Rachel;
You are brilliant and I have been waiting a long time for a journalist with your skill in interviewing. Sometimes I get frustrated when a guest makes a comment such as Tim Phillips about the reason his organization opposes Health care reform. "People in America want a choice of health care", he said, if I remember correctly. Yes, this is true but then why does he fight the health care reform bill that will give all Americans a choice of private or government health care? The status quo which he advocates does not offer the public a choice or an option that all Americans can afford. It was important to point out the hypocrisy of the organizations phony grassroots but also important to point out his misleading statements which he uses to push his agenda.Conservatives like Tim Phillips are afraid that the government will put their sponsors(who he refused to identify) out of business.Keep up the good work.

Maddow is another shill for the GE family of propaganda.

She has no business being featured on a progressive site. The amount of lying and whoring this woman has done for President Obaminable disqualifies her as a human being, let alone a journalist.

The first time I saw this interview, I thought the same way as the first comment. I thought that she let him off too easy.

However, listening to the interview the second time, the hypocrite, Tim Phillips, talks of context in regard to the Saxby Chambliss Senate race, and the "war on terror", in defining the courage of Max Cleland. But, he doesn't like "the context" of what Rachel Maddow -- describing one marketing campaign, about Chinese workers, -- which he claims is "out of context" -- to define what his group is all about.

Just as Fox news is the communications arm of the Republican Party -- the groups this guy, and Dick Armey represent, are the "marketing arm" of the Republican Party.

And, it is all about fear, and they are "parasites."

Rachel, you spoke for many of us Thursday when you bravely told Tim Phillips what he's been doing is "bad for the country"! He seems to think spending IMMENSE pots of cash to incite fear in our seniors (among others) is grassroots? WHAT? Those Rethuglicans can't conceptualize "grassroots". It's NOT about plenty of money being spent to illicit folks out of their homes to demonstrate against what they fear. Grassroots means large groups of ordinary citizens coming together naturally on a shoestring to mobilize the goals of the group. Grassroots is a "bottom up" process. Astroturfing does NOT = grassroots!

Dear Rachel,
You are such a fine human being - always fighting the Good Fight - with all your great intellect, heart and soul. Thank you for having the courage of your convictions, and the stamina to confront those whose content of character lack any semblance of integrity (ex. Tim Phillips).

You deftly, bravely, clearly show the structures of the historical, contemporay and future multi-faceted ruses 'people' like Tim Phillips use to control the 'context' of any/all issues they are so financially well-connected to.

The oft-quoted line from Gandhi, which I think of often when seeing you at work: "Be the change you wish to see in the world" -- is perfectly apt for your spirit. You are a constant beacon of light, shining brightly on those whose life-long efforts seek to profit from spreading darkness, fear, and falsehoods everywhere they go.

Please know there are millions of us who support you in your quest for fairness, truth and loving support of all humanity.

She ripped him a new one, lol.

This kind of Facist are a dangerous breed of people. The are dangerous in every way while the interview went on a person in America died every 7.5 seconds because of lack of health care, as he lied through his fangs.

I look at him and imagine a Nazi uniform on him and think to myself he is acting and responding as any typical Nazi would have in the 1940s. Except now we are the Jews.

That human beings can lie, be greedy, watch others die without worry, cause harm to fellow countrymen, see children suffer; all the while profiting themselves is as old as time folks.

He is evil, she called him on his evil nature, right on.

Evil exist because good folks do nothing!

Rachel Maddow? Good question

I've been to town halls in rural PA. While I didn't see the Americans for Prosperity bus, I did see plenty of their literature. One of their sheets shows who would be added if we had universal Health Care by ethnic or racial group. The biggest bar on the graph was Afro-American. The woman who showed this to me said, "There--look at this. Do you see who this money is going to?" The racial hatred of these ignorant rural people is just below the surface. The other face of rural health care in America are the Doctors without Borders who go into rural Virginia and dispense free care as they do in Hatti. So I've seen both sides of rural America both fiercely proud and terribly in need and you know what, I don't feel at all friendly towards these people. Live by the Libertarian sword-- die by the libertarian sword. If you suffer that's what you get for not being resourceful enough to build up your Health Care Savings account.

Thank you, Rachel, for the interview. Mr. Phillips never answered your questions. Just accused you of unfair questions. What an ass. No, what an evil person. Thank you for for your passion. I have no idea how you could be in the same room as him. So, thank you, thank you, thank you for allowing him to show his slimey self.

i wish rachel was straight i'd drag her to the altar asap.
however i would NEVER make the mistake of getting into
an argument with her. i would lose badly and have to sleep on
the couch which most men don't know was invented by women
as a place to stick them when men annoy them. the only
mistake in this venture was they never saw tv coming!
sports neither! if this was a fixed news piece bill
or sean the yawn would be having a love fest and end
up having sex with this bozo on tv. the folks who
watch fox end up getting what their stupidity gets
them. unfortunately so do we!

Rachel, where have you been all my life? I just discovered you through Common Dreams and said, "Oh, Mama!You go girl! Such brilliance! you relly do your homework! I can imagine you on an anchor team with Laura Flanders of GRIT TV. Oh, Mama!" You've certainly got one more admirer out there. Thanks. Keep Strong and Keep The Faith!

Rachel, where have you been all my life? I just discovered you through Common Dreams and said, "Oh, Mama!You go girl! Such brilliance! you relly do your homework! I can imagine you on an anchor team with Laura Flanders of GRIT TV. Oh, Mama!" You've certainly got one more admirer out there. Thanks. Keep Strong and Keep The Faith!