Rachel Maddow's Would-Be Awesome Road Trip to Delaware Goes Awkwardly Awry
Seemed like a good idea when first bandied about at MSNBC.
First up, Maddow speaking with "Delaware voter" Dr. Gilbert Sloan after Sloan asked Coons a question during a public forum at a senior center in Wilmington (first of three parts of embedded video) --
MADDOW: The way that this race is getting talked about essentially is that Christine O'Donnell is running a national campaign, she's trying to talk to the country, talk about national issues, sort of not even really talking about how they get filtered through Delaware. Mr. Coons is talking about Delaware, Delaware, Delaware. That's sort of, I think, the frame with which everybody's approaching this and in there (referring to public forum), listening to you and listening to the other questions that Chris Coons was getting asked, I didn't feel like that was true. I felt like there's a lot of national, values-questions, big-picture questions about difference between Democrats and Republicans, national questions that you guys here in Delaware really are concerned about. Does that seem right to you?
SLOAN: Of course we are and I almost hate to use the phrase but Chris Coons is a deep thinker. He actually reads books, in contrast to his opponent who is as shallow as can be and is floating on a sea of notoriety. And Chris, along with his predecessor Joe Biden, who also reads books, has a view and a profound view of what the world ought to be like and what America's role in the changing world ought to be.
Dr. Sloan appeared again during Maddow's show on Tuesday, intruding in the background during Maddow's valiant attempt at interviewing Coons while a determined pol droned on loudly behind them (Maddow later told viewers it was Delaware Senator Tom Carper).
Just before the second part of embedded video begins at 1:10, Sloan could be seen walking over and sitting in a chair behind Maddow, apparently intent on getting a closer look at her interview with Coons. And what does Sloan do while sitting there? Pokes his head past Maddow to come into camera range. Even the compleat scholar can't resist padding his 15 seconds of fame.
Then there was Maddow mixing it up with Delaware voters, or "average Americans" as liberals invariably say with unadorned elitism. One young woman, a Maddow clone who could pass for her cousin, opined at 2:05 in the video that --
... speaking for myself, if Chris Coons were dismembered and in a body bag, I would vote for him over Christine O'Donnell because he would do for for the state of Delaware than Christine O'Donnell would.
Seeing how Democrats don't consider death an impediment to voting, why should it be one for holding office? And heck, look at Joe Biden. He wasn't all there either and it turned out OK for him.
As if this Delaware Democrat's opinion wasn't bizarre enough, it was followed in short order by a Mother Jones-type complaining that liberals actually have to work to persuade voters to turn out at the polls (2:17 in video) --
One way I'd like to see Delaware be different than the rest of the nation is, I'd like to see a state where we didn't have to literally go out and knock on doors and beg people to participate by going to the polls on November the 2nd and casting their vote.
Sounds like it might be time for yet another stimulus program, this one directed at those listless voters. Especially considering how ACORN is no longer around to serve this vital civic function.
Mother Jones followed up with another gem (2:53) --
Look at the turnout we had when President Obama was elected. Oh but gosh darn, that turnout never happened before because for the first time in Delaware history, we had African-Americans registered to vote and they got out and voted. And if they don't get out and vote this time, we could lose it all again.
Wha ...? Prior to 2008, African-Americans couldn't vote in Delaware ? Ah, this helps explain why the first major party nominee of color looked to Delaware for his choice of running mate, despite its apartheid voting practices.
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Rachel Maddow
Submitted by HoosierEm on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 11:19pm.
I think Rachel Maddow may be taking that whole "lean forward" campaign a little too seriously. She sounds more like a democratic strategist than a journalist.
Oh wait, she's not a journalist.
Joe Biden reads books?
Submitted by ckc1227 on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 4:03am.
I thought he just plagiarized them.
Typical adolescent
Submitted by Andrew H. on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 7:52am.
Typical adolescent production.
The so-called mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the criminal DNC.
Where is the "awkwardly awry?"
Submitted by Red Jeep on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 8:26am.
Rachel was having a good time. The "folks" she was talking to seemed to be having fun, so where is the awkward happening?
I see though that Rachel strives hard to look like a man.
Rachel looking like a man?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 10:18am.
That doesn't take much "striving," because it ain't that "hard" for her.
Awry?
Submitted by Kozmic1520 on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 8:12am.
Akwardly awry?
What did I miss?
agreed
Submitted by Lipton on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 10:23am.
I don't see where this went bad for her.
I had no idea Maddow could be
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 8:32am.
I had no idea Maddow could be so darned funny and entertaining...........I give her three snorts........she really needs to get out more often.
Barack_Must_Go.....
Instead of books,
Submitted by ThisnThat on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 9:27am.
they need to be reading the writing on the wall. The dims are going to lose -- and lose BIG in November.
And when are they going to stop their childish behaviour? "I can read; you can't; na - na - na - nana" <<sticks tongue out>>. Isn't this a form of bullying? -- another liberal talking point these days.
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What's with this "they can read" crap.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 10:24am.
Didn't we all hear Pelosi say they had to "pass the bill first so we could find out what is in it?" If they're such hot readers, how about reading the bills before you pass them.
Conyers was beautiful when he declared there was no need to read the bills because they were written by lawyers and he couldn't understand them anyway. Must have gone to a public school. He truly is a moron.
Maybe we need a real witch in the Senate so that she can "divine" what is in the bills she is asked to vote on.
How many books could he read
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 11:44am.
chopped up in a plastic bag? Seems like reading books is a negotiable point.
Best part of the video was to
Submitted by marlon on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 12:58pm.
Best part of the video was to see Mr. Madow standing next to Coons. He was about a foot taller than Coons. Can't the dems get anyone with an ounce of testosterone? Hey maybe Mr. Madow would consider putting down the mike and running.
Right, you Don't Necessarily
Submitted by TCinAZ on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 4:24pm.
Right, you Don't necessarily Want to give the craziness too much attention, so what does Maddow do? She gives his Crazier "twin brother" the Floor.
Gee Rachel, when the craziness is Really crazy, let's say, with Somebody's pulling an image of Coons being dismembered and in a Body Bag completely out of Thin Air, do you Have To talk about it? I mean, like in a kind of, Call The Local Sanitarium to talk about that person's perhaps being **cknuts Krazee!?
Wow.Mother Jones sure is funny
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 10/11/2010 - 11:08pm.
Mother Jones sure is funny aint he.
Damn, yet another stupid spammer
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 2:54am.
LOL - They only come out at night.
Night, all. I'll see yas tommorow.
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