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    Always a friend to the gays, cartoonist Gary Trudeau has written in America's favorite lesbian TV anchor into his latest strip. In it, Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews (both off-screen) take down the "GOP's alternative universe."
By Diane Anderson-MinshallNovember 26 2012 / 1:31 PM
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Always a friend to the gays, cartoonist Gary Trudeau has written in America's favorite lesbian TV anchor into his latest strip. In it, Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews (both off-screen) take down the "GOP's alternative universe."
 
 
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Rachel Maddow Gets the Doonesbury Treatment

Always a friend to the gays, cartoonist Gary Trudeau has written in America's favorite lesbian TV anchor into his latest strip. In it, Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews (both off-screen) take down the "GOP's alternative universe."

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