Seriously, with friends like these, you can get away with a lot of stuff:
Chris Matthews: But first the McCain story. We‘re joined by NBC‘s David Gregory and Andrea Mitchell. Anyone who covers politics is saddened by this story.
***MIKE BARNICLE, NBC ANALYST: Well, God—God, I hate this story, Chris. I hate it for what it does….
MATTHEWS: I hate it, too.
BARNICLE: I hate for the process—what it does to the process of politics. I hate it for what it does to the process of journalism.
There were at least two other occasions last night in which Matthews professed that the story about McCain was “depressing,” but I can’t find them. They were as he was cutting to commercial break, so maybe it was chopped. Or maybe I am misremembering.
At any rate, people have talked at length about how Hillary has to play under the “Clinton rules,” and that Obama has not. We will see what impact the McCain rules also have this election cycle.
norbizness
Barnicle should go back to his day job, which I think involves sticking to the hulls of ships and eating plankton. At least then he’d be semi-useful.
4tehlulz
Did Barnicle plagiarize those sentiments from someone?
norbizness
P.S. Jenny McCarthy AND Larry the Cable Guy, together in the same motion picture? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP (for eye bleach)!!!
Sirkowski
It’s a shame people like McCain get hurt in the political process. There’s no need to throw dirt at him, politics is just a game. It’s not like there’s people dying in a war somewhere.
Zifnab
Thepanzer
Poor Mathews, his mancrush is being picked on! Oh the humanity!
Who would think that a news network could be worse than Fox news. At least you know when you tune in to Fox you’re going to get GOP talking points and approved big-money narrative.
MSNBC collects 2nd tier wingnuts that Fox won’t hire, sloppy lazy doormats like Russert, or imbeciles like Matthews. Now if they could add Glenn Beck to the stable and fire their only competent host (Olberman) teh crazy would be complete.
Cap and Gown
Just saw this video. Great song!
Viva Obama!
demkat620
I don’t think Matthews can handle the loss of another mancrush this year. First there was Aqua Velva Fred, and the Rudy, and if McCain goes I think he might be suicidal.
borehole
Who knew psychosexual grotesquery could be so dull?
cleek
OT, but check out the latest wingnut chairborne self-proclaimed military expert circle jerk.
Attaturk
John, seriously, follow Cleeks link.
Once again the right-wings self-appointed military theorists go apecrap over something Obama says about a soldier, they deny it, Jake Tapper checks it out…
And voila! the right-wingers soil themselves and wallow in it once again.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/from-the-fact-3.html
KCinDC
Damn, cleek, I was just coming here to make sure John knew about that.
The Other Steve
The st00pid makes my head hurt! Make it stop! HELP ME JESUS!
demkat620
I can’t wait for the reenactment. Maybe this time instead of a sandbox they can use marshmallow fluff to simulate snow.
The Grand Panjandrum
One of the links from MY and Tapper is to the Freepers. Man it is worth reading the entire comment section just to entertain yourself a little. I don’t think we’re in any danger of being overwhelmed by intellectual giants. We may get crushed by a tsunami of utter fucking stupidity but at least we would go out laughing. I love those motherfuckers! Where else can you be guaranteed a belly laugh in 30 seconds or less?
Halteclere
I love the last paragraph of Jake Tapper’s blog.
(Emphasis mine)
vishnu schitz
JOHN YOU BETTER CALL OUT THE 101 CHAIRBORNE!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY HAVE AN ARMY CAPT. THAT REQUIRES “THE TREATMENT” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
croatoan
http://www.newsweek.com/id/114505/page/1
McCain campaign statement this week:
McCain’s September 25, 2002, sworn deposition:
Mark
I remember these same people saying the same exact things during the Monica clusterf*ck. How terrible and degrading it was to politics and the press. Oh the humanity!
chopper
indeed. how well i remember mr matthews’ righteous indignation at the sheer terribleness of those allegations. “fie upon’t,” he cried. “fie!”
p.lukasiak
Obama rules…. when a journalist writes a story that is unfavorable to Obama, he’s the scum of the earth (see Obot reaction to Tapper’s plagarism story.) When a journalist writes a story favorable to Obama, he’s the personification of credibility. (see Obot reaction to Tapper’s story confirming Obama’s anecdote above.)
(its actually unfair to call it Obama rules, because most people, not just Obots, do the exact same thing. )
p.lukasiak
croatoan…
The McCain campaign said that no representative of Paxson personally asked for a letter. They didn’t say that Paxson himself didn’t ask.
Under McCain rules, there is no contradiction here.
AkaDad
Cleek’s link makes me wish I had some brain douche.
John Cole
I am going to explain this slowly and use small words and all caps so it sinks through the Clinton haze that has made you take leave of your senses.
OBAMA STEALING LINES STORY WAS BULLSHIT AND TAPPER WAS A HACK.
OBAMA STORY ABOUT ARMY WAS TRUE AND TAPPER ACTED LIKE A REPORTER.
That is why I reacted to each story that way, not because I am in the tank for Obama. How many times do I have to say I would vote for Hillary if Obama loses?
jake
Chris Matthews: Ignorant Slut, or Most Ignorant Slut Evar?
p.lukasiak
OBAMA STEALING LINES STORY WAS BULLSHIT AND TAPPER WAS A HACK.
please provide a link rebutting the appropriation of the quote from a 2006 Patrick speech used without attribution by Obama in November 2007.
you can say anything you want to, John. A link would be a lot more helpful.
ThatLeftTurnInABQ
shorter p.lukasiak: Not only does Obama enjoy fawning, uncritical press coverage, but the general population is just as fawning and uncritical of him too! This means Hillary is much more electable in November, because everyone knows that candidates who are uncritically accepted by most people always lose. Known Truth!