Ron Reagan Just Called Bush a Liar

[earthside]

On Hardball ... GREAT!

[Nite Owl]

1. Outright. That was good.

Finally someone has the courage.

[senseandsensibility]

2. I glad he had the cajones!

But which lie (out of the thousands) was he referring to?

[shrub chipper]

5. Yeah, how do you narrow the selection down?

[RunningFromCongress]

7. When bush says "Kerry will only act if attacked"

Reagan: "It's not a hyperbole, not an exaggeration, it's a LIE"

[senseandsensibility]

14. Way to go,

Ron!:)

[Sparkly]

9. Chimp's saying that Kerry is saying he won't defend the US

and would require permission from other countries.

Reagan quoted a columnist (didn't catch who) who wrote that this is "not hyperbole," not an exaggeration, not spin, but a LIE!!

"How many people in the media are willing to say that?" he asked.

[senseandsensibility]

20. Unfortunately

very, very few are, especially on cable news. It must have been very refreshing to hear that, and I hope he starts calling the chimp on all his lies. He really will need his own show if he does that. There's hours and hours of chimp lies that need examining.

[miamimama]

3. Reagan needs his own show/

Someone who can finally say it straight.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. Did Tweety cry?

http://www.msnbc.com/modules/chrismatthews/050303.asp?0cb=-s1W109515



MATTHEWS: Let's go to this sub--what happened to this week, which was to me was astounding as a student of politics, like all of us. Lights, camera, action. This week the president landed the best photo op in a very long time. Other great visuals: Ronald Reagan at the D-Day cemetery in Normandy, Bill Clinton on horseback in Wyoming. Nothing compared to this, I've got to say.

Katty, for visual, the president of the United States arriving in an F-18, looking like he flew it in himself. The GIs, the women on--onboard that ship loved this guy.

Ms. KAY: He looked great. Look, I'm not a Bush man. I mean, he doesn't do it for me personally, especially not when he's in a suit, but he arrived there...

MATTHEWS: No one would call you a Bush man, by the way.

Ms. KAY: ...he arrived there in his flight suit, in a jumpsuit. He should wear that all the time. Why doesn't he do all his campaign speeches in that jumpsuit? He just looks so great.

MATTHEWS: I want him to wa--I want to see him debate somebody like John Kerry or Lieberman or somebody wearing that jumpsuit.

Mr. DOBBS: Well, it was just--I can't think of any, any stunt by the White House--and I'll call it a stunt--that has come close. I mean, this is not only a home run; the ball is still flying out beyond the park.

MATTHEWS: Well, you know what, it was like throwing that strike in Yankee Stadium a while back after 9/11. It's not a stunt if it works and it's real. And I felt the faces of those guys--I thought most of our guys were looking up like they were looking at Bob Hope and John Wayne combined on that ship.

Mr. GIGOT: The reason it works is because of--the reason it works is because Bush looks authentic and he felt that he--you could feel the connection with the troops. He looked like he was sincere. People trust him. That's what he has going for him.

MATTHEWS: Fareed, you're watching that from--say you were over in the Middle East watching the president of the United States on this humongous aircraft carrier. It looks like it could take down Syria just one boat, right, and the president of the United States is pointing a finger and saying, `You people with the weapons of mass destruction, you people backing terrorism, look out. We're coming.' Do you think that picture mattered over there?

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

6. Bush apologist saying bush made mistakes in iraq

britain made mistakes in iraq, the press made mistakes (???)

Too bad bush himself won't admit any of those mistakes.

[shelley806]

19. Bush takes instructions from Rove, who has memorized Machiavelli's

The Prince; A prince NEVER admits to mistakes. And it's OK for princes to lie to the little people.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

22. Rove anecdote re: his relationship with Bush

...it was one of the first campaigns he worked on with Junior. A debate was scheduled. Rove handed Bush index cards with all of the talking points meticulously laid out so that only recitation, not thinking, was required. His comment when handing the cards to Bush: "DON'T CONFUSE YOURSELF WITH THE ISSUES."

[shelley806]

24. No, leave that up to my evil diabolical mind!

Funny, Machiavelli also advises the prince to avoid speaking about issues; the masses are too dumb or ignorant or busy to understand them! Rove thinks the same about Bush. This man is truly the puppet of Rove and Cheney and the neocons. How pathetic; even wired to cheat he is such an embarrassment!

[spanone]

8. What a beautiful moment Ron Reagan calling bush* a Liar

[freetobegay]

10. What was tweetys response?

[seraph]

11. Now others will be free to use it as a "quote"

"Ron Reagan, son of former President Reagan says bush is a liar"



Love it!

[RunningFromCongress]

13. I think he got pissed matthews didn't back him up

b/c he just dissapeared, left w/o notice from the show..i hope they put him on scarborough tonight too.

[rndmprsn]

12. i saw that...couldn't believe my ears...

tweety didn't even try to stop him either...he actually continued the topic.

[seraph]

17. Tweety must have...

been visted by the Ghost of Journalism Past.

[rndmprsn]

27. ROTFL!!!

good one!

[City Lights]

15. I love Ron and have emailed MSNBC numerous times

requesting that he be given his own show. He kicks ass.

[Triana]

16. that's an understatement....(n/t)

[secular_warrior]

18. Ron Reagan is one of my favorite liberals - he's tough.

He's not timid or milquetoast and always tells it how it is. He has a talent (like Bill Maher) for incorporating humor into biting analysis.

[shelley806]

23. I agree!

He seems so gentle, though, but his biting wit lets em have it usually.

[rndmprsn]

28. agreed...he can cooly stand toe to toe with the best RW thugs...

and do it with a smile while sticking it too them...plus he's got that name too...

[Cush]

21. lol, Al's having a tough time finding republicans

[Katwomen]

25. If Ron's father was alive I think he'd vote for Kerry.

Especially if Nancy told him to do it.

[FrankenforMN]

29. You're dillusional :) N/T

[life_long_dem]

30. Didn't he follow the advice of his psychic?

Or was it strictly Nancy?

[Sara Beverley]

26. I'm falling in love with Ron Reagan. Who would have thunk it?

He's been much more intellectually honest than most of the pundits on cable.