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Maddow: Limbaugh, Republicans don’t know what birth control is or how it works
On Friday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel examined the recent controversy swirling around Rush Limbaugh and his vicious personal attacks on Georgetown University Law student Sandra Fluke. Fluke was the witness called by Democrats to testify before Rep. Darryl Issa’s Congressional committee on insurance coverage for women’s contraceptive medication.…
Maddow: Forced vaginal probe ultrasound not just a Virginia story
On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow noted that lawmakers in Virginia were not the only ones pushing for legislation that would require women to receive an ultrasound before terminating their pregnancy. Alabama, Pennsylvania and Arizona are also considering bills that would require a woman to receive a…
Dutch TV host tells Maddow his country is furious over Santorum remarks
Rick Santorum’s comments about involuntary euthanasia in The Netherlands have triggered a furious backlash from that country’s citizens. On Friday’s The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel welcomed Dutch news anchor Erik Mouthaan, who discussed how the Dutch people are reacting to the former Republican Senator’s remarks. Mouthaan did a quick negation…
Maddow: PolitiFact has to go away
On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said that the website PolitiFact needed to “go away” or stop using the word fact in its name. She railed against the fact-checking site for rating a comment by her colleague as “mostly false.” In a promotional spot for his MSNBC…
Maddow: ‘Republicans are becoming split’ on social issues
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow observed Friday evening how the Republican Party may have a growing schism in their views on social issues, especially in regards to same-sex marriage and LGBT rights. Maddow discussed former Vice President Dick Cheney’s pushing marriage equality to pass in Maryland and New Jersey Governor Chris…
Maddow wonders whether Maine GOP ‘rigged’ caucuses
In a segment Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explored the murky waters currently occupied by the Maine GOP, which she suggested may have actually “rigged” the recent caucuses in favor of Mitt Romney. “Hey, beltway media: over here!” she said. “This is not a Ron Paul conspiracy theory. I…
Maddow: PolitiFact, you are a disaster
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Tuesday once again blasted the fact-checking website PolitiFact. In January, she accused PolitiFact of undermining the word “fact.” This week, the fact-checking website drew Maddow’s ire after rating Sen. Marc Rubio’s comment that the majority of Americans are conservative as “mostly true.” PolitiFact cited a…
Fox News analyst: Maddow is the best argument for birth control
Columnist and Fox News contributor Cal Thomas said Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference that MSNBC host Rachel Maddow should have never been born. A clip of Maddow saying that Republicans were “waging a war on contraception” was played during a political discussion at conservative gathering. “I’m glad that…
Maddow: The GOP ‘is waging a war on contraception’
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow countered conservative criticism of the White House requiring religious organizations to provide insurance for birth control Sunday morning. Appearing on a panel discussion on Meet The Press, Maddow defended the Obama administration’s decision from Republican strategist Alex Castellanos’ and New York Times columnist David Brooks’ criticism.…
Maddow: ‘Mr. Romney, you do not always make sense’
The economy appears to be sputtering back to life, showing surprisingly good jobs numbers in January. On Friday, the Dow Jones closed at its highest point since May of 2008. This leaves the Republican candidates — who have largely been building their platform on President Obama’s supposedly disastrous handling of…
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