C Matthews just compared Bush to

[JitterbugPerfume]

Atticus Finch


as a rule I do not watch Hardball but it is on in the background

[Mandate My Ass]

1. oh lordy

:puke:

[Stephanie]

2. oh my god just go ahead and marry him, tweety bird

[kstewart33]

3. How in the heck is Bush like Atticus Finch?

I see no basis for comparison at all.

[JitterbugPerfume]

18. He said in defending the Arabs (port thingy)

that Bush defends the underdog I hate tv news -

[Pirate Smile]

28. Right. He said Bush was going up against "the mob". The

nativists. He is talking about how the "smart people" are going to be with the President on this.

It was unbelievable.

[zanne]

85. After hearing Republican callers on C-Span this morning...

I think he's convincing people. I knew that some of the sheeple would fall in line, but I never thought it would happen this fast. One caller this morning said that people who oppose the ports deal "just don't know what they're talking about". Another said "It's just business". They haven't started quoting the bible yet, but they will.

[xkenx]

89. Rethugs always fall in line. This was from a blog post-Katrina

Bush Eats Baby, Republicans Defend President

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Republicans across the nation are scrambling to defend President George W. Bush after he ate a baby during a visit to the White House kitchen early last evening.

Eye witnesses report that the president left the White House residence at around 8:05 p.m. eastern time wearing what appeared to be a crudely stitched "woman suit made from actual womens' skin. He then entered the White House kitchen where he ate a baby with a side order of "a Cobb Salad containing raw puppy heads".

"I'm a baby eater. An eater of babies," the president told reporters this morning in the Rose Garden. "That's my job. My job is to tell the American people what I eat. And I eat babies and puppies while wearing suits of women. At least you know where I stand."


The presidential "Suit of Women" has been confirmed as having been fashioned from obese D.C. area residents who were coaxed into a nondescript van driven by Bush and his senior political advisor Karl Rove.

The women were forced to, "Put the lotion on their skin or else they get the hose again," says an anonymous White House source. The skins of the women were then harvested and sewn together into a costume which, when worn, makes the president appear to be an actual woman.

Photographs of the suit, which is allegedly flattering to the president's groin region, have yet to be released to the public.

Reports have not yet confirmed the identities of the women or the baby, but it has been confirmed that the president dropped the two-week-old child into a blender, set the device for "liquefy", then drank it down in only a few short gulps. He then decapitated several puppies, dropped them into a bed of lettuce and, "Scarfed it down like a Viking," said a White House kitchen employee.

REPUBLICANS DEFEND AND SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT

"Our goal isn't to play the blame game during an on-going investigation because the investigation is going on in an on-going kind of way indicative of an investigation," White House press secretary Scott McClellan told reporters. "There's a time for that and that time isn't now."

Republicans, however, are already calling for an investigation into the "inaction" of the White House kitchen staff for allowing this to happen.

"I'm not going to engage in the blame game. That baby was stupid for not running away and calling 911 for assistance," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX). "And I've seen the president's woman suit up close and I can tell you, it's better than mine. Never-the-less, the kitchen staff should be held accountable for letting this happen on their turf."

"I'm not going to engage in the blame game. That baby was stupid for not running away and calling 911 for assistance," said Republican Senator Trent Lott. "And I've seen the president's woman suit up close and I can tell you, it's better than mine. Never-the-less, the kitchen staff should be held accountable for letting this happen on their turf."

"I'm not going to engage in the blame game. That baby was stupid for not running away and calling 911 for assistance," said conservative Fox News host Sean Hannity. "And I've seen the president's woman suit up close and I can tell you, it's better than mine. Never-the-less, the kitchen staff should be held accountable for letting this happen on their turf."

"That baby was stupid for not running away and calling 911 for assistance," said formerly unknown conservative talk radio host Studs Pepperoni. "And I've seen the president's woman suit up close and I can tell you, it's better than mine. Never-the-less, the kitchen staff should be held accountable for letting this happen on their turf."

"Those women should be penalized for allowing themselves to get so fat and thus ripening themselves for skin harvesting," Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) commented on a Pennsylvania cable access show. Santorum had no comment on the puppies.

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh blamed former president Bill Clinton, "Folks, the eees-syooo here has nothing to do with babies or women or blenders or puppies. This has everything to do with Bill Clinton -- you know something folks -- Snerdly is telling me to cut it, but -- ummmm -- the nigg -- you know, I mean babies -- Clinton had eight years to stop babies from being ingested."

BLOGOSPHERE REACTION

While progressive bloggers are calling for the immediate arrest and impeachment of the president, denizens of the right-wing blogosphere immediately weighed in with their thoughts on the presidential crisis.

"Whiny libs are fags." -GOPawesome420.

"Shut up traitors attaking the prez is just showig your faggy lib colors." -Dittofan56.

"You lost, we won, get over it you whiny homos." -Nospinguy57.

BUSH FAMILY REACTION

The president's mother, Barbara Bush told reporters during a visit to Texas, "Those puppies were going to be used as fishing bait anyway, they're much better off now. BWA-HAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHA! HA!"

"It hurts me to the core that the liberal elite have begun to attack my boy," former president George H. W. Bush said Friday. "I know my boy and he's a compassionate, caring person. He could've eaten the baby alive, but he took the care to blend it up first. Round and round doing that thing a blender does down there."

LIKE A MERRY-GO-ROUND

Congressman Tom DeLay added this morning, "I bet the baby thought it was an amusement park ride. The blender must've been like a merry-go-round then the president's throat was like a fun water slide."

[u2spirit]

91. Thank you for posting this

I haven't laughed that hard in months.

[Orsino]

92. This stinks of *'s old campaigning, in which he proudly claimed...

...to have "stood up to the big trial lawyers" during his tenure as Texas' governor. "Standing up to the big trial lawyers," of course, parses to "rolling over for the big corporations."

Matthews isn't this delusional. He's just whoring.

[stray cat]

35. Bush never defends the underdog

He steps on us in his rush to defend big money which is all he is doing here. Katrina showed all of us how much this administration cares about the underdog. I can't believe Tweety can be so stupid sometimes.

[Dude_CalmDown]

80. How stupid Tweety can be sometimes? It's stupid to think it's stupidity.

He's smart enough to tie his own shoe so he knows better. This isn't stupidity - it's getting on his knees and giving the retard chimp a blow-job.

[MADem]

42. UNDERDOGS?? Seven despots who own all the wealth in their country

and who wield absolute control, and have a MASSIVE portfolio, are UNDERDOGS???

The Tweety has been drinking the toilet water again...I have proof, right here:

[land of the free]

59. Oh, and how about when Bush said "this is a crusade"

multiple times? Yeah, that's Bush, a real guy who is looking out for the best interest of everyone, especially the little guys.

Un-freaking believable. I really used to like watching Chris Matthews. I am so disgusted at how he's decided to become MSNBC's version of O'Reilly. He'll say anything to get liberals riled up for attention.

[skooooo]

23. stupid me didn't know who Finch was...(never read the book)

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Atticus Finch is one of the primary characters in the 1960 book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee . He represents morality and kindness. He defends Tom Robinson, a black man being tried for rape, because he feels that not doing so would make him a hypocrite. Atticus serves as a guiding light for his children, always calm and patient. He allows them to come to the understanding that, although evil exists, one should not dwell on that but should instead realize that the existence of this evil is a sign that there is work to do, and progress to make. His strong presence in his children's lives prevents them from becoming symbols of destroyed innocence, such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. In the 1962 film he was played by Gregory Peck. Atticus Finch was voted the greatest hero of all time by the American Film Institute in their special feature AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains.

[Common Sense Party]

47. Read the book. It's great. (The movie's not bad either.) nt

[Fridays Child]

4. Fuck him.

[fooj]

5. Are you kidding? The man is a bipolar nightmare.

Peace.

[annabanana]

6. and THAT is why

I refuse to get all happy when he appears to "get it"..

hopeless. always has been. always will be.

[Wickerman]

46. Thank you - I so tire of the Tweety has seen the light posts n/t

[mac56]

7. Oh, for god's sake.

I need to be violently ill.

:puke:

[hatrack]

8. How about Boo Radley?

That would seem to make much more sense.

And I see Tweety is back to his ol' fellatory self.

[Gruenemann]

12. ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!eom

[NanceGreggs]

24. O.M.G. !!!

Boo Radley! That is just priceless!

My immediate reaction to this comparison:

"Calpurnia, get me my gun. There's a mad dog on the loose out here ..."

[bettyellen]

38. Boo Radley was a nice guy, he saved those kids' lives in the end.

And he left them lots of cool secret presents in the knothole of that old oak.

[BeyondGeography]

43. Bob Ewell is more like it

A mean-spirited ignorant drunk.

[Sequoia]

56. Right on!!

[Frank Cannon]

72. Let's see... Drunk? Check.

Willfully ignorant? Check.
Racist? Check.
Perverted? Check.

Yup, I'd say that Bob Ewell is pretty much dead on.

[leftchick]

50. omg! That is perfect!

Except in the movie Boo was much cuter and less scary than **.

[Rocknrule]

68. But Boo Radley was a good guy

Therefore, no comparison

[Frank Cannon]

73. Not only good, but creative and giving

Bush lives only to take and destroy.

[against all enemies]

70. Boo Radley - played by Robert Duvall.

[BrotherBuzz]

90. There was good inside of misunderstood Boo.

and Atticus knew it.

Men Whom Men Condemn as Ill

In men whom men condemn as ill
I find so much of goodness still,
In men whom men pronounce divine
I find so much of sin and blot,
I do not dare to draw a line
Between the two, where God has not.

- Joaquin Miller

[KittyWampus]

9. Oh Yes! In Upside Down Land, where Tweety resides with his ass up

his head.

[fooj]

13. Tweety can kiss my liberal, democratic ass!

He's a loser in every sense of the word.

Peace.

[Janice325]

10. WTF???

In what context did he say that??
That makes my blood boil.

[blm]

29. In the context that Tweety's trying to protect his brother's candidacy in

the November election.

His brother is a Bushloving sycophant running for Lieut. Gov in Pa.

[WinkyDink]

39. Not to worry. It will be straight Dem. COUNT on it.

Mr. Matthews can walk his dog with Mr. Santorum.

[JitterbugPerfume]

34. in reference to Bush taking up for Arabs

in the port thingy

[MnFats]

11. Bush would have to get Cheney to help shoot a rabid dog.

and he'd only put some birdshot in the dog's face.


(read the book, it's great but some people recently have said Truman Capote wrote it for Harper Lee. She never wrote another book.

[dflprincess]

37. LOL

(I've heard that about Capote being the author as well)

[mitchum]

60. And those are totally baseless speculations

A close reading of the book and Capote's work reveal major stylistic differences. Try as he might, an author can not hide his fingerprints.

That silliness is just like those fools who insisted that Oxford attorney Phil Stone actually wrote Faulkner's novels. Nonsense.

[MnFats]

75. all i said was it's been out there. did not endorse the idea.

just making the point that the speculation is interesting...

[Frank Cannon]

81. If I'd written a classic like "To Kill a Mockingbird" as my first novel...

I think I'd have a hard time ever following up on it too. How do you top a book like that? And the pressure to do so would be enormous.

And you're right, Mitchum, the writing styles between Lee and Capote are just way too different.

[mitchum]

86. I agree with your reasoning...

If "To Kill A Mockingbird" is your debut novel, why follow it up?
a wonderful novel
a prizewinner
received both widespread critical and popular acclaim

I imagine that Lee only had one story to tell, but what a story it was!
And we are all the richer for it.

[doc03]

14. Just heard it myself, what an ass!

[Skidmore]

15. I wonder if Tweety's wife is ever jealous.

[terrya]

16. Matthews is in full ass kissing mode again, I see

Once in love, always in love, I guess.

[dflprincess]

17. Oh Lord, I wish Gregory Peck were alive to comment on that

Maybe Tweety meant Tom Ewell (sp). (I'm referring to May Ella's father)

[Disturbed]

25. Tweety is relevant?

Why post anything that he spouts?

[jrw14125]

19. MAYBE he's right....

ASSUMING IT WAS ATTICUS THAT SHOT THAT GUY IN THE BACK FOR TRYING TO ESCAPE...

[MidwestTransplant]

20. Thought you were going to say Jesus.

[caligirl]

21. Finch never flipped off his neighbor, Bush does it all the time to

American citizens for disagreeing with his policies.

[Minnesota_Lib]

76. And if Finch were like Bush, the folks in the upstairs courthouse seats...

would have been herded to a "free-speech" zone 20 blocks away. They certainly would not be allowed to be in attendance.

[kenny blankenship]

22. That's it. My head just esploded.

There will be major downtime while crews try to collect all the pieces.

[NanceGreggs]

30. Well, there's another coffee-soaked keyboard ...

:rofl:

[kurth]

26. Yeah, the great valiant defender of the underdog

What an idiotic comparison.

[Catherine Vincent]

27. OH MY GOD!

Someone needs to send this #^$%@$! to the looney bin!

[RandiFan1290]

31. Cliffs Notes version

Atticus represents morality and reason in To Kill a Mockingbird. As a character, Atticus is even-handed throughout the story. He is one of the very few characters who never has to rethink his position on an issue.

:rofl:

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-143,pageNum-48.html

[dflprincess]

40. Maybe Tweety's only read the Cliff Notes version

and was thinking about how Bush never changes his mind because he can't admit he's ever made a mistake.

Nah, that's not it. I just think Tweety's never read the book or the Cliff Notes or seen the movie.

[karlrschneider]

32. 'cause Chimp loves them tequila mockingbirds

:eyes:

[spuddonna]

33. I hope the ghost of Gregory Peck comes back and haunts Tweety...

What a dolt! Bush as Atticus Finch?!

You've got to be kidding me...

[sinkingfeeling]

36. Not a valid comparison!

[Ilsa]

41. No way. Atticus Finch had the respect of the underdogs.

The Saudis and UAE, etc are simply using the Chimp. There is no respect there.

[MellowOne]

44. How can anyone with a brain

Really believe the port deal is a good thing?

[Yavin4]

45. Tweety Must Daydream About Taking A BrokeBack Mountain Vaction with Bush

Tweety to Bush: "Why can't I quit you."

[Coexist]

48. Atticus Finch is A FICTIONAL HERO TO ME

I can't even read the posts here - to compare that motherfu#*er to Finch is INFURIATING!

[Lefty48197]

49. Oh dear God.

Lord, why do you do things like this to us? Maybe Calvin Coolidge, but NOT Atticus Finch.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

51. This must be the sickest comparison I have ever heard.Shame Tweety, Shame!

[BurtWorm]

52. Are you sure he didn't say "A tick on a finch's ass?"

I could see that...

[LibertyorDeath]

53. He's the reincarnation of Benito

Benito Mussolini

[mitchum]

61. Except that Mussolini had an intellectual bent...

Bush is more like Franco

[LibertyorDeath]

78. Then looks are deceiving

Benito looks far more arrogant and puffed up than Franco imo

[Frank Cannon]

84. I've always wondered about that.

Il Duce

Il Dousche

[Danmel]

54. Atticus?

He thinks Bush is like Atticus?

Atticus had courage, Atticus was decent, Atticus was a loving father, Atticus was everything Bush is not and could never be.

Funny Atticus Finch story:

My daughter is in 9th grade and reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" which, btw, is one of my favorite books. Her teacher, who is divorced, said that she loved Atticus and some other character from a book that escapes me now.

But she said "You know, it kinda figures...all the men I love are fictional"

[Sequoia]

55. WTF!!! HE MUST BE LOONEY!

Of course, Tweety!

Let's ask Harper Lee, she's still alive.

Chimpy will NEVER BE GREGORY PECK.

[SammyWinstonJack]

57. Okay, now he's just making things up.

[mitchum]

58. Bullshit...he's Bob Ewell with more money...

but still just white trash
And Matthews is just a stupid whore

[truth2power]

67. You've nailed it exactly! ..

Bob Ewell with more money, but still just white trash. A-friggin'-men!

You must be an English major. }(

[mitchum]

74. Yes! Y'know, I used to refer to him as Flem Snopes, but I started ...

thinking about how hard Flem actually did work about Varner's store. While bush certainly share the greedy and avaricious traits of the Snopeses, he's never worked as hard as any of them.
More shiftless than a Snopes. Incredible.

[Charlie Brown]

62. He reminds me more of Atticus' petty extended family

who were always talking about how important their "name" was and seemed like old-wealth elitists.

[sidwill]

63. settle down guys

Of the 900,000 people (out of a nation of 330 million) who saw him about 50% realize that he's an absolute idiot, 39% (roughly) are still mad at him for periodicaly questioning their liege Bushwa and the remaining viewers either missed the reference or had to change their brat's diaper.

What I'm trying to say is: Mathews just doesn't matter.

[truth2power]

64. God!! I think I'm gonna have a heart attack...

Geez!! Put down the bong, Tweety. :silly:

[ChiciB1]

65. Gee, I've Stopped Watching Him... I haven't Heard Much Talk

about him lately. I thought most of us felt it was USELESS!

[truth2power]

66. And another thing...

I'm reminded of when Calpurnia and Scout are sitting in the balcony of the courtroom during the trial. Court has adjourned for the day and Atticus has gathered up his papers and is walking dejectedly toward the door, and Calpurnia says, "Stand up, Jean Louise. Your father's passin'."

Brings me to tears! How respected he was. Neither Tweety nor Bush are worthy to wipe the bottom of Atticus' shoes. :(

[Rocknrule]

69. Is he kidding?

Bush would never stick up for a black man the way Atticus did...he'd be the one opening the trap door at the gallows

[against all enemies]

71. Anyone smart enough to know who Finch is; is smart enough to

know Bush is not that character.

[Poiuyt]

77. I can't imagine anyone LESS like Atticus Finch than George Bush

That has to be the most outrageous statement that Matthews has ever made. He's made some good ones, but that takes the cake.

For some reason, I feel insulted by that statement also. I don't know why, maybe it's because Atticus has been one of my all time heroes. In any event, I feel an email coming on.

[Katherine Brengle]

79. Anyone have a transcript? The most recent one on his site is weeks old

If anyone has his exact words, or close to, I would really appreciate it for a quick op-ed.

Thankies!

Tweety makes me want to :puke:.

[wickywom]

83. David Brooks on the News Hour ...

made a similar reference I believe on the same day--
about the port deal and b*sh..
Didn't mention Atticus by name, but compared
him to a certain lawyer in a certain southern novel...

He looked slimy saying it.

[Catrina]

87. Well, that explains it. It's a RW talking point and Tweety got the memo

I don't know if that let's him off the hook, since it wasn't his idea, or if it makes him worse for not choking on the very thought of saying such a stupid thing in public.

Atticus Finch was the epitome of decency ~

Bush is the epitome of all that is indecent ~

I think the RW thinks up these things just to drive liberals crazy ~ I am so glad I got rid of television several weeks ago. There was on interview that did it for me ~ maybe this will do it for others!!

[theHandpuppet]

82. And here I would have compared him to Dr. No

But really, what else do we expect from Matthews?

[Nickster]

88. LoL, OMG. Wake me up when this friggin nightmare is over.

[Swamp Rat]

93. His stupid and WRONG comparison sure made an uproar here.

:D

And UNLIKE BUSHLER, Boo Bradley was a good guy too. :)