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Maddow: Pro-lifers hope partial abortion bans will overturn Roe v. Wade
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Thursday night explained that some pro-life activists believe laws that criminalize virtually all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy are their best chance of overturning Roe v. Wade. The Supreme Court’s 1973′s ruling in Roe v. Wade upheld a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy…
Romney to NAACP: ‘Vote for the other guy’ if you want free stuff
On her show Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reported that Mitt Romney had responded to being booed by the NAACP by telling them to vote for President Barack Obama if they wanted handouts. “Remind them of this: If they want more stuff from government, tell them to go vote…
Carville challenges ‘Washington consensus’ on cutting the federal deficit
James Carville, former Bill Clinton campaign adviser, on Tuesday called on Democrats to focus on rebuilding the middle-class instead of accepting the conventional wisdom that cutting the deficit was the most important issue facing America. “I think we make a fundamental error,” he told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. “The biggest problem…
Court orders anti-LGBT preacher to pay Maddow’s legal bills
A Washington, D.C. judge has ordered an anti-LGBT preacher to pay MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s attorney’s fees after he filed a $50 million lawsuit for allegedly defaming him. Over the weekend, the blog Bradlee Dean Info first reported that Dean and his You Can Run International ministry had 30 days…
Maddow mourns ‘strange’ McCotter’s sudden exit from Congress
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow reacted to Congressional Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)’s abrupt resignation from Congress. Tonight, she said, Washington got a little less strange. “And if you’re like me and you like a little ‘strange’ in your politics, you may feel some sadness about…
Maddow: Romney campaign is a ‘total incoherent mess’ on health care
Thursday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow welcomed Washington Post writer E. J. Dionne for a discussion about difficulties facing the campaign of Republican nominee for president, Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA). Since the announcement by the Supreme Court that the individual mandate and the bulk of President…
Dem’s aides desk dance to ‘Call Me Maybe’
Taking a cue from the Harvard baseball team’s viral video parody of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and her 2012 summer interns produced a video almost certainly worthy of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s “Best New Thing” segment. The short clip features Rep. Sanchez sitting at…
Maddow mocks Karl Rove for bizarre non-sequitur about Obama’s lawyer
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Tuesday night expressed how entertained she was by Karl Rove’s recent appearance on Fox News. Last week, Obama’s campaign lawyer filed a compliant with the Federal Elections Commission over Rove’s organization, Crossroads GPS. He claimed the organization was unlawfully hiding its donors from the public…
Maddow: Being against cancer in the GOP ‘is a scandal now’
On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow called out South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for vetoing a bill that would have allowed free HPV vaccinations for girls. The bill was intended to prevent the spread of the cancer-causing sexually transmitted disease. “Being against cancer in the Repubican Party…
Maddow snaps at Libertarian panelist: ‘You don’t know anything about me’
Rachel Maddow does not want to tell you her opinion of Romneycare. On “Real Time” Friday night, Bill Maher and guests debated the merits of government run health care, with the conversation ultimately turning to the mandate-driven policy implemented in Massachusetts by Mitt Romney. Most of the panelists, Maddow included,…
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