Tag Archives: MSNBC

MSNBC’s Hardball Covers Chambliss Story With Rep. Jared Polis And Log Cabin Head

Tonight MSNBC’s Chris Matthews covered the Sen. Saxby Chambliss “all faggots must die” scandal, bringing on openly gay Rep. Jared Polis and Log Cabin head R. Clarke Cooper to discuss what should happen next. Watch Cooper quisle his defense of the GOP, saying that there aren’t any gay haters in the GOP’s offices. Matthews responds incredulously: “Not at ALL?” Jared …

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Rachel Maddow On DADT Fail

This is how it went down live on MSNBC during the vote.

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Here’s My MSNBC Clip

Thanks to everybody who sent the clip this weekend. Obviously I had a LOT more to say, but thanks to Paris Hilton and the Titanic, they cut our segment very short. But do check out how the LCR idiot tries to spin Ken Mehlman as a some kind of superhero gay mole working within the GOP. What a fuckload of …

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About MSNBC

Well…THAT could have gone better. The host apologized to me twice, but they just spent too much time on that Titanic segment so we got what, two minutes? (She was very sweet to me, I should say.) But I had SO much more to say. Rats. RELATED: That Log Cabin guy is quite the tool, eh?

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Tomorrow On MSNBC: Me

Tomorrow morning at 9:30am I’ll be on MSNBC Live with host Alex Witt to discuss the Ken Mehlman story. Also on the show via satellite will be Charles Moran of the Log Cabin Republicans. The segment should run about fifteen minutes. Guess I better go get my hair did.

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MSNBC Rejects MoveOn’s Anti-Target Ad

MoveOn.org’s national ad buy for their anti-Target campaign has been rejected by MSNBC. MSNBC spokeswoman Alana Russo says the commercial submitted by the liberal group MoveOn.org violates its advertising policy by directly attacking an individual business. MoveOn announced plans earlier this week to spend $35,000 airing the ad on MSNBC nationally and on three networks in the Twin Cities. The …

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Rachel Maddow To Get Cronkite Award

Rachel Maddow will receive an award named after CBS newsman Walter Cronkite for her coverage of religion and politics. The award, which will be presented at a gala dinner in New York in October, “recognizes individuals who courageously promote democratic values, defend religious freedom and reinvigorate informed civic participation,” according to the announcement. Cronkite served as Honorary Chairman of the …

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Cenk Rants On Gay Marriage

Young Turks host Cenk Uygur makes arguments that are quite familiar to us here, but are always great to see on national television.

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Ed Schultz At Netroots Nation

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Yearbook Photo

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Maddow Show On DOMA Ruling

Starring our hero, MA Attorney General Martha Coakley.

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Today In Proofreading

The repeal of DADT is a “hot bottom issue” according to MSNBC. But only in the Marines. (Tipped by JMG reader CF)

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WATCH: House HCR Coverage

Here’s a live stream of the votes regarding health care reform taking place in the U.S. House this afternoon. Shortly after a rules vote, it appears there will be yet another debate. With the Democrats said to have enough votes to pass the bill, expect a last-minute avalanche of crazy talk and grandstanding from the GOP.

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Catfight: Barney Frank Vs. Ed Shultz

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Maddow Vs. Joe Lieberman

Follow the bouncing ball as insurance stocks rollercoastered yesterday on the news that Sen. Joe Lieberman would filibuster against a public option.

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Maddow Vs. Dick Cheney

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HomoQuotable – Rachel Maddow

“The women in American cable news look like a beauty pageant. I’m not very pretty. I sorta look like a dude, and I have short hair, and I wear boring gray jackets, and I have a big nose. No one’s gonna confuse me with a Fox News anchor. No one’s gonna call me the anything-Honey.” – Rachel Maddow, quoted by …

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Maddow On Obama’s Health Speech

RELATED: It’s Rachel Maddow’s one year anniversary on MSNBC. Hooray!

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Keith Olbermann Calls On Viewers To Send Him Dirt On Glenn Beck

On tonight’s show, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann will call on his viewers to send him damaging information about right-wing blowhard Glenn Beck and his producers. From Olbermann’s Daily Kos diary: From the Washington Independent, linked below: Glenn Beck’s Twitter feed has become a must-read. In a message from last night, Beck told his followers to “FIND EVERYTHING YOU CAN ON CASS …

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Olbermann Vs. Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck has really, really outdone himself with the crazy. RELATED: The number of advertisers joining the boycott of Beck’s show has “turned into a torrent.” Mercedes-Benz, Capital One, HSBC, Discover and seven other big firms are yanking their ads from Beck’s show, boycott organizers said Wednesday. “We applaud those companies that have recently pulled their support from Beck,” James …

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