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Blackball (Republicans plan to boycott MSNBC's Hardball and Chris Matthews during the RNC)
US News & World Report ^ | 8/30/04 | Washington Whispers

Posted on 08/21/2004 11:59:56 PM PDT by Cableguy

You might notice something missing from Hardball With Chris Matthews soon: Republicans. " Hardball may seem more like badminton during the Republican National Convention," threatens a GOP insider. What's up? The GOP thinks Matthews has gone over to Sen. John Kerry 's side and is too critical of the Bush campaign's editing of a Hardball interview with Kerry posted on the party's negative site, www.kerryoniraq.com. As payback, they've stopped urging Republicans to appear on the show. Hardball executive producer Tammy Haddad dismisses charges Matthews is biased: "We beat everybody up." So far, nobody from the White House has told her of the show's being blackballed.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boycott; chrismatthews; hardball; malkin; matthews; msnbc
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To: Qwinn2
Quinn2??

didya lose your password?

They can fix that for you.

21 posted on 08/22/2004 12:18:29 AM PDT by GeronL (Viking Kitties have won the GOLD MEDAL in the 2,000 meter ZOTTING)
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To: LandofEnchantment

How's that Kool-Aid? Now leave!


22 posted on 08/22/2004 12:19:39 AM PDT by tobyhill (The war on terrorism is not for the weak!)
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To: oreolady

I think every program on MSNBC should be boycotted. Someone on DU was crowing that a guy from CNN who was a big Clinton supporter is now running the show over there.


23 posted on 08/22/2004 12:20:06 AM PDT by Texasforever (God can send you to hell but he can't sue you. He can't find a lawyer.)
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To: Jay Howard Smith

And WiffleBalls to the left..!

Only if they are SLOW-pitched.

Looking at the sissy Kerry, I do not think that he could get a WiffleBall to the plate. He throws like a girl, ya know?

Actually, I know some girls that can throw pretty good (wife excluded). To compare him with a woman is a slight. SISSY is appropriate. Te-RAY-sa, can I have my allowance.

I would rather be celebate than be like him.

blessings, Bobo


24 posted on 08/22/2004 12:22:05 AM PDT by bobo1
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To: Numbers Guy
At least when Carville's ranting at guests he's not piously pretending to be objective. Matthews' treatment of Malkin was nothing short of vile.

Exactly. His attempt to pretend to a segment of his miniscule audience that he is "objective" is so transparent it's absurd. How does a punk like that sleep at night? I wonder how his newsie D.C. wife feels about his behavior to Michelle the other night.

I have watched his show on and off for years, and I never saw him act that insane. I think he's been told his days are numbered if his ratings don't increase. He has taken the low road to get those numbers up, OR, he's just a low class slob...........or both!!!

25 posted on 08/22/2004 12:22:25 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Free Martha Mitchell......... and Jail Teraaaaaayza)
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To: GeronL

I not only lost my password, but I moved and lost my old email account at the same time. So I basically have no way to verify my identity :(

I have a petition to Jim Robinson in at the moment, but last I heard he was still on vacation. Here's to hoping.

Qwinn


26 posted on 08/22/2004 12:23:04 AM PDT by Qwinn2
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To: Cableguy
I hope the Pubbies really do refuse to show up on this totally discredited bigmouthpiece for the DNC's propaganda for Kerry revue.
27 posted on 08/22/2004 12:23:17 AM PDT by ladyinred (What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about?)
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To: Cableguy
Chrissy Matthews was on Jay Leno last month (July 13). He claimed that it was his job to express his opinions because he was a journalist. I thought maybe he was a little tipsy and twisted his words. Then he said that while the first half of the movie F9/11 contained some mistakes, the second half was absolutely true.

I never watch him anyway because he is a pompous poofball, but I knew when I heard him that night he was off his rocker. His slide into complete insignificance continues.

28 posted on 08/22/2004 12:23:17 AM PDT by countess
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To: Texasforever

MSNBC lost what little critical thinking they had when Jerry Nachman passed away. It's gone downhill fast.


29 posted on 08/22/2004 12:23:24 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Grab a couple feet of tagline and jump right in)
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To: Texasforever

Yep.......Rick Kaplan, an original FOB.


30 posted on 08/22/2004 12:23:27 AM PDT by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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To: Deb
After the 2000 Republican convention Matthews was on a MSNBC panel where he remarked about how it looked like "a minstrel show with all the black faces parading around the stage and all the fat GOP delegates sitting in the audience with their trophy wives."

Wow, I missed that. Matthews is a sick man. I'm sure he didn't learn that kind of thinking from Tip O'Neill.

31 posted on 08/22/2004 12:26:12 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Free Martha Mitchell......... and Jail Teraaaaaayza)
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To: Cableguy

All Republicans should avoid Chrissy's show, SPITBALL. It's not a fair show with the nutjob screaming them down. He needs to have his meds adjusted.


32 posted on 08/22/2004 12:26:22 AM PDT by Jenya (Buy Unfit for Command. Donate to Swiftvets.com. It's your American duty.)
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To: MamaLucci

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2241916


33 posted on 08/22/2004 12:26:56 AM PDT by Texasforever (God can send you to hell but he can't sue you. He can't find a lawyer.)
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To: tobyhill
"Put him in the Janitor's closet with no windows and a 40 watt lightbulb. "

No, he should be bound and gagged and left in the trunk of a Fiat in the middle of the desert from sun up to whenever his ugly carcass is found.

34 posted on 08/22/2004 12:27:18 AM PDT by mass55th ( “Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”)
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To: beyond the sea

Probably from his idol, Mario Cuomo.


35 posted on 08/22/2004 12:29:01 AM PDT by Deb (Lee Harvey Oswald Served With Honor.)
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To: Qwinn2

good luck. I remember having to use GeronL2 for a few weeks.


36 posted on 08/22/2004 12:29:11 AM PDT by GeronL (Viking Kitties have won the GOLD MEDAL in the 2,000 meter ZOTTING)
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To: Texasforever

They are just too cute over there. Such purists, lusting for their Phil Donahue. LOL.


37 posted on 08/22/2004 12:31:52 AM PDT by countess
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To: Texasforever

I feel so diiiiiiirty........thanks. ;)


38 posted on 08/22/2004 12:32:10 AM PDT by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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To: Cableguy
Hardball executive producer Tammy Haddad dismisses charges Matthews is biased: "We beat everybody up."

Really? I'm still waiting for Matthews to ask Kristin Breitweiser a tough question, but he's too busy flirting with her to do so.

39 posted on 08/22/2004 12:35:51 AM PDT by NYCVirago
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To: inkling
That's why I like Hugh Hewitt.

I've heard so many people say how good he is. I have never had the good fortune to hear him. When is he on? And would you happen to know a station near Pittsburgh, PA where he could be heard?

I love a good interview(er), there are so few these days. For instance Hannity is on the right side, but is a terrible interviewer. He takes so long making a speech about his simplistic opinions that he barely gets the question out. And the question itself, once it finally arrives, usually has to do with something on Hannity's mind rather than that of the guest!

40 posted on 08/22/2004 12:36:06 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Free Martha Mitchell......... and Jail Teraaaaaayza)
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