[cyncooper]

How stupid is Chris Matthews? Let me count the ways...

He's demanding of Alan Simpson to explain what exactly Zell Miller meant by saying the military protects the freedom, not journalists (I'd need to see the quote, but wasn't it "of" journalists?).

Matthews seemed quite taken aback at this concept and Simpson in his country way explains it was a quote from the WWII memorial. This stuns Chris who apologizes for "making fun of it". Simpson had chastised him for mocking it and tried to explain the idea (defense so we can exercise our freedoms).

Now some hubbub and Simpson makes a comment about the crowd and Chris says "what do you mean? they've been nice" and Simpson turns and gestures and says "This one called me a murderer..." and the guy shouts back "Because you ARE" and a female calls out "LIAR". They really start to jeer and Chris goes "Well this is the free part of New York".

Good grief.

Simpson is explaining there are questions about Kerry's purple hearts! Simpson is a vet. The crowd hisses and boos. Simpson says it's hard for a country guy like me to understand how a guy gets 3 purple hearts in 4 months.

Matthews can't believe it and says don't you know him?? Simpson says yes, he seems like a good egg, I know Teresa.

Chris says: This is what I don't understand. Why raise this then?

I could smack his smug face. Chris spent months and months with his Scooter obsession and let the most vile charges be made against GWB, and then would claim once in awhile that he really likes GWB.

Simpson ended with he meant just what he said. Crowd boooooooos, segment ends and crowd is chanting KERRY KERRY KERRY as they go to break.

The chanting of Kerry's name was a good thing. Make clear he and they are as one.

[OXENinFLA]

Now FRANCES is Bush's fault, good grief...............

[small voice in the wilderness]

Thanks for the Chris Matthews review, I can no longer tolerate his stupid grin, spitting questions, or lame attempts at humor or wisdom.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Good summary. But my eyebrow was raised at how Simpson said his last bit: That the media WILL dig much further into and dissect how Kerry got his purple hearts, like peeling back an onion. Not that the media should, not that somebody would, but specifically that the MEDIA will do its job and really dig into this.

Edwards-Clinton '04?

[YaYa123]

Matthews is such an idiot, especially when it comes to the military.

Last night Zell Miller paraphrased the oft quoted prayer by Father Denis Edward O'Brien USMC

"It is the soldier, not the reporter,
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier,
Who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag." _______________________________________

And David Gergen is being as condescending to Laura, as Chris was to Michelle. I LOVE how these idiots are exposing themselves.

[Soul Seeker]

Matthews seemed quite taken aback at this concept and Simpson in his country way explains it was a quote from the WWII memorial. This stuns Chris who apologizes for "making fun of it". Simpson had chastised him for mocking it and tried to explain the idea (defense so we can exercise our freedoms).

Chris apologizes twice in two nights?

[YaYa123]

I hope everyone will take a look at # 3 here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1205755/posts

[NavySEAL F-16]

Matthews seemed quite taken aback at this concept and Simpson in his country way explains it was a quote from the WWII memorial. This stuns Chris who apologizes for "making fun of it". Simpson had chastised him for mocking it and tried to explain the idea (defense so we can exercise our freedoms).

How stupid can Chris possibly be?

[NavySEAL F-16]

Three questions from four weeks in John Kerry's calendar

See this post to see that it was just a matter of weeks that Kerry became so highly decorated.