did you watch him crying? Pitiful . . . . .

[Cleita]

54. So that emotional thing is what right wingers do to take women down?

Some male tried that on me once a long time ago on the job and I told this jerk, who was trying to micro-manage me without any authority to do so, to get out of my way and go do his own job. Then he cut in saying I didn't have to be so emotional about his trying to help me, and I told him he must have me confused with his wife, because she has a reason to be emotional living with him. I didn't realize until Rachel's show last night that it was a way of "handling" women.

[Orsino]

59. When enough people watch Rachel that it matters. n/t