Did anyone see Kellyanne Conway on Rachel Maddow?

[Anonymous]

That whole program was highly worth watching. I give Conway credit for going on a liberal program like Maddow's. I thought that it was a very respectful discussion, but it was like Conway is living in a parallel universe and just popped in to remark on how unreasonable everyone is being during this election. She had no answers for any tough questions about things Donald Trump has actually done other than "well, Hillary Clinton did..." There were other times when Maddow just wiped the floor with her, but in a nice way! Trump has really pushed her into a corner. I thought that if Conway was campaigning on behalf of a generic Republican, she would have been very effective, but things being what they are, it was fascinating and a little pathetic.

link (you have to scroll down on the right): http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

[Anonymous]

No.

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Anonymous wrote:No.

Well, you should! If you are interested in the trainwreck of this election cycle, it was absolutely fun to watch.

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Anonymous wrote:No.

Well, you should! If you are interested in the trainwreck of this election cycle, it was absolutely fun to watch.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No.

Well, you should! If you are interested in the trainwreck of this election cycle, it was absolutely fun to watch.

Why?

Are you slow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That whole program was highly worth watching. I give Conway credit for going on a liberal program like Maddow's. I thought that it was a very respectful discussion, but it was like Conway is living in a parallel universe and just popped in to remark on how unreasonable everyone is being during this election. She had no answers for any tough questions about things Donald Trump has actually done other than "well, Hillary Clinton did..." There were other times when Maddow just wiped the floor with her, but in a nice way! Trump has really pushed her into a corner. I thought that if Conway was campaigning on behalf of a generic Republican, she would have been very effective, but things being what they are, it was fascinating and a little pathetic.

link (you have to scroll down on the right): http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Conway gets credit, but it's kind of an odd choice - like Trump holding rallies in states he has no chance of winning. Few RM viewers are likely to be on the fence and considering Trump. Maddow was respectful but held her to account for Trump's behavior to date as well as issues with the relationship with the rest of the GOP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That whole program was highly worth watching. I give Conway credit for going on a liberal program like Maddow's. I thought that it was a very respectful discussion, but it was like Conway is living in a parallel universe and just popped in to remark on how unreasonable everyone is being during this election. She had no answers for any tough questions about things Donald Trump has actually done other than "well, Hillary Clinton did..." There were other times when Maddow just wiped the floor with her, but in a nice way! Trump has really pushed her into a corner. I thought that if Conway was campaigning on behalf of a generic Republican, she would have been very effective, but things being what they are, it was fascinating and a little pathetic.

link (you have to scroll down on the right): http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Conway gets credit, but it's kind of an odd choice - like Trump holding rallies in states he has no chance of winning. Few RM viewers are likely to be on the fence and considering Trump. Maddow was respectful but held her to account for Trump's behavior to date as well as issues with the relationship with the rest of the GOP.

Currently Trump is holding rallies in states where he can put together big fundraisers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That whole program was highly worth watching. I give Conway credit for going on a liberal program like Maddow's. I thought that it was a very respectful discussion, but it was like Conway is living in a parallel universe and just popped in to remark on how unreasonable everyone is being during this election. She had no answers for any tough questions about things Donald Trump has actually done other than "well, Hillary Clinton did..." There were other times when Maddow just wiped the floor with her, but in a nice way! Trump has really pushed her into a corner. I thought that if Conway was campaigning on behalf of a generic Republican, she would have been very effective, but things being what they are, it was fascinating and a little pathetic.

link (you have to scroll down on the right): http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Conway gets credit, but it's kind of an odd choice - like Trump holding rallies in states he has no chance of winning. Few RM viewers are likely to be on the fence and considering Trump. Maddow was respectful but held her to account for Trump's behavior to date as well as issues with the relationship with the rest of the GOP.

Absolutely. The only explanation I can come up with is that she knows Trump is going to lose and is just getting as much media exposure as she can, wherever she can. Maybe after this is all over, she can be the token Republican on MSNBC!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That whole program was highly worth watching. I give Conway credit for going on a liberal program like Maddow's. I thought that it was a very respectful discussion, but it was like Conway is living in a parallel universe and just popped in to remark on how unreasonable everyone is being during this election. She had no answers for any tough questions about things Donald Trump has actually done other than "well, Hillary Clinton did..." There were other times when Maddow just wiped the floor with her, but in a nice way! Trump has really pushed her into a corner. I thought that if Conway was campaigning on behalf of a generic Republican, she would have been very effective, but things being what they are, it was fascinating and a little pathetic.

link (you have to scroll down on the right): http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Conway gets credit, but it's kind of an odd choice - like Trump holding rallies in states he has no chance of winning. Few RM viewers are likely to be on the fence and considering Trump. Maddow was respectful but held her to account for Trump's behavior to date as well as issues with the relationship with the rest of the GOP.

Currently Trump is holding rallies in states where he can put together big fundraisers.

This does not seem like a wise choice when he is so far behind in the polls!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No.

Well, you should! If you are interested in the trainwreck of this election cycle, it was absolutely fun to watch.

Why?

Are you slow?

Not the PP, but the only reason to watch it was if you're watching it to watch the train wreck. It's not like there are many (if any) Trump supporters who would watch the show and say, "Wow. That Rachael made good points. Perhaps I should reconsider supporting Trump," nor is it likely that anything Conway could say would cause the RM viewers who support Clinton to waffle.

Given what Conway has to work with, the only reason to watch was because you knew that RM would totally control the conversation and make it clear that the Trump campaign is still a circus even with Conway involved.

Conway is similar to Trump's "appeal to black people" in front of white audiences. He's not actually courting the black vote, he's just providing cover for his supporters so they can feel Trump's not actually being racist in his statements. Conway is there so his supporters can say feel better about his misogynistic positions and statements because he can't actually be a misogynist if he's got a woman like that managing his campaign.

It's the same reason why men get female divorce lawyers and vice versa.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That whole program was highly worth watching. I give Conway credit for going on a liberal program like Maddow's. I thought that it was a very respectful discussion, but it was like Conway is living in a parallel universe and just popped in to remark on how unreasonable everyone is being during this election. She had no answers for any tough questions about things Donald Trump has actually done other than "well, Hillary Clinton did..." There were other times when Maddow just wiped the floor with her, but in a nice way! Trump has really pushed her into a corner. I thought that if Conway was campaigning on behalf of a generic Republican, she would have been very effective, but things being what they are, it was fascinating and a little pathetic.

link (you have to scroll down on the right): http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Conway gets credit, but it's kind of an odd choice - like Trump holding rallies in states he has no chance of winning. Few RM viewers are likely to be on the fence and considering Trump. Maddow was respectful but held her to account for Trump's behavior to date as well as issues with the relationship with the rest of the GOP.

Absolutely. The only explanation I can come up with is that she knows Trump is going to lose and is just getting as much media exposure as she can, wherever she can. Maybe after this is all over, she can be the token Republican on MSNBC!

You clearly never watch MSNBC. There are dozens of Republicans on there constantly.

[Anonymous]

The Washington Post has the entire interview with annotations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/25/rachel-maddows-fascinating-duel-with-trump-campaign-manager-kellyanne-conway-annotated/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That whole program was highly worth watching. I give Conway credit for going on a liberal program like Maddow's. I thought that it was a very respectful discussion, but it was like Conway is living in a parallel universe and just popped in to remark on how unreasonable everyone is being during this election. She had no answers for any tough questions about things Donald Trump has actually done other than "well, Hillary Clinton did..." There were other times when Maddow just wiped the floor with her, but in a nice way! Trump has really pushed her into a corner. I thought that if Conway was campaigning on behalf of a generic Republican, she would have been very effective, but things being what they are, it was fascinating and a little pathetic.

link (you have to scroll down on the right): http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Conway gets credit, but it's kind of an odd choice - like Trump holding rallies in states he has no chance of winning. Few RM viewers are likely to be on the fence and considering Trump. Maddow was respectful but held her to account for Trump's behavior to date as well as issues with the relationship with the rest of the GOP.

Currently Trump is holding rallies in states where he can put together big fundraisers.

There's a difference between fundraisers and rallies, and the audiences for each are different. As Conway pointed out, Clinton is holding fundraisers in CA, where she has virtually no chance of losing. However, she's not wasting her time having rallies there. Her donors are not going to those rallies, and she doesn't need to rally her supporters in CA. The only reason for her to have a rally in a place like CA would be to support a down-ballot candidate in a tight race, but it's too early for those.

Trump doesn't seem to be distinguishing between fundraising and rallies, so he's spending precious campaign time and resources organizing rallies in places where the only reason to have them would be to support down-ballot Republicans, but he's not doing that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That whole program was highly worth watching. I give Conway credit for going on a liberal program like Maddow's. I thought that it was a very respectful discussion, but it was like Conway is living in a parallel universe and just popped in to remark on how unreasonable everyone is being during this election. She had no answers for any tough questions about things Donald Trump has actually done other than "well, Hillary Clinton did..." There were other times when Maddow just wiped the floor with her, but in a nice way! Trump has really pushed her into a corner. I thought that if Conway was campaigning on behalf of a generic Republican, she would have been very effective, but things being what they are, it was fascinating and a little pathetic.

link (you have to scroll down on the right): http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Conway gets credit, but it's kind of an odd choice - like Trump holding rallies in states he has no chance of winning. Few RM viewers are likely to be on the fence and considering Trump. Maddow was respectful but held her to account for Trump's behavior to date as well as issues with the relationship with the rest of the GOP.

Absolutely. The only explanation I can come up with is that she knows Trump is going to lose and is just getting as much media exposure as she can, wherever she can. Maybe after this is all over, she can be the token Republican on MSNBC!

Viewing it as Conway's audition for future employers makes more sense. As long as she kept her cool it was kind of a no-lose thing. Given the campaign she has to work with, no one would expect her to do very well against Maddow, and so she demonstrated that she could sit with one of the best the "opposition" has and keep calm and stay on message.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That whole program was highly worth watching. I give Conway credit for going on a liberal program like Maddow's. I thought that it was a very respectful discussion, but it was like Conway is living in a parallel universe and just popped in to remark on how unreasonable everyone is being during this election. She had no answers for any tough questions about things Donald Trump has actually done other than "well, Hillary Clinton did..." There were other times when Maddow just wiped the floor with her, but in a nice way! Trump has really pushed her into a corner. I thought that if Conway was campaigning on behalf of a generic Republican, she would have been very effective, but things being what they are, it was fascinating and a little pathetic.

link (you have to scroll down on the right): http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Conway gets credit, but it's kind of an odd choice - like Trump holding rallies in states he has no chance of winning. Few RM viewers are likely to be on the fence and considering Trump. Maddow was respectful but held her to account for Trump's behavior to date as well as issues with the relationship with the rest of the GOP.

Absolutely. The only explanation I can come up with is that she knows Trump is going to lose and is just getting as much media exposure as she can, wherever she can. Maybe after this is all over, she can be the token Republican on MSNBC!

You clearly never watch MSNBC. There are dozens of Republicans on there constantly.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/msnbc-now-openly-bragging-about-abandoning-its-liberal-brand-in-new-ad/

http://www.politico.com/media/story/2016/06/msnbc-year-of-standing-up-straight-004562