"Its like making a whole meal out of Mrs. Dash"

[Stinky The Clown]

So said Rachel Maddow on KO tonight.



Her point was that, in putting a show together day after day, one had to balance the human aspects of politics along side the meaty, substantive things. In her view, things like the Clinton crying story have a place ..... but a small one. They're the seasoning. The spice. The eye candy. To do what the media do - making stories like that the whole show day after day - is like making a whole meal out of Mrs. Dash.

I love this woman.

She deserves her own nightly teevee show.

[eleny]

1. And now she's on with Dan

YAY!!!

Or, rather ... :cry: :cry: :cry:

[bigtree]

2. what's so ridiculous about the sexist charges against those who choose to highlight this

is that the CLINTON campaign is actually EMBRACING and PROMOTING the notion that her 'humanizing' moments were influential.


Asked if that tearful moment helped win the women's vote in NH, Clinton's senior adviser Ann Lewis said: "I know it, but I can't prove it."

"She is a reserved person. Speaking about herself does not come naturally," said longtime Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson.

New Hampshire voters, Wolfson said, "saw a lot more of who she was, which was somebody who was 15 points down in the polls and, like all the candidates, exhausted.

"This was all about her reaching inside herself," he said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0922696520080109

[Loge23]

3. I agree, great line!

Rachel is wonderful, very perceptive. She holds her own against anyone.
I used to listen to her on AA, but I kind of fell off the dial over there.

[Jane Austin]

4. I was so frustrated that day.

I remember interrupting the teevee while my husband was watching it, yelling, "For God's sake, there's an international incident in the Straits of Hormuz (sp) today, the war goes on, and they're talking about freaking THIS?"

I thought the story was overblown the first time I saw it. And I didn't dream it would maybe cause her to win.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. I'm not sure it was the cause of a win

What it is, for 100% certain, is a convenient excuse for the media gassholes.

While it might have swayed the NH vote, who knows for sure? Maybe it is as simple as the pollsters wanted a scenario and reported polls to support it. Seems they ALL failed to mention the huge numbers of undecideds or weakly committeds who they polled. Some of these percentages went up into the upper 20s. That's NOT insignificant.

[rasputin1952]

6. I saw that, and it was a line destined to become a classic...

:D

[Catherine Vincent]

7. I really like Rachel Maddow!

I mean, if I were gay, I would want to be with her. :)

[pansypoo53219]

8. i call it

gnews jazz hands.