[Qwinn]

I watch Matthews a lot, and I honestly can't figure him out. Sometimes he's a totally over-the-top lefty. Other times he really -does- play extremely hard ball with other liberals, brutally calling them on their BS.

A good example was after the recall when Terry McAuliffe changed the DNC spin to "It's a referendum on incumbents and Bush should be scared". Matthews let him have it with both barrels, practically mocking him outright.

And then again, other times, Matthews is nothing but a pure spin-meister, like in the cases you pointed out, or when he repeats the Democrat Talking-Lies, like the "imminent threat" BS.

But then again, Matthews gave Bernard Goldberg an extremely fair interview on his book "Bias", and I have seen him concede that there is liberal bias in the media.

ARGH. Like I said, I simply cannot figure him out. I generally feel that he's an "honest liberal" in the Colmes category, for what that's worth, but sometimes he repeats the Democrat spin so blatantly that I want to take it all back.

I think overall he repeats some of the lies because he's been inundated and actually believes them. In other words, he's often wrong or misled, but I don't think he's intentionally -lying-.

Colmes and Matthews (and maybe Gephardt and Lieberman) are the ONLY public liberals I can think of that fit into this category anymore. And even they are stretches sometimes.

Regardless of what Ann might say about Bill Press, I have no respect for him. I've seen him say some things that are so overtly hypocritical and outrageous that I'll never believe he's anything but a deliberate spin-machine for the Dems.

Qwinn

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Matthews is hard to figure out. He may show some respect for Reps sometimes, but you can bet it is always out of self interest.

He supported some Rep ideas after the war, but when the DNC decided that polls showeed enuf time had passed since 9-11 that an all out attack on Bush would be possible, Matthews immediately jumped on the bandwagon and morphed from a moderate on Bush to a leftist criticizing Bush.

That is when I lost all respect for him.

Just because he is impartial 1 out of 30 opportunities does not garner any respect from me. His fairness to Goldberg was done out of self interest.

I loathe Bill Press also. Simps like him LIVE to be praised by liberal circles and accepted into the celebrity crowd. He is a broken record.

And with Colmes, once the multi miliion HC gig ends, just watch how far left he goes.

[stands2reason]

I think liberals have no place in the Democratic Party anymore. What's odd is how the media uses the phrase "liberal democrat" to describe the far left, which actually is less than liberal and more autocratic.

[sauropod]

Not LIEberman.