"Sybil" Tweety This Morning - A Left Turn

[ksoze]

On the "Chris Matthews Show" this morning, the more democratic Tweety showed up. He was lecturing the right wing guest journalist and highlighted Bush's errors more than any Kerry issues from the recent debate. Even Andrea Mitchell was restrained and as usual, followed Chris lead - this time to the left.

His regular panel poll also gave the week to Kerry who is now ahead three weeks to two in his weekly poll of the 12 or so regular guests.

[footinmouth]

1. Thanks for the recap

I missed this one today.

[teach1st]

2. Chris Matthews...

...multiple personalities or just confused?

[KharmaTrain]

3. He's Surely Bi-Polar

Is it meds? Or, is he truly conflicted????

He hates the invasion (or so he says), yet supports the Slimeboaters by having Ben Ginsburg and O'Neill show up on his show...giving both credibility. He says he's a regular guy, yet he shows contempt for those same guys by attacking Democrats with far more zeal than Repugnicans.

When Tweety is hot on a topic, there's no one better at making someone sweat on the tube this side of late 70's Mike Wallace. His exchanges with Malkin, Miller & Ginsburg are classics...and then he turns around and kisses their asses a day later.

The guy just baffles.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. He only baffles because you keep looking for signs

of consistency and personal integrity.

[KharmaTrain]

9. The Thing Is, He's A Damn Good Journalist

I vision this guy having regular "Pinto" moments...the scene in Animal House where the devil & angel are standing on his shoulder battling it out.

Cheers!

[George W. Dunce]

16. Journalist? I doubt that

He is like O'Lielly, he offers opinion. Journalism? He is always short on facts and he'll ask some of the most stupid questions I have ever heard. His Sunday show makes me laugh when they claim "and now one of the top journalist in Washington" he couldn't hold Helen Thomas' jock. A quality journalist would not use GOP talking points on a regular basis.

[KharmaTrain]

19. Sad To Say Tweety Can Play Journalist

I go on the definition of being a print columnist as opposed to an O'Liely who came from entertainment TV.

Now what they write is another matter. A "textbook" journalist stays with the 5 "W"s and that's it...no opinion or "bias". He did that and then graduated up the food chain into the world of punditry where Journalists become Unrinalists.

[helpisontheway]

6. Chris Matthews

is a two-faced jerk! They should fire him and give the job to Reagan or someone else that will at least try to see both sides!

[Kahuna]

5. Thanks for the recap. i make it my business to miss his show..

And you are correct. Tweets is like Sybil, with his numerous personalities. :puke:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

7. Tweety just wants to be on the winning side come November.

Shitbag that he IS!

:puke:

[JPace]

12. I agree....

Chris is overly enamored of power, powerful events,
powerful people, winners. He is more like a sports fan
who glows when his team is winning. He identifies with
the winner and cannot separate his admiration from
his supposed neutral newsman self.

I like his confrontive style, his fast pace and his
sharp questions.....but one always has to be alert
to his fickle ways which change frequently.

[calimary]

21. I think THIS is it.

Of COURSE they're all starting to want to hedge their bets. Don't want to piss off the bushies, but don't want to alienate the Kerryites, either. What a conundrum!

Since he was perceived as being more pro-Kerry this morning, has he yet invited any of us to "look at the package on that guy"?

[Ishoutandscream]

8. "Sybil" Tweety - LOL!!!!!!

nt

[seabeyond]

10. husband watched tweety after 2nd debate on russert show

tweety was on a high on his show with bushie boy, yet husband said on russert show a totally different guy. reminded me of the performance on the bill maher show.

what he does on his show is different from who he is. why all these journalist say they dont understand kerry on abortion, vote for war or 87b boggles the mind. to think they actually dont understand. i shake me head

abortion
personally and religiously against
constitution says i cant go after for my belief

not a tough one. how we use to do our country. the beginning of setting the mind set. why i oppose all these rules. so many on both side, stepping on constitution to protect...........the right with our spirit, the left with all the rest. what is the responsible person, let me set the rule

i am all for people actually thinking and going beyond a rule, at least in the mere obvious.

[KharmaTrain]

11. I Think His Catholicism Comes Into Play

He reminds me of the image George Carlin describes...the guilt-ridden soul who likes being bad, but regrets it...hates being good, but knows he has to.

Tweety would probaby describe himself as a social conservative Democrat rather than a Progressive or Liberal. I think this is what confuses so many. He's a cross between your grandparent's view of the New Deal Democrat who disconnected with the social issues and the evolution of the party since the 70's.

[featherman]

14. agree

Never forget his Catholicism. Or his status as a millionaire. His financial success is rooted in his on screen persona. Deeply conflicted guy who finds it easy to switch hats and bait whoever to give his program its edgy feel.

[KharmaTrain]

15. Definitely Not Comfortable In His Skin

He seems so ill at ease and I percieve someone with a very fragile ego...one that takes a critism real deep and runs around his braincells for a while. It's like he has no governor to balance his conflicts or emotions and they will overcome him at some of the strangest times.

A great example was his fawning over Commander Bunnypants when he landed on the aircraft carrier. I now wonder if he sits up late at night and that performance rattles in his cranium...especially since he know not only was he directly lied to by guests on his show, but how he was also used in the Plame matter.

One day this man will write one hell of a book...but I suspect we're years away from him being able to write it.

[BlueNomad]

24. I completely

agree with your analysis ...having once been a good girl Catholic conservative Democrat....George Bush has pushed most of peers toward more radical left stands, particularly around civil liberties, labor and the environment...

[TheDonkey]

13. I think he is bi-polar. or unstable. I can't get him, and hate his laugh

[Shopaholic]

18. Keith Olbermann uses Tweety's laugh in his Oddball segments

every night.

[endnote]

17. Tweety: For him it's just a game

I don't think he believes in anything. He just plays the game, depending of the panel he has etc. Yes, this morning he was kind of balanced. The afro-american guy on the panel was a complete RW idiot, sorry to say, and Tweety put him in his place.

[tishaLA]

20. Andrea's coquettish admission about Texas republicans

and the UN scandal was interesting. Let's hope this breaks BIG in the next week or two.

[BlueNomad]

22. what was that about,,,

sounds interesting --I missed it...are they on the food for oil scandal list...

[tishaLA]

25. Yes. She said the French were really pissed about being singled out

and that the story that will emerge from the report is that some Texas oilmen were also involved in the food for oil scandal. Chris asker her "D or R" and she batted her eyelashes and said "R".

This was during the "tell me something I don't know" segment at the end of the show.

[BlueNomad]

27. that sort of stuff always...

leaks out and it will, just hope it gets played....happy that it's Texas...lol

[Captain Lance Bass]

23. Sweet

[CatWoman]

26. do you know when it will be replayed?

[grasswire]

28. above all else...

...Tweety is addicted to the game/sport of politics. This addiction trumps any ideology. But he's lazy on preparation. He seems to gather info for his tirades via lunch at Cosmos Club or by tidbits sent to his Blackberry by other insiders. He gets a "feeling" about something and then browbeats guests to conform to his assertion. Sometimes he's right, sometimes he isn't.

But being a Washington insider is his prime motivator. The lure of Washington society is mind-altering, too often.