i like rachel maddow... i've listened to her show on air america a few times. i like countdown for what it is, but whenever she hosts it, i can tell she's kind of donning the countdown cap... that isn't really the type of stuff she talks about on her normal show. she talks a lot more about foreign policy and the war in general than about the politics of it.

She has a face made for radio.

dj_bigbird: She has a face made for radio.

Dude it's okay if you have a secret crush on her. She's gay.

She's a smart gal.

She very well may get her own show. But it won't be at the expense of Matthews. They won't cut him loose. Especially with the loss of Russert.

Diogenes: She's a smart gal.

She very well may get her own show. But it won't be at the expense of Matthews. They won't cut him loose. Especially with the loss of Russert.

the article is a bit misleading in that regard anyways, since weekend nights aren't booked solid on msnbc. she may well take chris matthews's time slot... when they re-air his show at 7.

burndtdan: the article is a bit misleading in that regard anyways, since weekend nights aren't booked solid on msnbc. she may well take chris matthews's time slot... when they re-air his show at 7.

It is more likely that she would get the 6pm time slot that will be freed up when "Race for the White House" reaches the end of its run in November.

But Ms. Maddow said that it would be a mistake to paint her broadly as pro-Obama and anti-McCain. "I'm not that much of a typecastable liberal," she said over lunch. "I am not a fan of either candidate."


What a farking, lying, whore.

Code_Archeologist: burndtdan: the article is a bit misleading in that regard anyways, since weekend nights aren't booked solid on msnbc. she may well take chris matthews's time slot... when they re-air his show at 7.

It is more likely that she would get the 6pm time slot that will be freed up when "Race for the White House" reaches the end of its run in November.

As long as they don't put Tucker back in that slot.

cameroncrazy1984: Dude it's okay if you have a secret crush on her. She's gay.

You're just saying that because she looks like a dyke.

/Also has a crush on her.
//What? She cleans up alright when I've seen her on Countdown.

She was wearing a little number with bold pin stripes one night while covering Olbermann. Looked just like one of his suits.

dj_bigbird: She has a face made for radio.

I don't know what she looks like. I tried GIS, but it keeps turning up pictures of some dude.

I wouldn't say she's unattractive. Butchy, but attractive in her own way.

Calmamity: I don't know what she looks like. I tried GIS, but it keeps turning up pictures of some dude.

I lol'd

Not, uhh, that it's important or relevant to the article or this thread. Ahem.

_{/it went green}

Actually, a lot of listeners complained during the primary about her luke-warm coverage of Obama in favor of Edwards (as an Edwards supporter, I didn't mind). I'd say she was tentatively supportive of Obama as an alternative to Hillary or McCain, but he wasn't her first pick.

Of course, I stopped listening to pretty much all politics around March because I was primary-ed out, and am just now picking the pieces back up. So maybe she has changed.

Diogenes: I wouldn't say she's unattractive. Butchy, but attractive in her own way.

This - if not for the butch haircut.

It's hard to sound equally critical of both candidates when Obama is blessed with the gift of gab and McCain is blessed with the gift of gaffe.

I like how she holds her own against the blowhards (i.e. Joe Scarborough). I'd love to see her on Hannity & Colmes /BOR one day, she wouldn't take any shiat.

sepuku2: But Ms. Maddow said that it would be a mistake to paint her broadly as pro-Obama and anti-McCain. "I'm not that much of a typecastable liberal," she said over lunch. "I am not a fan of either candidate."

What a farking, lying, whore.

That's funny, that's exactly how I feel about all you "I don't like John McCain but I'll defend everything he does and bash Obama every chance I get" clowns.

Kaiser_Bun: Also has a crush on her.

I am also not so strangely attracted to the delightful Ms. Maddow. She has a well developed sense of irony which serves her well covering politics today. And I think the short hair works well for her face and skin. I can't picture her with a longer hair cut that would be an improvement.

sepuku2: But Ms. Maddow said that it would be a mistake to paint her broadly as pro-Obama and anti-McCain. "I'm not that much of a typecastable liberal," she said over lunch. "I am not a fan of either candidate."


What a farking, lying, whore.

I think somebody's angry inch is upset that this is yet another vagina that they will never touch.

I'd never heard her until recently. She made what I thought an interesting observation regarding The Surge^TM. She said it had been described by critics as an escalation but the euphemists branding it as The Surge^TM ultimately triumphed.

/recalled from an imperfect memory

SherKhan: I'd never heard her until recently. She made what I thought an interesting observation regarding The SurgeTM. She said it had been described by critics as an escalation but the euphemists branding it as The SurgeTM ultimately triumphed.

/recalled from an imperfect memory

I saw that piece, too. I guess the White House is consulting with Frank Lutz again.

i guess i kinda have a crush on her. i don't know how to describe it... it's not a sexual interest per se, because i've known she was gay from the minute i saw her. it's not quite a man-crush, because she's not a man. it's somewhere in between, and i'm trying to figure out a way to phrase it.

That's a dude, dude!

She has a thick neck.

My wife pointed it out to me, and it ruined the whole thing.

not bad looking. her hair reminds me more of something from the 80s than a man's cut.

NightOwl2255:

That's a dude, dude!

Whatever. I still enjoyed Pirates of Silicon Valley but that Indiana Jones wannabe The Librarian stuff is kind of lame.

Not a FoxBlonde clone? I don't think the public can handle it.

gilgigamesh: She has a thick neck.

My wife pointed it out to me, and it ruined the whole thing.

My mom mentioned how Patricia Heaton's ears stick out and now I can't watch a Raymond rerun without fixating on them.

burndtdan: i guess i kinda have a crush on her. i don't know how to describe it... it's not a sexual interest per se, because i've known she was gay from the minute i saw her. it's not quite a man-crush, because she's not a man. it's somewhere in between, and i'm trying to figure out a way to phrase it.

Somebody to go to the bar with to pick up chicks with, a Wingwoman if you will.

Sorry, Wil.

Code_Archeologist: burndtdan: i guess i kinda have a crush on her. i don't know how to describe it... it's not a sexual interest per se, because i've known she was gay from the minute i saw her. it's not quite a man-crush, because she's not a man. it's somewhere in between, and i'm trying to figure out a way to phrase it.

Somebody to go to the bar with to pick up chicks with, a Wingwoman if you will.

lesbians do make excellent drinking buddies. you can ogle all the ladies you want, and whichever way she swings, one of you has a shot.

Diogenes: She's a smart gal.

She very well may get her own show. But it won't be at the expense of Matthews. They won't cut him loose. Especially with the loss of Russert.

What about when Matthews runs for the Senate in 2010?

/You read it here first, folks.
/Well, maybe not the first time, but my prediction nonetheless...

doyner: What about when Matthews runs for the Senate in 2010

they'll put someone else in his seat til he loses in 2011?

burndtdan: they'll put someone else in his seat til he loses in 2011?

Probably.

burndtdan: lesbians do make excellent drinking buddies. you can ogle all the ladies you want, and whichever way she swings, one of you has a shot.

I had a lesbian Wingwoman that I used to go drinking with in college. I would hit on the straight girls while she would entice their bi-curious friends.

doyner: Diogenes: She's a smart gal.

She very well may get her own show. But it won't be at the expense of Matthews. They won't cut him loose. Especially with the loss of Russert.

What about when Matthews runs for the Senate in 2010?

/You read it here first, folks.
/Well, maybe not the first time, but my prediction nonetheless...

Sorry to say, you've been scooped. I heard that on one of his shows and he swears he's not interested. (But of course, they all deny.)

doyner: /You read it here first, folks.
/Well, maybe not the first time, but my prediction nonetheless...

not likely. There is more money, fame, and influence as a member of the punditry... just ask Joe Scarborough.

Exactly what MSNBC needs...another kook leftist.

/I liked Keith Olberman better when he was on Sportscenter and doing Subway commercials.
//These days, he's a just a bitter old man.

dj_bigbird: Sorry, Wil.

Oh wow...have we ever seen both of them in the same place together?

Maddow sucks. Give Thom Hartmann his own show, at least he's informative.

no wonder their ratings blow

That would be good for people with a constant craving for news.

Diogenes: Sorry to say, you've been scooped. I heard that on one of his shows and he swears he's not interested. (But of course, they all deny.)

Yeah, but... (new window)

MFL: no wonder their ratings blow

Hey giving a kinda cute lesbian can't hurt their ratings.

globalwarmingpraiser: MFL: no wonder their ratings blow

Hey giving a kinda cute lesbian can't hurt their ratings.

plus she would have a go to ratings booster. she could make out with hot chicks on air.

globalwarmingpraiser Hey giving a kinda cute lesbian can't hurt their ratings.

dude she looks like a 15 year old boy

globalwarmingpraiser: Hey giving a kinda cute lesbian can't hurt their ratings.

She would be pretty if she grew out her hair but I guess that goes against the whole lesbian look or something.

Diogenes: doyner: Diogenes: She's a smart gal.

She very well may get her own show. But it won't be at the expense of Matthews. They won't cut him loose. Especially with the loss of Russert.

What about when Matthews runs for the Senate in 2010?

/You read it here first, folks.
/Well, maybe not the first time, but my prediction nonetheless...

Sorry to say, you've been scooped. I heard that on one of his shows and he swears he's not interested. (But of course, they all deny.)

On the Colbert Report, he practically announced his candidacy for Arlen Specter's Senate seat in 2010.