Posted on 01/19/2006 10:50:57 AM PST by Howlin
On Hardball last night, Chris Matthews said no less than three times that Laura Bush said "God wants New Orleans to be rebuilt."
In the interest of FACTUAL and ACCURATE reporting, here are her EXACT quotes, followed by Matthews' statments.
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"Asked about the comment, Mrs. Bush joked that she didn't really think she could speak for God. Then she added that she believes Nagin wants New Orleans to be rebuilt."
"He wants people who lived in New Orleans to come back," Mrs. Bush said. "I do to, and I know the president does too. You know it's going to take a long time."
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Here are some other sources' inerpretations of what she said:
"He wants people who lived in New Orleans to come back," Mrs. Bush said. "I do to, and I know the president does too. You know it‘s going to take a long time."
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Mrs. Bush, who said her next trip likely will be to New Orleans to visit schools damaged in the hurricane, also reacted to a comment by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin that stirred controversy. Nagin had said: "This city will be chocolate at the end of the day." He later apologized.
Nagin also said the hurricane that devastated New Orleans was God's way of showing displeasure about U.S. involvement in Iraq. "Surely God is mad at America," Nagin said in a speech Monday. "Surely He's not approving of us being in Iraq under false pretense. But surely He's upset at black America also. We're not taking care of ourselves."
Asked about the comment, Mrs. Bush joked that she didn't really think she could speak for God. Then she added that she believes Nagin wants New Orleans to be rebuilt.
"He wants people who lived in New Orleans to come back," Mrs. Bush said. "I do to, and I know the president does to. You know it's going to take a long time."
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It's all like that; nobody else said the things he said.
***Now, here is the TRANSCRIPT from MSNBC of last night's show (edited by YaYa123):
"MATTHEWS: What did you make of Laura Bush saying, regarding the Mayor Nagin thing of New Orleans, a very famous guy, obviously controversial, because of the way things went down down there.
But Laura Bush saying, “No, Nagin was wrong when he said that God, whatever, is mad at blacks.” He had a couple of comments which I think are a bit off the wall. But then she came in with one that I think topped him. She said, “God wants New Orleans to be rebuilt.” How does she know? Why are people talking for a deity? We can argue whether there is a God, but then to be hearing voices. This is the Joan of Arc stuff.
ROGERS: There do appear to be a lot of people hearing divine calling right now. I haven't read what Mrs. Bush said, but I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.
MATTHEWS: She said God wants us to rebuild New Orleans.
ROGERS: Well, maybe he does.
MATTHEWS: Well, sure. Maybe he hasn't give it any thought, I'm not sure. I just don't know, but I wouldn't presume.
ROGERS: I don't want to pick on Mrs. Bush. I don't know what she said. I give her the benefit of the doubt.
MATTHEWS: Well, I just told you what she said. But you can hide behind ignorance.
ROGERS: Ignorance is bliss.
MATTHEWS: I know. I've heard that before.
Dee Dee, what do you make of this godliness on the part of political figures like Nagin, like Robertson talking about how Sharon got sick because he wanted to cut a deal on land and peace? And now the first lady, who everybody likes—I like her—has jumped into the thing and she's talking for God now.
MYERS: I certainly don't look to political leaders of either party to interpret God's intentions for me. And I hope most Americans—and I don't think most Americans do either.
MATTHEWS: I'd like to know where they were last night, let alone tell me where God is. Just give me the basic information—how did they vote and how much they collected. And, by the way, who at the White House has been entertaining Jack Abramoff? Is that a fair question?
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(After the segment with Roger Cressey on the Pakistan bombing,which Chris didn't like at all, Chris goes back to Laura bashing: )
"MATTHEWS: Well, mixed bag. Probably most politicians are mixed bags. Most reporters are mixed bags. Most people are. That's fairly safe, isn't it?
He's saying he wants to bring back a chocolate city—a clear ethnic
reference, a racial reference if you will, although race means we're all of
the same race.
ALLEN: Well, he presumed to speak for God which, I think, is a mistake for any of us.
MATTHEWS: Well, what about Laura Bush doing the same thing today, saying God wants to rebuild New Orleans.
ALLEN: Today...
MATTHEWS: Or is that just general lunch-time Christianity, just the kind of thing you say—we know God wants us to rebuild our city, we know God roots for our downtown booster club, we know God—that sort of generalized sort of Kiwanis-type (ph) of religion, you know?
ALLEN: I think a good rule for living—in fact, I just saw this on a billboard the other day—it said “If you want to know what God's thinking, stop talking.”
And maybe that's a good rule for all of us."
Chris Matthews is an evil fool. He needs to be dealt with by the right people.
HINTS: Dark alley; sucker punch; kick in the ass.
You have FR Mail & I have to go to bed, darn
Link to NewsBusters take on the LIE
http://newsbusters.org/node/3660
LOL!
Cool!
Bump to the top....
Chris has gone off the cliff..That is why I haven't watched him unless "alerted" in years.
Matthews was even more outrageous on Monday, Jan 16 ,when he interviewed former Army Specialist Tony Lagouranis " who has just come forward with details of widespread military abuse of Iraqi prisoners during his tour in Iraq."
Lagouranis accused US soldiers and especially Force Recon Marines of atrocities-without presenting any first hand evidence.
And Matthews wondered if US soldiers were sadists who beat up innocent Iraqis, rubber hosed prisoners and then later executed them.
Discussing the " innocent " Iraqis that the US soldiers arrest and take to Abu Ghraib for interrogation , he said this-
MATTHEWS: And when we bring them in, they just start rubber hosing them or start assuming their guilty?
And later
MATTHEWS: What do we do with people when we determine that they are guilty?
LAGOURANIS: I don‘t know what happens to them once they get to the Iraqi judicial process.
MATTHEWS: Well, do they disappear? Did you ever hear from them later, people that you thought were innocent? ( I guess Matthews thinks they exchange Christmas cards )
LAGOURANIS: I never heard from them later.
MATTHEWS: Are we executing people over there?
LAGOURANIS: ......
So when the force re-con Marines in particular, they were pretty bad in this regard.
They would stay in the detainees home at the time of the raid.
After they had been subdued, they would question them and they would punch them, kick them, broken bones.
I never saw this, but I saw the evidence of it, and I heard the story from many, many prisoners who were coming in. And it was consistently from the Force Recon Marines.
MATTHEWS: Why were they doing it? Were they sadistic or they were afraid? What would motivate a soldier, a U.S. soldier, to beat up somebody?
I wish someone would beat Matthews up.
He's really getting on my last nerve.
He cannot possibly be as dumb as he appears, so he is a very dangerous person.
Thanks!! I was hoping that would be here as I read this thread. EVERYONE needs to fire off an email, make a phone call. Don't just complain about it here, and do nothing. Follow up and make your voice heard! This crap has to stop........
Thanks Howlin, for the info.
A pie in the face would be good............ Michelle Malkin should toss it.
It's not only that he is reporting disinformation, also more importantly, imo, it is WHAT he is misreporting (lying about).
To say that the First Lady was speaking for God is a very serious and evil claim.
This whole matter ought to see the light of day!
Please write or call the White House to have them call out MSNBC and Matthews. And please contact MSNBC.
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"what do you make of this godliness on the part of political figures ........... And now the first lady ................has jumped into the thing and she's talking for God now." -- despicable. Matthews has been a rat for some time now. However this is his lowest so far, even worse than his deplorable treatment of Michelle Malkin last year!
That's true, but Matthews MUST apologize if he has the facts wrong.
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On last night’s edition of Hardball, Chris Matthews made up a quote that First Lady Laura Bush did not say. Matthews claims that Bush said “God wants us to rebuild New Orleans”, when no such words came out of her mouth. However, Bush did say “she didn’t really think she could speak for God” and then added that she “believes Nagin wants New Orleans to be rebuilt”.
On a various segments, Matthews claimed that Bush said “God wants us to rebuild New Orleans” and questioned several guests about it. One of those guests, adviser of Former President George H. W. Bush’s Strategist Ed Rogers, was called “ignorant” for not knowing this and not commenting on it. Matthews later brought it up when interviewing Mike Allen of Time Magazine, saying that she said the “same thing” as Mayor Ray Nagin did.
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Saying this for years:
The old established/liberal/socialist media is America's most ruthless, relentless, and destructive enemy.
A. Huxley: “ The greatest triumphs of propaganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth." — Old Media lives these words.
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Matthews is about the most ignorant person on TV. Funny stuff. --- Comment by Seixon — January 19, 2006 @ 8:53 pm
LOL
I hear you ............ by the way, did you hang around watching his show long enough to see his horrible treatment of Michelle Malkin last year? That also was truly despicable!
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One more time..........
Chris Matthews is an evil, arrogant, spitting fool.
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