The RNC Keeps Sending Rachel Maddow Email Looking For Cash
By Nicole Belle Thursday Feb 21, 2008 2:01pm
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The Republican National Committee obviously saw last night's Democratic Debate as a fundraising opportunity-- a big fundraising opportunity. Judging by the no less than SIX fundraising emails they sent to Air America's Rachel Maddow during the debate, they also saw it as a chance to start framing the race between their candidate and the presumptive Democratic candidate: Barack Obama. That's right. The RNC even took a break from their Hillary-hate, honed razor-sharp after 16 years, to attribute something Clinton said to Obama. Can you call that progress?
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Olbermann: Rachel, this idea that we may have seen something in a sea change in terms of who's the Democratic leader that had nothing to do with the Democratic party but rather with the RNC, the Republicans and email?
Maddow: The Republican National Committee was very busy from very early on in this debate sending out email after email after email after email just ripping Barack Obama for comments that he made during the debate and I saw at least six in a row that were all about Barack Obama. That were not about Hillary Clinton at all. They were so eager to attack Barack Obama in fact that when I was reading through these that I was getting from them, I started, something struck me wrong and I went back and checked the transcripts and in fact I figured out that they attacked Barack Obama. They actually sent out an email attacking Barack Obama by name for saying something about Cuba in this debate that was actually said by Hillary Clinton. You talk about unifying the Democrats. Ah they're so eager apparently to go after him they're willing to attack him for the stuff that Hillary said.
Olbermann: He is the nominee presumptive from the Republican point of view do you think, Pat?
Buchanan: Uh, he sure is and if the RNC has got enough money to be sending emails-- six of them to Rachel Maddow-- they've got a real problem.
Maddow: I'm cheap....I'm cheap.....
Buchanan: They don't send me anything.
Olbermann: Let's dive back into some of the substance, although it's a wonderful point. Perhaps you need to call somebody, Pat. You're not spending your dollars right here...uh..
Maddow: I'll set you up an account Pat..you'll be fine...Pat Buchanan at Air America...
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You mean the RNC was wrong on the facts???? I'm shocked!
You know, Buchanan is a far rightist and a xenophobe but he's become a very enjoyable and witty commentator. He and Maddow actually make a good team.
I really hope the GOP machine falls flat on it's ass in this upcoming race.
If America is to ever regain her good name and her scientific leadership in the world, then the GOP has to be thrown out of the WH and the Dems also need to garner more seats in the both houses.
Richard @ 2:
Thats because Pat is from the old guard, the old-style moderate Republicans who were almost human-esque
The RNC sends fundraising requests to Rachal Maddow but not to Pat Buchanan? Amazing! How much more screwed up can they possibly get?
Maybe that's where all the Republicans missing emails went?
im just waiting for them to flash bush's name on tv with a (D) beside it....
lol!
OT: since when does Rachel Maddow wear that much make-up. Ick.
below_me @ 7:
He needs an (I) in front of his name so people who are not up to speed will know he's an idiot.
MORE MADDOW!!!
Damn, she's so good. Always has the facts to back up her points and never falls back on cheap bloviating.
MSNBC should dump Scarborough or Matthews, who are really annoyingly boring and way too fond of the sound of their own voices, and give us MORE MADDOW!!!
JTM @ 8:
i noticed that too... she has natural beauty and doesn't need it.
JTM @ 8:
Who cares! She's Hot!
JTM @ 8:
It's for the Camera's not you. (wrong flavor)
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and if the RNC has got enough money to be sending emails– six of them to Rachel Maddow– they’ve got a real problem.
Hey Pat, this shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how much it costs to send an email. No toll booth on the series of tubes yet.
Turk Meister @ 16:
It's not a big truck
I wish I was a lesbian? Maddow is so balanced and based in reality. I didn't notice the makeup until someone mentioned it. I never really appreciated it I guess..
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roooth @ 10:
Rachel should be KO's co-anchor, then Keith can drop those other idiots like Richard Wolffe, Craig Crawford and Jonathon Alter...
Richard @ 2:
i'm with u on that. i hate everything he stands for but he's on KO's level as far as busting tweety's balls goes. he made Tweety turn red a couple weeks ago when he teased him about the furrowing up his leg when he hears Obama. He was pissed!!!
oh yeah... and to quote someone in the Washington Post, "does me thinking Rachel Maddow is hot make me a lesbian?"
Bangkok Bob @ 4:
The thing I don't like is he's a great big guy and he wines a lot. But as mentioned before he is pretty good with Dr. Rachael "just not that kind of Doctor"
Rooth: I agree. Maddow is very impressive with her wide knowledge and impressive delivery. Matthews can be dumpedas I am sure no one would miss his narcassitic blovating..More Maddow!
I don't understand why this is framed to be a story about ignoring poor Hillary.
That was a great moment last night.
Rachel is always wonderful. As far as appearances go, I thought she looked great last night. I don't really care for make up, I prefer a more natural look, but regardless, she looked very nice.
William Wallace @ 19:
Can you tell me what is "an open thread-Sitemonitor"? Thanks
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Agreed with others who said Buchanan is very amusing to watch on TV. When I was in college I was lucky enough to have a guest lecture from him via phone because of a well-connected professor, and even if you disagree with him, Buchanan has the grace and the manners to remain polite and upbeat about nearly any topic. He's an exceedingly nice guy. He reminds me of what conservatives used to be before Newt Gingrich, when there was some dignity and class to the Republican party, rather than this extreme hate-fest we see today.
And I've also wondered for months why MSNBC doesn't ditch Tucker and replace him with Maddow. She'd be a great host for her own show.
I see the difference between Buchanan and the modern day republicans in that Pat isn't psychotic. The straight-talker suffers from these symptoms that the modern day republicans suffer, like when McCain says he is against corporate lobbiests, but then admits to being close friends with them. The same thing with McCain being against bush's taxcuts, and now being for them, and the same with bashing rightwing religous leaders, then bowing to them now.
Same thing with Rove calling democrats cowards for not wanting to fight Iraq, then later saying the democrats forced bush to invade Iraq.
When a person is capable of taking everyside of the issue like these modern day republicans can, it has to be a symptom of a psychotic disorder. Old Pat dosn't take these modern day traits, but he will still side with anyone with an (R) by his name, which appears to be another type of psychological disorder...
Travis @ 25:
What the hell are you talking about???
Really funny that Rachel Maddow is going to set up an account for Pat Buchanan at Air America, so that he can receive RNC emails. LOL. So why is RNC wasting their resources on emailing Rachel Maddow? They must be desperate.
If Obama does win, after this election we will see a big media restructuring to be more allied with the progressive movement. I sense a change comming where all these old hacks who owe their career to bashing the Clintons will be out of a job, just like comedians who only did Nixon jokes were unemployed as soon as Reagan took office.
As to whether the new political hacks will owe their future careers to bashing Obama remains to be seen, but I think it is highly probable the media will ally themselves with Barack, just like they did with Reagan and the recent Bush (before approval went below 20%)
A one hour news report with 20min or so of Rachael Maddow, Tom Hartman, and Bill Press. that way nobody viewer or commentator, gets too tired. Maddow is good most of the time. Hartman is good but he hits the way-back a little too often. Press is great with man in the street issues.
That to me would would be good daily fare, kind of a video magazine kind of thing
seele @ 33:
The corporate news is just that "corporate" they will never try to align them selves with anyone that is not corporate. Bill Clinton was president for 8 years and they never aligned them selves with him. They will always be Republican.
natisman @ 23:
Your Right about the Whining, and his voice is a little too high-pitched which makes his whine even more irritating.
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abob @ 37:
Don't get all envious on us now abob.
Hope the next AG will use the RICO statute to begin taking down the biggest threat the country, the criminal conspiracy called the Republican Party. Corruption is the mother's milk for these co-conspirators. Americans will only be safe when the leaders of the Republican Party and many of their media propagandist are rotting in federal prison.
The GOP will expose themselves for the nutjob out of touch lunatic fringe they have shamellesly become. There was a time when the GOP's KKK and hatemongers hid behind phoney front organizations, but now they blantantly brag about who and what they are as if being immoral miscreants is a badge of honor. They don't have any sense of how loathed and despised they are by the vast majority of Americans who find their values abominable.
below_me @ 11:
agreed! I wondered too about her unusually unnaturally rosy cheecks...
and also her new dowdy hair...
girl, go back to your dyke spikes, you are cute as hell, and FRESH... don't listen to the dino consultants that wanna remake you into a Bay Buchanon corporate-talking-head...
stay true to who you are, that's why we love ya!
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The MSM will go where the money is. If the money is in bashing Obama thats where they will go. If the money is with Obama they will be with Obama. The MSM will see which way the wind blows (and money) and thats the way they will go.
I AM IN LOVE WITH RACHEL FOR HER MIND.
Pure and simple.
Gotugye @ 39:
I too wish that with all my heart but with the right wing noise machine and the corporate media screaming their collective heads off they can make an ear shattering sound. I just cant see that happening. Sad but I believe true.
diamondmc @ 42:
And you don't need to be a weatherman to tell which way the wind is blowing this election year.
An Other Greek @ 41:
someone is helping with her teevee machine looks. Yeah, she's cute, whatever her persuasion. Makeup or not.
The rigging of the 2000 election began with the exclusion of Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan from the presidential debates and I say that even though I think Pat Buchanan is fairly psychotic. However Buchanan has a number of opinion pieces on anti-war.com which only goes to show that politics does make strange bedfellows. Considering the level of partisan bigotry and knee-jerk hatred shown in the comments section of this site I'd have to say that Republicans don't have a monopoly on psychosis.
seele @ 45:
You people are talking about the news right? The GE, Viacom, Disney, Newcorp owned news right? If someone has 95% agreement with the people and someone has 5% they will have them both on and treat them like its 50 50. The right wing will rewrite history with all their resources and be given equal and more than not superior voice.
below_me @ 7:
HA! So true!
I'd be thrilled to see (serving life for crimes against humanity) as his descriptor but I suspect the best we can hope for is (former president)
I am so IN LOVE Rachel Maddow.
*Whew* There, I said it. I feel much better now.
She really needs her own show on MSNBC.
The RNC is great at wasting money. My mom was a member; she died in March 2007 and I now get all of her mail (as representative of her estate). Every time I get a fundraising letter from the RNC (including a letter from Karl Rove!), I dutifully return it, the pledge card, and the envelope it came in -- all folded up in the "business reply mail" envelope provided by the RNC. I note on the pledge card that the addressee is dead, and should be removed from the RNC's mailing list (and I edit the fundraising letter to express my revulsion for the RNC's views). No matter how many times I do this, they keep sending letters, and I keep spending their money by mailing it all back at their expense. The Republicans are incompetent, top to bottom.
One more thing -- I've got a fever, and the ONLY prescription is MORE MADDOW!
Methinks Buchanan has a little crush on Rachel. He enjoys his witty volleys with her A LOT.
Rachel Maddow is one of the bright lights on television. I hope the corporate media doesn't turn her into a scum sucking betrayer of the American people by abandoning the role of the Fourth Estate as it has with so many others.
When most of these corporate water carriers are through trying to manipulate their audience for thirty to sixty minutes, it can be wearing. Defiance comes at a price, but it is a bargain when one considers the price of allowing oneself to manipulated. Devil's Island for all of those commentators who bow down to the anti-American corporate media.
The corporate media promotes ideas and attitudes that weaken our nation. Conformity may make markets more predictable and political parties more compliant, but conformity is not a strength it is a weakness.
Worth reading, by the way, is this month's American Conservative (Unca Pat's rag) at http://amconmag.com. While I may not agree with Buchanan's viewpoint, he does a very good job at laying out the (paleo-)conservative case against McCain. Justin Raimondo also turns in a thought-provoking article in the same vein.
While I'm by no means a fan of Buchanan, he makes a worthy, even ideal, opponent for Maddow. They're both clearly independent thinkers and keen observers who are eminently capable of doing more than just regurgitating the talking points or going on purely tactical attack runs against the other side.
A.R. @ 53:
Don't we all, don't we all.
>sigh<
K. Signal Eingang @ 56:
Sigh.
I remember listening to Rachel Maddow on Air America before I ever saw her. I had a totally different picture in my mind from her voice. But WOW when I saw her! Too bad she doesn't swing in my direction. But she is the freshest and most evocative brain (and face) to hit the TV screen in a long time.
MSNBC has to keep her and use her much more often. If not maybe she could take over for the nutty Lou Dobbs and he can go down and gaurd the fence.
Rachel Maddow is one of the few radio personalities who seems equally at home behind a microphone or in front of the camera. She's intelligent, passionate and well-spoken. Let's just hope the corporate grooming for the camera (unnecessary) doesn't come at too steep a price...
The Democratic Party sends me multiple emails every other day. I'm not even an American voter. So........I don't know.
ConcernedCanuck @ 60:
Funny, I've been a registered Democrat for 26 years and I've never been solicited by either party. Oh well...
fastfeat @ 61:
Want me to forward them to you? My Spam filter never catches them for some reason.
CoIntelPro @ 43:
I would encourage you all to check out her radio show on Air America. She is farking hillarious.
She had me rolling when she said, "yeah, Pat Buchanan at Air America dot com."
She's awesome, and I couldn't care less what she looks like or her makeup or whatever.
ConcernedCanuck @ 62:
I'll trade you six transvestite porn links, four farm animal sex links, and two Viaaggrrra's for each RNC solicitation...
One of my "friends" signed me up for the RNC emails also. Every single one of them has asked me for money,and every single topic is amazingly stupid. Stupid topics,like Obama is a plagiarizer,please donate money so we can stop him. I laugh my ass off when I read them,these people are the biggest morons on earth...
I don't think Rachel gets along with or without men.
Lesbian lifestyle=alcohol/getting high=
messed up hormones=bipolarity=chaos
I think what we may be witnessing is the "mainstreaming" of Rachel. Most people are still not as comfortable with butch lesbians as they are with lipstick lesbians. Would Suze Orman have a show if she were of the former variety? If a little makeup and fluffy hair eventually leads to a seven-figure salary, who can blame Maddow?
longnow @ 66:
WTF?? As a straight male, I'm clearly no expert on "lesbian lifestyle". But Rachel Maddow seems to have done quite well for herself, regardless of her sexual orientation.
"Alcohol/getting high=messed up hormones=bipolarity=chaos" sounds more like a Repug common denominator.
fastfeat @ 68:
longnow @ 66:
That's called a troll, trolling for a reaction. You only empower them by replying. AH! I'm doing the same thing. Stop typing, stop typing!
LMAO I saw that too, on Scarborough's morning show. Tweety was indeed pissed, kept trying to come back at Buchanan with lame cheap shots about Watergate.
Derrick @ 21:
mrplow @ 69:
Too many hours spent inside today with the computer...
At least the hook was barbless...
The message has to be framed in a way all Americans "get it"......Capiche?
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