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PETE WILLIAMS SCHOOLS CHRIS MATTHEWS (And Temporarily Shuts Up Blabbermouth---Video)
Michelle Malkin ^ | January 3, 2005 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 01/03/2006 4:08:58 AM PST by PJ-Comix

MSNBC's Hardball show actually delivered some interesting news for once tonight, despite Chris Matthews' anti-Bush spin and uninformed sputtering over the NSA counterterrorism program. NBC's DOJ correspondent Pete Williams corrects Matthews' assertion (borrowed from the NYTimes' report yesterday) that top Justice Department officials opposed the NSA program.

In response to Matthews' fulmination that "it wasn't like the President was even getting support from his own people," Williams reported:

There does appear to be something here where both deputy AG Comey and AG Ashcroft were concerned about technical aspects of it and concerned about how it was being carried out--the sort of pretext that the NSA needed to start monitoring someone.

But once those things were worked out, my understanding is from talking to current and former Justice Department officials that they then agreed to the program and one former associate of the deputy attorney general's said today that at one point Comey was among those officials urging the NY Times not to run the story, that he ultimately accepted the legal basis for the program after his initial objections were resolved.

Watch the exchange:

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Download the video (.wmv file).

That little moment of silence after Williams schools Matthews is hilarious. For once, the Hardball harumpher is left speechless.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chrismatthews; doj; gwot; hardball; justicedepartment; lamestreammedia; liberalmedia; malkin; matthews; mdm; mediabias; michellemalkin; msnbc; nbc; nbcnews; nsa; petewilliams; sissymatthews; spying; terrorism; waronterror; wot
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Michelle is correct. Watching the suddenly speechless Matthews not knowing what the hell to say after his entire premise was destroyed by Williams was HILARIOUS. Even when Matthews did speak again, it was like he was just listlessly limping in.
1 posted on 01/03/2006 4:09:02 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix
How many Anti-Bush stories has there been now? I have never seen ONE pro-Bush story where anything he's done was good or honorable. It seems as one hysterical anti-Bush story dies down another pops up continually keeping the bashing going...

The MSM/dems have to have a strategy that says, keep putting the negetive pressure on and one will finally take him down. That's the only conclusion I can come too...

2 posted on 01/03/2006 4:23:21 AM PST by sirchtruth (Words Mean Things...)
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To: PJ-Comix

The current spin among the idiot class of the MSM is that (a) Comey was "opposed to the program" and that (b) Ashcroft was also opposed.

Both clauses are transparent lies.


3 posted on 01/03/2006 4:24:47 AM PST by angkor
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To: PJ-Comix

Loved the video(I no longer watch Chris)..Chrissy looked dumbdtruck and anything that keeps him from motor mouthing is a moment to be cherished!


4 posted on 01/03/2006 4:25:38 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: sirchtruth

I don't want PRO BUSH stories from Matthews. I simply want the TRUTH every now and then.


5 posted on 01/03/2006 4:26:42 AM PST by OldFriend (The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
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To: PJ-Comix
I find this hard to believe (no, I'm not going to watch this video. Video is a waste of time on dialup)

Pete Williams generally spends his time licking Hissy Fits loafers on the air.

6 posted on 01/03/2006 4:28:35 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper ("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")
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To: sirchtruth
How many Anti-Bush stories has there been now?

Who cares? I don't. I'd rather see some objective news instead of 30 minutes to an hour of some schmuck telling me what he thinks I should think. News these days is nothing more than 30 minutes to an hour of some clown in a suit and tie telling the viewer what they think is news.

7 posted on 01/03/2006 4:31:48 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper ("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")
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To: PJ-Comix

Actually what I found interesting in what Pete Williams reported is not in that video but part of the same interview, I think,(I can't be sure because i didn't hear it all). He said (paraphrased) PW:you have right leaning lawyers who agree that it was legal and you have left leaning lawyers who say it isn't, but there are a lot of lawyers in the middle who agree that what the president did was completely legal. Something like that. From PW on Hardball THAT was a BIG one.


8 posted on 01/03/2006 4:31:57 AM PST by GOP_Proud ("smooth as butt-ahh"... Toolbelt Diva)
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To: PJ-Comix

Buchanan had to correct Matthews too, when Matthews insisted on accusing the president of "wiretapping". Buchanan explained "eavesdropping" is not a wiretap.

Half what Matthews says is incorrect and inflammatory, and I"m quite sure he knows it. Guests who correct him are few and far between. I can never tell if the guests just aren't listening, or if they approve of Matthews' false premises.


9 posted on 01/03/2006 4:33:31 AM PST by YaYa123
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To: BigSkyFreeper
I find this hard to believe (no, I'm not going to watch this video. Video is a waste of time on dialup)

Time to join the 21st century. When I switched to cable connection last summer, it was like a whole new Web World opened up for me. BTW, using cable actually costs me LESS overall than dialup. Why? Because I got rid of my home phone. Don't need it with my cellphone. Therefore the decrease in my monthly phone bill due to not paying for a landline is MORE than the increase from the cable. Plus cable connection is GREAT for RSS Feeds. In fact, I found this very story via my RSS Reader.

10 posted on 01/03/2006 4:35:08 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: OldFriend
I simply want the TRUTH every now and then.

Well, you're not going to get it from the MSM/dems, that's FDS!

Until enough people refuse to absolutely pay no attention, you're going to have to deal with it. But unfortunately there is enough minds of mush, and idiocy out there that keep these liars in business.

This is why FR is so important, at least both sides are presented with FACTUAL data so you have enough info to make an informed decision about what to believe.

11 posted on 01/03/2006 4:36:38 AM PST by sirchtruth (Words Mean Things...)
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To: PJ-Comix

Matthews is a DNC hack... a party-stooge, who never held a real job in his life. His show is nothing more than a critique of DNC talking-points.


12 posted on 01/03/2006 4:37:40 AM PST by johnny7 (“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
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< Because I got rid of my home phone. Don't need it with my cellphone. Therefore the decrease in my monthly phone bill due to not paying for a landline is MORE than the increase from the cable. >

Exactly. I just am not a big telephone user so Cingular gets nothing but the basic rate from me. It works for me. If you live on the phone, maybe not.


13 posted on 01/03/2006 4:38:15 AM PST by GOP_Proud ("smooth as butt-ahh"... Toolbelt Diva)
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To: PJ-Comix

I caught it last night..Matthews was flummoxed.


14 posted on 01/03/2006 4:39:19 AM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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When I switched to cable connection last summer, it was like a whole new Web World opened up for me.

Good for you. Cable isn't offered here, and I'm too far outside of town for DSL.

Plus cable connection is GREAT for RSS Feeds. In fact, I found this very story via my RSS Reader.

RSS feeds don't require the same amount of bandwidth as say, a streaming video or streaming audio would.

I have FireFox and use "Live Bookmarks" extensively, so my bookmark folder is constantly changing with updated news headlines even as I am surfing along.

15 posted on 01/03/2006 4:39:25 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper ("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")
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To: PJ-Comix

The video is short and ever so sweet! Thanks for the posting.


16 posted on 01/03/2006 4:43:10 AM PST by stocksthatgoup ("It's inexcusable to tell us to 'connect the dots' and not give us the tools to do so." G W Bush)
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Exactly. I just am not a big telephone user so Cingular gets nothing but the basic rate from me. It works for me. If you live on the phone, maybe not.

Down here in South Florida, half the population uses MetroPCS. SAME flat rate every month (about $52 including taxes) no matter how much you use it or where you call within the USA.

17 posted on 01/03/2006 4:47:34 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: sirchtruth

Pete Williams is just another partisan shill. What's unprecedented is he actually takes Matthews' to task.


18 posted on 01/03/2006 4:47:58 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper ("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")
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To: PJ-Comix
My brother has T-Mobile service in Phoenix. He came up here for a week last July and he couldn't call the folks to tell them his flight was delayed because T-Mobile's service area is spotty in Montana.

If you have a Nextel phone, forget it. It won't work in Montana at all. The only cellphone provider that does work in this area where I live is Verizon.

19 posted on 01/03/2006 4:51:01 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper ("Tucker Carlson could reveal himself as a castrated, lesbian, rodeo clown ...wouldn't surprise me")
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To: Bahbah

Here, this will undo the nonsense you were talking about from Howard Notsofineman


20 posted on 01/03/2006 4:52:28 AM PST by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake and Bushbot)
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