NBC Reporting: White House Advisor Mary Matalin To Resign

NBC

[RCW2001]

Russert reporting on Today show. Searching for copy...

[Psalm 73]

She is stricly an economic conservative and socialy left-wing, and has made unseemly comments in the press about the Family Research Council, the best D.C. friend a politicaly active conservative Christain can have.
She's a snake just like her hubby.

[Psalm 73]

"Character attacks..."

Um, you mean we shouldn't call someones integrity questionable, if, indeed, it seems to be questionable?
Hmm, if we limit our discussions and expressed opinions to black-and-white verifiable facts, sans conjecture, we end up with...

[RCW2001]

Finally, some damn copy on this story! I hate hanging out a 'breaking' without confirmation.

The Associated Press
Friday, December 13, 2002; 9:05 AM

WASHINGTON –– Mary Matalin, Vice President Dick Cheney's top public relations strategist, is leaving the White House.

Matalin, the wife of Democratic consultant James Carville and the mother of two girls, wants to spend more time with her family, White House officials said. She has told associates for weeks that her departure was imminent, but made it official Friday.

Matalin benefited from her boss' unusual influence inside the White House and became a key adviser not only to Cheney but also President Bush. She was at the center of most high-profile announcements at the White House.

Matalin and Karen Hughes are among the most influential women to serve as White House aides. Hughes, a senior adviser to Bush, left the White House in August to move her family back to Texas.

Matalin had planned to leave the White House earlier, but extended her stay after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

White House officials said Matalin is part of the traditional turnover that occurs inside an administration after midterm elections. Several other aides, few of them household names, are expected to leave in the coming weeks.

Matalin is one of the White House's better known figures because of her marriage to Carville, an outspoken critic of Bush, and her high-profile work at the Republican National Committee and in the first Bush White House.

[RooRoobird14]

You have a right to your opinion, as do I, Russ. I have never had any respect for Mary Matlin. Sorry, but politics is just a game for her. She doesn't really take politics seriously--it's just a lucrative husband/wife act she has going with her creepy husband--whom I considered to be The Rapist's chief defender, enabler, and attack dog.

But you're right, I don't have the "Christmas Spirit" right now. Sorry, I can't fake what isn't there.

[ewing]

LOL!

[Grampa Dave]

Tiny Tim could be heard saying, "Goodbye and Goodnight Mary, spouse of one of the most vile and evil men in America and maybe the world!"

[NutmegDevil]

Wasn't wife of serpenthead a major player in Bush 41's loss in '92? I don't think she was very competent - doses not have the killer instinct her spouse & his buddy the forehead have. Marrying that Demo ultra-operative certainly is an indication of her lack of reasoning skills. Or ... are we eating our own? Or are we ambivilant about Mary? Are we in a gray zone?

[wita]

You obviously do not understand the sense of the senate, but then neither do I.

[RooRoobird14]

Yes, Nutmeg. In fact if Mary hadn't been so busy shagging the Serpenthead during the 1992 campaign, perhaps Bush Sr. would have beaten The Rapist from Arkansas. They "courted" during the campaign. (The thought of which makes me want to throw up....)

[The Raven]

It's on Drudge, now.

I wonder if she was feeding hubby the inside scoops?

[Las Vegas Dave]

I wonder if she was feeding hubby the inside scoops?

WARNING: BARF ALERT FOLLOWS

S-H tells Mary (as he's foaming at the mouth), "SEE?, SEE? I TOLD you there was a VRWC, and now they are targeting you! SEE? SEE?"

[areafiftyone]

Is that because they tried to put the Barney cam on her husband and it kept slipping off his snakehead? I saw part of the Barney cam on TV and it is the funniest thing. I loved it.

[bmwcyle]

Good, when you only talent is to sleep with the Devil, it is time to go.

[glock rocks]

mary. door. ass.

[A2J]

I would question anyone's mental competence who would think that Carville is nice-looking, much less marry the slimeball.

[marty60]

It's becoming a War Time WH. Don't need political hacks on the payroll. I liked her until she married the Thing and the Things Wife co- conspirator. He is a lying Dum. Says something about her judgement.

[FR_addict]

You have a right to your opinion, as do I, Russ. I have never had any respect for Mary Matlin. Sorry, but politics is just a game for her. She doesn't really take politics seriously--it's just a lucrative husband/wife act she has going with her creepy husband--whom I considered to be The Rapist's chief defender, enabler, and attack dog.

But you're right, I don't have the "Christmas Spirit" right now. Sorry, I can't fake what isn't there.

So true. I can't imagine marrying someone with such hateful politics as James Carville. It's not just Republican vs. Democrat, she married a slimy apologist for all of Clinton's immoral acts.

I hope you get your "Christmas Spirit" back. Don't let others spoil this time of the year for you.

[jimfree]

Wasn't wife of serpenthead a major player in Bush 41's loss in '92? I don't think she was very competent - doses not have the killer instinct her spouse & his buddy the forehead have. Marrying that Demo ultra-operative certainly is an indication of her lack of reasoning skills. Or ... are we eating our own? Or are we ambivilant about Mary? Are we in a gray zone?

Mary was kept quiet for too long and brought out too late in the campaign. She was willing and able to go toe to toe with the demos and tell the truth, and yes, to stay on point.

[RCW2001]

It's on Drudge, now.

Almost a two hour scoop... And people say they go to Drudge for the 'latest news'. Ha.

[1Old Pro]

Mary seems O.K. But the track record for assistants to GOP VP's ain't too good. Remember that Bill Crystal worked for Quayle.