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Friday, October 31, 2008 Obama And Maddow by tristero Rachel Maddow Interviews Barack Obama. It's a fascinating, and utterly refreshing, experience to listen to an American politician answer direct questions in a reasonably direct way. One hopes she gets a chance to sit down and talk to him ...
The Dr. Maddow Show
nymag.com — The secret to the success of a wonky lesbian pundit with no TV experience? A Ph.D. from Oxford, a dry sense of humor, and the ability to be nice to Pat Buchanan. (more) The Dr. Maddow Show
Transcript: Barack Obama talks to Rachel Maddow 5 days before election - Rachel Maddow show
Transcript: Barack Obama talks to Rachel Maddow 5 days before election - Rachel Maddow show
msnbc.msn.com — October 30, 2008 - MSNBC's Rachel Maddow flew to Florida to meet with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on the campaign trail to get his views on the looming election and what Americans can expect should Obama win the office of the ... (more) Transcript: Barack Obama talks to Rachel Maddow 5 days ...
THE NEW POLL TAX.
THE NEW POLL TAX.
prospect.org — This is why Rachel Maddow matters: The poll tax was a sly system of disenfranchisement used in the Jim Crow era to disenfranchise Southern blacks. Aware that the Constitution now assured everyone the "right" to vote, Southern states imposed ... (more) THE NEW POLL TAX.
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Corrente — They said this was an election of firsts: As for Obama, he seemed off his game at first, perhaps because he was facing potentially awkward questions from the “left,” which he has hardly ever encountered, and certainly not in front of an audience as large as the one Maddow reaches.

Seasons change with the scenery
The Sideshow — ... proud? Somerby responds to Kevin Drum, and he has it exactly right - it is not possible that the public will get tired of hearing about how badly the media treated Gore, because the public isn't hearing about it. And yes, it's important that we drag this stuff into the light, because the GOP relies on our silence so they can keep getting away with it. I meant to link to Rachel's interview with Barack Obama earlier, but I forgot. Tristero gave Maddow high marks. "Hazy Shade of Winter"

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