Maybe the best Rachel Maddow opening ever...

[WilliamPitt]

...and it gets really really really good at about 12:45.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#49736294

[exboyfil]

1. The show was a work of art

Just like her montage of Obama accomplishments the night before the election.

[liberal N proud]

2. Marking to watch later

[NNN0LHI]

70. Me too

[Mojorabbit]

74. me three. nt

[Autumn Colors]

3. It truly was beautiful

[CreekDog]

4. I loved the very beginning the most and I transcribed it:

We are not going to have a Supreme Court that overturns Roe vs. Wade. There will be no more Antonin Scalias or Samuel Alitos added to this court.
We're not going to repeal health reform.
Nobody's going to kill Medicare and make old people in this generation or any generation fight it out on the open market to try to get themselves health insurance. We are not going to do that.
We're not going to give a 20% tax cut to millionaires and billionaires and expect programs like food stamps and health care for children to cover the cost of that tax cut.
We're not going to make you clear it with your boss to get birth control through the insurance plan that you're on.
We're not going to redefine "rape".
We're not going to amend the constitution to stop gay people from getting married.
We're not going to double Guantanamo.
We're not eliminating the Department of Energy or the Department of Education or Housing at the Federal level.
We are not going to spend 2 trillion dollars on the military that the military does not want.
We are not going to scale back on student loans because the new plan is that you should borrow from your parents!
We are not veto-ing the Dream Act.
We are not "self-deporting".
We are not letting Detroit go bankrupt.
We are not starting a trade war with China on Inauguration Day in January.
We are not going to have as president, a man who led a mob to run down a scared gay kid and hold him down to cut his hair off with a pair of scissors while that kid cried and screamed for help -and there was no apology, not ever.
We are not going to have a Secretary of State John Bolton.
We are not bringing Dick Cheney back.
We are not going to have a foreign policy shop stocked with architects of the Iraq War. We are not going to do it.
We had the choice to do that if we wanted to do that as a country and we said "no" last night, loudly.

[Delphinus]

7. Thanks!

[Impious]

10. Dang... didn't see this. Wasted my time doing the same thing down below. :)

[heaven05]

20. and

we saved Big Bird(PBS)

[Arkansas Granny]

26. Yay! Big Bird!

[speedoo]

30. thanks. Nt

[LibDemAlways]

54. As true and important as Rachel's litany of "could-have-beens" is, it's

frightening that we live in a country where nearly half the voters supported that agenda. There were plenty of Romney/Ryan yard signs in my suburb of Southern Cal. People are either so brainwashed by FAUX and Rush they have no idea what they are voting for or they actually want to set the clock back to a nightmarish pre-civil rights and pro-neocon mishmash of eras.

[GiaGiovanni]

66. My favorite part:

We are not going to have a Secretary of State John Bolton.

[DCKit]

78. I'd so marry her if she wasn't queer too. The S.O. would probably object also.

She's also a helluva a lot smarter than me, by lightyears. That woman is scary smart.

Guess I'll have to remain just a fan.

[Raster]

81. Thank you! This is a POWERFUL SUMMATION of the bullets this country dodged...

...on Election Night. Powerful.

IMHO, Rachel Maddow is today's successor to Edward R. Murrow. She has the courage and the intellect.

Who would have thought that this beautiful, Lesbian woman, who speaks so eloquently but with passion, who not only owns the facts, but presents them in such a way they are accessible to all, would be THE person the Rmoney/Lyin' campaign would fear the most.

If I wore a hat, I would proudly tip it to Rachel Maddow.

[archiemo]

5. Saving to watch later!!!! Thanks!!

[shraby]

6. Thanks for posting..I wanted to send it to a couple of people.

It's a great one!!

[Impious]

8. Loved it so much I transcribed it for you.

Ahhh... that happened, that really happened.

- We are not going to have a Supreme Court that overturns Roe v. Wade. There will be no more Antonin Scalia's and Samuel Alito's added to this court.

- We are not going to repeal health reform.

- Nobody is going to kill Medicare and make old people in this generation or any other generation fight it out on the open market to try to get themselves heath insurance.

- We're not going to give 20% tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires and expect programs like Food Stamps and kids' health insurance to cover the cost of that tax cut.

- We're not going to make you clear it with your boss if you want to get birth control under the insurance plan you're on.

- We're not going to redefine rape.

- We're not going to amend the United States Constitution to stop gay people from getting married.

- We're not going to double Guantanamo.

- We're not eliminating the Department of Energy, or the Department of Education, or Housing at the Federal level.

- We're not going to spend two trillion dollars on the military that the military does not want.

- We're not scaling back on student loans because the country's new plan is that you should borrow money from your parents.

- We're not vetoing the Dream Act.

- We are not self-deporting.

- We are not letting Detroit go bankrupt.

- We are not starting a trade war with China on inauguration day in January.

- We are not going to have as a president a man who once led a mob of friends to run down a scared gay kid to hold him down and forcibly cut his hair off with a pair of scissors while that kid cried and screamed for help... and there was no apology, not ever.

- We are not going to have a Secretary of State John Bolton.

- We're not bringing Dick Cheney back.

- We're not going to have a foreign policy shop stocked with the architects of the Iraq War. We are not going to do it.

We had the choice to do that if we wanted to do that as a country.... and we said no. Not tonight. Loudly.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

48. That took some effort.

[lindysalsagal]

71. I'm saving that on the DVR permanently

THanks.

[ksoze]

9. Was breathtaking - I was mesmerized by her eloquence

[Puglover]

11. Yes it certainly was.

I'll be keeping that one permanently on the DVR.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

12. Oh yea....

...that about covered it.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Damn. Everyone on DU should see that.

Way to go Rachel!

[jaxind]

23. Not just DUers

Everyone who watches Fox needs to see this! Rachel Maddow summed it up so beautifully and so eloquently....and, so truthfully!!!

[HopeHoops]

14. GO GIRL!

[Sophiegirl]

15. Gee thanks!!!

Now I'm late for work.

[llmart]

16. Wow! She's amazing......

what a brilliant, brilliant summation of the election. She should run for office.

Also, I loved her use of the terms "shellacked" and "humiliation" to describe the Republicans' evening

[Haywood Brothers]

17. Truly killer -- A classic

Masterful summation of what America could have become!

[oswaldactedalone]

18. It was awesome

fantastic piece of journalism by Queen Rachel. Make it go viral.

[phantom power]

19. elections, consequences...

[Coyotl]

21. WOW, talk about a major dose of reality for the losers, "the humiliation they were dealt last night"

Excellent!

[Johnny2X2X]

22. Great

The part where she called out Republicans for their invented alternate reality was the coolest thing I;ve ever seen from her. Just nailed it.

[WilliamPitt]

24. My favorite part.

[liberalhistorian]

62. Indeed it was!

And she did it in a non-condescending way, also, which made it even more effective.

[hifiguy]

64. That was magnificent.

Rachel was on the top of her game last night despite the fact that she was on the air until nearly 3 am east coast time. I hope she takes next week off. She more than earned it this week.

Going out and having a few drinks with Kindly Doc Maddow and just shooting the shit about politics for a few hours is one of the few things on my bucket list.

[nolabear]

25. So glad you posted this. I saw and applauded.

[DinahMoeHum]

27. 'Pukes at Faux are pissing in the wind, as usual. . .

. . .whistling past the graveyard.

[zeemike]

28. Wow...can't express it better than that.

She is clearly the most intellectual, smart and passionate about truth person on TV.

[EnviroBat]

29. Thank God we have Rachel.

Probably one of the best journalists in the business...

[Atypical Liberal]

31. This may be the best Rachel Maddow I've ever seen.

I still disagree with her on guns, but that was probably the best Rachel Maddow I've ever seen.

I think she was very, very on track about the Republicans being in such a bubble that not only did they absolutely not see these election results coming, but they didn't believe them even as they happened.

These people need to wake up. Sadly, I do not think they will. Too much of their ideology is spawned from religious conviction, and I mean that literally. I don't think most of these people have the mental capacity to overcome the cognitive dissonance they will have to endure to come out of their shells.

[beac]

32. That was GREAT! K&R! n/t

[txdemsftw]

33. That was

beyond awesome. Thank you Rachel...you are wonderful!

[cilla4progress]

34. Loved it.

It was perfection.

My words, at the end: "dang, woman needs to RUN for SOMETHING!"

[Vinnie From Indy]

35. Rachel outclasses all other media pundits

She is a brilliant communicator.

[PoliticalBiker]

36. Already have in on DVR

I've always liked TRMS. She has a unique and very down-to-earth way of putting things.
She does her research and presents that research in a way that is both understandable and to the point.

Way to go Rachel!

[Window]

37. Agree. Rachel was brilliant!

[loudsue]

38. She's the best thing that has happened to the news in a long time.

I love her.

[njdem]

39. She is the best in the biz.. Awesome opening

[Sander]

40. Rachel - The Greatest!

She is beyond a doubt the most intelligent, cogent, and influential commentator of our times. I think the Dem victories this season were significantly influenced by this great woman.

I think I am in love.

[warrior1]

41. This is was good.

[Mc Mike]

42. Thanks. + 1.

I always love Prof. Maddow.

To take some slight exception with the 16 min. clip analysis, I'd like to point out that you can't humiliate people who have no shame. Rachel is talking idealistically, and she is definitely a realist in thought.

[cliffordu]

43. It was EPIC.

[Springslips]

44. Rachel's verbal-linguistic IQ is off the map!

If she wrote a book comprised of just her top monologues I would buy it!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

45. Grab it while you can....

Right click and save as.

http://msnbcpod.vo.llnwd.net/l1/video/podcast/pdv_maddow_netcast_m4v-11-07-2012-200944.m4v

[IL Lib]

79. Thanks!

I wanted to download and keep this.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

82. Bookmark this:

http://podcastfeeds.nbcnews.com/audio/podcast/MSNBC-MADDOW-NETCAST-M4V.xml

It's updated daily.

[IL Lib]

83. Thanks, again! n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

84. It dawned on me that I had almost 200 gigs of episodes a while back...

It's not like I was ever going to have a marathon...

[dotymed]

46. Reality...try it conservatives. Americans want a fair country

[LondonReign2]

47. The latter half of that

should be required viewign in Civics classes

(...if we still had Civics classes. sigh)

[denvine]

49. Excellent! Thank you Rachel.

[ermasdaughter]

50. Unbelievable Show last night!!

[MyOwnPeace]

51. For me.............

the BEST part (although it was ALL magnificent!) was the clips of the talking heads doing their predictions related to Rmoney and how he was going to win!

[lady lib]

52. So satisfying. I've watched this clip three times now and

I'm still having Rachelgasms.

[Loryn]

53. She is truly amazing.

[MatthewStLouis]

55. Beautiful! Rachel Maddow is spot on as usual! /nt

[Tom1960]

56. And here is the transcript of her final conclusions about reality

Maddow Conclusions about Reality:

Ohio really did go to Obama last night
He really was born in Hawaii
He really is legitimately President of the United States
The Bureau of Labor Statistics did not make up a fake un-employment rate last month
The Congressional Research Service really can find no evidence that cutting taxes on rich people grows the economy
The polls were not skewed to oversample Democrats
Nate Silver wasn't making up fake projections about the election to make Conservatives feel bad. Nate Silver was doing math
And climate change is real
And rape really does cause pregancy sometimes
Evolution is a thing
Benghazi was an attack on us, it was not a scandal by us
Nobody is taking away anyone's guns
Taxes have not gone up
The deficit is dropping
Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass-destruction
The moon landing is real
FEMA is not building concentration camps
UN Election Observers are not taking over Texas
Moderate reforms of the insurance industry and the financial services industry are not the same thing as communism

[WilliamPitt]

57. That the part

I enjoyed the most.

[lady lib]

59. Cutting and pasting for my fb post of this clip. Thanks! nt

[mcar]

65. This was the best

My SO and I laughed out loud at it. She is a national treasure.

[Tennessee Gal]

76. My favorite part ^^^^^^^^^^

Bookmarked this thread for future use when needed!

[sickwidit]

58. One of the best

[WCGreen]

60. Inspiring.

[Uncle Joe]

61. This commentary by Rachel should be archived in the Library of Congress!

Thanks for the thread, WilliamPitt.

[WilliamPitt]

63. Kick for the afternoon crowd.

[sarcasmo]

67. Watching the Rove denial makes me smile every time.

[robinlynne]

68. Does anyone remember "The revolution will not be televised?" identical. and jsut as good as.

[moondust]

69. Agree.

Best ever.

[KCDem]

72. similar to Stewart's "Bullshit Mountain" analogy

But more eloquent.

[merh]

73. best Rachel ever!

[dsharp88]

75. Her greatest "A" segment ever!!!

I was in awe watching it.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

77. Wathing later. Thanks for the post! nt

[mnhtnbb]

80. Wow. That was great. Definitely posting to fb.