Via Matt Yglesias comes a great clip of Rachel Maddow mocking Bill Bennett's suggestion that feminists hate Sarah Palin because she's hot, competent, and happy. If you want evidence that liberalism has come a long way in the last few years, you'll get it here. Maddow isn't outraged by Bennett's comments, or compelled to demand an apology. Rather, she seems delighted by their evident absurdity:
That's a sign of a healthy political movement: You're comfortable enough in your position that your enemies cease being scary and start looking hilarious. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that "Rachel Maddow...has done something that is virtually unheard of: she has doubled the audience for a cable news channel’s 9 p.m. hour in a matter of days." It's almost as if there's a market for liberal opinion commentary! Related: This profile of Rachel Maddow is looking pretty prescient right about now...
