Call Chris Matthews - 202-885-4200 (ask for Gary Lynn) and politely ask him to please stop

[FrenchieCat]

Tell him that we are tired of hearing about his "concerns" with Obama and the "white Working Class" regular and "suburban" women women.

Obama is ahead in the poll that he keeps referring to with White Women...and that should be good enough. this "suburban Women" thing are mainly Republican women.....so, he is skewing the real "White Women" poll and making it sound that Obama still has a problem with them.

In addition, the more Chris talks about this "problem" the more it becomes a problem, as folks start feeling that since others like them aren't voting for Obama, there must be a good reason, when there is none.

Tell Chris that Obama will not be waking up White tomorrow, so the fact that Chris continues with this is not escaping notice, and he needs to stop it, and so does his friend Patrick Buchanan. We all know what Pat Buchanan stands for, and we are not impressed.

You can also fax him. His fax number or email him. The fax number and the email address are below.

Thank you!


Chris Matthews -- MSNBC

Title: Host
Department: Hardball with Chris Matthews
E-mail: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[Oceansaway]

1. and if ya spit when ya talk to him...

he might 'hear' ya.....

[FrenchieCat]

9. The woman I spoke to was hesitant when I asked to speak to "Gary"....

She asked for my name. I gave her my first name...and then she asked me if it was "personal"....I stated no, it was in reference to Chris Matthews....so instead of letting me speak to him, she put me through the Hardball voice mail. I should have said it was "personal"....LOL! If you call, try it.

Anyways, I left a nice long message.....very calm (like nodrama Obama would want) and low key...and introduced myself as one of his fans......but letting him know that the PR campaign on Obama's problem has been "effective" but sadly obvious, and that his microphone was simply too big for him to assist in doing harm to this country by attempting to effect the elections with this "meme", and not allowing the American people to listen to objective and factual information to assist them in determining who would best lead this country. I told him that if he continued with this "problem" recitation, he will lose all credibility, because he is being so transparent.....and that the more that he, Chris states that there is a problem, the more likely there will be one.

I also left him my call back number.....just in case he liked my voice (I'm told that it is a nice one--LOL!)or appreciated my rant...as we could discuss things further.

[thepurpose]

2. Frenchie did you just see and hear him quickly skip past overall white women and go to

"Suburban" white women real quick like because Obama was ahead there?

[FrenchieCat]

10. Yep... it was obvious, which is what I told him.

I also told him that the majority of his audience are people that follow politics, and so we are not quite that gullible and understand what is going on, and it isn't making him look the better for it.

[K Gardner]

3. Thanks Frenchie.. I'm on it. K&R

[papau]

4. I think Obama will win - but let's not pretend Hillary as VP does not solve a few problems

[mrreowwr_kittty]

11. Not according to the plethora of anti-Obama sites set up by disgruntled Clinton supporters

I keep seeing comments saying that they don't care if they put Hillary on the ticket; it's "NObama!" for them.

[McCamy Taylor]

23. Polls says a different story. These sites could be set up by the RNC.

The polls show Obama with overwhelming support among women and among Clinton supporters. I just do not buy the impression we are getting from the on-line sites. It would be too easy for the RNC to create phony IDs.

We all know how often "15 year old girls looking for a good time" turn out to be 45 year old male police officers running sting operations.

[FrenchieCat]

12. What? The problem that Obama is not White, and there are "some'

who have decided that this was real important in this contest?

Naw, that man-made problem doesn't need who caused it to be rewarded for it.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

53. Please tell us what these "few problems" are. Looks like he's doing just fine without Hill.

[JVS]

63. If she were the nominee she'd be weak against McCain in the very same demographics that Obama is.

[Mz Pip]

5. This white suburban woman

likes Obama just fine. I don't know where they are polling or what questions they are asking. Do they ask "Are you a White suburban woman?"

I will say this again; I hope all of those White suburban women take the time to learn about McOld and where he stands on the issues. Unless you are a single issue voter - like anti-choice - the difference between McOld and Obama on issues that effect women couldn't be more stark.

:hi: Frenchie! How have you been?

[FrenchieCat]

14. Pretty good! How about you.

We come a long way, hey?

Got us a winner....at last! :)

[wvbygod]

56. The McOld title should go over well with the more senior voters

It will help make them feel included in the issues against McCain and their standing in society.

[Middle finga]

6. McCain isn't winning any other group other than white men and

and the so called soccer moms or surburban moms what ever they calling them. I don't hear anyone discussing his short comings with the other voting blocks. And while we're at it let's break down the voters that voted for McCain during the primaries along the lines of race,gender, blue collar and white collar. I would like to see those results, why analyze Barack and not McCain.

[AllentownJake]

7. Right now is a lull in coverage

They don't have the primaries to talk about and the GE is barely taking shape with Obama way ahead.

They are looking for any demographic to justify us tuning in to coverage right now and showing Obama behind in a few demographics is their way of saying it is a race.

[Pirate Smile]

8. The stat they keep using is very questionable.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6354034&mesg_id=6354034

[styersc]

13. Then call radio station & ask them to destroy Dixie Chick discs!!!

This censorship for Obama's sake is getting ridiculous.

Things we aren't allowed to post. Questions we don't want asked in public. Concerns that we are not allowed to air.

I can't believe this shit is happening with Progressives.

[FrenchieCat]

15. I'm sorry, but are you talking to me?

I'm a grown woman. I know exactly how to talk to folks. I'm not a raving lunatic, although I play one at DU.

I said exactly what I wanted to say, and said it very calmly.

Are you having a problem with some of us understanding that the only problem that Obama has with voters is the fact that the media continues to remind us that he is a Black man as though that is a problem he can do something about. Maybe if they didn't talk about melanin as much, melanin wouldn't be such an issues. Don't you agree? Or are you rooting for McCain?

[styersc]

19. You think Senator Obama's skin color is a "problem"?

OMG this is getting to be too much.

How long did we celebrate Obama's primary victory as historic?

Was it historic because he is skinny, or has a lot of vowels in his name or was it because he was born in Hawaii?

One day we are celebrating the accomplishments of a black candidate then you scream if someone suggests the candidate is a black man.

ALL of the Black men I know are proud to be black men. I would be surprised if Senator Obama feels differently!

But my complaint concerns your call for censorship. There was a day when Progressives welcomed debate of any kind because we are confident in our arguments. You are making phone calls to news outlets to demand phrases not be used or that different points be stressed or certain verbage dominate.

This is sad and ridiculous.

[FrenchieCat]

26. I'm just going to put you on ignore.......

That will solve that "problem".

You can continue debating....just not with me.

As a Black person, I know exactly what's up.

We hardly celebrated, because the celebration has been deferred until he becomes President....
especially since another candidate sucked the air out of the room.

If don't get it, that maybe is your "problem".

[styersc]

28. Run and hide child.

[FrenchieCat]

33. I'll be out in full view....

I'm just not going to allow you to quash my dissent of the media.

You can kiss the media ass if you like them so well, and I won't even comment....especially since I won't be able to read that tail.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

32. Yes, you are right my sister! So right!

The fact that Tweety continues on discussing Obama's "problem" with white women and "white, working class" people is a subtle reminder (well, maybe not to subtle) that he is A Scary Black Man!!! Ooooohhhh...hide your purses! Lock your doors! This Big Black Man is coming after your daughters! It's so insulting and so very racist. Again, if "whites" are "regular," then what makes the rest of us? "Irregular?" We work hard, love our families, cherish our children, are dedicated to our marriages. Please stop with the insulting, pseudo-racist rhetoric. We know very well what Tweety is up to. He voted for Dumbya TWICE, and I'll never forget how he creamed his pants over Trent Lott after Trent made those disgusting remarks about Strom and invited him to his show.

[styersc]

36. Are you insane??????

Polling has identified a demographic within which Obama is doing poorly and you react by insulting the demographic by calling them racists?!? And then the problem is not that the campaign has to address the concerns of the demographic or make its' argument clearer, the problem is equally racist news outlets who are using the wrong words and phrases????

Yeah- making phone calls to Chris Matthews is going to win this election. Smooth move Einstein.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

41. Smart ass, you obviously didn't understand that I was being facetious!

Tweety's comments are racist! I'm not calling white people racists! Go back and read again, and this time, use your mind.

[styersc]

44. If Chris Matthews comments are not accurate and do not

represent polling data then I agree with you they may be spin intended to divide the electorate along lines of race and sex.

If his comments accurately represent polling data, then I stand my my comment, they have to be addressed, and not by squelching discussion.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

47. That's why it is our responsibility as citizens to hold him and the rest of the media

accountable for what they report. I've been Chris on a number of occasions at political functions and I know that in person he is a decent guy. So I honestly cannot understand why he continues on with the rhetoric. My theory is that he is being pressured by the corporate sponsors. He has, in the past, admitted that even the administration would call his producers, asking him to back off of Cheney and his unfavorable reporting. He had admitted being pressured on numerous occasions.

[styersc]

51. But the fact remains, the gap does exist.

Closing the gap should be the focus of our efforts, not trying to keep the gap under wraps.

In all honesty, reporting on the gap gives us information to work with. What would happen in November if Obama has lost the election and it comes out that the press had polling data all along that showed a deficit in appeal to "white women voters" and they kept mit under wraps. We would be screaming that there was a conspiracy to keep us from cliosing the gap. Lets take advantage of this information and close the gap.

[Raineyb]

50. Why is it then that the program in question does not ask the opposite question?

If Obama has a problem with "Suburban white women" and white men and McSame has a problem with all the other demographic groups why is it that Tweety and company does not ask why McSame is having problems with the other demographic groups?

The point of the OP I believe is about framing. Obama is ahead in more demographic groups than McSame but it's Obama that has the problem according to Tweety.

It's deliberately framed to downplay Obama's appeal and it needs to be called out.

Personally, I see no reason why it shouldn't be.

Regards

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

52. EXACTLY!! It is precisely because Tweety doesn't turn that question on McDumbya to ask

why he has a problem with Hispanics when his own home state has a large percentage of Latinos and he penned comprehensive immigration? The question ought to be, why is McDumbya having such a hard time in the polls? The man cannot get above 48% despite the long, drawn-out Democratic primary? That should be the question.

[styersc]

54. So your saying that Obama no longer crawls up his leg?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

57. The point is that this shouldn't be solely about Obama. We could lose this election

because the media has a history of treating McDumbya and Repugs in general with kid gloves. If we don't speak out; if we don't hold them accountable, then I don't understand how we counteract these lies. I'm not suggesting that we not work to close the gap. Of course, we have to work hard. But we should also be active in trying to address the discrepancy in the coverage as well. I would argue the same when Hill was mistreated in the media. I don't like the way Tweety behaved with her at times, and I'm no Hillary fan. I'm asking for equal treatment. McDumbya has many more problems than Obama. Again, the man can't rise above a certain threshold in the polls. The media should be questioning why and stop obsessing over Obama.

[sandnsea]

20. Been there, done that, Not This Time

If you don't get how the cable news shows shape what people think, then you just haven't been paying attention. Wake up or shut up, imho.

[styersc]

27. Reasoned, logical argument trumps cable TV hype everytime.

I was hoping that the Obama campaign was trying to run such a campaign, a "new politics".

Seems some of his supporters are taking up the Limbaugh, O'Reilly, COulter model.

Intimidate news organizations, squelch dissent and hype spin, put pressure on gthose who don't toe the line.

I must admit, for Progressives, this is a "new politics".

[FrenchieCat]

31. The only Hype spin is what you are spinning.

1. I'm not part of the Obama campaign.
2. New politics means activism....meaning contact the media if you feel a need.

Why are you attempting to quash dissent here? What is your agenda?

[styersc]

39. My agenda is always progressivism.

I am not invested in any one candidate but the momentumn and positions of the Obama campaign has me hopeful that this time around we may be able to move progressives ideas and policies forward.

But I will not buy into those who will abandon reasoned debate for censorship.

You think what you are doing is some sort of "new politics"? The right wing was doing the same thing to Murrow, Cronkite, Rather. Fox News, Sean Hannity, Rush Liimbaugh, Anne COulter and Free Republic were all built on the same activities that you are espousing.

If you their argument is false (andf it is), it will fail. If they are wrong then speak out with what is right. Don't demand censorhip. You are turning what can be a progressive revolution into the same old crap that the right wing does, just from the other side.

Have confidence in our cause and our argument. We are strong because we are right, not because we can put pressure on Chris Matthews or because we can squelch those who disagree. Let those who are wrong be heard. It makes us sound so much more right when we stand up with our beliefs.

[sandnsea]

38. Again, Not This Time

There's no need to post the same right wing talking points, over and over and over for months on end - in order to have a "logical argument".

[styersc]

40. If you were more confident in your argument, you wouldn't be

afraid of theirs.

[sandnsea]

46. "They" aren't supposed to be Here

Now are "they"?

[styersc]

48. What in God's name are you talking about?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

55. I disagree! There is no doubt that the media does in fact shape public opinion...

The most prominent example was a post-debate poll between Bush and Gore. The immediate polls demonstrated that Gore beat Bush hands down. But the punditry spent several days pounding Gore for sighing and rolling his eyes. The implication was that Gore was too cerebral, an elitist. Polls were re-done after their analysis and the public had changed their minds, showing that Bush won and that people viewed Gore as "elitist."

[scrappydo]

16. I sent an email to Hardball...

I have also been upset with Matthew's coverage of white women voting trends. However, I did not yell or scream or swear - one can garnish more with honey than vinegar.
:-)

[FrenchieCat]

17. Yep....I don't yell either. It doesn't make someone want to listen.

That's for sure.

[tabasco]

18. Chris Matthews doesn't give a damn what you think.

Please stop perpetuating the myth that the corporate media will respond to the will of the people

The corporate media has an agenda and the orders come from above.

The best thing to do is stop watching it and lobby Congress for the break-up of the corporate media monopoly.

[FrenchieCat]

21. I'm sorry......

But I'll do as I please.

But thank you for your suggestion.

[Iceburg]

22. Frenchie ,,,he was your hero just weeks ago ...what gives ??? /NT

[McCamy Taylor]

25. Maybe Frenchie pays attention to what people do with their actions.

[FrenchieCat]

29. You want to show me that cite. Because I believe you have me confused

with someone else.

I don't praise Chris Matthews......I'm not that gullible.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

24. I also tire of him insulting people who are not white, working class...

He constantly uses the term, "regular people" to characterize white, working class people. So, if white, working class is considered "regular," then what are the rest of us? Are we "irregular?" Do we not work hard? Do we not have families? Do we not love our husbands and our children? It's so insulting and rather racist, if you ask me. I have been meaning to contact Tweety for a very long time on this. Thanks. I will definitely write and make a call.

[McCamy Taylor]

30. I do not watch the show but what you describe is splitter behavior. Tell people

a candidate does not speak for them. This is how bosses use to bust unions. Tell the workers that the unions really represented Blacks/Italians/the Irish whatever group the workers did not happen to belong to and that if they voted in the union, the union would replace them all with their preferred racial or ethnic group.

[chill_wind]

59. Media Matters (action center)

Matthews has been very systematic with the white people are the real people, the "regular people" shit.

Let MSNBC hear about it. I did, going here:

http://mediamatters.org/action_center/

MSNBC CRAP:
http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/tags/msnbc

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

34. One more thing about these polls that are driving me crazy. The polls dissect

every little perceived disadvantage that Obama supposedly has. But none of these so-called pundits, especially Tweety, pays any attention to McDumbya's numbers, which are far more telling. McDumbya can't seem to get over 48%. He had all of these advantages: Obama/Clinton in-fighting; Rev. Wright; denouncing Pastors Hagee and Parsley; getting rid of his corrupt lobbyists, etc. All of that and NO poll bump. McDumbya has MAJOR, MAJOR problems. The only group that he's winning is white men, and it's questionable whether he's really leading suburban white women. I think that'll change, too.

[OwnedByFerrets]

35. This working class blue collar white man from the south

isnt supposed to be a fan of Senator Obama's, but given the chance, I would vote for him 1000 times. And, I am doing everything I can to get my friends and relatives to do the same.

[FrenchieCat]

37. Word of mouth and personal testimony is our friend....because obviously

the media certainly is not.

[cliffordu]

43. Excellent! Them ferrets are pretty mean taskmasters, aren't they...

[cliffordu]

42. I wrote....

Can Chris Matthews PLEASE find a new meme to drive into the ground??

Democrats have typically NEVER done well with "working class white men" or, I would imagine, their wives, the "working class white women".

And now we have a new subgroup.....Suburban white women??

Why stop there?

How about Suburban white women having affairs with other white men?
Suburban white women having affairs with other white women?
Suburban white women NOT having affairs with white men or white women or other races...

You get the point.


If Mr. Matthews cannot find a new meme, perhaps he could subcontract out research to find another "difficulty" Senator Obama seems to be having...it is obvious to me the people he has doing the work need help.


And one more thing. If the bloggers make the cable news obsolete, you have no one to blame but yourselves.


Cheers,

Pig Bodine.




NOTE: I have changed my name in the email for this post. Just because I'm reading Gravity's Rainbow again...

[EFerrari]

45. Sent him a link to this Ledger story about "Old White Women for Obama" sticker.

And suddenly a dream was reality
Wednesday, June 04, 2008

It's been a possibility so long, the reality snuck up on everyone.

Barack Obama is the Democratic Party's nominee for president.

While not official until the convention delegates vote in August, Obama is the first African-American to win a party nomination and is one big step from becoming the nation's first black president.

But it did not a produce a "Where were you when ... ?" moment. It was no Louis-Schmeling, or Jesse Owens in Berlin, or Jackie Robinson breaking in with the Dodgers. No one gathered around TVs or celebrated in the streets. As a historic moment, it lacked drama, and that's not necessarily bad. Because the way it happened -- by slow, torturous election-law process, coming 150 years after slavery ended and 50 years after the civil rights movement began -- speaks as much for the country's time in history as it does for the candidate's.


http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1212555347197660.xml&coll=1&thispage=1

[DeepModem Mom]

49. DAMN him and his "regular people"! People in his Philly neighborhood are NOT...

the only "regular" people in the US of A. "Not poor, not rich," he says -- "regular." Poor people are regular, rich people are regular. Black, white, Hispanic, urban, rural, young, old, women, men -- we are not only all "regular," we are all AMERICANS!

[Honeycombe8]

58. Aw, come on. He has a lot of air time to fill. Maybe just tell him to spread his concerns around

to include McCain.

[GoldieAZ49]

60. I guess that's why he calls it 'Hardball" and not Softball

I am sure he enjoys getting the edgy reaction, lets him know he may be hitting a nerve which is what ratings are all about.

[FrenchieCat]

62. I'm sure you enjoy it too.

:thumbsdown:

[bridgit]

61. I'm tired of Matthews as a practical matter...

Dude is a thug!

[AmericanUnity]

64. I"m faxing now