I'm launching a Kickstarter campaign to buy Stephanie Rhule some eyes.

[Atman]

It probably won't be covered under Trump Don't Care, so please, reach out and help.

[femmocrat]

1. Thanks, I needed that!

[WinkyDink]

2. Brains would help, too:

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/05/03/msnbc-anchor-stephanie-ruhle-new-gop-health-care-amendment-isn-t-it-basically-universal-health-care/216260

MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle made several severely misinformed statements about Rep. Fred Upton’s (R-MI) new amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA).

Ruhle first questioned whether covering pre-existing conditions in the AHCA means the bill is “basically universal health care” and then, rephrasing, stated “it is coverage for all then.”

She also suggested that the $8 billion the proposed -- but still unreleased -- Upton amendment provides is sufficient funding for the AHCA’s high-risk pools.

The AHCA is far from universal care and it is also not “coverage for all.” When the AHCA was originally scored by the Congressional Budget Office several weeks ago, it estimated that 24 million people will lose their health care (not including the new amendments which would likely cause even more to lose coverage).

Additionally, new estimates from the Center for American Progress show that the AHCA’s high risk pool financing is woefully insufficient as it “would leave a $20 billion shortfall annually” -- meaning an additional $8 billion over 5 years is functionally a drop in the bucket.

From the May 3 edition of MSNBC Live:

(video)

[Eyeball_Kid]

3. Rhule is getting some unusual exposure, considering...

she really has no qualifications for being billed as an expert on... anything.

She's photogenic. Okay. She's photogenic. She should be on an entertainment show, not a serious news/opinion show.

She can conjure an image of authority on viewpoints, but she's got no background, no relevant work experience, no scholarly work, no specialized credentials. IOW, she's a blowhard with an interesting face.

[Atman]

4. I guess she talks back.

I really can't think of anything else "attractive" about her. Her plastic Barbie looks are creepy. But she does stand up, interrupt, talks back, instead of just letting her guests babble on. That's probably why they put a nobody in that position. She can talk back and demand answers, and she doesn't care because she isn't going to lose a career over it. She doesn't really have a career to lose. She's a daytime host on MSNBC, fercrissake!