Hate TV: Fox News complains about "lesbian" Rachel Maddow

[Joanne98]

Summary: Asked on Fox & Friends about the "damage done" by having Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews anchor MSNBC's election coverage, the Media Research Center's Tim Graham responded, "Not only is the damage already done, the damage continues. I mean, not only are they keeping these people on for an hour a night, they're adding this lesbian Air America radio host, Rachel Maddow, on every night."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200809090008

[EFerrari]

1. They're just more openly bigoted every day. n/t

[TechBear_Seattle]

22. You would think this was impossible, but alas. n/t

[Beaverhausen]

2. lovely.

Rachel is smarter than all the TV pundits put together. I thought she did great last night, especially the "It's Pat" segment.

[Winterblues]

9. I actually thought the Reverend she had on did a better job

I thought She was wrong in suggesting Palin had some control over guests the church invites to speak. Rachel tried to imply Palin somehow shared those beliefs and needed to be raked over the coals for them. The Reverend brought some common sense to the interview. IMO. I agree with him that Palin needs to be questioned on all matters, but not made guilty by association when she didn't even know the person that spoke or have any control over what he said. Other than that though I found her show to be very good and IMO destined for a bright future.

[FatDave]

24. I respectfully disagree.

I thought Rachel's point was "if she's in a church where these things are being said, then the press should be able to ask her if she agrees with the things said." If I remember right, the reverend even agreed with her when she phrased it that way.

Look at how they went after Obama for things said in his church. Ever the double-standard with republicans though, huh? Liberal media my ass!

(Edited for punctuation.)

[psychmommy]

28. i know it killed pat to be on her shoe.

it gave me as much joy as it gave him discomfort. she was way more mature than me. i would have tortured dude on air and loved it.

[Binka]

50. Pat Was On Her Shoe?

I know what you meant but it cracked me up.

[FatDave]

51. The underside of it. (nt)

[psychmommy]

57. it was a really big shoe. hahaha

[marmar]

3. Wow......How long before the burning crosses appear on air?

Not even trying to hide it anymore.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

4. Amazing. What an asshole this Tim Graham is.

[The Stranger]

5. I think that is how the Nazis became more and more emboldened.

They were more and more open with their profound hatred, Anti-Semitism, racism and bigotry.

[MadMaddie]

38. That is exactly right. The Geogia state politicians who referred

to Barack and a black reporter as "uppity" code N*&*^^^ers.

Now brazenly disrespecting Rachael...

Not a surprise they have no shame.

[sandnsea]

6. Just when I think I'm shock-proof

:wow:

[Lex]

7. A lesbian!!!1

[Chulanowa]

21. No, it can't be! Not a lebanese! I mean Lesbian!!!

[TechBear_Seattle]

23. Better a Lebanese than a Saudimite. n/t

[libnnc]

36. Whut will we tellz teh childrunzez??

:wow:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. lol! And Rachel's male viewership will soar!

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

15. Yup.

[Zookeeper]

10. So, her sexual-orientation prevents her from being objective?

Then maybe he shouldn't be allowed on-air because one would suppose that he has a sexual-orientation, as well.

Clearly, anyone having sexual preferences of any kind is incapable of separating their personal life from their profession. :sarcasm:

[jimshoes]

45. Someone should ask this douchebag Tim whateverhisnameis

if he masturbates and does that skew his judgement since it is considered "bad for spilling your seed or some such" according to the thumper types. You know he's lying if he says he doesn't masturbate, and does he think that should be a private matter? Some people just need to be bonked over the head with a clue stick.

[Sabriel]

11. They sure are concerned with other people's private lives

Too bad they don't shift their focus to healthy eating or proper hand-washing. Then they might actually do some good with their nosy-Nelly attitudes.

If "lesbian" Rachel Maddow bugs them, I say, Bring on the lesbians! Lots of 'em! Boatloads!

[Rob H.]

12. Rachel and her big, sexy brain

put every last one of the bloviating gasbags on Fox--Kristol, Krauthammer, Hume, Wallace, O'Reilly, et al.--to shame. If there were more people on TV like her, countering the blatant right-wing propaganda put forth by FauxNews, we might have a country where more people actually know what's happening in the world.

[bunkerbuster1]

13. NBC, which some have referred to as the "National Barack Channel."

What fucking lunatics.

[nc4bo]

14. The party of exclusion promoting bigotry and hatred. nt

[Fluffdaddy]

16. I thought the GOP/Wingnuts wanted to leave people personals alone?

[FatDave]

25. That only applies to money.

What people do with their bodies, well, that's the republicans' business!

[Raksha]

33. No, it only applies to Democrats!

What *Democrats* do with their bodies is the Republicans' business. But not the other way around, of course. Just ask 'em if you don't believe me!

[FatDave]

37. I stand corrected.

You're absolutely right. Republicans can have all the gay bathroom sex they want and their teenage girls' pregnancies are hailed as family values. How could I have been so blind?

[Imagevision]

17. Rachel Maddow would make dog meat out all of the FOX pundits (Wallace on down)

Rachel politically, forgot more then any of them will everknow combined...!

[BrklynLib at work]

18. Just when you think they cannot sink any lower....

How sad...very very sad that they are so insecure, and so stupid and ill-equipped to have an intelligent conversation that they have to stoop to insults that show them for the idiots they are.

As my son once said "IT DOES NOT PAY TO HAVE A BATTLE OF WITS WITH AN UNARMED ENEMY."

[katty]

19. RWing gets away with everything--no shame, no apologies

ever.

[The Gunslinger]

44. It's only going to get worse.

if they win the election. I seriously think it will be the end of a free America.

[barbtries]

20. how many people, i wonder

do not hear how bullshit that statement is. hell in a handbasket...

[Starry Messenger]

26. Geez...I've just been reading up on Mr. Graham.

http://www.mediaresearch.org/bios/graham/welcome.asp

I'm trying to find a snappy word that conveys "Orwellian pigboy" but I'm at a loss here.

MPK

[YOY]

27. Is she really a Lesbian?

That's kinda tragic for some guys to hear...didn't know that.

[vanderBeth]

29. Faux News just manages to sink lower and lower.

[Political Tiger]

30. What would Mary Cheney say?

[BlueInPhilly]

40. Mary Cheney would say nothing

but her closeted lesbian mother would say that "this is not a nice man" (after GWB / Kerry debate).

[BrainStorm]

41. Word.

:)

[Raksha]

31. Since when is it any of Fox Noise's business?

Do they think they get to call the shots at MSNBC?

[Supersedeas]

32. the best that FOX can offer in terms of substance

[kitkat65]

34. OMG! Rachel is Lebanese?!?!?!?!

Terra! Terra!

[brettdale]

35. Wait till election week

Faux will go overboard, how can human beings disgraced themselves so much, I almost feel sorry for them.

[MadMaddie]

39. I guess we really can't complain to the FCC because that

organization has been gutted by the Facists.

[Barack_America]

42. Yeah well, wait until you hear what I have to say about that falafel-fucking Bill O'Reilly!

He's such a LOSER that he can't get a chick, so he fucks chickpeas instead!

;)

[Raine]

43. I didn't even realize till recently that she was a lesbian

you can't tell from anything she says when she's on TV. :shrug: Some people need to get their heads out of other people's crotches.

I'm straight and I LOVE Rachel, she's TERRIFIC! :loveya:

[Poiuyt]

46. I wonder how Shepard Smith feels about this?

[Riddler]

47. Imagine that....2-bit common whores complaining about someone's sexual preference.

[Waiting For Everyman]

48. Like that will cut into her viewership at all - how dumb are they?

Nevermind, I already know.

[Festivito]

49. Isn't he the one not too timid with the graham crackers?

Say no more. Winks as good as a nudge. Yup yup. Gotcha.

You didn't hear that from me.

[elshiva]

52. "THIS LESBIAN!"

OMFG! A LESBIAN! Aren't they supposed to be locked up in closets? Every woman must bow to the penis. :sarcasm:


buffy/

[and-justice-for-all]

53. They're just pissed she is better than faux...

Maddow is actually intelligent and does not make shit up.

BIGOT FASCIST FUCKING PIGS!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

54. What about Anderson Cooper being allegedly gay?

Huh???

CNN has turned into right wing propaganda as well.

[TaffyMoon]

55. We're not in court - so "allegedly", not necessay, lol.

I heard he can't discuss his sex. orien. has a clause in contract which stops him. Coward.

[and-justice-for-all]

56. I'd bang Anderson Cooper...LOL

[Supersedeas]

58. and yet the big Media outrage surrounds lipstick