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AN IMMODERATE MODERATOR (MSNBC'S CHRIS MATTHEWS)
The New York Post ^ | October 6, 2007

Posted on 10/06/2007 9:17:01 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Edited on 10/06/2007 9:33:31 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

So, should viewers of Tuesday's Republican presidential debate expect an exchange of views between the candidates - or between the candidates and one of the event's moderators?

It's a fair question, given the jaw-dropping comments Thursday evening from MSNBC blowhard - and scheduled debate moderator - Chris Matthews.


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To: clintonh8r
Tipsy O’Neill taught Chrissie how to drink....unfortunately he croaked before he could teach him how to stop.

This was my impression too. Apparently Chrissy is one of those people who runs at the mouth after he has had a few too many.

41 posted on 10/06/2007 10:40:02 AM PDT by freespirited (All great truths begin as blasphemies. -- George Bernard Shaw)
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To: cookcounty
There is no candidate who has the balls to stand up to him. I remember the first embarrassing debate with Mathews and they should have walked off the stage with his stupid questions. If one really did (not almost but really) tell him his question is asinine, I would look at the candidate differently from now on. But they won’t.
42 posted on 10/06/2007 10:42:49 AM PDT by carjic
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

watching Matthews and Olbermann take over as the news anchors on NBC at midnight of election night ‘06 tells you all you need to know about “objectivity.” No different than if O’Reilly and Hannity occupied those chairs for Fox.


43 posted on 10/06/2007 10:44:48 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: Tully Pettigrew 1

Liberals want the world to believe that a liberal lump of crap like Mathews is moderate and Rush Limbaugh is an extremist. They are quick to label conservatives as fanatics but they never seem to label the loonies on the left. How many of the democrat candidates would show up at a debate that was moderated by Michael Savage? If the republicans had a spine they would refuse to attend a debate where a loudmouth slob like Mathews was the moderator.


44 posted on 10/06/2007 10:46:32 AM PDT by peeps36 (OUTLAWED WORDS--INSURGENT,GLOBAL WARMING,UNDOCUMENTED WORKER,PALESTINIAN,TERMINATED PREGNANCY)
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To: peeps36; moose2004
Moose and peeps,

I know what you are saying, but believe me I have given up expecting Republicans to defend themselves. The more we accept this kind of insult (from Matthews), the weaker we look. It looks as if we don’t want to take on what the exploding head had to say because there is an element of truth to it.

In my opinion it is time to say enough of this. Time to make some “noise” and shout it from the rooftops that we define who we are not the leftist media. We are dumped on because we never fight back. There are enough conservative media outlets out there that we do not have to accept whatever it is the leftists are saying any longer.

45 posted on 10/06/2007 11:11:25 AM PDT by Tully Pettigrew 1 (I used to care, but now I take a pill for that. ( Hunter /2008))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Where’s conservative moderators in any of the debates? The GOP is cowtowing to the liberal media and, I for one, will not watch any debate that is moderated by the liberals. They only ask questions in order to bring embarrassment upon the GOP candidates and they treat the demorat candidates like they are teddy bears.


46 posted on 10/06/2007 11:11:42 AM PDT by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
On NBC/MSNBC, Matthews is going to do the debates for the primaries, perhaps with help from Russert on the moderator panel and with Obertroll leading the talking heads panel.

For the general election debates, expect to see Russert as moderator and Matthews leading the talking heads panel.
47 posted on 10/06/2007 11:13:52 AM PDT by George W. Bush (Apres moi, le deluge.)
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To: oh8eleven

Yes, it was a long time ago and Chris was on the right side of the Clinton impeachment thing (I think). Anyway, he was on the right side of some issue and Rush let him host, once or twice. He was horrible. Rush learned his lesson.


48 posted on 10/06/2007 11:17:09 AM PDT by altura
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To: George W. Bush

Is Fred going to be there?


49 posted on 10/06/2007 11:18:09 AM PDT by altura
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To: Tully Pettigrew 1

Matthew certainly should have been disqualified after the last time he hosted a debate. In the last one he asked all the Republican candidates to admit that they wished Bill Clinton was still the president. They all laughed at him. That was such an obviously biased question Matthews should have been barred from ever again hosting anything political.


50 posted on 10/06/2007 12:06:25 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: altura
Is Fred going to be there?

YES!

51 posted on 10/06/2007 12:15:13 PM PDT by b9 ("You know what Thompson reminds me of? The BOSS. The guy who is in charge." ~ carton253)
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To: driftless2

Oh wow, I had forgotten about that. How long would we have to hold our breath waiting for such a question to be asked of Democrats? I’m turning blue.


52 posted on 10/06/2007 12:15:30 PM PDT by Tully Pettigrew 1 (I used to care, but now I take a pill for that. ( Hunter /2008))
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To: altura

...and something tells me Fred will NOT be dancing to Chris Matthews’ ‘tune.’ “;^)


53 posted on 10/06/2007 12:29:03 PM PDT by b9 ("You know what Thompson reminds me of? The BOSS. The guy who is in charge." ~ carton253)
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To: MNJohnnie
I will vote for any candidate who slaps Chris Matthew down

Agree - I can't promise I'll vote for them, but any candidate who stands up to Matthews or objects to his presence as a moderator will earn my respect. I'd like to see the candidates object as a group or even refuse to answer his questions and just make their own political statements.

54 posted on 10/06/2007 12:32:06 PM PDT by tentmaker
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

That’s a nice answer. Good on you! :)

Perhaps, they should all just turn around, and observe a moment of disrespect for the sissy?


55 posted on 10/06/2007 12:34:11 PM PDT by papasmurf (I'm for Free, Fair, and Open trade. America needs to stand by it's true Friend. Israel.)
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To: MNJohnnie

“I will vote for any candidate who slaps Chris Matthew down.”

I agree 100%. The GOP candidates should turn Matthews obvious bias against him. Call him on it. Reference his over-the-top remarks in this article. This guy used to work in the Carter White House, did he not? ‘Nuff said. I’m looking for the candidate who’s going to attack, attack, attack the America hating Socialists at every turn!


56 posted on 10/06/2007 12:36:25 PM PDT by Big E
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To: Syncro
There is an old Jamaican saying...

"Stick to da' evil wot you know best, mon"

If NBC replaced him, who would they replace him with?

Nah, let him stay, and humiliate his butt!
57 posted on 10/06/2007 12:39:23 PM PDT by papasmurf (I'm for Free, Fair, and Open trade. America needs to stand by it's true Friend. Israel.)
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To: b9

PLEASE! Let someONE anyONE (love it to be FRED!) call out Matthews for his stupid questions—or just for being a liberal hack, in general. Let one of these fine candidates (though I choked a bit thinking about calling a few of them fine) call him on the carpet for his comments about President Bush being a criminal the other night. I really want to see him turn red and sputter.

Remember the LAST debate Matthews moderated? “Tell me, wouldn’t it be GREAT to get Bill Clinton back in the Whitehouse?” He asked that as excitedly as a child would ask about Christmas.

What a drooling idiot! Never mind the inanity of asking a REPUBLICAN contender about how great it would be to get a DEMOCRAT back in the Whitehouse (if they thought that, you dolt, they wouldn’t be running to OPPOSE them!), but a CLINTON?? I laughed so hard when Romney retorted, “You have GOT to be kidding!”


58 posted on 10/06/2007 12:44:13 PM PDT by Shelayne (NO running or relenting until the problem has been dealt with-decisively,systematically,permanently.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
..warn Matthews to be fair--or else this guy will come calling...


59 posted on 10/06/2007 1:17:40 PM PDT by WalterSkinner ( In Memory of My Father--WWII Vet and Patriot 1926-2007)
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To: Tully Pettigrew 1
Democrats refuse Fox News, so why shouldn’t Republicans do the same?

Because Democrats have testicles. Republicans have vaginas!

60 posted on 10/06/2007 1:24:48 PM PDT by Bommer (“He that controls the spice controls the universe!” (unfortunately that spice is Nutmeg!))
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