The Rachel Maddow show was MSNBC’s top-rated program on Tuesday, beating out Keith Olbermann 1.8 million viewers to 1.6 million. Maddow also beat CNN’s Larry King and crushed to tiny pieces the grotesque Glenn Beck. Given the success of a liberal on their network MSNBC is surely considering canceling her show. Regardless, keep it up Rachel.
Odds and Ends
Bill O’Reilly lies about how many times he’s said “shut up” on his show. This confuses me. He knows he’s on TV and being recorded right? Like people can check these things pretty easily.
FOTB The Cooler reminded me to post the Sarah Palin baby name generator. Came up with “Flack Gobbler Palin” for me.
A black comic pretends to open for John McCain at the Republican Convention. via
Credit where credit’s due: Richard Cohen finally gets it on McCain.
Via Ori, did you know dogs can be trained to dial 911? And to do so after recognizing seizure symptoms? I did not. Amber was a great dog but I don’t think she could have done that. Would have gotten in the way of her 23 hours of sleep she got a day.
Very nice to see Brian Beutler, still recovering from getting shot 3 times in Adams Morgan, back blogging.
Wall Street and the economy might be collapsing. Or something. I’d go read Paul Krugman if I was you.