Okay, the chemistry between MSNBC Countdowner Keith Olbermann and Air America’s Rachel Maddow is so cheek-pinchingly cute that I forget for a moment that she is a hot, steaming cup of very out lesbian, and that he’s … well, he’s Keith.
It’s been refreshing to see the Air Am phenom pop up as a regular guest commentator on so many mainstream outlets (Paula Zahn Now, CNN, Good Morning America, Olbermann). The hair may be a little longer, the clothes a little more professional and a little less North Hampton casual, but her TV stints are no gloss-over from her clearly left and confidently out radio show. And much like her radio patter, she lays out at least one good LOL per topic.
Recently on Countdown, on Coulter: “I’m of two minds about even talking about her, because I know that Ann Coulter needs publicity like a tapeworm needs a large intestine.”
Tonight on Countdown, on Fox’s possible involvement in a Dem candidate debate: “They’d be better off having the candidates debate in mime.”
This week’s Gay Place crush: Rachel Maddow & Keith Olbermann.
This article appears in March 30 • 2007.