The McCain campaign is afraid of Rachel Maddow

[ProSense]

McCain Campaign Refuses To Appear On The Rachel Maddow Show

Surrogates for Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) presidential campaign rarely shy away from the chance to put out their talking points, regularly flacking on cable news programs. However, there is at least one cable news show they are avoiding: MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show.

Discussing the lack of impact Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) inclusion on the McCain ticket has had with women voters (according to the latest CBS-New York Times poll), Maddow last night noted that McCain surrogates have repeatedly declined invitations to appear on the show:

MADDOW: Might it be that women care less about a candidate’s gender and more about a candidate’s position on the issues, like reproductive health, equal pay for equal work?

One note - we hope to have someone from the McCain campaign or another Republican guest on the show tonight to talk about this issue as we have contacted them about other issues on other nights. But no matter the topics, thus far at least, they have repeatedly said no one is available.

A long list then ran on the screen of McCain surrogates who have turned Maddow down, including senior campaign advisers Carly Fiorina, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Meg Whitman, Ed O’Callaghan and others. Watch it:

(http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/19/maddow-mccain/">Maddow says GOP and McCain camp not coming on her show)

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[mucifer]

1. " Scary lesbian! She's smarter than us! Run away hide!"

[polichick]

2. Yeah, because she'll cut through their bullshit in two seconds flat!

[WeDidIt]

3. They CANNOT allow Rachel to be perceived as legitimate.

It's pretty simple, their base would destroy them if they went on Rachel's show.

[grannylib]

4. Well of course they are! All rePiglicans are scared of honest journalists

who really DO play hardball, if that's what's needed to get to the truth.
Too bad Rachel is one of the only ones we see who regularly does just that, and all without being an ass. :-)

[blondeatlast]

5. He stood up to the Viet Cong but the lady anchor gives him the chills. And Obama went on O'Reilly.

Yeah, that's courage, George Bush.

Er, i mean, John McCain. :eyes:

[patrice]

6. You'd think they'd welcome the opportunity to show their base how well they do battle against those

"evil Lesbians".

[anonymous171]

7. I can guess two reasons for this: Homophobia and fear of being destroyed by Rachel.

[krkaufman]

8. I *loved* that Rachel did that, displaying the names of the cowards who wouldn't face her. n/t

[seabeyond]

9. and she is a super duper gay lesbian.... lol lol. so funny. what a bunch of wussy, and they want

to fight the terrorist, but cant do a face to face with ne of those gay lesbians....

bah hahhaha

wait until i tell everyone i know

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. That's because Maddow is a walking encyclopedia - she knows her facts

and she has them on the tips of her fingers with a smile.