The Rachel Maddow Show Set To Premiere As Host "On The Cusp Of Full-Blown Stardom"

Boston Globe:

ST. PAUL - When Rachel Maddow arrived at a local café one morning last week on behalf of the Air America affiliate that broadcasts her three-hour drive-time show in the Twin Cities, she was dressed for radio, with a loose-fitting V-neck T-shirt and thick-rimmed black glasses.

One of the hundreds of listeners who patiently waited in line to meet Maddow came with an offering: a "Give Peace a Chance" lapel pin that she hoped Maddow would sport on her MSNBC television show. "I won't wear jewelry" on the air, Maddow said, apologetically affixing the pin to a corner of her shirt, near her waist. "I don't want to start a cascade of things I can't control."

It may be too late to stop the gush. Maddow was part of the original lineup on Air America, founded in 2004 to counter conservative dominance of talk radio under the market-friendly promise that liberals, too, could be entertaining. More than anyone else, Maddow fulfilled that pledge, with an affable and erudite approach to the day's news and the rhetorical combat that inevitably surrounds it.

Tonight, "The Rachel Maddow Show" debuts on MSNBC, leaving her on the cusp of full-blown stardom in the mainstream media that her most devoted fans see as an enemy.

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Comments

[MMJones]

This woman is the most wonderful person to hit the airwaves in a long time!!!

[UnbiasView]

How so?

What do you want to bet she'll never break the top 10 just like Olbergoof?

[pfc1369]

Do you go through life making judgements about people, ideas, movies, clothes, and god knows what else, based on whether or not they "break the top 10" list?

[plooger]

Gotta take issue with one statement in the article. Sammy was more entertaining and informative; unfortunately, he's not as skilled a politician as Rachel.

[cbeenthere]

I admire anyone who can deal with Buchanan with patience and good humor. Look forward to all of this and more on your new show. Good job and good to see your face. You make a great appearance and you've done yourself proud.

[NamelessGenXer]

Unlike wussy boy "news" personalities like Brian Williams, Rachel has the PoliSci knowledge and the courage to SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER, as in, "John McCain and Sarah Palin are LIARS."

Go, Rachel, Go !

[whit4brains]

I'm so excited! I love Rachel Maddox. She was fantastic as a stand in last week for Olberman and called out all of McCain and Palin's lies. Well probably not all of them since it was only an hour long program.

[proveit2me]

Between reading the disparaging comments on this post, watching the RNC convention speeches, and enduring the endless negative Ads from McCain, I have become certain of two things:

1. Conservatives define themselves entirely by what they hate (which seems to be quite a long list)

2. For all the things they fear (another long list) they seem to fear nothing so much as intelligence. Intellect, education and reflection are to be mocked, ridiculed and avoided at all costs.

For all of Olbermanns admitted bombast, he is fact-checked and well-researched in his arguments. Maddow brings the same level of scrupulous research to her positions. THAT is why they have a following. Not because they race-bait or make jokes about Parkinson's sufferers.

[MMJones]

One of the far right conservative church tasks is to cast out intellectualism as Satan. Literally. This was learned by a friend as a missionary, and when he opened his eyes and said, "Whaaaaaaaaat?" he was cast out, along with his intelligence and intellectualism. Don't ask questions; it isn't godly.

[Furby]

OK but don't you do the very same thing in what you just said, 1. state what you hate and 2. mock the uneducated. You can't convert someone to your way of thinking by calling them stupid.

[escapement]

It will be cancelled within 18 months...

[HC4BO]

Well , color me astonished ...

BUT the people who are raising the hype value of a Palin press interview may be setting up the Republicans for a HUGE gain in voter confidence considering the fact that she is NOT that bad at interviews ...

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/palin_on_cspan.php

Granted she may NOT be good at Foreign Policy but when it comes to Energy and Domestic Issues she seems to know something ...

Personally I have this feeling the whole MSM in America are setting us up for another GOP victory this fall and that is royally pissing me off ...

[HC4BO]

Well , color me astonished ...

BUT the people who are raising the hype value of a Palin press interview may be setting up the Republicans for a HUGE gain in voter confidence considering the fact that she is NOT that bad at interviews ...

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/palin_on_cspan.php

Granted she may NOT be good at Foreign Policy but when it comes to Energy and Domestic Issues she seems to know something ...

Personally I have this feeling the whole MSM in America are setting up for another GOP victory this fall and that is royally pissing me off ...

[NamelessGenXer]

Then DO something about it! Boots on the Ground! Register Voters! Scream the TRUTH form the rooftops! BECOME THE MEDIA !

[joekutz]

Simply put RM rules. None better in journalism today.

[Independent voter]

I must be missing something. I don't find Rachel very compelling or unique. What does she add to the show?

[000Jade000]

Huh? She's a genius!

[andyg]

She hard to the left.

[LemonMeringue]

She is hard to the FACTS.

If that is against the rightwing pundits much of the time, boo hoo.

[LemonMeringue]

Rhodes scholar - for one thing.

[Furby]

Brains and looks.

[Mybunchofgrapes]

I saw the show and this woman is no lie. I could not believe the effort to be ethical WOW! And that is not a lie! I like the hair cut and that is no lie. IT IS ABOUT TIME AND THAT IS COMING FROM NO LIAR!
Keep on making me happy!

[Provit2me]

Why are all these 'nay sayers' so afraid of a Girl? RM is a nice, smart, articulate, educated, funny host. Oh, I get it !!! It's the Smart and Educated part these people don't like - Oh, That's why Bush has been in the big house for 8 years....G­ood luck RM - prove them all wrong...I know you will - you're SMART.

[proveit2me]

Um, did you just steal my screen name?

[Furby]

Yes he did, just misspelled it :)

[Antifish]

I used to have a lot of respect for Maddow until she, like Olbermann and Matthews, became a mouthpiece for Obama and a Clinton basher. She has no credibility with me now. I prefer balanced commentary, not someone's rabid personal opinion.

[Eric8869]

Well the Clinton's betrayed the gay community several times. Most gay people (she's a lesbian) don't have much use for the back stabbing clintons at this point.

[Antifish]

You are joking right? You support Obama who ran around SC with Donnie McClurkin, a noted homophobe? Or Obama that refused to be photographed with SF Mayor Gavin Newsome because of his support for Gay marriage? Or Obama who backed out of a promised interview with a leading Gay publication forcing them to print a blank page? Or Obama who supports faith-based initiatives giving churches taxpayer money so they can free up funds to suppress gay rights all over America.

Please, educate yourself before you spout lunacy. Obama is no friend of the Gay community. Please do tell how the Clintons betrayed the Gay community? And who made you a spokesperson for Gay people?

[fumes]

congratulations rachel! say, if you ever get the chance to interview palin just remember to have a little dinosaur on your desk for fun! lol