I love Chris Mathews and Rockefeller is a dope.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Mathews is the only, ONLY, person, in the mass media, who consistently brings up the point about The Idiot (Asshat, Assclown, Junior, Commander Cuckoo Bananas, Chimp, Chump, if you prefer) LYING us into a war.

This is the ULTIMATE crime against our country and humanity.

Chris said, (paraphrasing) "When is Part 2 of the investigation into Iraq going to happen? It was promised ! I am still waiting. As a citizen, I want to know what the real reason was for going into Iraq."

What the hell is wrong with Rockefeller. Does he have absolutely ZERO power STILL ?? He STILL can't get Pat Roberts to get to Phase 2? Seriously.

Help me out West Virginians !!!

[The Magistrate]

1. This Is Chris Matthews, Right, Ma'am?

The drooling cheerleader for invading Iraq, and purveyor at high decibel of every letter of the administration line throughout the preparation for the invasion, and denouncer of any criticism of the administration's Iraq policy as unpatriotic and probably a bit suspect sexually up till late last summer?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Then is then. Now is now. Tell me someone else who gets on

national TV every night and asks the question, "Why did they go into Iraq?"

Russert? Hell no. Brian Williams? Hell no. Katie Couric? Hell no. Charles Gibson? Hell No.
Brit Hume? Hell no. Matt Lauer? Hell no. Larry King? Hell no. Shepard Smith? Hell No.
Anderson Cooper? Hell no. Wolf Blitzer? Hell no.

[The Magistrate]

6. Nothing But The Wind, Ma'am

The wretch deserves no more res[pect than a weather vane. When he heads these things by saying: "I was wrong. I apologize to those I slurred and denounced. I confess I was a witting tool of this policy," then he might deserve a smidge of respect....

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Oh Lordie. Get over it. I remember when I was one of the 16% who

hated the president and the war. You have got to think that there are good people in the difference between 84% (who loved him then) and the 24% (who love him now)?

[The Magistrate]

18. There Are Indeed, Ma'am, But This Soul-Less Shill is Not Among Them

He remains, and always will remain, part of the problem, not part of the solution.

[EFerrari]

23. His positions shift with his market share.

And I find that after watching Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez work without the bells and whistles that people like Matthews, with his constant interrupting and whinny and bluster, are simply unwatchable.

[The Magistrate]

24. A Good Way To Put It, Ma'am

[UTUSN]

22. If you were 1 of the 16% who hated the pResident & the illegal Iraq Attack, I was there, too!1 n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

46. Yes I was. Glad you were too. And, didn't you just absolutely

think that the moment they didn't find WMD B* would be out on his ass? Still stuns me that nothing happened to him for lying.

[madokie]

51. I was there with you too

I'm blown away that america is not up in arms to rid this country of this blight upon our once good country, good name.

[Berry Cool]

35. Two words (as others have said):

Keith. Olbermann.

Well, to be fair, he doesn't ask the question every night...because he already knows!

[Prefer]

4. He's all those people wrapped up in one

He's Chris Matthews the war critic and cheerleader. Simultaneously criticizing and rationalizing the crimes of this administration. He's fed up and sick of them when he's not sucking up to them. Believe me - if there's anyone who wants to change this country and keep it just the way it is, it's Chris Matthews.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. bullshit. I've listened consistently for the last three weeks - he

may have been an apologist - but not anymore.

[Selatius]

33. Maybe if you'd listen to him for the last 5 years, your impression might be different. n/t

[blondeatlast]

49. I've seen hom the past several years. He's as steadfast as a feather.

If there's evidence that Americans believe the surge is working, let's see what you think of Tweety then.

[Virginia Dare]

52. Did you hear him salivating all over Mittsy last week?

calling his speech on Mormonism the greatest speech of the whole campaign. I quote: "It was a glory day, it's been a glory week, best speech of the whole campaign"...:puke:

He's generally an idiot, who once in a while says things we can agree on. His ideology is apparently honed from throwing darts at a board.

[The Magistrate]

8. Beautiful, Sir! Really First Rate Stuff....

Welcome to the forum!

[blondeatlast]

48. Excellent summation! Welcome to DU.

:rofl::toast:

[goclark]

28. That's the Tweety that I know

The one that drools over the Chimp's "Mission Impossible."

[TahitiNut]

37. I think there's a "secret" to watching Matthews and understanding his shtick.

He's the ULTIMATE "fan" of political gamesmanship, fair or foul, dirty or clean. It's not that he's amoral or lacking a sense of right and wrong - it's that his fascination with the Game itself subordinates any ideological perspective he may have. The majority of the time, he views it as 'Theater' - the perfect spectator sport. People like Rove get his admiration. He sees the 'game' of politics as almost solely one of winning and losing. Anyone who expects him to adopt a consistent principled posture - or condemns him for expressing one antithetical to their own - is surely to be disappointed.

[The Magistrate]

38. There Is Something To That, My Friend

His flaw, on that ground, is that he is so often taken and swept along by what he imagines himself to analyzing as a connoisseur, that he becomes a tool, even a groupie....

[TahitiNut]

41. I'd say that's an apt analysis.

When I keep this in mind, I find that Matthews will often probe a guest in ways that others don't. His "agenda" (if he has one) is voyeuristic if nothing else.

[blondeatlast]

50. that is certainly part of it. He's a sports guy--in politics. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

45. Post #43. Do you have any quotes otherwise to support your line? SIR? and

what's with the Ma'am ? Don't you know women absolutely hate that? Call an older women "Miss" sometime soon and watch their face glow !

[karynnj]

47. In 2002/2003, he was one of the few consistently against invading

It was after the invasion that he seemed to become unpredictable - sometimes ranting against the war and sometimes drooling over Bush's strength in "mission accomplished".

[malaise]

55. Same one

:rofl:

[tekisui]

2. Phase 2 was released.

It can be viewed here:

http://intelligence.senate.gov/prewar.pdf

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. this is not it ! They haven't even begun.

[gateley]

10. I'm one of the few here who agree with you -- I like Chris Matthews

and always have. I think Keith holds their feet to the fire, too, though, so I don't agree with Chris being the only one.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Yes, but it seems that Chris Mathews has more of the "national

stage" recognition than Keith - for whatever reason - IMO. I actually think he's very learned. He is a master of history.

In my opinion, much brighter, much sharper, and holds people's feet to the fire much more than Russert. I think Russert is totally over-rated. He might have good questions - but zero follow-up. They say Rudy survived Russert's grilling. I saw it - there was no "grilling" = Question asked. Question answered. Question asked. Question answered.

Chris is not afraid to call people on the bullshit.

[UTUSN]

25. "very learned. He is a master of history. ... not afraid to call people on the b.s." - HAH!1

re: "history" - he spouts tired, pseudo-Camelot b.s., RAYGUN-loving B.S.!1

He blasmemed GORE throughout Campaign 2000. And voted for Shrub.


Yeah-yeah, so you say all-that is THEN, not NOW, yeah-yeah!1


The only peeps he accuses of b.s are DEMS. He kisses every wrinkled, rauchy Rethug arse he can smother his effing-CHEENEEing FACE in!1

[UTUSN]

26. Addendum: But I love your internet-handle/name: LauraPackYourBags

I just thought your name realized more.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

44. Thanks for the half-ass compliment. :>)

[durrrty libby]

32. Remember....The High is a Lie

[durrrty libby]

11. "I love Chris Mathews" Poor..poor you..how sad

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. OMG ! Don't you think we need a proponent - besides Keith? Yikes !

[Postman]

Jay Rockefeller is not cutting it for me either...

I think this guy is not doing his job.

[jemsan]

15. Chris Matthews is a loud-mouthed, saliva-spitting jerk!

There is nothing to like about him. He is two faced! and that is one of his better qualities!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

53. A loud mouth jerk who says Cheney is criminal and they lied us into war?

[spanone]

14. he's all over the place but tonight he was pissed about the WAR AND WHY

[UTUSN]

16. Looks like a remedial tutorial is in order

Chris Matthews

From Demopedia

Etymology of "Tweety". During Campaign 2000 the media noise machine was swooning over the nicknames Shrub was giving some of them. Media Whores Online ran a contest to nickname Chris MATTHEWS. In the first 3 or so weeks, there was no clear, catchy front runner, with "The Screamer" sort of leading. Then one of MATTHEWS's own Hardball staff leaked to MWO that they themselves called him "Tweety" because of the Clairol shade he favored. This was immediately declared the winner. But in some quarters, it wasn't entirely satisfactory. For one thing, by the time the name was declared, the shade had changed to platinum, leading to a suggestion he be called "Carole LOMBARD".
Plus, "Tweety" sounded too affectionate. Then M-TV held its 20th or 25th or whatever anniversary, and all the cable echo chambers were doing segments of Britney shedding her duds down to almost nothing. Not to be left behind, Tweety followed suit, with a guest "culture" commentator from Time Mag, the young humor columnist, Joel STEIN. The staff kept re-running the Britney clip, and Tweety was clearly DROOLING disgustingly. STEIN said, "You're beginning to creep me out." Tweety responded, "Yeah, well, wait till YOU're 50." This led to the suggestion that "Tweety" be modified to "Tweezer" to retain the hair reference while canceling out the affection factor and also adding the (dirty old) "geezer" angle.

Darrell HAMMOND "Doing" Tweety on SNL. Tweety's ego was massively stroked after the debut of HAMMOND's impersonation of him, either in 2001 or 2002. He said, "I am now an ICON: I have been 'done' on Saturday Night Live'." The funniest line in the debut was HAMMOND as Tweety, cracking himself up with, "For the...FIFTY...people who watch this show (Hardball, not SNL)..." In the first few times HAMMOND featured him, the target was Tweety himself--manically interrupting, spitting, and drooling. However, the characterization evolved, not true to the original, where Tweety became the "rational" character surrounded by oddball, extremist "guests", with HAMMOND-Tweety shaking his head in disbelief at their partisan spin.

"Turning" from Being a Democrat. He (like G.E.RUSSERT and Pat CADDELL) still trades on having been a Democrat in the CARTER/O'NEILL era. In the hothouse of big time political flunkydom, STATUS and POWER come from the SUCCESS of your boss. RAYGUN kicked Tweety's bosses' rears, and Tweety gravitated to admiring that "success". When he started up his media career he was mentored by G.E. RUSSERT, who had himself already started "turning" by "reaching out" to LIMBOsevic and expending his formerly-Lib-bleeding-heart on those poor wingnuts who had been maligned and marginalized, lo those many years. Tweety started doing video valentines to RAYGUN, walking arm in arm with Nancy. He might have tapped into the frenzy of the FAKE impeachment, but "hatred of the CLINTONs" isn't what made him turn. The last time he was identifiably a Democrat was sometime after 1988 when Hardball (the book) was published.

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, apparently not sensing anything, while Tweety was motionless, following him only with his eyes. Phil brought up something or other questioning blind 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 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.

How Tweety "Triggered" a Gun Incident (re: Kathleen WILLEY). At the height of the FAKE impeachment, Ms WILLEY claimed that a mystery jogger had threatened her or her cat or somebody. Several months later, there was gossip that the jogger had been identified. Tweety hosted her and it appeared they had discussed the identity off camera. He tried mightily to get her to say the name on the air, which she wouldn't do. Finally, he himself blurted it out, "Was it Name/Surname?" She would not confirm it. Within days there was a bizarre incident, with the mentally disabled brother of Pat and Bay BUCHANAN going with a gun to the house of the supposed jogger, where there were only some foreign exchange students present. Later it was determined that the person Tweety named on the air had NOTHING to do with the supposed jogger incident.

"Heroes" Tweety and Tom DeLAY. In the aftermath of the 07-24-98 shooting of two Capitol police officers when the slain officers were duly eulogized and called heroes, Tweety latched on to this, the way we have seen him attempt to glorify himself in other instances: Like saying he was assigned in the Peace Corps and "WALKED THE SAME GROUND" THAT CHURCHILL passed through. Or when he said, "I am an ICON! I have been 'done' by SNL!". So now that the Capitol policemen were being called heroes, Tweety came forward to say that HE had been a Capitol policemen, TOO, JUST LIKE THEM, when he was starting out. It turns out that he had worked a (temporary?) job for three months as that. In all the years before the officers were shot and eulogized, he probably NEVER referred to that job, most likely thinking of it as a rent-a-cop turn, until he could see in retrospect the glory that he had been DESTINED to from the beginning.
But he is not the only glory hog. When that incident was happening, the news of the moment reported that Tom DELAY had hopped a plane out of town and immediately turned around in Houston when the incident was over. This show of courage is why he has been dubbed, "Tom-DePLANE!-DePLANE!-DELAY". But searches of countless news reports of that time show no mention of the hopping-the-plane. Only this is left:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/... "...House members, many rushing out of town, did not have to remain behind. DeLay slipped out the main door of the Capitol less than 15 minutes after the shooting. He looked stricken. Asked if he'd seen anything, he said, "Did I ever. I don't want to talk about it." Aides rushed him into his waiting car. ...."
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[UTUSN]

21. Kick for emphasis n/t

[durrrty libby]

30. Fabulous info. Thanks. Honestly, I've taken care of inmates

who were rapists and murders who were much less creepy

[book_worm]

17. Matthews the "only" one? What about KO?

As I recall Matthews was also a cheerleader for the war and in love with Bush's package during "Mission Accomplished". But to be fair Tweety does have his days.

[Swede]

19. He has some good days.

No doubt about that.

[UTUSN]

20. 5 out of 365 n/t

[Democrat 4 Ever]

27. I swear Laura Pack Your Bags - I think you are the Tweetmeister

himself. There can't be two people on earth who think as much of Spittle Mouth as much as he does himself. That you Tweety? Slumming for kicks? Your ego must need an infusion of self loving that isn't available right now around the MSNBC studios. Keith is kicking you lying, Bushie worshiping, "now I'm against the war even though I pimped for Chucklenuts in 2003" ass and it must run you nuts. So you troll web sites pumping up your pathetic self esteem.

That can only be the answer for the Tweety loving thread because he certainly hasn't DONE A THING to earn a smidgen of respect otherwise.

[DURHAM D]

29. And a big Amen! n/t

[antiimperialist]

31. The "I love Chris Mathews" part is what got you only 2 recommendations

:-) You shouldn't love this guy.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

43. H-E-L-L-O ! (CM)"I Have Been…Against This Bullshit War From The Beginning’"

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/21/matthews-against-war/

Matthews: ‘I Have Been…Against This Bullshit War From The Beginning’
This morning on Imus, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews blasted the media for not covering the Iraq war. Matthews said that while people are still fighting and dying the Iraq, war “has been taken off television, and Bush must love it.”

Matthews said that most of the media was sold a bill of goods by the Bush administration, but that he’s been “a voice out there against this bullshit war from the beginning.” He added that Cheney was “totally wrong” about Iraq but still “talks like God on television, and we are supposed to believe every word.” Watch it:


Digg It!

Transcript:

MATTHEWS: It is like we are at war — we have killed 15,000 people that died over there in that war, we still get guys knocked off every couple of days, a couple more guys are killed — and yet it is not on the tube. It’s like, are we bored with the war now? Is that the new thing? We don’t cover a war guys are fighting? And I watch the news, I don’t see the war any more. It has been taken off television, and Bush must love it. Certainly Karl Rove loves the fact that the Iraq War has gotten boring for the American people.

IMUS: It probably had something to do with the tainted spinach, you know, if you’ve been thinking about it.

MATTHEWS: How can we be in a war and not watch it?

IMUS: Well, I don’t know, that’s a good question.



IMUS: It must make you uncomfortable to read Frank Rich’s book, “The Greatest Story Ever Sold,” because it’s Frank’s essential thesis that they sold us this bill of goods — the administration did, you know Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld all them about the Iraq war — and it was you and the rest of the media went along with them…

MATTHEWS: Me?

IMUS: …like enablers with an alcoholic.

MATTHEWS: No. no. no. no. Don. Dono. You can check everything. Get your Nexis-Lexis out. Get your google out. Every column I have written from the day they started talking about Iraq has been against it. Now you are chuckling because you know damn well you’ve pulled my chain here. I have been a voice out there against this bullshit war from the beginning.

IMUS: OK, well, except you then.

MATTHEWS: OK. That’s nicer.

IMUS: Do we have to edit that for the radio, Lou?

PRODUCER: Yeah, we got it.

MATTHEWS: I have never used it ’til now because it was never more appropo. But you are right. The amazing thing is the President is winning now with a hand with nothing in it. They were wrong about the WMD, wrong about the connection to 9/11. Cheney said he didn’t even know there was going to be a war when we went in there. He was totally wrong, and yet he talks like god on television, and we are supposed to believe every word.

[Joe Fields]

34. I love Chris Rock, and this Matthewsfeller is a dope.

[Truth2Tell]

36. The guy just couldn't stop

having Ann Coulter on as a guest. It didn't matter what vile dripped from her mouth - the ratings were just toooo good!

[ConsAreLiars]

39. You mean the guy who publicly orgasmed himself over Chimpy's "Mission Accomplished" flight suit

package after the "Mission Accomplished" deception and wet himself for years after with references to Chimpy's manliness and is now all hottie for Ghouliani? He may be fickle in his man-love fixations, but he is hardly honorable.

[Greyhound]

40. Is there something about the name Rockefeller that is confusing? n/t

[rAVES]

42. He's 6 of one, Half dozen of the other to me...

[Supersedeas]

54. Senator Coverup Roberts is no longer an excuse -- and Tweety is still a superficial shill

[butterfly77]

56. Matthews is full of shit..

he was the main cheerleader for bush and would love to have a beer with him. He has been cheering on Ghouliani for months now. He leads off every show with The Hillary show and ignores the reports about NIE reports and other things it is hillary all of the time as though there is nothing going on.

[Forkboy]

57. You gotta be kidding. Matthews is one of the worst of the worst.

At least Hannity and O'Reilly believe their own shit. Matthews is a media whore of the worst kind. He stands for nothing but himself.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

58. post 43