Whoops! Maddow Stumbles Introducing NY Times Columnist Frank Rich

Listen to Rachel Maddow introduce a guest on her MSNBC show Wednesday night, as seen and heard in the embedded video, and savor a Freudian slip for the ages.

A question that comes to mind -- how does one accurately transcribe this? Is the correct spelling "wretch," defined in my Random House dictionary as "a deplorably unfortunate or unhappy person," or "retch," as in "to make efforts to vomit"?

Fortunately for Maddow, it could have been worse .... Joining us now is New York Times columnist Frank Bich ...