Why is Rachel Maddow Raving About the Packers Being ‘Awesome’?
- Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:40pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow may be liberal pundit who likes to fill her time bashing Glenn Beck, but that didn’t stop her on Friday from digressing into Super Bowl coverage and raving about the Green Bay Packers — with of course a slightly anti-capitalist bent.
Maddow, who’s an admitted New England Patriots fan, retold the rich history of the Green Bay Packers, explained how (and why) the Packers are the only team to be owned by their fans, and credited the team (correctly) with inventing the touchdown celebration tradition of jumping into the stands. That led to the conclusion that the Packers are “kind of awesome” and “really cool.”
“In some cities, fans throw things at the players,” she said, “in Green Bay the players throw themselves at the fans.”
Granted, she manged to work in some anti-capitalist undertones about rich teams and owners, which for some may overshadow the segment. But she should at least be credited for covering the truly remarkable story of the Green Bay Packers:*
*Full disclosure: I am a Packers fanatic. Read more about the Super Bowl bet between me and Scott Baker over on the blog.
(H/T: SportsGrid)
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Comments (109)
VermontPatriot
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:59pmRaving for Ratings! Nothing more, nothing less.
Report Post »indy1
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:52pmShouldn’t Madcow limit her comments about sports to softball?
Report Post »LifeProject2012
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:39pmPacker initials = GB
Glenn Beck’s Initials = GB
Conspiracy? Or is Rachel Maddow slowly being converted to the joys of Conservatism?
Report Post »Patriot Momma
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:47pmHaha! Good one!
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:53pmWe will need research to look into this, could be a cryptic cry for help. Sending up a flare hoping to get rescued. Good work.
Report Post »clockwatcher
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:29pmHe was a waterboy at camp last season.
Report Post »mcpbob
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:23pmdid she have her sex change operation yet? i can’t tell what she is of he is
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:50pmReally close shave!
Report Post »Zogo
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:23pmThat was the first clip of Rachel Maddow that ever made me smile. GO, PACK, GO!
Report Post »truthwinz
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:23pmGO STEELERS ! FORBES’ TOP 10 MOST LIVABLE CITIES 2010:
9. (tie) Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn.
8. Trenton-Ewing, N.J.
7. Manchester-Nashua, N.H.
6. Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa
5. Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa.
4. Ann Arbor, Mich.
3. Provo-Orem, Utah
2. Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
1. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Report Post »gotea
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:17pmDude. Harrisburg is on there. Has to be a BS study.
Report Post »truthwinz
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:03pma) it’s dudette
Report Post »b) take it up with Forbes Magazine
DTOM_Jericho
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:24amI live near and work in Harrisburgh and we have in office in Pittsburgh. Both really, really suck. Pittsburgh is a union, leftist, cesspool. I’m just sayin.
Report Post »gotea
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:22pmShe hangs out with Packers all the time. They are her main demographic.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:47pmYeah, but those packers (Maddow Fans) work in fudge not football ;=)
Report Post »gotea
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:16pmAnd I felt bad about that post. lol
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:40pmIt was softly lobbed in there, I had to swing! It admittedly IS a groaner.
Report Post »bert2020
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:19pmWhat it shows is good people can come together over common principles to save something they love ad believe in. It shows how great small towns really are not the shoeless rabble of Anthony Weiner.
Everyday Americans helped fund this country during the Revolutionary War as well. We are a generous people Rachel if we feel the cause is good.
If you notice Rachel they went to the peple and asked for the money they did not take it from thme in the form of taxes.
Report Post »victorincalifornia
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:18pmI thought that was well done
Report Post »texanpatriot
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:17pmI dont know who Rachel is but based on all of these comments I don’t think I care…
Report Post »Aarpy
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 1:48pmBased on the name, it may be a female!
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:15pmI suspect a high amount of male testosterone is the cause of this bizarre outburst.
Report Post »Paleo Archer
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:24pmYou nailed that one!
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:29pmRoid rage
Report Post »scout n ambush
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:12pmWhew ! Dodged another one still nothing in common with lib’s like maddow .Go Steelers woof ! woof ! from the dawg pound !!
Report Post »football lady
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:19pmSteelers all the way!
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:05pmGo STEELERS !!!!!!!
Report Post »neverending
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:10pmAnd why is this lowlife even on here again?
Report Post »the citizen
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 6:22amLowlife?
Report Post »She has her degree from Stanford University, a Rhodes scholar, and her doctorate from Oxford University.
Lowlife? Please clarify.
ProgessiveFail
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:13amSo she recieved a good liberal education.. Does that mean she’s intellegent? The answer is no, and she proves this every day with her irrational biased rants.
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It seems intelligence, based on the definition, does not apply to Rachel.
Report Post »chickenfried
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:03pmRachel who?
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:11pmMadcow !
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:03pmThat’s it, if she is for football then I am against it.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:09pmYou’re quite easily influenced. What happens when she tells you to vote against the Democrats?
Report Post »skimmer57
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:34pmWhat if she said she liked FOOD! Looks like it might save your life!
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:52pmAs a Packer fan who even attended the Ice Bowl, I’m embarrassed that Maddow supports them, but then I guess that even a liberal can be correct once in a blue moon. I went to school near Green Bay at the college where the Packers used to do Spring Training, and I can attest to the fact that they truly ARE the people’s team. The whole city supports the team in ways I never imagined having grown up in a suburb of Chicago. When I was there, the city changed many streets to be one way TO the stadium before the game and one way FROM the stadium after the game. The businessed either closed during the game or had skeleton staffs since almost no one left home during a game.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:36pmand they do the same for marathons.. cubs games.. sox games.. the taste.. or ANYTHING.. people who live in these area‘s don’t even have birthday parties during the game days their guest wouldn’t be able to park even IF they managed to find their way down all the one way and or closed streets… I tried to take my granddaughter home during a marathon I couldn’t get anywhere NEAR her house.. streets were blocked for a mile around it..
Report Post »KL
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:51pmShe really thinks it’s all about what she has to say, huh? Scary.
Report Post »NICE NICE TACO
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:51pmHey psycho, shut your pie hole before you jinx the team.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:01pmAmen!!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:36pmI saw R.M. only once, as a guest on somebody’s show. The only thing I remember about her is that she said her name rhymes with shaddow and that she didn’t sound like she was sane. I just knew that, for some reason, I didn’t like her. I didn’t like her then; I don’t like her now! (Won’t like her tomorrow.)
Report Post »ofallon
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:51pmInteresting clip. Thanks Rachel. Go Pack Go. Wish the Patriots were there today.
Report Post »Stewie
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:51pmI’m rooting for Mother Nature.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:43pmWatch the puppy bowl. Its way better than watching grass grow in February.!!!!!!!!!GO PACK!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »tobefreeinmt
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:49pmWho gives a #%@& about what Maddcow thinks about anything???
Report Post »football lady
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:18pmTotally agree!
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:44pmI am rooting for Green Bay
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:43pmI’m a die hard Packer fan, but this makes me take a second look at the whole thing. I’m still rooting for the Packers but I hate that Maddow is as well. It should be a great Super Bowl. Two great teams are playing today.
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Report Post »LSX
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:39pmHow do you think it makes us Patriot fans feel right now?
Richard Madcow likes the PATS?
No wonder they gave up in that first play-off game!
Argh!
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Robert-CA
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:43pm& what she’s gonna accuse them of ?
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:49pmI grew up in Packer land and am a die hard fan of the Packers…even though Keith Olbermanns little brother likes them too. It just goes to show you, even progressive liberal morons have a fleeting moment of clarity on very rare occasions.
GO PACKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:49pmIsn’t madcow and people like her supposed to fans of soccer and badmington ?
Report Post »Whats she doing watching a bourgeois sport which signifies imperialistic decadence and our dependence on junk food ?
Robert-CA
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:58pm@ CHEEZWHIZ
Report Post »I don’t agree with what you said about soccer :( cause I used to be a soccer & water-polo player .
These days it’s road cycling only .
But this is America & we have the freedom & the right to say whatever we want :)
GOD Bless America .
CatB
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 3:59pmI had her pegged as a beach vollyball fan (female teams of course ;-)
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:16pm@ Robert-CA
Report Post »You obviously never heard RM when she was on Air America !
Those guys used to go nuts during super-bowl time , using choice words for rowdy neandarthal Americans while slobbering over sophisticated European sports fans ( haha) .
byehlik
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:49pmRachel who?
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:55pmHmmmm.. Rachel Maddow is enamored with the Packers… A lot of Halal Cheese comes out of Wisconsin… Green is the color of Hamas… and then there’s this from Wisconsin:
Report Post »http://www.hybridredneck.com/categories/Richland-County-Camel-Racing-Association/
A little too much co-incidence for my tastes!
Robert-CA
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:04pmCHEEZWHIZ
Report Post »Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:16pm
@ Robert-CA
You obviously never heard RM when she was on Air America !
Those guys used to go nuts during super-bowl time , using choice words for rowdy neandarthal Americans while slobbering over sophisticated European sports fans ( haha) .
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Never heard her & I will keep it that way & thank GOD for that .
:) :) :) :)
Robert-CA
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:06pmBYEHLIK
Report Post »Posted on February 6, 2011 at 4:49pm
Rachel who?
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Rachel Madcow :)
& I do apologize to the cows , I’m really sorry :(
GONESURFING
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:33pmROBERT, like road cycling myself too, when I’m not working, which takes most of my time, or surfing.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:23pmI see nothing wrong with her story about the Packers – it is quite a story! http://wp.me/pYLB7-Am
Report Post »ProgessiveFail
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:49amWhy, oh why is there a Rachel Madow article here every day?? I really try not to pay attention to her, as should all reasonable people. She is a joke.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:54amGONESURFING
Report Post »Posted on February 6, 2011 at 5:33pm
ROBERT, like road cycling myself too, when I’m not working, which takes most of my time, or surfing.
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We should go cycling with CHEEZWHIZ :)
Coast2Coast
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 1:06pmThought that shim would be a follower of the WNBA
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 4:48pmI waas rooting for the Packers, here in Bengal-land, to slaughter the dirty-playing, cocky, Steelers.
Report Post »I heard some Steeler fans saying the ref’s calls always go against the Steelers, which is total BS. Somehow, the Steelers always get the long end of the stick and can do no wrong with the refs.
I was glad to see the fourth quarter fumble, caused by Matthews. That made my day.