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Rachel Maddow Thanks Laura Ingraham For Helping Her Book Gov. Bob McDonnell

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Rachel Maddow has spent much of her show trying to book Republicans to come on and debate her about various issues, but she has had quite a bit of trouble– moreso after her contentious 2010 interview with then senatorial candidate Rand Paul. This week, however, she received what she called a “glimmer of hope” from the unlikeliest of people: Laura Ingraham, who told Virginia governor Bob McDonnell that she would love to see more Republicans talk to Maddow, and if not convince her of their ideology, at least spread the word.

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Ingraham noted of Ronald Reagan this week, in an interview with McDonnell, “there wasn’t a place he wouldn’t go to argue the conservative message, and advocate for conservative principles.” She added that conservatives have “real problems” if they are unable to talk to Maddow, and the governor then asked Ingraham for help in setting up the interview. “I’ll send her a note,” Ingraham replied, and Maddow confirmed that she, in fact, did. Thanking Ingraham and repeating several times how excited she was about the possibility of doing the interview, she wanted to make sure that it happened. “So we’re all above board and there is no suspicion of an ambush,” she told McDonnell, “I want you to know: here is what I’ve been saying on television without you.” She then played a montage of criticisms that she had leveled at McDonnell on the program.

I could not be more excited,” she repeated afterwards, telling the governor that she would like to set up the interview for next week, so this story is still developing. “I’ll have my people call your people, or whatever?” Maddow concluded.

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  • Gloves Waxy Donahue

    Don’t know this person, Alex.

    I’ll take Potpourri for $600., please.

  • NDanielson

    Rachael who? Oh the “news” source of the Ovis aries herd? One of the leaders of the ruminants. LOL.

    Participants on the game show Jeopardy were shown a picture of MSNBC
    host Rachel Maddow and asked to identify her. All three contestants sat
    in silence until the buzzer.

    Seems as if she needs all the help she can get to get viewers. Maybe because half of her flock is on Mediaite at any given time?

    http://www.breitbart.tv/who-is-rachel-maddow/

  • NDanielson
  • Anonymous

    Laura Ingraham is the host of a radio show which attracts around six million listeners. She’s written multiple best-selling books. She is a weekly guest and frequent guest host on the most popular show on the popular cable news channel in the country. Yet the only time Ingraham’s mentioned on this ostensible media analysis site is in relation to significantly less popular MSNBC personalities. I understand the political sympathies of the Mediaite staff, but the promotion of very minor liberal personalities over relevant conservatives is a tad ridiculous. It’s like if I was a media writer and I breathlessly covered the articles of a little-known Big Hollywood columnist while only occasionally mentioning Jon Stewart.

  • Anonymous

    If she wants more opposing views she should stop personally attacking people on the right and debate facts instead of her producers agenda too use race and hate on everyone who thinks different then they do!

    But that is the way of the left wing! if you cant win on facts just call them stupid or racist and that always gets her in the white house and meetings with the leading community organizer!

  • Anonymous

    And then, to really bait the unsuspecting McDonnell, she gives examples of the snarky smackdown issues she’ll spring when he comes on her show, rather than simply ask him to appear for a breezy chat with some genial-if-spirited general philosophical debate.

    Yes, she is for sure the left’s political genius of her generation. Before she won that title by acclamation, I’d been willing to put some stock in the narrative that said this no longer is a center-right country.    

  • SNAPTIE So dumb he picked Joe

    Maddow will start out respectful, then turn her propaganda machine on. Maddow having to beg for guests is amusing.

  • Jay Stone

    Maddow, like her or not (most don’t) does tend to be fair when interviewing people who disaggree with her. It’s always much more engaging listening to people debate face to face than arguing from other sides of the room.

  • Hout Bosques

    I think you don’t understand irony at all. When she says “beg” she means it here in the English sense – she’s a Rhodes Scholar – of exaggerating things towards the opposite of what she actually means.  

    And Frances Martel encourages this misunderstanding by her choice of the word “contentious” to describe the Randy Paul interview. “Contentious” implies a content contest – which it wasn’t. Randy Paul came across as an egotistic self-deluded bigoted boob with no actual knowledge or the least understanding of civil rights; so much for “content”. And for that reason & for her greater ability to reason itself & alone, Ms. Maddow ate widdle Randy Paul’s lunch, showing he’s not nearly as able & smart as she is & that she has admirable values whereas he does not. In short, she eviscerated him.  

    But that caused a problem: lots of people saw that & even since very few Republicans other than Michael Steele & for a while Tim Pawlenty would go her show, in fear she could also eviscerate them. They’re right – she could. And she’ll eviscerate Governor McDonnell also – indeed, it’s so obvious to her, she here spots him a ton of warnings. It won’t do any good – if he goes on, he goes down. She’s too smart & open-minded, & he’s too bigoted & frankly not that smart at all.

  • http://twitter.com/DakotaLV Dakota

    NOBODY wants to go on MSNBC becuse NOBODY wathces MSNBC.  If you make a silly mistake the riska nd reward is to high… all the other Eltire emdia will pick it up and run with it…. Thats like the president campaining in Desota kansas… who cares, not enough votes and nobody will see it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IC7HRBJRXKA7IKTTZS5W3UIECQ Agent of Truth

    Laura Ingraham….  This pathetic waste of skin is simply the poor man’s Ann Coulter.  Another messed up idiot full of twisted skewed ideologies that do not cross pathways with reality.  As such, she is simply a life support system for a vagina and nothing more as she has no brains or personal integrity.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IC7HRBJRXKA7IKTTZS5W3UIECQ Agent of Truth

    On the contratry…..  No one wants to go on MSNBC because they are afraid someone will ask them questions that are honest, truthful and founded in reality.  Right wingers and repugs view such questions as trick questions.  People like that always fear the truth and the facts and as such, they always appear on Fox fake news and other right wing programs where the truth and fact are not allowed.

  • http://twitter.com/grimcity Neal Boyd

    How is it “bait” for her to outright show her position beforehand?

    I mean, when I go fishing I don’t tie a rock at the end of the line, I use something that would entice my future dinner, not dissuade it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/bruce.kennedy3 Bruce Kennedy

    It’s Desoto, Kansas. Nice little community up near Kansas City. Also near Wellsville and Le Loop, Kansas. No not Wellsville, New York. Although I’ve been in that area also, near Hamburg, New York. I know, I know you can’t find a better name for a town than Le Loop. More affectionately known as “Le Loopy”, French for Republican.

  • Anonymous

    Agent of truth- So why don’t you tell us what you REALLY think of her  !!!

  • Anonymous

    I wonder if maybe Laura asked to have a little sleep over with Rachel and do the carpet munch debate all night . 

  • Anonymous

    You always seem to get it right.

  • Anonymous

    Maddow is fair.  She uses common sense,good judgement, and intelligence when she interviews which is the reason she is the smartest person on television.  It is not just because she is a Rhodes Scholar.

  • Anonymous

    Wow…you just described Rush Limbaugh. Just change “right” to “left” and vice versa in your screed. 

  • Anonymous

    If she is open minded, why would she eviscerate him?

  • Anonymous

    Yes, Rachel is brilliant, thus the need for the eye rolls and other childish antics. Lol

  • Anonymous

    Isn’t it amazing how the whole world is too stupid for msnbc? Lol

  • Pablo

    Just ask him.

  • Pablo
  • Pablo

    Booberry be all ovah!

  • Pablo

    Hate much? How many kids have you adopted?

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for making my point, Mr. Irony Tone Deaf.

    As usual, she cast her hook heavily, unable to reel anything in because of her heavy ego and vanity.

  • Tucsonense

    I Can’t wait to see this happen……..Look out fornicators!!!!!

  • DoNotMindMe

    Lol, Maddow relies on rival FOX News personalities to book guests for her show because Maddow can’t do it on her own…. Sad yet funny. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    Except Limbaugh doesn’t want to debate opposing views. He knows his arguments are flimsy and that’s why he never ventures out of call-screened Florida Neverland compound.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    Even Rand Paul praised her as fair after the whole civil right bill flap his campaign had to deal with after he appeared on her show. He corrected the rightwingers who were claiming she ambushed him.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    LURN TOO SPEHLL

  • Anonymous

    Oh, bullshit.

    Does she want a dialogue with some leading Republicans or a pre-game sack dance for the orgiastic delight of her fanboy/girl cult following?

     

  • Jay Stone

    When you say stupid things like this you immediately remove yourself evermore from any future substantive dialogues. Jim213..it’s possible you really thought that was SO funny you just had to log in and respond..please realize that statements and other utterances like the one made here embarass and bring your wife, kids, family, employer and the people who call you friend…. shame. Be a better man!

  • genius

    Whoa… Dakota! Time to get a breathalyzer for that
    keyboard??? Just sayin…

  • Anonymous

    It’s funny how Republicans are afraid of Rachel.  Maybe it’s because he got Rand Paul to say he wouldn’t have voted for the civil rights bill if he was a Senator back then.   

  • Tucsonense

    Hey here is a link that might help explain your thoughts……………..
    http://www.mediaite.com/online/study-suggests-low-iq-social-conservatism-and-prejudice-go-hand-in-hand/

  • Anonymous

    She always treats her quests with respect, and gives them a chance to make their case un like O’Reilly. Jon Stewart like wise.

  • Anonymous

    Rev. Stone you must really like Agent of Truth’s post !  Go preach somewhere else !

  • Anonymous

    Such participants might also believe that France is the Capital of Europe. 53% of Americans believe that the earth was created about 7,000 years ago. 50% of the Utah population believe in Joseph Smith. I can not even remember what % could name who the Vice President – but probably a higher % of Europeans or Australians would know who Biden is.
    So when you think about it – your post indicates that you are as silly as the above mentioned groups.

  • Anonymous

    She showed a lot more class when Sargent Schultz ugly comment about her was pointed out.  Where you the producer of the show?

  • Jay Stone

    Thanks for pointing out that while your post is bad…his is worse…yet both with the same fixation on………To be fair you were trying to be funny he’s(?) just being mean. There’s hope for you.

  • Anonymous

    Well thank you for letting me know I am still salvageable !

  • Anonymous

    If she wants someone like McDonnell on her show, she should do less bragging in advance for her childish, cult-like fanboys and fangirls about how she’s going to scalp him and wear his pelt on her war pony, no?

  • Anonymous

    this should be good i love it when msbnc eats up anyone who isnt liberal

  • TVNewsViewer

    Why does Rachel Maddow always have this snarky smug smile on her face?

  • david r

    I would love to see Rachel and Laura Ingraham in a mud-wrestling contest.  Did you see the sexy biceps on Ingraham?  And you know Rachel is spunky.

  • david r

     Her nickname is “Chuckles.”

  • http://twitter.com/grimcity Neal Boyd

    If that’s the case, how does Bill O ever get a guest?

  • TVNewsViewer

    She’s always made me laugh.

  • Anonymous

    I will. I’d rather be right than wrong.

  • DoNotMindMe

    I see your attempt at humor, but that article has nothing to do with this one. So ….

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  • Anonymous

    a freudian slip there yoda, or are you a homophobe?  

  • Anonymous

    It’s called a typo. 

  • Anonymous

    now that’s funny Pablo. Gimme more booberries!

  • Anonymous

    …or was that an inhalator?

  • rick.ruskin

    O”Reilly treats guests with respect, that is , if they actually answer questions posed to them and don’t lie ala Barney Frank. If they start lying all bets are off. Even morons like Jeremy Glick are treated with respect until they start flinging insults that is. Too bad you don’t know what you are talking about.

  • rick.ruskin

    No one goes on MSNBC because their hosts have little or no credibility. For example, O’Donnell recently called O’Reilly a liar for stating that “Obama wants to raise my taxes”, and O’Donnell pointed out that the POTUS doesn’t have the power to do so. So in his brilliant mind O’Reilly was “lying to his audiance”. And yet O”donnell himself has stated that Reagan “raised taxes” and Al Sharpton , sitting right next to O’Donnell also says “Reagan raised taxes”. So what’s their position, democratic presidents cannot raise taxes, but republican presidents can? Not to mention hosts who refer to women as “sluts” , and hosts who get tingles up their legs. Even Tom Brokaw couldn’t stand working with Matthews and Olbermann and had them booted from the election coverage. Wisely management finally booted the vile Olbermann, who now wallows in obscurity. MSNBC get trounced by the competition because they are a 2nd rate operation staffed by idiots. And while your call Fox fake news, they at least are covering the recent voter fraud scandals and crony capitalism scandals that outfits like MSNBC avoid like the plague. MSNBC is a joke.

  • Anonymous

    Could it be because GOP like to give their interviews to legitimate journalists, not Bull Dyke Lesibians who only talk idiotcy and is dog ugly?

  • Anonymous

    They’re afraid of Rachel,she uses facts against spin.Conservatives know their shit wont fly.Does gop-tv have a department of corrections?Not no but hell no.Assclowns like cockroaches don’t like to be exposed too light.

  • Anonymous

    lol conservatives/unamericans repeating talking points to fux news isn’t legitimate.

    sit down and be quiet while your betters are speaking.

  • Anonymous

    conservatives won’t go on anything but conservative talk shows because they know, simply put, when the light of truth and facts is shined upon conservatism, it is destroyed like the bloodsucking vampire it is.

    patriotic Americans know that conservatism is false, and 30 years of their idiotic talking points and lies have destroyed the american dream.  the more the conservative/unamerican debates go on, the higher The Commander In Chief’s approval rating goes up and theirs goes down.

    pretty soon real Americans will be hunting conservatives for sport.

    2012: the year conservatism dies.

  • Anonymous

    righttttt.  For you it’s a typo for a republican you would class this (typo) as deep seated hatred.  

    Do you get it now?

  • Pablo

    It’s a little late for that.

  • Anonymous

    Republicans would also call her Madcow and other names, so its very obvious what they’re doing.  

  • Anonymous

    Conservatives are frightened  of being made fools of by a woman, a liberal, and a lesbian who is WAY more intelligent than they are – all rolled into one. Besides, her logic is spectacular, and irrefutable by RepubliCONS.

  • Anonymous

    It’s interesting, simply because the conservatives know they can’t hold their own, intellectually, with her, so they decline her requests to appear on her show. It is not until someone in their own party shames them into appearing, that they finally agree to do so.

    it will be interesting to see who wins this intellectual contest. I’m betting on Maddow, as she is WAY more intelligent than McDonnell. Plus her liberal message is based on verifiable facts, something the conservatives hate. Everyone knows that facts have a liberal bias.

  • Anonymous

    I have never heard her call people names, or attack them personally. Her logic is just too good to need to stoop to such devices. That is to say that to question Ron Paul, say, about his racist newsletters (even he admits they were, while claiming he had no knowledge of their content) is not a personal attack, but rather an attack on racist content.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_34VQ3NDNOFFUF6R7ALXY6O33S4 Cal

    No, it couldn’t be. Most Republicans go out of their way to avoid giving interviews to legitimate journalists. Instead, they prefer to give interviews to Fox News.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_34VQ3NDNOFFUF6R7ALXY6O33S4 Cal

    No, it’s because most conservatives are afraid of going on her show because they know they’d embarrass themselves like Rand Paul did.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_34VQ3NDNOFFUF6R7ALXY6O33S4 Cal

    Foxbot alert.

    Oh, and those “voter fraud scandals” are an excellent example of Fox being fake news. There is no voter fraud problem. It’s a false danger being hyped up by Republicans who want to reduce the number of voters.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_34VQ3NDNOFFUF6R7ALXY6O33S4 Cal

    Winning on facts is what Maddow specializes in. And that’s why Republicans fear her.

  • Anonymous

    The delusional perception of a person whose brain has atrified to the point that only hate can infiltrate and excite your heart. Any one with an above average IQ can figure out that people with a below average IQ are excited by trashing people who are keen on facts, Science, and fighting back the bigots that abound.

    But these same people have no content. Your post has no content.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GE7RQIWYBNBPNPK2BD3GEUDCQE ph16

    “conservatives won’t go on anything but conservative talk shows because
    they know, simply put, when the light of truth and facts is shined upon
    conservatism, it is destroyed like the bloodsucking vampire it is.”

    Well that’s false, Laura Ingraham for instance has been on “The View”, “The Today Show”, “Hardball”, and “Larry King Live” to name a few in the past and they are hardly right-wing.

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