Maddow Consistently Incapable of Distinguishing Few From Many
Rachel Maddow should never be put in charge of crowd control. Not until she learns to count. Maddow is clearly flummoxed by what actually constitutes a crowd, as can be seen in her commentary on audiences at Republican presidential debates. (video after page break) On her show Friday, for example, Maddow gamely tried to make the case that audience reactions at GOP debates have been unintentionally damning, starting with the response that followed Chris Wallace of Fox News putting a question to Ron Paul about drug legalization — WALLACE: You say marijuana, cocaine, even heroin should be legal if states want to permit it. PAUL: What you're inferring (sic) is, you know what, if we legalize heroin tomorrow, everybody's going to use heroin. How many people here would use heroin if it were legal? I put nobody would put the, oh yeah (sarcastically) I need the government to take care of me! I don't want to use heroin so I need these laws … (enthusiastic applause and cheering from audience) WALLACE:
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