wow! Chris Matthews just gave a great "speech" on Jay Leno!

[truthisfreedom]

he ended it with "if you want bush to stay in control, vote republican. if you want to put a leash on the little guy vote the other way."

intense. and the audience reacted with strong applause.

[WCGreen]

1. Yea, but he couldn't seem to get the word Democrat out of his mouth

[Maraya1969]

2. God Bless him for standing up for what is right. I notice Joe Scarborough

is doing also lately. He had really great things to say about President Clinton.

[rusty charly]

3. "if you want bush to stay in control, vote republican"

isn't this also THEIR angle?

not much help, i'm afraid.

"if you want tweety to shut up, put your boot in his mouth. if you want to put a leash on the little guy, put it in the other way."

[Skip Intro]

4. Put a Leash on Bush in 2006. Great bumper sticker.

I hate Leno, tho. Didn't watch. Matthews is too damn needy.

But I'm glad to hear the sermon happened, as was recived well.

[spag68]

5. What's up, I thought his brother was running for something

[Bozita]

6. When the ship is sinking, the rats leave.

But in all honesty, Tweety really made it nice and simple for Leno's viewers.

Too bad it was only about five minutes long.

[Imagevision]

7. Having Bush/Cheney go lame ducks will be comforting, unfortunately

the troops in Iraq, some with 2-3 tours, having to await the investigations outcome for this illegal war is heart breaking.

[snowbear]

8. Thanks for the head's up!

It doesn't come on here for another 2 hours.. but I'll make sure I catch it!

Does Leno include Foley jokes in his monologue? I would imagine he MUST!

[truthisfreedom]

10. there's a lot of talk about it on Leno tonight, a few jokes, and Conan had

one or two half-hearted attempts too. honestly, i was so laughed out after the Daily Show that it was hard to find Conan's versions funny.

[snowbear]

11. Ok, kewl....

I'll be tuning in!

[AtomicKitten]

9. a succinct analysis of what the upcoming election is all about

coming from a pundit who is otherwise a horse's ass

[snowbear]

13. LOL...

Tweety

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

12. Interesting Detail : Letterman On Opposite Leno

I assure you that there is no question as to Dave's feelings towards the current administration. I would not say the same about Jay.

Given the choice, I'd rather watch Letterman than Leno any day of the week. Tomorrow night on Letterman, Keith Olbermann is a guest.

[snowbear]

14. Hmmm.. I'll have to flip back & forth then!

Either that or I'll tape one upstairs.. and watch the other one downstairs..

Somehow I'll figure out how to watch both!

[SoCalDem]

21. Jay's an un-funny opportunist..

He's more like the old borsht-belt comedians.."Take my mother-in-law..please".. His comedy has never been cutting edge funny...or even all that modern, no matter the decade..

Dave's edgy..and intelligent and it shows..

You cannot compare Dave & Jay It's like comparing Rodney Dangerfield and Richard Pryor

[MattP]

15. Jay

I can't stand Jay Leno and unless someone I really like is on I refuse to watch just remember the speech he gave for the Governator and he is the one who got him going in the first place so Jay can take his Terminator loving ass and go to hell.

[samsingh]

17. i agree with you - i hate leno's snivelling

kiss up to the repug voice.

[Hawkeye-X]

19. Jay's gone as of 2007.

Conan O'Brien will take over.

That's the latest. I mgiht be wrong about the year though. Conan is a true-blue Dem from MA!

[wiley]

16. He also mentioned that except for Missouri (Health Care), the number one

issue in the US is Iraq. Three out of five Iraqis want us dead. If you want to stay in Iraq, vote Republican (or for Lieberman)

Hastert is over and should be, as should the entire leadership.

Also loved Wanda Sykes and her take on alcohol. "Foley is giving alcohol a bad name and it's not fair. C'mon. You don't get drunk and become a pedophile."

[kster]

18. Thats a two sided ending, no?..nt

If I'm a DEM I think the (little guy is *) that needs the leash, if I'm a Repug I think the little guy Chris is referring to, is the Dem (OR lIBERAL) voter that needs the leash.

[TheWebHead]

20. rough computer generated transcript

Chris: But I do think -- we looked at polling. I just did it today. And in every state but missouri, the number one issue among voters, regular people, is iraq. They don't like this war. They want us out of there, wish we'd have never go, had never gone in the first place. Missouri, for some reason -- this makes sense -- health is the number one issue.& But everywhere else, they say it's iraq. And I think it's gonna hurt the republicans.

>> Jay: And how does rumsfeld keep his job? Like, I read that andy card --

Chris: Cheney. You want a short answer? And rumsfeld is --

Wanda: Have sort of, like, pictures on cheney or something?

Chris: Well, they go way back.

< Laughter > They go back -- they worked together under ford. They've been together forever.& You know, rumsfeld is one of these guys -- I think we know guys like this in show business, too. He wants all the power in the world, but he doesn't want any responsibility. So bob woodward said, "do you feel bad when you make a a mistake and soldiers die?" Now, most human beings would say, "yeah." Responsible for a soldier dying."

Wanda: Ooh.

Chris: And then he said, "well, you had --" he and he just, mentally -- this is the denial that woodward is talking about in this book. The president won't talk to anybody who said he's made a a mistake. He won't admit any mistakes, and in the end he and that's the problem we got with the president. The only solution in this is an election. People say, "what should we do?" In a year, next year. And by 2008, I think both parties ought to get together gone, nobody else is going to together because we're getting & out of there at the end of this president's term. We're getti out by then.

Jay: Right.

Chris: We'll give him another -- < Cheers and applause > Give him another year and half. But they got to understand that we're having an election in this country. And unless somebody stands forward -- if mccain does it, I'd hate to see it. But if somebody goes to run and says, "I want to keep 150,000 troops there after the next election," we'll vote against that guy.

Jay: Right.

Chris: But that's what you'd think. And I thi that we ought to look at -- solve -- everythese political problems can be solved with a a political answer. If you don't like this crowd that took us into war, vote against kick them out, throw them out. If you do like the way things & are going, vote for them. If you want this war to keep going for the nex1 o war. But if you don't, say no. It's in our hands. And I say, you got vote. And one thing about elections supreme court decided. 2004, it was so close. It was one state, ohio. As kerry said, it hadn't rained that day, he might have carried it is, every vote counts. And if you want this government to be in total control of bush, vote republican. If you want to have a little leash on the guy, vote the other way. It's up to you.

>> Jay: Chris matthews, there you go, in a nutshell. Chris

[cleveramerican]

22. thanx for the re-cap

I missed it.

By the way I like Hardball, alot

[a kennedy]

24. I don't like hardball at all.......matthews never lets anyone talk.

He interrupts or asks another question when one person is trying to answer the question he just asked. Nope don't like the format at all.

[RadiDem]

23. thanks much - forgot to watch -nt-