Comments on: Worse than Olbermann

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:31:27 +0000

What HabsFan said.
I agree 100%.

By: DAVE ID

DAVE ID — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:20:03 +0000

And FAUX NEWS has scored the same by luring Glenn Beck to their dark side. He's the righ-wing nutjob version of Olbermann, don't count that guy out.

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:24:15 +0000

I don't suggest that Olbermann or Maddow are stupid or ineloquent, nor that their sarcasm is based on untrue information.

But they are smug. They are one-sided. And they aren't funny.

By: HabsFan29

HabsFan29 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:25:25 +0000

Despite my internet persona, believe it or not I am quite the politico, and quite well-versed in both political and media matters (imho). I voraciously read and watch an inordinate amount about the U.S. elections, especially compared to my complete antipathy towards our own elections (despite my working for a candidate). I write this preface so that the following comment may possibly have some more weight than if you just knew me as the pornographer.

You and I are not watching the same show.

Rachel is eloquent, beyond intelligent (Rhodes scholar, etc), and in complete command of the facts of virtually every situation. Her "sarcastic remarks" are backed up by those facts and are made in the face of Repubs who are lying when they speak. Olberman is a character (who I watch anyway for the entertainment value), Maddow is not. To lump the two of them together as just left-wing versions of O'Reilly and Hannity is disingenuous to her, not to mention insulting. She neither spews talking points nor insults her guests. She tears them down with constructed argument and fact. A smug smile every now and then? Sure. But when you're pointing out that a VP candidate erroneously thinks the VP is in charge of the Senate, while she wears $150,000 worth of clothes while calling her opponent elitist, frankly a little smug smile is holding back compared to what she could do.

By: Vahan

Vahan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:25:22 +0000

You know after years of Bush and his henchmen spinning the news and spewing lies, these tactics have made politics in the U.S and trickling into Canada, really polarized. You are either with 'em or against 'em as the hee-haw cowboy President once declared. There is no grey area, only black or white. So it is in a way refreshing to see Olbermann and Maddow rip into the right. The left were being slaughtered like sheep and were afraid to fight back dirt for dirt, because it was beneath them. Well now that they are using fire for fire look what is happening. Let's be serious look what happened in Quebec with the dirty politics of the PQ. They yelled and screamed all kinds of dirty lies, while the "lamb lobby" sat out and didn't want to upset. Well with dirty rotten people you have to be dirty and rotten also, otherwise the boot marks will be all over your backside. You know it is easy for the Quebecois to make fun of the square heads, the blocks and their frigid women, but dare not pick on the poutine, duMaurier, welfare crowd. We, too, have to yell back when the PQ and BQ get stupid, then our city will once again be the shinning light it was and will be again. Let us run the bums out, like they are doing in the U.S.

By: jpwauthier

jpwauthier — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:03:40 +0000

Exactement.

By: govtdrone

govtdrone — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:26:31 +0000

I used to watch Olbermann but I gave up because he is just so freaking angry and then I got tired of his "special" comments. I like Maddows because she is a smart ass and I like that.