Debbie Downer on MSNBC....NOW

[Unsane]

Wonder what she's "concerned" about today..

[Cali_Democrat]

1. You can already tell she's not too happy about one of his economic advisors

Some guy from the Clinton era...I forgot his name.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

2. Summers

[Unsane]

4. She is extremely anti Lawrence Summers.

I prefer Geithner FWIW

[3waygeek]

5. Lawrence Summers...

former president of Harvard who resigned in controversy after suggesting that women were genetically unsuited for math & science.

[TexasObserver]

7. He's definitely out. No way would Obama throw him out there.

No drama Obama.

[eridani]

27. Sucky but irrelevant to being an economic advisor. Of far more concern--

--is that he is a champion of deregulation. I don't give a rat's ass how smart someone is--if something is not worth doing at all, it sure the hell isn't worth doing brilliantly.

[GarbagemanLB]

3. Whenever I am feeling good and need to become depressed, I turn on Maddow.

[Arugula Latte]

6. Let me guess. We're supposed to talk her down about something ...

Ugh. Didn't take long for Rachel's schtick to become stale.

[applegrove]

8. Not Debbie Downer..she's Perceptive Patty to you.

[smiley_glad_hands]

9. Whats on Fox? eom

[TTUBatfan2008]

10. I used to like her but...

I've quickly grown tired of her schtick. We have enough "concern" being floated from the right wing media, never mind catching crap from one of the few who is supposedly on our side in the mainstream media. She is the most classy person in the MSM. Olbermann, O'Reilly, et al could learn a lot from her in treating people with respect. HOWEVER, the concern trolling is ridiculous.

[Faygo Kid]

11. Damn, I have been calling her that, too, and I really like her.

But let's face it, there's an element of truth there.

[Cosmic Charlie]

12. so Obama has made no official decisions, yet Rachel is pissed?

what a sad sack she has become.

I liked her much better when she was just appearing on Countdown etc.

Now that she has alot of time to fill, she is filling it with pessimism.

Tanks fer nuttin', dearie!

[RollWithIt]

13. I do think the negativity might hurt her ratings...

I love her to death, but she is way too negative.

[Lucy Goosey]

14. But she's hilarious on Palin, right?

RIGHT??!!?

*sigh*

I can't help it - I love her.

[cliffordu]

15. I can't figure out why anyone would think this of her....

She asks excellent questions....I figure the President-elect, his philosophy and cabinet choices will weather her onslaught of 'debbie-downerisms' about what they are doing just fine.

I thought what she just did to Mooselini was pretty good.

I think she'll pull back a little as she finds her voice away from Olberman's unrepentant (AND much appreciated) cheerleading......

For a while they seemed like peas in a pod. I think she will be a fine voice.

[itsrobert]

18. Half the Election night she was real "concerned" about campaigning in the Red states

such as Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina. She was wondering if it was a waste to campaign in the Red states. (former Red states now)

[cliffordu]

21. .....And????

Early in the evening, I was wondering the same thing.

[itsrobert]

23. I wasn't

Smartest move his campaign made.

[cliffordu]

30. Yep - sorry her part of the broadcast was a waste of your time.

I guess you'll be watching something that more closely aligns with your insight and political acumen.

[itsrobert]

32. Yeah, MSNBC should hire me

thanks.

[Thrill]

16. I think Summers would have a hard time getting confirmed

Boxer and Feinstein would tear him a new one. I don't think thats the attention Obama wants

[Doityourself]

17. I didn't get all the hype behind Maddow..when Keith went off..I always turned..n/t

[happychatter]

19. I'm crazy about what she's doing.... 100% - a skeptical, progressive journalist in the MSM?

hooYAH

as far as I'm "concerned" we need ten more like her

[calmblueocean]

26. Me too. If you only want your ego stroked, you've got Olbermann.

Maddow asks the hard questions. And I like it.

[Barack_America]

20. So the freepers were idiots when they didn't question Bush, but we're disloyal if we question Obama?

This isn't a sports team, this is our government.

[cliffordu]

22. Yeppers.

[Teaser]

24. uh, where in the original post is loyalty mentioned?

He's just saying that Maddow is a concern troll.

Which she is.

[Barack_America]

25. Calling someone a "concern troll" is questioning their loyalty and intentions.

[last_texas_dem]

28. Can we *please* retire the term "concern troll"?

It got really old during this campaign, and I'm really not looking forward to four-eight more years of this on DU...

[Teaser]

33. No. I'll keep using it whenever I feel like it.

And I don't care that you're tired of it.

[last_texas_dem]

34. Yeah, well... I don't care that you don't care, either.

So there. haha It's still an idiotic term...

ON EDIT: Just for the hell of it, I'll add why I think it's idiotic. It's one of those terms that once had a particular meaning (in the context of DU, to attack those perceived to be right-wing or otherwise not supportive of Democrats, who were raising "concerns" for the purpose of hurting Democratic/liberal candidates or causes) and is now just used to attack anyone of any political persuasion perceived to be "whining" about something a Democrat does. Is Rachel Maddow raising concerns because she's a closet right-winger trying to bring down the Democrats? No? Then she's not a freakin' "concern troll"...

[Left Is Write]

31. Rachel is not a "troll" of any kind.

[golddigger]

35. I guess you haven't heard that loud scratching noise since the 4th of Nov.

then...it's the sound of thousands of DU'ers removing their "dissent is the highest form of patriotism" bumper stickers off their cars.

[eridani]

29. Sourballs make more effective employees than the terminally perky

There are a number of studies showing that people inclined toward depression are far more likely to look at problems deeply and come up with more thorough and creative solutions. The teminally perky are much more superficial, and given to inflated self-evalutations. The self-evalutations of sourballs turn out to be pretty close to peer and supervisor evaluations. They don't put themselves down; they are simply accurate.

OK, so they're not as much fun to hang out with after work. Tough shit.