Liz Cheney will call out the wrong and doesn't care about feelings and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is here for every minute of it.
"Now, I'm used to seeing these Republicans, all these 'tough guy Republicans' talking about how much she hurts their feelings," Maddow told Lawrence O'Donnell as they chatted before handing it over to "The Last Word."
Maddow is convinced that Cheney, who is doing the television rounds to plug her book: "Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning" is fearless when she takes on her former congressional colleagues.
"She's unafraid to do it," Maddow said. "It is worth doing it because of the stakes she defines so clearly. It is a remarkable thing."
It wasn't entirely a glowing reunion between the host and Cheney.
In fact, Maddow began the show airing some grievances over policy disagreements and her frustrations in not snagging an interview with her 13 years ago.
But overall, for Maddow, the former Wyoming lawmaker has proven herself to be a brash person who refuses to cuddle anyone if they're culpable or malfeasance.
"She is not shy about saying what people are doing wrong," Maddow said. "She doesn't try to make people feel better about it when they're doing something wrong. She doesn't go out of her way to say, 'Oh, I understand, you had a hard childhood', or whatever."
For Cheney, the purpose is to call out the misadventures no matter who it is and without excuses.
Maddow said that Cheney believes in saying, "You are doing the wrong thing at a time when your country needs to do the right thing; I'm going to call you wrong for doing it."
Having that "certain courage of convictions" to expose people "screwing up" is something that proves that Washington and its direction are in need of a "course correct."
You can read Raw Story's full coverage of Cheney's book here.
See the video of Maddow and O'Donnell below or at the link here.
