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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Rachel Maddow Show celebrates 10 years today
Thank you, Professor!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)If I'm correct, I believe Keith Olbermann requested that MSNBC at least give her a try. Anywho, a big congrats!
a kennedy
(29,618 posts)but we think it could have been early Air America....back with My Favorite MN Senator Al Franken...... and can not believe shes the best damn talking head for us EVER. 10 YEARS.?? LOVE HER.
sandensea
(21,604 posts)I'd put him in Chris Matthews' time slot. It'll never happen as long as Phil Griffin's there though.
Oh, well. If wishes were horses.
babylonsister
(171,036 posts)to jump in.
mopinko
(70,023 posts)i was a fan in air america days.
hard to believe. time sure do fly.
sandensea
(21,604 posts)To be sure, it's been a few years: Their heyday was during Dubya's calamitous second term, as I recall.
I listened to them off and on while living in L.A. at the time. The ones I remember best were Rachel, Randi Rhodes, and Al Franken.
I remember their updates and discussion over the Iraq War, and their warnings early on that it was turning into not only a bloody boondoggle - but a trillion-dollar heist for Bush and his boys.
They were right, of course.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)A "must watch" every week night.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)However, I listened to her on Air America and she always was very well prepared for her show.
mountain grammy
(26,599 posts)On the Daily Show when she first got the show.
trueblue2007
(17,194 posts)Mopar151
(9,975 posts)And an absolutely tireless advocate for Veterans. Not empty platitudes, but real respect.
sandensea
(21,604 posts)I loved her book, Drift, which, as you may know, dealt with the increasingly craven use and abuse of our armed forces by power-hungry (and sometimes corrupt) presidents for their self-interest. Almost always GOPee presidents, of course.
Anything she says or writes, I've always found to be nothignshort of an education in itself.
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)sandensea
(21,604 posts)orleans
(34,042 posts)my mom & i loved her on olbermann's show (we watched it every night) and my mom would sometimes comment: "she's such a pretty girl"
then rach got her own show that came on after keith's. so we'd watch that.
then i'd turn the computer on so we could listen to the mike malloy radio stream.
i guess we only watched rachel's show for a little over a year. my mom died and i couldn't bring myself to watch rachel, keith, or listen to malloy.
i know my mom would wish her a happy anniversary so ...happy 10th anniversary rachel maddow--from both of us!
Hekate
(90,565 posts)Rachel: Congratulations on your first decade -- may you have many more!
WhiskeyWulf
(569 posts)I can't stand to watch too much news these days, but I never miss Rachel.