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Shrum So Shrill, Even Chris Cringes
Hardball/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 06/28/2006 7:10:31 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

by Mark Finkelstein

June 28, 2006

Over the last couple days, I've received four emails from one liberal reader of these columns, repeatedly asking me why conservatives are so 'angry and mean-spirited'. I tried explaining that while anger is common to the human condition, in no way do conservatives have a monopoly on the emotion. To the contrary, I cited a recent study revealing that, even when controlling for relevant variables, Republicans tend to be happier than Democrats.

Since I was unable to prove the proposition to the reader's satisfaction, I very much hope he was watching this evening's Hardball. For the show provided a perfect case in point of Republican good humor and angry Dem bitterness.

Chris Matthews' first guest, in for an extended interview, was Tom Delay. He had been invited on the occasion of the Supreme Court decision that largely vindicated his redistricting effort in Texas. DeLay took even Chris' hardest hardballs in stride, answering cheerfully and with refreshing straightforwardness.

Fast forward to the next segment, featuring the affable Republican consultant Ed Rogers and Dem consultant Bob Shrum. In fairness, Bob has what to be bitter about, as is well understood by those familiar with his world record for futility as a consultant in presidential campaigns.

Even so, Shrum's raw hostility was breathtaking. The very first words out of Shrum's mouth, without so much as a 'hi Chris', were these:

"The real sleaziness of DeLay's approach was exposed --"

Matthews was clearly taken aback. He interrupted: "Let's get personal right away!"

Shrum would not be deterred, actually resorting to that most tired of attack lines: "Look, how do you know when the guy [DeLay] is lying? He moves his lips."

You could hear Rogers' protest in the background, and when the camera moved to Matthews, he was manifestly mortified by his fellow Dem.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bobshrum; chrismatthews; hardball; looser; msnbc; redistricting; supremecourt; tomdelay
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To: Mo1

It is hard to imagine how they do it, but they manage sink to lower levels of sleezy behavior with each losing election.

For many of them, I truly believe their hatred is pathological.


21 posted on 06/28/2006 7:34:33 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s...you weren't really there.)
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To: MJY1288
Shrum has such a stellar record of success too ........ ROFLMAO, That guy couldn't even find the prize inside a cracker jack box, much less be a winning campaign manager :-)

To paraphrase Michael Douglas in that liberal propaganda movie "The American President", Bob Shrum "couldn't find a coherent sentence (or an electoral win) with two hands and a flashlight."

22 posted on 06/28/2006 7:35:28 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (The Rat Party's goal is to END the conflict, not WIN the conflict...should be the other way around.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Lol! I was thinking the same thing. The guy is like 0 and 9 in Presidential races. What I could never understand is how he could continue to find employment?

Simple. Failure in the Democrat Party is cause for promotion.

23 posted on 06/28/2006 7:37:04 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (The Rat Party's goal is to END the conflict, not WIN the conflict...should be the other way around.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Your post so intriguing, I'll try to remember to add the transcript. I can't wait to see if Matthews' "cringe" is evident, find it hard to believe since Matthews knows full well what a nastyass Shrum is...that's why he has Shrum on.


24 posted on 06/28/2006 7:37:07 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: MJY1288
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DFU SONG: Henry the 8th (Bob Shrum has a perfect record of 8 losses in a row)
DFU SONGS | 11-2004 | Lyrics, Doug from Upland

Posted on 11/03/2004 6:56:35 PM PST by doug from upland

MIDI - HENRY THE 8TH

I now have lost my 8th, I have...I have lost my 8th, I have I have
I've been a DNC shill and a whore...I'd been through it seven times before
And everyone was a loserman...I haven't won, no not one single time
I have now lost 8 times in a row...that I'm paid should be a crime

Second verse, same as the first
I now have lost my 8th, I have...I have lost my 8th, I have I have
I've been a DNC shill and a whore...I'd been through it seven times before
And everyone was a loserman...I haven't won, no not one single time
I have now lost 8 times in a row...that I'm paid should be a crime

I now have lost my 8th, I have...I have lost my 8th, I have I have
I've been a DNC shill and a whore...I'd been through it seven times before
And everyone was a loserman...I haven't won, no not one single time
I have now lost 8 times in a row...that I'm paid should be a crime

Loserman...loserman
That I'm paid should be a crime, a crime
That I'm paid should be a crime

25 posted on 06/28/2006 7:37:32 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: YaYa123; All

There are links to the video posted in the comments thread over at NewsBusters.


26 posted on 06/28/2006 7:39:03 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Bob Shrum.......... genius, one of the chief architects of the collapse of the Demagogues as a national party. Granted, he has received some very bad ideas and candidates to work from, but they are also HIS ideas and HIS candidates..... and he has maintained just about a perfect losing streak for 30+ years........ this man's head is so far up his butt that Algore can seem like a "man of the people" in comparison. OK, let it be noted that Algore will never be confused for a "man of the people"...... but then neither will that barking moonbat Bob Shrimp, er Shlep, I mean Shrum.


27 posted on 06/28/2006 7:39:08 PM PDT by Enchante (Keller & Sulzberger: Forget elections, WE are the self-appointed judges of everything)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
It is hard to imagine how they do it, but they manage sink to lower levels of sleezy behavior with each losing election.

Think of a 5 yr old spoiled brat that throws hissy fits because they don't get want they want

That is the Dem Party

Not liking the Republican Party and our policies is one thing .. but the lib behavior is very childish

28 posted on 06/28/2006 7:40:51 PM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePb6H-j51xE&search=Democrats)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I hope the next RAT presidential nominee hires Shrum.


29 posted on 06/28/2006 7:43:27 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Jack Murtha? Not in my Marine Corps!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest; Gordongekko909; ChildOfThe60s; Txsleuth; MJY1288; Mo1; Covenantor; ...
Schrum: "Gosh, my palms are sweaty. I can't wait to get this pretty boy all to myself. I'm about to rock his world."


30 posted on 06/28/2006 7:43:42 PM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
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To: demkicker

You owe me a new keyboard.


31 posted on 06/28/2006 7:46:22 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I'll have to tune in to the replay. I've skipped this show in the past cause I can't stomach Mathews much. But this one sounds good. The RATS are bitter lately cause they check the polls 24/7 and they are behind again. Diane Feinstein was on some show today and when told about the GOP gain in the polls, her statement was ( thats just because of the capture of Zarquawi, that doesn't mean anything)...........


32 posted on 06/28/2006 7:46:25 PM PDT by Bush gal in LA
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To: Bush gal in LA

It's def worth watching. DeLay is refreshingly straightforward and undefensive in his answers. And the mortified look on Matthews' face when Shrum goes on the attack is priceless!


33 posted on 06/28/2006 7:48:59 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
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To: Gordongekko909

That reminds me..can a Clymer be shrummed?


34 posted on 06/28/2006 7:49:28 PM PDT by rod1
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To: demkicker

LOL! Old Bob looks like he's bent over and ready for another hike.


35 posted on 06/28/2006 7:57:04 PM PDT by Covenantor
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To: rod1

More information required... are you talking about Paul Clymer of Pennsylvania? If so, how do you think he could be shrummed?


36 posted on 06/28/2006 7:59:53 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: Gordongekko909
Would you believe when I typed Bob Shrum's name on a search engine, that pic was the first one I saw? Looks to me like Shrum might be trying to overcompensate in order to prove his (bwahahaha) masculinity.
37 posted on 06/28/2006 8:00:23 PM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I love Delay! I will def watch! ........I hope that when Delay gets cleared of all these bogus ''charges'' he runs again. Gets elected and continues to kick the RATS ignorant, weasel, ass-s every day of the week!
38 posted on 06/28/2006 8:02:04 PM PDT by Bush gal in LA
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To: demkicker

He looks like a character you would expect to find in something like Lord of the Rings.


39 posted on 06/28/2006 8:06:28 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: Bush gal in LA
Here's my screen grab from the original NewsBusters item. Gives a good feel for DeLay's prevailing attitude. Let me know what you think after watching the replay.


40 posted on 06/28/2006 8:06:31 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
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