Mooj on the Rise
Hmm. Wow. She looks familiar, kind of reminds me of someone I know, dark hair, dark eyes, big white smile…who could that be? 
To me, this election seems to be as much about the rise of this smart and sparky political analyst as it is about certain other bright new stars we might mention. The woman is like all the moojes I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by: witty, pretty, funny, no-nonsense, able to knock it out with the big boys, and generally badass. Did I mention Rhodes scholar, Oxford doctorate, and, um, contract gardener when she needs the cash (not that she needs it anymore)? She’s openly lesbian (a first for the major networks), and better yet tomboyish, but more importantly in the age of Fox, she’s openly progressive, having rocked her own show on Air America for the last few years. I also appreciate that she refuses to wear earrings.
I can’t imagine it’d be easy to get a word in edgewise against Pat Buchanan, but she manages, as evidenced in this clip. (By the way, lest we think Maddow is a symbol of how far Americans have come in their acceptance of gay women, check out the comment I found below the clip above: “That Maddow dude is one of the strangest looking human beings I’ve ever seen. That weird voice, combined with the terrible hair and poor posture comprise an especially creepy person. Why on earth would MSNBC give him his own show??” What an idiot.)
There was a moment I liked better which I saw live but couldn’t find on the web, where she reminds Buchanan, in one swift sentence, what his appearance, as an “anti-homosexual rights” candidate at the RNC in ‘92 communicated to her about what he thinks of “people like me.” Anyway, the point is that we need Rachel Maddow out there representing for the rest of us. I know her radio show fans are probably nervous about this “mainstreaming” of their heroine, but I’m psyched I’ll get to see her rock the big time five nights a week, moojing out left and right. Or mainly left.
Here, here, Rachel Maddow!
