MADDOW HACK HACK HACK

[kcjohn1]

She should join Fox News.

Bernie wins by 11+, and first and only questions she has for the campaign manager is trash NY DAILY headline.

When I think she hasn't hit the floor, she keeps going lower.

[amborin]

1. we stopped watching her, she's consumed the kool aid

[Broward]

2. This campaign has exposed a lot of faux liberals.

Maddow certainly being one.

[Zira]

63. +10000

[itsrobert]

3. Don't get mad

Vote.

[HERVEPA]

62. It's past your bedtime

[itsrobert]

64. It is.

thanks.

But I have the People vs OJ on the DVR.

[HERVEPA]

87. Mommy let you stay up to watch that?

[SoLeftIAmRight]

78. will you tell us a bed time story???

tell us about her trip to bosnia

[Firebrand Gary]

4. Bernie gave the disastrous interview, he's going to have to answer for it.

As all candidates would have.

[Armstead]

9. It was NOT a disastrous interview. I know it's fun to day that.

It was not the greatest interview of all time, and he fumbled a bit on some points. But he also made important points that need to be stated and restated -- and which the Clinton DLC crowd have been ignoring for far too long.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

12. did you read it for yourself, or just the opinion piece?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

41. Fancy meeting you in this online dump...

Do you remember the slide show we made, which criticized the NSA, AT&T, and "W" called I will survive with your great Statue of Liberty Photo bucket?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

45. you did all the work!

Of couse i remember... Ah the good old days

[islandmkl]

13. Hillary might not want guns to come up too deep...

there is always money somewhere that might make one look disingenuous....

old friends and cohorts excluded...

https://theintercept.com/2016/03/01/nra-lobbyist-will-co-host-clinton-fundraiser/

[fun n serious]

29. Bernie and NRA...

and IM EX bank vote and Koch but no one talks about that.

[CentralMass]

52. Bernie's vote was the correct one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1638442

[haikugal]

80. Very inconvenient....

[lumberjack_jeff]

90. And Hillary lost the Wisconsin primary. Who is going to make her answer for that? n/t

[jillan]

5. I really wish people would stop watching her. Esp if you are a Bernie supporter.

[2banon]

20. I guess I'm in the minority on Rachel. I never ever thought she was good journalist

In fact, I never considered her a journalist at all. Which publication did she ever report and write for?

I first heard her on Air America with Winstead and I think maybe Mark Maram (sp?) if memory serves?

2 Comedians. doing a kinda of quirky political chatter show on the air for a very short run, I think the show folded not long after the 2004 stolen elections.

Then I see her make cameo appearances on Keith Olbermann as a Political Pundit, doing analysis which she pulled off fairly well and with just enough sophistication to resemble a somewhat astute political analyst.. and with just enough wit to win over liberals and the big suits at MSNBC to fulfill the entertaining fluff factor. I tired of schtick very early on her first year. a couple of years later I just cut the cord altogether, because Journalism was not to be had on Cable anywhere.

A good Journalist?

If there are any links pre-MSNBC indicating a career in genuine journalism, I'd be curious.

[jillan]

23. She used to be. An example was she broke the Bridgegate scandal but even with that she wouldn't

shut up about it.

I know there has been more, but can't think of any right now.
For some reason all I can think of is her saying teeny teeny tiny, which used to grate on my nerves

[2banon]

35. I understand she talked about stuff in the news including detailing

and I do recall how she loved putting on Repukes on her show, and being ever soooo polite to them and doing her happy dance thing for them.. that kind of silly stuff just never worked for me.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. As song lyrics state...

"Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it all and some things you don't want."

[islandmkl]

7. Weaver was on point...Rachel tried act like he was deflecting...which only

got him into an even better series of points...

she definitely didn't like him bringing Hillary into the conversation...

[jillan]

24. Her goal is that gotcha question. She really has become pathetic.

[dchill]

33. In my experience, you really gotta get your gotcha question...

Nailed down BEFORE you ask it. You can't be digging for the win on the air. This is Jeff Weaver, not Donald Trump.

[snowy owl]

37. Her gotcha questions aren't smart enough. . . Sanders always makes hay out of them.

[Segami]

8. She has become beyond obvious.....

Did someone guarantee Rachel unfettered WH access to HRC if she helped carry water for the team?

[liberalla]

22. That's what I heard too... press secretary

[dchill]

36. I didn't hear it, but I sure am seeing it.

[liberalla]

21. someone suggested she may want to be/or was teased with the offer of

becoming press secretary...

I hate the way she giggles at Brian Williams. Every time he makes a comment, she thinks it's SO funny.

[snowy owl]

39. I find them both unwatchable. His whine and her giggle. OMG!

[Lil Missy]

10. She must be reporting objectively again. n/t

[reformist2]

11. You simply must get a cable channel that doesn't include MSNBC. Or pull the plug entirely.

They're never going to change. It's time we stopped feeding the beast.

[DefenseLawyer]

14. First thing she said when they called it for sanders

Was "Well, of the last 12 contests Clinton and Sanders have each won 6!"

[DirkGently]

54. That was painful to see.

The news angle is that Sanders, given so little chance to begin with, and written off so often since, is not only still in it, but seemingly picking up steam. Yet all she can do is strain to minimize it.

Somebody seems to have gotten to MSNBC in general, but Rachel's compromised her perspective the most.

I look forward to having her back when this is over one way or the other.

[JoePhilly]

15. Worship Bernie or be berned at the stake!!!!!!

[Red Oak]

19. I'm sorry, did you say worship Bernie or vote for a snake?

[jillan]

25. Zing!! :)

[JoePhilly]

32. Correct ...

... you are sorry.

[Hissyspit]

16. She has so disappointed me.

[DirkGently]

18. She is disappointing me too.

I still think Rachel is brilliant, but she actually made a face when Sanders pulled out the win in Michigan. Even other people on MSNBC seemed excited, but she just curled her lip and mumbled that they'd split the delegates so it didn't matter. She was equally bummed and nonplussed tonight.

Put down that Clinton water, Rachel. It must be getting heavy about now.

[snowy owl]

44. Briiliant? Based on what? I left her a couple years ago.

I've never heard a really good interview from her. Not one.
She says everything three time.
Giggles through most of it.
Gossips a lot.
And acts more like a teenage cheerleader than a poised whatever it is she's supposed to be doing on MSNBC. And I sure don't know what that is anymore.

[DirkGently]

47. She largely broke the Flint water scandal,

for starters. It was out there, but people started listening when she made it a focus. She was all over Bob McDonnell before his trip to prison. She's a Rhodes Scholar and no giggling teenager.

But she is leaning over very hard for Clinton in the Dem primary of late. It's not her best moment.

[snowy owl]

55. Bill was a Rhodes Scholar too. Look what he did for the country.

Maybe you don't watch other news organizations. You might know that MSNBC isn't the only one talking about these things. As for Bridgegate, totally political and hardly news the way she covered it. You are more accepting of labels than I am. She says she's a policy wonk. She might actually be better on something like MTP - I've said that before. But she is hardly good at her current job. McDonnell - more politics and of course it was out there.

You can say she isn't a giggling teenager but she sounds and acts like one. Haven't you seen the Bernie bashing? She is always part of it. I'm sorry but that's not journalism or objective reporting or even professional.

[DirkGently]

60. Her bias in the Dem primary is not

representative of Rachel's overall quality as a journalist and commentator. Which makes it all the more disappointing to me.

[Lordquinton]

50. Heavy water?

Is that why Clinton misspoke about the nuclear option when she meant military option?

[Fawke Em]

26. Did she catch Hillary's cough?

[Impedimentus]

27. Maybe there's a high paying job opening at the Clinton Foundation?

Perhaps, now that's she's been totally corrupted by money she's trying for the REALLY BIG bucks?

FEEL THE BERN - 2016

[Nite Owl]

28. Give her more $$$

and she'll be at Fox

[Miles Archer]

43. Megyn Kelly is signaling that she "might" leave Fox at the end of her contract.

So anything is possible.

Megyn Kelly says ‘options open’ on leaving Fox

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/megyn-kelly-says-options-open-on-leaving-fox-you-call-huckabee-fckabee-and-youre-gone/

Kelly’s contract with Fox ends after the November election, and she says that she is keeping her “options open.”

“Never say never. I don’t know what’s going to happen,” the Fox News host observes. “I’ve had a great 12 years here, and I really like working for Roger Ailes. I really like my show, and I love my team. But you know, there’s a lot of brain damage that comes from the job.”

According to Kelly, a less controversial role like NBC’s Today morning show or her own talk show would result in “far less conflict in my life.”

“You have to wake up so early,” she says of the Today show. “Listen, this is a fickle business. What if they called me and fired me tomorrow? I have to keep my options open.”

[BillZBubb]

48. In other words, she wants a huge raise.

She's not leaving Faux. She's a right wing hack and would fail any place else.

[Miles Archer]

89. My guess? She wants payback in the form of a raise or a promotion for taking Trump's crap.

It's the "Coach Parks Syndrome."

I went to a largely affluent high school. I was middle class, there was a lot of culture shock, but the school was in one of the most affluent towns in California. That meant the parents sank a LOT of money in the football team. The key players, the cheerleaders, the whole enchilada largely...but not exclusively...was made up of "Top 1%ers" students.

The parents only cared about one thing...winning...and the cash flow to that team was a 1%er cash flow.

Then there was Coach Parks. A mean son of a bitch, the worst caricature of a bulldog ass of a high school football coach you could imagine.

EVERY year, Coach Parks would say "Wellllllllll...i think this is going to be my last season."

BOOM...parents gifted him with a motor home. One of those that was bigger than the house I lived in.

Next year?

"Wellllllllll...i think this is going to be my last season."

BOOM...now he has a boat. BIG boat.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

So yeah, Megan is not saying "I've signed a deal, I'm out."

She's letting Uncle Roger know she has some payback coming.

My guess is that Uncle Roger isn't all that generous. He probably sees Hannity and O'Reilly as his "stars" and is willing to let anyone else walk.

[madamesilverspurs]

30. Keep throwing her under the bus,

she's terrific company for the rest of us who don't measure up to your "standards".

[mythology]

31. Yet again, if somebody doesn't fawn over Sanders they are a hack

But a dozen duplicate posts about the same unsourced crappy article from Margot Kiddor on counterpunch are lauded as absolute unvarnished truth. Objectivity is sadly missing.

[JoePhilly]

34. Exactly correct.

These delicate flowers are hilarious.

[Impedimentus]

38. I'm a hack and I fawn over Sanders. We hacks have rights too!

Hacks for Sanders - 2016

FEEL THE BERN - 2016

[MrMickeysMom]

40. I haven't had use for her for about 1.5 yrs...

I knew her (as a fan) in AARadio days... Not the same shtick. Not the same yearn for honest discussion.

It happens. Good luck Rachel, but I don't miss ya cause I don't watch ya, and when I catch a glimpse (like early tonight), I confirm WHY.

[snowy owl]

46. Me, too. I have one-tier up on cable to get MSNBC. I'm buying down - CNN, even Fox, better

There is nothing on MSNBC I watch anymore - yes I check in from time to time but I never stay. I won't miss them at all.
Shep Smith on Fox is more fun and interesting than anyone on MSNBC. And both of them come cheaper.

[rockfordfile]

83. I don't think so, Faux News is a pos right wing propaganda network

[fun n serious]

42. I don't understand why...

People get sooo upset just because, " don't feel the Bern.' People are entitled to feel and think for themselves. Chris Hayes is on your side.. He is bummed about all this but we allow him to feel as he wishes we don't go after him viciously. What is the big deal? He is not the Pope... it's disturbing...

[snowy owl]

51. Hayes is NOT for B. I've watched him til recently . . .

he is under the MSNBC requirement that you promote Clinton all the time. It was only RM that I stopped watching years ago. Perhaps you don't watch him. If you did, you'd have seen him, R, and Korny totally mock Bernie after an interview she did. The first decent interview I've seen Hayes do without after-talk bashing was his silence when Michelle Alexander - can remember now talked about Bernie and Blacks. She told it and he was pretty much speechless for once. I would love everyone to see:

Actually, I think I saw this on DU. Cuz I really can't watch it anymore.

That is the first unbiased interview and without after-bashing Bernie that I've seen on MSNBC.

[fun n serious]

67. She speaks very eloquently..

She is right about Bill Clinton, the 90's and today. I guess, I don't see the bashing of Bernie at the scale that you do... I see Hilary a woman, former first lady who has worked hard for democrats for years... being called every filthy name you can think of. at every opportunity. Almost as if she is the personal punching bag of some. Sanders took her name to the campaign trail and made people think she was really all up in big oil, campaign finance shenanigans and getting paid for speeches. Most first ladies got paid for speeches and the men get paid even more but Hillary's speeches are the only ones t hat sound nasty to people,why? Because of Bernie and his rhetoric of a woman getting paid to speak. A SEC of STATE former fist Lady. How dare she. He hung her up on a PINATA everyday for a year and was praised for it. $$ in politics.. Bernie has some of that too and it should look worse on him since he is running a purity campaign about $$ in politics..but it does't people only care about Hillary and beating her to the ground..
To me, Bernie had a good message but that alone was not enough and shouldn't be. I think, we all should try too wear someone elses glasses now and again. I'll try to tone down my rhetoric here and be more tuned in with how others feel..

Peace.

[snowy owl]

72. you might read this

Can you see Bernie shouting? http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clintons-strengths-and-anger-white-house-revealed
You know, everything she does just like everything he does publicly has consequences. She flipped on TPP, fracking, banking, she's a moderate on climate change, - none of which would have happened without him messaging her points of view on issues. That is absolutely relevant to a campaign and election. You think she's a nice lady, well maybe. I don't know. That isn't relevant to me. But the I'm not voting for a next-door neighbor. I'm voting for someone to give us our democracy and safety net back.

[snowy owl]

56. I do think Hayes might be for B but he's carrying water for HC, RMS and MSNBC.

He's a friend of Sam Seder who is all in for Bernie and I think Hayes has a very compassionate and just side to him. But he's taking money from MSNBC so that his public allegiance and he's doing the job.

[fun n serious]

69. Yes. He tweets ad he is in for B nt,,

[snowy owl]

73. Thanks. I have renewed faith in him. I'm sorry for him right now. His show is better than RMS IMO.

He tackles more interesting and more relevant topics. I hope his audience sticks with him. After the GE, I might return but he's the only one and that includes O'Donnell.

Tonight on an MSNBC panel after it was over he, John Nichols and Jan gave some honest opinions and it was nice to hear. Joy Reid looked like she could strangle a snake. A fifth guy really didn't say much.

[fun n serious]

75. I didn't watch tonight.. Have my grandbaby.

What a MESS this election has been, I think for all Candidates..INC repukes..

[BillZBubb]

49. MSNBC is a joke. And a bad one at that.

Maddow has lost all credibility.

[Nyan]

53. She'd like to keep making 7 million dollars a year.

If you give favorable coverage to Bernie, you end up like Ed Schultz (although he seems to be doing okay these days).

[snowy owl]

58. Rachel is a big girl - it's for real.

[Nyan]

61. No doubt.

I'm just saying that amount of dollar figure plus the glamour that comes with big-shot host status certainly play a part in her self-rationalization.

[appalachiablue]

57. RM a few years ago: "This job is really, really hard!!" Such hardship! A few $ Mill then, now 7Mill

[TheBlackAdder]

59. There's a reason why she's drawing young Republicans from Fox News. They aren't turning Dem.

.


I can't believe they cut off a Dem candidate, giving a speach, to report on some Trump announcement!


Catering to the Young Gun Republicans.


.

[hibbing]

65. Brian Williams...ugh

I have a hard time even watching when he is on. Him and all his little quips and jokes every single time he opens his mouth that he thinks are just oh so funny...blah.

Anyone can become a political commentator, all you need to do is use the words "pivot" and "optics".


Peace

[snowy owl]

74. Me too! I don't know how people can sit through him. I never watched NBC News cuz of him.

And I grew up watching NBC News. Williams whine/twang/????/whatever hurt my ears. Just didn't sound genuine, real or normal even. I'm laughing. Thought I was the only one! MSNBC is not the better for him. Now they have two unlistenable people. I wonder how low rating will have to get for MSNBC to figure out how to run a news network?

You know, he reminds me of Brit Hume. Is it that Eastern Uppity stuff I'm seeing?

[snowy owl]

82. I cruise . . . catching Williams on panel just now - he isn't very sharp - in a real sense.

Both Maddow and O'Donneel were waiting for him to get out whatever it was he was trying to say. He is not quick nor sharp. I wonder if his days aren't numbered. It was a little pitiful.

[Octafish]

66. They finally put Weaver on the air and they ask him about guns.

The one issue that Hillary owns.

[ecstatic]

68. Are you serious? You want journalists to ignore the fact that Bernie

doesn't have a clue on how to implement the single issue he has been obsessed with for 30+ years? Really?

Is it wrong for someone to request more details on how he plans to make good on his promises?

[Nonhlanhla]

70. Rachel must be doing something right

Because Bernie supporters believe she's in Hillary's camp, and Hillary supporters believe she's a Bernie supporter.

Rachel is a policy wonk who also happens to be very progressive. I think her progressiveness inclines her towards Bernie, and her wonkiness inclines her towards Clinton. In the end she just likes to analyze stuff on TV, without necessarily shilling for everyone. And these innuendos that she's sold her soul for a cushy White House job are just ugly.

[snowy owl]

76. That's ridiculous.

Those of us who used to watch her know better. Perhaps you don't watch much?

[Nonhlanhla]

85. No, what is ridiculous are these conspiracy theories about how she's been bought. nt.

[Lucinda]

84. +1

[Odin2005]

71. She decided that doing what her corporate masters want is more important than truth.

She is not a journalist, she is a propagandist.

[snowy owl]

77. Totally.

[bbgrunt]

79. k and r

[haikugal]

81. I hear Keith may come out of retirement...him I'll watch..stopped watching when he was no

longer there...sorry Rachael, I'm just not into you.

[B Calm]

86. Bernie is a much stronger candidate than Maddow wants to give him credit for. Bernie

Will get even stronger from here on out!

[stillwaiting]

91. The pods got her asleep. It's the only thing that can explain her unbelievable change of heart.

Or, money.

It could be the money.

But, she was SO GOOD on Air America! And, this Rachel Maddow is SO BAD and so clearly a shill. So, I'm thinking the pods got her while she was sleeping. Yep.