Mike Barnicle just called Bush "delusional."

[Fridays Child]

On Scarborough Country: We have a president of the United States who is isolated, he's delusional, he is stubborn. He has had one intervention that clearly didn't work--the Baker Hamilton Report--he is clearly in need of another intervention.

[tridim]

1. The other guy, "Bush's answers gave me the heebie-jeebies"

He's a repuke right?

These guys are showing real fear. I think they're afraid of a military coup.

[babylonsister]

7. I dunno. They might welcome a military coup. nt

[annabanana]

20. Hells Bells. .

These days, I might welcome a military coup.


Well. . maybe not, but only because of a problematic aftermath.

[babylonsister]

21. I think I would, if it is the quickest way to remove the worst prez ever. nt

[Fridays Child]

8. Which one? One is from The Atlantic Monthly (Josh Green, wearing a tie)...

...and one is from The New Republic (Michael Crowley, no tie on).

[orleans]

11. it was the twirp from new republic. n/t

[Pirate Smile]

2. Plus the election was an intervention too - the first one.

[Fridays Child]

3. True.

[Bobbie Jo]

37. The second step of an Intervention....

Submit to help OR accept consequences.

Pick one....:shrug:

[Beacho]

4. That's nothing compared to last night

When Tweetie called everyone involved in bringing about the Iraq invasion 'cretins'. I fell out of my chair when I heard that

[Fridays Child]

10. I saw that, too. Tweety had best look in the mirror. He's been one of...

...Bush's biggest cheerleaders, in general, and for this illegal war, in particular.

[leftofthedial]

12. Tweetie is an accomplice to crimes against humanity

IMHO

[H2O Man]

14. Nope.

Mr. Matthews has been opposed to the war in Iraq from the beginning.

[Pirate Smile]

16. That was my impression as well, H2O Man.

[benddem]

18. except that he

oozed on and on about what a mensch Bush is...he didn't see like we did that the aircraft carrier bit
was a stunt. Earlier today someone posted all the drivel he spewed about what a man Bush is.

[H2O Man]

42. While true,

that is distinct from supporting the war.

[babylonsister]

23. But he has also enabled by gushing about dimson, calling him

Churchillian, the guy you'd want to have a beer with, etc. He tried to have it both ways perhaps.

[H2O Man]

44. Those who are anti-war

should not handcuff themselves by defining things in a narrow and rigid manner. The example of Matthews helps us see that. There are two distinct things involved: {a} beliefs about the war; and {b} feelings about Bush as a person. Each is a continuum. We limit ourselves by thinking they are the same, and viewing the big picture in black and white terms.

The two continuums do, of course, intersect. Thus, we have four quadrants: {1} those who oppose the war, and dislike Bush; {2} those who oppose the war, but like Bush; {3} those who support the war, and like Bush; and {4} those who support the war, but dislike Bush.

The national polls that show the increasing numbers of Americans who oppose the war indicate that there is a growing percentage of "middle" America who, though they may not share the progressive democrats' dislike of Bush as an individual, have withdrawn their support for his war policies. If we hope to end the war, it may require progressive democrats not limit themselves by demanding that everyone else share their contempt for Bush as an individual. We may view people like Matthews as having flaws, because he has a different opinion of Bush as a person than us, but we would be investing in our own flaws if we refuse to recognize that the anti-war movement is widespread and includes a variety of people with a wide range of opinions.

[Fridays Child]

27. Really. His infatuation with Bush has been so over-the-top, that...

...any anti-war noises he may have made, in the past, must have been drowned out. When he swooned over Bush's carrier charade, for example, it was obvious that Matthews was damned proud of how his commander-in-chief conducted the war. And on many other occasions, he was quite belligerent toward guests who criticized the war. I don't have specific citations but I know what I saw.

[PA Democrat]

45. Yes. Chris Matthews was one of the few people on TV opposed to going

into Iraq. Hardball was one of the few shows I could stomach watching in late 2002/ early 2003.

I think that once the invasion began, Matthews stopped his criticism in a show of "supporting the troops," but up until the first bombs were dropped, he was one of the few people speaking out AGAINST invading Iraq. Phil Donahue was the only other one that I recall, and we all know what happened to his show as a result.

[CatWoman]

17. I remember Tweety going on about how

women "loved this war".

Fuck him :nuke:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200604270005

[faithnotgreed]

25. good one catwoman. that is exactly the kind of stuff he says

and fairly often too

really awful stuff which definitely doesnt balance out his lucid moments
i feel for him though. no one can be in good health and be that all over the place at any given moment
maybe it was his diabetes so i hope he is better now

[CatWoman]

26. I just lost a sister last week to diabetes

so I know all too well just how deadly and catastrophic that disease can be.....

still - that's no excuse for all of his whoring for the Bush Cabal.

[Fridays Child]

30. I'm sorry about that, CatWoman.

You're right. Diabetes is deadly. The granddaughter of a friend of mine has it, and she was in ICU just last week, in a diabetic coma--very near death. She's "okay," now, but her glucose levels are not at all stable. Nothing looks wrong with her on the outside, though, and because of that, I'm afraid that her parents don't take her illness as seriously as they should. :(

[faithnotgreed]

33. oh my goodness ... i had no idea

i havent been around as much of late so i didnt know about this - sorry for bringing that up in the light of chris and his odd outbursts
i am sorry catwoman

i know it impacts people in so many ways and can indeed be devastating
how are you doing

[Ladyhawk]

39. Damn...I'm going to go check my blood glucose.

I haven't been very good about it lately. Ack!

[faithnotgreed]

46. most definitely - take good care of yourself

you dont want to end up like chris matthews (for so many reasons -ha)

[Ladyhawk]

47. LOL...I don't think I would end up like him regardless.

It's "hard work," but I'm capable of thinking for myself. :)

[ninkasi]

35. I'm sorry, CatWoman

Diabetes runs in my family, and a cousin who is like a sister to me has it, and I worry and pray for her daily. Again, I'm sorry for your loss.

[symbolman]

40. I'm so sorry for your loss

Please accept my sympathies, my mother was a diabetic, and one of my earliest memories was standing at her knee in the mornings while she jammed a big fat needle into her leg..

When we came home from our Thanksgiving trip to the inlaws we ran into the folks renting from us downstairs, specifically the father of the family. I immediately noticed that he'd lost a LOT of weight, he admitted to 27 lbs in a MONTH.

I told him to get his ass to a doctor TODAY, he'd been refusing all that time. I used to work in a VA Hospital after Nam and my job was to take care of the Bodies of those who'd been so frightened by war that they'd gone over the edge and were institutionalized - they couldn't communicate, so I was to read all of their case histories 300 of them, and observe them as they went about their meanderings in the underground tunnels between buildings, where they ate, and other areas.

Then send them to a doctor after I'd made a sort of poor man's preliminary diagnosis, I got pretty good at it, reading the body language.

I developed a real ability to 'see' pain. In some ways that's MY Disability now, when in large crowds I can 'FEEL' the pain being generated by too many people, so no rock stardom for me :)

So I let the renter know that from all indications, extreme thirst, cramps, other things, that he probably had onset adult diabetes. It didn't have to be cancer, etc

Still wouldn't go. I told him that he could pass out in a car while driving, kill his whole family and maybe other families, that sooner of later it WAS going to happen, and when I finally confronted him in front of his wife (not being an asshole, just refusing to let it go), she started crying, saying how worried she was.

This led him (and the fact that I told him to skip the rent this month and go to the fucking emergency room) to seek help. And like I said, they booted him up right there with insulin and started a management program.

We got a thank you card today, and this month's rent, but he's still working on the last months, our Christmas present to him and his family.

I'm just glad he's ALIVE, because most people have no idea how SERIOUS diabetes is.

Just wanted to let people know that it IS survivable if you find you have it, and also there is no SHAME involved in it either, this guy felt less of a man, and I called bullshit on that too.

Poor Catwoman, I wish I could properly convey my sympathy for your loss. I hope she had a happy life while she was here, and at least in this life she had a great sister like YOU :)

[malaise]

43. Deepest sympathy

I know what it is to lose a sister.
Sp.

[nuxvomica]

13. Scarborough and Matthews could've been ahead of the curve

All they had to do was watch the show in-between theirs', for gosh sakes!

[H2O Man]

5. "Delusional"

It's being said, over and over, on the MSNBC republican evening show.

[notadmblnd]

9. But they won't believe it....

until it's said on Faux.

[Jimmy52]

22. Faux will reword it to

Faux will reword it to "somewhat confused."

THE MAN THINKS HE IS THE SECOND COMING OF MOSES!

[senseandsensibility]

34. Welcome to DU!

:hi: FAUX or no, it's still great to hear about all this dissing of the chimperor. Better late than never and all that.

[H2O Man]

49. Actually,

it was, yesterday. A guest on Fox said Bush appeared delusional in the press conference.

[notadmblnd]

50. maybe we are making progress?

:hi:

[whistle]

6. George Dubya Bush is a delusional doofus

[orleans]

15. i saw that too. kinda scary how the screw in the white house is turning

and it just really pisses me off when i hear these republican freaks talking about how fucked up bush is--but they SUPPORTED HIM! makes me think: LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO THIS COUNTRY AND THIS WORLD WITH YOUR STUPID FUCKING BLIND FAITH SUPPORT OF THIS ASSHOLE!!!!! SHAME ON YOU!

[Jimmy52]

19. The GOP is whining

The republicans are just peed because they followed bush around like sheep and now many of them are out of office and have to get real jobs. What a bunch of idiots!

[faithnotgreed]

24. precisely - if it werent raining hard on their parade they would still be

cheerleading for this criminal tragic illegal cabal

when cokie roberts turned on him (a couple days ago apparently) you know its hitting them where they arent used to

welcome to the fun jimmy
were glad youre here

[alfredo]

28. Intervention= 25th amendment

[UTUSN]

29. AND Barnicle/Tweety/Russert (the Irish-Catholic CABAL) is who VOTED for Shrub

http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/

[tinfoilinfor2005]

31. Anyone remember the old film, "West World" with Yul Brynner

playing the gunslinging robot? When his brain chip went haywire, he walked around saying, "West World, where nothing can go WORRRRRNG."

Maybe dubya's brain chip finally bit the dust?

[Fridays Child]

32. For that to be the case, he'd need a brain.

I'm pretty sure that, if you shine a flashlight up his nose, you'll see light at the top of his skull.

[kestrel91316]

36. It's been SIX YEARS. This guy just now noticed???

[Initech]

38. Boy, talk about the understatement of the century!

[madokie]

41. divine intervention is what got us here, is it not

jerking his ass up and literally throwing his stinking ass out the door would be a good start, followed by a you're on your own big boy

[WI_DEM]

48. the man is nuts and won't listen to reason