Rachel, your comments tonight (and air-time spent) about the State of Florida questioning the validity of 2,600 voters' rights to vote are a waste of your viewers' time. First, 2,600 is a very, very, very small fraction of Florida's millions of voters as the 4th most populated state. Second, doesn't everybody, Democrat or Republican, want to get rid of illegal voters?....most of these identified are likely dead. I, for one, approve of deleting illegal voters from the rolls. Please have a follow-up story on your program as to how many of the 2,600 suspect voters were validated as legal voters.

I think maybe there should be an addition to the constitution that states you have to be in the military for three years, or you have to be an actor for three years, or humm maybe you should have to be of service to your comunity, (how about that )Who cares about a businessman who cares about no one. The only people who are for Romney are just against Obama. How sad for our country.

Q: Why Romney is pushing birtherism?

A: Distract people from good news about economy. People must not hear about jobs created in May lower gas prices etc. noise,noise noise and confusion about whats important.

Rachel, I don't know how to get info to the president except through somebody like you who he probably watches. Anyway, what the president and most people who listen to you don't realize is that there are 20 million people out there watching Fox Affiliates of some kind and shows like Hannity, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, etc. etc. THAT ONLY watch and listen to those shows. They don't use the internet, read newspapers, or read or watch anything except Right wing propoganda....day in and day out. My parents actually turned into one of them after 50 years of working for a living. Now, that's all that's on the radio and since the big morph at Fox news in 1994, they have been effectively brainwashed. I've lost my parents at 52 years old and it breaks my heart. President Obama, and whatever super pacs he has, need to buy every single minute of ad time on Fox and on every Fox affiliate nationwide. They don't need to spend a DIME elsewhere or anywhere that compassionate, enlightened people exist. This is the only way he can highlight the real anti-women, anti-democracy, anti-inclusion, and anti-voter rights policies and agendas and laws for God's sake that are moving us to the right whether we like it or not. Obama needs to have one guy watch nothing but Fox for a month and see what happens. It frickin insidious,..and briliiant in a Hitler sort of a way. I'm serious, Rachel. A lot of people have no exposure whatsoever to anything you, Ed, and lawrence report. They NEVER hear it ANYWHERE. They play the victims very well band get away with it because just simply can't and won't fight like they do. It's not in their DNA. The dems will lose everything unless they learn how to fight they way do. Like I said, brilliant. Nobody knows that outside the Fox bubble; and that's 20 million people unless Obama gets his crap together and talks in places the Jim ones followers frequent....................One last thing. Have you noticed every McDonalds, every Doctor's office, every dentist office and every hotel lobby has Fox news on and WONT let you change it....insidious!

Why does NOTHING appear on any of MSNBC's shows that mentions any positives about Obama's re-election campaign and why he should be re-elected? Think about it.

Also, consider Chris Hayes' recent MSNBC on-air comments about Memorial Day and all of the fine young men and women that serve in the U.S. military. Think about it. His views disgusted me to the core.

Why does anyone watch MSNBC?

We saw in 2010 the same thing in Illinois. Karl Rove used Crossroads GPS to help Mark Kirk elected senator. These ads had a subliminal fear of loss message to get people to vote for Mark Kirk instead of the Democratic candidate. Mr. Rove is a devil who wants to have this country run by one party, the Republicans. I'll bet that Mr. Rove had something to do with the ads slamming the Democratic candidate. He is the best because he has NO conscience.

As to Mike in Georgia, who in the hell sits around worring about illegal voters? Its about people who don't want certain people to vote cause they might vote for "that" guy. Rachel doesn't waste her time. She has the best polital show on TV. So maybe you should watch FOX.

Mike from Georgia,

Just to clarify: the purge list includes more than 180,000 names, the vast majority of whom, I assure you, are not dead. I believe the 2,600 people you speak of are simply the people who have already received the letters.

To be sure, the controversy surrounding the issue is not centered on the question of whether or not non-citizens should be able to vote, but that the list itself is outdated and absolutely fraught with errors. Those in question must file for an appointment and prove with legitimate documentation that they are citizens. Unless they do so within 30 days, they are automatically denied the right to vote. Some might say--myself included--that this could very well be effort to suppress a group that overwhelmingly votes Democratic, in a state that might very well decide this year's presidential election. After all, if you recall, in the year 2000, Florida decided the presidential election by 537 votes--less than one fourth the number you deemed insignificant, and one three-hundred-and-thirty-fifth the number of people actually on the list. In that same year--perhaps you saw in last night's program--a similar ploy was used, whereby non-felons were denied the right to vote on the basis of crimes they never committed.

So, to be clear: it's actually far from a waste of time.

Sign my petition?

http://signon.org/sign/defend-florida-citizens

All the best,

Keenan

To MiKe in Georgia - I bet you vote against your best interests and don't even know it. Chris appologized, Obama thinks we're all intelligent, Democratic senators have no balls, and Roger Ailes is a cancer on the world.

Rachel, assuming GOP billionaires win all three branches of government at the state and national levels, how will we be able to reverse the damage they can do to political and social policy since they also OWN the supreme court ?

Mike from Georgia,

To clarify: there are actually more than 180,000 names on the purge list, the vast majority of whom, I assure you, are not dead. I think you must have misread the fact that so far, 2,600 of them have received letters asking them to prove their citizenship.

The controversy surrounding the issue is not that non-citizens should be able to vote, but that the purge list is derived from an outdated and enormously error-ridden driver's license database: many of those people are in fact citizens. Once people receive a letter saying their citizenship is in question, they have 30 days to schedule a court appointment and provide documents proving their citizenship. Many people will not do that, and will thereby be automatically removed from the voter rolls and denied their constitutional right to vote. Some might say--myself included--that the whole thing might be an effort to suppress a group that overwhelmingly votes blue in a state that could very well determine the outcome of this year's election.

Perhaps you also saw on last night's program that a similar ploy was used in Florida in the year 2000, when non-felons were denied the right to vote on the basis of felonies they didn't commit. If you recall, in that same year, Florida decided the presidential election by a mere 537 votes: less than one fourth the number you deemed insignificant, and one three-hundred-and-thirty-fifth the number of people actually on this year's list.

So, far from being a waste of time, this issue, if ignored, might determine this country's future, and thereby the future of this world... not to be all butterfly-effecty about it. But really.

Please, Mike, sign my petition?

http://signon.org/sign/defend-florida-citizens

All the best,

Keenan

Mitt's Plan (Reagan's) propose building a six hundred ship Naval fleet while trying to outfit those ships with sailors giving them a average pay raise of only 3% a year, first you have to start a war with Iran in order to get the draft restarted, by the way "Elites" like himself and his son dont have to fight it. here is the big fallout of that plan you will have all those new ships tied up to the pier without any crew members to sail them out to sea.

also buy all those new F35, 22, 18, 16 and F15's but dont spend any money on educting enough people to help maintain those planes let alone trying to find enough educted people to fly them.

I am a great fan of your work on MSN and Free America Radio, however, today both you and you guest used the word "coincidence" with perhaps different understanding of what the word means, your guest using to perhaps mean something like "accident" or "chance." To hopefully clarify, here is the Merriam-Webster definition, which agrees with every other dictionary I have referenced.

co·in·ci·dence/kōˈinsədəns/

Noun:

1. A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
2. Correspondence in nature or in time of occurrence.

Synonyms:
concurrence - accident - chance

More info »Wikipedia - Dictionary.com - Answers.com - Merriam-Webster

I do realize that a majority misuse and misunderstand this word, including Oprah! However, perhaps we can do something to start correcting and educating.

Sad time in America, There's no love no more, just push the button and git it over with it. GOP is Broken.

will extremism really win the WH,.........NO!!!!!!

Dear TRMS staff:

The dirty laundry on Maddowblog is piling up.

Just thought you'd like to know.

Respectfully submitted,

MG

NEWS FLASH: Today, mogul Donald Trump announced the expansion his Birther enterprise. He says he began to realize years ago that a lot of things, in addition to Obama's birth, are open to question.

His business plan includes forthcoming investigations of the existence of Big Foot, whether Danny was actually a boy, and if iPads really have an eye."It is high time that a smart guy like me came along to set the record straight on these things once and for all," said Trump. He added, “It would of course be a fitting follow-up to my highly successful project of last year, when I, after three thousand years of these stupid arguments between the geniuses at Harvard and Chico State, showed that moon spiders are a complete myth.”

Also in the planning stage are investigations of the theory that "those little dots in the sky are stars, instead of big candles," and the claims some people have made about a personality trait of "so-called grandiosity.” Trump noted that he had recently developed "great skepticism" about the existence of such a trait, especially since he has never run into anyone with it.

Mr. Trump concluded his Las Vegas news conference by saying, "as far as I am concerned, the jury is still out on some things, and more investigation is needed. For example--in the animal world-- I have not yet decided how I will stand on grass."

This reporter attempted to ask a question as Mr. Trump was leaving, but he said that he didn’t have time. He did offer some quick words about a “blockbuster report” that he would soon release. The report would show that “cattle occasionally do feel at home on the range, that Johnny Cash would never get near a burning ring of fire, much less fall onto one, and that Superman could not jump tall buildings in a single bound, only buildings and other structures less than four stories, and he needed a running start even for that.”

I'm sitting here wondering how Rachel could write a book like "Drift" and then become a happy on-air cheerleader for yet another US military action against a foreign country that has not attacked us, this time in Syria...

Will the real Rachel Maddow please stand up? -Please stand up? -Please stand up?

fire the unions!!! My GOD, don't you people get it, job performance is always enhanced by a competitive edge, vying to be a top teacher is attainable if you are dispensable. tenor and a job security that is UNREALISTIC, can NOT be imposed! Its a "no matter what you do", you will never be fired mentality that leads teachers to a lackadaisical performance!

There is nothing wrong with proving your worth everyday, its called personal responsibility to become the best you can be!

FIRE THE UNIONS!

An unrealistic approach to job security due to the unions "protection" leads to poor performance. Its only naturl. human behavior. If you thought you could not be punished by lack of effort towards teaching, than you will not give the best you have to give!

Anything in life cannot be handed to you without fear of consequences of your performance!

HAVING THE COMFORT OF KNOWING YOUR ABOVE BEING LET GO, FIRED, REPRIMANDED.

ITS not RIGHT, UNIONS ARE CORRUPT. SILENCING ACCOUNTABILITY IS RIDICULOUS!

Zenstorm, I don't know what firsthand knowledge you have of tenure's supposed effect on teachers. As a 37 - year teacher, now retired, neither my membership in my education associations/unions nor tenure had any effect on my effort, my performance, giving the best I had, the consequences of my performance, my accountability, or my personal worth. Students, parents, administrators, and school board members have always had the power to determine whether I was "becoming the best I could be" or shirking my responsibility. Every day I was observed by 100 to 200 students, other teachers, administrators, and parents as to whether I was giving the best I had to give or simply showing up. I was not perfect, but my students, their parents, and my administrators knew I held myself to the standard that I wanted to treat and teach my students the ways I wanted my own children to be taught. I took advantage of every opportunity to enhance my skills through reading, taking additional courses in my field and to enhance maximum student learning and performance. I sought numerous reliable sources to provide students at + or - 6 grade levels of reading skills within the classroom to enhance my students' skill development. Every class was organized to provide reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking skills instruction, practice, and learning. My students' test scores always rose above the norm.

Having tenure did not affect my performance, nor do I think it affected those I worked with over the years. The union protection provided the academic freedom that supported my performance and presentation of information to students and provided that due process would be applied to any performance brought into question. No teacher wants any negative evaluation in his/her permanent file without a response that presents the situation fairly. I have worked with a very small percentage of teachers - 10% or so, who didn't always live up to my expectations or perform adequately. Many of those left the profession on their own without prodding by poor evaluations or complaints. Some needed administrators to evaluate properly, place the individual on probation, provide opportunities for remediation within a short time frame, and then were dismissed, but within the procedures established to protect an employee from unscrupulous administrative acts of dismissal or retaliation or the students from further poor teacher behavior. Are there abuses that should not be tolerated? Of course, but the unions, whether AFT or NEA are working with districts all over the country to improve the education for all students. Bad teachers don't win supporters among union members. Contrary to what you believe, every teacher knows there are consequences surrounding our performance. Formal and informal observations are part of most negotiated contracts on a quarterly and daily level, with pre and post conferences to discuss that performance from many perspectives. The unions have hardly silenced accountability; they push for it. To do otherwise, puts members in an untenuous and ambiguous position, forever at the whims of a less than scrupulous administration. That's not good for anyone in education - students, teachers, parents, the administration, or the community.

I loved working with my students, helping them grow into skilled adults ready to take their place in the world. I don't think anyone I worked with, staff or students would say I was lackadaisical. If anything, I cared too much, putting in ten hour days at the expense of time some days with my own children. But, I saw the efforts put in by their teachers, and knew that most of them shared my view and tried to teach them as they wanted their children to be taught, as well. Most were experienced teachers like myself, who never stopped learning or trying to become better teachers. The unions we belonged to didn't thwart our efforts; they encouraged them.