msnbc.msn.com - 2/27/2009
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On Wednesday, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow talked with the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi about President Barack Obama's economic recovery bill and his plan for troop withdrawal from Iraq. Read the transcript below. RACHEL MADDOW, HOST, ‘RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:’ Madam speaker thank you for this chance ...
newsbusters.org - 3/6/2009
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newsbusters.org —
In a nice stroke of NBC corporate synergy,
radical-left MSNBC host Rachel Maddow appeared Tuesday night on...
the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and when the topic turned to Rush Limbaugh, Maddow insisted that it’s one thing for Rush to oppose Obama’s ...
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Pelosi: Troop Levels Should Be 'as Small as Possible'
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... Pelosi told Rachel Maddow this week that up to 50,000 troops didn't sit that well with her. Having only heard reports of what Obama's plan might entail, Pelosi told Maddow, "I don't know what the justification is for 50,000...I would think a third of that, maybe 20,000, a little more than a third, 15,000 or 20,000 [is necessary]...I don't know what purpose he has in keeping them there, whether it is to fight terrorism, train whatever -- the training of the Iraqis, which seems to have been going on forever." ...
How the Pelosi/Obama Iraq feud benefits them both
News —
... and even criticism of President Obama's plan to leave 35,000 to 50,000 troop in Iraq after the combat mission is completed, no one seems to be stating the obvious: It benefits both of them politically. For Obama, by breaking with Pelosi he doesn't appear beholden to a ...
Reviewing the Bush Administration
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... calling on Holder to directly appoint a special prosecutor to investigate former Bush administration officials. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called the truth commission "a good idea," but has also expressed concerns that Leahy's proposal will offer "immunity" for Bush administration officials. "I think that some of the issues involved here, like politicizing of the Justice Department, and the rest, may have criminal ramifications," she told MSNBC on February 25. ...
Pelosi Torture Briefing: Joe Miller of FactCheck.Org Got Played for a Fool
Firedoglake —
... Pelosi, February 25:
Pelosi: We were never told they were being used.
Maddow: You were told they weren't being used?
Pelosi: Well, they just talked about them, but — the ...
The CIA's Torture Untruths
Commondreams.org Views —
... systematic attempt to claim that Democrats in congress signed off on the Bush administration's torture programme as long ago as 2002. First, let's look at the factual problems. Speaker Pelosi has consistently said the same thing for three months: when the CIA briefed her [PDF] and her Republican counterpart Porter Goss, on 4 September 2002, they did not tell Pelosi or Goss that the CIA had already been torturing Abu Zubaydah for over a month. Pelosi said : "We were never told [torture techniques] were being used," on 25 February. She said : ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 2/25/2009 — does exude a practical hope, rooted in things that work. And he forces the point that politics should be about ideas -- competing ideas -- and that the best ones should win.
UPDATE: The MSNBC commentators look very unhappy and Rachel Maddow was ...
David Sirota: MSNBC's 10pm Slot: How About a Populist Progressive?
huffingtonpost.com 2/26/2009 —
Last month, the New York Times ran a story about MSNBC looking for a host to fill its open 10pm time-slot and many of you encouraged me to apply for the job after seeing me on programs like The Rachel Maddow Show, Bill Moyers Journal and The ...
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So according to imbeciles of the Erick Erickson class, this shit from Ann Coulter is Funny: The crowd loves her. “I’ve bee[n] watching the MSNBC coverage of CPAC. Is there any other network where you know every host was at the alternative prom?” What Coulter means is that Rachel Maddow is an ...
Some Thoughts For Rachel Maddow —
The Moderate Voice
Although I do not always agree with her I do enjoy watching Rachel Maddow on MSNBC from time to time. I find her clever and often entertaining but sometimes I think she goes a bit over edge in her criticism of those she disagrees with and since she likes to call people when they step over the ...
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Feministing
The media can't get enough about America's new butch sweetheart, Rachel Maddow.
I can't say I blame them, but this week's piece on Maddow entitled Butch Fatale maybe takes it a bit too far.
Author Daphne Merkin writes an overly poetic piece about the role of lesbians in fashion--the ...
Nancy Pelosi: 'Health care a priority' —
The Swamp
by Mark Silva
So an interview of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow may sound something like an interview of former Vice President Dick Cheney by FOX News' Sean Hannity.
Cue the choir.
President Barack Obama is "legislatively ambitious,'' Maddow said ...
Rachel Maddow Wins Gracie Award —
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A broad group of anchors, personalities, and actors including Rachel Maddow and Suze Orman are among the winners of this year's 34th Gracie Awards presented by American Women in Radio & Television.
Other winners include Barbara Walters, Katie Couric, comedian Kathy Griffin, ...
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