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<p class="title">Rachel Maddow Supports Aid to Mubarak<br>
Justin Raimondo, January 31, 2011 </p>
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<p>So you thought it was only the wackos on the neocon right who
support Mubarak? Wrong! I’m listening right now to Rachel
Maddow, MSNBC’s resident ultra-liberal, attack Rand Paul for
being “offshore” because he calls for ending the $1.5 billion in
“aid” to the Egyptian military. </p>
<p> ”Offshore”?</p>
<p>Well, uh, yes, because you see “politics stops at the water’s
edge,” everyone in both parties supports the President’s
non-policy regarding the Egyptian events, and only “offshore”
(read: off-the-wall) types, like the “isolationist” (Rachel’s
word) Rand Paul think otherwise. Stupidly, she lumps in Paul
with John “Invade the World” Bolton — who supports Mubarak (just
like the Obama administration, which continues to fund Mubarak’s
secret police thugs). She also noted that Paul wants to end aid
to Israel — “Of course,” as she put it. </p>
<p>“Of course”? Really? Rand Paul’s bravery in sticking his neck
out on this sensitive issue is to be commended — but not if
you’re Rachel Maddow, who has never — <em>ever</em> — critcized
Israel on her oh-so-”liberal” show.</p>
<p>Back when she was just another Air America airhead, Maddow
invited me to be on her program: I declined, just because I
wasn’t in the mood for liberal bromides that day. I thought she
was a hack then, and now that she’s famous she’s even more of a
partisan hack than before.</p>
<p>What I’d like to know is this, though: why does Maddow think
funding the Egyptian torture machine, and the Israeli occupation
of Palestine, is good for America? How does it serve our
legitimate interests? Is it “stimulus” money? Does she just
support any and all government spending as a matter of high
principle? Or does she really think it’s a good idea for us to
be subsidizing a regime so brutal that even the US State
Department characterizes it as “repressive”?</p>
<p>Rachel, Rachel,<em> Rachel</em> — you can’t be serious. The
Egyptian people want us to stop supporting Mubarak: it’s that
simple. If that’s “offshore,” then so be it.</p>
<p>UPDATE:</p>
<p>“The Ed Show’ follows the Maddow tirade on MSNBC, and there’s
good old Ed — a protectionist China-basher with a slightly
thuggish look — demanding to know why the US sends $1.5 billion
a year to Mubarak. Maybe he should ask Rachel that question. Oh,
and he’s pushing a poll — you text in your vote — asking people
whether they think the US should cut the aid. I guess Rachel
will be voting “yes.”</p>
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