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CHRIS MATTHEWS SAID WHAT?!
Michelle Malkin ^

Posted on 04/01/2005 6:45:08 AM PST by Republican Red

I am so sick of the sanctimony of MSM bigmouths lecturing conservatives about the need for civility in the wake of Terri Schiavo's murder. Look at what MSNBC talk show host Chris Matthews said yesterday on Don Imus' radio show--a brutish, grotesque, and slanderous quote that the Imus website proudly spotlighted as one of its "News Quotes of the Day:"

[Matthews:] The American people believe that there's been a lot of politics in this, and they don't really have confidence in any of the parties here. There's nobody here who looks particularly compelling or attractive. The husband doesn't know how to present himself at all, his brother's okay. The parents... the father seems to be having, I hate to say this, a good time. I don't know why, maybe it's the focus, maybe he's giddy with sadness of the tragedy that has been going on for so long.

Now, look at this exhausted, heartbroken father and tell me he is having a "good time."



Tell me he looks "giddy."



Tell me he looks like he's enjoying the publicity.



We knew Chris Matthews had no shame. Now we also know: The king of cable TV ghouls has no soul.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: pissmatthews; schiavo; terri
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To: Joe Bonforte
The difference between Terri and your hypothetical patient is the hypothetical patient "has a living will that says _____________".

What part of "err on the side of life" is so hard for you people to comprehend? Terr's wishes were not clear. The circumstances in which her wishes were made "known" are clearly suspect.

If the hypothetical patient's chances are 1/10, yes, you leave them on the respirator and take a "wait and see" approach. 1/100 chance? A 1/1000 chance? Well, I guess that depends on who is giving the statistical odds of recovery doesn't it? If the consensus reached by all physicians consulted is that the hope of recovery is non-existant or very slim, you would remove the respirator. In Terri's case there were 17 certified physicians in good standing who gave sworn affadavits stating that Terri may have benefitted from new evaluations and therapeutic technologies that can significantly impact brain damaged and disabled persons. Many of them have stated that there is strong likelihood that Terri was in a minimally conscious state.

You say the court (Greer) could not have been wrong? I say all of these doctors could not have been wrong.

81 posted on 04/01/2005 8:46:07 AM PST by PleaseNoMore
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To: Republican Red
Matthew's self-inflated ego blinds him to his childish
ways. As he's always expressing his views and rarely
analyzing information intelligently, I've never considered
him very smart.
82 posted on 04/01/2005 8:48:35 AM PST by jigsaw (God Bless Our Troops)
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To: OldFriend

Bet you loved that...


83 posted on 04/01/2005 8:49:00 AM PST by Politicalmom (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.")
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To: ironman

The Italian way to pronounce Schiavo would be "ski-avo", with a hard c. You would have to drop the "h" to pronounce it the way that the Congressmen were pronouncing it.


84 posted on 04/01/2005 8:51:26 AM PST by PatoLoco
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To: PatoLoco

I've heard it pronounced at least 3 different ways. The Italian way for my last name is with a Sicilian accent. But straight up American is fine by me.


85 posted on 04/01/2005 9:05:53 AM PST by ironman
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To: ironman

I guess that's the problem with Italian. The dialects of the regions are so different that it's almost like speaking another language altogether. But I was thinking about that as well when Chris Matthews was criticizing the Congressmen. I just wasn't entirely sure that Schiavo was an Italian name.


86 posted on 04/01/2005 9:27:51 AM PST by PatoLoco
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To: Republican Red

I was watching Greta's show last night as she had Matthew Schiavo's brother on bemoaning the lack of civility in this case. As he gets through playing the uncivil comments left on his answering maching, the first thing out of his mouth was something like..."this was probably some guy from Texas sitting on his front porch, chewing tabacco, next to his sister....I mean wife...blah, blah, blah."

It's amazing these people can't see the hypocrisy in everything they say. He could've took the high-road...yet, he acted as uncivilized as those he was criticizing.


87 posted on 04/01/2005 10:02:33 AM PST by cwb
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine

When has any of them acted dignified?


88 posted on 04/01/2005 10:05:35 AM PST by MamaB (mom to an angel)
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To: ironman

Really?! What a jerk! As someone whose real name is extremely difficult to pronounce, I certainly can understand people mispronouncing "Schiavo." Let's all stick with her maiden name!


89 posted on 04/01/2005 10:20:17 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: PaRebel

Thanks!


90 posted on 04/01/2005 11:27:28 AM PST by Ed_in_NJ (Who killed Suzanne Coleman?)
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To: Republican Red
They look like broken people. A simple, ordinary family struggling with powerlessness and injustice. Loving a daughter who has been grossly mistreated and now being killed; the law unwilling to help and no one else to turn to but God. May those who perpetrated this crime against Terri and her family learn the same sorrow and helplessness!
91 posted on 04/01/2005 2:19:02 PM PST by Emily RN
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To: cripplecreek; Diogenesis; capydick; Emmett McCarthy; Minnesocold
Matthews needs to join Dan Rather out to pasture.

With those disgusting remarks, Matthews should join others under six feet of dirt.

92 posted on 04/02/2005 7:01:24 AM PST by beyond the sea (Advanced Directive -- don't step on my blue suede shoes.)
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To: maggiefluffs
I thought Chris Matthews and barf alert were synonymous.

Mega Barf Alert ?

93 posted on 04/02/2005 7:04:58 AM PST by beyond the sea (Advanced Directive -- don't step on my blue suede shoes.)
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To: Republican Red

ping to this Matthews bit...


94 posted on 04/02/2005 7:11:55 AM PST by beyond the sea (Advanced Directive -- don't step on my blue suede shoes.)
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To: cripplecreek

Matthews has no soul and not even an ounce of ratings.


95 posted on 04/02/2005 7:16:07 AM PST by BonneBlue
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To: Republican Red

On some level the parents are enjoying the attention. They're going to make money out of this as well.


96 posted on 04/02/2005 7:18:17 AM PST by Hildy
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To: Hildy

Hey Hildy, Up Yours.



97 posted on 04/02/2005 8:19:27 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy (Up yours)
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To: Joe Bonforte
I'm not agreeing with Chris Matthews, but this whole episode is not nearly as simple as either side wants to make it.

But it is simple and that is what makes it all the more crazy.

98 posted on 04/02/2005 8:42:50 PM PST by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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To: RaceBannon

I am SO glad you FReeped this POS Matthews in DC during the Inauguration!


99 posted on 04/02/2005 8:45:21 PM PST by nutmeg
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To: Republican Red
It is always amazing that Chris talks about Philly. He hasn't lived here for 35 years. In Philly, we think that Terri's father has suffered enough. If you think that Philly is important, than come back..... Oh, by the way, Chris ..we don't need you.
100 posted on 04/02/2005 8:59:58 PM PST by ditto h
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