Transcript of 21 Year Old Chickenhawk from Friday's Hardball

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Transcript of 21 Year Old Chickenhawk from Friday's Hardball

Edited on Mon Aug-08-05 12:13 PM by RamboLiberal

MATTHEWS: Welcome back.

Here at HARDBALL, we salute everyone at every age getting involved in politics, obviously. So, we brought together two young leaders to tell us what they think of politics today. Chris Galloway is president of the Young Democrats of America. And Jason Mattera is the spokesman for the Young America‘s Foundation, which is a conservative group.

Jason, you‘re 21, right?

JASON MATTERA, SPOKESMAN, YOUNG AMERICA‘S FOUNDATION: That‘s correct, Chris.

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Matthews: Let me ask you about—both you gentlemen, but starting with you, Jason. What are you guys—what do people your age think about the war in Iraq right now, as it is going, as we‘re fighting this to try to get the Iraqis to take over the fighting? What‘s the view of your group?

MATTERA: I think my group is supporting President Bush on this matter. We‘re looking to defeat the terrorists.

MATTHEWS: Where? In Iraq.

MATTERA: In Iraq. Of course in Iraq.

And there—you won‘t see on college campuses, as you did in the 1960s, these rampant protests, these obstruction of classroom, these—the book burning, everything that went down. I think kids are more conservative today. And I think groups such as the Young America‘s Foundation help that—help mold that conservatism.

MATTHEWS: Would you like to enlist them? You‘re 21. You‘re eligible to serve. Would you like to serve in this war?

MATTERA: I‘m fighting the battle for ideas. I‘m fighting...

(CROSSTALK)

MATTHEWS: No, I‘m just asking a particular question. Would you like to enlist in this war?

MATTERA: No, because I‘m fighting a separate battle. I‘m fighting—we‘re fighting the culture war here, but I‘m also supporting the battle that‘s raging in Iraq.

MATTHEWS: Well, what kind of people should fight in this war, if not you?

MATTERA: Those who want to, those who want—who feel the desire, who have the passion to go over to Iraq. I have many friends who are in Iraq myself, people from my church, people who I graduated with.

MATTHEWS: Yes.

MATTERA: They went to go fight over there. I‘m here. I‘m fighting
the culture war right now. Both need to be fought and both need to be won by conservatives.

Rest of interview at:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8870860/

Crooks and liars has the video
http://www.crooksandliars.com/

Here's the smirking Chickenhawk

BTW, google his name - he's another friggin' white supremecist:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/mattera1.html

Whites-Only Scholarship Revisited
by Jason Mattera

RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie has much to worry about: a soaring deficit, low approval ratings for President Bush, and an amnesty program that has Bush’s conservative base fuming. So what is Gillespie’s next move? Writing to a 20-year-old College Republican. His letter scolded me for sponsoring a much-publicized "whites-only" scholarship, a political gesture designed as a parody to protest affirmative action and race-based scholarships handed out by federally-subsidized universities.

Gillespie expressed dismay at the "exclusionary message" conveyed by the white scholarship and proclaimed the GOP "the party of equal opportunity for all." Alas, the Party Chairman missed the point of the "whites-only" scholarship. Federally subsidized universities engage in "exclusionary" practices all the time under the banner of affirmative action and through race-based scholarships offered only to "students of color." That fact is obvious even to casual readers, which suggests that Gillespie was disingenuous. Why isn’t Gillespie outraged at discrimination against qualified white students who are rejected because a minority quota needs to be filled? If he truly supported equal opportunity, he would mount a campaign to block affirmative action.

Gillespie’s impetuous words reveal that the GOP is once again willing to alienate its conservative base, just as it has with profligate spending, Bush’s illegal alien guest worker program, and shunning Tom McClintock in California’s gubernatorial race. Gillespie reverted to political cowardice, choosing to worship at the altar of political expediency. Political pundit Sean Hannity chose the same path. Hannity thought there might be a better way to protest affirmative action—an asinine statement because discussion on the topic made it all the way to the show that he co-hosts, "Hannity & Colmes." Take a look at some other news agencies that covered the scholarship: The NY Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, CNN, and the Fox News Channel—and that’s just naming the heavy hitters. Apparently the scholarship did its job by generating media attention and prompting discussion on college campuses all across the country.

In a similar vein, Patricia Morgan, chairperson of the Rhode Island GOP, called the white scholarship "disturbing" and said it had "racist overtones" because it asked applicants to write an essay on why they were proud of being white. Here’s my objection: if it’s not racist to be proud of one’s black heritage (which it’s not), then why is it racist to be proud of one’s white heritage? This double standard equates white with pejorative. Morgan would never tell the head of the Rhode Island NAACP, Cliff Montiero, that he’s a racist for taking pride in his black heritage, but she’ll gladly tell a white student at RWU that he can’t be proud of his heritage. "We have zero tolerance for racists in the Republican Party," Morgan added. I agree. She needs to explain, though, why it’s racist to be proud of one’s Caucasian identity. Does she automatically assume that all whites are rich and powerful? Are those who made out well denied the privilege of taking pride in their heritage or accomplishments, when persons of color face no such censure? Morgan also blamed the scholarship for "damag the effort get minorities to take a hard look at our Republican Party and realize that we can meet their needs."