Chris Matthews says Bush administration has "finally been caught in their criminality"

[RamboLiberal]

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Matthews began his remarks by declaring that he wanted to "make some news" and he certainly didn't disappoint. After praising the drafters of the First Amendment for allowing him to make a living, he outlined what he said was the fundamental difference between the Bush and Clinton administrations.

The Clinton camp, he said, never put pressure on his bosses to silence him.

“Not so this crowd,” he added, explaining that Bush White House officials -- especially those from Vice President Cheney's office -- called MSNBC brass to complain about the content of his show and attempted to influence its editorial content. "They will not silence me!" Matthews declared.

"They've finally been caught in their criminality," Matthews continued, although he did not specify the exact criminal behavior to which he referred. He then drew an obvious Bush-Nixon parallel by saying, “Spiro Agnew was not an American hero."

Matthews left the throng of Washington A-listers with a parting shot at Cheney: “God help us if we had Cheney during the Cuban missile crisis. We’d all be under a parking lot.”

http://www.examiner.com/blogs/Yeas_and_Nays/2007/10/4/Matthews-Bush-Admin-puts-pressure-on-my-bosses

Oh and Tweety thinks his confrontation with Jon Stewart left Stewart "crestfallen" and Tweety "victorious"

[Mythsaje]

1. "Finally?"

That was YEARS ago...

[journalist3072]

My thoughts exactly. And you know, sometimes I wonder if Chris knows what he believes in

He seems to want to have it both ways sometimes.....carrying the water for the GOP, and then taking them to task.

Does he know what he believes in?

[Cha]

18. "Life Is A Campaign"...

doncha know?

[Kagemusha]

2. Tweety, that's because Jon was sad for you and your way of life.

Be happy for your victory. It's as hollow as a Bush promise.

[tularetom]

3. No thanks to tweety of course

If it were up to him he'd still be getting moist every night drooling over the boy king's sock-filled space suit.

And if he thinks Stewart was crestfallen over that interview he really is living in bizarro world.

[L. Coyote]

4. Is the crime "attempted to influence ... editorial content" ??

Where was he years ago?

[upi402]

5. well pick a damn side Chris. Do what you KNOW is right... make amends

It's time. Well past time. And maybe too damn late. You were a part of the fascist propaganda organ of the p-nacsters. You want to know for only THAT? Or make amends... and quick!

[LittleClarkie]

6. Which personality is this now?

I'm losing track.

I'll have to stop calling him Sybil. He's gone way beyond 16 personalities now.

[EFerrari]

23. "I want to talk to Jane."

:rofl:

[lovuian]

7. Why is it a bit too late??? But hey its never to late for speaking

the truth

their crooks

So good going Tweety for stating the obvious
:applause:

[hatrack]

13. I don't thank people for revealing to me the whereabouts of the sky.

About 2500 days and a trillion dollars short on the part of Drool-boy.

[ruggerson]

8. I think Tweety is clinically ill

and I'm not being facetious. There is something very wrong with him. The interview with his wife today was one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen on television. He is suffering from some kind of grandiosity related personality disorder.

[wanpete]

14. My thoughts exactly Ruggerson! I actually was stunned as his asked his wife what it was like to be

married to HIM! To be on the other side of his world. The interview was like something right out of the Twilight Zone. He is definitely suffering from some type of mental illness or narcissistic personality disorder.

[hisownpetard]

21. Tell me you're kidding. He actually asked his wife what it was like to be married to him?

Could he possibly be more self-centered than that? Yeccch.

[Kool Kitty]

32. Well...

what was her answer? I can't even imagine what she would say.

[hisownpetard]

37. But enough about me! Let's talk about YOU, dear. Which one of my 3-pc suits is your favorite?

[The Backlash Cometh]

33. I think that's the kind of personality is book suggest we should all become

in order to get ahead.

[Arugula Latte]

9. So it's only criminal if it involves you personally, you egomaniacal potato-headed schizo...

:wtf:

[HughMoran]

10. Sounds like Cheneys office finally stepped over the line with Tweety

I am wondering if this is something new for his show?

I don't know why, but this sounds kind of significant.

[Cha]

19. It's Bombastic! Tweety REVEALS Clinton

didn't try to censure him and cheney did and this is from a pundit on cablenews. Albeit, a pundit who can run circles around Sybil.

[NI4NI]

26. If Cheney complained about Tweety.

he must have threatened to bomb msnbc about KO!

[RamboLiberal]

27. Yeah I'm surprised Keith hasn't gotten Antrax or a bomb

in the mail.

[opihimoimoi]

11. Me Myself & Chris.....the man of many personalities....

[hatrack]

12. "'They will not silence me!', Matthews declared.'

Wow. How brave. A veritable Aung San Suu Kyi of the Beltway.

I'm just all gooseflesh here.

[illinoisprogressive]

15. so, tweety has been silenced alot by Cheney's henchmen complaining, huh?

interesting....

[Cha]

16. Tweety was right about the first thing

and wrong about the second. That's about par for tweetster, right?

[C_U_L8R]

17. Tweety, you're 6 years too late

did it really take you this long to get it ???

[JohnyCanuck]

20. Does this mean that Tweety no longer gets an erection

just by seeing a picture of Dubya in cowboy boots and wearing a butt hugging pair of Jeans?

[hisownpetard]

22. I think he may be tri-polar.

[KG]

24. yawn

of all the talking heads on TV, he has the least to say, and that's quite a feat.

[AspenRose]

25. The political crazy car that is Chris Matthews

But is it a "sunny" criminality, Tweety? Like that "sunny nobility" you talked about way back when?

[spag68]

28. I know what is up with tweety

He can see his ratings relative to KO, and that lets him know it's time to change sides.

[Union Thug]

29. All Tweety criticisms aside, I'll take what I can get.

It's about goddamned time, yes. But at least it was said. It's a marginally important development because it comes from someone who once came close to worshipping BushCo and who has a reasonably large audience (relatively speaking).

[Ishoutandscream2]

34. Yes, he did actually say it

Tweety, though, just makes my head spin. I don't know what he believes or where he's going. Maybe that's what his spiel is.

[Cleita]

30. Oh fer chrissakes he had his head stuck up Bush's ass all

his first term. Now he suddenly realizes all this?

[wiggs]

31. BS. He says whatever will get hackles up in either camp, and as evidenced by the

multitude of posts on DU . He's not irrelevant, but he's part of the problem. Do not think that from now on he'll be an unbiased, independent journalist.

I haven't watched him since the 2004 VP debates, after which he was awed by Cheney and thought Edwards was a squirrel in the gun sights of Cheney's bear gun.

This guy is not worth the time.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

35. Tweety would call the pope the Antichrist if he thought it would

get him one more viewer. The man is beyond delusional. He is tap dancing so fast his feet are a blur trying to catch up to Keith Olbermann's ratings. He hasn't had a change of heart on Chucklenuts or Dead Eye Dick (he dreams every night of catching either one of them in a bathroom stall in Minneapolis), he is just trying to save his own ass. First, last and always it is about Tweety.

Have you noticed the difference between Tweety's 10th anniversary and Keith's? Both have been at MSNBC for 10 years (well, with a brief interlude for Keefer). Tweety throws himself a pandering, shilling, goofy as hell party inviting his wife to interview him to celebrate (this is an annual event - remember 7 years! 8 years! 9 years! WTF?) while Keith casually mentions it on his show this week.

And it certainly wasn't an accident that Tweets "anniversary" just happened to fall the same week he had a tacky, lame, inane book coming out.

And he thinks he got the best of Jon Stewart? Somebody up Tweets meds, he is getting to be a danger to society with such a disconnect to reality.

[wiggs]

38. Couldnt agree more. I revise my earlier statement that these guys are irrelevant. I

think they are irresponsible and a danger to democracy in that they contribute to lower public discourse, confusion, misinformation, deception, and polarization. Some are worse than Matthews but it's the same disease.

I embarrassed to continue the conversation about Matthews.

[KansDem]

36. Well, call me naive but this revelation along with Dan Rather's...

...can only help bring down the Bushitas' lapdog media.

Perhaps we'll see even more prominent journalists come forth with similar accusations.

[Independent_Liberal]

39. One can only hope.

Now the public just needs to get off their hineys and throw the bums out.