Matt Lauer just said Bush will act as "Healer in Chief".

[Toucano]

Like other presidents have had to heal the nation after a national tragedy, the duty now falls on Bush's shoulders.

As though this is the FIRST national tragedy in the Bush administration. Bush IS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY!

Matt, you ignorant slut.

edit: typo

[Ian David]

1. Has Matt been smoking the president's feces in his crack pipe? n/t

[central scrutinizer]

50. Sounds like Matt is the "heeler in chief"

"Sit, boy, stay, goooood lap dog, now heel"

[hvn_nbr_2]

65. Or "kneeler in chief" nt

[Cha]

69. Okay..

You win! Jeebus! matty..you sychophantic ge mediaslut. For crissake..this country hates bush for what he's done to us and a school shooting tragedy is not going to change things just because the fucking mediawhores(you're number right now) say SO!! Got it matty?

[malaise]

2. For a religious man apparently Bush doesn't know

three famous words - Physician heal thyself!

[Pawel K]

3. Did he really say that?

That this is the 1st national tragedy on Bush's watch?

What a fucking asshole.

[Toucano]

12. No, sorry to confuse.

He didn't actually say it, but it was implied when Lauer said that other presidents have had to "heal the nation".

The implication was that Bush didn't have this role 50 times already.

[panader0]

4. Barf!! bush needs a healer, no wait, he's past that n/t

[demnan]

5. The Healer in Chief will be the next poor slob

who is unfortunate enough to inherit this mess, whether it be Clinton, Obama, Edwards or whomever.

[AspenRose]

75. Truer words were never spoken

:thumbsup:

[Botany]

6. Matt is Ohio U's shame

[XNASA]

7. Perhaps he meant to say "Stealer in Chief".

Let's not judge Matt too hastily. ;)

[blm]

14. George and Laura would be Coke and Pot Dealers in Chief

Some say.

[lonestarnot]

8. This is one piece of puke I'm glad I missed.

[Robbien]

9. Not just Matt, I've heard the other talking heads say it too

It must be on Rove's talking point memo to the press today

[aquart]

13. Oh, that's gonna backfire.

[terip64]

34. I agree. People have had enough of him and his photo ops. n/t

[CBHagman]

10. Bush doesn't really do empathy.

Some members of the media have gushed about his "sincerity" and "compassion," but that strikes me as crediting him with virtues he does not possess.

[lancdem]

36. No, he doesn't

He's totally incapable of it.

[Maine-ah]

11. healer in chief?

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[Raven]

17. Well. he tried being Commander in Chief and that

didn't work out so well....

[WinkyDink]

15. Hello!! KATRINA, Matt? Where he played Nero on the guitar??

[debbierlus]

16. Oh, the mass murdering treasonous thief liar is going to be a healer?

As thousands of innocents die each month in Iraq....

Shut up, Matt.

[Annces]

18. Those morning shows

just love these stories, it makes their whole week.

[Norquist Nemesis]

19. Saw this starting yesterday

The first clue was CNN using the Late Breaking News banner to insert the "WH Statement: ..."

Bush is definitely going for another "9/11 moment" on this one; but the rest of Congress and the Presidential Candidates are too. It's a profoundly tragic event that happened to the community, and even more tragic is the way the politicians are 'just trying to help heal the nation.' :eyes: Check that...it's tragic the way the 24 hour cables are covering the politicians that are 'just trying to help heal the nation.'

[lancdem]

38. I agree

[blogslut]

20. Sit and spin, Matt.

Sit and spin.

[Ilsa]

72. He's one for him. Wish I had a pic of matt on it.

[Double T]

21. I knew there was a good reason I didn't watch Matt's corporate ass kissing.........

and WH pandering show. What a corporate rethugliCON whore.

[Burma Jones]

22. I believe the Pew Research folks just published findings

that identify people that get their news from Matt Lauer (and his associated Network Morning News Ilk) to be among the most ignorant of our fellow citizens......

Healer in Chief? That would be C. Everett Koop, right? The Fleet Admiral of the Amish Navy......

[liberal renegade]

23. Ah, isn't that special...

He's going to heal their wounds, bare their sorrow and pretend like he really gives a shit!

He doesn't care, he has no compassion, he gets a kick out of death, he's like the grim reaper, everywhere he's been life was cut short for someone or something.

It all started with firecrackers and frogs, it hasn't stopped since.

Fuck him and his putrid family!

[C_U_L8R]

24. Another hand picked audience ?

only 'young republicans' allowed ???

I can't imagine Bush being in an audience of real people.

[Wickerman]

the asswipe also said that Cho Seung-Hui will live in infamy

:eyes: :grr:

Yeah, lets remind folk on national tv that you become notorious when you mass murder. Lets make sure that we rank tallies of dead, too. Wow, this death toll exceeded the Columbine disaster! Look, he shot more people than the freak at Luby's! Geeez, let's make it competitive. Media has a responsibility to the public and that responsibility is to not appeal to the insecure/unstable members of our populations' competitive nature.

[Cha]

71. Freakshow is setting up his

own eulogy.

[Supersedeas]

74. and they wonder why we have stopped watching!?!

[maine_raptor]

25. I wonder if, in Bush's mind, when he first heard the news,

a voice didn't shout out, "Road Trip!".

And about 5 seconds later Karl whispered, "Photo Op".

[Beer Snob-50]

26. Every Politican worth his mettle uses these tragedies for

their political purposes. What can they do, go and offer comfort to the students and parents and then go back to washington and kiss the asses of the gun lobby?

I don't know the answer to this question, but I would rather see a politican actually attempt to solve this problem and not use this as a "see I am a fucking compassionate gimp!"

[wtmusic]

27. Why the quotes, when he didn't actually say that? nt

[Champion Jack]

28. Lauer should have been canned long ago

Matt is smithers to bushes Mr. Burns

[Lurking Dem]

29. Eeeeew.

That gave me a hairball.

[EST]

30. There is a subtle point that we may be missing, here-

I presume everyone recalls the last two times there was an undercurrent and then a surge of "healing the nation" talk.

Significantly, I'm referring to the pardoning and blaming that supposedly healed something or other in the wake of Nixon/Watergate and Iran/Contra.

Keep i mind, also, the principle they used when accentuating the human cost and blame to distract from other parts of the conspiracy, as in allowing the CIA to skate on its almost single handed responsibility for the crack epidemic of the eighties and early nineties. The price in human anguish and suffering, as well as the direct and indirect costs in money and freedom, was staggering.

Expect some strong underhanded moves aimed at rescuing and rehabilitating of the bushco image and principals.

[eShirl]

31. Matt please! He is not a priest-king

or any other kind of king.

[rodeodance]

32. I ALL need to contact the network---Matt has just politicalized a horrible

tradagy in this country.


There may be other talking heads doing this----but lets put a stop to this
NOW.

[tanyev]

33. I have never voted for a presidential candidate with the expectation

that they would provide comfort in times of sorrow. Not in the job description as far as I'm concerned. But some of them do manage sincere expressions of their own grief which I guess some people find comforting. Others of them are so bad at it that I think it would be best if they didn't even try--especially the current Bozo-in-Chief.

[sakabatou]

35. Where's my clue-bat?

[rodeodance]

37. LETS FLOOD the Today show mailbox---email address here!

[e-mail]

[JohnnyRingo]

39. Maybe "America's Mayor" can make a statement:

Clench his fist resolutely and say "Thank God George Buxh is president"

Hahahahahaha
What a bunch of asshats.

[ThatsMyBarack]

40. God wouldn't thank Buxh for being "president"!

:grr:

[blueworld]

41. Why in the world is Matt Lauer?

When we contact the Today Show, let's please suggest that they
resume sending can't-sink-no-lower Lauer to "hide"
around the world in secret locations, but this time they don't
"seek".

[alfredo]

42. "Act" is the operative word. bush doesn't know how to heal.

He can pretend he cares, and that is enough for people like Lauer.

[Supersedeas]

43. the Amish school shooting never happened b/c they would not allow it to be sensationalized

[blitzen]

44. Howie Fineman said this AM: "It's not in Bush's nature to politicize a tragedy"...

I heard him say it on MSNBC....

Could these talking heads be any more out of touch with reality?

[quiet.american]

45. Bush's favorite role -- pretending he gives a shite after massive tragedy occurs.

This is where he gets to playact the part of a wise, concerned father. What a travesty.

[BlooInBloo]

46. The media made it's decision a loooong time ago - solid republican.

[meldroc]

47. *shudders* That makes about as much sense as...

Having Jack the Ripper act as your gynecologist.

[The Backlash Cometh]

48. He meant stealer in chief.

[Tuesday_Morning]

49. excuse me...

:puke:

[Sapere aude]

51. Looking for a ratings boost I guess. The right are able to take advantage of tragedy every time.

[Mad_Dem_X]

52. Pardon me while I throw up

And this man is supposed to be a journalist? Give me a break!

[jackstraw45]

53. Yuck

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[leftyladyfrommo]

54. Oh, Barf!

If I was grieving Bush is the last person on earth I would want to see. I suppose Cheney would be next.

[RestoreGore]

55. GAG n/t

[rec_report]

56. Well, Lauer's comments are going to have to get Mr. Hurl:

:puke:

[alarimer]

57. Gag me

what utter crap. Bush is totally incapable of being "Healer in Chief". Is this another excuse to try and lift Bush's abysmal ratings?

[tavalon]

58. What has Matt Lauer been smoking?

Or, put another way, what the hell is wrong with him? Get up off your knees, Matty boy!

[otohara]

59. Too Late, Already Known As Divider

it's over for Bush - he's a liar, thief, warmonger, etc ...but healer...I think not.

The Today Show - forever trying to spin for worst president ever.

[PaDem]

60. I get so tired of the hyperbole around Presidents............

how sad, to think that people need some aloof, far off figurehead like George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan to make them feel better. Pathetic Matt Lauer.

[Decruiter]

61. Dear Matt, Please listen to Bill HIcks, then consider yourself to be

what you are. A marketeer, a salesman and with that said, kill yourself.

You dear sir are a part of the plague besetting this nation.

Do us all a favor, remove yourself, act responsibly, quit being a shill.

Take back your humanity. Walk away.

(healer in chief, my ass!) :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

62. Bush has every quality known to mankind

His farts smell like like the meadow after a gentle summer rain and wherever his feet touch the ground, roses sprout and bloom. Right Matt?

[waiting for hope]

63. I smell a KO Special

Commentary - this is just the type of hypocrisy that Keith detests the most. We need another 50 more like Keith Olbermann on the airwaves...

[mindfulNJ]

64. Gross.

just...Gross.

:puke:

They never let an opportunity go by to try and talk up the chimp. Blechh.

[Bluebear]

66. His speech was 4 minutes long. That's some fast healin'! nt

[jollyreaper2112]

67. Wow, how does it taste?

You've got your tongue so far up Bush's ass you can tell what he's got stuck between his teeth.

[Initech]

68. Here we go again, the media stroking Bush's messianic complex.

:eyes:

[City Lights]

70. Matt should try swallowing before speaking.

Bush whore of the highest order.

[treestar]

73. arrrrrrrrrrrgh!

:puke:

[Stinky The Clown]

76. Stinky just said Matt Lauer always acs as "Fellater of the Chief"

[onecent]

77. Maybe he can take some tips from how he handled the people of New Orleans.

NOT