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Rachel Maddow Compares Speaker Boehner To A Naked Will Ferrell In Old School

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“Who killed John Boehner‘s career here?” Rachel Maddow would like to know, making it pretty clear she thinks that Boehner won’t still be Speaker of the House this time next year.

“This is not John Boehner tripping and falling,” she continued. “This looks like John Boehner was pushed.” She then compared his lack of support to Will Ferrell’s character’s one-man streaking fiasco in Old School and showed, like, half the movie as evidence.

RELATED: Speaker Boehner Announces Deal To Extend Payroll Taxcut

So what, she asked, made Boehner think he could say no to the payroll tax cut deal and not be left running naked through a terribly overrated movie? Republicans weren’t behind him! Not big-time Republicans! Not anonymous Republicans! Not emailing Republicans! Not Republicans from Arkansas! Not even Mitch McConnell!

Maddow believes a big part of this is that Boehner is simply not so good at his job because his attitude is one of “Woo! Let’s let anything happen!” But also, she continued, someone on Boehner’s “own side” must have led him to believe that someone would have his back. Who, she wondered, could that have been?

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  • OSTL

    This supposed to be “news?”

  • Anonymous

    That fact that you,dear rachel,have no audience might explain that there were no posts to this story…So I thought I would comment…first of all your allusion to some dumb movie character(that nobody saw),made me laugh at the silliness of that comment…Your hour on the least watched of the 3 cable news networks is beyond reason when that network employs the likes of eddy schultz,al sharpton and my personal favorite,chrissy(tingles)mathews….but I do look forward to the next year of yuks as you all plead the case of barack o.

  • Anonymous

    The fact that Boehner bumbled his way through this (congress)man-made disaster, and it will probably cost him his speaker-ship? Yeah, I’d say that’s news. Just like two years ago when all the wingers were screaming that Nancy Pelosi had been fired. 

  • us995

    maybe he had to pass the bill to find out what’s in it from the supreme court like swamp dweller pelosi

  • OSTL

    I guess rachel has to dumb it down for her meager audience…

  • Anonymous

    Hack did you say ManCow

  • us995

    ray can shut his or her gender nuterul cameras down early nobody is whatching take the current tv payoff like btb did

  • us995

    ray must be a fan of terrible movies

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4IHB2KMHPYCJPXBK67R2CFJ7NI Don

    actually MSNBC  is second to Fox now  and hers is the top rated MSNBC  show,    There are more morons than smart people in this world unfortunately, hence the reason that Fox wins the ratings battle, 

  • Anonymous

    Say what you like about Maddow but she is sooo not bitter. She is young, a Rhodes scholar, pleasant and clever with a great career. What has she got to be bitter about? You are projecting,

  • ATHF

    she is a jon stewart wannabe, hair cut and all

  • Gloves O. Donahue

    If you’re watching this mess, you need an intervention…quick.

    There’s something better on TV, on every other channel, and even if you turn it off and stare at a blank screen.

  • Anonymous

    This is truly odd. Republican’s won. Democrats wanted a full year, Republicans talked them down to 2 months, a lower cut, and a decision on the XL pipeline. Republicans won!

    Then Boehner comes in and goes all Ferrell all over this and hand Democrats a victory.

    And here I thought it only Democrats who had the ability to steal defeat from the jaws of victory.

  • Anonymous

    I hear that RM won the Man of the Year contest– again.

  • Anonymous

    Say what you like about Maddow but she is sooo not bitter.”

    LMAO

    Thanks for the morning laugh, son.

    Now go back to calling everyone a racist.

  • Anonymous

    Rachel displayed an incredible amount of chutzpah by referring to a naked body, without considering what people might think about HER naked body.

  • 12voltman1

    FYI
    The Racheal Maddow show is not a news show. Bill-O is also not news a news show.

  • 12voltman1

    She never show any anger. Unlike Beck,Rush or Bill-O!

  • 12voltman1

    Racist!

  • 12voltman1

    I heard you won Drag Queen of the year-again.

  • Anonymous

    This whole issue is like porn for the liberal media. The tax cut in reality accomplishes nothing for the economy and will create no jobs. But for the corrupt media and food stamp President, this is another way to divert attention away from a dismal record. Unfortunately, it is still business ad usual in Washington and nothing will change as long as the media are shills for this corrupt regime. We need to wake up and realize we are being mislead by Mediaite, NYT, Politico, MSNBC and hundreds of others.

  • 12voltman1

    Undressing her with your eyes I see.

  • 12voltman1

    Funny, you didn’t mention “Faux News”.

  • 12voltman1

    So you understood what she was saying then? Right?

  • Anonymous

    Lots of hate for Ms. Maddow – interesting.

    Her analysis is somewhat obvious but the real story is where she stopped – who were the persons pushing the tan-man?  My guess is all this Braveheart nonsense actually worked on Boner and yes that is actually funny and useful.

  • Gloves O. Donahue

    “Down in Louisiana Where the alligators grow so mean

    There lived a girl that I swear to the world Made the alligators look tame “

  • Anonymous

    Our economy is comprised on  ~70% consumer spending – give 160,000,000 $1,000 and you will stimulate the economy and create jobs.  Conversely we have seen that if you give that same aggregate sum to a few thousand people for ten years (Bush tax cuts) you end up in the deepest recession in our country’s history.

    So to sum up, all that money the rich and corporations took from all of the rest of us – we need it back now and we will take it back the same way you took it from us.  Tax breaks for us and more tax for you.  See how easy that is?

  • Anonymous

    Racist twat. :)

  • Anonymous

    OK, “Faux” news you call it, does lean conservative. Can you name any more to counter the NYT, Washington Post, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC and CNN? I really don’t think your argument holds water. But then again facts don’t matter when you are in the liberal fantasy world.

  • Anonymous

    Not really, suspecting what I might find in his panties.

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    Racist!

  • 12voltman1

    The NY Times and MSNBC does lean left. But The Washington Post is no longer the liberal bastion it once was. NBC,CBS,ABC and CNN all seem mainstream and fairly neutral to me. I guess it is all on your point of veiw.

  • Anonymous

    You are absolutely correct!!!

  • 12voltman1

    I did mean it.

  • Anonymous

    I have no desire to have my stomach in a perpetual state of revulsion and regurgitation, so,  I avoid watching the Rachel Maddow Show, and after having one sad experience of actually watching her show once, I make an effort not to make the same mistake again.

    If it should be HIM, I sincerely apologize.

    After all, my one and only naughty insinuation of his or her gender is just a tiny bit of a by fraction of  definite accusation of Left-wingers Ann Coulter being something or somewhat what she is not. Let`s compare Adam`s Apples. Let`s compare comments about Ann Coulter by liberals to comments about Rachel Maddow by conservatives. Let`s be honest, now!.

  • Anonymous

    But son, you were Queen of the May!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    LMAO

  • Anonymous

    Lots of hate for Ms. Maddow”

    Only pari passu with her hate, dear!

  • 12voltman1

    Ok. Whatever you say Foghorn.

  • Anonymous

    “…and showed, like, half the movie as evidence.”

    Really? The movie was 80 seconds long?
    Jaysus, how hard can it be to summarize a fecking clip of a news program?

  • Anonymous

    Are you trying to seem older or smarter by calling people son? Whatever it don’t work. Son

  • Anonymous

    Saying Faux news “leans” conservative is like saying the Pope is kinda “religous”

  • Anonymous

    To spur the economy you must put money in the hands of people willing to SPEND it. The “job creators” aren’t spending so put the money in the hands of people that will!

  • Anonymous

    Just keep listening to Rush and your purty little head won’t hurt.

  • Anonymous

    Rachel got mildly carried away in her over the top criticism of Boneher. . . . .She should have heaped it on the turncoat betrayer, slicko can’tor.  I think what has transpired in Congress is beyond belief.  They have all showed their wimpy, self-serving side, and to think its going to happen again in 2 months is painfulful.

  • Anonymous

    Homosexuals are NOT to be seen or heard.

  • Holistic

    Thankfully, we have no one comparing a naked Maddow to anything of interest.

  • Anonymous

    RACHEL MADDOW,
    Is that  how you budget….?  Stop insulting Speaker Boehner, and please don’t take your clothes off.
    Would you like to make a bet?  I bet that the payroll tax cuts extension will be longer than your time on MSNBC.   RACHEL, you have just killed your career.
    Delores Smith
    Delores109@cox.net

  • Anonymous

    Rachel…sweety…when you look like Andy Dick you should shy away from making comparisons.

  • Anonymous

    i watch maddow every once in a while.  i TRY to give her a chance.  but, she is the most sarcastic and bitter person ive ever seen and i LOVE sarcasm.  but she is just sooooo over the top in her disgust with the other side.  she thinks she is fooling the more conservative viewer, but she is simply the most biased, sarcastic, and bitter of them all.  if she could get rid of just a little of the sarcasm and condescending way she talks, she’d be fine.

  • Anonymous

    You are a sexist and homophobic jerk.

  • Anonymous

    You are a sexist and homophobic jerk.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DNMVQZCXFQTDIGILG354Q727YY Roma Victor

    ick. flagged…

  • Anonymous

    Don’t take that tone with me, young man! If you can’t stand the heat, get out o’ the kitchen!

  • Anonymous

    I’ll not tolerate your insolence either!

  • Anonymous

    Yes

  • http://twitter.com/MerryMarjie MerryMarjie

    Rachel Maddow Rocks!

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