Another Tweety meltdown over Sharpton

[ShadowCabinet]

Tweety hit a new low tonight. Did anyone catch him speaking over the Sharpton speech to make a crack about "This guy began his career on a lie?"

Now he's got Steve Buscemi on and he's wetting his pants describing how no Democrat can compete with the pResident's "heroic" moment standing on the rubble of the Twin Towers.

This goes beyond punditry. He might as well wear a sign saying "Tweety for Bush"!

[rfkrocks]

1. Tweety is a moron-turn him off and put c-span on

Pundit free TV!

[lottie244]

2. No question, Chris has sunk to a new low.

That was unconsciencionalble. The "lie" that starated Al in the limelight was similar to the "lie" that sent 909 soldiers to death in Iraq. It was based on "faulty intilligence."

Christ is a turd.

[juajen]

4. Wow, that was some mis-type.

[carpediem]

3. He answered his own question..

he asked, "How do Democrats compete with a president who stood on the rubble and vowed to get the people who knocked it down?" (paraphrased)

How about we don't have to compete - * has to explain why he didn't keep his "vow".

Unbelievable.

[Dudley_DUright]

5. Don't confuse Tweety with logic

You might make his head explode.

[Mz Pip]

8. Yep

Last time I check we still had not captured those people who knocked those towers down. As much as Bush would like us all to believe that Saddam and Osama are interchangeable Arabs, some of us out here do know the difference.

MzPip
:dem:

[osaMABUSh]

10. I thought Buscemi could have come up with an anwser like

"BUSH didn't get the people who knocked it down! You remember Osama Bin Laden for example." C'mon Steve, wake up!

I like him as an actor but Buscemi sucks as a Kerry spokesman/supporter.

What the fuck happened to Chris Matthews? Is he drinking Dennis Miller's KoolAid?

I have to watch the repuke convention (if only for a minute) to see how much he sucks up to Bush.

[Seabiscuit]

6. CHENEY SELLOUT TWEETY!!!!

:thumbsdown:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

7. So what? Tweety is a racist who uses red meat appeasement.....

towards conservative white men to get ratings.

That says alot about Chris Racsist Matthews.

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[TexasSissy]

11. Yeah, I saw that. I was wondering,"Did they hear the same speech I heard?

I thought Sharpton was terrific, got everyone roused and passionate. He said the things that many people were thinking. And because he's not one of the key people speaking at the convention, or even one of the Dem. leaders, I wouldn't think anything he said would be harmful. But I thought his speech kicked ass.

Then Tweety and pundits come on and start in with how negative the speech was, not in keeping with the convention's policy, blah, blah, blah. I don't know what Tweety meant about Sharpton starting his career on a lie. But lying about something in someone's career is hardly the same as lying to a country about why we're going to war.

Sharpton gave a great speech.

[mdguss]

12. Fact is:

Sharpton lied in the Brawly case and incited anti-semitic violence. People who take pride in tolerance would stay far, far away from Al Sharpton. This may be flame bait, but his speech was shrill, off-putting, and did little to nothing to help get Kerry elected. I agree with Chris Mattews, the guy should never have been on the stage in the first place.

[Seabiscuit]

13. The only *LIAR*

here is TWEETY!!!!!

CHENEY TWEETY!

[Garage Queen]

16. But, did he *knowingly* lie in the Brawley case?

Or did he simply make the mistake at taking her at her word? I'm sure he saw first hand in his community that many times in the past when a black woman (or ANY woman) cried "rape", she was dismissed as delusional, or hysterical, or both. Did he lie *on purpose*? Or was it a case of believing the wrong person?

Seriously, I'm just asking.

[TexasSissy]

20. Oh, THAT'S what Tweety was referring to? I remember that case...

and I never thought he lied. I think it was shown that Sharpton was lied to by the girl. He believed her, like almost everyone else did.

I didn't think ill of Sharpton for going to bat for someone who told him he'd been raped. He was a little rash, maybe, and didn't wait for real evidence. But I didn't think he lied. Maybe it's been shown that he did, and I don't know it (but I doubt it).

[Cats Against Frist]

18. I don't think that's relevant

I don't necessarily trust Al Sharpton -- I see him as an interesting and comical speaker, who is willing to come out and say things (for the good) that no one else will say.

But Matthews' breaking in on his speech and talking about "his career beginning over a lie," was completely inappropriate. Can you see him breaking in on a Schwartzeneggar speech if he talks about womens' rights and saying "remember how he treats women," or breaking in on a Rick Santorum speech and calling his sentimental, fake bullshit "Christian dogma" and reminding people how Santorum wants to play fast and loose with the Constitution?

You could break in and slam any speaker you wanted. Tom Brokaw didn't think Sharpton's speech was that bad -- and it was well out of prime time, only on cable, and most people accept that though he's in the Democratic party -- that he's not taken totally seriously as a figure.

I think Matthews just wanted to make a big deal out of it for ratings. I find him to be one of the more balanced inflammatory pundits, but I have noticed that he lets dumbasses like Orrin Hatch off really easy, while grilling the Dems much more.

At any rate, it was inappropriate to cut in on Sharpton's speech and start attacking him. They should let me do commentary on Bush or Cheney's speeches -- I'd have to cut in every three seconds if "bullshit detector" was the standard.

[TexasSissy]

21. Really? Interesting. I thought it was a great speech, and I'm not a

minority. I thought it was passionate, clever, articulate, rousing, funny....a pretty good speech all 'round, regardless of how anyone might feel about the substance.

He talked too loudly (someone forgot to tell him not to yell into the mike, that the auditorium just seems loud to the speaker, but the mike takes care of that). Other than that, I thought it roused the base during off hours. And reminded everyone which party has walked the walk when it comes to civil rights, and not just talked the talk. Yes, it definitely helped inspire people to go cast their vote for Kerry. Lest any African American actually believe what Bush was saying, that Democrats haven't done much to help them with their struggles, I think Sharpton reminded them, and the rest of us, that that isn't the case.

[mountainvue]

14. The Tweety/ Buscemi interview was the worst

I have seen so far. They were laughing out loud over Buscemi's answers and when he was trying to respond. It was ridiculous.

[lunarboy13]

19. I agree...

That interview was difficult to watch. Buscemi wasn't at all prepared for Tweety and it was a little unfair. Ben Affleck, however, really impressed me earlier in the week. He was articulate, intelligent, and had a real understanding of the issues. Tweety was gushing after that interview.

And I want to comment on this notion of Bush's "heroic" moment at ground zero that Tweety kept invoking. It is not heroic to show up long after the tragedy is over to "rally the troops", nor is it heroic to mislead them into a war that had no purpose or true definition. A hero would have dropped the children's book and flown to either NY or to the White House to both defend and run the country as it was being attacked. Heroes don't flee to undisclosed locations far from the fighting.

[Snivi Yllom]

15. Matthews cut away from Sharpton to bash him

Matthews lips must be tired from all the Bush phallus fellating

[graywarrior]

17. He's either stupid or has a deathwish

Can't believe the Kerry supporters from Boston have not bitch slapped him yet. He's so arrogant. What promises are the media getting from Cheney to be able to carry on like this? Must be good.

[FredScuttle]

22. I wanted to yell at Tweety

what about MIKE FUCKING BARNICLE!!!!

(Barnicle is the disgraced former Boston Globe columnist and noted Tweety pal/guest host who's been dogged by charges of plagarism in the past and finally got the boot after it was revealed that he took an entire George Carlin routine and put it verbatim in his column without attribution)

Tweety is beyond ridiculous this week....he's entered a new stratosphere of whore-dom. If MWO was still around, they'd anoint him Holy Father of the Media Whores, like that ceremony they had for Rev. Moon in Congress a few weeks back