Rachel Maddow - she is amazing. Every nite.

[jillan]

Tonite so far - in the first 7 minutes of her show

She announced that she is going to have James "God will protect us from global warming" Inhoffe on her show next week...

and how fracking is related to earthquakes - with facts.

I learn so much from her, more than anyone else.


Rachel - if you read this.... I am your biggest fan.... love you!!!!

[Ptah]

1. "fracking is related to tornadoes"

I would like to hear those facts.

[Graybeard]

3. The OP should say "earthquakes".

A study in Ohio about 11 recent earthquakes near the site of some fracking activity.

[jillan]

4. My bad - earthquakes in a tornado zone... fixed in OP...

here's a link

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/09/us-energy-fracking-ohio-idUSBRE8281DX20120309

[Ilsa]

2. I have to disagree ...

I am her biggest fan!!!

She has the best show, always solid with well-researched facts. And her mood, even when having to discuss such disgusting issues as the war on women, always is uplifting.

[banned from Kos]

5. I also agree that she is great. And she does not do sensationalist stuff like "Banksters are

all Criminals!". She is too fact-based.

[jillan]

6. Facts - yes! It's no wonder why Republicans loathe her :)

[grantcart]

7. More substance and less histronics than any of the other men

She is always civil, even while reducing opponents to rubble.

I feel like I better keep track of what she is saying like there is going to be a test at the end of the show.

I also like LO alot and surprisingly Chris Matthews is getting a lot better but Rachel is the hear and soul of MSNBC and there is a reason why they have her host the election night coverage.

[Little Star]

8. She does have a way with explaining things. Love her!!! k&r

[Deep13]

9. I disagree.

Clearly I am her biggest fan.

She covers important things that I don't see anywhere else. For example, she first pointed out that Limbaugh, Romney, and others have a fundamental misunderstanding of how "the pill" works.

[malaise]

10. She is first rate

Easily the best person on cable

[MANative]

11. Hubby and I both have huge Rachel crushes

She's a gem <3 She never disappoints.

[edgineered]

12. Clad in a leather biker jacket,

living in Naples FL, surrounded by unthinking believers of RW media everyday, and forced to witness an hour of faux news during lunch, Rachel Maddow is my lifeline to reason and sanity. I feel as if missing TRMS allows dark and evil forces to [falsely] sense a weakness; not unlike the many vultures of these skies, or the carrion eating critters lurking in the mud.

There is great danger from they whose survival is entirely reactive with great fear of the proactive. That said, it is only a matter of time until seeing "I <3 TRMS" sewn in big letters across the back of a rugged biker jacket has them trembling under the covers in their sleep number beds!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Have to dissent. She is annoying - her voice alone turns me off. Not

her content. But, think she lacks the gravitas and the deep, ingrained understanding of history.

She'll get there one day...maybe in 10 yrs or so. She has to season.

I hate it when they put her in charge on election nights.

[okieinpain]

14. interesting, could not disagree more. she is the

best at what she does. the spot on tar sands was excellent and made me re think my position on the xl pipeline.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. yep..content great. rethink KS? I actually took the time today

to finally educate myself on KS. It seems like a no-brainer to not proceed.
But, I know, the vast majority of people....all they hear is "Keystone,
pipeline, jobs, Obama against it, why?"

If you read all the negative stuff on it...it's like - what's the point - why
endanger more people and land. And then, you read that the proponents
lied and exaggerated the benefits.

[jillan]

32. Obama is not against the pipeline - where are you getting that?

That is not the truth. He wants to know more information about how potential oil spills would be dealt with, environmental impact and other safety issues that could occur - as do other city officials whose cities will be impacted by the pipeline.

More information is all this administration and other law makers have ever said before any decisions will be made about a pipeline that may export the oil to other countries and not provide us with that many jobs.

You cannot undertake a major project like this until all the details are worked out. And that is what President Obama has said.
He never said he was against it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. bet most people think he is...it's the standard meme....putting off the decision. I still don't

know if I am for it or against it...

[niyad]

15. needs to season for ten years or so? you are kidding, right? at least, I hope you are

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. Nope. 10 years - It may not take that long, I don't know. All I know, is

on election nights, she just seemed to be jabbering and trying to take the stage...while the people
with a true depth of knowledge and experience just sat there.

Hell, I know I am in the minority, and every one here thinks she walks on water. I think she's great
too....just not ready for prime time. IMHO, sorry.

[niyad]

18. of course, we are all entitled to our own opinions. but, it is rare to hear a rhodes scholar

criticized for not knowing what she is talking about.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Did I say she doesn't know what she's talking about? No. But, IMO

politics is so much more than surface knowledge, facts, and analysis. You have to have
lived it and breathed, in the trenches for years to offer those of us who love it any provocation

[niyad]

27. amazing. you defend tweety, yet say that rachel needs YEARS of seasoning, that her actual knowledge

does not count by YOUR standards.

got it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. not what I said, you need both. no worries, she'll get there, if she gets out of the studio. nt

[banned from Kos]

20. I say she is already better than Matthews, Sharpton, and Ed S.

who are all older.

BUT - she is not in the 60 Minutes top tier (Mike Wallace, Scott Pelley, Lara Logan). But they do 1/10 the time she does.

I am pretty critical of journalists and like when I don't notice ideology. Rachel can be at the top within five years.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. could not disagree more...at least with Ed and Tweety. Is Mike Wallace still

alive? Thought he died. whatever.

Ok, 5 years, I'd might agree to that. IF, and only if, she gets out there and
immerses herself

[banned from Kos]

24. Matthews has a horrible technique habit

He cannot ask a question and then shut up. He butts back in over and over before they can answer.

A great interviewer does not do that.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Interviewer? thought we were talking political guru and historian. sorry nt

[juajen]

34. An opinion is certainly acceptable, but what in the world gives anyone the right to judge content?

We have no way of knowing why we should accept your judgment of her; so, pretty senseless, IMHO.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

37. simply stating my opinion, nothing else. We are not a bunch of lemmings, are we. But

whenever someone dissents from the popular opinion, they usually get reamed. Nothing new in the 7 1/2 yrs
I have been here. Different drummers not welcome here.

[jillan]

30. I love watching her on election nights... you can just tell that she loves her job.

I think what I like most about her is that she is not seasoned; that she is just who she is.

And I'll take that over Wolf, Brian, and definitely Tweety any day.
To me they sound like burned out old men. Rachel brings a fresh voice and perspective to what she does.
She digs into facts and asks the follow-up questions. And she puts her heart into her job every single day.

[girl gone mad]

33. Agree.

She spends so much time on nonsense and filler. For instance, she had a guest on tonight who is also an MSNBC host and they spent a good 5 minutes talking about how great and important they both are because they get to be on television. I had to turn it off. Even multitasking, it's a waste of time to listen to.

[AtomicKitten]

35. She and Melissa Harris Perry talked about the great privilege and

awesome responsibility they have in doing their respective shows, that it's hard work but they love every minute of it. I don't know what you were watching, but your take on it bears no resemblance to the show that aired tonight.

[girl gone mad]

39. I watched the segment with open eyes and an open mind.

They both came off as pompous. They have relatively low-rated cable tv programs. They aren't curing cancer or even doing important investigative reporting or journalism. They are merely talking heads, presenting filtered snippets of information deemed copacetic by their corporate overlords. Even bus drivers have a more "awesome responsibility" than today's television personalities do.

[hedgehog]

19. I was suggesting to my gay daughter that she might

want to model her hair style and attire on Rachel's in order to present a professional image - this before I knew that Rachel was gay! I guess that proves that Rachel is a classy lady and I'm still fairly clueless!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. Are you serious? yikes. nt

[jwirr]

25. That segment was very good. My family watched Gasland the other night and were ancious to talk

to me about it. Everyone should watch that movie. We are pushing the envelope on the use of energy and we are going to pay for it if we do not wise up soon.

[jillan]

31. I caught the end of that the other nite & was mesmerized. Definitely have to watch

the whole movie.

[musiclawyer]

29. Anyone who uses the term "gravitas"

Is a troll. IMHO Sorry. I have heard other posters critique Chris Hayes using that term. Rachel and Chris are beyond gravitas. They are in uncharted water in terms of depth in their reporting because of their formats. Their age or years on tv is irrelevant They are just plain good in a way tv reporting has not seen since the nascent era.

[HopeHoops]

36. Ah, facts. Yes, those are forbidden from use on FOX.

[lunatica]

40. You're wrong.

I am her biggest fan!

[RebelOne]

41. Since when is Rachel on Saturday nights? n/t

[davidpdx]

42. She's witty, funny and intelligent