I wish. But she works for Comcast and they call the shots. (Reply #40)

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40. I wish. But she works for Comcast and they call the shots.

For example, she isn't allowed to say anything about the TPP. Many months ago, when I still watched MSNBC, there was an issue of importance to progressives that she couldn't talk about (sorry I can't remember which issue unless it was when the TPP hit the headlines briefly), and she hinted at it, rolled her eyes a lot, said rather tongue in cheek that there wasn't much news that night, and I could see how hard it was for her to be muzzled.

But now she seems to have adjusted. So MSNBC got rid of Ed Schultz and recently Melissa Harris Perry, but Rachel stays on, talking a lot about Trump and shilling for Hillary.

The spirit's gone. Let's hope the money and fame are worth it.

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Bernie handling Maddow! [View all]	snowy owl	Mar 2016	OP
Yep he is so smart he is going to get all those Congress critters who endorced Hillary to flip to	upaloopa	Mar 2016	#1
He's an agent of change. YOU don't get it.	snowy owl	Mar 2016	#2
Exactly what has he done in his decades in Congress to facilitate that change?	Squinch	Mar 2016	#54
We side with the 99% who do you side with? Goldman-Sachs? Do you think they will	rhett o rick	Mar 2016	#4
And yet somehow your 99% doesn't add up to a majority. Funny that.	Squinch	Mar 2016	#36
Haha!!	boston bean	Mar 2016	#41
The corporation know full well the value of propaganda. Sooner or later you will harm	rhett o rick	Mar 2016	#49
Sooner or later you will learn two things: 1) what constitutes a majority and	Squinch	Mar 2016	#53
The truth is plain to see. Clinton accepts money and huge money from the Ruling Class	rhett o rick	Mar 2016	#55
Well, rhett, you get on that "plane" and ride! Godspeed. The rest of us will be voting Hillary into	Squinch	Mar 2016	#56
And you will be dancing in the streets as Goldman-Sachs continues to loot our resources.	rhett o rick	Mar 2016	#57
Sure rhett! Everyone who disagrees with you is the devil. We get your drift. Your very monotonous,	Squinch	Mar 2016	#58
You've choosen sides in this class war and it is not the side of the People.	rhett o rick	Mar 2016	#59
Is this one of those refrigerator sets where you mix up the words? Does it not have words to	Squinch	Mar 2016	#60
IF she won a state by 10 -> 30 pts & the SDs of that state endorSed Senator Sanders- wouldn't you	jillan	Mar 2016	#6
You can't give the man a break, can you? You won't even let him be called intelligent without	DisgustipatedinCA	Mar 2016	#17
Calling him intelligent is giving him a well deserved compliment	72DejaVu	Mar 2016	#37
The Support of Congress Critters	Silver_Witch	Mar 2016	#51
Bernie did great on Rachel's show.	napi21	Mar 2016	#3
But, but...	asuhornets	Mar 2016	#10
Relay	Gwhittey	Mar 2016	#11
Actually it says alot..	asuhornets	Mar 2016	#13
A lot. One-letter word (article) followed by a three-letter word (noun).	DisgustipatedinCA	Mar 2016	#18
Like super PACs? They're not going away but Sanders sure is ignoring them	uponit7771	Mar 2016	#19
Exactly	Silver_Witch	Mar 2016	#52
I still hate SD's, but they're there, and until they're gone, you do what you have to do to win.	napi21	Mar 2016	#15
Same thing with super PACs right?	uponit7771	Mar 2016	#20
Yes, unfortunately so. I don't like them, but they're legal Until they're not, candidates can use	napi21	Mar 2016	#21
When they noticed the discrepency between those "appointed" delegates and the will of the voters	pdsimdars	Mar 2016	#61
Maddow's intention was fully exposed with her gossip session with Chris Hayes. That was childish.	snowy owl	Mar 2016	#23
I missed the whole thing.	truedelphi	Mar 2016	#29
Bernie is going to make seven dimension chess look like checkers.	Hiraeth	Mar 2016	#5
And if Bernie doesn't show them, his followers will.	truedelphi	Mar 2016	#30
that'll show those women who can "handle" them nt	msongs	Mar 2016	#7
Really?	NowSam	Mar 2016	#8
Welcome to DU, where AA's are called racist and women are sexist against themselves or something.	Shandris	Mar 2016	#22
What "women?"	senz	Mar 2016	#25
Kick and R	BeanMusical	Mar 2016	#9
He handles Women?	sheshe2	Mar 2016	#12
Is "Handle" now a misogynist word?	Tom Rinaldo	Mar 2016	#14
Oh, please.	senz	Mar 2016	#26
The excitement over successfully doing an interview with a progressive is interesting. Nt	NCTraveler	Mar 2016	#16
Yes, it was successful so why couldn't she understand what he said?	snowy owl	Mar 2016	#24
She's media -- totally in the bag for Hillary.	senz	Mar 2016	#27
Well she should be excited over doing an interview with a progressive.	senz	Mar 2016	#28
I would imagine it's exciting...	NCTraveler	Mar 2016	#31
Especially one who's actually a progessive.	senz	Mar 2016	#33
Stating Maddow as anything other than progressive is something new to me.	NCTraveler	Mar 2016	#35
That's your opinion. Progressive before she filled her pockets with MSM gold?	snowy owl	Mar 2016	#38
I wish. But she works for Comcast and they call the shots.	senz	Mar 2016	#40
It's about principles.	Skid Rogue	Mar 2016	#32
If you like principles, why are you supporting Hillary?	senz	Mar 2016	#34
This message was self-deleted by its author	snowy owl	Mar 2016	#39
That's the same thought that came to mind . . . . talk about a contradiction	pdsimdars	Mar 2016	#62
Honestly...	Skid Rogue	Mar 2016	#42
Wow, what revisionist history.	ChairmanAgnostic	Mar 2016	#46
Um... that's how I experienced what we now call history.	Skid Rogue	Mar 2016	#47
Post removed	Post removed	Mar 2016	#48
tomorrow.... cause I worked my ass off today.	Skid Rogue	Mar 2016	#50
Nice summary, but a bit wordy don't you think	pdsimdars	Mar 2016	#63
That's the truth.	snowy owl	Mar 2016	#65
I pretty much agree with everything	pdsimdars	Mar 2016	#66
Wasn't Michigan State the first land grant college?	LisaM	Mar 2016	#68
And isn't there anther list that is more important	pdsimdars	Mar 2016	#64
I never would have dreamed I would be saying this, but	silvershadow	Mar 2016	#43
LOL! Maybe we all do.	Skid Rogue	Mar 2016	#44
:-). nt	silvershadow	Mar 2016	#45
emotional voter?	snowy owl	Mar 2016	#67

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