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    Image of Jason LeRoy Jason LeRoy
    10/30/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    Kent Jones is the worst. Period. And despite the fact that his segment is about "pop culture," he comes across as willfully ignorant about anything related to entertainment or celebrities. He serves no purpose. NONE. Also, Rachel Maddow has cited BoingBoing as her favorite blog. 'Nuff said. #rachelmaddow
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    10/30/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    I don't want to admit this but I'm tiring of Maddow. She's been employing too many logical fallacies lately. Kent Jones is the warst. #rachelmaddow
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    Image of FaceMelter FaceMelter
    10/30/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    Pie Spy? #rachelmaddow
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    10/30/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    Kent Jones should change his name to "The Rachel Maddow Show Ends A Few Minutes Earlier Than Most Shows" #rachelmaddow
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    Image of lionel-mandrake lionel-mandrake
    10/30/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    When I want my smart, well-researched, if a little over-earnest, political commentary, I watch the Rachael Maddow Show. However, when the Kent Jones segment comes on, I begin flipping around to see what's on at 10. That man is just patently unfunny. #rachelmaddow
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    Image of lukaskaiser lukaskaiser
    10/30/09

    @lionel-mandrake: DID YOU KNOW?! Kent Jones has a wife? Just sayin' #rachelmaddow
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    Image of BunnySkull BunnySkull
    10/31/09

    @lukaskaiser: Well that's a relief. I was afraid his segment was Rachel's way of disproving the stereotype that all gay men are witty and funny. #rachelmaddow
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/30/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    As a lefty myself, I'm always dismayed by how much of an edge the right-wing political pundits have in the humor department: Limbaugh, Buckley, even George Will can be witty (Buckley, Will) or gross-out funny (Limbaugh). The leftist pundits are so deadly earnest in that policy-wonk, bleeding-heart way that they never adroitly use humor to win over an audience. I exempt comedians from this, and I should give a partial pass to Barbara Ehrenreich. Otherwise, their skill with humor is as deft and subtle as the Stalinist way with art. #rachelmaddow
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    Image of mamacrass mamacrass
    10/30/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Really? Colbert? Stewart? #rachelmaddow
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    10/30/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: I do sorely miss Molly Ivins! #rachelmaddow
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    10/30/09

    @mamacrass: I excluded people who are primarily comedians. #rachelmaddow
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    10/30/09

    @itsalwaysthequietones: Ah, yes. Good one. #rachelmaddow
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    10/30/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    Does Maddow write that portion of the show? I always assumed it was Kent Jones, the lamest lame that ever lamed. #rachel
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    10/30/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    I am a Maddow fan, but this induced a great deal of sighing and wincing at the lameness. #rachel
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    10/30/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    Who said political earnestness translates into parody, satire, giggles, titters or guffaws?

    The answer to the above question is NOBODY. Not a Snuffleupagus "nobody" that is a figment of Big Bird’s imagination that was made into a "somebody" when parent’s complained about Big Bird being portrayed as delusional? No, I mean NOBODY.

    Politics does not ever inherently equal comedy. Stop it folks. #rachel
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    Image of VioletViolet VioletViolet
    10/30/09

    @SpyMagician: Politics is inherently funny, but not always in a way that can be neatly shaped into formulaic jokes. #rachel
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    10/30/09

    @VioletViolet: Nah, politics is not inherently funny. Sex can be funny. Eating can be funny. Watching TV—the physical act itself—is kind of funny. But inherently funny? Nah.

    But yo mama jokes... Oh snap! Always funny! Never a bad one! #rachelmaddow
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    10/30/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    Sunnavabitch! Pie Spy was gonna be the name of my porn site that lets users watch secret webcams of people having sex with different kinds of pies!
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    Image of senatormayer senatormayer
    10/29/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    I cringed at the first one, yawned at the second, was confused by the third, and muttered fuck you to the fourth. #rachel
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    Image of NorthernLite NorthernLite
    10/29/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    Eh, never been as big a Maddow fan as others. (But Shirley you jest that you're not familiar with Air America. And that Palin said that about Russia.) #rachel
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    10/29/09

    @NorthernLite: And speaking of FWD:s. I'm always getting the right-wing stuff from some peeps. You know, like ha-ha black people have funny names, "axe" them their name. And in between the bigoted e-mails come the ones about being a Xian.

    I respond with no comment except a link to the pertinent Snopes page "clarifying" any factual errors.

    But today a message bounced back to me that one of THEM had blocked MY e-mail addy. I guess they didn't want no stinking facts interfering with their fun. #rachel
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    10/30/09

    @NorthernLite: I'm mostly in line with her politics, but I generally find her show tiring and smug. And the sad attempts at "humor" generally are extremely hokey. Also, Gawker spellcheck is NOT cook with "hokey." Also, I meant "cool" not "cook." Also, I'm stoned.
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    Image of VioletViolet VioletViolet
    10/29/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    When I read the examples, I thought "this isn't THAT bad...I've seen worse on The Daily Show, and I love The Daily Show." Then I watched the video. Kent Jones's smug, whiny delivery makes all the difference.

    With shows like The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and The Soup, if they make a mediocre joke, they know it. Kent Jones, not so much. #rachel
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    Image of ArmCandy ArmCandy
    10/29/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    One of the reasons I had to stop watching her show. Maddow is brilliant, but she doesn't have comedic edge. I'm much more interested in hearing her spar with conservatives than watching her try to channel Jon Stewart. #rachel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to The Rachel Maddow Show is the Forwarded Email of Televised Political Satire
    Ha, you missed the funny reference to Russia House. Ha. ha.... #rachel
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