"If the media reported that McCain has 9 homes and wears $500 shoes and

[Coexist]

dumped his first wife for a beer heiress with the same fervor that you report what Barack Obama eats for breakfast, this would be a different race."

Rachel Maddow, panelist on Race for the White House

8:07 in. My quote is way off, but captures the idea!

I love you, Rachel!

[az chela]

1. You gotta love Rachel

[Cosmocat]

29. What was STUNNING in that piece ...

was that when Rachel brought that up, EVERY SINGLE PERSON, Gregory and EVERY single panel member almost blew their heads off screaming to defend McCain for about five seconds, she did not even get the words out of her mouth and they were shouting over her, and then Gregory cut the segment off to go to a commercial ...

That moment was much as any highlighted how the media, IN MASS is covering for this guy ...

And, for the record, Gregory is a CUT above in "stealthily" advancing right wing dogma ... The man just is GLEEFUL when he takes whatever crape McCain is spewing about Obama on any given day and saying "BUT, underneath that lies a REAL truth about Obama's candidacy ... Do people REALLY know who he is" ...

I see him do this EVERY god darnded day ...

[my2sense]

2. Can't wait until she get's her own show n/t

[Middle finga]

3. Thank you Rachel, Without you and KO I don't know what I would do

I nominate Rachel to be Obama Press Secretary.

[TheDonkey]

4. Its very true. Why do we need to know about Obama eating arugula when McClown has 9 homes?

but of course he is "down to earth".... I wonder why that is......

[phillysuse]

5. I'd like them to report that he doesn't pump gas -

McCain is a Jersey Girl - he doesn't pump gas!!!

P.S. I live in Jersey and I don't pump gas either!!!

[Kahuna]

11. I live in NJ too. When our Gov was making noise about self serve...

I emailed him and said..er..no. This is NJ and we will gladly pay a few cents more to be served. :thumbsup:

[cliffordu]

6. I am sooooo in love with that woman.

In a non-sexist, platonic, "Jeeze, I hope she's on my TV again today" kind of way, of course.

[sufrommich]

7. I do too. She needs her own show. nt

[butterfly77]

8. Not in some people's eyes...

they would say he deserves it because he is a war hero or some other idiotic reason..

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9. not slightly overweight middle-aged women who were dumped by their husbands

for newer models.

[Kahuna]

10. LOL! Boy did they shout her down for that. PROOF positive they are

in the tank of McUgly.

[Coexist]

12. oh my gosh, Gregory nearly had a heart attack!

[Kahuna]

22. David and Jay were like, 'no no no..everybody already knows McCain.'

Which of course isn't true.

[Coexist]

24. all they know is that he is a former POW.

they need to be told the rest.

[bunkerbuster1]

13. She's good, isn't she?

She knows when to shiv the compeition. Kinda like my man Obama, actually.

You don't quite see it coming, but man, you know it when the deed is done.

[Bleacher Creature]

14. Leave John McCain Alone!!!! And stop denigrating his military service!!!

[NorthCarolina]

15. That's probably true, and the media is well aware of the effect

those types of "things" can have on the race. That's why we hear things like Obama eats "arugula lettuce" and shops at "Whole Foods". To the simple minded thinkers this tactic can apparently be effective enough to swing a few votes McCain's way, but if you're the media you don't shoot yourself in the foot by using the same tactic on McCain by talking about his "Heiress wife", or his "Nine luxury homes", or his "$500 Ferragamo loafers"....well, all of the media except Rachel that is anyway. She has absolutely got to be a financially necessary but hugely unwanted presence in the MSM.

[annabanana]

16. It's amazing how striking a little bit of truth plopped into that muddle stirs things up!

They don't let her talk much.. but when they DO.. Hoo Boy!!

[Alexander]

17. Hope she says this all the time on her own show.

She's brilliant.

[zbdent]

18. the media would be spinning it as a good thing ...

and that you only are successful if you have that many ...

[AtomicKitten]

19. And not even a peep about the Keating 5.

The MSM has an agenda and that apparently is parsing every syllable out of Barack's mouth and completely glossing over McBush cheese.

[grannylib]

20. She's great, and she's right, of course. If there were such a thing

as the "liberal media" McLame wouldn't stand a chance. Of course, if there were a liberal media, or just people in that biz doing their fucking JOBS, we wouldn't have the unelected frat boy cheerleader callin' hisself the pResident.

[Coexist]

21. amen.

[Motown_Johnny]

23. I think the Loafers were $520. but who's counting? And Yes.. Rachel sure hit them hard with that

[populistdriven]

25. McCain has 9 homes and wears $500 shoes and dumped his first wife for a beer heiress

McCain has 9 homes and wears $500 shoes and dumped his first wife for a beer heiress
McCain has 9 homes and wears $500 shoes and dumped his first wife for a beer heiress
McCain has 9 homes and wears $500 shoes and dumped his first wife for a beer heiress
McCain has 9 homes and wears $500 shoes and dumped his first wife for a beer heiress
McCain has 9 homes and wears $500 shoes and dumped his first wife for a beer heiress
McCain has 9 homes and wears $500 shoes and dumped his first wife for a beer heiress
McCain has 9 homes and wears $500 shoes and dumped his first wife for a beer heiress

[polichick]

26. There should be an ad about keeping our tires inflated, how Barack...

...and Michelle are doing that along with the rest of us ~ but if you can afford $500 shoes and $750,000 shopping sprees you might scoff at a money-saving conservation measure like that.

[Gabi Hayes]

27. from politico....lost link, but it's there:

''Their credit card bills peaked between January 2007 and May 2008, during which time Cindy McCain charged as much as $500,000 in a single month on one American Express card and $250,000 on another, while one of their two dependent children had an AmEx card with a monthly balance as large as $50,000.''

why doesn't somebody ask McCain at a townhall meeting what the hell they could possibly spend $750 THOUSAND bucks on in one month. was any of it on his campaign? if not, WTF was it FOR?

gold plated tampon holders?

[Vinca]

28. I love her, I love her, I love her. That remark was a thing of beauty. nt