Rachel Maddow on the Letterman Show (01/07/2010)

[deppdelver]

LOL, how the extreme FOX fanatics and O'Reill

y ranters hate on her. Go Maddow, go.

[tysgirl13]

Please....stop doing so much for us Obama. Bailing out the banks with trillions of dollars, continuing the Patriot Act, allowing the Federal reserve to continue to inflate our dollar. Yeah, great work guy!!

[laliisx]

below me trollolllol. Just enjoy the video

[7Bosten]

Yea...he got so much done for the country and the people were so thankful that they...voted to get rid of the Democrats from the house???

Wait what?

[adamscantley]

Maddow 2016.

[22350693521]

@gombis666 like what, fair pay for women, benefits for LGBT Federal employees, expanding VA funding & benefits, student loan reform. are you telling me that americans dont want VA benefits for our heroes?

[gombis666]

Yep, Obama did a lot - a lot of shit people didn't want.

[KingKook]

@gombis666 "Yep, Obama did a lot - a lot of shit people didn't want."

Yes, a lot of "shit" that CERTAIN people didn't want, but not ALL people. To which people are you referring? Nervous, scared, anxious, deluded, misinformed, paranoid, bigoted, racist, juvenile people? Yes, these are the people to whom you are referring. Obama isn't perfect but he isn't as stupid or evil as you reactionaries would like to believe. It's time to put on your Big Person Pants and pay attention to reality...

[gombis666]

@KingKook - As an American, I have a right to disagree with my president. I know that bothers you and you tow the party line for Obama,but the majority of this country isn't supporting his initiatives. It's time for you to look in the mirror and admit that Obama is screwing this country.

[KingKook]

@gombis666 You can disagree till your sweet little cheeks turn pink, but you can't lie, distort, misquote or even assume the worst when there isn't any EVIDENCE to justify, to support your delusion. George Bush get you pissed? There are many things wrong with our government but Obama is NO WORSE than any president in the past 30 years. YOU have imposed upon him your own ignorance & prejudices. I"m not just LOOKING in the metaphorical mirror you adore, I LIVE in it. It's my job, I'm an artist.

[gombis666]

@KingKook - Boy it must be miserable in that mind of yours. All I said is that Obama's agenda is not supported by a lot of this country. How is that a lie, assumption etc? It's a statement and I didn't quote anyone. And yes, I had A LOT of problems with Bush -spoke out against him plenty but he's not in office anymore and Obama's policies have been ruining this country. You just get your liberal pussy all in a tizzy when someone disagrees with Obama. I have every right to say anything I want.

[KingKook]

@gombis666 You keep repeating that you've a RIGHT to say what you want. This is an expression of great frustration. You often feel stifled, gagged, unheard. This is a common condition, a psychological syndrome that is formed by early childhood injustices. I understand. I'm not in any way trying to restrict your free speech rights. I am calling you out on your vague, unfocused, blanket contempt for a person who's done exactly what a capitalist leader is supposed to do. Are YOU a socialist? I am.

[gombis666]

@KingKook - Not frustrated at all....I am repeating that because the underlying point you seem to be making is that I have no grounds to say that Obama is not a popular president and your socialst mind needs to hear things a few times before it gets the point. Obama's approval rating is 22.1%. The people have spoken, and so have I -his agenda isn't popular or wanted. My deepest sympathies on your mental disorder....your socialism. =)

[KingKook]

@gombis666 You must at some point in your hectic day just take a moment & consider the magnificence of your onanistic hyperbole. Your breathtaking disconnect from reality - as horribly cold, cruel, and callow as reality may be - is plainly evident. Regardless of my attraction for or repulsion to Obama, I know that his approval rating is actually around 45-47%, depending on what particular insanity FOX is pushing that day. 22.1% is the percentage of time you apparently experience lucid thought.

[gombis666]

@KingKook - Oh the insanity that is the space between your kook ears. Oh the insanity. Shhh. Hear that? It's this country passing you by...the people do not agree with or care for Obama and and elections have consequences the likes of which your socialist rants cannot escape and sincerely hate. Enjoy.

[KingKook]

@gombis666 At one time I believed that America & Americans were basically good. But knowing what life does to people's minds & souls - how it distorts, crushes, shatters dreams - I now believe that only very young children are good. Everyone else is demented. A brief review of our history proves that this Republic was NEVER good. It was ALWAYS a hypocritical farce, a mythical delusion. From its earliest moments slavery was rotting the Nation's core. Now we are Fucked. Obama isn't responsible...

[Lenora1854]

Letterman is an asshat. Rachel is adorable and sooo intelligent. My aspirations in life are being half the woman she is. Go Rachel!

[LightningBoltFACE]

I agree with quite a bit of what you say about FOX News, they are ENTIRELY FALSE...even when they tell the truth they are lying.

[Felapa999]

She thinks that great things come from governments not by individuals

[RealTime88]

@Felapa999 She's saying government CAN work.

[Felapa999]

Hhahahahhaha rachel has no ideals. Her definition of ideal is a negation. She keeps her job by criticizing others ideals, not about creating or having her own.

[KingKook]

@Felapa999 You might have a point. I was thinking just how much time and energy msnbc and fox spend critiquing and insulting each other. I don't watch either anymore. I watch the BBC or independent news channels.

[SaphiraBrisingr]

i was just at the first question and thats all it was, so maybe you could link that vid or something... just sayin

[mizzoulibertarian]

Rachel says the bailout stopped another great depression. wrong. we are in a depression. the bailout simply put off a "great depression" a little while. like an a heroin addict who gets his dose to stave off withdrawl. but the withdrawl will come back only worse. same with us.

the Gobi desert is in Mongolia. It has been increasing and decreasing for 3 thousand years. nothing new.

[Arkayem]

Rachel lost me on that whole "against other countries conspiring against us" thing.

[SaphiraBrisingr]

@Arkayem they were havin a secret council without the president. It was all of them, just without the president. That is very scary, when your allies are having discussions about anything without us. Especially since Brazil is in South America. An intelligent mind would take that to mean Brazil is going to help them in an attack. Just sayin. It has always been offensive, from Asia to America, for allies to discuss issues without a full council.

[Arkayem]

@SaphiraBrisingr We conspire, spy, talk shit about almost all of our allies, we also draw their military into conflicts that can stand to benefit mainly us. Our government lives in a glass house and chucks boulders around at other people.

[SaphiraBrisingr]

@Arkayem but we don't bring the other countries into our coniving. their are rules of war that conservatives dont give a rats ass about.

[DarkAngel0125]

Oh my gosh, her in those pants. =)

Me likey. 

[elizabethhagar]

i think she is great and she is pretty and just all round the best

[Georgie2047]

Rachel Maddow is an Oxford educated Rhodes Scholar (take note Christine O'Donnell) who has her pulse on what is right in American politics. Her nightly show contains the most well researched information I've ever seen or heard. The difference between the accuracy of her programme and the low brow, muck raking rubbish on the Fox Network is in a word QUALITY. Rachel cares about her audience enough to ensure that she delivers only the best in television journalism. Rachel is an American treasure.

[RealTime88]

@Georgie2047 She really is. She's not afraid to say America has problems and the guests she brings on help us realize what we need to do to get back on track. Most Rubbish at Fox News is you don't say America has any flaws. I'm glad Rachel, Lawrence O'Donnell and Keith Olbermann won't play that game. But many people in America are too stupid to realize those 3 I just mentioned are telling what is really going on America.

[MaryanneRafka]

I love Rachel Maddow.

[jamesdc60]

FRUIT OF THE BOOM!!!!!!

[ShaolinTaoist]

She seems intelligent, I'll grant her that. But she's an incredibly close-minded NEw Leftist. How is that possible? Easy, she doesn't question her points or progressive American politics that have expanded the Supreme Court's judicial dictatorship.

[bluegrasslacy]

@ShaolinTaoist--Who does? Let's not single people out. By the way, spell check

[Tradd9]

@ShaolinTaoist She has a PhD from Oxford, which means she has done more thinking that you will in your whole lifetime. What you see as closed minded is the rejection of the Republican philosophy of - BE A CHRISTIAN, PROTECT THE CORPORATIONS, BE ANTI-ABORTION (even if there are health concerns for the mother), and HATE GAY PEOPLE. Rejecting such archaic crap is the definition of awesome. And Rachel Maddow is just that.

[russia687]

Oh Lord, she's adorable.

[JellyBean2144]

Love me some Rachel Maddow. Big fan. She is so attractive, smart, and witty. Great job, Rachel. She knows her stuff.

[sunsetally]

6:00 "I think Global Warming: it probably means extreme weather of all kinds." WHAT?!! Ok, so we need to make sure every country in the world spends Trillion$ to stop "extreme weather of all kinds?" Don't drive your car! It's causing "extreme weather of all kinds!" Don't leave your lights one! It's responsible for "extreme weather of all kinds!" Send Billion$ to South America and Africa and under under-developed countries because it's all fault for causing "EXTREME WEATHER OF ALL KINDS!"

[charliebubblesoar]

@sunsetally Shhhhhhh

[materialclassified]

Maybe if both these limo liberals give up 90% of their pay, alot of americans could go back to work. With these folks it's always do as you are told, but I have the money to do as I please.

[RondoVenezianoHere]

Maddow reminds me of Tabitha Soren from MTV. Just a total loon.

[rajsuckslikehell]

I have those glasses. They are Moscot's! WOOOOOOT.

[1stbrasscaptain]

She said that the glare is too problematic when she wears her glasses on the show. 

[totesrockbottom]

@1stbrasscaptain And yet Chris Hayes gets to wear his when he fills in. Such a cruel world in which we live.

[1stbrasscaptain]

@totesrockbottom Indeed. Sad, sad, sad...

[Slipppppers]

I wish she wore these awesome glasses on her show.

[justrespect360]

i wish she would have taught current events at my high school

[jetulik]

DOES SHE EAT OFF THE BUSHY PLATE?

[78cnup]

she's smart !

[MimiZ914]

@dadecountyhustler305 What does it matter if she's a lesbian? She's a thinker of the highest order and people of that intellect could care less about sexual orientation being their calling card. Are you homo-phobic?

[rammer257]

dadecounty: She is Dr. Rachael Maddow, PhD, she is a Rhodes Scholar from Oxford and generally thought of as a borderline genius--hence she is on David Letterman answering the most important questions in the World for the World. Additionally, she hosts the top rated Rachael Maddow & has a top rated radio talk show on Air America.

You on the otherhand are obviously an intellectually retarded and sadly unaccomplished loser.

[epizetousi]

Her vocabulary is so great but she doesn't come off as pretentious. This to amazes me everytime I hear her talk.

[dadecountyhustler305]

@ epizetousi

hmmm... yes they call it the "liberal tone". If you listen carefully they'll say things that doesn't make sense...

[epizetousi]

"liberal tone" or not (I agree with you), her command of the language is still very impressive to me. I rarely hear anything like that on TV.

[TwinPat90]

@epizetousi I agree. Finally, there is someone who is both extremely informative and entertaining on television. Also, I must say those glasses are awesome!

[krilabeier]

@epizetousi I agree. It's great how intelligent she is, how pertinent and smart her comments are--yet she is great at explaining in a way that everyone watching can understand. Being accessible to the public can be really hard, and I appreciate this from her.

[jupitermadcat]

Love Rachel!

[gwbled]

Great interview! Rachel is able to convey a lot and yet make it interesting and funny!

[stickleyroad]

Dr. Maddow is brilliant and funny. What a terrific woman.

[thoostorm4]

@stickleyroad sorry she likes obama thats one moron backing another moron

[chenchiheshang]

good!!!!