Rachel Maddow

I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#get #give #i #i think #like

I'm a national security liberal, which I tell people because it's meant to sound absurd. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#because #i #liberal #meant #national

My life is better with every year of living it. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#every #life #living #my life #year

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#confrontational #i #into #think #translates

I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they're doing, but I do think that if you're gay you have a responsibility to come out. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#come #considered #doing #gay #i

If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#british #burden #colonists #exist #financial

In the little town where I live in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, we now have a 'Public Safety Complex' around the corner from what used to be our hokey Andy Griffith-esque fire station. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#around #complex #corner #county #fire

It's not just the small-potatoes post-9/11 Homeland spending that feels a little off mission. It's the big-ticket stuff too. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#homeland #just #little #mission #off

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#form #military #preparedness #strength

Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#congress #different #different kind #dollars #essentially