MSNBC's Matthews Praises Navy SEALS Who Killed Osama As ... "Squares" (video)

RealClearPolitics ^ | May 2, 2011 | RealClearPolitics

[i88schwartz]

CHRIS MATTHEWS: "And yet it is the squares who do their job and show up, the S.E.A.L.S., the courage of those S.E.A.L.S. and what they did, what they do everyday in training."

[warchild9]

If they’re anything like my daddy (and every other veteran I’ve interviewed for oral history projects), they just want to be left alone to fish in peace.

[Portcall24]

They work their rear off to be one and work even harder after they are one. Sharp salute to each and every one. However a word of caution. As you walk through life you’ll meet a number who claim to be, but ARE NOT.

[Iron Munro]

Squares?

How about Patriots? Brave and Honorable Americans? Real Men?

It certainly wasn’t Obama rump-swabbing, pussified, licentious, liberal media whores with a bad case of leg tingles.

[Lazlo in PA]

More mindless ramblings from the New Castrati. If an elite, counter-terrorism black ops outfit like the Seals are squares, I wonder who he considers everyone else? I guess we should thanks Matthews and his old boss Carter. If it was not for the absolute disaster of the hostage rescue in 1980, we would not have created these squares in Seal Team 6 to get the job done.

Operation Eagle Claw

[04-Bravo]

The last time I heard the word “squares” used in that context, it was Maynard G. Krebs in a “Dobey Gillis” rerun.

[luvbach1]

Patriot = Square in Chrissie’s lexicon.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Dear Tingles,
You mean to say that this WASN’T done by the action minded, LEAN FORWARD, moveon.org, progressive Americans like yourself?

Wow.

Must suck to be such an CLYMER like you!

Cordially,

Dick Chenney

[paul51]

it's the squares that do all the heavy lifting while worthless panty wastes like mathews impress themselves with their BS

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

He meant it in a good way. Sissy, just stfu, pleeeeze.

[Walleye_Walter]

Chrissy served in the peace corpse in 1968 rather than go into the military.

Military = squares

peace corpse = Elite Intellectuals

[Cincinnatus]

Pretty sure “square” is old naval slang. In the olden days the crew members were served their meals on a square slab of board. (Hence the term “three squares a day”). Just as British sailors were called “limeys” for the citrus fruit the ate, American sailors were called “squares” because of the way they were fed.

If he meant it that way, he was showing no disrespect at all, but rather a high compliment.

[winstonwolf33]

I know a square knot is also known as a sailor’s knot.