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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 05:39 PM
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Chris Matthews hurt our country by having Melanie Morgan on
to spew her hatred and threats.

Giving people filled with such rancor a platform on national TV is hurting our country. She called for the editors of the NYT to be jailed for treason...she even sentenced them to 20 plus years.



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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 05:42 PM
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1. Chris Matthews hurts our country every day he is on the air. n/t
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Joe for Clark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 05:42 PM
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2. Oh, he is just another idiot.
Who is he going to influence??? Another idiot???

Joe
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 05:50 PM
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5. He has more influence than you think.
You would be surprised at how many people think he is great.
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Joe for Clark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 06:08 PM
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10. Maybe.
But I don't think anybody that can influence this is even watching his show.

Joe
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:58 AM
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22. i like chris
i wish he had more influence...it's not hard to "listen between the lines" and know where he stands...more should strive for his standards... i didn't know how to use a mouse last year, but i always knew what was going on...still wonder who didn't know bush was lying...it scares the shit out of me knowing i knew the truth and the rest of public believed him..the info WAS out there in the msm..
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 12:03 PM
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23. Do not discount corporate propaganda.
The super-rich spend billions on propaganda because it works.

It has helped them to install a corrupt regime and they are robbing the country blind.

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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 12:16 PM
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26. vote
and who put them in office? the ones they f the most!!! scarey!!!
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 05:43 PM
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3. That's what the Nazi's did....
Call for violence be it from the government or from the people...

That is how they took ove after they got elected...

And they had the full backing of every major corporation in the country...

I'm just sayin'....
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Joe for Clark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 06:13 PM
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11. Well, my family killed an awful lot of god damn Nazis
And I thank them every god damn day.

I understand your point.

Joe
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 05:50 PM
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4. who is this melanie morgan person?
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 05:52 PM
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6. Link to an article from last year.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 06:33 PM
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12. thanks for the link--she's nuts, and associates with nuts. WONDERFUL
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 05:55 PM
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7. He only influences the few people who watch him
TURN IT OFF
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 06:05 PM
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9. Don't kid yourself.
That kind of rant has many people hanging on every word.

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Saturday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 06:02 PM
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8. I think Melanie is Ann Coulter's Mother. lol n/t
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 12:05 PM
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24. mom
too great...$ doesn't fix ugly either!!! can u believe bill maher calls her a "friend"????
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 06:50 PM
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13. I'm watching that wretched shrew now... Whew!!!
:puke:
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 07:32 PM
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14. I saw that, and...
while she's completely out of her mind, it looked to me that Tweety was slapping her down. She just wouldn't shut up, working under the theory that she who yells loud enough and repeats the same bullshit often enough will be declared the winner.

Sharpton did his best to slap her down, too, with Tweety agreeing with him most of the time, but neither of them would be my choice for that debate.

It's showtime, folks, and don't bother to bring up the Pentagon Papers or Watergate while talking about press "treason." Might be something about the Zimmerman Telegram, the fire on the Maine, or other stuff in the past to talk about, too, when discussing government's management of the press.





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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 09:31 AM
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16. yes, so many legitimate issue not discussed b/c Matthews allowed her to
rage on and on about...'nothing'
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 07:44 PM
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15. did you see Sharpton's face when she said "you people"?
Oh my.
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:41 AM
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18. sharpton
it looked like both were about to bust out lauthing at her more than once! she is too stupid to get pissed at..like jerry's "guests"!!!
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itzamirakul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:44 AM
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19. Maybe its a good thing. It is bringing the closet racists out on
national tv so that we can see how deeply imbedded they are in American society.

Younger African Americans who believe they are "safe" since the Civil Rights Movement need to be awakened to what BushCo and cronies REALLY think about them.
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:39 AM
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17. chris
saw that, she looked like the moron she is...a good way to expose ignorance... like i just told the dnc caller, $ won't fix stupid!!!
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 12:36 PM
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29. You told the DNC that $ won't fix stupid? Hmm...mmm..mmm..
:wow:

And you think Chris Matthews is on our side?

:wow:
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 10:25 PM
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34. helen
what is the definition of permanent?? on jon 2nite..
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 10:35 PM
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35. You are really hung up on one word subject lines. LOL
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 10:47 PM
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37. yes
sorry, i have ADD and i'm supposed to be researching and writing final papers that are very, very late...and hurricane season is here..shit!! also, in research i find it's best to say much in least time...i'm trying not to miss posts, but sure i do..this is way different than just research!!
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:00 PM
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38. What's your research topic for your final papers? In one word, please.
:evilgrin:
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:10 PM
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40. topics
breaking the one word rule...i'm 2 papers short of a uwf ese masters...topics are assessment, testing, and best practices, nclb critique, and an undergrad class about cr arrangement or something stupid...i've had a hard time concentrating on this while a war is on...i live in nw fl between eglin and hurlburt...know it?? i'm the outcast around here...began wearing my fugwb shirt to uwf classes... and passed out karl rove condoms..some things should not leak!! from cindy-code pink-diane wilson ...loved the stunned looks!! it's so conservative here!!
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:17 PM
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41. Chuckle.
Bet that fugwb really gets them.

:rofl:

You win the creativity award for tonight.
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:27 PM
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42. award
there's way more where that came from!!! my son had to go "conservative" to rebel...but he's ok...b.s. from FIT and teaching and working for phd in chemistry-physics at Gainesville ...too scientific for me..hate it when facts-figures get in my way...drives him insane!!!!!
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 10:39 PM
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36. dnc
yes, i told him $ for ads to fight swift boat ads would not help...i can't spend time and $ fighting one ad after another...that's all i'd be doing...better to teach critical thinking skills...that way one might be immune to stupid shit...we spoke for awhile @ history and politics... he told me u know your shit, but most don't...shock! exs. reagan and the hostages-qadaffi-original disinformation-iran-contra gorby and honneker-romania revolution (the first to go is the communication systems..the tv-radio then), waco-fbi murdered them and some of their own, and tim-terry..no way they acted alone!...and that was on clinton-reno's watch...still love bill (didn't believe him @ monica either!)..hillary seems now more like mccain...too bad...sent her some emails too!! i could go on and on, but.. did anyone see helen on jon 2nite? we stoned slackers love jon!!!
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:48 AM
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20. She is a horrible person
and what the hell is wrong with her lips? Why would she need collagen if she's on RADIO?
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:55 AM
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21. He didn't let Sharpton respond to her vile attacks
Anyone notice how he just cut the segment after she spewed?

It seems like every time Matthews has a day or two of straying off the message, he goes off to some reprogramming site and comes back good as new...anything to bash and demonize "The Left".
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 12:12 PM
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25. left bashing
never saw chris bash the left..he summed up the 04 election: vote for bush if u like the way the country/iraq is going and kerry if u don't...too bad so many ignorant people are allowed to vote & f it up for everybody for freaking centuries!!!
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 12:23 PM
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27. Sorry, have to disagree
Welcome to DU, BTW! :hi:

I've sworn off Matthews time and time again for his bashing "The Left" in general, and Democrats specifically. Give him an opportunity to go after a Democrat and he's Speedy Gonzolas on a rocket!

Does he ever 'defend' Democrats in any way close to the way he does the Cons? Look at the way he handled this segment. He allows Morgan to go on and on, then reinforces what she says by saying 'Just to be clear...You've accused them of #1, #2, #3. Those are serious charges.' She is then allowed to go unchallenged by either Matthews or Sharpton, and he then cuts the segment. In all fairness, there were likely time constraints, but I've seen him come down on Democrats and cut them off stating he's 'not going to allow spin'.

Puhleeze!
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 10:21 PM
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33. rope
it's sometimes better to give idiots more rope to hang independently themselves...arguing w them is like touching fly paper...helen is on w jon right now...love her..to bad bush got away w saying he did not want to go to war...
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tfj2 Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 11:02 PM
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39. critiques
ok, i'm taking critiques of chris on colbert..love carlos too..
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The Gunslinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 12:27 PM
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28. If he's on our side, we don't need anymore enimies.
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 04:04 PM
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30. balancing rational thought with hate filled diatribes by wingnuts from the
right.
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formernaderite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 06:04 PM
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31. Who actually watches Chris?
from his ratings...not many. I wouldn't worry about "who" he has on.
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 09:09 PM
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32. Some of what Melanie Morgan said.
"MELANIE MORGAN, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: I see it as treason, plain and simple, and my advice to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at this point in time is chop chop, hurry up, let‘s get these prosecutors fired up and get the subpoenas served, get the indictments going and get the guy behind jail.

MATTHEWS: What would be the crime, what‘s the crime?

MORGAN: Treason. You do not reveal secrets in a time of war."

More:
"MORGAN: ... Because there is a certain responsibility that comes with being a journalist. I‘ve been a journalist for over 30 years and it is incomprehensible to me that this would have taken place during World War II. If “The New York Times” had done what it is doing today, publishing state secrets, it‘s classified information, there is a law against it, it‘s not depriving anybody, we have not gone outside the boundary of the rights and responsibilities that the administration has, it‘s against the law. If this had happened during World War II, we would have all been sunk. This is just shameful behavior."

"MATTHEWS: Let me ask you, Melanie—thanks for coming on, by the way, but let me ask you Melanie, do you really mean treason? You mean put them in jail for life? I don‘t know what treason carries as a sanction, but I assume the penalty are incredibly severe, 20 years perhaps. You are saying to put Bill Keller, the editor of “The New York Times” and his associates in prison for 20 years?

MELANIE MORGAN, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Absolutely. I absolutely am advocating that. What has happened is shameful. If he was ultimately the one responsible for making the decision to publish.

MATTHEWS: What about the N.S.A., would you do the same in the N.S.A.

Case?

MORGAN: Yes, absolutely I would.

MATTHEWS: You would put him in jail for 20 years for that?"

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Chris looked disgusted at times, but that is not good enough. Giving her that much air time was bound to get the message to many people.

He let her get away scott free when she said there was no evidence Plame was covert. Not a word.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13578557/



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