Sickening display by Matthews with Tom Delay...not meant for broadcast

[DemMother]

From the Huffington Post...

"To see just how grateful Chris Matthews was for getting the Tom DeLay scoop, and what DeLay may think of Hillary Clinton, go here. Thanks to the usual source gods."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/found-object-delay-on-ha_b_18506.html

[400Years]

1. anybody who thinks C Matthews is anything but a repub stooge

needs to watch this

[pnwmom]

3. yeah, it was truly revolting to listen to their little chat

[Lone_Wolf]

178. It was an obvious fabrication...

Matthews has implied on several occasions that he is a Democrat. He never hesitates to tell us his Democrat credientials... like when he brags about having worked for former House speaker "Tip" O,Neill. He would never do such a thing. </SARCASM>

Matthews is a corporate whore who will shill for for the Bush administration's policies which benefit his employer GE/MSNBC. MSNBC is nothing more than a corporate propaganda outlet masquerading as a "news" channel.

[nashville_brook]

54. not to defend the tweetster, but -- Delay's reactions are of someone

who feels like he's being played with. matthews does a good job of getting Delay's past his initial, defensive reaction and into a comfort zone where he literally makes the misogynist remark of the year... recorded... downloaded... in all its glory...

thank you tweety. you've made my week.

[ClintonTyree]

132. You don't thank that was intentional I hope...........

Tweety wasn't trying to calm Delay, he was too busy blowing him. There was nothing there but good old fashioned ass kissing. I'm glad Delay made an even bigger ass out of himself (didn't think that was possible!) but Matthews wasn't setting him up by calming him down. Matthews really IS a GOP suck-ass and this provides more proof of that fact.

Sickening.......absolutely sickening! :puke:

[nashville_brook]

148. just enjoying the hubris-fest

fevered egos run amok.

[Catboater]

55. I'm not a regular Matthews viewer,

but I've heard the criticism of him in the past. Quite frankly, I never observed anything too distressing from him. That's why I'm glad I tuned into him last night with DeLay. Jeesh! Any doubts I had about the validity of his critics is dispelled now! I'd bet after the show they went out to dinner and made weekend plans together. Hardball? How about Gasball.

[Arugula Latte]

98. Welcome to DU, Catboater!

:hi: :toast:

[adigal]

117. Is it appropriate for Matthews to say, "I owe you one, I owe you two"?

How appropriate is that for a journalist who is supposed to be hard-hitting and objective to be saying that right before he interviews the dirtbag?

THIS clip does more to destroy the myth of the "liberal media", including Matthews, than anything I have seen.

[Late Slip]

155. Yes he's compromised now and

What will the network do? I don't how any democrat can go on Hardball and know that they are getting a fair shake. Surely CNBC (or is it MSNBC?) knows this. Matthews' creds are blown. No one will take his show seriously anymore.

[drowninginjello]

182. Of course it is!

Matthews was referring to giving Delay a handjob, now he owes him two handjobs...

[pnwmom]

2. I'm wondering how many Hillary haters on these boards actually

feel (unconsciously) the same way.

[Bumblebee]

5. There is a big leap from not liking Hillary to "there's nothing worse than

a woman know-it-all." I know I can expect anything from DeLay but that one made even my jaw drop. And Tweety? Wow. Hope it shows up on CNN. I won't expect MSNBC to show it.

[pnwmom]

20. I'm not talking about people who dislike Hillary. There are people here

who hate Hillary and who vow to leave the party if she's the nominee.

[Sapere aude]

28. They don't hate Hillary. They don't want her for president. There is a

big difference there. Why do you hate America? Same kind of insult if you ask me.

I am one who doesn't want Hillary to be the nominee because she is not progressive enough for me and because there are people out there who would be more the kind of person we need to bring the country back together.

[pnwmom]

30. You might not have run into them but there ARE people who DESPISE

Hillary, and they're on these boards. And it is one thing to vote against her in the primary -- that's fine -- but another to say that you won't support her if she's the nominee.

[Sapere aude]

62. There are a lot of us who will not support the nominee if they are not

progressives.

Those of us who think that they can take the party to the center or center right and every other Dem will just go along because the candidate is Dem and not Repub have another thing coming.

We who are true progressives will not support a pro life candidate or a repub lite candidate. We will stay home and not vote. You had better wake up to that fact. We have waited far too long to get a progressive movement in this country. It will have to start at the grass roots level and that's where we will put our power. I will NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! vote for a center right Dem. You might just as well run two repubs.

So think about that when you pick your nominee.

[pnwmom]

69. Hillary is NOT center, she's more progressive than 91 Senators,

according to actual voting records. I don't think you're being very realistic to think that anyone will be elected who is more progressive than she is, with the possible exception of Obama (who ranks slightly higher on progressive issues, but who some people here also claim is too "center.")

http://www.progressivepunch.com/members.jsp?member=HI1&search=selectScore&chamber=Senate&zip=&x=74&y=7

[pnwmom]

70. What do you mean, "your nominee." Are you a Green?

If you're a Democrat, then the nominee will be as much yours as mine.

[Der Blaue Engel]

73. That sort of goes against the stated purpose of DU, doesn't it?

"I will NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! vote for a center right Dem."

I'd be disappointed to have the nominee be someone I felt was not progressive, but I will NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! give the pukes my vote by staying home.

I find your claim "we who are true progressives" thoroughly insulting. Who are you to tell us we're not true progressives if we don't vote (or NOT vote) the way you do? I consider myself quite left of center, but I would never presume to tell anyone else that I was a better progressive or liberal than they were.

Primaries are one thing, but stating that you will not support Democratic candidates when push comes to shove really pisses me off.

[pnwmom]

83. Me, too! n/t

[Duncan]

112. Well Put.

I am about as far left as anybody, but I will always vote for the lesser of two evils that stand a chance, which 99.99% of the time is dem, even if a dem candidate is repub-lite. Liberals do not help their cause by NOT voting. Such a protest does far more harm than good to any progressive trend that might exist. To suggest otherwise is to be blind. We don't have enough time for a slow growth in consciousness. Certainly seek growth in consciousness but please vote dem while you wait for the enlightenment. Dems certainly reside to the left of repubs. I get angry when I hear folks say that there is little difference between a repub and a dem. If you look at environmental records alone, let alone other issues, such sentiments are patently absurd. The trend is obvious. Help the trend.

[pnwmom]

141. yes, yes, yes n/t

[darkmaestro019]

162. Exactly. Tiny steps forward are better than none--or big steps back. nt

[WatchWhatISay]

119. I don't agree

I think she is the Republicans choice for our candidate, only because they know they cant get away with choosing Holy Joe for us.
But people here dont hate Hillary. Ive never seen it. And Ive seen very few people who actually want her to be our candidate, that I know are Democrats.

Hate is really way too strong a word for it.

[qanda]

127. I won't support her if she's the nominee

I don't like warmongers. There, I said it and I'm a woman who knows it all.

[pnwmom]

142. Bush would have started this war with or without any Democrat's help

We wouldn't be in Iraq now if either Gore or Kerry or Clinton, or any Democrat, were in office.

[RagingInMiami]

165. And another thing to say there is nothing worse than a woman know-it-all

[Seabiscuit]

166. OK. Here I am. I despise Hillary. Come and get me.

I hate America.
I puke at the very word "Constitution".
Hillary's the devil.
Color me "librul".

I'm your huckleberry (strawman). C'mon. Knock me down.

[ChiciB1]

104. I Don't Hate Hillary Either, Just Don't Want Her As A Nominee!

It's pretty simple for me. Repukes have already crowned her the front runner and can't wait to use the "Liberal" label on her. In fact, she's hardly a Liberal, hell Bill wasn't even a Liberal.

Bill Clinton just knew how to close a deal! However, after closing he did something that made many of the Wing Nuts jump for joy! The result of his Monica, et al escapades was to UNITE them like never before. The Clintons are very savvy and effective... I just don't want the Repukes getting another bite of the apple!

If Hillary is the nominee it just stands as a reminder to the Wing Nuts, and they have little to cheer about right now. Democrats will just be handing them an opportunity to REHASH Clinton all over again. Not only will Hillary be Pilloried... Bill will be right there in the Mess-O-Things!

They haven't let go of him YET!!

[pnwmom]

143. Hillary is more liberal than 91 other Senators, according to her record.

www.progressivepunch.com


I'm fine with people working against her in the primaries, but if she's the nominee we have to get behind her. Look where John McCain stands on the issues. He's the most likely Republican to win.

[dabenpb]

164. hillary is not my choice either

russ is the one we should back. at least he can stand up for true issues. it seems hillary is just another rich person in office -- dem or rep, it does not seem to matter. this is truly a class struggle on first principles. just my 2 cents.

[pnwmom]

168. After what Bush has done in the last 6 years, how can ANYONE say

dem or rep , doesn't matter?

Don't you realize that if a Dem were in office, we wouldn't be in Iraq, we wouldn't be selling off the forests, we would have signed the Kyoto treaty, we wouldn't have the crazy Medicare drug plan, and on and on and on???

People who say that are just spouting Green party/Nader nonsense.

[dabenpb]

170. i do not agree

the dems voted for this war and the patriotic act just like the reps. they roled over on almost every issue when what they should have done is vote enmasse against the repubs. they are just playing politics to try to gain power again. this is why we do need a >2 party system and campaign finance reform, etc. i am a registered dem, i voted for gore and kerry, both of who should have fought harder. we need all the current group (rep and dem) flushed out (save for one or two).

[pnwmom]

171. Neither Kerry nor Gore would have used 9/11 as an excuse to start

a war against Iraq.

Unfortunately, most of the Democrats were afraid of public opinion if they opposed Bush. But what if they had voted en masse against the war? Nothing would have been different. Bush didn't need their votes to do whatever he wanted, because he had majorities in both the House and the Senate.

If we had a system like Canada's, where the moderate and far left could cobble together a majority, that would be great. That's worth working for. But at this moment in time, every progressive vote that deserts the Democrats just helps bring about another Republican win and puts us further down the path toward a theocratic dictatorship.

[DWilliamsamh]

175. Two things: Dems DIDN'T "Vote for war" And

Hillary is the Republican Wet Dream Democratic Nominee.

Please stop using the Republican talking point that the Democrats "voted for the war." They no more voted for the war than they "saw the same intelligence as Bush."

The Authorization To Use Force was a conditional measure. It was conditioned on Saddam refusing to allow inspections. I remember thinking at the time that Bush's actions in response to Saddam allowing inspections would show whether all our suppositions about his war mongering soul were true or not. Sure enough... he invaded anyway. But that doesn't mean the Dems voted for war in Iraq. Their biggest mistake was in not following their guts regarding the lack of honor in Bush, and being bullied into voting for the AUF as some misguided signal of Patriotism.

Hillary has been the Republican choice for the Democratic nominee LITTERALLY since January of 2001. Shortly after the inauguration, when I could still stomach listening to Hannity, and O'Reilly for the purpose of knowing my enemy, these jerks were starting the Hillary rumors. The MSM picked up THEIR happy talk. This Republican wet dream has just gained momentum over the years to the point where it is becoming a self fulfilling prophecy. Hillary as Nominee would just give all the misogynists, racists, fascists, war mongering corporatist, evangelicals a rallying point for there anger and the Backlash will continue.

I hope and pray that Hillary will realize this and go against her history of doing what is best for HER and do what is best for the Democratic party and stay out of the race entirely. I doubt she will act in anyone's interests but her own, so I will work HARD against her in the primary. But I will say as much as she represents just more DLC anti-progressive leadership, I will hold my nose and vote for her is the nations democrats are stupid enough to hand her the nomination.

[pnwmom]

144. And they didn't pillory Kerry? The Republicans will try to make

mincemeat out of any Democrat. . . but the Clintons have shown that they can stand up to them and win.

[alittlelark]

147. Great Response!

Welcome to DU!

[proud2BlibKansan]

167. No there really are a ton of Hillary haters here

[drowninginjello]

184. I agree

And it's really too bad we don't have a progressive enough female to run for president! I'd vote for her! But not Hillary...not progressive enough for me...

[selmo7]

160. It doesn't surprise me a bit

that Delay is a misogynst. Aren't most Republicans?
and his statement really is tell-all - the hatred that they internaize/embrace and act out towards anything of feminine feeling value. That's why we got torture, corporatism, rape of the Earth, women have no rights over their bodies/their pursuit of happiness, and just about every issue that Repubs are behind...every single issue is misognynistic (sp) in nature.

As for Matthews, god I really did want to vomit - barf, barf, barf...

[Vidar]

80. I liked her as 1st Lady, feel she's a forceful senator, but a

loser for president.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. disgusting bastids!

How can we get ahold of that focus group report? He said it was by Frank Luntz.

[Danieljay]

32. Delay said "I LIKE " Frank Luntz n/t

[blm]

95. ABC Note reported on it - But, they DIDN'T report that Kerry did so well

with the group, and Luntz certainly didn't broadcast those results, either.

[ClintonTyree]

134. Anything connected with Luntz is bound to be push polled anyway...

Luntz is one of the slimiest member of those single celled organisms known as Republicans. Everything that repulsive slime-mold does has one purpose: propaganda. That Delay "likes him" is no surprize....they're two peas in a festering, fetid, diseased pod, the lowest of the low. Luntz's face is always well hidden but rest assured, he's behind every bit of propaganda and mud slinging the Repigs use. He tells KKKarl Rove what to do, that's what level of psychopath we're talking here. Luntz should die a horrible, lingering, painful death. Yeah, I feel pretty strongly about that subhuman piece of shit! :grr:

[blm]

138. Same here - but, had he successfully pushpolled them the way he wanted

we would have been hearing about the results from here to eternity. Now, the only way we end up hearing about the results is the ACCIDENTAL coverage in this video.

Media has been telling us for a year that Hillary is the Dem favorite and that nobody likes Kerry - now we hear the exact opposite - but, we only heard it unintentionally.

[whometense]

156. Yeah. Odd, isn't it??

:sarcasm:

From the first moment I heard HRC acclaimed as the frontrunner (on Hardball, no less) I've been suspicious of the whole HRC bandwagon. Especially since I don't know one person who is enthused about the idea of her as nominee.

I keep wondering why she is so heavily promoted by the right wing talking heads. Even William F Buckley is on her side!!! http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=afgZZj1sxB5w

[DWilliamsamh]

176. Its obvious why she is talked up by the right wing

They push her as the "front runner" because the know for certain, and they are CORRECT, that Hillary as Nominee will produce the ground swell of hatred that they have relied on to hold onto power since 1994. It is no coincidence that since 1994 every national election cycle has seen more and more sexist, homophobic, misogynistic campaign themes from the Republican slime machine.

Hillary is a built in rallying cry for the retards that make up the core of Republican voters to once again vote for people who have the interests of the corporations and the rich as top priorities and who wish the middle class would die off so they can have even more cheap labor.

[Faygo Kid]

6. Thanks for posting. Disgusting suckup, but we knew that.

I know that hope for Tweety to be principled disappeared long ago, but it's still disheartening. With the media the way it is, it is a wonder the American people "get it" as much as they do, with the vast majority critical of Bush despite junk like Hardball.

[vickitulsa]

180. I do so agree with that last statement!

And for me, that gives cause for hope still. It seems that the Repukes are becoming ever more shrill and desperate as scandal after crime after scandal makes it even into the MSM and Americans of every stripe begin to make their opinions of Bush&Co heard.

The more the various polls reveal the truth of public approval ratings clear, the larger the gap becomes between what the Repukes are saying and the truth as citizens speak it. Excellent!

We Dems here in Tulsa just experienced some gratification as the voting in local elections this past Tuesday booted out the Repuke mayor and put a Dem back in, and many other candidates/issues went Dem instead of Repuke. If only the election process can be salvaged and therefore representative of actual citizen opinions, I think we'll keep seeing this trend grow!

(Please, please, I hope I hope...)

[rocktivity]

7. FO-KIN-BEE-YOOO-TEE-FULL!

Spin THAT, Mr. Fair and balanced!

And do you remember the video of Sean Hannity telling a nurse what to say to Alan Colmes about the Schiavo case? If I were Alan, I would have kicked his butt right ont the air???

:rofl:
rocknation

[400Years]

9. I would love for someone to confront him with this

[laheina]

45. Colmes is only on that show because he won't.

Al Franken confronted him about it once, and he just kept saying "But that's not the format." And they call that man a liberal. :eyes:

[DWilliamsamh]

177. If you were Alan

You would be a fake liberal getting paid well to be a *expletive deleted* in the face of Sean Hannnity's "withering" intellect.

[Botany]

8. God Bless the person who shot this tape and leaked it.

Chris is just a Jeff Gannon.

[monarch]

189. I have been trying to figure out how the tape came to be

This is the first post that I can find that describes it as having been leaked. Does anybody know the answer to my question? I have clicked on every link I can find (and googled) and I can't find the first time the source of the tape is set forth. Maybe it's my googling skills. I did go to Huffingtonpost but I didn't see any discussion about the provenance of the tape. Are people just concluding that it was leaked from the found object reference, or was there a more substantive discussion someplace else of how Shearer obtained the tape?

[Fridays Child]

10. "Nothing worse than a woman ruler." Did DeLay say that?

I can't quite make it out but that's what it sounds like.

Oh, and Tweety insisting that he owes Delay for the scoop? I wonder how he plans to repay the debt. He should be kicked off the air.

[Bumblebee]

12. NOTHING WORSE THAN A WOMAN KNOW-IT-ALL

[Danieljay]

31. thats EXACTLY what he said... LINK HERE

http://images.cf.huffingtonpost.com/video/delay.mov

[Der Blaue Engel]

75. I thought he said woman lawyer

Either way, vile pig. :puke:

[pnwmom]

88. I just listened, and he might have said lawyer. Very hard to hear.

Doesn't make much difference, though. His contempt for smart women is obvious.

[mcscajun]

130. Don't limit yourself. I'd wager his contempt encompasses all women.

The Bastard.

[pnwmom]

140. How true!

[girl gone mad]

96. I though the said lawyer, too. n/t

[Griper]

114. "There's nothing worse than a woman know-it-all"

And that's why Tom's so smooth with the ladies...

[amb123]

44. Oh yeah? There's nothing worse than a CHRISTIAN FASCIST PIG!!

:wtf: :grr: :nuke: :argh:

[abester]

106. relax, there are a lot more nuts out there

[Steve A Play]

11. Kicked & Recommended!

A nice peek behind tweety's mask! All these years on TV and he still doesn't remember that the cameras are live on the satellite back-haul channel during their breaks. Idiot!

[smoogatz]

13. Okay, but did Matthews at least get a reach-around?

The clip ended, um, prematurely.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

14. Any transcript available...

for those of us who cannot view it?

[pnwmom]

27. Not that I'm aware of. Matthews is telling Delay about a focus

group he's heard about -- says he'll send the info to Delay. He says that Kerry came out well, but that Edwards wasn't liked and that Hillary came off as a "know it all." Then Delay laughs and says "Nothing worse than a woman know-it-all" -- and then immediately loses the smile and looks around. . . as if he suddenly realized that was a DUMB thing to say.

[merbex]

53. It is a report on a focus group that Frank Luntz put together-

I read it on mydd.com (I think or it might have been Kos go back at check some tags at both sites I seem to remember it was in a pdf format

It was significant because Luntz and Boehner don't get along AT ALL and Luntz was just invited to go talk to some dems - the implication being that Luntz is going to freelance or work for us now

[Hell Hath No Fury]

60. Thank you!

:hi:

[blm]

97. The few media reports I heard DIDN'T report how well Kerry did.

And very interesting that GOP activists push those Dems who they KNOW don't focus well, while claiming that people want Kerry to disappear.

[Danieljay]

37. Mathews: "thank you for calling me, it was a good thing for me" more:

Delay: Was it?

Matthews: "Of course it was, we got it on the air as fast as we could"

cut

Matthews in a hush voice: "have you seen this new focus group stuff on the candidates?"

Delay: "no I haven't"

Matthews WHISPERING: "It's great stuff"

Delay: Really?

Matthews: "I'll send it to you"

it gets worse....

THIS IS DISGUSTING.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

61. Thank you!

:hi:

[bostonbabs]

91. I agree this is THE STORY....

the "I owe you...for last night and......"....what do you suppose last night was?....and the "i'll send you ...."....this is the media covering the disgraced delay.???.....we should be calling for mathews head....and the stories of his taking speaking fee money when his bosses said no he didn't......I would put money on it that he did and that it is against network policy...but they look the other way......we could not have a clearer expose than what this tape represents. I do hope Keith picks this up.....we should not let this die......

[fooj]

133. Here you go...

MATTHEWS: Hey thank you for calling me. It was a good thing for me, mostly.

DELAY: Oh really.

MATTHEWS: Oh of course it was. We got on the air as fast as we could....

<...>

MATTHEWS: Shannon told me, she called me, she said 'don't worry -- he's not calling in to complain'...

MATTHEWS: Have you seen this new focus group stuff on the candidates?

DELAY: No I haven't

MATTHEWS: It's great stuff. I'll send it to you -- it's great -- yeah it's great stuff. Hillary, John Kerry. All these guys, all these democrats, and how they do. And, uh, Frank Luntz did it...

DELAY: who I like

CM: ...and Hillary did not do well. Kerry did well.

DELAY: You're kidding.

MATTHEWS: I am NOT kidding. They didn't like Edwards -- they thought he was a rich lawyer, pretending to care about poor people...

DELAY: Too slick. Too slick.

MATTHEWS: ...and Hillary was a know-it-all.

DELAY: Nothing worse than a woman know-it-all

<...>

MATTHEWS: Thanks. I owe you one. I owe you two -- today and last night.

DELAY: No you don't.

MATTHEWS: No, I do.

DELAY: I appreciate it.

Peace.

[LuckyLib]

159. Yup, you tell 'em, Hammer. When a woman politician is intelligent and

has opinions, she's a know-it-all. For a man, it just comes naturally, doesn't it? Hillary has more brains in her pinkie than most male politicians. While I don't want her running -- I agree with those folks who say she'll suffer the slings of the Clinton-haters, I want her to gather enough power and propose enough substantive changes in the democratic platform that they have to deal with her. Tom, meanwhile, you will hopefully be home in Sugarland, (or will you be in Arlington, sprucing up your lobbying resume?) spraying Mrs. Haversham's house for cockroaches!

[proud2BlibKansan]

169. here ya go

MATTHEWS: Hey thank you for calling me. It was a good thing for me, mostly.

DELAY: Oh really.

MATTHEWS: Oh of course it was. We got on the air as fast as we could....

<...>

MATTHEWS: Shannon told me, she called me, she said 'don't worry -- he's not calling in to complain'...

MATTHEWS: Have you seen this new focus group stuff on the candidates?

DELAY: No I haven't

MATTHEWS: It's great stuff. I'll send it to you -- it's great -- yeah it's great stuff. Hillary, John Kerry. All these guys, all these democrats, and how they do. And, uh, Frank Luntz did it...

DELAY: who I like

CM: ...and Hillary did not do well. Kerry did well.

DELAY: You're kidding.

MATTHEWS: I am NOT kidding. They didn't like Edwards -- they thought he was a rich lawyer, pretending to care about poor people...

DELAY: Too slick. Too slick.

MATTHEWS: ...and Hillary was a know-it-all.

DELAY: Nothing worse than a woman know-it-all

<...>

MATTHEWS: Thanks. I owe you one. I owe you two -- today and last night.

DELAY: No you don't.

MATTHEWS: No, I do.

DELAY: I appreciate it.

[RobertSeattle]

15. Is Matthews under the table during the discussion?

:evilgrin:

[durrrty libby]

18. I'm getting the Red X of Doom.....

Any advice? I need to see it.

[Jim Sagle]

16. Real asshole buddies, aren't they?

I need a shower. :puke:

[MissMarple]

124. Yup, they must be ready for the cigarettes about now.

:eyes:

[progressoid]

17. Where's that 'shaking head in disgust' smiley?

Pathetic.

[laheina]

46. We need one of those.

I've thought that quite often lately. ;)

[Broken Acorn]

19. The Liberal Media at it's best

Makes you wonder what all is being held behind the curtain on a daily basis.

[RSchewe]

21. This just reinforces what I have always said about Tweety. Thanks. n/t

[xxqqqzme]

22. do I have 2 'participate' 2 watch?

[DesEtoiles]

23. [e-mail]; [e-mail]

[Beausoir]

49. Thanks for the links...I owe you one.

I'm writing to that bastard. This has gone too far.

[flpoljunkie]

24. Matthews should be fired for such unprofessional behavior. Appalling!

Perhaps we need to let MSNBC know what we think of this and send them the link to the video.

[Fridays Child]

48. Let's play "What if it were a Democrat."

Too easy: The RW corporate media would have been ALL over Tweety for his disgusting Liberal Bias™.

[oc2002]

25. ..need a windows media player version..link anyone?

?

[ourbluenation]

26. wow.

[Danieljay]

29. People, VIEW THIS!! Direct link here:

http://images.cf.huffingtonpost.com/video/delay.mov

[Libby2]

36. I thought he said ruler too.

sunofafuckingbitchbastards.

[carolinayellowdog]

33. Tweety and DeLay didn't mean it for broadcast, but the fates...

and Harry Shearer did!

[The Backlash Cometh]

34. BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS:

Will Chris Matthews REPORT that Kerry did better than Hillary? If he's a Repub stooge, he'll try to ignore the report entirely.

[blue cat]

78. He was just telling the truth,

giving the facts on that one. I always loved Kerry's demeanor, even when I when I was just a kid. He looks presidential. He was considered charming by the media until he became the frontrunner.

[Stinky The Clown]

35. "Fucking Disgusting" is too mild an epithet for this

[ToeBot]

38. So does this end any debate about where Mathews' allegiance lies?

Not that I ever had any doubts.

[Bill219]

40. forwarded to KO and TDS

we need to bombard the media with this disgusting display from Tweety and Hot Tub Tom

[carolinayellowdog]

47. Worst person in the world for Tweety tonight?

But they would never let Keith do that, I suppose

[ToeBot]

65. Only if MSNBC wants to retain some small shred of credibility. Odds? eom

[Danieljay]

39. For cube rats...a transcript:

Mathews: "thank you for calling me, it was a good thing for me"

Delay: Was it?

Matthews: "Of course it was, we got it on the air as fast as we could"

cut

Matthews in a hush voice: "have you seen this new focus group stuff on the candidates?"

Delay: "no I haven't"

Matthews WHISPERING: "It's great stuff"

Delay: Really?

Matthews: "I'll send it to you"

Matthews; "Hillary, John Kerry, all these guys, all Democrats, and how the do. And uh, Frank Luntz did it

Delay: "I like Frank Luntz"

Matthews: "Hillary did not do well"

Delay: "really"?

Matthews: "Kerry did well"

Delay: "You're kidding?"

Matthews: "I'm NOT kidding, they didnt like Edwards, they though he was a rich lawyer pretending to care about poor people"

Delay: "too slick"

Matthews: "Hillary was a know it all"

Delay: "Ohhhhhh" sheepish green

Delay: "Nothing worse than a woman know it all"

Matthews: "Thanks, I owe you one, I owe you two. Today and last night"

Delay: "no you don't"

[DemMother]

41. That was the worst part of the exchange for me...

The slimy little bastard cozying up to DeLay by offering up some dirt on the Democratic candidates.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

58. Thank you!

:hi:

[RandomKoolzip]

63. I THINK he says "A woman lawyer."

I just played it again and heard "lawyer."

Still fucking disgusting.

[serryjw]

110. Do you have a link to the transcript?

n/t

[Spazito]

42. Geez! I always knew he was a total sleaze but now there is

proof positive to back it up. What a creep Matthews is so I am not surprised he is enamored of another creep like Delay.

[Skip Intro]

43. so tweety owes delay one...owes him two

wonder how he'll pay up?

[adigal]

118. Isn't that completely inappropriate for a "reporter"

to say that to a politician??? He is a sycophant, that is all he is.

[Patsy Stone]

50. There should be a warning. I was eating lunch.

Blecch. :puke:

[VTGold]

51. I wrote MSNBC - an ABC producer was suspended for less n/t

[merbex]

52. 2 a**h***s - caught in the act

Disgusting, both of them
at least one is gone for awhile

Let's stop watching Tweety and watch his ratings tank

It's the only way to hurt him

[savemefromdumbya]

56. Tweety will go down with the rest of them

aiding and abetting criminals

[Catherine Vincent]

57. I didn't like that *hole when I found out how he hated the Clintons...

Now I really don't like him! :mad: :puke: :mad:

[Klukie]

90. Why does he hate the clintons so much?

Being relatively new to all of this, I am asking sincerely. He most definately has it out for Hiliary. Any opportunity he gets to slam her he takes it. The funny thing is that it is so transparent. So what is his beef?

[Catherine Vincent]

93. I don't really know but some here say that Matthews wanted the job

of Clinton's pess secretary early on but was turned down.

[bostonbabs]

99. the Clinton's ran one of

the most successful administrations ever...left us with money in the bank, more cops on the street, less on welfare, a solid infrastructure....FEMA included.....good centrists..The worst thing we feared under Clinton when we were all celebrating ringing in the year 2000 was Y2K (Clinton had set up a panel of experts not cronies to make sure we "transitioned")Clinton was loved in the world and seen as a peacemaker....if you make weapons thats bad for biz....BUT the corporate tax rate under Clinton was 34% under Bu$h....7%...Republicans are the party of "free enterprise".....we now live in a Corportocracy.....big business runs the country not the people.....the constitution is a piece of paper to Bush....he only respects money and power not the rights of the people.....at least that's how I see it. Millions have died defending our freedom from tyrants and we have one who calls himself a president......

[Klukie]

102. I agree with everything you said here....

however it almost seems that Mathews hatred of the Clintons is on a more personal level. I just wonder if anyone knows what drives this.

[bostonbabs]

116. the way I see it

..Repubs hate Hillary or should I say fear her and mathews is as we can see from this video a "hired hand".....money could be a drive...$30,000 a speech from right wing groups is motivation.

[Canuckistanian]

179. You mean Clinton turning Tweety down for the spokesman job?

Yeah, I guess you could say revenge is a factor here.

[vickitulsa]

181. That's the answer I'd guess.

He likes to remind us all that he worked for (or is it "with"?) Tip O'Neill ... so maybe he "applied" for a cushy position in the Clinton administration and was not hired. Or worse yet, not even acknowledged. Anyone know if he indicated either way how he leaned in Clinton's first Presidential race?

I stopped watching Tweety a few years ago, just couldn't take it anymore.

I think we need a smiley for "pulling out my hair in exasperation!"

[Totally Committed]

59. Don't watch this if you have a weak stomach!

Absolutely and utterly sickening! Matthews should be drummed out of television forever.

TC

[Chiyo-chichi]

64. Tweety needs to go.

DeLay will be a paid Hardball Hotshot before we know it. Live from federal prison.

[Faygo Kid]

66. Yes, that is indeed the bottom line. Let him go over to Faux.

He is the poster boy for the inside the beltway, Bob Woodward/Judy Miller fraudulent journalism crowd. Out, damn you, Tweety!

[durrrty libby]

68. Please Chris…....share with the entire class.....…won’t you?

I emailed CM and asked him to discuss his little focus group report on air.

[Chiyo-chichi]

76. Don't hold your breath.

But you can bet that he will continue to hype "Hillary" as the front runner for the Democratic nomination and his boy McCain as the "next president."

[Rose Siding]

125. Here's a link to a write up on the Luntz group he referenced-

It's just some routine RW Luntz spin-

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/03/luntz_focus_gro.html

[adigal]

173. I just emailed NBC and MSNBC powers-that-be

this letter:

Dear Sirs:
How embarrassing for you that the host of the absurdly named "Hardball" was caught on camera telling a politician, "I owe you one, no, I owe you two." I have been a Hardball viewer for about 7 years, and have been bewildered by what has happened with Matthews. He is now nothing more than a tool of the Republicans, and he needs to be fired for that comment to Tom DeLay.

You no longer have even the pretense of a fair "reporter" in Matthews - that is why his ratings are tanking and Olbermann's are increasing. The idea of any serious journalist telling a politician "I owe you," is anathema to any idea we still have of a free and objective press.

Adigal

[AndyA]

67. Disgusting - I can't stand the sound of Matthews' voice

in the first place, and when he's doing an anal tongue probe to the guest it's even worse.

He really shouldn't be on the air.

[mzmolly]

71. Disgusting really.

Not so much his tone but the context. "I owe ya one?" :eyes:

I watch Matthews and will continue to, I hold no illusions.

[lebkuchen]

72. Tweetie is an ass-kissing traitor.

[Orion The Hunter]

74. Like we needed more proof...

...that Chris Matthews is a right wing talking head / hack / suck-up

[otohara]

77. I Owe You???

gee Tweety, what more could you do for the GOP?

How unfortunate for our fragile democracy this man has a microphone

[ourbluenation]

79. I just fired off a cheeky lil email.... not earth shattering - just cheeky

________________________________________
From: **********
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 11:18 AM
To: '[e-mail]'
Subject: Chris heart tommy

I just watched the tape of the two lads chatting before the interview.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/found-object-delay-on-ha_b_18506.html#video

I so admire Mr. Mathews ability to be fair and balanced…he would be so at home at Fox (hint hint).

[lady lib]

89. You nailed it.

Short and sweet and oh-so-true.

[myrna minx]

81. That was absolutely sickening.

At least we know who Chris Matthew's pals are, huh. :puke: He should be fired for that.

[zoeb]

82. anybody see tweety's new commercial for hardball?

He says he won't let anyone get by him or throw their talking points at him...freaking hilarious after watching the DeLay love fest.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Nimrod2005]

84. What a Fuckin' PIG ---- Dirty scummy bastards, both of them!

[sandrakae]

85. Was he blowing kisses at Chris Mathews.

Or is he gesteruring what he wants to do with Chris's D*ck after the interview?

[lady lib]

86. It's not so much what was said that disturbs me,

it's the intimacy of the interaction. These guys are obviously on very friendly terms which throws objective journalism out the window. (But we already knew that about the Tweet man!)

[Arugula Latte]

100. Yeah, the way Tweety was whispering "great stuff" in the way you'd

say something to your best buddy who knows you well made me want to vomit.

[VOX]

137. You said it, ladylib. The fact that it was off-air is really disturbing...

There's no audience to pander to, no posturing necessary, no passing it off as "balance," etc. -- it's an informal, personal exchange between Matthews and DeLay. What we see/hear is ***real***. :mad:

[fleabert]

87. "nothing worse than a woman-know-it-all." Fuck you.

except maybe a criminal bastard like yourself you asshole. everyone should hear this- what a fucker.

[bostonbabs]

101. I agree...I e mailed everyone I know

this should be THE front page story.and I am e mailing every MSNBC exec I can find.....when I think of the hours I have spent listening to this jerk and putting my brain in his "good hands"....I want to puke.

[HootieMcBoob]

92. Vomit Inducing

That needs to be on Olberman, The Daily Show, Real Time, Democracy Now, Air America, Imus (we can dream can't we) and every other damn thing I can't think of. What a foul smelling whore Chris Matthews is. And Delay is....Delay.
:puke:

[PegDAC]

146. Air America

I heard Randi Rhodes mention this this afternoon.

[seabeyond]

94. fuck them. fuck them all. i mean it. what pigs. n/t

[kid a]

105. ditto! nt

[DemMother]

103. Transcript and background on how Harry Shearer got the video here...

http://icestationtango.blogspot.com/2006/04/media-gets-even-sicker-chris-matthews.html

[KoKo]

115. Thanks so much for transcript and background for those of us who

couldn't download the tape! :toast:

[monarch]

190. Thanks DemMother

I should have read the whole thread before I posted my question. Things are moving too fast around here for me to keep up.

[radio4progressives]

107. was this segment actually on the air??

if not how in the world did it get leaked out to the "internets" .. does HB have a progressvie mole? :evilgrin:

[mcscajun]

131. Not aired, per se. See Posts #11 and #33 for details.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2552907&mesg_id=2552940

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2552907&mesg_id=2552988

[shantipriya]

108. Tweety

Wasn't Tweety President Carter's speech writer? What happened to turn him into a Repug hack?

[shantipriya]

109. Tweety

Wasn't Tweety President Carter's speech writer? What happened to turn him into a Repug hack?

[Bumblebee]

113. He likes thugs and not enough of them among Dems

But wasn't Matthews also somehow connected to Abramoff? I remember reading about it at some point and then it disappeared.

[Botany]

120. Matthews MCed some Abramoff chairty fund raisers .....

..... the charity was Abramoff and an Israeli school for snipers. Mathews has
been paid by the right wing for hosting other functions too.

[Bumblebee]

122. That's what I vaguely remembered. Thanks! We should probably resurrect it

as an issue.

[MrBlueSky]

111. Horrible!

"Huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh... uhhh.... huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh... uhhh.... What a dork... huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh." - Butt-Head

[Imagevision]

121. Mathews isn't making the cash Hannity is and he's working it...

[redqueen]

123. Oh, that crazy liberal media!

:mad:

I cannot WAIT until that idiotic myth is finally seen through by everyone!

[MadisonProgressive]

126. He's a whore for the nazi crowd

[crispini]

128. O M G! ! ! !

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

WHAT AN ASS! ! ! !

[mcscajun]

129. DELAY: "Nothing worse than a woman know-it-all"

Fuck you, Bugman!

From a woman know-it-all.

[drowninginjello]

183. I thought he said...

"Nothing worse than a woman lawyer"...

Not defending the dickwad. Just sounded different to me...

[mcscajun]

186. Many heard "lawyer" -- Many more heard "know-it-all."

Any way you slice it, it's a pretty damning remark. I put more damnation on the latter, though.

[fooj]

135. Here's his personal e-mail, if anyone is interested...

[e-mail]

Let 'er rip, DU! Happy e-mailing!!!!

Peace.

[Treclo]

161. Done and done.

Disgruntled e-mail sent from one of those know-it-all women those stupid bastards both can't stand.

[VOX]

136. God damn!!! Which is worse -- Tweety's fellating, or DeLay's assholiness?

Good God, I swear, the next time I hear the phrase "liberal media," I swear I'm going to have a goddamned stroke.

The fact that this "found object" wasn't intended for air-time **really** makes it all the more sickening.

I'm so angry right now that I'm actually light-headed. God almight, the CRAP that is allowed to pass for "news" and "politics" in this country!!! :mad:

[fooj]

139. Here's a thought...

Hey Tweety...why not try sticking to the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics for a change. Here's a link for a little refresher course...

http://www.spj.org/ethics_code.asp


Preamble
Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. Conscientious journalists from all media and specialties strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty. Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist's credibility. Members of the Society share a dedication to ethical behavior and adopt this code to declare the Society's principles and standards of practice.



Here's their mission statement...


The Society of Professional Journalists is dedicated to the perpetuation of a free press as the cornerstone of our nation and our liberty.

To ensure that the concept of self-government outlined by the U.S. Constitution remains a reality into future centuries, the American people must be well informed in order to make decisions regarding their lives, and their local and national communities.

It is the role of journalists to provide this information in an accurate, comprehensive, timely and understandable manner.


It is the mission of the Society of Professional Journalists:

To promote this flow of information.
To maintain constant vigilance in protection of the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and of the press.
To stimulate high standards and ethical behavior in the practice of journalism.
To foster excellence among journalists.
To inspire successive generations of talented individuals to become dedicated journalists.
To encourage diversity in journalism.
To be the pre-eminent, broad-based membership organization for journalists.
To encourage a climate in which journalism can be practiced freely.
******************************************************************

Why not write the ethically-challenged treasonous rat bastard and express your disdain personally...

[e-mail]

Give him HELL, DUers! Make him wish he was Bill O'Leilly! LOL!

Peace.:hi:

[spanone]

145. Tom DeLay calling someone slick. That's precious. What a dick.

[whitedogs]

149. Where's the celebrations?

To follow up on the earlier comments, I'm with Cindy Sheehan--if Hillary can't say yet it's time to withdraw from Iraq, she won't ever get my vote. And frankly, the anti-first amendment stuff (flagburning) is both stupid and disgusting. Living in a red state, I just couldn't ever see voting for her. I hope Ron Paul runs for Prez, just to light a fire under Dem butts.

However, seems like celebrations should be the order of the day. Tom Delay doesn't think all the voter fraud, gerrymandering, moneylaundering etc. the GOP is capable of getting him the Cuntlick TX district seat. 2006 should be a good year.

[WillsTake]

150. Too bad ...

I have to say -- I've always thought of Chris Matthews as endearing -- and even "centered" (not to be mistaken with centrist). But this is just damning evidence that he's in bed with the wrong side.

It's unfortunate.

... But no worries -- this kind of tape would have been much more upsetting if it were 2 or 3 years ago.

[lies and propaganda]

151. damn those women know it alls!

send em to South Dakota!

[rateyes]

152. So, Tweety owes BugBoy two....

wonder how he's gonna pay him back? Hmmmmmmmmmm.

[Pierzin]

153. Could Matthews have stuck his head up Delays

butt any further?? I mean, His butt must be HUUUUUGGGE!:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Matthews is gonna go down hard with the rest of 'em when the chickens come home to roost.

Oh, Thank You Huffington Post!!!!

[rateyes]

188. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[XOKCowboy]

154. Randi played it on her show..

I was driving when I heard it and almost had to pull over it made me so sick. "I'll send it to ya. It's great stuff". Journalism is dead. Now it's all manipulation and corporate propoganda. Thank Buddha for the blogs.

[muse]

157. It will be nice to have media silence from DeLay when he is in prison

Seriously, I am hearing WAY too much from my congressman the last two days. It's been great since he has not been the majority leader. He has been pretty much neutralized except for his speaking engagements. I don't like these interviews. I've heard ENOUGH. Come back to Sugar Land and PACK UP and MOVE OUT.

This whole back and forth with Matthews is ridiculous and sickening.

[wanpete]

158. Not surprising, but still very disgusting!

I've noticed that every night, tweety takes as many potshots at hillary as possible. And even when he's trying to play "real journalist", he ALWAYS makes it seem like everyone but * is culpable for all the wrongdoing in this administration, as if poor * doesn't know anything is going wrong.

He's really despicable. I hope this puts him to rest on MSRNC and on the DU as he is truly no longer worth discussing, debating, or watching.

[galatea]

163. not meant for broadcast? lol

this was leaked on purpose. Guess the two candidates who did worst in the fake focus group? Hillary and Edwards. Exactly the candidates the Repugs fear the most.

The one who did best: Kerry, the one Repugs chose to be our candidate in 04 and are trying to pull the same trick again in 08. From what I read here, it's working.

[Ganja Ninja]

172. Hey Tweedy what's that on your chin?

Let me guess, you only owe the Bugman one now.

[Politicub]

174. I heard the vile exchange on Randi's show yesterday

And let me tell you, it made me angry. Not that I was a Chris Matthews fan to begin with, but just the nakedness of it all. Delay is a despicable piece of filth, and to hear Matthews fawning over him like he's some kind of rock star made me want to puke.

We all got a peek behind the curtain, and it was uglier than I had imagined. Matthews is incredibly partisan, and he has no fig leaf to hide behind anymore. "I would have honored an embargo. Let me suck your cock, Tommy... please please please."

What a tool. And Delay's crack about women? What an asshole he is.

:puke:

[jzodda]

185. That clip almost made me feel sorry for Delay

and do you know how hard that is to make me feel? The seeming glee which Matthews showed at getting the story, and the thing about favors..It seemed so sleezy, like Delay was just another tool for ratings and not even a human being.

And this is coming from a person who thinks Delay should be behind bars, but I have compassion even for criminals. It just looked so phony, so obvious.

I have lost all respect for Matthews.

[President Kerry]

187. whoa.. what cheap pandering.

From a "journalist" to a criminal. You literally hear Delay's dick being sucked. Revolting.