I'd see her now and then on the Today Show alongside some flaming conservative (like, Pat Buchanan) as the "liberal" point of view to an issue and to be perfectly honest, she would somewhat intimidate me. Not with what she would say (because I tended to agree with her), but with her brilliant, rapid-fire, funny, on-her-toes ability to make mince-meat out of her adversary. Whoa. And do it with a smile. (And not the John McCain creepy smile, either. We're talking a genuine, light-up-her-face, getting-a-kick-outa-this smile). THEN she got her own show on MSNBC. And since then, I have a new obsession habit: Watching her video clips on MSNBC.com every single evening.
She. Is. Awesome.
Why so awesome? Gee, let's see. Rhodes Scholar. Oxford Ph.D. Utter liberal. Air America host. MSNBC political analyst. Keith Olbermann's more "handsome" stand-in. Pat Buchanan's worst nightmare. Tucker Carlson's worst nightmare. Funny. Articulate. Unflappable. Affable. Gosh, I feel like I'm forgetting something... Oh yeah, gay – totally gay.
Obviously I'm not gay, but I can't help but feel a leetle bit envious of her long-time partner, Susan (who is an artist), because I just think Rachel would be one helluva fun person to have as a friend. (But, no, not that way...) You know what I mean? Put it this way: She reminds me of a female Jon Stewart. Sarcasm is my favorite kind of humor! And who wouldn't want to be buds with Jon Stewart?
(Well, probably not Pat Buchanan...) (Ha! or Rush Limbaugh!)
