![]() You're right that spending at different levels of government depends on the actions of those different levels of government. Is there a reason why you didn't just show federal spending? My intuition would lead me to believe that a good deal of that spending reduction was due toīoth the Tea Party takeover of local governments, and the recession. I'm curious as to why you included state and local spending in that chart, considering that Obama has no influence Has reduced spending, and you backed it up by showing thisĬhart and disussing the importance of that specific chart for an entire segment. I have to ask, though, a few weeks ago you ran a segment emphasizing that Obama Hey Rachael, I'm a longtime fan of the show. Also, I've met him and he's a nice person! authority, but Shep is really very good at both. Some of us can pull off seeming like human beings on TV, some of us can pull off V.O.G. with a willingness to put the artifice aside and acknowledge what it really going on. ![]() I really like the way Shep Smith (at Fox News Channel) balances anchorman gravitas. If you could go back in time and cover any news story in history as it unfolded, which would you pick? I don't think it was disingenuous to make that case, but thanks for putting your view that it was in such a thoughtful way. He undercuts the potential power of this otherwise important thing that he did - with bad argument, sometimes bad facts, and occasional bad faith. Which is a little bit like peeing in the pool. And! But! And/But! It's too bad that Senator Paul - while doing all those things that I think are great and having real guts - doesn't always have a clear grasp of the issue he's talking about. There is almost nothing closer to my heart in politics than to see Congress asserting its rightful oversight role in national security and war instead of deferring to executive power. I love that it was on an issue of principle. I hear you about the reductive frustration of pulling out the Hitler references from Rand Paul's marathon, but I don't regret that decision. Thanks for this thoughtful and constructive approach. Reddit please don't just down vote if you disagree, voice your opinions in the comments.ĮDIT: It's a shame it's getting down voted into the ground but she did partially respond I respect who you are and what you do so please don't take any offense to my critiques. What would you recommend to help solve some of these issues? The lack of understanding Godwin's law and the use of argumentum ad logicam in the matter was disingenuous at best.ĭo you think the media will ever stop the partisan bickering?ĭo you think Congress will get anything meaningful done? Your piece on Rand Paul's 13 hour speech condensed into 60 seconds of Hitler reference was an example of the problem. That the bickering only divides us more as a nation at a time when we need to be looking for ways to come together. One of my concerns today is that I feel the American public is fed up with both the Congress and the media. I would like to say thank you for taking the time to do an AMA. It's not done, there are still real decisions to be made, and it's still life and death. It seems crazy that an ongoing war is an undercovered story, but I wish there was more debate about why and how and if we should still have 60,000 Americans in Afghanistan. Is the relationship with his family still good/respectful? Do you think you'll have him on your show again any time soon? You leaned into his filibuster ramblings pretty hard, though. You've had Rand Paul on your show a few times. In the past you seem to have had a rapport of sorts with the Pauls.What is the biggest fish you have ever caught? How big was it?.I had a ton of questions I wanted to ask, so I had to narrow them to three. Hello, Rachel! Thanks so much for doing this AMA. Now I have to go have nightmares about the giant duck. I have just over an hour to answer questions (wish I could stay longer!) and will do my best to answer as many questions as possible.Įdit: If you're wondering who I am, I tweet here: The Rachel Maddow Show blog: The Rachel Maddow Show on Facebook: My book Drift and Drift tour: Įdit: Thanks for such awesome questions! This has been a blast. Ask me anything!Hello Reddit! I am the host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” and author of the book Drift.
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