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Archae

(46,327 posts)
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 07:59 PM Jun 2017

Jackass insults Rachel Maddow over her looks...

But look at the guy who wrote this.



MRC's Graham Sneers At Rachel Maddow's Looks
Topic: Media Research Center

In the wake of the shootings in Virginia, there's been a lot of talk about civility in the political sphere. Media Research Center director of media analysis Tim Graham's response: hold my beer.

Graham takes an unnecessary, gratuitious and mean-spirited shot at Rachel Maddow's looks in a June 14 post attacking her interview with Rolling Stone:

For her part, Maddow proclaims she is a “cheerleader for the American media,"an interesting choice of words since she tries very hard not to appear feminine.

What is the purpose of saying such a thing, Tim? What does that add to the conversation? Why do you think you should be taken seriously as a media critic when you're so eager to denigrate someone simply for refusing to conform to your idea of femininity? And as a chubby white guy, Graham hardly has any room to complain about the looks of other people.

Indeed, there's no reason to read the rest of Graham's critique, especially after his first attack on her was the above line, which appeared in the second paragraph. (Not that was anything different than Graham's usual anti-media blather, of course.)

Graham exemplifies the arrogance of the right-wing media -- he doesn't believe he should hold himself to the same standards he insists on imposing on the "liberal media." He has no principles, only a partisan agenda that he tries to enforce through intimidation and not reason.

Hate and thuggishness does not make for a principled organization. Graham hasn't figured that out yet.

http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/blog/index.blog?entry_id=2364331

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Jackass insults Rachel Maddow over her looks... (Original Post) Archae Jun 2017 OP
Yeah but he has a weenie & a too tight collar. irisblue Jun 2017 #1
His weenie is surrounded by the collar. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2017 #4
. irisblue Jun 2017 #10
Lol Wawannabe Jun 2017 #30
+1 dalton99a Jun 2017 #85
LOL SharonClark Jun 2017 #5
This guy is a cheerleader for the brainless evil assholes inciting violence on the reicht. onecaliberal Jun 2017 #2
Rachel is really getting under their skin and I love it. Beating out FOX!!!! Oh my..nt monmouth4 Jun 2017 #3
Henry Miller's Turbineguy Jun 2017 #6
...not that her looks have any bearing on the awesomeness of her work. LesterKasai Jun 2017 #7
I will bet he never kissed a girl in High School Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #8
Rachel has him beat there as well. LakeArenal Jun 2017 #58
😁 Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #61
Snap! Hekate Jun 2017 #75
Why is it so often some lumpy, doughy, butt-ugly guy The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #9
If she was single, I'd ask her out on a date. And I am a full on hetero male. LesterKasai Jun 2017 #12
I agree 100% Kleveland Jun 2017 #46
Same here. SergeStorms Jun 2017 #59
Chins? pangaia Jun 2017 #80
That just shows.... SergeStorms Jun 2017 #90
Oh, don't take me too seriously. I already do that. LOL!!!! pangaia Jun 2017 #91
She's fantastic! paleotn Jun 2017 #64
I'm a full on bi curious female and I would do dirty things to RM. LOL Lib Jun 2017 #71
My husband has a crush on Rachel, too. He likes bright women who know what they're talking about. Hekate Jun 2017 #76
+1000 agree iluvtennis Jun 2017 #48
I'm sure that Rachel is devastated that a man MineralMan Jun 2017 #11
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL pangaia Jun 2017 #81
They really are classless. yallerdawg Jun 2017 #13
Excuse me.......... but I am JanetLovesObama Jun 2017 #14
I would be quite happy to... 3catwoman3 Jun 2017 #37
Me too. Straight woman, think she looks fab. Squinch Jun 2017 #39
I said the same in another thread. Ilsa Jun 2017 #42
You overstate the case but she is top 1 or 2% nationwide in beauty AngryAmish Jun 2017 #65
+1000. lindysalsagal Jun 2017 #83
I think Rachel is beautiful in every way Takket Jun 2017 #15
Yes. She is beautiful in every way. warmfeet Jun 2017 #40
That seems more like a homophobic comment than a criticism of her looks. Chemisse Jun 2017 #16
It is. You're right. It's a typical right wing homophobic slur. yardwork Jun 2017 #87
First of all, she looks quite professional Maeve Jun 2017 #17
Hahaha mrsv Jun 2017 #18
Ummm... HoosierDebbie Jun 2017 #19
That was my first thought Hekate Jun 2017 #78
Guy in glass house throws first stone. Real bright. L. Coyote Jun 2017 #20
10 lbs of hammered hot dogs shadowmayor Jun 2017 #21
Fuck off, you walking gourd. forgotmylogin Jun 2017 #22
And imagine. This is coming from such a hunk. Vinca Jun 2017 #23
You are the Jackass......She's very nice looking, and you look like a....Jackass. onecent Jun 2017 #24
He probably saw her high school picture and got a woody justiceischeap Jun 2017 #25
SCHWING! LesterKasai Jun 2017 #26
He has a notion about what a "cheerleader" should look like Rorey Jun 2017 #27
First of all, she is very attractive, not that it matters, and not that she cares. flibbitygiblets Jun 2017 #28
Cheerleaders can be male or female and all are extremely athletic. mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #29
He's a big fat white male wearing a suit that makes him look important. Initech Jun 2017 #35
Theres dude cheerleaders tho. nt retrowire Jun 2017 #31
That pic....ture... Try...ing...hard.. not... to... rpannier Jun 2017 #32
how dare she not wake up in the morning and not call him and ask what he fucking thinks luvMIdog Jun 2017 #33
Well Wawannabe Jun 2017 #34
Such a handsome, debonair gentleman CanonRay Jun 2017 #36
Wow, Brad Pitt. oasis Jun 2017 #38
Another asshole who feels that the only possible worth a woman can have is her fuckability. I would Squinch Jun 2017 #41
omg.. look in the mirror, graham, stupid. Cha Jun 2017 #43
That dude seriously lacks some self-awareness. TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #44
Tim Graham is an UGLY, FAT HOG. What a nasty looking man. Dog poop is more attractive than he is. trueblue2007 Jun 2017 #45
Um, did you mean to use a homophobic comment here? cwydro Jun 2017 #50
um, no i did not. it's a typo trueblue2007 Jun 2017 #73
He's talking? George II Jun 2017 #47
Fortunately, Maddow is not trying to look like the usual TV news dumb blondes Shoonra Jun 2017 #49
Right ... the anti FAUX news bastards YCHDT Jun 2017 #52
I remember her saying her Halloween costume TexasBushwhacker Jun 2017 #69
Get fucked, asshole. Maynar Jun 2017 #51
LOL!!! Too funny! chwaliszewski Jun 2017 #53
Don't be so hard on him ornotna Jun 2017 #54
Fascist pigs like him are so FUBAR nt elmac Jun 2017 #55
Timmy tidbits, fyi... Leghorn21 Jun 2017 #56
What htey don't mention at that bio... Archae Jun 2017 #88
Go Rachel Go! yuiyoshida Jun 2017 #57
He's a fat, puddgy hack.... paleotn Jun 2017 #60
Another Closet Republican... Grassy Knoll Jun 2017 #62
George W Bush was an actual cheerleader. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2017 #63
His gene pool should be drained. The Wizard Jun 2017 #66
Madame Tussauds turned him down-- they didn't have enough wax. VOX Jun 2017 #67
He's more than chubby. He's obese. And has a wart on his face, and is generally unattractive. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #68
Heart attack waiting to happen... Blue Idaho Jun 2017 #70
I don't want to have my reply baleeted so I'll say this to Graham in Acronym form: blogslut Jun 2017 #72
Looks like he's mastered not looking masculine! southerncrone Jun 2017 #74
Jackass is UGLY! elleng Jun 2017 #77
Another fat white MFM008 Jun 2017 #79
"but look at the guy who wrote this.." JHan Jun 2017 #82
Woman with smart brain scare unfrozen caveman jerkoff! Buns_of_Fire Jun 2017 #84
He should talk JustAnotherGen Jun 2017 #86
If Rachel were hetero and unattached, I'd ask her out. mnmoderatedem Jun 2017 #89
Attacking someone's looks is akin to saying, "I am too stupid for words" AgadorSparticus Jun 2017 #92

irisblue

(32,975 posts)
1. Yeah but he has a weenie & a too tight collar.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:01 PM
Jun 2017

My eyes roll harder, they will get stuck in the back of my head.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
9. Why is it so often some lumpy, doughy, butt-ugly guy
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:09 PM
Jun 2017

who thinks he has the right to judge any woman's looks? Like Jabba the Trump giving Miss Universe a hard time for being "fat."

Kleveland

(1,257 posts)
46. I agree 100%
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 09:27 PM
Jun 2017

She is attractive to me both physically, and intellectually.

She is just awesome in every sense!

I should be so lucky to even know her!

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
59. Same here.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:13 PM
Jun 2017

I love a woman with short, stylish hair, that "sassy" look, who's well spoken and intelligent as all get out. NOT to objectify Ms. Maddow, but you all know what I mean. She's a hottie!

And all apologies to every Chinese person on the planet, but her "attacker", who will never have a date with a woman 1/100th as attractive and intelligent as Rachel, has more "chins" than a Beijing phone book. People in glass houses.........and all that.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
90. That just shows....
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 09:52 PM
Jun 2017

how ignorant I am about such things. I was told that "joke" years ago, and I never knew the difference. Thanks for pointing that out for me.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
91. Oh, don't take me too seriously. I already do that. LOL!!!!
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 10:47 PM
Jun 2017

Chen is one of the most common names in Mainland China.., although not as common as Kim in South Korea.

I think there are more Kims per square mile there than any other name in the world.


And then there are these three internationally famous classical Korean musicians --

Chung Myung-Whun
Chung Kyung-Wha
Chung Myung-Wha

Say them 3 times really fast...

Siblings !!

I've met two of them..

I'll let you google if you are so inclined...

Cheers,

paleotn

(17,913 posts)
64. She's fantastic!
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:21 PM
Jun 2017

I'd like to just sit and chat with her for hours on end. Imagine the conversations you could have. Oh...and she looks pretty good too.

LOL Lib

(1,462 posts)
71. I'm a full on bi curious female and I would do dirty things to RM.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:23 PM
Jun 2017

Seriously...I find her very attractive. Her brain makes her hot. I've been fantasizing about her for a long time.

Hekate

(90,686 posts)
76. My husband has a crush on Rachel, too. He likes bright women who know what they're talking about.
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 12:56 AM
Jun 2017

I love my hubby.

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)
11. I'm sure that Rachel is devastated that a man
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:10 PM
Jun 2017

with a face like a butt doesn't think she's attractive...

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
13. They really are classless.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:12 PM
Jun 2017

I remember when they used to talk about Keith Olbermann and "that young man" who followed him in the hour after.

Since Rachel is now beating their asses in ratings, I bet they 'remember' her name now!

 

JanetLovesObama

(548 posts)
14. Excuse me.......... but I am
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:12 PM
Jun 2017

a straight beautiful woman and I believe Rachel Maddow is one of the most beautiful women in the world. She is gorgeous. Her skin, her eyes, her hair. I love everything about her. And her brilliance to boot !!!!! I'd kill to be her !

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
42. I said the same in another thread.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 09:12 PM
Jun 2017

I'm an older, straight woman, and I think she looks fantastic. I like her natural, day-look even more than the tv made-up, coiffed look.

I wouldnt kiss that pos pictured in the OP for nything. Not because of his ugliness, but because of his ugliness INSIDE.

yardwork

(61,608 posts)
87. It is. You're right. It's a typical right wing homophobic slur.
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 09:09 AM
Jun 2017

It's this snowflake's way of pointing out that Rachel is a lesbian, as if it's something she's supposed to be trying to hide. He's stuck in the 1980s.

Typical sniggering stupid bigoted behavior.

Maeve

(42,282 posts)
17. First of all, she looks quite professional
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:15 PM
Jun 2017

But I suspect he was trying to say something more about her than just her looks...as if it were some secret....(she's openly gay, you can say it, but she's also nicer than you)

forgotmylogin

(7,528 posts)
22. Fuck off, you walking gourd.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:41 PM
Jun 2017

"Cheerleaders" are not exclusively female nor feminine. I venture anyone of them can conjure up more testosterone in their pinky than he's had in his puffy body at any given time.

Not that that has anything to do with what Rachel meant since he totally took one word of what she said and created a double ad-hominem attack, but who's he to decide who looks masculine or feminine? Seriously.

Vinca

(50,271 posts)
23. And imagine. This is coming from such a hunk.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:42 PM
Jun 2017
Nothing says masculine like floppy jowls and more than one chin.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
27. He has a notion about what a "cheerleader" should look like
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:50 PM
Jun 2017
Definition of CHEERLEADER

:an enthusiastic and vocal supporter

:someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event


I would guess that for him it's a spectator sports cheerleader, female, of course, in a letter sweater and a tiny skirt. He's narrow minded and ignorant.

Rachel Maddow is beautiful. She isn't what some might call "girly", and there isn't a damned thing wrong with that no matter if she's gay, straight or anything else. And she is a cheerleader. The first definition.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
28. First of all, she is very attractive, not that it matters, and not that she cares.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:50 PM
Jun 2017

Second, she is smart. Actually that should have been first, but still.
Finally, he is neither. He is a sausage in a suit, with vanilla pudding where his brain should be.

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)
29. Cheerleaders can be male or female and all are extremely athletic.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:54 PM
Jun 2017


What makes this guy think that all cheerleaders must be "feminine" according to his standards?

Does he not remember that George W. Bush was a cheerleader when he was attending Phillips Academy?



luvMIdog

(2,533 posts)
33. how dare she not wake up in the morning and not call him and ask what he fucking thinks
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:59 PM
Jun 2017

about her style. He's a dipshit with a big mouth

Wawannabe

(5,660 posts)
34. Well
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:59 PM
Jun 2017

I was pretty sure the jackass was tRump and he was in another tweet rage -which are often directed at women.
Sigh
This guy could be one of the orange elephants ass cheeks - no room to talk dude!

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
41. Another asshole who feels that the only possible worth a woman can have is her fuckability. I would
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 09:11 PM
Jun 2017

bet money that Rachel's being gay is not what bothers him so much. I bet he is that kind of turd to all the women he wants but can't have, straight or gay.

trueblue2007

(17,218 posts)
45. Tim Graham is an UGLY, FAT HOG. What a nasty looking man. Dog poop is more attractive than he is.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 09:16 PM
Jun 2017

Last edited Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:48 PM - Edit history (1)

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
50. Um, did you mean to use a homophobic comment here?
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 09:40 PM
Jun 2017

Did you mean to say a "fat" hog? I see the g and the t are not far apart on the keyboard, but geez, fix this.

Not sure we should be fat-shaming either, but the word you have here is unacceptable.

trueblue2007

(17,218 posts)
73. um, no i did not. it's a typo
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:49 PM
Jun 2017

I KNOW IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. I'VE NEVER USED THAT WORD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shoonra

(521 posts)
49. Fortunately, Maddow is not trying to look like the usual TV news dumb blondes
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 09:36 PM
Jun 2017

Rachel Maddow has disparaged her own looks numerous times on her program, describing herself as "mannish" and "unfeminine", and explaining that her nightly appearance in black and charcoal ("German rainbow&quot jackets with similar plain shirtfront is part of her own strategy to keep the viewer's focus on the news itself. So I imagine that she isn't much hurt by Graham's remark .... perhaps it even cheers her that strategy is succeeding.

That notwithstanding, I think Rachel Maddow is very good looking, in a way that even deliberate de-feminizing cannot conceal. I harbor a daydream in which she shifts her lifelong gears and somehow takes a reciprocal interest in me.

chwaliszewski

(1,514 posts)
53. LOL!!! Too funny!
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 09:52 PM
Jun 2017

This gelatinous shit stain dares to insult Rachel Maddow because of her perceived 'lack of femininity', in his eyes? What a fucking douche-ka-bob. For someone who probably peels his potato in his mom's basement while watching reruns of Hee-Haw, I'd say he has no room to criticize anybody. Also, he can fuck off.

ornotna

(10,801 posts)
54. Don't be so hard on him
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:07 PM
Jun 2017

He still has the hots for Madge. Just like dear old Dad.


He's an idiot, Rachel is a beautiful woman.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
56. Timmy tidbits, fyi...
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:07 PM
Jun 2017

snip

In 2001 and 2002, Graham served as White House Correspondent for World, a national weekly Christian news magazine. He wrote cover stories on taxes, abortion, cloning, and other issues, asked questions at briefings with Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer, and interviewed members of Congress and administration officials like then-Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill.

Graham is the author of the book Pattern of Deception: The Media's Role in the Clinton Presidency (Media Research Center, 1996), which critiques the media's coverage of Bill Clinton from 1991 through 1995. From 1989 to 1999, he was associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly and then bi-weekly newsletter of the MRC News Division, where he was responsible for the Study and Janet Cooke Award articles.

snip

Graham is a regular talk-radio spokesman for the MRC and has made television appearances on MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, The 700 Club, and PBS's This is America with Dennis Wholey.

snip

...Graham is a 1986 cum laude Honors Program graduate of Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota, where he majored in political science and minored in mass communications, and founded and edited the Bemidji Student Review, a conservative student newspaper.

http://archive.mrc.org/bios/graham/welcome.asp

Archae

(46,327 posts)
88. What htey don't mention at that bio...
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 10:52 AM
Jun 2017

(For good reason...)

For years Graham was Brent Bozell's ghost writer, all the while Bozell and Graham denied it, until it was exposed.

paleotn

(17,913 posts)
60. He's a fat, puddgy hack....
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:16 PM
Jun 2017

standard issue for wing nut media. Probably still pissed he couldn't get a prom date.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,120 posts)
63. George W Bush was an actual cheerleader.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:21 PM
Jun 2017

Numbskull. So anxious to insult a woman, he forgot his favorite POTUS was a cheerleader.

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)
66. His gene pool should be drained.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:23 PM
Jun 2017

Jerry Lewis was a high school cheerleader. He never seemed feminine to me.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
67. Madame Tussauds turned him down-- they didn't have enough wax.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:25 PM
Jun 2017

A real matinee idol, this fellow. And a fantastic right-wing shill to boot, if you're given the chance.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
68. He's more than chubby. He's obese. And has a wart on his face, and is generally unattractive.
Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:31 PM
Jun 2017

Poor fellow. Small, beady eyes. Cosmetic surgery can't help much.

He's also generally uninformed, since cheerleaders aren't just feminine. There have been male cheerleaders for decades.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,177 posts)
84. Woman with smart brain scare unfrozen caveman jerkoff!
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 07:48 AM
Jun 2017

She makes many sounds I do not understand and she not show leg. This frightens and confuses me!

JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)
86. He should talk
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 09:06 AM
Jun 2017

I'm so sick of these point blank homely men attacking liberal women for their appearance.

He should shut his mouth. No seriously. If he shut it more and only opened it to eat a salad maybe he would get rid of that triple chin. More sit ups and pushups and chin ups and until then - Shut Up.

mnmoderatedem

(3,728 posts)
89. If Rachel were hetero and unattached, I'd ask her out.
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 11:50 AM
Jun 2017

and she'd turn me down of course. She's just like most people after all.

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