You're More Than Welcome, Rachel, Keep the Gaffes Coming
Last night on her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow planted a brave smile on her face and ran what passed for a correction of her scurrilous -- and legally problematic -- claim that a Republican congressman "received advance notice" of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
As to be expected, such a reckless polemicist could not issue a mea culpa without a healthy dose of self-justification and alleged delight. Here's what Maddow had to say --
Recently we have been covering on this show the tension between extremism and electoral politics, the role that politicians can play in mainstreaming even violently radical politics. In the course of that coverage I made a brief reference two nights ago to a former politician named Steve Stockman. Mr. Stockman was a very conservative Republican politician elected in 1994. That was the last time we had our first midterm elections after a new Democratic president was inaugurated.
Now I mentioned Steve Stockman on Monday's show, but it's not the first time we have discussed him and his record on this program.
Maddow then showed a clip from her show on March 24, three days after passage of the health care bill --
Back in 1995, on the morning of the Oklahoma City bombing, just after the explosion, a member of Congress named Steve Stockman, Republican of Texas, was sent a fax touting the bombing. He was sent that fax by somebody in the militia movement. Mr. Stockman later turned that fax over to the FBI. He was never implicated in any way in the bombing itself. But there is a reason that the militia movement trusted a member of Congress enough to go to him with that.
Mr. Stockman had, for example, written an article in Guns & Ammo magazine proclaiming that what happened at Waco was a government conspiracy to 'prove the need for a ban on so-called assault weapons.' Mr. Stockman peddled conspiracies that he got from the militia movement about the government planning a takeover, the government planning attacks, paramilitary attacks on American citizens.
Back to last night's correction --
When I mentioned Steve Stockman again on this show on Monday night, I misstated the details of that true account that you just heard me give there back on the show in March. On Monday I said that Mr. Stockman's notice from the militia movement about the Oklahoma City bombing was advance notice. It wasn't in advance, it was right after the bombing, I apologize for the misstatement. It was an editing error and it was mine alone.
To all the conservative bloggers who are extremely angry with me for making that mistake and who no doubt will now be extremely angry with me for airing this correction, let me say this to you guys -- thank you. Thank you for signaling such enthusiasm for discussing guys like Steve Stockman and for getting all the details right. If the country talked a lot more about the Steve Stockmans of the world and anti-government extremism and what the experience of having anti-government extremists in Congress was like for this country the last time we tried it, I think that would be good for us as a country. Particularly before this round of elections. So I am sorry for the error and thanks, you guys.
Am I the only extremely angry conservative blogger walking with a bounce in my step today knowing I influence the content of Maddow's show? I doubt it.
What strikes me as equally implausible about Maddow's chirpy defensiveness is her claim that this was "an editing error and it was mine alone." Right -- and "Dewey Defeats Truman" was a typo. Is this how it works at MSNBC -- one of their most high-profile hosts makes an inherently outrageous, demonstrably false and hence patently libelous claim -- and not a single other person (as in, editor) sees it before broadcast?
Something tells me this has already changed, and that people in shiny suits who charge hefty fees by the hour are already poring over upcoming MSNBC content.
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Corrections...
Submitted by P. Aaron on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 10:27am.
Maddow Senses No Body else watches Corrections or anything else there.
Correction
Submitted by locomotivebreath1901 on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 10:34am.
I'm fairly certain her name is spelled "Madcow."
The narrative was right, but
Submitted by Roger the Shrubber on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 10:52am.
The narrative was right, but the facts were wrong....
I'm sure we can expect more
Submitted by Van Halen on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 11:00am.
I'm sure we can expect more hate and lies from the Bend Forward network.
Bend forward???
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:52pm.
I thought it was "bend over" network.....
Meanwhile, on NPR...
Submitted by Joe the Cop on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 11:02am.
Juan Williams makes points that while offensive to CAIR are nonetheless protected by the 1st Amendment and gets the boot.
Rachel Maddow makes statements that are at best egregious (not to mention subject to civil action) and gets to saracastically "apologize" with a smile on her face.
Hmm... maybe the public broadcasting folks are racist.
You're right, and...
Submitted by rammingspeed on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:46pm.
I'm thinking that Maddow and the whole MSNBC crew are dedicated Marxstis whose only goal is destroy the current American system and replace it with communism. You know, a hammer and sickle in every pot. No?
Maddow the Pig....
Submitted by adamsmith on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 11:07am.
I watched this chromosomal accident and Olbergoebbels the other night, and was amused by the fact that if you take out the ad hominem attacks and the character assassination out of those two "shows" there's nothing left. No discussion of the issues like on Fox, no debate of the issues like on Fox, and the left has the temerity to say Fox isn't a news channel. MSNBC is nothing more than an arm of the White House(including being summoned by Obama to ratchet up the lies) to smear and denigrate political opponents. If I were a Lefty, I'd be sick of watching these snarky, smarmy, condescending a-holes even if I agreed with their insanity. I always feel when watching Maddow that I am being talked down to, as she knows more than everyone. Considering she views all of life through the prism of hardcore militant Lesbianism, she really knows nothing at all. And as for Herr Olbergoebbels.....don't get me started on that obese assklown......
"chromosomal accident"
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:49pm.
Adam, I really like that!
So who was the producer for
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 11:18am.
So who was the producer for that specific show?
i love Maddow!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 11:25am.
She is the only liberal who doesn't get upset when a conservative woman candidate tells a Dumbocrap to "MAN UP!"
Wonder why that is.
To all the conservative bloggers
Submitted by Apache on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:06pm.
They probably make up most of her audience. I'm sure over 50% of her audience view her as a cheap version of the Daily show not realizing she is trying to be serious. The other 10% are left wing loons who think just like her.
What about the other 50%?
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:51pm.
You know. The "others"? As in, Male, Female,..... other.
I'm assuming this is rhetorical...
Submitted by stage9 on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:23pm.
Is this how it works at MSNBC -- one of their most high-profile hosts makes an inherently outrageous, demonstrably false and hence patently libelous claim -- and not a single other person (as in, editor) sees it before broadcast? But yes, it is."If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
Why should she/he even bother
Submitted by mattm on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:26pm.
Why should she/he even bother with a retraction at all? Everything Madcow says is either a lie or an error.
Celebrating your Inevitable Demise, Rachel
Submitted by rammingspeed on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 3:15pm.
Maddow is a committed Marxist who is incapable of "getting it." The Republican victories in the 90s were a reaction to extreme government behavior, and a demand that it be stopped. The media's horrible, lying exploitation of the wars in the middle east influenced enough people to be against Bush. Their wrongful blaming of Bush for the '08 stock market crash was the coup de gracet. Such is life. Back to extreme government (Marxist) actions these days, the people have awakened once again, and it's adios puke "progressives" one more time. They'll be back, but when the truth becomes apparent, they'll lose their asses once again.
10 ugly comments made by 10 even uglier liberal women
Submitted by im41 on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 1:14pm.
Here are some more ugly comments made by the queens of the left
Rachel, or Richard, whatever
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 1:24pm.
the case may be, we're mostly upset about anti-citizen extremists in government right now. Is that clear enough for you?
What a ya know. The reigning
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 1:27pm.
What a ya know. The reigning queen ( sorry Dylan ) of the conspiracy theory got it wrong again .
The lesson for Rachel here is that hind sight is 50 / 50..........and speaking of hind she is a real ass.
Barack_Must_Go.....
"anti-government extremism"?!?
Submitted by Phryj1 on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 2:16pm.
First of all, only a hard-line statist/authoritarian would see "anti-government extremism" in either the Tea Party movement or the Gingrich-era conservatives.
Second, the leftists need to make up their minds. They're saying conservatives are anti-government. But they also said we're fascist, as fascism (according to socialist leaning poli-sci professors) is on the far right fringe (which, according to their standards, is anybody to the right of Obama). So, are right-wingers fascists or anarchists? We can't be both! Hello?!?
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
She makes me hot, so I guess
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 2:15pm.
She makes me hot, so I guess I have my own problems...
I dunno....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 3:10pm.
Can't tell by your sig if your a man or woman.....which.....is...similar .......to..........Rick/Rachel. Now I"m confused.....but not THAT confused.
I'm a man. Hey----- I said
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 12:21pm.
I'm a man. Hey----- I said I got my own problems....
jw5745---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 11:11pm.
Still cracks me up every time you post that.
It was funny, is funny, and always will be funny.
You got a great sense of humor; and if you are completely serious, that too, is cool.
MD
Darn it, they couldn't edit
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 3:57pm.
Darn it, they couldn't edit that gaffe out before her show reran in the late hours like they did when she tried to criticize Chris Christie. Honestly, this woman is having to make retractions and corrections on every other show.
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"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. -James MadisonWhen she's thanking the
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 4:28pm.
When she's thanking the conservative bloggers who got really really angry, I think she's really thanking them for watching her show. Because no one else can bear to sit through it.
I pity him.
Submitted by Tim the Enchanter on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 4:34pm.
Got to feel sorry for him. Imagine having to go through life as a boy/young man with a name like "Rachel"? His parents must be the cruelest people on earth.
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