Chris Matthews Declares "Enough!"

[AnIndependentTexan]

This was just posted by a member at the Kerry/Edwards forum and thought I would transfer it here because Tweety is mad.

http://forum.johnkerry.com/index.php?showtopic=88334&hl=


Matthews was just on The Today Show. He essentially called Cheney a liar, and said that the press needed to start reporting the truth. He was ON FIRE. Ann Curry tried really hard to calm him down or get him to present a "balanced" view. He was having none of it. He ripped Cheney--just ripped him. He said the press needed to start doing their job, and that if they allowed guys like Cheney to continue lying without fact-checking, they were doing the public a grave disservice. It was a great moment. I suspect Matthews was cut short this morning. Ann Curry seemed really unhappy with the way the whole thing went.

[Mojambo]

1. Wow.

It sure seems like we've reached critical mass in the media.

[babylonsister]

2. Standby for Hardball; maybe he's display some of that

fire there. It'd be about time, methinks.

[FlashHarry]

3. Bipolar Boy is back on our side, eh?

Hmmm. Two days ago, he was fellating Cheney. Now he's lambasting him?

Actually, he's always said that the Veep's office was the primary mover behind the war. Maybe he's back on his meds.

[tabasco]

16. He lost the last shred of credibility with me ...

when he led the Cheney cheerleading lovefest after the VP debate. That was downright bizarre. This guy needs to retire and seek help.

[Blue_Roses]

62. I agree

he's a product of his own spin machine. It must drive his wife nuts!:crazy:

[sysoprock]

4. That's why Chris Matthews is my boy.

Stop hating on a player.

He knows when its neccessary to drop bombs.

[Thrill]

5. Link? I really don't believe it

[Eric J in MN]

12. Apparently it was a Today Show tv appearance, so a transcript

wouldn't be available yet.

http://forum.johnkerry.com/index.php?showtopic=88334&hl=

I believe it. Chris Matthews swings rrom side to side.

[Cha]

6. tweety is at it again...this time he's

Flown over to our side!

tweety is right..but Jeez!

[eleny]

7. At first I thought you were kidding

You know, a little humor we often see here at DU. His program is starting in a few minutes. Sounds like it's a "must see" for today. Thanks so much for posting. My mistrust of him goes pretty deep, so we'll see what's up.

[helpisontheway]

13. That happened yesterday

morning. THen he went on his show last night and flipped again and kissed up to Bush administration.

[eleny]

22. Oh for god's sakes! Thanks!

[fdr_hst_fan]

14. I dn't trust him-

why the sudden change? Did we finally find our journalistic ethics? Our balls?

[AnIndependentTexan]

33. I've been watching his show all the time

One thing that has never changed is he felt this war was wrong. I think with everything coming out and then the way Bush has been acting he finally broke. Freepers were putting stress on the network and him. I read some post where they were trying to boycott MSN NBC product advertiser.

There was also a point where my dad and I noticed his change. It was right before the RNC convention. He was going pretty hard on republicans and democrats. There was one show where he looked like he didn't want to be there or he was ill feeling. I believe that was the point when they started pressuring big time.

[Kingshakabobo]

39. It was after he went after that Maulkin POS. I'm pretty sure.

There was talk of Repugs boycotting going on his show. He looked like he had his tail between his legs after that incident.

[JPace]

53. I remember when AWOL landed on the aircraft carrier

in a jet....I thought Chris was going to
faint with admiration of the pResident.
I'm not so sure he was all that much
against the war.

[Crunchy Frog]

59. He flip-flopped on the war.

I remember him speaking out quite forcefully against it during the buildup. Then when they pulled the statue down, he was ecstatic and took back everything he had said before. "Hey, we pulled down a statue! That makes everything alright."

Then, when Chimpy had his air craft carrier landing, Tweety went apeshit. He was just gaga over the bulge in Chimpy's flightsuit. At that point I'm sure he was 100% in favor of the invasion.

I guess after hundreds more soldiers had died and no WMDs had been found, he maybe started having some questions again.

I really think he's absolutely hopeless. He will always get your hopes up, and then dash them. I gave up on him after the first time he changed his opinion about the war. I haven't been taken in since.

[JI7]

8. he should take his own advice and stop being a whore

[11cents]

9. And tomorrow Bush will appear at the debate wearing a codpiece

...and Matthews will turning cartwheels over the manliness of Our Leader. No soul, I tell ya. It's too bad, because he's occasionally smarter than other pundits.

[WilliamPitt]

10. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I remember one day that winter, I got a call from an MSNBC producer. Hans Blix and the weapons inspectors had only been in-country a few days, and this producer wanted me on the (I think) Connie Chung show. The catch, however, was that she wanted me to talk about what the inspectors were doing wrong. "What if I think they aren't doing anything wrong?" I asked. Silence on the line. A short chuckle. A demurral. A click. If I wasn't going to slam the inspectors, I wasn't wanted on MSNBC. This is one of the eight billion reasons I want to break furniture when DUers take that fucking network, or any of its on-air 'talent,' seriously.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=998697&mesg_id=998697

[Renew Deal]

26. Have you seen Outfoxed

It's all there about MSNBC too. They were worse.

[lasttrip]

46. thanx for the reality check. nt

[irancontra]

11. I don't trust him yet... he still plays the fence when he clearly

knows that he's lying for chimp.

[MADem]

37. He's covering for his wife

...She is on air talent in DC, working at the same station that canned Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect (they ignored emails from literally tens upon tens upon tens of thousands of viewers--including members of congress--who bitched mightily, but refused to put it back on) so if he goes too far off the reservation, Kathleen suffers. It is owned by those insane, rightwing shits, Allbritton Communications. They should take a walk, blindfolded, on the beltway at rush hour, the bums.

I'm dead serious about his fears for her job.

When you have kids and need to pay for college, it is easy to become a whore.

Read all about her here: http://www.wjla.com/news/talent.hrb?i=18

[indie_voter]

50. How much money does he need?

"When you have kids and need to pay for college, it is easy to become a whore."

He isn't a mid level manager, he is national TV personality with his own TV show. His salary must reflect this.

Don't these people save? If he was a small cog in the wheel, I might feel sorry for him. Not somebody like Mathews. People who make much less than he does show some moral courage.

Off topic, but does Keith Olbermann have a family (I really don't know)?

[MADem]

56. DC is weird....

If you live in the burbs, housing is is a little expensive (there are areas in the nation that are a bit worse, but many that are WAY cheaper), but if you live in the really good DC 'hoods, it is absurd. And unless you live in NORVA, you do not want to send your kids to public schools--in DC and MD, they kind of suck. I think they are still living in MD, Bethe$da? maybe, but do not quote me.

Food costs in the region are off the charts--I've never seen groceries more costly than DC--they are way cheaper in New England, if you don't include Cape Cod. And MSNBC does not pay all that well...it ain't DAN RATHER or TOM BROKAW type salaries--it's way, way less than they make, a bit better than the anchor on a local news show in a big market.

I'm not an apologist for Tweety (he has driven me screeching mad at times), but Tip O'Neill was my neighbor and hero.

Tip hired him, so he can't be all bad. He just cannot be.

If I'm gonna go for hope with Kerry/Edwards, I gotta hope that one day Tweety will come home to his roost with the Democrats. Hope, not hate!

[grasswire]

51. he just bought a house on Nantucket..

...for 4.5 million bucks. I don't think college tuition is too much of a problem for him.

[MADem]

58. You can rent out your house

...by the week on Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard for a month or so in the summer, and cover the mortgage for the better part of the year, if you are nicely located--those rich fools will pay anything to be in with the in crowd. If I had the cash, or some fool who gave me credit based on my fame, I'd grab a house there too!

[Clinton Crusader]

54. I didnt know this about his wife - thanks...

But I am mystified as to Tweety's overboard hilarity and rah rah routine for Cheney after the debate..NOW he's calling him a LIAR?!?

:kick:

[DURHAM D]

15. He is better in the mornings -

his meds wear off by evening.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

17. They just haven't made enough Lithium...

To fix what ails that boy.

[Kingshakabobo]

18. Faux just referred to him as "talk show host and former

Carter speech writer". I'm sure he has held a few other jobs besides that (like cop) but they had to throw it in. They never miss an opportunity to spin.

[Lefty48197]

30. They forgot about Chris' previous life, when he was covering Monica 24/365

.

[Merlin]

19. It's because Tweety was duped spectacularly right after the debate.

He called Cheyney "brilliant" and laughed about how the troll dismissed JE with his cutting remarks about never having met him before.

Tweety was so hyped about how Cheyney had cleaned Edward's clock that nobody could disagree with him. Finally the network brough in Brokaw and Russert for commentary. The first words out of Brokaw's mouth were a very, very stern cautionary "Well I'm not so sure, Chris." He went on to explain how maybe Cheyney did not do so well in the eyes of the electorate, and Russert chimed in with more of same.

IMO, what had happened was these guys had an eyeful of the feedback on their on-line polls and wanted to help keep MSRNC from looking ridiculous (which--with Tweety on--is pretty much a vain effort anyway).

[furjaw]

20. Bush Resume

My Resume: 2000 - 2004

I attacked and took over 2 innocent countries.

I squandered the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury.

I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not easy!).

I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any
12 month period.

I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market.

I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.

In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on
vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat my dad's, but I did).

After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over
the worst security failure in US history.

I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in
US history.

In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.

I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any
other president in US history.

I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a 12-month
period.

I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than
any president in US history.

I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president since the
advent of TV.

I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than
any other US president in history.

I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to
intervene when corruption was revealed.

I cut health care benefits for war veterans.

I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously
take to the streets to protest me (15 million people ), shattering the
record for protests against any person in the history of mankind.

I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US
history.

I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in
US history.

Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US
history. (The poorest multimillionaire, Condolisa Rice, has a Chevron oil
tanker named after her.)

I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the
Union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.

I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market
in any country in the history of the world.

I am the first president in US history to order a US attack AND military
occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the
United Nations and the vast majority of the international community.

I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the
history of the United States, called the "Bureau of Homeland
Security" (only one letter away from BS).

I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases,
more than any other president in US history (Ronnie was tough to beat,
but I did it!!).

I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations to
remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.

I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations
remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.

I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of
congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.

I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. I withdrew from the World
Court of Law.

I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by
default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.

I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election
inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.

I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign
donations.

The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my
best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds
in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).

I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US
history.

I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack
(and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1).

I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.

I took the world's sympathy for the US after 9/11, and in less than a year
made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest
diplomatic failure in US and world history).

I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people
of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace
and stability.

I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government
contracts.

I set the all-time record for the number of administration appointees who
violated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations
bidding for gov't contracts.

I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any
other president in US! history.

I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years
turned every single economic category heading straight down.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES: I have at least one conviction for drunk
driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).

I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during time of war.
I refuse to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use (wink,wink).

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away
to my fathers library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt
companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which I served on the
board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public
energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.



GEORGE W. BUSH

The White House, Washington, DC

[Wind Dancer]

38. furjaw,

great list you've put together - welcome to DU, :hi:

[wurzel]

41. That is awesome. Welcome to DU. n/t

[spooky3]

49. That's what I thought too. He was sucked in and looked ridiculous.

Now he has to attack the person who sucked him in.

[NewJeffCT]

60. I agree on that

After the debate, he was so glowing in his praise of Cheney, you'd think Ann Coulter was under the desk there with Matthews' schlong in her mouth.

[Wind Dancer]

21. I have lost all respect for him.

He has sold his soul to the devil and I will never trust him again. I'm sick of these lying pundits who have simply been government talking points that have brainwashed the public with propaganda.

[WI_DEM]

23. Matthews is Schitzophrenic

One day he is kissing Bush's ass and saying it smells like a rose and the next he is kicking and stompin all over Bushco. Will the real Chris Matthews please stand up?

[muchacho]

24. Curry has no spice

Ann Curry is a fawning den mother, not a journalist

[Lefty48197]

25. Matthews must have had a flashback to Journalism school

Don't worry it'll pass.

[MADem]

57. He is not a real journalist

He's a political hack. He worked for Tipper, he worked for Carter, he worked for Ed Muskie. He also was in the Peace Corps in Africa. He thought about running for office in PA, but then lost enthusiasm. Not sure if it was cash flow, support, or personal issues that made him back off that idea.

[jimshoes]

27. Does he flip a coin

in the morning when he wakes up to see which side he's going to go off on. He's so inconsistent.

[Bush was AWOL]

28. Why doesn't he stand up for the truth on Hardball?

He has a totally different personality when he's dealing with the public off of Hardball, for some reason. He clearly thinks these guys deserve to go down; so why does he keep whoring for them?

[necso]

29. Well,

in what is paraphrased (if true), he is certainly speaking the truth.

I do not like him, I do not trust him -- however, I admire any man who rises to his duty. But there are far too few -- especially in the media.

(On edit: switched "however" and "but".)

[greekspeak]

31. Did he take some of Dr. Zell's Zig Zag Pills?

It sounds like he vascilates between utter contempt and proskenesis. I think someone needs to get some meds for bipolar disorder.

Maybe Limpballs has been slipping Oxy-C into his drinks.

Maybe he is going into overload, and his next appearance steam will come out his ears, his head will spin around, and Lt. Commander LaForge will have to come replace his neural net.

[sherilocks]

32. I guess I'll have to watch Hardball tonight

I sent him an email, after last night's Repug lovefest, and said that I'd be going back to watching Law & Order re-reuns before I'd watch Hardball again.

[DemocracyInaction]

34. By 10:31 et time tomorrow night, Tweety will tell you that Kerry is not

fit to lead. Go to the bank on it. Tomorrow all whores have been commanded to perform because it's Bush's final gasp. He loves his paycheck. He will be the first of the whoring press not to report the facts.

[DesEtoiles]

35. hopefully he means it...this time

[NoBorders]

36. yes, he's schizo, but I really think there's been a change

I think the press corps/media are simply stunned at the continued outright lying and spinning the administration is doing in light of the facts. And I think, hope, it's finally too much for them, or at least some of them.

[The Backlash Cometh]

40. UUUweee. As the worm turns.

I'll question his motives later. Right now he's saying the right things.

[muchacho]

42. link

I looked on the Today site but didn't care to see some shrink drone on about giving kids too much.

[a_random_joel]

43. What if the Cheney cheerleading was a setup by Tweety?

What if he intentionally hyped Cheney, knowing full well, that Cheney's "zingers" would backfire?

I can see two reasons for this:

1. Giving the whole story more legs
2. Giving himself cover from Freeper types

I don't always trust Tweety, but this seems plausible to me.

[The Wielding Truth]

44. Finally he calls it as it is! Can not even start to trust Bush & Co..

[PCIntern]

45. He said that?

I'm stuck at work and basically politically blueballed here...

[Clinton Crusader]

47. HUH!???! Is anyone watching now? I swore off him

:kick:

[sherilocks]

52. I'm watching, no mention of Today show. I'll stick around

to see. Worth watching just to see Dean.

[Jack_Dawson]

48. Day-Old News

This is so WEDNESDAY!

[PlanetBev]

55. Tweety is lower than plant life

An egregious whore with no spine. It's amazing he has a thumb left, considering how many times he's held it up to the wind. He goes with the times, and would sell this country down the river as long as he gets to keep his seat at the cool kids table. When Kerry wins, Tweety will act like he was always behind him, and had never thought of writing him off.

TweetyBird: massive, colossal rectal opening.

[ibegurpard]

61. Oh, for chrissake Tweety!

Make up your fucking mind! :grr:

[liveoaktx]

63. Oh, please... I heard him again briefly last night trashing Kerry for

being unlikeable... in a minute or two before Olbermann came on.

There's a REASON why a whole lot of people have quit watching him or anything he's associated with.

[in_cog_ni_to]

64. Well now,

We will see tonight if he follows his own damn advice, won't we? I have thought, so many times, that Tweety had seen the light, only to be disappointed day after day. The Michelle Malkin interview was some of his best work. However, THAT kind of interview is far and few between. Let's see what Tweety does tonight after the debate. That will be the true test. WHY, after 4 fucking years of cheerleading for this administration, all of a sudden Mathews wants to tell the TRUTH??? I'll take it, if he does, but I don't forgive him for what he's done for this administration. He had to know they were lying, I DID!

[secular_warrior]

65. CM is probably pissed at the RNC for the video they made slamming him

The RNC and conservatives have been on MAtthews' case since the dust-up with Malkin, and especially since the dust-up with Zell. Now the RNC came out with a web video slamming "Democrat Chris Matthews" and he probably decided he had enough. Even a whore has limits.