Just went to see Rachel Maddow

[proud2BlibKansan]

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She's awesome. We are so lucky to have her voice.

She's on a book tour. This date sold out almost immediately. I got there 30 minutes early and had to park 3 blocks away.

She was really funny. She made a couple cracks about Sam Brownback and Kris Kobach.

Can't wait to read her book.

Thank you Rachel.

[elleng]

1. SO LUCKY, proud!

She's Sold Out here in DC, Politics and Prose, next week.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Another picture my friend took:

[CTyankee]

12. Hi, ellen! I wish she'd come to New Haven!

It would be so nice and I would go in a heartbeat!

But I think it would take an Act of Yale to do that...

[spockeye]

3. Her book is excellent! n/t

[Auggie]

5. +1

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Agreed!

[whathehell]

4. Did you see her in Milwaukee?

I was supposed to see her, had tickets, but got SICK with a sore throat

Pain so bad, had to go to "doc in the box" urgent care center.

I'm okay now (antibiotics, etc.) but just hoping I can at least

get her autographed book, as it was included in the ticket price.

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Kansas City

[dmr]

6. I am so jealous

I'm going to check & see if she has plans to come up my way. If not, I'll invite her.

[Little Star]

7. I wanna meet Rachel! Lucky you. k&r

[Whisp]

8. lucky you :)

she's my fave gabber on the teevee.

[Logical]

10. I was there too Proud! She as amazing!!! I LOVE her!

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. She really connected with the crowd.

[SunSeeker]

11. She's the smartest person in television. I too feel lucky we have her voice out there.

Every time I watch her I think, man I can't believe she is on TV talking like this. Do the corporate execs know what she's saying? I wonder when they're going to fire her?

But she keeps showing up each night. Thank goodness. I guess the execs care more about ratings than loyalty to their class--and I hear she has great ratings.

[Sky Masterson]

13. I was there too.

She was awesome!

[LongTomH]

14. I was there too! Great crowd!

Rachel was in great form.

[RushIsRot]

15. Rachel is already a national treasure! What will she be in a few years? n/t

[sakabatou]

19. Still a news host or even a congress woman

[Blue_In_AK]

18. She's so much fun in person.

We had a really good time when she did her show from Anchorage in 2010.

[archiemo]

20. I was fortunate to be there as well!

Can't begin to describe how effortlessly she talks with such ease and understanding of any topic. She truly does a wonderful job of taking complex issues and explaining them in "layman's terms". Absolute treasure!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. When she was in Lawrence last year

she was wonderful. She talked to us at each commercial break and explained what they were going to do next. She really connected to the crowd.

[trof]

22. Just finished 'Drift'.

She does a pretty good job of explaining how (and why) we got from a 'militia' citizen/civilian-soldier nation who answered a call-to-arms only when absolutely necessary to a 'professional' standing army on a 24-7 war footing.

I think she's especially good on the Iran-Contra scandal that should have been but wasn't.
Ancient history for most of you, but I was in my 40s and had a hard time grasping exactly what was happening. I'm now convinced that Reagan should have been impeached for his role.

She presents his 'invasion' of Grenada as the comic opera that it was, worthy of Gilbert & Sullivan.
The real zinger: 19 American soldiers killed...17 BY FRIENDLY FIRE.
Oh, brother.

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. Did you read Krakauer's book on Pat Tilman?

He gives the stats of friendly fire. That's how we lose most of our soldiers who die in combat.

[trof]

25. No

[shcrane71]

24. Also eye-opening: US contractors that used sex-slaves in Bosnia.

Dyncorp's use of underage sex-slaves was disgusting. Another way the US is losing hearts & minds around the globe.

[trof]

26. Isn't it funny we never heard about that.

[shcrane71]

27. You didn't hear about it either?

A friend even subscribed me to a foreign affairs magazine back then, and I don't recall hearing anything about it.

[lonestarnot]

28. Wow! I'm jealous!