Posted on 09/07/2004 4:43:04 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
How's this for a 'fair & balanced' panel on this morning's Today Show?: virulent anti-Bush partisan Chris Matthews and, uh, no one.
In fairness, Matt Lauer opened the segment with a clip of W addressing a crowd and getting in this devastating shot at Kerry's latest flip-flop:
"My opponent woke up this morning with new campaign advisors and yet another position. He's against the war again." Can I get an 'ouch!'?
Then a Kerry clip popped up, with Lurch bellowing that in Iraq: "I wouldn't have done just *one* thing differently, he would have done *everything* differently. Guess he would have scrapped the smart bombs and fought the war with BB's and punji sticks.
In a sign of just how frazzled and desperate the Dem ticket has become, another clip showed John Edwards snapping at a supporter who fretted that the campaign wasn't responding to W's attacks.
Edwards angrily admonished her to understand that "we're fighting for y-e-w-w-w-w-w." You know that a campaign is in deep trouble when the candidates start taking shots at . . . their own supporters!
Then there was a clip of VP Cheney wryly observing that "when it comes to foreign policy, Sen. Kerry should stick to windsurfing." To quote Shakespeare: "bwah-hah-hah!"
Matthews agreed that if Kerry is smart, he won't be spending any more time windsurfing through the campaign.
"That's a rich guy having fun. Where are his friends? He needs to play stickball in South Philly."
Matthews fantasized that in October, Clinton will make a dramatic comeback that will create "overwhelming sentiment" in places such as the inner city and south Florida. "He could be a Lazarus."
Mocking the situation within the chaotic Kerry campaign, Matthews mentioned that there is a joke going around. "The campaign is like Noah's ark: two of everthing, two pollsters, campaign managers, etc."
Then Matthews offered some free advice of his own. "Kerry needs to open [Pres. Bush] up like a can of tuna fish on his credibility, his soft spots."
Isn't that nice, in this age of terrorism? A reporter and "analyst" recommending that a candidate eviscerate his opponent?
Matthews opined further: "I think the real lead is about 7%."
To his credit, Lauer said that after the Dem convention people explained Kerry's non-bounce by claiming that there were few undecideds to be captured. He observed that in some polls W has opened as much as an 11% bounce. Lauer then, surprisingly and somewhat snidely asked:
"What happened? Did [W] get ALL the undecideds or did he convince some of Kerry's supporters to come over?"
Matthews: "The Bush campaign destroyed Kerry's credibility and it's been working really, really well. Kerry needs to play the same kind of hardball and discredit Bush, but must do it carefully."
Although there's no doubt where Matthews' heart lies, he seemed to manifest a certain resigned sense of humor about the situation, almost revelling in the blunders and hopelessness of the feckless Kerry campaign.
If the Kerry people were watching it must have been disheartening. Your staunchest media allies mocking you and your candidate, while portraying your opponent and his campaign as a juggernaut.
Toady Show ping
So much mental masturbation.
" He needs to play stickball in South Philly.""
Oh yeah. That will really capture the vote. Snidely richguy posing with the 'hood.
Correction, Chrissy. John F'in Kerry destroyed his own credibility, with a powerful assist to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The Bush camp is just now starting to really pile on.
One can only continute to hope...
Matthew's buddy, Howard Fineman, just had a pretty good line on the Imus program. He said the Kerry campaign is going to,
"Open up a carafe of Whoop Ass!"
They also showed where he said "Don't shake your head!" to the woman beforehand.
"Yo, Mr. Kerry. In the hood, we don't use horses to play stickball."
Bump!
Can I get a LOL?!
How I LOVE when rats eat their own.
Chris Matthews is nothing more than a low life Democrat Socialist shill. He has worked for Socialists in the past and there is no reason to believe that he isn't working for them now.
I heard the "carafe" joke!
When Howard Fineman starts repeating them, you know the jokes have gone very far indeed.
Nice analysis.
I do not have any cable or broadcast TV.
Snippets like this help me stay informed.
As usual, the "new media" does an excellent job of distilling and exposing the nonsense of the old media's "journalism" into a few relevant paragraphs.
Old media sucks.
New media rocks.
I hope more people will get to see this clip of Edwards snapping at a supporter. The peevishness coupled with desperation was epic, and the long drawn-out plaint of how he's working for "ye-w-w-w-w-w" was priceless.
Kerry and Edwards are too embarrassing even for the fawning Liberal media. Kerry runs around saying only a Vietnam Vet can be president, but he picked Edwards who never pulled on a pair of combat boots to even mow the lawn. Kerry wants everyone to think he can figure out the world better than Bush and be a better president than him when he cannot even run a decent campaign for the job. He vacilates more than Jimmy Carter and has less charisma than him too. This is a poor excuse for a candidate. Let's start a contest to see when the Democratic honchos and sages will begin the process of telling us why Kerry lost. I say in about another 10 days they'll blame Bush for not playing fair. It's too late for the TODAY show or any other media to save him. Kerry is dooming Kerry because he has a record and people are able to see how he acts as a candidate and that is enough evidence that they don't want this feckless man in charge of the War on Terror.
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I can't watch Matthews anymore...
Gear from the complete line of official Bush-Cheney '04 logo items to wear during the campaign...hats, T-shirts, etc.
Four years of Dubya, and the threat of four more is really tearing their masks.
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