Does MSNBC Have An Ulterior Motive For The Documentary "Hubris"?....
Chris Matthews just opened Hardball with a discussion with David Corn and Michael Isakoff discussing how we were lied into the Iraq war. It seems as of late MSNBC has really been pushing this thought. Are they doing it just to promote their documentary "Hubris" or are they doing it because it is an anniversary date of the war OR do they have some ulterior motive - like hoping that exposing all this now will cause the American people to push to have some justice done to the Bush Administration?
We here at DU knew we were being lied into it as it was happening - but were powerless to stop it. Is MSNBC trying to raise the consciousness level in the American people to get them to rise up?
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It would be riveting to see some insight. Here's how he (if not the boss) was the designated trigger-puller on DONAHUE:
How Tweety "Executed" DONAHUE on MSNBC. Tweety was on his book tour for another one of his "books" (large type, wide spaces between lines, blank half-pages). It was in the jingoistic hysteria in the run-up to the illegal Iraq attack. The book was about supposed "Americanism" -- an American Civ 101 ripoff about books and movies and cultural stuff that are essentially American (think, "The Great Gatsby"
. So Phil welcomed him as a colleague and peer on Phil's show for the full hour to plug the book. From the moment he appeared, there was a strange, deadly snake look in Tweety's snake eyes. Phil was walking around the audience, apparently not sensing anything, while Tweety was motionless, following him only with his eyes. Phil brought up something or other questioning blind, kneejerk jingoism, and Tweety STRUCK! He started out with venom dripping, "You see, THIS is EXACTLY what's wrong with YOU Liberals: You are NEGATIVE about this country, you find NOTHING good about it," and on and on. It took awhile before Phil figured out what was happening. Later, Phil, devastated and spent, was sitting at the table with Tweety and, weaker and weaker, did some of his trademark shoulder shrugging and arm waving. Tweety delivered the coup de grace, "What's THIS (mimicking the movements)??!! What's with the --APE-- movements???!" Days or a week or two later, Phil's cancellation was announced and took effect.
