Chris Matthews implicated in Abramoff scandal

[bananas]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1/4/1137/26232

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. One can only hope that Matthews will get his just reward.

[lonestarnot]

2. well surprise surprise....not!

[pokercat999]

3. In Matthews defense, he isn't really very bright and

may have thought it was an actual charity.

or maybe not

[formercia]

12. You have to be connected

people get invited for a reason. That's the way it works on both sides of the isle.

[LizW]

14. True, Tweety's dumb

and he is sadly susceptible to flattery and the idea of being "connected" to the "important" folks.

Pitiful.

[Cha]

22. You're right..tweeety isn't verrry

bright but that's why he's CONNECTED!

[OneTwentyoNine]

4. Last night he was trying to blow off the "golf outings" as stupid...

Jesus Tweety,do you REALLY think they really went on those junkets just to Golf?!?!?!? Back door deals,buying politicians,buying votes,millions changing hands,free sex and on and on.

Whew!!.........

[WhereThereIsFire]

33. St. Andrews ain't just any golf outing

As a golfer, I can assure you jaunts to St. Andrews are not the norm for most golfers, not even most really good golfers, or ... even most connected golfers. It is golf's TOP SPOT. You even have to pass a "golf test" to qualify to play that course. I wondered last evening when listening to this if he was also able to get the credentials for that test "waived" or "doctored" for his pals.

[speedoo]

5. HAH!!! Tweety's cover is blown.

Not at all surprised to see this. Makes it official that Matthews is a rethug whore. His final shreds of credibility as an objective journalist have been removed.

[sasha031]

6. thanks for the find

this should be kicked....
thank gawd Gore invented the internet.
:kick:

[Uncle Joe]

44. Amen Sasha!!

:kick:

[ovidsen]

7. Tweety even stumbles over Abramoff's name!

Has anyone else caught that?

Chris pronounces it either AY-bram-off or AH-bram off. Maybe it depends on the phases of the moon, or what's in his coffee. Or how much he wants to hide their relationship.

You get the impression that these guys have never met. Right?

[DemoTex]

10. Kind of like Bu$h and his "Kenny-boy Who?" routine.

I hardly knew Ken Lay. He was a big Ann Richards supporter.

Right. These fuckers are so disingenuous and transparent that the bright light of their deceptions shines right through them. I always figured that they had Tweety by the balls .. total control. Whenever he strayed (even slightly) from the propaganda script, he was quick to start kissing GOP ass again. Now, how do they control Tim Russert?

[LizW]

16. Bush did the same with Abramoff's name

He called him "Abramohoff". Christy Harvey was mocking him this morning.

"Heh, heh, if ah say his name wrong, they won't know he's mah friend! Heh, heh."

[Cha]

23. You mean just like when

bush is saying..the abramoff scandal is bi-partisan?


"Despite Chris Matthews’ minimization of the Jack Abramoff scandal, a November 25, 2005 Washington Post article identified four lawmakers under investigation in connection to Abramoff -- former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), Rep. Rob Ney (R-OH), and Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-CA) -- all Republicans. Our search of the Center for Responsive Politics database of campaign contributions did not find any contributions from Abramoff to Democrats or Democratic leadership political action committees.

Despite those facts, we have documented Washington Post staff writer Jeffrey H. Birnbaum miscasting the rising tide of ethics investigations and corruption scandals plaguing primarily Republican officials as a bipartisan problem. We have also noted a number of national media figures that have cast the recent spate of political scandals as "nonpartisan," while the vast majority of government officials who have been indicted or are under investigation are Republicans."


http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/01/abramoff-only-gave-money-to.html

[Vickers]

8. I'm shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED!

:rofl:

[karynnj]

9. This could be innocent

I don't like Matthews, but it is possible that he signed on because it sounded like a good charity and there were other respectable people there.

Care should be taken to taint only those who clearly did something wrong - or it will turn into a "well everyone did it with good intentions" line. (The fact is that they are already putting out lists with people like Reid who may have only gotten legal campaign dollars.)

[tishaLA]

15. I agree

I'm no Tweety fan, but this is just a guilt by association thing and it lessens the culpability of those who were engaged in real wrongdoing.

[Tin Man]

17. My thinking too. Sham charities have fooled plenty

of people with good intentions - it doesn't make the victim part of the conspiracy.

[Cha]

24. Then why is tweety so

quick to be dismissive of the abramoff scandal? Just like traitorbob woodward?

"Despite Chris Matthews’ minimization of the Jack Abramoff scandal, a November 25, 2005 Washington Post article identified four lawmakers under investigation in connection to Abramoff -- former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), Rep. Rob Ney (R-OH), and Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-CA) -- all Republicans. Our search of the Center for Responsive Politics database of campaign contributions did not find any contributions from Abramoff to Democrats or Democratic leadership political action committees.

Despite those facts, we have documented Washington Post staff writer Jeffrey H. Birnbaum miscasting the rising tide of ethics investigations and corruption scandals plaguing primarily Republican officials as a bipartisan problem. We have also noted a number of national media figures that have cast the recent spate of political scandals as "nonpartisan," while the vast majority of government officials who have been indicted or are under investigation are Republicans."


http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/01/abramoff-only-gave-money-to.html

[tishaLA]

30. The nonpartisan /bipartisan nature of the scandal

is obvious bullshit. But the question is whether Tweety did anything for which he should feel guilty...other than hanging out with Brit Hume and Tony Snow. He could have honestly believed he was doing something benevolent, even for a charity associated with conservative mouthpieces. It could be that Matthews was just generous with his time and he believed he was being a good citizen rather than contributing to systematic corruption.

Or he could have something to hide. But I won't believe it just because of some guilt by association logical fallacy.

Edited for Clarity.

[yellowcanine]

19. "there were other respectable people there" Did you forget the sarcasm

smiley? Or do you really think that Matthews is a "respectable" person and maybe even a journalist?

[Cha]

25. Musta forgot!

:)

[karynnj]

27. No - I was meaning that there were other people who were

respectable. I agree the grammar is wrong - though maybe I can weasil out by saying that it makes sense if it's viewed from Matthews' perspective and that it is true because he thinks he's respectable.

Instead, I confess to using poor grammar in the earlier post.

[yellowcanine]

34. The problem is solved if you simply leave out "other". And in fact the

sentence may reveal an important truth when written that way - Matthews is participating because there are respectable people there, no doubt hoping that some of the respectability will rub off on him - kind of like a mafia don sending his kids to an exclusive private school.

[dennisnyc]

20. maybe, but, only 1% went to anything related to athletics...

[karynnj]

28. I agree that if he didn't know that he should have

because this is required public info in many states. But if it was in the first year of the charity it wouldn't be known.

[MessiahRp]

11. Hmmm... Not really surprised on this one

Of course this does a few things...

1. It implicates Matthews with one of Abramoff's many crimes.
2. It lumps together the Fox assholes as being a part of it as well.
3. It shows us how Matthews cavorts with Republican scumbags regularly (thus pissing on the good name of his former mentor Tip O'Neill)

and finally

4. It shows officially how poor Keith Olbermann is surrounded by right wing assholes on a network that tries to pretend it's somewhat balanced.

Fucking MSNBC....

Matthews needs to be suspended from speaking on this case while he's involved. Have a guest correspondent (NOT PAT BUCHANAN or one of those right wing defending fuckheads) do the Abramoff parts... like say Ron Reagan. His hands are clean.

Rp

[Cha]

26. Like the washed out post

suspended traitor bob woodward?

[LizW]

13. LOL! FAVORITE comment on that article at Kos:

"Thufferin' Thuccotash!"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[dennisnyc]

18. he was very weird last night. and Tucker Tieboy was kinda bragging

about knowing all these sleezy r-activist/slimebuckets!

i'm looking forward to the plotpoint rollout!

[Cha]

21. So tweety freakin' matthews is pulling

a traitorbob woodward! Sayin' it's junk on the air when he's up to his yellow eyebrows!

[graywarrior]

29. Tweety Tweety Tweety, you fucking little whore.

I am so not surprized, you spittling, fat little piggie.

[grasswire]

31. I have to find the transcript today...

..of Wednesday's Hardball. I think I heard Tweety say that it wasn't so terrible to pay a columnist a couple thousand bucks to write nice things about a client. It made me wonder how much Tweety has been paid off. That house on Nantucket -- was it a sweetheart deal?

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[Mabus]

35. Tweety's brother is a Republican running for Lt. Governor

It's not surprising he would support them. I wonder if CAF or other Abramoff-related enterprise has donated money?

In December 2005, Matthews' brother Jim announced that he was a Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Matthews

[suziedemocrat]

36. Why did he work for Tip O'Neil? Did he get greedy and become a slime ball?

I've noticed that a lot of men "go Republican" when they reach middle age. Sad.

[Mabus]

38. I think you're close - if not completely correct

Matthews has always struck me as a confused little boy. The type of kid that wets his finger and sticks in the air to see which way the wind is blowing. There's a pretty good description of how Matthews made his career choices in the Demopedia - bottom line "celebrity" and money. The Demopedia also says that Matthews was mentored by Tim "Integrity is for paupers!" Russert and was seduced by Reagan and his politics :puke:.

[WhereThereIsFire]

40. And now Lynn Swann (sp?) running for Governor ...

as a Republican in Pennsylvania too! What's up with that?

[Mabus]

41. Evidence of another republican playing without a helmet?

btw, my eyes played a trick on me at first (or it could have been the wine :eyes: ), but the first time I read your response I thought it said:

And now Lynn Swann (sp?) running for Governor ... as a Republican Pennsylvania tool


I had to look twice.

[WhereThereIsFire]

43. Though it has a certain irony read that way too! *S*

[SushiFan]

37. I always hated Matthews

Not as much as I hate Bush and his Bushies. But I never saw him as an impartial observer in the style of Letterman or Stewart. Damn freeps!

[womanofthehills]

39. So many stories going is so many directions

And it's only just beginning

[Contrary1]

42. It would be great if he has to testify...he'll squeal like a little piggie