‘Axis Of Evil’ Author Compares Rachel Maddow To Racist Hecklers
‘Axis Of Evil’ Author Compares Rachel Maddow To Racist Hecklers
Last night on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow hosted David Frum, former speechwriter to President Bush, to discuss the increasingly nasty — and sometimes racist — tone among some of the attendees at McCain-Palin rallies. Frum has been openly critical of the McCain campaign, and Maddow intended to discuss his concerns about the campaign’s turn toward negativity.
From his first answer, however, it was clear Frum had a very different agenda: to attack Rachel Maddow. Discussing the “ugliness of tone” in American politics, he said that Maddow’s show, “unfortunately, is itself an example of that problem.” He then compared her tone to the hateful outbursts of some McCain-Palin supporters:
MADDOW: Do you think that my tone on this show is equivalent to people calling Barack Obama somebody who pals around with terrorists, people yelling from the audience at McCain-Palin rallies, Bomb Obama. Kill him. Off with his head. Traitor. Are you accusing me of an equivalence in tone?
FRUM: I don’t think that’s an important question. I think the question is, given the small plate of responsibility that you personally have, how do you manage that responsibility? The fact that other people fail in other ways is not an excuse for you failing in your way.
MADDOW: But you did just say it’s the same thing, that you’re seeing the same thing on this show in a lot -
(CROSS TALK)
FRUM: I worry about that.
Watch it:
It’s laughable for Frum to be lecturing Maddow on striking an appropriate tone. It was David Frum, after all, who coined the phrase “Axis of Evil,” writing it into Bush’s 2002 State of the Union address. After leaving the White House, Frum helped fund a smear campaign against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) when she visited Syria. He attacked Al Gore for speaking out against Bush’s foreign policy, saying, “Maybe a National Psychological Council would be a good idea after all … [Gore] ought to seek out for his own good a cool and quiet darkened room.”
In the past weeks, McCain supporters have called Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) “an Arab,” “Little Hussein,” and a “terrorist.” They have declared themselves to be “scared” of an Obama presidency, and have likened him to a monkey. By contrast, Maddow has consistently welcomed guests who disagree with her — including Frum himself — and has interviewed conservatives and progressives alike with dignity and poise, even when the interviewee decides to attack her and her show. Perhaps that’s why Maddow’s ratings continue to skyrocket.
Topic Cloud
ArchivesBlog Roll
There’s a word for what Maddow has and the McCain apologist’s lack:
Class
October 14th, 2008 at 9:52 amI watched this in amazement! Frum was being an a–hole. Rachel was very tactful and handled herself very well. Frum was a total jerk. You cannot compare Maddow’s commentary to someone saying “Kill him.” They are not comparable.
Frum was way off base.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:55 amWha…? Good Lord… the SHEER F-n’ gall of Frum…
HEY, David,,, got hypocrisy?
October 14th, 2008 at 9:56 amMaddow remains unperturbed even when attacked. She is eloquent and fun and kind. I agree she is a class act.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:58 amPerhaps that’s why Maddow’s ratings continue to skyrocket…
and Frum’s ratings & his Party’s ratings look like Wall St charts.
The true ‘Axis of Evil’ was Cheney, Rumsfeld & the DoD.
And Frum, since when is Democracy spread by invasions & bombs?
October 14th, 2008 at 9:58 amAmerica’s global role is to generate ideas, not wars. The same people who thought democracy should be a war machine should now be put in a public square so all of us can express to them personally how we ‘feel’ about these failed, stupid self-absorbed tactics.
I saw this last night, and while Rachel was caught off guard, she did a masterful job of putting this blowhard in his place.
As always, Maddow’s brains and knowledge beat out bluster and bullsh!t.
PEACE
October 14th, 2008 at 9:59 amI saw this with a smile on my face as Rachel Maddow showed grace and poise while being blindsided by her foolish-looking guest.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:59 amFrum was cheap, low, and did himself no favor in his unwarranted attack on Maddow, particularly when one considers his own past behavior. He looked like an a$$.
Maddow always backs her stories with facts.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:00 amBut Right Wingers talk show hosts ,radio,newspaper, and television most of the time they distort facts.
Facts to them is not that important.
I watched that last night, and found it incredible that Rachel was able to keep her cool (as usual) in the face of Frumpy’s unprovoked maliciousness directed against her. He simply proved the point she was trying to make — that the negativity of the McPalin campaign (and now of Frumpy as well) is maligning the political process itself by causing any discussion of politics to devolve into empty-headed name-calling.
It was good to see that Rachel kept her dignity and stayed above the cesspool that Frumpy so ably exemplified last night.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:04 amRachel handled herself extremely well last night. She had Frum pretty flustered. I guess he expected her to crawl up in a ball and start crying or else jump up and start ranting. She was very poised and eloquent. She put him in his place very nicely and professionally.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:09 amIn the past weeks, McCain supporters have called Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) “an Arab,” “Little Hussein,” and a “terrorist.” They have declared themselves to be “scared” of an Obama presidency, and have likened him to a monkey.
Can we please send all these “people” to Alabama, and then make it become its own separate country? They can make John McCain their king, Sarah Palin their mother, and let FOX Noise be the only channel broadcast.
Please.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:12 amMy oh my! There certainly are a whole slug of rethugs, who must deal with their inner turmoil, and deal with it quick! You pathetic losers!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:15 amViva Rachel!
Congratulations, President Obama!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:15 amInteresting point of view from a carbon-corroded pot!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:15 amSpell it with me now:
D
E
S
P
E
R
A
T
I
O
N
This guy may have “been openly critical of the McCain campaign,” (so has Bill Kristol lately) but he is still a Republican apologist through and through. His criticism of the McCain campaign does not mean he wants Obama to win.
The fact that the only response he has is the tried and true Republican line “but you do it too!” just goes to show that they really do have NOTHING. I’ll repeat that. They have NOTHING. He doesn’t answer the charge that McCain and Palin’s rallies, their tacit approval of those outbursts, and the atmosphere THEY HAVE FOSTERED that breeds these outbursts, are despicable and dangerous but instead tries to paint Maddow (and therefore ALL Democrats and Liberals because we’re all the same) as just as bad.
Ridiculous. Kudos to Rachel as always. I remember listening to her on AAR and she has always been this good and this classy.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:15 amMaddow’s ‘plate of responsibility’ is being handled quite nicely, thank you. She provides an alternative to the Shammity’s, O’Biley’s and Bukkannons of the media world.
Frum’s plate of responsibility for sowing hate and distrust on the national level is giganormous. He should choke on being forced to clean it up, every last bite of crow.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:16 amThe right is SO scared of smart informed women who can speak without cheat notes!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:16 amMy email to Rachel:
Dear Rachel:
Well, you got sandbagged last night. All of a sudden, Frum decries that the Republican Party will have some serious rebuilding to do, and he wants you to get serious in helping him rebuild it. Where was he when his party, and his President was systematically dismantling it? Where was he when his party acted with impunity – Cheney answering “so?” when pressed about how the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq Occupation, Bush backing torture, claiming “executive privilege” when pressed about their abuses of power, ripping this economy to shreds with debt and ripping our international standing to shreds with cowboy diplomacy and on and on?
If Frum wants to have an intelligent discourse, let him and his side of the aisle bring something intelligent to discourse about. Don’t simply give us a package of a party in shambles, where most of the Republican Congresspeople running for reelection seem to highlight the word “independent” on their own websites and seem to shun any mention of Republican. We didn’t start the fire, yet we had accusations of being unpatriotic rubbed in our faces when we were alarmed. Sorry Frum, we are well beyond intelligent discourse, but you and you ilk pushed us there with your attack first mode of interaction.
You were simply being asked to elaborate on your word of “fury” in your recent commentary. This was NOT done in satire or humor and this COULD have resulted in the very kind of conversation that your say is lacking. But your response was to level an attack. How predictable!
Sometimes humor is the only outlet to communicate things that engender rage or at least helplessness. As Barack said yesterday, we don’t need that (the boo chants), we just need to vote. Change is coming.
Sincerely,
October 14th, 2008 at 10:17 amHAHAHA…..OHHHHHHHHHHHH SNAP!
RACHEL IS SUCH A CLASSY AND INTELLECTUAL…..THERE’S NO WAY SHE WAS GOING TO LET THIS NEOCON FREAK GET AWAY WITH THAT….
AND FRUM LOOKED LIKE HE HAD SUDDENLY SAT ON A TACK…..HIS ASS IS STILL HURTING
October 14th, 2008 at 10:18 amoh! good job, TP…
i just posted the msnbc link on the FAST thread…
rachel did a great job – grace under pressure!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:19 amRachel creamed him. I loved watching it. This was the first time I have seen her come close to really lighting into someone, but she kept her cool as usual and made him sound like a complete idiot!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:20 amI can see why Republicans don’t want to go on her show. She totally schools them, and does it in such a civil way, none of their usual tricks work.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:21 amunbelievable Says:
Can we please send all these “people” to Alabama, and then make it become its own separate country?
I agree, UB, but let’s send them to Alaska instead. I mean, Bambi McAirhead and her First Dud want to have Alaska secede from the USA anyway, so let’s help them out by giving it to them and then letting all these freepers infest their new kingdom in the Great White North.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:21 amDavid Frum, former speechwriter to President Bush
Yeah, that looks great on a resume. Stupid white man.
FRUM: I worry about that.
Not only are his worries misplaced, he thinks anyone gives a shit that he worries.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:24 amhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27171025#27171025
October 14th, 2008 at 10:24 amI remember back when Rachel was just getting started on Air America. She said something that really pissed off Rush Limbaugh. Then he made some disparaging comments on his show about her and said “Who in the hell is this Rachel Maddow chick, no one knows who she is and no one listens to her”.
Well Limbaugh, put that in your hat and smoke it!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:27 amNot to mention women who don’t look like fascist stepford wives.
Seriously, put Palin, McCain, Bachmann, Harris et al standing together in front of you and see if it isn’t eerie…
October 14th, 2008 at 10:28 amrossir Says: If Frum wants to have an intelligent discourse, let him and his side of the aisle bring something intelligent to discourse about. Don’t simply give us a package of a party in shambles, where most of the Republican Congresspeople running for reelection seem to highlight the word “independent” on their own websites and seem to shun any mention of Republican. We didn’t start the fire, yet we had accusations of being unpatriotic rubbed in our faces when we were alarmed.
Well said. Of course we know that intelligent discourse will never happen because the Republicans cannot run an honest campaign based on their conservative ideology and win. They can only win with fear tactics, wedge issues, and dishonesty.
Fortunately, this election, the American people are seriously pissed off, and because you can’t be furious and scared at the same time, the fear factor has been removed from the race.
That leaves them with wedge issues and ad hominem attacks. Oh, and lies. Lots and lots of lies.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:28 amI’m pretty sure she wouldn’t want the job, but wouldn’t it be wonderful to have her as Obama’s press secretary!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:29 amI have a constructive suggestion for David Frum: Prozac.
Did you ever see anyone who looked more depressed. No wonder he resents anyone who laughs on a news show.
Of course he did write for W. If I’d done anything like that, I’d probably be depressed, sad, and guilty for the rest of my life.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:30 amThe Dogfather Says: I agree, UB, but let’s send them to Alaska instead. I mean, Bambi McAirhead and her First Dud want to have Alaska secede from the USA anyway, so let’s help them out by giving it to them and then letting all these freepers infest their new kingdom in the Great White North.
I think Alaska might be in for a change in governorship in the near future :)
I’ve been to both states and think it would be a shame to lose Alaska. I don’t think anyone would miss Alabama.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:31 amHere is another example of how “responsible” the right-wing and the Unstable/Unable ticket is. This is their most recent “fund-raising” letter — nothing more than a thinly-veiled setup for more culture wars, voter suppression, contesting of election results and divisiveness:
My Friends:
We need your help to ensure a fair and honest election. Already we have seen nationwide voter registration fraud by ACORN – a group closely linked to Barack Obama.
ACORN is under investigation for fraudulent activities in at least 11 states and they are accused of wrongdoing in many others. Election officials across the country have reported that 40-50% percent of registrations being turned in by ACORN are fictitious and are clogging up the system.
We have seen corruption in nearly every contested state:
Connecticut: local investigators are reviewing numerous reports of registration fraud committed by ACORN, including one case where a 7 year-old girl was registered to vote.
Florida: ACORN submitted hundreds of duplicate registrations to the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections.
Indiana: Almost half of the 5,000 registrations submitted by ACORN in Gary have been rejected for fraud and other irregularities.
Missouri: ACORN is being blamed for hundreds of bogus and duplication registration applications that are “bogging down the system.”
Nevada: The Las Vegas office of ACORN was raided by state law enforcement for its alleged involvement in voter fraud. In addition to registering the Dallas Cowboys starting line-up, ACORN also used prison inmates through a work release program to conduct voter registration activities.
New Mexico: ACORN was exposed for employing numerous felons to collect voter registrations including sex offenders and persons accused of identity theft. The FBI is currently investigating 1,400 registrations.
Ohio: ACORN admitted to Cuyahoga County election officials that it cannot eliminate fraud from its operation. The Board has been investigating ACORN registrations since August.
Pennsylvania: Thousands of ACORN registrations have been turned over to federal authorities for investigation.
Wisconsin: 39 ACORN employees are under investigation for registration fraud and 2 have already been indicted.
ACORN’s activities are poisoning the political system while advocating for Barack Obama’s campaign. Make no mistake about it: voter registration fraud has only one purpose and that is voter fraud.
We need you to sign up today to ensure that this election is not stolen.
If you haven’t done so already, we still need your commitment to volunteer to participate in our campaign’s Election Day and Pre-Election Day voting activities. Please sign up to help at the Elections Day Operation Sign Up website today.
There are many ways you can help reduce voter fraud during this election. Examples include serving as an election monitor, participating in a legal response team, and serving in an election response center. Roles exist for concerned citizens, attorneys, and law students.
We urgently need you to volunteer both on Election Day and during Pre-Election Day voting. Voters are already casting ballots in some states, and will be doing so in additional ones as each day passes. We need your help today.
Whether you can travel to a contested state to help protect the integrity of this election, or prefer to help closer to home, sign up today. A representative from the campaign will be in touch with you shortly to explain the program in more detail, confirm your willingness to join the McCain-Palin Election Day Legal Program, and arrange the logistics of your participation.
Thank you again for your concern for fair and honest elections, and for your continued support for our campaign.
McCain Legal Team
October 14th, 2008 at 10:32 amRachel completely outclassed Frum.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:33 amHaddow = Class Act
Frum = A$$hole
Notice that when a conservative is pushed into a corner and confronted with what is painfully obvious, they can do little more than resort to name calling?
That is truly the last page in the play book.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:37 amtom Says: Thank you again for your concern for fair and honest elections, and for your continued support for our campaign.
Typical Republicans. It’s okay for them to cheat and steal two elections, gerrymander to their benefit, and encourage violence against their opponents, but a few angry liberal voters possibly faked a few registration cards and they act like it was something new and unfathomable. Such hypocrites.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:38 amsatirev Says: Unbelievable: It’s called censure and may be called “impeachment” before Troopergate’s toll is realized.
Plus, her approval rating has nose-dived, and re-election against a phonebook would be impossible for her.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:40 am“Hateful outbursts”? “Ugly tone”? Methinks Frum is projecting. If Rachel has been hateful, hurling insulting names, and calling for the death of those she disagrees with, I’ve missed it.
Even with jerks like Frum, she takes the high road — dismantling with class instead of slugging it out in the gutter.
It sounds like Frum doesn’t actually watch Rachel’s show — he just assumes that the “evil liberals” employ Limbaugh-like tone on their shows, because that’s all he understands. But one doesn’t have to use bombast and vitriol when just the simple truth is far more effective.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:41 amwhat’s becoming strikingly clear is which side has the thoughtful adults and which side has the petulant, childish mindset.
david’s argument is a bit….erratic.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:44 amA perfect example of why Mccain’s people don’t want to come on her show.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:44 amI just watched the exchange. Rachel really let him have it with great class, grace and intelligence. Well done! I wish I had watched it live last night. Better than watching my Giants laying that egg in Cleavland. Ugh!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:46 amFRUM: I don’t think that’s an important question… They never do. Just like Scarah at
October 14th, 2008 at 10:46 amthe debates.
Rachel was incredible last night! I was absolutely rivitted to the TV. She was firm, intelligent and held her ground. So refreshing to see a smart, well spoken member of the media do what they should be doing…with grace and style! As an extra cherry on top…called out the liars, as liars! Priceless. Bravo, Rachel. Bravo!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:57 amThis is the new realatity for the Republicans….smart, fact based, intelligently communicated young political minds like Meddows who are finally calling out the bull shit that has infected our minds. Meddows speaks for a group of people who see life for what it is and don’t like bull shit spewed out from political operatives who don’t like the use of facts.
Change is not just coming in a new leader, but change is coming in a new mind set….start reading again American…it’s not cool to be stupid like the republicans want you to be….it’s time to engage with words, listening, and participating in the system….just what the Republicans didn’t want. TOO BAD…SO SAD…Intelligence lives…Mrs. Meddows your proof of that!!! Thank you.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:57 amNobody who ever collected a paycheck from the Bush campaign or from the Bush administration has any valid basis upon which to criticize “the ugliness in tone” in American politics. Ever.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:59 amMaddow and Olbermann host the best two hours of political talk on any network. The right wing has been after Maddow since long before she had a show on MSNBC. She’s probably the most knowledgeable talking head anywhere.
Frum is a FLUNKIE whose job it is to SMEAR anyone who opposes the neoconservative agenda. Frum has no standing whatsoever to accuse Rachael Maddow of being no better than the wingnuts at McCain/Palin events who advocate the MURDER of Senator Obama. I have yet to see or hear anything like it at Obama/Biden events. In fact, whenever McCain gets boo’d at an Obama event, Obama cuts them off.
The right is beside itself knowing that its reign of terror is almost over. Barack Hussein Obama will become the next president of the United States. He and Joe Biden will put this country back on track and will spend all of their first term in office trying to fix all of the messes that eight years of Bush/Cheney have left behind.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:01 amThe first words out of frump’s mouth are, Rachael you asked the wrong question. He has the answer to his own home spun question thats at the ready. For simplicity of mind republicans love to answer their own canned questions. This enables them to remain on message.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:04 amOh how they like to spin and regurgitate and finallly choke on their confused message.
Kass Says:
Rachel completely outclassed Frum.
Larry Craig and Mark Foley outclass the Frumbag.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:07 amI also saw this last night (who here didn’t) and rewound and watched it again. I could tell that she was initially caught off guard, but she stood her ground like no other “commentator” on our side that I’ve seen. Most would have asked a follow up (maybe) then eventually just backed down, but she did not. It was so incredibly refreshing.
And, this may be weird because I might sound like a total butt-kisser here, but the class with which she dealt w/ Frum reminded me of our own Miss Molly when dealing with trolls… Mainly with having the patience to give them the benefit of the doubt that they actually believe what they are saying (when it’s most likely the case that they don’t) and moving from there instead of being in attack mode from the start. Since they don’t usually believe those things anyway they end up on the defensive and looking quite ridiculous because they thought they would just get away with saying it with no resistance. Maybe it’s something we all can learn from… (maybe ;)
October 14th, 2008 at 11:20 amLine them up and RM knocks them down. This is driving the conservatives nuts. She is a woman, gay and smart. Everything conservatives hate about a woman.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:20 amViva la Maddow!!
October 14th, 2008 at 11:21 amSuprise, suprise….A bobble head reich winger tried to blind side a brilliant shining star…We are so fortunate to have Rachel and Keith give us doses of truth mixed with bit’s of humor..I was not suprised at all having watched most of Rachel’s show’s…She isn’t just a class act, she is a supreme class act…
Bullshit bush’s boy had his own ajenda, just like all the speeche’s he wrote for the boy king…Lie’s and nothing of substance….Clearly he doe’s not know how to debate with an intelligent woman…So very small is this man’s brain he can’t talk to anyone not thinking just like him…His bubble must be very small..
I found his head bobbing and body language to be the tip off, nothing to offer in a debate so go on the attack..At first I was mad at frum then I was delighted with the way Lady Maddow handled him….Here’s your hat fool, next time get some real talking point’s…Blessings
October 14th, 2008 at 11:22 amRachel was clearly taken aback by Frum’s attack, but she handled it very well. What a class act– unlike David Frum!
October 14th, 2008 at 11:22 amUnlike Fox News who shouts down or cuts the mike of anyone they don’t agree with, Rachel was amazingly respectful and collected when Frum blindsided her with his nonsensical rant. Good on her for keeping her cool and taking the high road!
October 14th, 2008 at 11:26 amMaddow is my favorite talking head but i think everyone here is a little blinded by ideology. Maddow does a better job of actually attacking facts and specifics during her show at times. However I think Frum is right that too much of her show is about Troopergate, or “the first dude,” or other non-issues instead of actual policy. ALL comentators are guilty of that, and we ALL need to raise the political discourse, whether MSNBC or Fox News.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:37 amThat was indeed interesting. I hope more talking head shows follow the Maddow approach.
Frum, like most commentators armed with talking points, thought that his one-size-fits-all approach to attacking the “liberal media” would work here.
Maddow politely took his argument apart and handed it back to him, as if to say, “Pardon me sir. You seemed to have dropped this huge pile of bulls#*t. I’ll just wrap it up in a doggie bag so you can take it home with you.”
October 14th, 2008 at 11:38 amDavid Frum is just another mean, disgusting low-life in the GOP smear machine.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:38 amPerhaps Frum will next be appearing on Rush Limbaugh’s show to criticize Rush’s use of “entertainment” to direct the tone of the country for the last 20 YEARS… and then he could schedule time on Hannity’s Show, followed by O’Reilly’s show, and then Malkin and Coulter and….. ad infinitum…
October 14th, 2008 at 11:40 amHey, JK, why are you back here? Yesterday you pulled a drive-by, posting a flat out lie, then running to hide in the bushes like a little coward.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:44 amWas anyone else freaked out by that head-bobbing, crazy-looking Frum? There has to be some serious neurological issues percolating inside that dude’s head. What a truly scary dude.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:53 amDid John Kerry run away already? I was so wanting to have a nice Sambuca with him while he shared with me all his brillant ideas. What a pussy…
October 14th, 2008 at 12:03 pmIt’s obvious to me that the neocons will now want the tone to change, because they will no longer be in power. They have failed. This line is precurser to what they will try to drum home during an Obama administration. “Now we aren’t in power, let’s talk nice. Let’s talk about the issues and let everyone be heard. This nastiness is so unbecoming to the American people.” Will they shut up Limbaugh, O’Reily, Hannity and Ingraham? Frum and his clique are extraordinary hypocrites.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:04 pmIt was clear that Frum had no intention of staying on topic but had his own agenda. He was there to do one thing – discredit Maddow/MSNBC in any form as an outlet for ‘intelligent’ opinion. Frum truly believes in his heart that his/AEI’s investigatory prowess is the only one that means anything to anyone – anywhere. It’s also clear that he believes that Wolfowitz recommending that the US start enhancing it’s Nuclear Weapons program is right on target.
It continues to amaze that anyone listens to these people, but it’s clear there is an underlying dedication to getting the planet blown up they are striving to accomplish.
Truly scary folks and if they are not exposed for what they are, they may get their wish.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:09 pm“unseriousness about politics”
I don’t get something here. He’s part of an administration that invades a country without evidence, shreds the constitution, spies on its own citizens, tortures, and the list goes on…
And yet he lectures Rachel on her ‘tone’??? If anything I see the Bush administration as one that was not at all serious about much of anything beyond blowing up things.
This guy has a lot of nerve.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:31 pmDear Rachel,
It is with profound thanks and appreciation that you are willing to endure the retched STINK that is, David Frum.
Without your willingness to hold your nose and allow us to see the REAL TURD that he is, the World would be in an even greater place of hurt than it already is.
Talk about speaking truth to power! You are a class act, Rachel! Rock On!!
October 14th, 2008 at 12:40 pm.
FRUM = APOLOGIST!
.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:51 pmQ: John Kerry @ 63 Says:
Always good to hear opinions from that world noted political genius Maddow!!!
BTW! What the hell is she doing on TV??
A: She’s an intelligent Liberal who is YOUR worst enemy you knuckle dragging Sarah Palin/Mark Foley/Ted Haggard/Larry Craig loving masturbation machine.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:56 pmMy problem with Frum is that all this time in the Bush Adm. He has sat back and enjoyed his paychecks while all the sliming of Americans took place and most likely by his pen.
“If you not with us your against us”.? Now there is a unifying brotherhood of America. Frum sat by even though he says it troubles him and he does what little he can to correct this slop of his party.
Frum continues his nonesense peddling by “trying to compare Rachel’s demeaner of reporting to that of Karl Rove style?
**What is odd is that Republicans get this nasty and then decry how we need to be adults. (by electing children).
October 14th, 2008 at 1:01 pmFrum just claimed that a larger Democratic majority would be “destructive” to America.
Maybe he should spend more time on Bill Maher’s show where he can get away with simple and stupid crap like that.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:15 pmWhat really bugged me about this guy was his rambling insistence that the world is a dangerous place and that we liberals are a naive pack, ready to let the wolves destroy us all in our pacifist slumber. Like there is this great evil worm, undulating under the Earth, waiting for us to put our guns away for a sec.
Why are these people so scared of life and our Earth?
I say, screw these bozos. They are out of ideas.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:28 pmOut with his brain and off with his mouth……….another REICH WING robotic mindless talking head.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:40 pmmaybe it was my own projection, but when rachel said,
October 14th, 2008 at 1:52 pmafter that confrontation (my take),
“you can email me at rachel@msnbc.com“,
i detected a note of appeal in her voice
sent a note of thanks and congratulations!
she sure deserved it!
Oh, that is rich.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pmkaty: great idea!
I just sent one too :-)
October 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pmJohn Kerry Says:
Always good to hear opinions from that world noted political genius Maddow!!!
BTW! What the hell is she doing on TV??
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Apparantly she is eviscerating moronic rightwing stooges like Frum. Try to keep up
October 14th, 2008 at 2:13 pmMADDOW: [...] yelling from the audience at McCain-Palin rallies, Bomb Obama. Kill him. Off with his head. Traitor. Are you accusing me of an equivalence in tone?
FRUM: I don’t think that’s an important question. …
is when i yelled at him, “IT’S IMPORTANT TO HER!!!”
and so i missed this:
“…given the small plate of responsibility that you personally have…”
what a jerkazz thing to say! trying to degrade her role…
October 14th, 2008 at 2:57 pmFrum was saying Rachel was low just for using sarcasm, while he wrote some of the 935 lies costing a million lives and $3 Trillion.
October 14th, 2008 at 7:11 pmJohn Kerry Says:
Always good to hear opinions from that world noted political genius Maddow!!!
BTW! What the hell is she doing on TV??
October 14th, 2008 at 11:40 am
For one thing, she has a PhD in Political Science. What kind of degree in Political Science do you have? And she’s had her own radio program for several years now. What time is your radio program on? And now she has one of the best, and definitely the fastest growing, cable news show on television. What time is your TV show on?
I have long considered you a jerk, Mr. “Kerry”. And you prove it every time you post here.
October 14th, 2008 at 7:45 pmAll I could think after watching Frum last night was, “umm.. wow..”
Talk about Republicans following McCain’s leadership with regards to being respectful. Oh that’s right: McCain today made some comment about “that Chicago senator” today.
So much for respect.
Kudos to Rachel Maddow for how she handled him. Don’t know about anyone else, but I’m looking forward to that Paul Wolfowitz interview..!
;)
October 14th, 2008 at 9:42 pmFrum put Maddow in her place. He took the happy, or should I say gay, smirk off her face. If she was so composed, why did she nervously thank him three times at the end of the segment? Because she was shaking in her boots from having her a#@ handed to her. He pointed out that she attempts to deal with serious issues with sarcasm, slant, tongue and cheek commentary and no credibility. Further proof her panties were in a bunch from the Frum pounding was when the weasel O’lberman went on his show to defend her- in his usual lame way.(Maddow and O’lby both think the raised eyebrow is comedic genius?) I am waiting for Olby to adopt Fonzie’s AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
October 14th, 2008 at 11:10 pmFrom Wikipedia:
Maddow later obtained a degree in public policy from Stanford University in 1994.[2] At graduation she was awarded the prestigious John Gardner Fellowship. She then received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1995 and used it to obtain a D.Phil. in political science from Lincoln College, Oxford University.
October 15th, 2008 at 4:34 amAnd yes wetblanket, she is gay (gasp). What’s that supposed to prove? That you are narrow-minded?
October 15th, 2008 at 4:36 amYou are up at 4:30 in the morning and all you take from comments is the gay remark and you add a little copy and past about your heros education? My eyebrows are raised in idignation(ala Maddow) for effect.
October 15th, 2008 at 7:26 amwetblanket, it was only 4:30 am Eastern Standard Time. Not everyone lives there. For example, if I was in London, it would have been 9:30 am. You said “What the hell is she doing on TV?”. Well, she is very entertaining and she was a Rhodes Scholar and has a Phd. in political science from Oxford. Quite a bit better than you or Rush Limbaugh (dropped out after one year at SW Missouri State).
October 16th, 2008 at 4:51 pmThank God for Rachel Maddow. Her show is informative, thoughtful, funny and entertaining. I’m very glad I kept bugging MSNBC to give her a time slot of her own.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:23 pmIt was wonderful to see how she took NONE of Frum’s bulls**t… not one bit of it.
The lady is a jewel, how else can you explain her casualness in laying out the slug bait for the nocturnal snail that slimed its way onto her show last night? damn if the little bugger didn’t dissolve from the exposure to her kindly ways.
What a creep, Rachel is so cool she let the ass leave with his ego intact(?)= “Subjective*” or did she? the fool probably thinks he got one over on her when in reality how many millions saw a slime ball for what he is?
Good show Rachel: love ya for your steadfastness in the face of adversity. Your so COOOOOL
October 28th, 2008 at 1:33 amI also want to add my kudos to Rachel Maddow for handling this as the consummate professional she is. Well done! Other reporters could learn a lot from her. I wish she, Jon Stewart, and Keith Olbermann had hosted the debates.
I heard a rumor that David Frum had to sell his bed and get rid of all the mirrors in his house, because he can’t sleep at night and he has no reflection. Don’t know if it’s true, though.
October 28th, 2008 at 4:17 pmBedava Porno izle,
Ohh Thanks :)
March 31st, 2009 at 10:16 am