What the hell has gotten into Tweety?

[EvolveOrConvolve]

Did the R's stop sending the monthly checks? Did Cheney shoot his dog?

I remember when Tweety used to fawn over Bush like a love-sick puppy and was one of the propaganda catapulters. What the hell has gotten into him? He seems DISGUSTED with Republicans lately, and the puppy love has been transferred to Obama. He schooled Bachman last week, and today he took Nancy Puffinwhatsherfuckinname to the woodshed.

As the icing on the cake, he had one of my heroes, Bill Maher, on this week. Even 2 years ago, conservatives would have gone crying to their mommies about such a person being on his program.

[EFerrari]

1. Keith and Rachel are his back up now. He used to have none. n/t

[Cha]

8. Good point..and backups with

ratings galore!

[Tatiana]

13. VERY good point. And Keith takes most of the heat to give Rachel and Tweet cover. n/t

[Tallison]

18. Keith's hot

I love the Dark Knight persona.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. as Sarah sez, "Idn't he sumtin special?"

Fer x'st's sake, he almost sounds like a curious, well read, interrogator! this is good.

[polichick]

3. Maybe his Obama supporter daughter talked some sense into him...

Maybe she said to cut the crap because her whole future on this planet depends on this election.

[Cha]

11. One would like to be a

spidey on the wall for that conversation.

[Bryan]

4. The popular answer is that

he's angling to run for the Senate in PA in '10 and he needs to polish his Dem credentials, but I don't believe he's announced yet.

[AllieB]

5. Rumor has it he's running for Senate in 2010.

I also think he's patriotic and is horrified by the Palin VP pick.

[livetohike]

6. He's been around Washington politics for a long time. He knows

what a farce Sarah Palin is and I think he is truly insulted that she is given the opportunity to run as a V.P. candidate.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

10. That's the direction I was leaning

I just can't stomach the thought of her steering the USS America as President. It scares the shit out of me, and hopefully people like Chris Matthews are scared too.

[livetohike]

23. Me too. Chris Matthews knows she is a joke. He admires a

keen intellect and she has nada. No basic understanding of anything of world or domestic affairs. She's a shell.

[rzemanfl]

7. He seems to be growing a pair, no? eom

[EvolveOrConvolve]

31. Is that why they call it Hard"Ball"?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

9. He thinks it's safe now.... thinks BO has it in the bag. Doesn't need

to worry about the other side of the isle, much like Gilligan... yeah, very much so.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

14. That's a scary thought

Why should someone working in the news media be worried about what a political party thinks of their reporting? It truly is scary that the media can't be independent.

[goclark]

12. Tweety is on fire --- it is a thing of beauty

I sat there in shock.

He is really doing a great job IMO.

I just put his show on "tape each segment."

Keep it up Tweety!

[Youphemism]

15. Best part: the muffled grin of the democrat advocate after Chris savaged Nancy Photo-in-an-hour &...

...his parting comment through that smile, "Anytime, Chris... Anytime."

[EvolveOrConvolve]

16. And there's almost always something to make ME smile

on his show. Hopefully he keeps it up after the election is over. Between Faux News and the Conservative News Network, we NEED a voice on this side.

[liberalmuse]

17. OMG, someone kill me.

I love him! He's transformed from someone I could not abide, to someone who's style I relish. He just brought up the B. Goldwater letter to Johnson and said, 'Socialism is not a new word.' Dammit, I love him.

[Hamlette]

22. I actually like him better that KO and Rachael

he knows his stuff, history, politics etc because he's been around and he's a smart guy and he brings down the bozos without being cute or smarmy/snarky which trip KO and Rachael up too much it seems to me.

[stray cat]

19. Tweety thinks presidential and vp candidates should know something about the constitution

[Demobrat]

20. He knows which way the wind is blowing

so he's going with the flow. If McCain were ahead he'd be trashing Obama left and right.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

24. I don't think so

Even when McCrapInHisPants was closing the gap (and even pulling ahead at one point) back in August, Tweety didn't change. His program has been steadily getting better since the beginning of the year.

[ACTION BASTARD]

21. His 401k has been beaten half it's size...

And he knows who's to blame. Never mess with a rich man's money. OR those KO/RM ratings are making lefties pretty cool right now.

He knows which way the wind blows.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

25. He blows with

the wind of popularity.

[Demobrat]

32. Yup. He crushes on whoever is up in the polls.

The boy don't hang with losers.

[jillan]

26. I think he is really disgusted by McCain's pick of Palin.

Plus, the way that McCain has been running his campaign.

[WA98296]

27. He remembers how to play Hardball.

[EffieBlack]

28. No matter what we think of him, Chris does seem to have a noble view of politics

and appreciates and admires the notion of "the best and the brightest" serving in government. I believe he truly resents the likes of Sarah Palin who slip in and think they deserve seats in the highest echelons of government with no experience, no hard work, no dues paying but just a wink, a wiggle and a "you betcha."

That's what I think has gotten into him.

[Beregond2]

29. I never saw anything that bad about Matthews.

Except his habit of shouting over people, which drives me crazy.

[mtnsnake]

35. Same here. He could be annoying, but he picked on both sides

Probably the most annoying thing about him is how he always interrupts his guests.

Tweety is living proof that even some Republicans know when enough is enough

[political_Dem]

30. Tweety was probably struck by lighting. ;)

Or the BBQ ribs at the McCain cook-out weren't up to snuff.

[riverwalker]

33. he's evolved

he can do that.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. where have u been for the last 2 years? he loves Obama.

[Overseas]

36. I know. I've been so alienated by his years of pumping up the Bush admin

and McPowPow that these last few months have been disorienting. When he has actually been complimentary toward Obama sometimes it has been unnerving. I've done double-takes for sure.

They say he's planning to run for Democratic office in Pennsylvania. That may be why he's drifting toward the majority opinion which is quite Democratic (big and small D).

But then sometimes it seems like he gets a call from the top brass who ask him to scale back the Democratic stuff and he grabs those RNC talking points and trumpets them for a few hours.

[Orsino]

37. Money. Money got into him.

Millions of dollars.