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Rachel Maddow received the Walter Cronkite award at the 2010 Faith and Freedom Awards presented by the Interfaith Alliance:
there are literally hundreds more pics over at the Interfaith Alliance’s Flickr photostream.
“Things are moving, so there’s an unpredictability that makes covering the news very exciting,” says Rachel Maddow, whose nightly MSNBC show is appointment TV for anyone even halfway interested in the surreal theater of American politics amid the surging tide of anti-Washington sentiment. Maddow, a wry, mischievous counterweight to the brawling style of her rivals on Fox, is proof that not all political debate has to be reduced to schoolyard taunts, perhaps because she’s more interested in the concept of change. She’s described herself as having been “a weird, depressive little kid” who thought she might grow up to be an Olympic athlete. Instead, thanks to a series of injuries, she found herself engaged in a different kind of sport—politics. The trigger was AIDS. Growing up in the Bay Area in the late l980s, Maddow was galvanized by the unfolding tragedy and inspired by the philosophy of AIDS activism. “I came up in that movement, in which there’s not only a sense of community, but people frantically trying to document their community that is dying, that is disappearing, and trying to make the country understand the importance of what was being lost,” she says. “It gave me a more nuanced appreciation of which political tactics work and which don’t that I wouldn’t otherwise have.”
cocktail moment … the gatsby, posted with vodpod
new shirt
stark and startling contrast
it was on display
in totally different ways
eight and a half hours
for the whole country
i will tell you in advance
horrible mixed metaphor
involving an anthill and a treadmill
a very bad idea
there will be onset drinking
stay tuned?
look, ants!
rick perry's amazing asterisk
true or false?
a cold winter for barrel busters
how are you celebrating?
gangsters
disgusting
shaking
thank you for indulging us
very specific
what he was saying
fundament of power
timebombs
if you can't win now, when can you win
hard-fought battle
what happens now
promo, all in black
all joking aside
or not
nancy pelosi
is there a crisis in the senate
frank rich and tom brokaw
a leads to z
kill the gays bill
unsettling
traded away
directed at liberals
why would they do that?
take john boehner's word? really?
liberals are very frustrating
your wish is our command Mr President
i'm a little lactose intolerant
inject the cheese right into the crust
not really
stays
democrats are miffed
democrat with a capital D
elizabeth edwards
your argument is wrong
that's a very good question
climbing down
gandhi
backwards
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Gregory Paul, over at Daily Kos, has this to say about Maddow for POTUS:
When looking at Lerner’s list of potential liberal candidates the one who sticks out is – Rachel Maddow! She most of all has the above combination of attributes that would best serve the purposes and needs of the progressive cause moving towards 2012. Her ability to be happily cheery when skewering the right is especially appealing. Her modulated speaking voice is excellent, being superior to the grating high nasal pitch of Sarah (and Hillary). Young progressives are likely to flock to her.
Here is something that Maddow as candidate could do. Repeatedly challenge Palin to debate. Palin keeps going on about how others should “man up” – a sexist put down of women if there is one. So call her on it. Maddow should shame Palin with repeated demands for a one-on-one confrontation. If Palin refuses she is exposed as a wimpy fraud. If she does accept Maddow can marshal the facts to show Palin up.
What with three hours of progressive evening programming MSNBC could afford to lose Maddow for a year and a half. For American citizens to drop their current and preferred career in favor of public service is a time honored tradition going back to the founders. As useful as Maddow is to the progressive cause as host of her MSNBC show, she could do more for advancing the nation as a political contender in the next couple of years. GE and now Comcast owned and operated MSNBC can never do as much for progressivism as can Murdoch’s FoxNews can for conservatism. And because — as Olbermann expounds — MSNBC retains basic mainstream standards, while Ailes allows his channel to sink to Glen Beck’s twisted conspiracy theories. By hitting the campaign trail Rachel will be able to get the progressive message out to many tens of millions more than the 1-1.5+ million who watch her show.
read the whole thing. it’s not a fluffy fanboi piece, trust me.
