Fri
May 16 2008
07:22 am
Another Clueless Neocon Gets Ripped Up By Chris Matthews
By: reform4

Fast forward to 03:50 to get to the good stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK0d8ENS__c

Wayyy funny. Pass this one around.

"I'm not going to continue this interview unless you can tell me what Chamberlain did."

Oh, and stay in it till 7:30....

"Kevin, when you're in a hole, quit digging."

Why are these guys even allowed on TV?

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R. Neal's picture

Damn, just listening to that

Submitted by R. Neal on Fri, 2008/05/16 - 9:13am.

Damn, just listening to that wingnut yell gave me a headache.

rikki's picture

Green was the one who

Submitted by rikki on Fri, 2008/05/16 - 10:08am.

Green was the one who brought up Chamberlain, and Matthews wouldn't even let James complete a sentence. You can't claim someone is not answering your question when you interrupt them every third word. This is a completely useless clip unworthy of anyone's attention.

Thag13's picture

I would have to disagree.

Submitted by Thag13 on Fri, 2008/05/16 - 10:33am.

I would have to disagree. Matthews gave James several chances to answer the Chamberlain question.

James, who had been talking for 5 minutes in the interview could not be quiet enough to let Green even have a minute of air time.

This was a classic example of giving someone enough rope to hang themselves.

Brian A.'s picture

Typical, annoying Matthews.

Submitted by Brian A. on Fri, 2008/05/16 - 1:10pm.

Typical, annoying Matthews. But this clip does illustrate how members of the right-wing noise machine are sometimes clueless about the rhetoric they toss around.

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

Sven's picture

The real issue is why this

Submitted by Sven on Fri, 2008/05/16 - 10:50am.

The real issue is why this doofus was invited in the first place. If a journalist interviewed winos about Federal Reserve policy, our first question probably wouldn't be why winos don't understand core inflation.

Rachel's picture

Good point. Why was he

Submitted by Rachel on Fri, 2008/05/16 - 1:43pm.

Good point. Why was he there - because he has a right wing radio show? Umm, yes.

Yelling the talking pts louder and louder works well on talk radio, where you can just the cut the mike of anyone who interjects bothersome reality. Doesn't work so well on tee vee.

And yes, Rikki, Chris Matthews is a jerk. But this guy deserved what he got. He was there to compare Obama's so-called appeasment to Chamberlain, and he didn't even know what Chamberlain did?

reform4's picture

And the question was topical....

Submitted by reform4 on Fri, 2008/05/16 - 4:19pm.

.. it's not that Chris was just trying to make a fool out of him, but trying to make a point that there's a difference between a horribly bad negotiation (Chamberlain) and simply talking to your opponent. Talking is not appeasement, Chris was trying to point out.

I think it's hilarious when people quote what they think is history and don't have a clue as to what they're talking about. It's even funnier when they make an ass of themselves on national television being caught at it.

There's no sin in saying "I don't know."

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Sven's picture

Perfect: the next six

Submitted by Sven on Fri, 2008/05/16 - 5:07pm.

Perfect:

the next six months in american politics, neatly summarized in sixty seconds

Obama: I'd do some conventional diplomacy.

McCain and Surrogates: Obama says he'll talk to people -- that means he wants to use the blood of Christian babies to make pastries!

Obama: No, that's not...

McCain and Surrogates: Blood of Christian babies! Blood of Christian babies!

Obama: I deny...

McCain and Surrogates: Blood of Christian babies! Blood of Christian babies!

Obama: Now, I certainly don't want to use the blood of Christian ba...

McCain and Surrogates: Blood of Christian babies! Blood of Christian babies!

Obama: It's very unfair to say...

McCain and Surrogates: Blood of Christian babies! Blood of Christian babies! Slaughter! Slaughter! Blood! Your babies, ripped from their cribs and slaughtered by a SECRET MUSLIM and his CRAZY BAPTIST MINISTER!!!!

Obama: It is simply not a fact that...

McCain and Surrogates: Blood of Christian babies! Blood of Christian babies! Blue-eyed blond children, raped and gutted! Scary brown people! Hamas!

(long silence)

Obama: Okay, um. I, uh, am opposed to doing conventional diplomacy.

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