Rachel Maddow speaks the truth

[ProSense]

Rachel Maddow speaks the truth

by blackwaterdog

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The transcript is just of the Obama portion of the interview, but you should watch the clip. It's fun and interesting.

Letterman: It's coming up on the anniversary of president Obama being inaugurated. Give us the assessment here. How is it look?

Rachel: "The most interesting thing about Obama's first year, is how crazy the opposition has gone in reaction to him. And that's been so exciting - The Sarah Palin, Micheal Steele, tea party stuff on the right - That i think nobody is notice that he's kind of quietly put together the most legislative accomplished first year of any president in a generation. He has done a lot".

Letterman: Certainly has done a lot, because there was a lot to do. But effectively accomplished things, or just accomplished things?

Rachel: "Well, the bailout thing - while being wildly unpopular - does appear to have stopped the financial industry from disappearing. We still do have AN economy. It's not the best one, but we have one. To sort of saving us from having another great depression was a thing he didn't planned to do, but he actually did it, and he had to do a lot of politically unpopular things.
"He also did the giant stimulus, which even conservatives starting to admit now worked. And if health care signed - that's something that what, 6, 7 presidents have tried to do and nobody has been able to. So everybody is saying what a disappointment he's been, while he's quietly doing everything he wants to do".

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[grytpype]

1. You forgot to say "Obama sucks and he works for mean corporations not people."

[CakeGrrl]

2. Oh dear. Will Rachel go

to that horribly cliched place, "Under the bus", now?

:rofl:

[stevenleser]

4. LOL

I think we are on the 10th bus in the convoy at this point.

:rofl:

[cutlassmama]

3. Rachel rocks n/t

[girl gone mad]

5. Dupe.

wasn't very interesting the first 3 or 4 times you guys posted it, either...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x116847

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7427819

[CakeGrrl]

7. "Wasn't very interesting"?

as in, she wasn't lambasting the President, so it's not really worth mentioning, or what?

I think it's plenty interesting that someone who is heavily lauded on DU for her 'brilliance' and for 'speaking truth to power' when she's critical of the administration makes a couple of mildly favorable comments about the President and it's met with relatively deafening silence.

And I think that's pretty indicative of where this place is at lately.

[girl gone mad]

8. I just don't think the Maddow quotes provide us with any real insight or understanding.

I didn't see the interview, but the quotes that have turned up in multiple threads now are fairly generic and vague.

And I would take strong issue with this quote, in particular:

"Well, the bailout thing - while being wildly unpopular - does appear to have stopped the financial industry from disappearing. We still do have AN economy. It's not the best one, but we have one. To sort of saving us from having another great depression was a thing he didn't planned to do, but he actually did it, and he had to do a lot of politically unpopular things"

Maddow is a Rhodes Scholar and I admire her intelligence and grit, but I these comments leave much to be desired.

The financial industry was never in danger of "disappearing", neither was our economy. There is certainly room for debate as to whether or not we were on the verge of a great depression and whether or not the crisis has actually been averted or simply delayed.

[ProSense]

9. Here's insight

And if health care signed - that's something that what, 6, 7 presidents have tried to do and nobody has been able to.

Pretty damn accurate insight.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

10. Rachel is back on the good guys list I guess

not even a month ago she was under the bus for being in collusion with traitors like Jane Hamsher.

[Arkana]

6. Hey, look--Rachel Maddow's right.

Like she is 99% of the time.

[uponit7771]

11. But did Obama save Bambi?! No? Well......that bastard

[HopeOverFear]

12. aaand Rachel under the bus in 3,2,1...