Posted on 08/15/2006 6:57:47 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
August 15, 2006 - 21:45
I'll get to the good stuff in a minute. But before I tell you just how Mark Green went about slurring VP Cheney, President Bush and religious conservatives, let me explain why he went out of his way to defame them in the most obnoxious possible manner on this evening's Hardball.
Mark Green is about to lose to Andrew Cuomo in next month's New York Democratic primary for Attorney General. The latest poll has him eating Cuomo's dust by 18 points. And that was before the final nail in his coffin - yesterday's AFL-CIO endorsement of Cuomo. Green has a history of losing. He lost to Al D'Amato for senator. He did manage to get himself elected consumer commissioner of NYC, but then lost to Bloomberg for mayor. His impending loss to Cuomo will in all likliehood mark the end of his elective political career. Any future run could put him in Harold Stassen territory.
Bottom line: Green is desperate. He's looking for something to stir the very liberal New York Dem primary electorate. That was made clear when he found a way to mention to Matthews that he is a "proud progressive Democrat" - hint, hint.
OK, enough prefacing, on to the slander.
Matthews asked Green how VP Cheney can be so impervious to his low poll numbers. Replied Green:
"He's #2, he's a bucket of warm spit," adding "said James Garner, FDR's Vice-President." Matthews instinctual reaction was to burst into laughter. Then, perhaps thinking better of it, he corrected Green: "Garner said that the job's not worth a bucket of warm spit."
Green wasn't done. He stated that, as that proud progressive Democrat, "It is sad for me that because both chambers are Republican, [Cheney] is never investigated for condoning torture . . . and for excusing lawlessness."
Green later turned his sights on President Bush, claiming that he "willfully and criminally violated the law when he wireless wiretapped."
Continued Green: "Apparently when George W. Bush took the oath to faithfully execute the laws, he took it literally." 'Execute' the laws. I get it. You're killin' me, Mark.
To further establish his left-wing bona fides, Green added an obligatory swipe at religious conservatives:
"42% of Americans believe in demonic possession. Just before I came on, I saw Joe Scarborough saying that five times more Americans know who the Three Stooges are than Sam Alito. So in this country, there are a big body of people who believe more in the Bible than the Constitution."
In the liberal world that Green inhabits and Matthews finds so amusing, the Bible and the Constitution are apparently mutually exclusive.
Hardball/NewsBusters take-two-Prilosec-before-reading ping to Today show list.
better warm spit than a puddle of p.. uhhh.. like dems
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That's an old phrase referring to the Vice Presidency, coined by an earlier century Vice President himself (ironically, I forgot his name), referring to his own job.
"The vice presidency isn't worth a bucket of warm spit."
That would be John Nance (Cactus Jack) Garner.
He was better on the Rockford Files.
That's the one!
Matthews only laughed because the "bucket of warm spit" comment reminded Matthews of himself. He spits on everybody all the time.
If ANYONE knows about SPIT, it's Spittin' Chrissy!!
One of four undistinguished VP's during the FDR Adminisration.
Heard Matthews describing the Lebanon situation and he referred to UN "peepers" then quickly corrected himself to peacekeepers.
The Pentagon has confirmed today that Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and al Zawahri have been captured and are being held at an undisclosed location.
NOAA scientist have issued a press release today claiming they have found a simple low cost solution to global warming (rumored to have been assisted by algore).
Greek officials report that Natalie Holloway has been found living on a local oil magnate’s yacht.
A UFO has crashed near Ft Wayne Utah, the alien occupants are alive and being cared for by Air Force personnel.
We’ll have these and other stories, but first, out top story; New evidence has come to light that strongly suggests that Bush did in fact lie about WMD’s!
I’m Chris Matthews, let’s play Hardball.
You know, what's really depressing here it Chris Matthews sinking so low in the ratings and in journalism in general that he has to resort to recruiting has-beens like Mark "Who Cares About Him" Green.
Hey Chris: give it up. It's over for you guys! Your last important job was propping up old Tip for the Daily Press Conference!
CABLE NEWS RACE
MON., AUG. 14, 2006
VIEWERS
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,059,000
FNC BRIT HUME 1,614,000
FNC HANNITY/COLMES 1,496,000
FNC GRETA 1,485,000
FNC SHEP SMITH 1,179,000
CNN LARRY KING 805,000
CNN COOPER 798,000
CNN DOBBS 678,000
CNN ZAHN 669,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 456,000
MSNBC INVESTIGATES 451,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 363,000
CNNHN GLENN BECK 354,000
CNNHN NANCY GRACE 335,000
He beat Olbermann.
John Nance Garner, and the "spit" part was the cleaned-up version.
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