Tweety's brother is running for Lt Gov in PA as a Repuke

[davidinalameda]

answers all my questions

http://www.matthews4ltgov.com/

[stop the bleeding]

1. figures all is answered now - thank you n/t

[skylarmae]

2. yup, confirmed my assumptions

although I knew where he stood during the 2000 run-off. Tweety gives 'Tweety' a bad name...

[fooj]

3. Yes. He's "very proud" of his brother.

I wonder if he has any Abramoff contributions?

Peace.

[yellowcanine]

4. Actually this means zero in and of itself. I have three brothers and a

sister and they are all Republicans and I am proud of all of them. Their politics have nothing to do with it. Anyway one can't choose their family.

[Pirate Smile]

5. When Democrat Patrick Murphy was on his show talking about

running for Congress in Pennsylvania, Tweety sure sounded like he was for his Republican incumbent.

Look here - from the transcript:

MATTHEWS: Patrick Murphy, why do you think you‘d be better than that other Irish guy that‘s in that seat now, Fitzpatrick?

MURPHY: Well, Chris, it‘s simple. I bring a fresh set and a new approach to Washington D.C. The people in Bucks County want change. People across the country want change. They want a change and make affordable health care. They want change and energy independent. But more importantly, they want to change, they want to feel safe. And by fighting the war in Iraq and taking our eye off the ball in Afghanistan and the real war on terror and Osama bin Laden, does not do that, Chris.

MATTHEWS: You know, I like Bucks County the way it is, but that‘s just my opinion. Anyway, Van Taylor, why do you think you‘d do a better job than the guy you‘re running against?

TAYLOR: I can tell you why people are excited about my candidacy. They‘re excited to send someone to Washington who has experience in the Marine Corps and in business, that addresses the problems of our time:

winning the war on terror, securing our border, growing our economy, bringing fiscal sanity back to Washington. And I‘m going to fight for traditional family values.

MATTHEWS: Well I want to thank you all for your service, guys, and any women who are running. We‘re going to try to get everybody on who‘s running. You certainly deserve the honor to run for office and maybe you deserve to win. It‘s great to have you on.

Hiram Lewis, good luck, you‘re going to need it. Patrick Murphy, good luck, you‘re going to need it. And Van Taylor, I‘m not sure what your situation is, but thank you and good luck.

And a special nod to my brother Jim Matthews, my little brother, my younger brother, who this weekend won the Republican endorsement for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. And there he is.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JIM MATTHEWS, ENDORSED FOR LT. GOV. OF PENNSYLVANIA: This has been an incredible ride, it‘s so wonderful, just being around Lynn and his family.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MATTHEWS: Our family is very proud of Jim. Join us again tomorrow night at 5:00 and 7:00 Eastern for more HARDBALL. Right now it‘s time for “THE ABRAMS REPORT” with Dan.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11345791/

When I watched it, I thought he was saying he liked Fitzpatrick and wanted to keep him in office. Reading the transcript, it seems more ambiguous.

[LSparkle]

6. I'm shocked, SHOCKED that Tweety would promote a Rethug ...

on his show ... brother or not.

[UTUSN]

7. Actually, Tweety's roots are Repuke - He was only an opportunist flunky

He grew up when the spell of JFK was on Irish-Catholics, and all other Catholics, and I don't doubt the strength of the mixture of charisma and idealism and the 1st Catholic. But Tweety sank into the oldstyle political machine flunkydom, and was in it for himself: Joining the Peace Corps TO GET OUT OF GOING TO VIETNAM (as he admits), and then to get stable political jobs. But his family roots were Repuke, and he has been creeping back to them since he started worshiping RAYGUN.

A flunky in the hothouse of D.C. gets his power and status as reflected from his boss. If the boss is top dog, the flunky is, too. And to a flunky, SUCCESS is everything. RAYGUN beat the pants off of Tweety's bosses, CARTER and O'NEILL, and therefore became Tweety's adoration.