- Says she's an "awesome shot," good at blowing people away on the target range?
- Thinks Barack Obama has gotten a bum rap from the MSM?
Maddow made her statements on this evening's Race for the White House on MSNBC. First came Maddow's mention of being handy with a gun.
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RACHEL MADDOW: Hillary Clinton really is doing exactly what Michelle [Bernard, of the Independent Women's Forum] said, which is she's trying to play herself as the candidate who understands the common person and in this case who is more likely to protect gun rights. I mean, frankly, I'm an awesome shot when I go to the shooting range, I blow people away, metaphorically speaking, but I wouldn't trust me with gun rights. I'm way to the left on that issue and your personal skill at the matter doesn't really say anything about your political take on it. Her record on gun control in the '90s says more about what he she's going to do about the Second Amendment than the fact that she knows how to fire a pistol.And later, Maddow on the media being mean to Obama.
MADDOW: I actually think that a much bigger deal is being made of this story by the media than most voters will make of it. Of course if the media keeps making a huge deal out of it, then voters will respond.Joe Scarborough was there to set Rachel straight.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Rachel continues to blame the media for this. This isn't about the media, who by the way, I think has bent over backwards and been helpful to Barack Obama more often than not. This is about words on its surface that re-enforces negative stereotypes about Barack Obama and the Democratic party as a whole. Republicans feed off of this. The second I saw these words come across my Blackberry on Friday night, I thought, good Lord, this is going to blow up and be terrible because it re-enforces everything Republicans have been saying about left-wing elites since Adlai Stevenson ran for president in 1952.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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Guns
April 14, 2008 - 22:06 ET by iveseenitallYou can not choose to own a gun, but you can choose to have an abortion. Huh?
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Hey, our schools give out
April 14, 2008 - 22:08 ET by Free StinkerHey,
our schools give out free condoms, but skittles are contraband . . .
nothing surprises me these days.
Pledge to not support RINOs ever again!
Skittles are contraband?
April 15, 2008 - 01:45 ET by Scout FinchSay it ain't so! Gotta taste the rainbow! Skittles are my favorite candy, not counting chocolate. Counting chocolate, it's Snickers or peanut butter M&M's.
Totally off-topic, to be sure. All apologies.
Just don't take away my Skittles.
Yea Mark Levin talked about
April 15, 2008 - 22:30 ET by red_dragon311Yea Mark Levin talked about this on his show.
This school kid bought a bag of Skittles from this other boy, and was suspened for it becasue Skittles are "contrband" at that school. I think Mark either sent him a years supply or a lifetime supply to the kid.
I was a professional twice over - an analyst and a therapist. The world's first analrapist
Those guardians of our children, protecting them from Skittles!
April 15, 2008 - 22:41 ET by Free StinkerThose guardians of our children, protecting them from Skittles!
It would be funnier if it wasn't so pathetic.
Pledge to not support RINOs ever again!
But that's the odd thing:
April 14, 2008 - 22:08 ET by Mark FinkelsteinBut that's the odd thing: Maddow apparently has chosen to have a gun, yet describes herself as being way to the left on the issue. Would she take away the very Second Amendment rights she exercises?
Maddow follows the Rosie
April 15, 2008 - 01:47 ET by Scout FinchMaddow follows the Rosie ODonnell Amendment. Bodyguards carry firearms while I propose gun control. Best of both worlds.
Scout... Oh yeah...Rosie
April 15, 2008 - 03:25 ET by bigtimerScout...
Oh yeah...Rosie O of the Million Mom March....
What a hypocrite....
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Joe could have asked Rachel that question
April 15, 2008 - 03:17 ET by sarcasmoBut that would be committing journalism -- maybe one of Rachel's radio show callers will ask her, though, and the answer can somehow filter back to here. It sure doesn't seem too consistent of her. I just wish all this would lead to a trip to the range & perhaps a small skeet shooting wager, because I doubt Rachel's as good as she thinks. OTOH, her competition's not that bright, either, so it's tough to predict a winner among the media-losers.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
Awesome...
April 15, 2008 - 01:32 ET by aeroveloNobody I know who is of even moderate intelligence uses that word. It is usually reserved for teenagers and dope fiends...
In my mind, once she utters that word, everything else that follows is null and void.
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Ask yourself: Do I want a good paying job, or do I want a government hand out. Its that simple!
Exactly what "raps" has
April 14, 2008 - 22:12 ET by Chris NormanExactly what "raps" has Obama received from the MSM, bum or otherwise? Is reporting the news considered "a rap" now?
Ms. Maddow... Would have
April 14, 2008 - 22:13 ET by Clear thinkerMs. Maddow...
Would have fun here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJSZs-euZU&NR=1
"Abstain from McCain"
elitist
April 14, 2008 - 23:34 ET by Jerry MackThe term "common person" should tell you all you need to know about Maddow, Clinton and Obama. Maybe some bobblehead will ask one of them to define "common person".
Phonies
April 15, 2008 - 00:08 ET by AzRenegadeThis is John Edward's two Americas. One for the leftist elites and one for the unwashed masses. It's fine for the ruling class and their bodyguards to have guns but the peasants cannot be trusted!
Hillary's "vivid" memory of sniper fire in Bosnia leads me to believe her firearms training was really with waterpistols.
And the Obamessiah has ridden a huge pass from the far left propaganda machine for far too long. The Democrat party is chock full of far left lunatic elitist snobs.
AzRenegade
I saw all of
April 15, 2008 - 00:17 ET by bigtimerI saw all of this....Rachael is as phony as Hillary and the rest of the letf when it comes right down to how they would vote when they thought no one was looking when it comes to the Second amendment...
My big smile came was when Scarborough said it all in a nutshell...!
...The second I saw these words come across my Blackberry on Friday night, I thought, good Lord, this is going to blow up and be terrible because it re-enforces everything Republicans have been saying about left-wing elites since Adlai Stevenson ran for president in 1952.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
My bad!!
April 15, 2008 - 00:35 ET by RexmanoOh my, I thought he/she was a man.
I know what you mean
April 15, 2008 - 00:38 ET by bigtimerI know what you mean Rex...they have now had her/him put on make-up in the last couple of years, whereas he/she never used to before...
What an improvement eh?
Seems to have had the same effect on her/his mind....nada!
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Yet another instance of liberal hypocrisy outing itself
April 15, 2008 - 08:38 ET by c5thenHow can someone be "way to the left" of the issue of the Constitutional Right to keep and bear arms and yet say they are "an awesome shot when I go to the shooting range..."??
Doesn't this prove the hypocrisy of the person? They believe that no individual has the right to own a gun (That's my take on "way to the left") yet they apparently not only own one themselves, but regularly practice with it.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
The amazing part, though
April 15, 2008 - 08:43 ET by sarcasmoAs Mark noted above, nobody called her on it. I wish I could tell what I know about gun-owning lefties, but suffice it to say she's not the only one.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
"How can someone be "way to
April 15, 2008 - 08:54 ET by ckc1227"How can someone be "way to the left" of the issue of the Constitutional
Right to keep and bear arms and yet say they are "an awesome shot when
I go to the shooting range..."??"
Because she is a typical liberal elitist: "Guns for me, but not for thee".
Anathema?
April 15, 2008 - 10:06 ET by misterbee241Arent guns anathema to liberals? And what's up with that crack about not trusting herself with gun rights? Any other rights she doesnt trust herself with like, free speech, she'd like to see the government regulate? This woman's babbling makes my hair hurt.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
Five Talking Heads
April 15, 2008 - 10:51 ET by CellaSpeaking of blowing someone away, please allow me to make this off subject comment.
Whoever thought that an hour long show featuring five talking heads - with David Gregory as the game director - would be successful, should have his head blow away! (metaphorically speaking)
Seams to me she is
April 15, 2008 - 13:12 ET by JungusSeams to me she is compensating for something...