I never repeat gossip, so I'm only gonna say this once...

[PCIntern]

Some of you, perhaps most of you, will be angry at my repetition of this info which came to me today from an exceedingly reliable source. Those of you who've read my posts over the years know that I may occasionally be prone to hyperbole, but I never misrepresent or quote my sources out of context nor do I lie.

So you're waiting...before I state this piece of 'news', I say it not because I like to spread stupid personal stuff about public people - most public personae mean nothing to me and I could care less who Brad Pitt dated, or where Angelina posed naked. But occasionally, we discover something about someone who is significantly involved in politics or in the media which explains a lot about their odd behavior. In this overarching media circus, some people are omnipresent and many of us attempt to understand their personae. Today, I learned from someone positioned quite well that:

Tweety's married in name only. The word used was 'sham'.

Apparently he manifests continuously lascivious behavior which repulses many people who are unfortunately for them, positioned very close to him. I'm not going to say much more but, suffice it to say that all armchair psychologists here can add this to their profiling of this shtunk.

Now I know that there are going to be posts such as, personal lives are not at issue here, how dare I repeat stuff like this when there are so many more important issues, like global warming, military-industrial complex, fascist takeover by the BFEE cabal, etc. Well, when you have a guy pontificating about Bill's and thus Hillary's blow-jobs, about Spitzer, about who's good for America, a self-righteous asshole of the first order, then I believe that this information is germane and is critical in analyzing the source.

[Lex]

1. Doesn't he have a couple of kids?

What's the innuendo here?

[PCIntern]

2. What?

What I said is what I heard. The point is that his off-screen behavior is a continuation of his on-screen...etc.


Off-topic: even IF, anyone had said anything about him being gay, which this person did not, having kids does not rule out anything.

[Lex]

3. Huh?

What has gay got to do with anything? :shrug:

[wryter2000]

6. I didn't read it as gay

When I read, "repulses the people he interacts with" (paraphrasing here), that doesn't make me think of gay.

[Lex]

9. me either

which is why the reference was confusing, as well as the rest of the OP

I'm assuming that the OP means that Tweety isn't faithful to his wife (maybe that's what a "sham" marriage means). But there was a lot to wade through and interpret to get to that.

[Radio_Lady]

22. I saw him interview his wife. She seemed very smart and interesting.

At least, he didn't insult her like Don Imus CONTINUOUSLY insulted his wife on his TV show.

The "hearsay" nature of your comments trouble me, even if they are quoted exactly by your friends.

[PCIntern]

24. He would have been sleeping on the ping-pong table

for a month.

Hi Radio Lady!

He's on best behavior with her...she knows the real Tweety...not that there's all that much to know. -wink wink-

I'll bet he doesn't interrupt her at dinner and spit all over the pork roast...she'd kick him in the nuts so hard that the dental hygenist would have to clean around them at his next 6 month checkup.

[Radio_Lady]

26. In your opinion, what are the effects of "sham" marriages?

[Radio_Lady]

27. More important -- please define a "sham" marriage in your own words...

[PCIntern]

31. Since YOU asked....

A 'sham' marriage is one which exists legally, where one partner may or may not make public appearances with the other, where one or both or no partner is having a romantic/sexual liason with a third, fourth, or fifth party, where children may or may not be raised by both but objectively would not be considered as coming from a 'broken home'.

There are other parameters, I'm certain, but I'm too tired after a week of digging holes and filling them to think all that much.

[Radio_Lady]

53. That is an excellent definition. I accept it completely. As a matter of fact,

it is so generous I think that "sham" marriage could describe MY marriage, with some selections.

Here they are:

Our marriage exists legally, to be sure. Neither or both of us make all public appearances together, which now consist of movies, plays, and concerts, as well as car and plane rides to travel destinations. Perhaps you might consider Home Depot and Lowe's -- where he frequently goes without me.

To the best of my knowledge and belief, no partner is having a romantic/sexual liaison with any third, fourth, or (God help us!) fifth party. (I don't even have enough place settings at my table for that large a group!) To be fair, that could include mostly solitary sexual activities without involving each other, by our choice and convenience. The other unspoken parameter is "giving it up completely" -- and I'm sure most young people consider that the horror of horrors! But circumstances change, libido burns lower, and that's about it for my descriptive prose. Husband is almost 74, and I will be 69 in May. Nothing to moan or rave about there.

All five of our children were raised in a "blended family" -- one widower, one divorcee. The home was never broken, just cracked in a couple of places when the seven of us lived together in the 1970s and the early 1980s.

Whatever Chris Matthews and his wife do or don't do in their spare time is their business, not mine. I rarely listen to him because he has a terribly tinny tenor voice and I don't like the way he treats many of his guests.

Cordially,

Radio Lady

[PCIntern]

57. Oh yes and one more obvious point of course...

They have nothing 'to do' with each other.

That was implicit in the proposition, but since DU has become the O.E.D. of statememt parsing, I unfortunately left it out since...well, since that's not how I think at the present time, but may have to learn how to in the future, assuming that there is a future...etc.

I'm gonna have to write another post about all this if I'm allowed. Since you are not supposed to write posts about posts (meta-posts) I'm going to keep it self-referential in a limited sense, and more global in a greater sense.

[PCIntern]

7. Oh OK...

Most people who say that someone has had kids are trying to negate the notion that the person in question is gay. OF course that's just ridiculous...but if I assumed too much, then I apologize.

This person never said that Tweety at one time didn't haved a marriage, but that it is not ooperative at this time, to use Nixon-speak.

[Lex]

12. Sorry but a "sham" marriage doesn't = unfaithful in a marriage.

nt

[PCIntern]

13. Did I say he was unfaithful?

Lex,
Time to go back to school and learn how to critically read. With all due respect.

[Lex]

14. Do you call this comprehensible?

"Apparently he manifests continuously lascivious behavior which repulses many people who are unfortunately for them, positioned very close to him. I'm not going to say much more but, suffice it to say that all armchair psychologists here can add this to their profiling of this shtunk."

Seriously, :wtf:

[PCIntern]

16. Yes...

to all with 3 digit I.Q.'s

You asked the question, did you want me to diagram the sentences for you?

[Lex]

17. LOL.

I'll let it stand on its own.

It speaks volumes.

[PCIntern]

19. If you like Tweety so much,

why don't you put on some Aqua Velva and pay him a visit?

"LOL"

[Lex]

20. Nice non sequitur

Not surprising, what with your exceedingly large IQ and all.

[PCIntern]

21. Just tired of arguing about Bs with you...

and it's not a non sequitur.

A non sequitur would be: Do you find Joe Scarborough real Handsome?

[malaise]

37. I assume that the Ellen groping on live TV was a public

manifestation.

[chixydix]

68. He's a weenie waver?

:rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Who said gay?

Sanitized for your protection.

[Canuckistanian]

36. Somebody had it in for him

That's the skinny.

:P

[Buzz Clik]

4. I don't think I understood that. Would you mind repeating it?

:evilgrin:

[glowing]

5. I would beleive, just by watching his ass everynight, that he is indeed

the biggest cheeseball and he is a player.. He probably even likes diapers.. he seemed keen on the Vitter story..

[PCIntern]

10. glowing:

agreed. In toto.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. Well, duh...

Check these links (and add more if you have more to add):

1. http://www.wikiality.com/The_Mayflower_Hotel">The Mayflower Hotel

2. http://www.wikiality.com/Work_Wife">Work Wife



...Oh, http://www.wikiality.com/Chris_Matthews">that Tweety! Nevermind then.

[libnnc]

15. *munch munch munch*

:popcorn:

Ooooh, really?...:popcorn:

edit to add...he DID try to grab Ellen's junk.

Sawr it with my own peepers. :popcorn:

[Richard Steele]

18. I'm giving you your 5th rec SOLELY because I enjoyed the "Hee-Haw" reference in yer SubLine.

OK, 6th rec- someone beat me to #5 while I was typing.

[MonkeyFunk]

23. On my list of things to worry about...

where Chris Matthews buries his acorn is pretty far down there.

[PCIntern]

25. I addressed your reply in the OP

I assumed you'd be here...

:hi:

[Radio_Lady]

29. Sorry, but the person above you in this position is IGNORED.

Are you speaking to me?

:hi:

[PCIntern]

34. No...

I should ignore him, but I don't...I addressed you after your posts above...

When I;m much older, I'm going to go to a tattoo removal specialist and have him remove the word 'asshole' from my forehead.

[TheCowsCameHome]

28. What did you say? The wife was hollering something about the furnace exploding.

[Olney Blue]

30. Kathleen Matthews is a class act.

She is an award-winning journalist.

[PCIntern]

32. who's married to a dick....

can't be easy...

"Erin...come closer..."

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

35. I dislike Erin a great deal, but that whole episode was so embarassing to watch. After that,

she started to wear necklines up to the crown of her head!

[TomBall Democrat]

33. Who the hell cares?

I care about what he says and does related to his job.

What, who, and how he does "it" is none of my damned business.

I'm a DEMOCRAT.

If you're not fucking me, my dog, or my kid - I DON'T CARE .

[PCIntern]

39. I disagree with you respectfully...

what Tweety does, is he's a holier-than-thou prick and I hate that shit...especially from a giant asshole like him. He uses yardsticks which he could never apply to his own persona.

But I addressed that in the OP.

[TomBall Democrat]

41. Doesn't matter - I can't say all bets off for all but one

His double standards are his own burden.

Attack him on his issues - not his closet.

That's what I'm saying.

Either we say live and let live and mean it - or we become what we despise.

[PCIntern]

45. Nonsense...with all due respect

I say: Swiftboat 'em all...it's easy to do b/c you can tell the truth and do it, you don't have to like like the Rethugs do.

[TomBall Democrat]

46. I can see you're hating on the Matthews - and I won't try

to change your mind any longer.

But I don't want to join in. Not because I love and admire Chris - but because I just don't care.

Also, pretty sick of the mud slinging. I have gay friends - even if some are Repub - I still love em.

[PCIntern]

47. Jeez...

who said anything about him being gay? Not I...

[smoogatz]

38. "Shtunk."

Thanks for reminding me of this great word.

[Radio_Lady]

52. Yeah, because "shmuck" is overused!

"Shtunk" is just a wee bit nicer!

As Jon Stewart said on one of his recent shows, "(If you don't know these words)...just ask your Jewish friends."

Better yet, and quicker, you can check 'em out on "Google."

That is all...

Shabbat shalom, everybody!

[Itchinjim]

40. Well I for one DO care where Angelina posed naked.

Where?! Tell me!

[PCIntern]

42. Google Images...

it's easy to find...have fun!

[TomBall Democrat]

44. There was post here somewhere earlier about Hillary's

Six Titty Tour!

should I try to find that one for you, too?

[Radio_Lady]

55. You men are repulsive... that's my motto.

OK, where's the picture....

[cynatnite]

43. Let's see how much I care about this...

um, nope...none. It doesn't belong on my 'important shit' list. In fact, Tweety's not even on the list.

[The Backlash Cometh]

48. So who is he lascivious with? Women? Men? boys? goats?

[Kurovski]

49. All of the above?

If the infidelity is true, the finger-wagging about Clinton is just another case of projection.

[Radio_Lady]

56. Goats? Now, I'm going to have to give up goat cheese!

[Kurovski]

62. Goat cheese, falafal...

what's next? :-)

[librechik]

50. I don't think you should leap to conclusions just because he spends so much time

analyzing bushs's man package, romney's shoulders, and gets a tingle in his upper upper leg when (Obama?) is speaking. Yet he leers conspicuously at pretty girls too, whats up with that? I mean aside from who cares, WHY THE HELL IS HE EVEN DISCUSSING IT????!!! Why is he poisoning my political dialogue with this crude language and base tone? Tweety should go away and let grownups who know what they are doing take his place. Those millionaires in the Village are like the living dead, it's impossible to get rid of them no matter how much they stink.

And take Potatohead with you.

[OregonBlue]

51. I don't even care if it's true. It's just fun to think he's a sanctimonious asshole and read the DU

comments.

[LynneSin]

54. Tweety is a repuke - they live by the "Do as I say, not as I do" philosophy of life

:grr:

Whereas Eliot Spitzer cheats and ABC does a 2 hour special about prostitian just to help promote the guy messed up!

[EFerrari]

58. "I never repeat gossip"

You won't be making that claim here again.

[PCIntern]

59. you completely missed the humor of the subject line

try it again...

Hint: Never repeat...so only going to say this ONCE...instead of repeating it over and over.

No sensayuma around here lately...

[EFerrari]

65. You're right. It went right over my head.

And you're right about the crankiness, too. Damn.

[eppur_se_muova]

69. I can now say I actually BENEFITED from watching "Hee Haw" !

"Oh, we're not ones to go around repeating rumors ...
So you'd better be sure and listen good the first time!"

[High Plains]

60. This is sleazy. I feel like I've been involuntarily Hannitized.

Somebody help me wash this crap off.

[PCIntern]

64. I'm certain that Thoreau himself

would have been pleased to know that his moralistic detractors were 'morally compromised'.

Why do you think he left Walden Pond?

On edit: SO much sanctimony...on a message board which includes an item about a man having sex with a picnic table.

Spare me...

[rocktivity]

61. You say you learned this from someone "positioned quite well?"

Exactly HOW "well-positioned?"

:scared:
rocknation

[PCIntern]

63. Not on top, not underneath...

but present in a certain commercial high-rise building in NYC...

[noel711]

66. Yeah, this IS gossip...

and as a progressive, my attitude is the same word
that Dick Cheney used the other day : "So?"

I suppose because Tweety is a big head at MSNBC,
and knows all the right people this is something
to talk about.

I suppose because Tweety brags about his Philly street
cred, and that he went to all Catholic schools,
and served under this administration and that administration
this gives us something to talk about.

I suppose that because his brother is running for governor,
and his wife has a position of import, and his daughter
a Penn student is an Obama organizer this is somehow thrilling...

but really, he is repulsive, and who really cares?

Let talk and rant about others; his karma will come
back and bite him in the ass.

[PCIntern]

67. Quoting Dick Cheney is a mesmerizing way to

begin a post...

I'm a progressive too...and I believe that what has been good for the goose is good for the gander. The karma which will bite him in the ass will emanate form the populus and his overblown ego and missteps. Some of us are watching him closely. The Rethugs attempted to destroy the Democrat (sic) Party and subvert the Constitution via lies and fearmongering. Tweety and others contributed to this effort mightily and they should know that we have a very long memory.

[lumberjack_jeff]

70. I'm not reading you. Can you lean into the keyboard a little?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1562074