Tonight's guests include:
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist and author of "The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future"
Frank Rich, New York Magazine writer-at-large
Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post and MSNBC political analyst
Nicolle Wallace, former communications director for the George W. Bush administration, former senior adviser for the McCain Palin campaign, and author of “It’s Classified.” She recently joined a group of Republicans to sign Supreme Court brief in support of gay marriage
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Here's executive producer Bill Wolff with tonight's preview:
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What about coverage of the White House cancelling tours due to the sequester...what laugh riot. The Pres hasn't cut any of his private flights to the golf course has he? I'm sure the tours cost this country billllliiiooonnnnsssss.
What about the cuts to education that the republicans made to ensure there were people stupid enough to vote republican, you know your post proves how badly education has been cut. The first clue, you posted your garbage here instead of on the topic about forced budget cuts.
Priorities man,priorities! White house tours are important to congress as a way to get rid of their visiting constituents for a day.
Lots of free money for the 1% Patti Smith alternate music track:
Why do we hear these people talking and yelling in the background on the show?? Please fix this. It just seems incompetent and makes the show hard to watch.
THIS: http://tinatoo.blogspot.com/2012/09/overpopulaton-of-punctuation-marks.html
Sorry, kids, but I must fight multiple punctuation wherever it occurs.
#PunctuationPreservation
Horrible background noise. Kill it! Turn up the gate at least..
Oh, and I don't have anything useful to add except for excellent choice in tunes.
Why do the moderators NOT challenge the GOP party liners that insist that sequester is "only about 2 %"or some small number that is insignificant? Its is actually about 14% of the impacted discretionary spending (like support to states for education, etc).
Stop letting them tell, on your shows, that its trivial...and just "man up" and take the cuts. Try asking a CEO to take a 14% pay cut.
So glad to see Joseph Stiglitz as a guest on the show tonight, and hope he does return to talk about is book: "The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future". I am at chapter nine: "A Macroeconomic Policy and A Central Bank By and For the 1%". My facebook account is getting full with annotations from the book (that's just what kindle does when I annotate) and it's just what I do when I read a good book. By any means, everyone, check out this book!!
@Microgeek,
Sorry for the #PunctuationPreservation, but read the book by Mr. Stiglitz and you'll understand my EXCITEMENT!
@Microgeek,
Sorry for the multiple punctuation, but read the book by Mr. stiglitz and you'll understand my EXCITEMENT!
Ack!
I can handle two ? in a row, but multiple posts of the same thing?
Nooooooo!
:)
Think we will ever see Mr. Stiglitz on a Sunday talk show?
Hahahahaha. The same language we speak ;-P
Dear Rachel Maddow,
I’m neither an American nor a Venezuelan -- not even from either continent -- so I have no horse in this race. But I want to state in strong terms that I was taken aback by the sheer jovialness with which you announced the death of Hugo Chavez today. (Of course the main news item of the day was the Dow Jones index, but welcome to America).
Was Chavez a cartoon figure as you put it? He certainly acted and said bombastic and inappropriate things. He was out of line at the United Nations with his reference to the devil at the podium and the smell of sulphur. He was theatrical, and he did not hesitate to give the US the finger. All of this is true.
But let’s look at a similar cartoon figure president from your own country, George Bush. Was he a cartoon? A hundred times over, for the whole world. Did he exhibit swagger and make statements that smacked of bravado and empty rhetoric? You can’t deny that. Did he have ties to despotic countries as Chavez did? He certainly did. (Think Saudi Arabia, no more examples needed.)
George Bush also launched an illegal war and destroyed a country. Chavez did not. Bush stole an election, Chavez did not. All Chavez’s faults pale in comparison to the crimes under your stick figure of a president.
But I am willing to wager a million bucks that should anything happen to George Bush, you would go nowhere near the mockery and disrespect you showed this evening on your show in announcing Chavez’s death. No, you would say, this is not the time to remember Bush’s failings (aka crimes). This is the time to bring out humane, compassionate George Bush (cut to him frolicking with black Scottish terrier).
All I am saying is this. It’s fine for you to not like a foreign country’s president. But he is still a democratically elected president, and to present him purely as America’s foe, and completely gloss over his role within his country and within Latin America shows a petulance worthy of Bill O’Reilly and is a disservice to your viewers. (Maybe also watch some international media coverage to give you some understanding of Latin America and Chavez’s role there.)
Please try do better in the future when you try to cover international news.
Dear Rachel Maddow,
I’m neither an American nor a Venezuelan -- not even from either continent -- so I have no horse in this race. But I want to state in strong terms that I was taken aback by the sheer jovialness with which you announced the death of Hugo Chavez today. (Of course the main news item of the day was the Dow Jones index, but welcome to America).
Was Chavez a cartoon figure as you put it? He certainly acted and said bombastic and inappropriate things. He was out of line at the United Nations with his reference to the devil at the podium and the smell of sulphur. He was theatrical, and he did not hesitate to give the US the finger. All of this is true.
But let’s look at a similar cartoon figure president from your own country, George Bush. Was he a cartoon? A hundred times over, for the whole world. Did he exhibit swagger and make statements that smacked of bravado and empty rhetoric? You can’t deny that. Did he have ties to despotic countries as Chavez did? He certainly did. (Think Saudi Arabia, no more examples needed.)
George Bush also launched an illegal war and destroyed a country. Chavez did not. Bush stole an election, Chavez did not. All Chavez’s faults pale in comparison to the crimes under your stick figure of a president.
But I am willing to wager a million bucks that should anything happen to George Bush, you would go nowhere near the mockery and disrespect you showed this evening on your show in announcing Chavez’s death. No, you would say, this is not the time to remember Bush’s failings (aka crimes). This is the time to bring out humane, compassionate George Bush (cut to him frolicking with black Scottish terrier).
All I am saying is this. It’s fine for you to not like a foreign country’s president. But he is still a democratically elected president, and to present him purely as America’s foe, and completely gloss over his role within his country and within Latin America shows a petulance worthy of Bill O’Reilly and is a disservice to your viewers. (Maybe also watch some international media coverage to give you a better understanding of.)
Please do better in the future when you attempt to cover international news.
Dear Rachel Maddow,
I’m neither an American nor a Venezuelan -- not even from either continent -- so I have no horse in this race. But I want to state in strong terms that I was taken aback by the sheer jovialness with which you announced the death of Hugo Chavez today. (Of course the main news item of the day was the Dow Jones index, but welcome to America).
Was Chavez a cartoon figure as you put it? He certainly acted and said bombastic and inappropriate things. He was out of line at the United Nations with his reference to the devil at the podium and the smell of sulphur. He was theatrical, and he did not hesitate to give the US the finger. All of this is true.
But let’s look at a similar cartoon figure president from your own country, George Bush. Was he a cartoon? A hundred times over, for the whole world. Did he exhibit swagger and make statements that smacked of bravado and empty rhetoric? You can’t deny that. Did he have ties to despotic countries as Chavez did? He certainly did. (Think Saudi Arabia, no more examples needed.)
George Bush also launched an illegal war and destroyed a country. Chavez did not. Bush stole an election, Chavez did not. All Chavez’s faults pale in comparison to the crimes under your stick figure of a president.
But I am willing to wager a million bucks that should anything happen to George Bush, you would go nowhere near the mockery and disrespect you showed this evening on your show in announcing Chavez’s death. No, you would say, this is not the time to remember Bush’s failings (aka crimes). This is the time to bring out humane, compassionate George Bush (cut to him frolicking with black Scottish terrier).
All I am saying is this. It’s fine for you to not like a foreign country’s president. But he is still a democratically elected president, and to present him purely as America’s foe, and completely gloss over his role within his country and within Latin America shows a petulance worthy of Bill O’Reilly and is a disservice to your viewers. (Maybe also watch some international media coverage to give you some understanding of Latin America and Chavez’s role there.)
Please do better in the future when you try to cover international news.
Hey Rachel, your are awesome !
What you've produced today in your first segment deserves the Purlizer Prize of journalism. It was so enlightening, funny, to THE issue of our time.
Thank you Rachel, you are amazing !!!
Re: the Nicolle Wallace segment -- Ms. Wallace makes the claim that "Ken Mehlman is leading our party to places we've never been before." Sorry, not buying it. First, the suggestion that Ken Mehlman, or any other gay Republican, is a serious mover and shaker in today's GOP is simply laughable. Second, the fact that all this alleged "support" for gay marriage is coming only from former Republican officials is no accident. They are rather like many rank-and-file Republican voters who are quick to assure their LGBT friends and loved ones that they don't agree with the most extreme stances their party has taken, yet they go to the polls and continue to put the same old bigots back into office.
And it isn't only on LGBT issues that they do this. Republican voters and those retired from elective office do this thing with other hot-button social issues as well: abortion rights, reproductive rights, minority voting rights, you name it. But virtually NEVER do these folks take any kind of public stance against the extremism their party has come to embrace. Until I see elected Republicans actively renouncing their party's most extreme elements, and standing against the extremist policies those elements continue to advocate, I see folks like Ms. Wallace as little more than enabling co-conspirators to those extremists.
Thank you for having Eugene on, I thought the intro to the part about Chavez was highly offensive. Let us remember under the bush regime, that Chavez was ELECTED by his people with massive opposition by US oil interests. End of story. Its a repetitive issue on this show, TRMS likes Democracy in the US, TRMS loves the idea of Democracy in Detroit, but if Democracy elects someone we don't like in Venezuela or Egypt suddenly its questionable? WTF friends? Chavez sounds like a great leader who stood against a giant imperialist nation during the most troubling of times, why is that so hard to understand? The man was loved by the working class... What else is there to say, besides he defended his nation's oil from our giant corporations destroying the land and enslaving the people? I don't even know that much about Venezuela, except, I am not afraid of them because they bought some jets from the Russians in the early 2000sies. Sometimes the liberalist opinion of this show is really goddamn annoying. In the words of Abbie Hoffman, you sounds like a liberal who wont take her own side of the argument. Also, the man is dead for crying out loud, Have some respect, He was the leader of a nation, and he provided hospitals and clinics to women and children. Blah Blah Blah I know, so does Hamas, bitch and moan about it.
Corporate Media Liberals: Imperialists in sheep's clothing.
"Chief Foe" is such a strong term.
Dear Rachel Maddow,
I’m neither an American nor a Venezuelan -- not even from either continent -- so I have no horse in this race. But I want to state in strong terms that I was taken aback by the sheer jovialness with which you announced the death of Hugo Chavez today. (Of course the main news item of the day was the Dow Jones index, but welcome to America).
Was Chavez a cartoon figure as you put it? He certainly acted and said bombastic and inappropriate things. He was out of line at the United Nations with his reference to the devil at the podium and the smell of sulphur. He was theatrical, and he did not hesitate to give the US the finger. All of this is true.
But let’s look at a similar cartoon figure president from your own country, George Bush. Was he a cartoon? A hundred times over, for the whole world. Did he exhibit swagger and make statements that smacked of bravado and empty rhetoric? You can’t deny that. Did he have ties to despotic countries as Chavez did? He certainly did. (Think Saudi Arabia, no more examples needed.)
George Bush also launched an illegal war and destroyed a country. Chavez did not. Bush stole an election, Chavez did not. All Chavez’s faults pale in comparison to the crimes under your stick figure of a president.
But I am willing to wager a million bucks that should anything happen to George Bush, you would go nowhere near the mockery and disrespect you showed this evening on your show in announcing Chavez’s death. No, you would say, this is not the time to remember Bush’s failings (aka crimes). This is the time to bring out humane, compassionate George Bush (cut to him frolicking with black Scottish terrier).
All I am saying is this. It’s fine for you to not like a foreign country’s president. But he is still a democratically elected president, and to present him purely as America’s foe, and completely gloss over his role within his country and within Latin America shows a petulance worthy of Bill O’Reilly and is a disservice to your viewers. (Maybe also watch some international media coverage to give you some understanding of Latin America and Chavez’s role there.)
Please do better in the future when you try to cover international news.
Dear Rachel Maddow,
I’m neither an American nor a Venezuelan -- not even from either continent -- so I have no horse in this race. But I want to state in strong terms that I was taken aback by the sheer jovialness with which you announced the death of Hugo Chavez today. (Of course the main news item of the day was the Dow Jones index, but welcome to America).
Was Chavez a cartoon figure as you put it? He certainly acted and said bombastic and inappropriate things. He was out of line at the United Nations with his reference to the devil at the podium and the smell of sulphur. He was theatrical, and he did not hesitate to give the US the finger. All of this is true.
But let’s look at a similar cartoon figure president from your own country, George Bush. Was he a cartoon? A hundred times over, for the whole world. Did he exhibit swagger and make statements that smacked of bravado and empty rhetoric? You can’t deny that. Did he have ties to despotic countries as Chavez did? He certainly did. (Think Saudi Arabia, no more examples needed.)
George Bush also launched an illegal war and destroyed a country. Chavez did not. Bush stole an election, Chavez did not. All Chavez’s faults pale in comparison to the crimes under your stick figure of a president.
But I am willing to wager a million bucks that should anything happen to George Bush, you would go nowhere near the mockery and disrespect you showed this evening on your show in announcing Chavez’s death. No, you would say, this is not the time to remember Bush’s failings (aka crimes). This is the time to bring out humane, compassionate George Bush (cut to him frolicking with black Scottish terrier).
All I am saying is this. It’s fine for you to not like a foreign country’s president. But he is still a democratically elected president, and to present him purely as America’s foe, and completely gloss over his role within his country and within Latin America shows a petulance worthy of Bill O’Reilly and is a disservice to your viewers. (Maybe also watch some international media coverage to give you some understanding of Latin America and Chavez’s role there.)
Please do better in the future when you try to cover international news.
I’m neither an American nor a Venezuelan -- not even from either continent -- so I have no horse in this race about Hugo Chavez vs the United States. But I want to state in strong terms that I was taken aback by the sheer jovialness with which you announced the death of Hugo Chavez today. (Of course the main news item of the day was the Dow Jones index, but welcome to America).
Was Chavez a cartoon figure as you put it? Yes, he behaved often like one, acting and saying bombastic and inappropriate things. He was out of line at the United Nations. He always looked for an opportunity to give the US the finger. All of this is true.
But let’s look at a cartoon figure president from your own country, George Bush. Was he a cartoon? For the whole world he was cartoon number one. Did he exhibit swagger and make statements smacking of bravado and empty rhetoric? Did he have ties to despotic countries as Chavez did? (Think Saudi Arabia, no more examples needed.)
George Bush also launched an illegal war and destroyed a country. Chavez did not. Bush stole an election, Chavez did not.
But I am willing to wager a million bucks that should anything happen to George Bush, you would go nowhere near the mockery and disrespect you showed this evening on your show in announcing Chavez’s death. No, you would say, this is not the time to remember Bush’s failings. This is the time to focus on humane, compassionate George Bush (cut to him frolicking with black Scottish terrier).
All I am saying is it’s perfectly fine to not like a foreign country’s president. But he is still a democratically elected president, right in your backyard, and by presenting him purely as America’s foe, and completely glossing over his role within his country and within Latin America shows a petulance worthy of Bill O’Reilly. It is also a disservice to your viewers. (Maybe watching some international media coverage would help give you some perspective.)
Well said, Heller. I tried to post several times but it wont go thru.
Why are we still looking at the lineup for the 3/5 Rachel Maddow Show eight hours before the 3/6 Show?