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."
If Chris Matthews says something on Hardball, and nobody is tuned in to hear it, does he make a sound?
Of course the quote begins with the word He, and when you begin a sentence, you capitalize the first letter. But, I agree, she probably meant the mayor.
My very thought! He's exercising the mind-control machine from his underground lair.
Zing!...
Possibly not, but the spit still flies.
I wrote a scathing email to hardball@msnbc.com. As usual, he won't have the stones to address it on the air.
Well, it also says in the New Testament that husbands should make the coffee, not wives. It's right between the books of Philemon and James -- "He brews."
And Big Media wonders why they are losing viewers.
I'd love to hear their response. -good post-
All propaganda all the time: Its way beyond bias now. Chrissy and his ilk are embarrassingly ill informed about the most basis issues of the day. But, the again, when have the lefties ever cared about facts?
They are trying to after Laura now because her popularity angers and frightens them. Expect some sort of expose on her youthful car accident.
Thanks for the link to the video. Matthews's malevolence, stupidity and arrogance are breathtaking in their stupidity. Meese handled it all with class.
"Of course the quote begins with the word He, and when you begin a sentence, you capitalize the first letter. But, I agree, she probably meant the mayor."
I think what threw me off was the pronoun refeence, that last noun in her quote before "he" was "God.
Do you think that adorable pronounciation of "r" like "w" is an unconscious tribute to Baba Wawa, sort of like Michael Jackson trying to look like Liz Taylor?
Well, maybe not a weekly manicure.
But I'll bet he gets one every time he gets his hair dyed.
(Laura Ingraham once spotted him in the DC salon she goes to, getting it colored!)
Haha! Well, there was only one in between Bar and Laura, and I wouldn't exactly call that one a lady...
"If Chris Matthews says something on Hardball, and nobody is tuned in to hear it, does he make a sound?"
Just wish I could get the whole WORLD to forego cable and broadcast TV! Then the advertisers wouldn't pay huge rates that subsidize the huge salaries of slimeballs like Matthews.... Most of these advertisers figure 'love him or hate him, but watch him (and our ADS)'
Right. She is fondly referred to as "The Beast" or "Hildabeast". :)
Geeze Howlin, don't cyber-yell or post in big fonts to Christine. You'll make him wet his pants.
Apparently Christine's parents never told him that little boys can go to hell for lying just like they can for stealing.
FGS, he's lost it.
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