Why is Rachel Maddow bringing up the war

[bigdarryl]

Is she trying to give the rethugs a issue on the President.WTF!!!!! thanks a lot Rachel

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. War? What war?

[Iwasthere]

2. Don't know

I gave up too.

[limpyhobbler]

3. That's kind of a sickening statement.

[DollarBillHines]

4. She's basically saying that everyone has had it.

Even some old 'pub coot who has been pro-war since VN.

[Curtland1015]

5. She's not PART of the Obama campaign.

She can bring up whatever the hell she wants.

[bigdarryl]

8. True the only thing I'm saying is

With forty days left before the election why is she bringing this up now.

[bigdarryl]

6. The President has a strategy to get out

So I don't know what the issue is with her

[Lint Head]

7. The repubs are bringing up Libya by saying Hillary lied and the administration is messing up

foreign policy. I think she is trying to get a jump on them.

[lunatica]

9. She doesn't like the hypocricy about the way soldiers are treated

and the total hype around the wars as if they're some great thing while mistreating veterans. She also talks about Romney never even bothering to mention the troops.

You should take the time to listen to what she says because she always has a point, and it's usually an excellent point.

She's also talking about Congress, specifically the Republicans holding up bills or blocking them that help veterans. She seems pretty pissed about it.

[shireen]

24. +1

Yes, totally agree. I'm glad she said something.

[NYC_SKP]

10. It's topical due to Netanyahu's address to the UN today.

But she's also managing to make Mitt look bad.

[lunatica]

12. She's also taking the Republican Congress members to task for holding up bills

that would benefit veterans.

I doubt she's talking about this because Netanyahu talked at the UN. She's not making any connections to it.

[bigdarryl]

11. Ok now she's getting to the issue

She's making the point that the rethugs are blocking issues in Congress on Veterans

[dogman]

13. She is calling out Rmoney.

Like every other issue, he has no policy beyond the idea things will get better with his magic touch.

[Skittles]

14. yes, we should NEVER talk about THE WAR

WTF????

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. To make the point that Romney has ignored it

while Obama has not, and that the Republicans have been blocking relief for veterans in Congress and Romney could speak out against this, and he hasn't.

You would have learned this if you had actually listened to her.

[Jennicut]

17. It was ultimately about Romney

but Rachel can criticize the President if she wants to. The woman is brilliant and calls attention to issues that need attention. I am sure she is more to the left then President Obama and doesn't agree with him 100% on everything. That is fine with me. I support Obama totally but no President is perfect.

[Chef Eric]

18. Because she is a secret Republican, obviously.

Throughout her late teens and twenties, Maddow carefully and methodically came up with a plan to build a successful career as a "liberal commentator," all the while knowing, of course, that such a career would someday afford her a perfect opportunity to turn the tables, and make SOME Democratic President, ANY Democratic President, look bad, bad, bad. Quite a devious plan, but brilliant nonetheless. And now that she has finally revealed her true colors, I think we can all expect much more of the same.

[NCLefty]

19. Don't do that.

It's the *other* side that is so robotic that they all have to fall in line and never criticize or they are booted from the party.

But THAT'S NOT NORMAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

No one is perfect, and we should be able to discuss things we disagree about even if we mostly agree.

Rachel is not going to cost this president anything. I feel better knowing she's not a complete puppet and has the backbone to bring up things she feels her side aren't addressing satisfactorily from time to time. She's still going to vote for him and continue to shine the light on all the crap the other side does every night. As she well should

[lunatica]

30. I agree with you

Welcome to DU.

[IfPalinisAnswerWatsQ]

20. You really think Republicans will run to Obama's left on the war?

Come on now. There's no risk of that. If Romney does it then he loses his war-hungry base.

[TheDonkey]

21. It was a terrible segment devoid of logic.

She was trying to frame the debate that Obama is vulnerable on war issues however he is not because Romney is to the extreme right on these same issues. It is not like Obama is running against Jill Stein. Maddow just wanted to make a statement but she shouldn't have tried to pose that idiotic question of why Romney is wrong for not talking about this issue. He knows that his ideas are far more unpopular.

[lunatica]

29. It's pretty evident you turned her off before she finished.

[bemildred]

22. Nobody is perfect.

Rachel kicks ass. It is so refreshing to hear coherent arguments presented in an orderly way on television. I had begun to think it was not possible, but she does it. But some segments are better than others, and sometimes she is clearly just talking about something she thinks is important and being ignored, and vets issues and defense are two of those.

[Cosmocat]

23. Her first segment

she always takes the L O N G road to making her point.

I get where the OP is coming from, she did not clearly hammer it home on the back end.

[Maeve]

25. Romney has no answer--that was part of her point

And it is a major issue that should be discussed. I've had two family members and some family friends in Afghanistan, the likelihood of another going within the year--and the war doesn't seem to be "winding down" as it was supposed to be. Longest war in American history, time to end it. But Romney seems to not want to end it either...WTF?

And FWIW, I think part of the loosening up on the left side right now (Rude Pundit is also hitting Obama on war and surveillance issues) is that there is a feeling that "the campaign is over, let's talk governing".

[Sekhmets Daughter]

26. C'mon...Romney

wants to stay in Afghanistan forever...or close to it...

[upaloopa]

27. When I was in Vietnam, it was nice to think that

the folks who sent us there still gave a shit that we were there.
Maybe we should not put this war behind us just yet.

[Kalidurga]

28. She is also pointing out that there should still be a national discussion.

Romney is ignoring Afghanistan and the fact we are out of Iraq. Since, Romney is ignoring it so is most of MSM. Obama isn't going to just bring it up randomly. So, there you have it the conversation doesn't exist.