Open letter to Tweety (Chapter 1):

[PCIntern]

Dear Tweety:

Tell me something I don't know: tell me who the Hell you think you are that you could come up with a series of rhetorical questions as you did on tonight's show where you asked your two guests, "where does the President come up with this language, this word, 'Homeland' - it sounds 'collectivist' to me", or words to that effect.

This implies that you have not been part and parcel of this whole discussion since 9/11. Do you have any idea how stupid you sound? No? Let me then tell you something else you apparently don't know: you're a complete phony. Your consistent references to your hometown of Philadelphia in order to imply a certain populist outlook, your multiple mentions of your former boss Tip O'Neill which might cause one to infer that you're an insider fall far short of, shall we say, legitimacy. Further, your specious use of terms such as "street-cred" and 'safe-streets when referring to Giuliani's supposed legacy in New York City, are fooling no one. You're a spinnaker sail on a boat whose course was set by Jack Welch, who seemingly locked the wheelhouse, and along with your broadcast buddies, with the exception of Keith Olbermann (who is the one success story on the network) are attempting to right the Republican Juggernaut running into the whirlpool of despair and ruin for a once-great nation.

If you think that you and your ilk will not be held responsible in part for this travesty to the Nation and to its Constitution which you seem to have rediscovered recently, you are mightily mistaken. We the People will hold your feet to the fire, and no number of apologists in the real world or even here at DU, will be able to resurrect your professional soul which you have sold along with the best interests of this country. The man and his wife whom you vilify overtime, our former President, presided over years of peace, prosperity, and growth. Your hatred of them for whatever personal reasons which you might feel are important has contributed to the dissolution of whatever cohesion was left among the citizens of the United States. Your condescending, spiteful attitude towards these individuals as well as towards Albert Gore, the winner of the Federal election in 2000, show you to be the possessor of minimalist senses of history, of credibility, of common sense, and decency.

[malaise]

1. Can't wait for Chapter 2

You're very polite.
K & R

[PCIntern]

12. Polite works...

and if it doesn't you hammer a nail into a 2x4 and swing it.

[jaysunb]

2. He's knows exactly what it implies...

The last facist leader whipped up the ferver in is country by referring to it as the " Fatherland."

Remember him Tweety ? A rather short guy with a funny mustache ?
Lots of flags and adoring crowds. ( preselected )

Remember ????

Sure ya do !

[kstewart33]

3. Personal insults defeat your purpose.

Do you expect him to really consider what you're saying when you hammer him like that?

Would you listen if he hammered you like that?

[PCIntern]

6. Well, I won't get personally insulting with you so:

First of all, if you're a Dem trying to be nice, we know what happens to those of us who tried to play nice. Second, I believe that 'tough love' is the answer here - someone has to say this, not "Pleae Mr Matthews, we know you're a big star and handsome beyond belief, and we don't really mind that you spit all over your guests, cut them off, restate your questions about a hundred times a program. We just want you to consider our viewpoint."

Just my opinion.

[Graybeard]

10. You are very, very, very polite. LOL n/t

[Olney Blue]

7. How would you tell Matthews, kstewart?

[terisan]

4. Seems like a trap to me

While it has Nazi overtones, the term homeland was used in the Hart-Rudman bipartisan report on terror and security. This report was commissioned during the Clinton administration, delivered to to Bush in early 2001, and tabled by Bush.

His producers must have this information.

[PCIntern]

8. I have been of the opinion for years

that they combined Mein Kampf and Napoleon's Diaries and used them as their playbook. They made the same mistakes: they overextended themselves militarily and took on an ethnic group which would have been more useful as an ally.

[eleny]

5. He's been taking giant scissor steps backward for months

[corkhead]

9. nice bitch slap, You are right that he is an accessory to this kleptocracy

[HCE SuiGeneris]

11. His fallacious homage to sensibility and false tribute to righteous indignation,

makes me wretch. Your article is spot-on PC. Well done!

[UTUSN]

13. The nautical imagery is a nice touch and the pimp-slapping is GREAT!!1