but Rachel is so sharp.

That would be great if he's "prepared" to argue as he has, based on bible quotes.

she'll be flummoxed by his insanity. I'd hate to spend 20 minutes in his company under any circumstances

A debate is good. Without the aingst. MSNBC has got some new good people on. Like the kid with glasses and the smart black girl with a brain. Miss Perry. I like her.

"kid with glasses"???

"smart black GIRL"????????

you might want to rethink such derogatory terms, seriously. PROFESSOR Melissa Harris-Perry is well over the age of 18, as I assume the "kid with glasses"

Inhofe claims that global warming is impossible because The Bible tells us so.

Genesis 8:22 "...as long as the Earth remains there will be seed time and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, night and day."

Well, I guess that settles that! Case closed.

I expect to scarfe down a ton of popcorn and spend the next day fixing the ceiling after jumping up and down in fits of laughter.

I might even have to dig out a VCR to save it for posterity.

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can she top Lawrence O' Donnell's roasting of "Joe the plumber"?

Lawrence gets a smirk on his face and a twinkle in his eye when he is given such opportunity. The discussion had the feel of leading a lamb to slaughter.



Another impressive roast was Chris Mathews speaking with a senior spokesman for the Gingrich camp.

The guy couldn't answer on if Newt had ever voted to raise the debt ceiling. To paraphrase, Mathews told him he was just a "money guy" and probably shouldn't be expected to know such things. Still, Mathews informed him that he should know such facts before railing on the President about raising the debt ceiling. In the end, Mathews expressed sympathy and decided to end the segment on a lighter note.


Rachel is a living "fact storm" that is too nice to bite into an exposed jugular. Perhaps intended behavior in an attempt to lure more GOP guests. Regardless, she is poison for Republicans that come in unprepared and they know it.

Rachel used her kind demeanor to gleen every bit of campaign strategy possible from a Ron Paul spokesman. She has sinced used that information to hammer on Paul whenever he is deemed worthy of mentioning. She gets the goods using the "gracious" approach.

Unlike O'Reilly, Rachel allows her guests to have their say, keeps the tone amicable, and her discussions ultimately prove to be much more revealing than O'Reilly who often comes across as a lecturer. O'Reilly refuses to allow guests to present their case. His excuse for doing so is that he is in a "no spin" zone. He will invariably interrupt with emotional displeasure to "stop the spin". For me, it makes him more difficult to watch than even Sean Hannity.

That's part of what differentiates her from the FOX talking heads. She asks questions and waits for answers rather than asking "Don't you think the (something a Democrat said or did) is terrible for the country?"