Why Chris Matthews Did Barack Obama A Favor

[SoFlaJet]

Last night was an embarrassment with that Texas State Senator. He was totally unprepared for the onslaught that was the spittle-ing Matthews. So all day I'm watching MSNBC joke about it and listening to liberal radio-Randi and Schultz and what happens? All of a sudden for 3 hours on Randi's show is a litany of all of Obama's accomplishments while in the senate, focusing on an obscure and little known to the general public but VERY important to our safety bill sponsored by Lugar-Obama (look it up-Google IS your friend). Also, Clair McCaskill is going to be on Hardball telling Mister Spittle some of these same things that Frenchie Cat and other great posters here on DU have been saying all day. Thanks Chris...you were right last night when you said negative ads CAN help.

[LSK]

1. psst

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4684919&mesg_id=4684919

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4685527&mesg_id=4685527

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/03/AR2008010303303_pf.html

I love Randi.

:loveya:

[SoFlaJet]

3. thank you LSK

I had to go shopping for some food and missed these-you, AND DU rock

[grantcart]

2. To quote a very intelligent DUer "Blowback is a bitch"

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. madam claire kicked ass. Tweety said,

wow, you should hold classes for people coming here.

and then to make up for the crap (which was almost uncalled for) he played a SNL skit with Obama playing himself.

[SoFlaJet]

5. I have my DVR on pause

and she said Lugar-Obama first

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. she did, and didn't she also mention another law passed as well?

she was relaxed, prepared, smart, and explained her support in both professional and personal terms that was very convincing and honest.

[sandnsea]

7. He has an excellent record

His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427.

** First legislation, the HOPE Act, which increased Pell Grants to $5100, and later joined Senator Kennedy on the Higher Education legislation that passed July 20, by a vote of 78-18. That legislation also included funding for Predominantly Black Colleges to assist with counseling, tutoring and other needs of low income students. It also creates the Teaching Residency Act which will create a school-based teacher preparation program in high needs schools to provide each teacher with a mentor, content instruction, classroom management skills, a master’s degree and state certification, and a 2 year follow-up program.

**The Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006

**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law),

**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill,

** The “Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act.

** S116 - Summer Learning demonstration project to provide summer learning grants and encourage new teaching methods.

Amendments, misc:

S.Res.291 - A resolution to congratulate the Chicago White Sox on winning the 2005 World Series Championship.

S.Res.516 - A resolution recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.

S.Res.529 - A resolution designating July 13, 2006, as "National Summer Learning Day".

S.2125 - A bill to promote relief, security, and democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

S.3757 - A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, as the "Katherine Dunham Post Office Building".

S.Amdt.159 to S.Con.Res.18 - To prevent and, if necessary, respond to an international outbreak of the avian flu.

S.Amdt.390 to H.R.1268 - To provide meal and telephone benefits for members of the Armed Forces who are recuperating from injuries incurred on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

S.Amdt.670 to H.R.3 - To provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at new and existing refueling station facilities to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

S.Amdt.808 to H.R.6 - To establish a program to develop Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuels from Illinois basin coal.

S.Amdt.851 to H.R.6 - To require the Secretary to establish a Joint Flexible Fuel/Hybrid Vehicle Commercialization Initiative, and for other purposes.

S.Amdt.1061 to H.R.2361 - To provide that none of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of 15 U.S.C. section 2682(c)(3) or to delay the implementation of that section.

S.Amdt.1264 to H.R.3057 - To support a United States contribution to the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

S.Amdt.1362 to S.1042 - To require a report on the Department of Defense Composite Health Care System II.

S.Amdt.1453 to S.1402 - To ensure the protection of military and civilian personnel in the Department of Defense from an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic.

S.Amdt.2301 to H.R.3010 - To increase funds to the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program and to the Office of Special Education Programs of the Department of Education for the purposes of expanding positive behavioral interventions and supports.

S.Amdt.2605 to S.2020 - Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should immediately address issues relating to no-bid contracting.

S.Amdt.2930 to S.2349 - To clarify that availability of legislation does not include nonbusiness days.

S.Amdt.3144 to S.Con.Res.83 - To provide a $40 million increase in FY 2007 for the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program and to improve job services for hard-to-place veterans

S. Amdt 41 to S. 1 To require lobbyists to disclose the candidates, leadership PACs, or political parties for whom they collect or arrange contributions, and the aggregate amount of the contributions collected or arranged.

[SoFlaJet]

8. you guys are friggin great

I love DU

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. well what do you know?

not an "empty suit" afterall. hhhhmmmmmmm..... Any Clintonites care to comment? Thank you Tweety. I'll bet the Obama camp will never make that mistake again.

And why wasn't Stephanie Tubbs Jones required to answer the same questions? She just went on and on about the things hillary "cares about", but nothing in the way of successful legislation.

This is great practice for the Obama campaign. You guys are good.

:yourock: