Posted on 02/04/2005 7:01:53 AM PST by GaryL
The news is full of the politics of Social Security. The hunt for terrorist master al-Zarqawi ratchets up. The UN oil-for-food scandal oozes mightily.
All these are important, but I just can't get that hug out of my mind. It happened Wednesday night, I saw it on TV, and I still can't shake it.
I'm stuck on it, seeing those two women hugging during President Bush's State of the Union speech, their bodies close, souls weary, the Marine mom and the Iraqi woman, speaking to each other through touch, their hearts breaking and American hearts breaking with them.
Some scribes and TV pundits suggested it was staged and protected themselves from the hug with cynicism. This happens to people who've been brutalized by politics, or have been broken in other ways, or when their interests are threatened by what they're seeing before their eyes, like that dangerous hug.
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Excellent article!
Staged hell!
You wanna see "staged"; how about the "KISS" (al and tipper gore at the DNC)
Now THAT was staged....and sickening as well!
Chris Matthews owes the everyone involved an APOLOGY, ENCLUDING THE PRESIDENT AND THE COUNTRY.
Matthews is the new Dan Rather.
How about Clinton and Hillary dancing on a "secluded" beach a few days before the Monica Lewinsky story broke?
And Bush stood there and watched them with a tear in his eye. He was already behind on time in a big speech and he never tried to draw attention back to himself or restart the speech... he didn't grimace or smirk or shuffle his papers.. he just watched them with obvious emotion.
I personally think he was incredibly proud of their son and what he gave his life for. Which, for a commander-in-chief, is exactly what I'm looking for.
Nahh. He never hid his bias. The man worked for Tip O'Neil and was a speechwriter in the Carter administration.
Matthews is too busy getting sherry enemas from Ron Jr. to have time for apologies.
There was nothing staged about that hug. Libs are so out of touch that they can't even begin to understand how touching that moment was. Heartless bastards.
A poignant moment-within-the-moment was the silent sound of millions of liberals spontaneously combusting.
Chris Matthews demonstrated the power of fear when he said the hug between the two obviously overcome ladies at the STOU was staged. Poor old Chris felt the cold grip of fear taking hold of his being as he witnessed all he holds dear running down the historical drain. The ability to hold back his leftist mindset vanished. All semblance of self control and prudence disappeared. Raw fear took control and forced out the most vitriolic statement he could muster. The women having a real, honest to God historic moment were fakes, staged by the RNC PR minions.
His control over bias was released. He was unable to report what he saw because the intense weight of fear overcoming his being would not allow truth. He had to lash out. He went on autopilot trying to overcome the powerful speech of the President and the emotional historical message conveyed to the world by the ladies in the gallery.
As fear continues to control and as the sense of actual doom permeates the various media types, there will be an increase in the bias as resurrection of lost cause is desperately attempted.
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Why do you even worry about that guy? He's a DC burn-out who has nothing intelligent to add. He is what the author of this article had in mind when he wrote:
This happens to people who've been brutalized by politics...
Matthews eats, drinks and sleeps nothing but politics and sees the world entirely through that filter. It makes him a very shallow person and worthless as a commentator. He can't begin to see the bigger picture of life.
Someone needs to bring Chrisy a banana cream pie, pronto.
chrissy is a sad, pitiful little man whose show is not gonna last. He's a buffoon.
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