Is Rachel Maddow Ignoring Gay Republican Activists On Don’t Ask Don’t Tell?
On paper, they seem like a perfect match. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow has been one of television’s most vocal critics of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and has featured almost every major figure in the battle to repeal the law. R. Clarke Cooper is a captain in the Army Reserves, the head of a national gay rights organization, and an outspoken advocate for repealing DADT whose organization just won the biggest legal battle so far in challenging the rule. Despite the obvious match, Cooper–head of the gay Log Cabin Republicans–can’t get booked on Maddow’s show even though she says she’s desperate to get Republicans on her show. “I’m a little dumbfounded, quite honestly, by why she hasn’t had us on,” Cooper told Mediaite, adding that his press people have been in regular contact with MSNBC and Maddow’s bookers. Far from being an axe-grinder, Cooper’s beef with Maddow’s failure to book him comes from the obvious news connection that it was the Log Cabin Republicans who brought the lawsuit that lead to a f
On paper, they seem like a perfect match. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow has been one of television’s most vocal critics of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and has featured almost every major figure in the battle to repeal the law. R. Clarke Cooper is a captain in the Army Reserves, the head of a national gay rights organization, and an outspoken advocate for repealing DADT whose organization just won the biggest legal battle so far in challenging the rule. Despite the obvious match, Cooper–head of the gay Log Cabin Republicans–can’t get booked on Maddow’s show even though she says she’s desperate to get Republicans on her show. “I’m a little dumbfounded, quite honestly, by why she hasn’t had us on,” Cooper told Mediaite, adding that his press people have been in regular contact with MSNBC and Maddow’s bookers. Far from being an axe-grinder, Cooper’s beef with Maddow’s failure to book him comes from the obvious news connection that it was the Log Cabin Republicans who brought the lawsuit that lead to a f
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