TV : Matthews and Olbermann - Can Two Grown Men Share a Broadcast Together Without Driving Each Other Crazy?

Matthews and Olbermann: "No I will NOT insert my neck into your grip of death!"

My wife is at the convention in Denver this week which means she ran into Sean Penn in the elevator ("He looked angry - that's so sexy") spoke to Al Franken on the convention floor hotel lobby and got to feel the electric charge of Hillary's speech last night. But by not watching it on television she missed out on this exchange between a seemingly drunk and disheveledly rambling Chris Matthews and a bemused Keith Olbermann with Dick Martin doppelganger Steny Hoyer waiting in the wings. Enjoy!

TV: I'm Totally Gay For Rachel Maddow -- Seriously, Without My Penis I'd Be a Total Lesbian

My friend (who is not remotely mannish though she knows her way around a toolbox better than I do) told me last night that I have a thing for "mannish" women. This was, not coincidentally while we were watching the Wisconsin primary returns on NBC's multiple-sclerosis branded newschannel MSNBC. Once again the esteemable Keith Olbermann brought on Air America's Rachel Maddow and I offered up my opinion that's she's "awfully cute." Hence the mannish observation. "Anyhow, " My friend continued, "she's a lesbian..."


Maddow with Olbermann

I was skeptical of her gaydar driven analysis but sure enough she was right, Maddow lives with her partner in domestic bliss, the artist Susan Mikula.

Perhaps it was my pubescent years in the early 80s -- the peak of the short-haired look -- that led me down this path. I remember the effect that Linda Fiorentino had on me in the paintball craze/ cold war themed spy thriller Gotcha! (check her out at :27 in the clip below):



Still, what am I if not a lesbian -- with a penis -- though I may not be a butch icon like K.D. Lang is according to this week's freckly New York Magazine . Watch Maddow slice and dice conservative hot-air merchant and defintely not a lesbian Pat Buchanan on Chris Matthew's show: