Chris Matthews: Will Bush rise to the challenges?

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 09/12/2001 | Chris Matthews

[Pokey78]

Crashing down with those majestic twin towers fell the twin vanities America has carried into the 21st century: our strength and our distance. Having won two world wars and a Cold War, we had taken on an air of benign superiority. We were respected, even loved. Other countries had to worry about old hostilities and ethnic hatreds.

[PatrioticAmerican]

nope. we'll bomb a useless training ground full of tents and thump our chests in victory, but we will not have taken serious action to defend ourselves from more attacks.

[boomop1]

Will Matthews shut the F*** up?

[Petronski]

Petronski: Will Matthews kiss my ass?

[eureka!]

Even Clinton said to support the president at this time. Matthews has proven his partisanship to be below that of Clinton. What a puke of a person...

[A Navy Vet]

Will you kindly shut up and wait? BTW Chris, you're 15 minutes is up.

[jackbill]

Will Matthews shut the F*** up?

Ditto!

Matthews is an insignificant Pissant.

During WWII I did buy bonds, collect scrap, etc.. I didn't do it for FDR, I did it for my friends and neighbors who were fighting the war. The war that FDR started.

[LenS]

Amazing. Democrats in Congress can talk nice about Bush, but the media just can't give up their foolish misconceptions about him, even in war. FDR? Brave to speak in front of Congress? Does Matthews believe that the Japanese Navy had ballistic and cruise missiles that could reach the Capitol? DC was in no danger that day. But Matthews is too malignant to realize that flying Air Force One into an area where hijacked jetliners were playing kamikaze was extremely stupid.

[A Navy Vet]

"nope. we'll bomb a useless training ground full of tents and thump our chests in victory, but we will not have taken serious action to defend ourselves from more attacks."

Peculiar screename for such an attitude. Let me explain how patriotism works in these disasterous situations - You back your President UNTIL he shows otherwise. And even then, you don't undermine him in public while the situation is still fluid.

[uncbob]

What did Chris's boy Clinton do about the first bombing ??

[rintense]

Agree. Shut the F*CK up, Matthews. You say a bombing would leave no role for theAmerican people??? Speak for yourself, idiot. I guarantee you that over 95% of people will be dancing in the streets when we bomb the bastards back to the stone age. Our role is to be PATRIOTS, something YOU obviously know nothing about.

[Ratatoskr]

we had taken on an air of benign superiority. We were respected, even loved. Other countries had to worry about old hostilities and ethnic hatreds.

What the hell is he talking about? We've known for years the Islamic world hates us, the third world wants to get a hand in our pocket and Europe looks down its nose at us. We're the most hated and envied nation on earth and we know it damned well. We've been bracing for massive terrorist attack for my entire lifetime.

[GenXFreedomFighter]

Where's the barf alert? I suppose Matthews is expecting an overly emotional president who will mug, pander, lash out, and cry crocodile tears all in the same speech. That's what we're used to, but that's not Bush. He's keeping it cool, calm, and collected. Rest assured that he's keeping his cards close to his vest, as he always does. All the action's behind the scenes, not in front of the cameras.

[anniegetyourgun]

Chris Matthews can't rise to the challenge in his bedroom, much less as a so-called journalist.

[isthisnickcool]

The question is "will Chris Matthews rise to the challenges?"

That question has already been answered. And the answer is NO! Same with Peter Jennings, who should be fired immediately!

As far as Matthews goes, a real man does not die his hair. Or wears a wig of gerble hair like Tom Daschle does or who apparently get's his butt-hairs hammered into his head like Joe Biden.

[Pokey78]

E-mail Chris Matthews at cmatthews@sfchronicle.com.

[KC_Conspirator]

Nice to know that in times of national crisis Matthews is still thinking of partisan politics. He can go to hell.

The question is whether or not the American people will rise to the challenge.

[isthisnickcool]

Mispelled "dye"! Sorry, I'm kind mad at these talking heads that act like we are at at tea party.

[RooRoobird14]

Send your comments to this maggot at

cmatthews@sfchronicle.com

Here's the note I sent:

"There's a reason you'll always be a cheap B-rate commentator on a cable station nobody watches. And there's a reason why Fox News continues to kick you and PMSNBC's posterior in the ratings.

But keep up your anti-Bush anti-Republican rants---it just further undermines your credibility as a so-called "journalist."