Tweety: "Am I worried?? Damn straight."

[grasswire]

Wow. There were many comments on DU last night about Tweety's demeanor and visage. He looked ten years older.

Tonight (Friday) was more of the same. He said the above when discussing Bush's comments about a Korea-like commitment to Iraq. "Am I worried? Damn straight."

I wonder what it particularly was that sobered him up.

[fooj]

1. IMO, it was Petraeus.

He has been a ball of fire since his testimony.

[ShortnFiery]

2. Tweety is a political power player who never misses a chance to suck up ...

There's an angle, an agenda that we are not privy to.

Don't hold your breath on Tweety talking open and honest. He likes it best when he can serve his corporate masters by keeping us "chattering classes" at each other's throat. :shrug:

[democrat2thecore]

41. Ridiculous. It's his NOT being able to be pinned down that proves you are wrong. -nt

[AlCzervik]

3. i did see him last night and i hope the change sticks.

i did not see him today but i'm glad he seems like he's finally over his man crush on Bush.

[rocktivity]

4. Either he finally sees the Rethugs for who they are

or he's worried about ending up on the graveyard shift with Joe Scarborough.

:headbang:
rocknation

[OHdem10]

5. In a nutshell, The Iraq War Issue bothers him.

[ShortnFiery]

6. Yes, how does he walk that fine line on his show so that the power elite will continue

to invite him and wifey to all those elegant soirees. :eyes:

[Lucinda]

8. He said Tony Snow was a great guy tonight

I think he straddles the fence a LOT

And I also think Olbermanns ratings may be a factor

[goclark]

10. Pow! It's the KO punch for Tweety Bird

Ratings, Ratings!

He wants to get those ratings up so he can show his mug day after day after day after day after day after day after day.

He is a Bushie forever and ever.

[Lucinda]

22. I'd stopped watching him quite a while ago

because i couldnt stomach all the Bushie-ness. I hope he truly has had an epiphany.
But I am always going to think ratings was an issue too. :)

[PatSeg]

18. Olbermann has spoken well of Snow as well

even though he frequently (well almost always) disagrees with him and said that they communicate regularly via email.

[Lucinda]

21. If Olbermann does that

he goes up even further in my book. And I already like him a lot. :)
I dont like all the vilifying of Repubs. I dont agree with them but I dont think they are all satan spawn either. Well...aside from the obvious few... :D

[PatSeg]

26. No its most of the ones in power

who fall in the "satan's spawn" category.

Olbermann is really a sharp guy and he's take on the Dems too if he thinks they are in the wrong.

[Lucinda]

28. And that, is as it should be. :) n/t

[stillcool]

7. the other side of his mouth...

it is not unusual for Tweets to make hay where the sun shines.

[liberal N proud]

9. Well, when is he going to apologize for enabling the bu$h regime

Glad to see he has come down from his drunken stupor but...



He has been their whore for more than 6 years.

[Eric J in MN]

11. One night, Chris Matthews is a liberal. The next night, he's a conservative.

He's been that way for years.

[democrat2thecore]

29. No. He calls 'em as he sees 'em

It's called being TRULY fair and balanced.

[Eric J in MN]

40. He voted for Bush in 2000.

Even if he calls them as he sees them, he doesn't necessarily have good judgement.

[democrat2thecore]

30. self-delete

self-delete
Meant to be a post and not a reply.
Sorry.

[monmouth]

12. Maybe he's been reading DU and finally became informed....I'm such a suck-up...eom

[H2O Man]

13. He is aware

of issues involving the possible spread of violence in the Middle East. Chris Matthews has actually provided more information, over the past four years, about the potential spread of conflict to Iran, than all of the other cable news shows combined. Bush's statements about a long-time military presence in Iraq might be viewed in that context.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. Don't Confuse People With Facts

I noted that Matthews was always skeptical about this war and another poster offered as a rebuttal an "attack" Matthews made on Phil Donahue when he was a guest on Phil's short lived MSNBC Show... I have two thoughts on that... One was that I was surprised Phil didn't acquit himself better and the second is how that "attack" made Matthews a proponent of the war...

He did vote for Bush in 00 but not in 04 and that isn't good in my book but , again, he never supported this war...

[0007]

15. I agree with your assessment and I miss Phil Donahue. If MSNBC

were smart (which they're not) they'd hire Mr. Donahue and fire Carlson Tucker.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Yeah, He Never Supported The NeoCon Ivasion...

Phil should have acquitted himself better...He knows how the game is played... He's no virgin to this genre...

Matthews has always been seduced by the "strong man" theory...

Matthews can be embarrassingly sexist or rakish at times by telling his female guests who come on to discuss serious topics they are attractive or in common parlance "hot or hawt".

These are all separate issues...

[Donna Zen]

17. Even if they don't rehire Donahue

they should fire Tucker Carlson. David Brock once commented that Tucker admitted that he does know better but spews on cue for the money.

[PatSeg]

20. But they were smart enough to hang on to Keith

and promote his show when they saw his ratings climb. I am hopeful that we'll see a programming change soon starting with Tucker.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. Chris Matthews has been skeptical about the war for some time,

I remember seeing him on Bill Maher last year or maybe even the year before being very outspoken in his disdain for Bush's Middle East policies.

[Vinca]

19. It's finally dawned on Tweety that the White House has a rubber room

and it's oval. He knows - as we do - that King George is "fixin' to bomb them Iranians."

[Totally Committed]

23. He probably found out it really WAS a sweat-sock in the crotch of Bush's Flight Suit....

And, it wasn't "English Leather" that made Fred Thompson smell so good, just that he really WAS leather.

Now, he'll never be able to trust again...........

TC

[amandabeech]

25. Tweety's complete disillusionment with the Iraq war has been obvious

for two or three years.

He sees real problems in the Middle East getting worse.

He also thinks that no matter what we do and how long we stay, the Iraqis will settle this among themselves when we leave, and that could be a major problem for the entire region.

Folks may not like Matthews for other reasons, but he's been sceptical of the war, and is not one of the current cheerleaders for moving on Iran and Syria.

[BenDavid]

27. This silly sombitch never got over

President Clinton turning his ass down to be Press Sect. after Mike McCurry left.....The screamer is one po pitiful silly sombitch.
Just thought I would let you know why all the hatred he has towards HRC and Bill and most democrats....

Ben David

[amandabeech]

32. How does that relate to his views on Iraq? n/t

[democrat2thecore]

34. Sorry, that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard -nt

[democrat2thecore]

31. Some things about Chris Matthews you maybe didn't know

He just calls them as he sees them and, to me, is a TRULY fair and balanced journalist. As for his looking bad last night....Matthews has diabetes and has some really bad times with it. If he doesn't mention he'll be gone and you suddenly see someone filling in for 3 or 4 days (or longer), it's his illness. He has had some close calls over the last 3 or 4 years, including several hospitalizations. He sometimes works when he is not well. I like the guy, always have. He is an incredibly nice person, politically astute as hell (read his books!) and he has a great Democratic family of which two are activists within the party. He, himself, was Chief of Staff to former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill and sought a seat in Congress in his home district in Philly years ago when he was a young man. Matthews is a good guy, angry about this war, this president, and is not doing well physically - sometimes we need to cut him some slack. His show has done a lot to wake people up. He was around "doing politics" when KO was in diapers (don't get me wrong I LOVE Keith!); many don't realize that Chris Matthews turns 62 this year.

[amandabeech]

33. I didn't know about the diabetes.

My aunt lives with it, and those unstable periods are hideous. He has my best wishes for the constant struggle with that disease.

I like him, too, even when I don't agree with him.

He handles the commentators of various views well, too. That's a tough job.

[grasswire]

35. yes, we know about the diabetes and his background...

...but as far as your subjective comments go, many here who have watched him for years and years and years will disagree to some extent. There have been many times when he is poorly informed -- no excuse for that! There are too many times when he wants to hear his own voice more than the comments of those he's questioning. There are times when he is naive and romantic about thugs and cheats.

Cut him some slack? Many of us are still viewing him even with his faults -- and *that* is slack.

[democrat2thecore]

36. Nobody is perfect and we can see things differently.

But what you said is fair & I understand.

Obviously from the other sub-post under mine, everyone doesn't know about the diabetes. And who is "we"? I, too, have watched Matthews for years. I knew him well when he was writing for the San Francisco Examiner. I don't think that mystical "we" probably knows much about him at all; excepting that he has the nickname of 'Tweety.' That's why I made the post.

But again, your criticisms are fair and I have no problems with them. I don't claim he's perfect. No such thing. In any of us.

[ShortnFiery]

37. Yes, no excuse for Tweety. He serves his corporate master by confusing the populace.

There's plenty of rumors here within the beltway that Tweety is invited to every expensive political soiree. He is part of the problem - serves the Corporate Beastie who feeds The Military Industrial Complex. :thumbsdown:

[gateley]

38. Holy Cow! It's that he's 61 that shocks me the most! I've always liked him,

I cut him LOTS of slack.

[Disturbed]

39. He also contracted Maleria while he was in Africa a

couple of years ago. He has been consistently against the Iraq Invasion since the beginning but he does suck up to a lot of RWingers, esp. Tom Delay.

[democrat2thecore]

42. Kick