Fox’s Roger Ailes Writes Blurb For Rachel Maddow Book: ‘A Book Worth Reading’

Talk about strange bedfellows. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has a new book coming out called Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, with a release date of March 27th. Tom Brokaw and Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi have contributed blurbs to the book, but some surprising words of praise for the tome are coming from none other than Fox News president Roger Ailes.

Here’s the blurb in full:

“Drift never makes the case that war might be necessary. America would be weakened dramatically if we had underreacted to 9/11. However, Rachel Maddow makes valid arguments that our country has been drifting towards questionable wars, draining our resources, without sufficient input and time. People who like Rachel will love the book. People who don’t will get angry, but aggressive debate is good for America. Drift is a book worth reading.”

When asked about her relationship with Fox News two years ago, Maddow said that she once “had a really pleasant conversation with Roger Ailes at a Christmas party.”

h/t POLITICO

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