What a lot of people like about Rachel Maddow show is the fact that, unlike Keith's great show, Rachel doesn't always have the same usual cast of characters be her guests (Kent Jones aside). It gives a refreshing look, and more great or terrible voices for the viewer to explore and know.
And certainly, as we have seen with the likes of good liar Tim Pawlenty, Nancy Pfotenliar (Pfotenhuaer), and the elitist dick that was David Frum on her show, Rachel cherishes having right-wing nutcases and Republicans on her show just as much as the rational folk on there.
But I did have to get a "ugghhhh" at the guy she had on tonight to begin her show.
Jon Ralston is his name, and a certified jerk is his game. Ralston was on the show to talk about "hopefully soon to be ex"-Senator Ensign's whoring around, along with today's development of his folks paying $96k to his mistress' family.
But Ralston is a ego maniac who only thinks of himself in Nevada, and it reminded me of how he tried to give President Obama a problem on the campaign trail last year in regards to drilling. Some of you may remember this, and some, maybe not. It was a rec'd diary last year, highlighting how Obama was really his own political strategist.
Ralston had an agenda for only himself, and Obama really put him in his place in such a brilliant, hilarious fashion.
Ralston is a hack columnist out of Nevada who is all about him. And when Rachel puts him on her show, it sort of legitimizes assholes like this.
Thankfully, the past can remind us who these people truly were, and apparently, still are.