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Chris Matthews Sunday Show:

Tom Friedman says the middle east reaction to USA is mixed, but Matthews prods him to criticize Bush for calling the middle east "barbaric and backward". Matthews really wanted the panelists to attack Bush's statement from last week, but they didn't seem to co-operate. (I missed what Andrea Mitchell might have said.)

Joe Klein says there are some people who look more kindly to us because of the Bush policy. Matthews doesn't like that, he keeps pushing. Matthews keeps at it. what about the"Bush failure", he asks. Friedman tells Matthews, "I don't care if they like us or not."

Matthews very happy that his entire panel says, "yes, Hillary is running in 2008". He asks whether Bill Clinton will be an asset or detriment to her. They all agree that his brilliance, his knowledge, his world popularity would be put to good use in a Hillary administration.

(dog walk....I missed most of the show)

The section: "Tell me something I don't know"

The Brit babe says: North Korea will test nuke soon, up in the mountain area, and it's so cold there they have to test in the summer.

Klein says: A most interesting middle east election, comes next month in Iran. one of the candidates is (almost) pro-American, sorry I missed his name.

Another: Europeans are really concerned about Iran nukes, will get tough with Iran at an upcoming meeting with them.

Matthews tells the panel:

Frist will be the hero of the filibuster fight.. He will deliver for the president, .he will win, he will be the republican's candidate in 2008.

I saw most of it Yaya--very slick.

The main thrust on Chrissy's show was to slickly derail the war in Iraq and give Mr. and Mrs. Bubba another boost to run in 08. They went about it with the following rat players, using Time's Joe Klein, Andrea(Mitchell)Greenspan(who had an unexpected moment of lucidness), Another Chrrissy groupie chatty Katty Kay of the L/W BBC press and our all time hero Tommmmiieee Friedman,(we rule the written press) of the NYslimes.

One of the shows thrusts was to poo-poo the war since "the Sunnis are not being included". They set up a scenario that "we are creating a civil war situation" (must be running out of excuses for us to fail). This is where Andrea had a surprise statement of something to the effect of "GW has set up a powerful force for Democracy(Iraq) in the middle of a field of Arab nations", semi-positive statement from Andrea, most unexpected.

The new slimmer crhissy seems desperate to unseat fat tim, but that won't happen.

They spent the rest of the show shilling for Bill and hill, and what if's when they get in office, will bill stop chasing chicks will he be a sort of co-president,(no he will be lucky if hillary does not send him to Siberia), and other assorted crap. They all think she will and is running, no surprise.

Thanks for the thread as usual AB.