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Ewww again... How blatantly can you shill for the GOP on your own show? Let's count the ways!
Nate | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:48 am | #

How about Asshole, loser, punk, prick, lowlife, etcc...... FOCKERRR
IN THE COLD | 05.26.06 - 12:53 am | #

chris matthews is one of the most objective people on cable news. And besides, he didn't vote for Bush in 2004 and he was a speech writer for Jimmy Carter. And who can forget that confrontation between him and Zell "I don't know what party I'm in" Miller. He may be the only honest pundit there is.
jmorris724 | 05.26.06 - 12:53 am | #

I'll bet Tweety was [deleted] Noron during this bit.

From Site Monitor--A little over the top, David.

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David Ehrenstein | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:53 am | #

Well, to be fair- Matthews also found Clinton's apology to be Lincolnesque as well.

Oh- wait- no, he said it was pathetic or something. Well, Clinton only admitted an error in his handling of a personal matter, while George admitted to being a moronic fuck-up who has cost the lives of thousands. See? That's much more noble.
Daniel | 05.26.06 - 12:54 am | #

damn you guys are a buncha ass HOLES.

sure would love to work under that lady, if you know what i mean.
cakewalk my ass | 05.26.06 - 12:54 am | #

Tweety is as "honest" as Tyrone Power in Nightmare Alley.

I hope he gets Tyrone's fate -- a carnival geek eating the heads off of live chickens.
David Ehrenstein | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:54 am | #

jmorris724 - that was *too* dry. Readers of satire need at least a hint of sarcasm before they get it when the words are written and thus convey no facial language. Try again.
Steve | 05.26.06 - 12:56 am | #

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Keith Olberman was way too gracious to these two GOP hacks.

Afterall, Tweety and that other bimbo completely ignored him.

My prediction for this GOP ploy has taken hold quicker than you can say Jeff Gannon.

The U.S. stenographers are in full sickening arse-lick mode.

"An Amazing moment of reflection..."

Jeezus!!!

I wish I could slap Tweety's head -- multiple times.

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STOP George | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:56 am | #

"chris matthews is one of the most objective people on cable news."

Holy shit! Chris Matthews? Is that you?
Daniel | 05.26.06 - 12:56 am | #

Tweety's barely repressed man-lust for Bush shows up again.

BTW, didn't some high ranking military type say that about 7% of the insurgents were foreign fighters or connected to Al Queda?
Turk Meister | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:58 am | #

Tweety is totally amoral and respects only one thing - ruthless power politics. So the more dactatory Bush behaves, the more turgid becomes the Matthewscock. An authoritarian-loving millionaire gets to worship at the altar of "tough," amoral lawbreaking politics. Law? Fuck the law. Matthewscock loves that - that is "hardball" to him.

His love for "hardball" blinds him to the existence of countless polls that show Bush is despised in this country. He is SHOCKED every time people suggest Bush isn't liked personally. Recently a guest suggested that and he looked like he'd been slapped: "Where did you get THAT?" To his credit the guest said, every opinion poll in America says most Americans think Bush is personally untrustworthy. Matthewscock couldn't believe it.
Mr. Wu | 05.26.06 - 1:03 am | #

*dictatorially*
Mr. Wu | 05.26.06 - 1:04 am | #

God damn, I didn't know you could broadcast all out felatio in primetime. That's some first class cock-sucking there, Ms. O'Donnel!

"He has resisted ever admitting that he makes mistakes, and for him to (swoon) be SO open, SO open tonight... suggests a reflectiveness... suggests a man who is willing to change..."

You just keep shovelling that bullshit, Ms. O'Donnell. Sell it!
Daniel | 05.26.06 - 1:06 am | #

That was weird. Very weird. Tweety called it a Lincoln moment.
Jeanne | 05.26.06 - 1:06 am | #

please wait for an open thread to pump your website

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TruthStream | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 1:07 am | #

Lincoln?

I guess he's probably driven one at some time or other...
Bookem Danno | 05.26.06 - 1:08 am | #

Good supression of the smirk. Fairly decent rendition of chagrin. Nearly managing to look contrite. All in all I have to say our little dictator might just have a good career in acting, in local theater, way, way off Broadway.

So he finally almost manages to acknowledge what was obvious to billions of people YEARS ago. Big tweedly-fucking doo.
Eric Paulsen | 05.26.06 - 1:09 am | #

btw, did you notice in the begining of this press conference, Bush spoke first and started off with "the Prime Minister is going to talk to you about his trp to baghdad and how this and that is happening and this and that was said" ... meanwhile Blair is looking at him like "Thanks, george, now I dont have anything to say"...lol

btw, why is it everyone EXCEPT Bush himself has been to Iraq? Every damn world leader, MP and congressperson has been their, but good ol AWOL George won't go. Why doesnt this suprise me??
TruthStream | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 1:09 am | #

Watch the video closely when Norah says "arguably help him around the world." Look at her throat as she makes non-verbal sign that she's lying.
Anonymous | 05.26.06 - 1:10 am | #

oops...wrong 'there'...(not 'been their' - Im tired, sorry)
TruthStream | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 1:10 am | #

"A little Lincoln"?

Try a little Lincoln Log.

Do you hear that giant sucking sound?

One day tweety's head is going to colapse in mid-sentence.
no new texas | 05.26.06 - 1:10 am | #

Sob!

All's forgiven George. You're really a heck of a guy...

Chris and Nora will be around later to perform oral sex upon your tiny private parts.

(She does bear a passing resemblance to ML)
Bookem Danno | 05.26.06 - 1:13 am | #

Tweety said "boxoffice statement of the evening" with regards to the apology re: Abu Ghraib. A collosal, spectacular example of media idiocy.

Noron Odonell is resolutely the princess of toady. Arguably, she's open, so open.

But even a year ago Keith would not have been brought on to put honest perspective towards the end.
Yoga Bear | 05.26.06 - 1:14 am | #

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Well, at least we know that Friday's Mike Malloy program will be a classic.

I can't wait!!
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STOP George | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 1:19 am | #

Four score and seven weeks ago, heh, heh, heh.
My father told me I was blowing it big time across the entire continent. He told me I had to dedicate myself to the proposition that I had do do some work some of the time.

Now we are engaged in a war six thousand miles from Gettysburg. Testing whether our Fortune 500's logistical mastery of war can keep us pumping Iraqi oil onto tankers headed for the US while those who gave their lives believing they were fighting for justice hallow the ground they..heh...

I forgot how the rest of it goes...
George | 05.26.06 - 1:23 am | #

No matter what George Bush said in his press conference today, he's still stuck on step 8 - making amends - in his 12 step program.

For the background, see:
"Bush's 12-Step Program."
AvengingAngel | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 1:26 am | #

Just what Tony Blair wanted to hear, a ringing endorsement from W. After the cameras cut away, W. kissed him on both cheeks and whispered, "I know it was you Tony. I know it was you who outed Plame."
GMB | 05.26.06 - 1:27 am | #

I think we can file that mea culpa along with all the other recent ones:

1) "Fire Rumsfeld? No, but I'll give you ANDY CARD, instead. How bout that?"

2) "Fire Cheney? No, but I'll give you Scott 'Cookie-dough' McClellen, instead. How bout that? Can you tell how sincere I am about changing my ways, yet?"

3) "Did I make a mistake in invading Iraq? No, but I made a mistake when I said 'bring em on.' How bout that?"

And WHY Rove told him to assasinate Tony Blair is beyond me! "Tony, you're doin' a huckuva job."
Pericles | 05.26.06 - 1:35 am | #

Chris Matthews = GOP Schill!

Thanks for posting tonight's edition of "GOPTV - The Tweety and Noron Show!" John. It fits beatifully with on the video and post above that I've been working on, off and on since yesterday. Sorry for the video graininess, I recorded it straight from a lousy TV.
Nate | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 1:36 am | #

BUSH IS APOLOGIZNG FOR "BRING EM ON!" NOW??? Shit, that only took him 3 years. By the way, somebody should ask Tweety and that other bitch how many innocent people have died since Dear Leader had his Dirty Harry moment. As for Abu Ghraib, well, chimpy can't be too contrite, after all, Rumsfeld and Gonzalez still have their jobs. Tell ya what, Georgie - you fire those sacks of shit and then maybe will take your acts of contrition seriously. By the way, if Chimpy is Lincoln, then where the hell is our John Wilkes Booth?
gene214 | 05.26.06 - 1:41 am | #

Every single time Bush does something Tweety approves of, he compares W to a historical presidential or world leader that was:

a.) actually elected
b.) actually had a mandate
c.) Saved lives
d.) The world admired
e.) all of the above

Yeah, Bush admitting that torture ordered by his Sec Def or that slinging arrogant foolish rhetoric wasn't 'sophisticated' is totally on the same level of Lincoln freeing slaves. Bush will become Gandi in Matthew's eyes when he finally admits how badly he fucked up New Orleans.
Clevelandchick | 05.26.06 - 1:42 am | #

Tweety needs to get a room with a great big Chimpy poster and a vibrating bed. Honestly . . . That was shameful. Needless to say that if I were his wife he wouldn't be getting any for a while.
Andrew | 05.26.06 - 1:42 am | #

was moved enough to use the name "Lincoln" to describe Bush.
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You mean "had the gall"
DKarma | 05.26.06 - 1:48 am | #

Tweety is such a fucking whore. Someone should have handed him a napkin so he could clean bush's manjuice from his chin.
jesus h christ | 05.26.06 - 1:50 am | #

they were practically gushing, weren't they.

I feel kind of embarrassed, like walking in on a copulating pair in the spare bedroom at a frat party.
aussieboy | 05.26.06 - 1:53 am | #

The crap from tweety and noron was expected. But olberman was a complete wimp out. Given the chance to say something about the crap being dished out he choked. I wont expect anything anymore from him and will tune out of his program.
andy | 05.26.06 - 1:59 am | #

What complete crap Bush said. People around the world "misinterpeted" his comments? No people interpeted his comments correctly then and now what you are seeing is a man who is at 29% and sinking. I would call this a calculated political move to show his "human" side. As for Abu Ghraib hurting us for a long time, that is completely incorrect what has hurt us for a long time and is still hurting us is being in Iraq and invading that country in the first place and the lies used in the build up to the invasion.

People around the world and in this country know exactly what is meant by the invasion of Iraq and the tough talk with Iran. And apologizing for words said don't make up for the actions done and still going on.

Matthews should just kiss Bush on the cheek the next time he sees him and get it over with. Matthews is a joke.
Scott | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 1:59 am | #

Wow. No words like "apology" or "sorry" were spoken, but those reporters were almost choking up. I lost a little respect for them tonight.

Have they read anything about Lincoln? Hint: Lincoln did not say things like "Bring it on" to being with, so he didn't have to make Lincolnesque apologies for them.

Is this what it's become? This reminds me of the 2004 presidential debates. Everyone trying to downplay expectations of Bush against a skilled debater. He's just Bush! When he utters something human sounding, he's a little bit like Lincoln!!!!!!
anonymous | 05.26.06 - 2:04 am | #

Norah says that Bush's admission shows that Bush is reflective? BS! BS! BS! The only thing this President is, is able to stay on the message that some script writer wrote for him...

UGH! Calculated Mind games! He's just trying to mitigate the 2006 elections. It's Always about the elections with these guys! NEVER forget that!
Liberty lover | 05.26.06 - 2:20 am | #

Saw Matthews interview H.Dean today and he was foaming a the mouth! Wouldn't let Dean finish one answer before he would interrupt and ask another. You don't see him doing that with Condi or Dick C.
What a Republifool.
Liberty lover | 05.26.06 - 2:24 am | #

It is so weird in some of the clips on C&L to see the hero-worship in Matthews's voice and eyes sometimes when he talks about Bush. Some of us have joked about the homoeroticism of it, but to me it's like Chris is a boy worshipping his cool big brother. Which I guess is homoerotic in its own way, but it strikes me more as pathetic.

Or maybe it's more sinister than I'm thinking. Maybe Matthews is trying to train his viewers by example to feel that way about Bush.
snoozer | 05.26.06 - 2:47 am | #

Sorry guys but I think Bush did the right thing this time. Yes, it's true you can't have it both ways; ask the guy to apologize and them jump him when he does.

Just sit and watch him jump on the polls. I predict and 10 points jump on his approval rating.

This guys always bounces back. Calll it the school of low expetactions.
David | 05.26.06 - 2:48 am | #

Tweety always gets the vapors from his Chimpy-love. He just truly loves Chimpy. Tweety has some kind of authoritarian Daddy issues.
impeachthechimp | 05.26.06 - 2:49 am | #

After this clip ends, on the actual show, there were some further truly grotesque comments by Tweety and Noron.

Anyway, I am the transcript hero. I spent fifteen minutes of my life typing this out. Here ya go:

Tweety: … And then came the great moment of the evening. I hope we have this tape ready soon. We will have it ready. When the President was asked by a British reporter what mistakes personally can you admit right now that you made during the course of the war, and rather dramatically he made some, um, admissions here. One he said “I should’ve never said ‘Bring it on.’ I should have never used language like ‘Wanted: Dead or Alive.’” The cowboy language for which he was well known and perhaps a bit notorious early on. And then he said, “I think I should have been more sophisticated in the language I chose over these months during the war because I think a lot of people around the world got me wrong.” And then came the Big One. The Box Office Statement of the evening. He said “Abu Greb. The mistreatment, the torture of those prisoners in that prison we inhurrited from Saddam Hussein in Iraq, as becun, has become for us, a real problem of a last standing, of longstanding problem for us.”

A vurry strong statement. Norah, I was so taken with that. That admission of, with, of the problems he himself caused.”

Noron: The President extraordinarily and the Prime Minister resolute, that the cause is just in Iraq, that there have been missteps and setbacks but what they are doing is the right thing. But at the same time as you mention the sense of in some ways seeking a reconciliation with the world over what they acknowledge is an extremely unpopular war, not only in their own countries, but around the world. The President again saying that Abu Ghraib was a huge mistake and that they’re paying for it to this day and even his tone of voice, he seemed extremely remorseful about that. That is a statement that will likely play around the world and could arguably help him around the world.

Tweety: Well we’re joined of course right now by MSNBC’s chief Washington correspondent, Noron. Lemme ask you a second question. Do you think that’s going to be the headline tomorrow in the newspapers? The admission of error.

Noron: I do. (Gets huge smile) You know, the President when he was asked that question he joked and said, “This is becoming a familiar refrain.” Because he’s frequently asked, “What mistakes have you made?” and he has resisted ever admitting that he makes mistakes. And for him to be SO OPEN, SO OPEN tonight, suggests a reflectiveness, suggests a man in his second term who is willing perhaps to change, who is willing to, again, uh, seek reconciliation, and saying (again gets huge creepy smile bathing in the opportunity to quote Bush), “I…” that “I said, ‘Bring it on,’ ‘Dead or alive,’” that cowboy image in the world that he is viewed. Um, it also suggests (continued, huge, creepy eye twinkling, true worshipper smile) I think in some ways that he is looking towards his legacy.

Tweety: I thought he was a bit tired tonight, and maybe that brought out that unusual admission. I’ll tell you, it’s something that his critics have been demanding, and I hope he gets some credit for it because the critics can’t be wrong twice (Noron is distinctly heard joyously cackling at this). If they say he should do it, they should give him credit for doing it. Usually at this time you’d be watching Countdown, of course, with Keith Obrmn, my colleague on MSNBC. Keith’s coming up tonight, at the top of the hour, but he joins us right now. Keith your assessment of what we just saw?

Keith: I think, Chris, that your point, about, about the President’s uh, uh, forthrightness there and, and the weariness. You could hear it in his choice of language, in his body language. There seemed to be a sense of exhaustion almost and resignation of those, of those points about, uh, his terminology and, and, uh, the Abu Ghraib scandal. Uh, it, its “openness” (quoting Noron) – and I think you, you’re right that the critics can’t have it both ways – it’s “openness,” though, only against the backdrop, against the context of, of where he has NOT been open in the past when approached with that same question. The other thing, you heard obviously in Tony Blair’s voice – literally weariness. He sounded absolutely exhausted throughout the entire, uh, entire news conference. And, one other thing that sort of, I think, slipped by was at the end of one of the president’s answers about Iraq. He said something that I think he might regret using, a-, again, because, uh, it will sound, it certainly sounded familiar here, it may sound familiar to others: “We want to make sure we complete the mission.” It has been, uh, three years and 24 days since that banner ha-, hung over his shoulder on the aircraft carrier on May 1st of 2003, and the message was pretty much the same that day and it’s been a long time and a lot of lives lost since, Chris.

Tweety: Keith, let’s take a look right now at what the President said in that amazing moment of reflection we saw near the end of the press conference.

Preening Jackal Douche: Saying “Bring it on.” … Kinda tough talk, you know, that, sent the wrong signal to people. That um (shrug) … uh, I learned some lessons about, uh, um, expressing myself maybe in a little more sophisticated manner. You know, “Wanted: Dead or Alive.” That kind of talk. Um… it, um… I think in certain… um… partsa the world it was… misinterpreted. And, um… so I lurse, I learned from that. And, uh, you know I think the biggest mistake that, that’s happened so far, at least from our country’s involvement in Iraq is A-boo geh-REB. Uh, we, we’ve been paying for that for a long period of time.

Tweety: A little bit of Lincoln there, I think. Keith?

What I wished Keith had said: ABRAHAM Lincoln?

What Keith did say: Yeah, uh, the, (looks downward like he’s been caught off guard and finds himself already talking before he can process that Tweety has just said the Preening Jackal Douche is like Lincoln) the idea of course then becomes what did the President think that those statements, how did he think those were going to be interpreted originally when he made them? They were not all made at once. They were made over a series of days after, uh after 9/11 and, and before we went into Afghanistan if my chronology serves me here. So, a-, again, I think your point is well taken about this, this window inside the President’s appreciation of where his comments played, and how they played internationally. But, uh, they do raise those two other questions which is, why are we just hearing this now when some of these things were said three and a half or more years ago, and, and what, uh, what entirely do they mean in terms of “openness” against that backdrop, where, during the debates two years ago he literally had no answer to the question, “What are your most, er, er, what things do you most regret?”
BetweentheBrothersKay | 05.26.06 - 2:50 am | #

Matthews and O'Donnell... wishy washy, disengenuous shills caught in the crosshairs of this administration. Olbermann... factual and journalistic and forthright... I know who the real journalist is. Olbermann with a slam dunk.
Anonymous | 05.26.06 - 2:51 am | #

I watched this and was stunned -- I thought these were two of the stupidest people in the world or two of the most paid off people in the world.

Even Joe "Dead Intern" Scarborough was bringing more objectivity to the discussion, talking about how this was all choroeographed.

I think Tweety has a flair for the melodramatic and tries to invoke history whenever he can. Noron, well, don't know what to make of that Repubimbo.
Biggus Diggus | 05.26.06 - 2:53 am | #

Wow! maybe we misjudged Bush all this time, like really, the dude is deep.
How can we ever thank Tweety enough for educating us?

.... sorry, its only the booze talking.
t_rex | 05.26.06 - 2:58 am | #

this gave me the creeps-- it was pretty blatantly propaganda, even for cable news. maybe they're trying to outFox Fox?
Dr. Paul Proteus | 05.26.06 - 2:58 am | #

Wow, alot of subjective, superlative adjectives thrown in the first 30 seconds that only Tweety can spew. Allow me to add add my own adjective..nauseating.
cetylovx | 05.26.06 - 3:06 am | #

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Talcott | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 3:09 am | #

Nauseating how these bipolar talking heads spin Bush's defacto admission of failure.

2,300 US troops are dead and 20,000 wounded (not to mention more than 100,000 collateral Iraqi casualties) because the Frat Boy wanted to "bring it on".

This shame-faced comedown is nothing to be proud of.
Annoyed Canuck | 05.26.06 - 3:13 am | #

Well, daddy probably said:

"You know, Georgie boy, You screwed up again, but don´t worry, I´ve talked to the principle, you gotta come out and say you´re sorry, and everything will be just fine..."

At least that´s the way he looked tonight - which doesn´t mean that he meant a single word he said.

And the human part of it is, that this is maybe some new experience to that arrogant ass.
gladnottobeamerican | 05.26.06 - 3:15 am | #

Bush's words are just that-words. The actions of this sadistic dry drunk are all that matter. Hell is too good for him and his fellow sadists. They worship at the altar of money and evilness. Tweety and co-enabler are pathetic!
Mark Cartwright | 05.26.06 - 3:46 am | #

Somebody fire that butt-licker matthews. W didn't fool anybody
TalkieToaster | 05.26.06 - 4:15 am | #

Tweety the tea-bagger of all media propagandists.
TalkieToaster | 05.26.06 - 4:17 am | #

Also, its not just about apologizing.

Its about f#*$#ing taking responsibility. He will never ever ever do that. So no forgiveness can be bestowed.

More anvils please.
TalkieToaster | 05.26.06 - 4:19 am | #

fuck chimp and his apology. look at this

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/...HNlYwNzc25hdg--
TalkieToaster | 05.26.06 - 4:21 am | #

If bush had sneezed; Matthews would have found it profound.
Editor | 05.26.06 - 5:27 am | #

I don't normally comment on these videos, but how gullible are these two? The President says Abu Ghraib was a huge mistake and Matthews creams himself.

Given what we know about Bush, just because he says something doesn't actually mean he's going to do a damn thing about it - and he's not going to do anything about Abu Ghraib.

What a dumb ass. Norah Bora is also an airhead.
Mike S | 05.26.06 - 5:36 am | #

I need a cigarette...

and a shower...

"Wonderful", "Amazing", "Extraordinary", "Soooo Open",
"A little bit of Lincoln"

Thanks for the free porn, C&L
FoxNewsViewer | 05.26.06 - 5:47 am | #

how can these muppets pass as news readers????
meep | 05.26.06 - 5:48 am | #

What a nauseating little cocksucker,
How on earth can he mention shrub and Abe in the same breath is beyond the pale

Tweety my nerves are on edge, how you do them grate
The way of the lapdog is normally castrate.
Your sweetheart is tanking
Will this stop you wanking
Or forever and ever will you yearn to felate.

Hardball is a big misnomer,
Tweety is a Whitehouse gofer.
One look at George Bush,
On knees he do rush.
Oh daddy let me play with your soldier.
oscar wilde | 05.26.06 - 5:52 am | #

if that skit appeared on UK TV, those hosts would be a laughing stock. you need Jeremy Paxman or john humphreys to comment on it, and/or interview Blair/Bush.
james | 05.26.06 - 6:14 am | #

I swear, I see this very same reaction from Noron and Tweety after EVERY press conference, speech, or interview that Bush gives. The two are ALWAYS so AMAZED at how EXTRAORDINARY Bush's latest public pronouncement is. I want to know what the two of them are smoking, because, whatever it is, it has to be some damn good stuff.
erquirk | 05.26.06 - 6:42 am | #

☻Bosh and Poppycock...................
They never once mentioned the BIG LIE....why we are in Iraq in the first place is built on a bed of lies.

"Oh, yes, AI killed 100,000 people and maimed countless others, but I am remorsefull....yeah...now we all feel better Georgie....

getting over yourself George and Tony...do the right thing.....Supuku/Hari-Kari/Suicide.....but do something honorable. Acting sad on TV and mumbling some words YOU think sound sorroful just doesn't cut it.

I usually like to watch Chris-M and especailly Noron, but this ruined it for me.☻
Shiva H. Vishnu | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 6:42 am | #

A good "Lincoln-moment" for Bush would be if he was assassinated.
Corpses Made By Bush&Cheney | 05.26.06 - 6:46 am | #

How is it that a man with the blood of thousands on his hands gets to walk up to a podium and say, "pardon my poor choice of words and, gee, I wish we hadn't been caught torturing people" -- even while his minions continue to do that in secret CIA prisons across Europe -- and have MSNBC fawm all over him, even to the point of comparing him to Lincoln? My God, has the world gone completely mad? This man is a lying murderer, pure and simple. A few supposedly contrite words well-rehearsed with Karl Rove cannot erase the ocean of harm this man has done and continues to do every day to this nation and in the world.

As for Chris Matthews, he has only shown to me that he knows which side his bread is buttered on. I can't understand how he, or any other stenographer-journalist (which is pretty much every journalist except Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez) can bear to look at themselves in the mirror.
humphs | 05.26.06 - 7:16 am | #

I just threw up in my mouth. What drug is that guy on?
DrWolfy | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 7:22 am | #

"chris matthews is one of the most objective people on cable news. And besides, he didn't vote for Bush in 2004 and he was a speech writer for Jimmy Carter. And who can forget that confrontation between him and Zell "I don't know what party I'm in" Miller. He may be the only honest pundit there is."
jmorris724

Get the net! Yeah, and I took French in HS 35 year ago, too. That doesn't make me bilingual, shmendrik. Talk about what have you done for me lately?

Ya got any evidence of Tweety working for the Democrats since Saturday Night Fever was toppin' the charts?

That's what I thought.

Dismissed.
coop | 05.26.06 - 7:34 am | #

Chris,NOBALLS MATTHEWS, is a REPUBLICAN CHICKENHAWK, he and his REPUBLICAN buddies were so keen on us going to war in IRAQ that anyone ESP: DEMOCRATS were made FUN of on his show. NOW he is trying to spin it that he was against the war. JUST go back and look at his shows. I have HE is A COWARD HE DUCKED OUT OF VIETNAM. TO ME HAS NO BALLS. A REPUBLICAN MOUTH PEACE. JUST ask TIP O'NEAL DAUGHTER HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT NO BALLS. H.D. COLE
H.D. COLE | 05.26.06 - 7:35 am | #

SHADES OF LINCOLN?????!!!!!
WTF?!!!!
pablo | 05.26.06 - 7:36 am | #

He only thinks his language choice was a mistake not his actions. Regarding Abu Garab (sp?)is his regret torturing or that he didn't handle the crisis in a politically advantageous way?

I'm convinced Matthews believes this is an illegal war and that at least the veep is the source for the plame leak, so how he swings this direction at times boggles my mind...bizzarrooooo indeed.
Lisa | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 7:40 am | #

"Sorry guys but I think Bush did the right thing this time. Yes, it's true you can't have it both ways; ask the guy to apologize and them jump him when he does.

Just sit and watch him jump on the polls. I predict and 10 points jump on his approval rating."

Which puts him in the low 40s.

Nah, even this nitwit is a prisoner of events. Namely, Iraq. We've had four major turning points in Iraq which puts us right back where we started.

The brain-dead douche bags will never leave him. They never left him. They always bought this "the tide is turning in Stalingrad. Our glorious fuhrer vill lead us to wictory!" horsebrit. He'll never get the moderates back. They've seen his act.

A too little, too late, insincere apology just ain't gonna do it.
coop | 05.26.06 - 7:54 am | #

C&L should have emetic warnings for toxins like that clip.
I haven't watched tv "news" for years. Unbelievable.
hadenuf | 05.26.06 - 8:02 am | #

"A wonderful moment?"

Chris, you have your head up his ass so far you can't think straight!

Can't you see that he is just trying to raise his poll numbers?
LOL | 05.26.06 - 8:06 am | #

Lincoln? An amazing moment? What the fuck is so amazing about an asshole admitting he's an asshole.
He's still lying his ass off.
Gary | 05.26.06 - 8:11 am | #

The way the BBC just reported it on the news was 'in a moment of crafted humility'... And the end of the clip where Bush asks Blair, 'Tony, can I buy you dinner?'. Blair coughs back a surprised laugh and after a hesitation says, 'Certainly.' His smile is very strained.

BBC likened them to 'an old married couple'. Man oh man, Reagan and Thatcher didn't have a patch on these two! And they ain't fooling anyone in Britain, either.
nonny mouse | 05.26.06 - 8:16 am | #

What bullshit. We're still imprisoning some innocent people in Guanatanamo without consideration of the Geneva conventions, and we still have black sites throughout the world. (Yes, I know that some people in G-bay are guilty, but we should have some legal proceedings against those who aren't POWs).

What *actions* is Bush going to do to take? None, of course.

Also, FWIW, he's still blaming the whole insurgency on Zarqawi, which just shows he doesn't understand the first thing about Iraq.

What a jerk.
PghMike | 05.26.06 - 8:22 am | #

Oh geeesus, I feel sick. Every time this murderer speaks! And what's with this Iraq and Al-Quada thing? Don't be linking the 2 together!
. | 05.26.06 - 8:24 am | #

If the dems get in next time will Matthews and O'Donnell be out of a job?

Just asking.

gi | 05.26.06 - 8:25 am | #

Projectile-vomit-worthy behavior. Big-time.
No Blood for Hubris | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 8:30 am | #

who is it that bush gives the big nod to after he went on a five minute rant ? - he seems to do that at all his press conferences. the guy is melting down in front of our eyes and chris mathews praises him for a change in tactics. blair's legacy will be as a whimpering sick o phant to an arrogant prick. bush would hardly let him get a word in edgewise. It's all so sick. Couldn't they just get a room at the ranch in Crawford?
Paul W. Miller
paul Miller | 05.26.06 - 8:35 am | #

I havent watched it yet but this isnt the first time hes compared Bush to Lincoln. He did that two years ago as well.
philsilvers | 05.26.06 - 8:43 am | #

I should also say that Bush looks like hes acting to me. He advisors are probably telling him he needs to be contrite (without actually changing his behavior or policies) to win a few points in the polls.

Hes down in the polls, of course hes trying everything. Can't Tweety at least acknowledge that?
philsilvers | 05.26.06 - 8:47 am | #

Norah O'Donnell bears a striking resemblance to Monica Lewinsky... in more ways than one.
Don't Give A Shit | 05.26.06 - 8:56 am | #

SHADES OF LINCOLN?????!!!!!
WTF?!!!!

Free the slaves, enslave the free... it's all the same.
Don't Give A Shit | 05.26.06 - 8:58 am | #

Keith WAS squirming and let off several well placed "shots" at Matthews sans his name...course the difference between Olberman and Matthews is such a cavernous divide that it SHOULD be making Matthews "squirm"...were it not for the fact that he's so in love with his own voice! I missed most of the fawning he and Noron spewed cause I got out after he kissed up to Bush's "dramatic" apology for using the "tough talk"...MY GOD...who actually buys this crap?
Dancer.... | 05.26.06 - 9:03 am | #

Wonder if matthews is off his meds.
Marge | 05.26.06 - 9:05 am | #

Matthews' behavior reminds me of Rudolph Hess's fawning adoration of Hitler. A notable example of that was captured on film during one of the Nuremburg Rallies. I remember seeing one particularly nauseating episode of Hess's obsequious pandering, but could only find a still shot from the clip that I was looking for. It was from the infamous propaganda movie "A triumph of the Will"

http://www.geocities.com/Capitol...ess/ gallery.htm.

Matthews is disgusting, MSNBC is a joke.
Paul | 05.26.06 - 9:05 am | #

It was a putrid display by these two. I could barely imagine a more embarassing press conference by an American president and Matthews was treating it with undeserved dignity. When Bush is convicted of war crimes, we need to remember these fawning journalists.
BoilThemInTheirOil | 05.26.06 - 9:06 am | #

making it all so much worse is that what lit the fuse---9/11--was an inside job crafted by the very cabal that bush heads. you all need to awaken to 911 truth. do the research. it's not even a close call, and it explains everything that has occurred over the past 4 years and is degrading before your eyes.
legalpad | 05.26.06 - 9:28 am | #

Noron meant:

reconciliation with the world = reconciliation with reality.
what a bunch of jerks! | 05.26.06 - 9:28 am | #

I saw the entire Tweety show last night. Tweety and Noron are a bootlicking duo that is hard on the stomach. It took Olbermann to relieve the nausea.
Marie | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 9:33 am | #

"I learnt some lessons."

?

What the hell, are you f****in' nuts? You're a f****in' idiot.

Give me a break!
fuckuW | 05.26.06 - 9:33 am | #

Matthews invoked Lincoln with Bush...

Anyone still want to debate Hardball's credibility?
right wing hater | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 9:34 am | #

Matthews: "Do you think that's going to be the headlines in tomorrow's papers- the (President's) admission of error?"

Today's headline: "Jurors Find Skilling, Lay Guilty"
Don't Give A Shit | 05.26.06 - 9:41 am | #

The Prime Axiom from the Matthews/Noron Laws of Journalism:

"Lick a jackboot today...let some of the polish of life rub off on you."
Paul | 05.26.06 - 9:47 am | #

I hate these a--holes.
SK | 05.26.06 - 9:49 am | #

"lincolnish"

--colbert wins again.

tweety and the white ho make me wanna hurl.
bibimimi~☆ | 05.26.06 - 9:49 am | #

Tucker "Bowtie" Carlson proclaimed that he was proud of Bush for having said 'bring it on ' -- in Tucker's mind, Bush said this "in response to 9/11."

Uh, get some Alzheimer's medication, Tucker. Bush didn't say "Bring it on" in repsonse to 9/11. He said it in response to insurgents attacking US troops in Iraq. You know, Iraq? The country we attacked even though they had absofuckinglutely nothing to do with 9/11?

I think people like Tucker need to be retired and sent to live in mental health group homes. They are proclaiming "truths" to the nation, yet they get their times, their dates, their events, their people, their countries all mixed up. They are either suffering from a debilitating neurological disease or they are hopelessly mentally deranged.. and dangerous to Americans in their derangement. Men and women and children are dying in Iraq every day because of the "truthtellers" like Tucker Carlson who spout lies every night... lies that helped convince other people they should go die and kill in Iraq.
900 FOOT JESUS | 05.26.06 - 9:54 am | #

It's like watching communist broadcasts, just with higher production values.
.
Grand Moff Texan | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 9:57 am | #

Let's get a couple of things straight. Chris Matthews is to the news business what Don King is to boxing, a promoter with no scruples. He takes a pro-Bush position one day, he's anti-Bush the next. The idea is to keep both sides of a polarized viewership on edge. He has no concept of right and wrong, and doesn't care.

And Bush is as much like Lincoln as Matthews is like Edward R. Murrow. If Bush wanted to emulate Lincoln, he could say something like this:

"Five years and four months ago, we neo-cons brought forth on this continent a new deception, conceived in greed and dedicated to the propostion that all terrorists are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great global war, testing whether that deception, or any deception so conceived, can long endure. We are met on two great battlefields, one in Iraq and another on the killing fields of public opinion. It is altogether frustrating that we should have to do this...but in a larger sense, we can no longer deceive, we can no longer fight, because the brave souls, living and dead, that we conned into fighting in Iraq now know better, and the brave souls fighting us in the opinion wars have robbed us of our power to add or detract lies. And now a government of the neo-cons, for the oil companies, and by the deceivers must perish from the Earth."

Bush would probably be assassinated if he said this. But so was Lincoln.
Robert Lockwood Mills | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 10:03 am | #

"A reconciliation with the world"????

WTF! Doesn't it take two to reconcile? Does anyone besides the most blatant right wing nutjob think Bush can heal the rift HE caused with the world with his arrogance and bloodthirst just by admitting a couple mistakes? "His legacy" also cannot be mended this easily. He's a lying piece of crap and there is a special place in hell reserved for him for the thousands of lives he personally has caused...
The anti-Dubya | 05.26.06 - 10:05 am | #

You see? Last week Matthews made a sounds-sensible statement about this administration's lies. And everyone fell all over themselves. "Matthews is coming around! He's seeing the light! FINALLY"

A few of us said -- don't worry, it's just a carefully crafted, one-a-week bone thrown to democrats to keep them watching Matthews' show. He'll be back to licking Bush anus any minute now.

Those of you who ocassionally think Matthews is coming to his senses --- Do you get it now? Matthews is merely using marketing techniques to broaden his audience.
900 FOOT JESUS | 05.26.06 - 10:05 am | #

Ray Lincoln, maybe.
Cato the Invisible | 05.26.06 - 10:05 am | #

Maybe I'm confused, but where was his "apology"?

An apology is "It's my fault, I'm sorry, I was wrong, here's how I'm going to fix it, I won't do it again" OK? Not "I regret my strong language was misinterpreted". Translation? too bad you didn't understand me, NOT "I'm sorry". Oh, and how about the "Abu Ghraib was bad...but Saddam was worse" horseshit? Sociopaths don't apologize, they make excuses.

And on a different note, I wonder if Chris Matthews' 5th-grade teacher saved his "I Want To Be A Sychophant When I Grow Up" essay?
Anon | 05.26.06 - 10:07 am | #

They treat Bush like a five year old. He'll fail at some effort only to receive a trophy for trying.
ysbaddaden | 05.26.06 - 10:08 am | #

ysbaddaden, you're sounding like someone who wants it both ways in criticising our esteemed Commander-In-Chief. Even Olberman gave him a pass on this one. You guys should too. Enhances your credibility.
plunket | 05.26.06 - 10:20 am | #

I'm not into points playing. Even killers about to get a lethal injection often apologize to the family members of their victims who come to witness their executions. Such apologies seem hollow. And even if sincere justice must prevail.
ysbaddaden | 05.26.06 - 10:24 am | #

If matthews is as biased as you guys claim, why does he go into daily nearly everday about Plamegate. He's also probably the only pundit to openly admit he believe the Iraq intelligence was "cherry-picked".
jmorris724 | 05.26.06 - 10:25 am | #

Awwwwwwe! Warm and fuzzy!

I cracked up when Bush said his language should have been more sophisticated. How about he start with learning the word is Nu-le-ar no Nuc-U-Lar?

Yeah. Abu Ghraib caused us problems. Wow. He just figured that out.
mrsisk | 05.26.06 - 10:26 am | #

*detail (not daily)
jmorris724 | 05.26.06 - 10:26 am | #

Matthews, & surprisingly Olbermann, missed the fact that Bush is STILL conflating the Iraq war with the "War on Terror"! He lumps "bring 'em on" with "wanted dead or alive"! What was wrong with "wanted..."? He was then referring to bin Laden, the man who attacked us! They are two separate wars whose only similarity is that they've been botched!
GF | 05.26.06 - 10:34 am | #

I'll tell ya if Hilter had this kind of access to the Fucking people Many of us wouldn't be around I was born in'52 and I have Brown hair and eyes.The only ones born would only be Blonde and Blue eyed.If ever there comes a time that War Trials are Held many of what passes as American Journalists should be sitting right there with the Bastards in Bush's Cabal.More than Bush really for they Failed the American People More.No matter what Country you Live in (I'm in Canada) we don't Really as citzens Trust Government no matter the Party running the show,but I think we Always had trust in the Press.Harper Our Little BushLite is Alienating the National Press of course it's the "LIBERAL" Press.He's trying to just have a List of Journalists that "HE" will call on,well the Press Don't Like It and so Last Tues 12 Journalists WALKED OUT of Harper's Press Briefing.Do you think that would ever Happen in the US??No it's the MSM in the US that has Screwed the American People way more than Bush for they Gladly Sold Out for Access and MONEY. There aren't many Millionaire Journalists in Canada and maybe that's why our Press can Relate MORE to everyday Canadians they too are feeling the Pressure of the Middle Class.I just Hope that our Press doesn't Roll Over for it's Just early days,But thier Walking Out is a Good Sign.I really thought when Bush Starting Going After the Press that the Press would Say Ok Enough maybe it's Too late but It just makes me wonder what has Bush got on these guys that Scares them so Much.Timmy and Tweety are Both Catholic and there was that Guy NHS aressted on Child Porn Wonder if the Priests got too close to Tim and Chris and now they Abuse little Boys!!!!!!!Not saying it's True but I'm Catholic Lapsed as I Maybe but I really think there is Something Shocking for I really can't Believe that they Would really keep it Up they must Know by Now that Serious People just see them as a Joke and I mean Not Just in America It's probaly the same in every Country they are Seen.Herb Hoover had Nothing on Bush's Boys.Or maybe they're All Lumberjacks Who Knows!!!!!!!!
SUZIE | 05.26.06 - 10:38 am | #

Matthews should be making a pass at Noron, not Bush.
ysbaddaden | 05.26.06 - 10:38 am | #

Maybe for the same reason that Michael Savage was complaining about Bush's speech yesterday....would you say Michael Savage is 'balanced'?
Cato the Invisible | 05.26.06 - 10:39 am | #

I'd tuned in to MSNBC to watch Countdown and ended seeing Tweety Matthews utter..Lincoln in conjunction with Dubya. I couldn't believe it! Dubya's an asshat who wouldn't do anything for anyone that doesn't somehow benefit him and his overlords.
jennifer | 05.26.06 - 10:40 am | #

Lincoln was articulate. Tweety must be back on the sauce.
mudkitty | 05.26.06 - 10:57 am | #

There is not "top" to go over. You obviously don't recall Lucianne Goldberg making the same statement about Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea -- naturally leaving one to imagine all sorts of goings-on between Lucianne and Jonah.
David Ehrenstein | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 10:58 am | #

I think Noron creamed her jeans for Dear Leaders deep thoughfulness and Preznit-ness.

Maybe we should have Broder check her "status".
Flamethrower | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 10:58 am | #

I was thinking of Lincoln too: George Lincoln Rockwell, President of the American Nazi Party.

Does eveybody remember him? Major closet queen.
David Ehrenstein | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 11:05 am | #

Bush should be on Mt. Rushmoore right next to Lincon, right Chris
Convert | 05.26.06 - 11:06 am | #

That bastard undid his apology later in the sentance and I don't think very many people caught it. Bush said that is comment of "bring it on" may have been misinterpreted in some parts of the world.

OK Bush, here is your chance, show us what you really meant by Bring it on!

Can you believe how messed up of an apology this is. He stating that it is not the words he used, but a cultural divide that lead some people to incorrectly interpret the meaning of bring it on.

How come tweety and Nora didn't point that out?
Kurt | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 11:08 am | #

I won't watch the video.
It's too much.
These people are too much.
They help destroy America and lives of millions but don't seem to care.
napu | 05.26.06 - 11:11 am | #

juan cole addresses this press conference

http://www.juancole.com/2006/05/...blair- news.html

"Well, first of all, it should be pointed out that only the very lowest level of perpetrator at Abu Ghraib has been punished. And not very much punished at that. The soldier who set snarling dogs on detainees got six months. As I remember, Iraqis were outraged. What would you get for selling a dime bag of pot? And Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Stephen Cambone have not in any way been held accountable. Or General "My god is bigger than yours" Boykin, either."
Anonymous | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 11:13 am | #

more from Juan Cole

"The US media were saying that Bush apologized for his flip rhetoric. But look again. He did not. He said he had been "misinterpreted" in some parts of the world. (Which?) How do you misinterpret "bring it on?" And, why in the world is he apologizing for saying he wanted Bin Laden dead or alive? What has that got to do with Iraq, anyway?"
Anonymous | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 11:15 am | #

The sickest part of this apology comes with Abu Gahraib. Does everyone know who that places responsibility on? The low ranking GI's that are being convicted and sentenced to prison! All the while Bush begs to allow what they were convicted for, and still calling the GI's a disgrace to our nation for doing what they did. This is Bush not accepting accountability for anything.

Bring it on! = International misunderstanding of his intended words.

Abu Gahraib = A bunch of privates making their own rules that have since been punished, problem fixed.

Can anyone tell me one apology that he made unequivically? Where he actually accepted responsibility for his STRATEGIC errors? I didn't hear one in this speech.
Kurt | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 11:16 am | #

OK. Is Bush upset about the fact that Abu Gharaib occured or that someone leaked the photos?

Which is the biggest tragedy there?
Kurt | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 11:23 am | #

"Bush should be on Mt. Rushmoore right next to Lincon, right Chris
Convert | 05.26.06 - 11:06 am |"

Only in a parallel South Park type of universe, Convert. If your typical posts accurately reflect your views, you'd probably feel right at home in the universe. that's assuming that you're actually serious and not a master of subtle ironic satire who is playing out a devil's advocate game.
Paul | 05.26.06 - 11:24 am | #

Paul - that's what I was thinking, the guy couldn't possibly be serious.
mudkitty | 05.26.06 - 11:26 am | #

Is Chris Matthews getting prematurely OLD?! He's stumbling and fumbling like Grandpa Simpson. Being a serial exaggerator/liar evidently takes a toll on one.
Howey | 05.26.06 - 11:27 am | #

Tweety thinks it was a "Lincoln moment".. for me, it was more of a maalox moment.
rcm | 05.26.06 - 11:28 am | #

it's about ratings.

they had to have KO to get ratings.

I'll bet that once they switched over to Scarebro, people went back to the Sox game.

Big Papi for President.
d'you | 05.26.06 - 11:28 am | #

Paul, I was referring to Mathews " Bush should be on Mt. Rushmoore" remark a few months ago.

George Washington was the father of the United States, Abe Lincon was it's saviour, GWB is either it's defender or it's destroyer. Time will tell.
Convert | 05.26.06 - 11:29 am | #

sorry convert the bell has already rung on that , destroyer it is!!!!!
tyree | 05.26.06 - 11:34 am | #

He SHOULD be on Mount Rushmore -- like Martin Landau in the climax of North By NorthWest.
David Ehrenstein | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 11:39 am | #

The soft bigotry of low expectations is what the MSM has directed at Bush the whole time he's been on the National scene.
mudkitty | 05.26.06 - 11:50 am | #

open letter to chris matthews
MediaMatters on chris matthews
_____________________

that's all I I have to say
_____________________
bascombe | 05.26.06 - 11:50 am | #

David, LMAO, that is very clever in a twisted sort of way.

But your not as twisted as George Galloway.

Galloway says murder of Blair would be 'justified'

http://news.independent.co.uk/ uk...ticle601356.ece
Convert | 05.26.06 - 11:52 am | #

Lincoln? Brushing back my tears, I couldn't help comparing Bush to Ghandi and the Dalai Lama.
Zman | 05.26.06 - 11:53 am | #

"If matthews is as biased as you guys claim, why does he go into daily nearly everday about Plamegate. He's also probably the only pundit to openly admit he believe the Iraq intelligence was "cherry-picked".
jmorris724"

Ya mean, besides the fact that he's psychotic?
coop | 05.26.06 - 11:53 am | #

Us folks who read this site or follow current events are a minority. Bush will have to apologize often and for a long while to affect the opinion of the Majority. It's the Majority that drove his opinion rating down. Besides, he could apologize all he wants the Iraq war ain't going to get any shorter or less a mistake.
waiting | 05.26.06 - 11:54 am | #

Yeah, Lincoln as in log. As in juvenile slang reference for turd floating in toilet. That's about as Lincolnish as this schmuck gets.
coop | 05.26.06 - 12:04 pm | #

A little bit of Lincoln? A little bit of Lincoln? Go to straight to hell Tweety.
Captain Kangaroo | 05.26.06 - 12:06 pm | #

"Bush should be on Mt. Rushmoore right next to Lincon, right Chris
Convert | 05.26.06 - 11:06 am | "

I agree. Bush should be on Mt. Rushmore.

He should be carved on a booger in the nose of Teddy Roosevelt, wearing his flight suit.
Annoyed Canuck | 05.26.06 - 12:06 pm | #

How dare Tweety compare Bush to Lincoln in a favoralble way!
Captain Kangaroo | 05.26.06 - 12:07 pm | #

And the people he sent our armies to murder aren't coming back.
David Ehrenstein | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:08 pm | #

Bush couldn't hold Lincoln's jock strap.
Captain Kangaroo | 05.26.06 - 12:08 pm | #

Give it up Bush. Your pesidency will go down in history as the worst U.S. presidency in the history of the world.
Captain Kangaroo | 05.26.06 - 12:09 pm | #

A Linconesc moment???? Hardly. A true awakening and recognition of these five plus years worth of momumental errors on Chimpy's part??? Waaay doubtful.. Karl waking up and smelling the coffee??? Highly probable....
Jack Damage | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:09 pm | #

Eh eh. Ha Ha. Eheheheheh. "I'm not laughing."
Captain Kangaroo | 05.26.06 - 12:10 pm | #

A good "Lincoln-moment" for Bush would be if he was assassinated.
Corpses Made By Bush&Cheney

Sweet!!!

Someone just needs to put a little pressure on both sides of Tweety's head and it will pop like the big puss filled zit that it is.
burningbush | 05.26.06 - 12:10 pm | #

I'll bet that once they switched over to Scarebro, people went back to the Sox game.

Big Papi for President.
d'you

--------------------------------------------------

I never left. Well, I did check the hockey game. I've heard enough lies from these schmucks.

That Blair chose to hitch his wagon to shrub's star and throw away his career in the process is incomprehensible. Any foreign leader who's ever aligned themselves with shrub has gone down in flames with the notable exception of Howard in Australia. The exception that proves the rule.
coop | 05.26.06 - 12:10 pm | #

I can't wait until Karl wakes up and smells the coffee in a prison cell.
Captain Kangaroo | 05.26.06 - 12:11 pm | #

Headline: "Bush Fakes Human Remorse".

How much arm twisting on the part of his advisors was necessary to make Bush admit a mistake? You know things have to be really bad for Bush to admit anything went wrong.

The reason Tweety is getting all emotional is because Bush showed faint indications of humanity. NO ONE would ever expect Bush to do that.

Like this somehow forgives all the soldiers and innocent civilians being killed, the torture, the lies, spying on Americans, corruption. Lincoln is spinning in his grave at this point.
Banjomon | 05.26.06 - 12:12 pm | #

Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.
Convert | 05.26.06 - 12:14 pm | #

"Coming up, could President Bush be any more yummy? A slide show of the President's rugged physique and dreamy eyes. Plus, will Hillary keep eating babies, and will Al Gore be let out of the insane asylum? You're watching Hardball..."
John Clavis | 05.26.06 - 12:15 pm | #

How about an admission of culpability from the people who actually planned and pushed for the war? Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Feith, Perle, Kristol, etc.?

Ah, not necessary -- just put the President on TV to cackle and squint and everybody will just forget that he's a puppet.
John Clavis | 05.26.06 - 12:16 pm | #

Who is the woman?

She looks like Monica Lewinsky without the fat face and the stained dress.
Jay Severin Has a Small Pen1s | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:17 pm | #

Chris Matthews is not a left-winger. He's also not a right-winger. And he isn't psychotic.

What he is, is a clever TV showman who knows how to play on the emotions of his audience like a violin. He's competing with Fox for the freeper audience, so he flatters Bush one minute, then remembers his Democrat roots and goes back to Plamegate to make the liberals feel better.

I swear, folks...if Bush were caught on live TV giving Vladimir Putin the finger, Matthews would tell us not to trust the TV camera. The next night he'd admit Bush did it, then ask a dumb rhetorical question like, "Will this help or hurt our foreign policy? You're watching Hardball."

Those of us who think Matthews is for real should ask ourselves, "How many men do we know in their mid-50s who have naturally blond hair and smile at people while interrupting them in mid-sentence?"
Robert Lockwood Mills | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:19 pm | #

Bush should be on Mt. Rushmoore right next to Lincon, right Chris
Convert | 05.26.06 - 11:06 am |"

Yeah and someone should permanently hang you upside down underneath his nose as his personal booger. What a visual a girl can only dream siiigh
poklet | 05.26.06 - 12:21 pm | #

"Tweety is totally amoral and respects only one thing - ruthless power politics. "

Yes, Tweety is amoral and respects only one thing. He respects money and power. That is all he cares about. He knows that to get money and power in the corporate media he needs to whore for the GOP. I don't think he cares about any national issue. He just wants money and power for himself and whoring for Bush is the way to get it if you work for the corporate media. Tweety works for General Electric, a huge defense contractor and Iraq profiteer. Tweety knows who is buttering his bread.
Nan | 05.26.06 - 12:28 pm | #

A painting of a rice cake does not satisfy hunger poklet.
Convert | 05.26.06 - 12:29 pm | #

I watched until she said this is an extremely unpopular war-WHAT SHE DID NOT SAY WAS THAT THIS FUCKING WAR IS A WAR BASED ON LIES-I WILL SAY IT AGAIN THIS WAR IS A WAR BASED ON LIES AND SHOULD NOT EVER HAVE BEEN ENGAGED-FUCK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE LYING BASTARDS WHO ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THOUSANDS BASED ON THE LIES OF A TINY LITTLE FUCK AND HIS SYCOPHANTIC MINIONS. Now I am going into the bathroom to puke.
Fues Fission | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:31 pm | #

He may be the only honest pundit there is.
jmorris724 | 05.26.06 - 12:53 am | #
Are you fucking kidding me-into the bathroom again
Fues Fission | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 12:33 pm | #

Ironically, those admissions by Bush have been some of my top arguments for the incompetent leadership of Bush that will affect us for decades and not just years. Of course my few Bush-loving friends either defend him or say it is insignificant. However now that Bush finally admits that he has ruined foreign credibility long-term with his extremely poor use of rhetoric and especially with the Abu Grahib fiasco, we are now left a couple questions, one of which is brought up by Olberman.

1) what does this mean that Bush took so long to articulate this regret

2) what actions should have and still need to be taken. For example, the Abu Grahib fiasco may be old news to the US citizens, but it is still a major inhibitor of credibility in the Arab world. Someone high up needs to have the accountability such as Rumsfield or Wolfowitz... like lose their job. If a major corporation had a VP who ruined the company's brand the way Rumsfeld did, they would not be working for that company any longer.

The real admission I am waiting for from Bush is the admission that he has put way too high a value on loyalty over truth and justice (making things right).
Whoosh | 05.26.06 - 12:33 pm | #

Do you think that the two of them may be in line for drinking hemlock soon? No. sorry, they just want two send our children to war and see Iraqi's maimed and killed. Gee, it's great to know that Bush isn't sorry for lying to us about the WMD's. Every Americanm who ever read the Gettysburg Address must be tearing his. her hair out that someone vcould mention Lincoln's name in the same breath as our Decider in Cheat. If this is the media, we have lost free speech.
cleo | 05.26.06 - 12:43 pm | #

Oh, yea you're right... Matthews is trying to get Bush on Mt. Rushmore...

http://www.crooksandliars.com/20...2/ 19.html#a6380
Whoosh | 05.26.06 - 12:46 pm | #

Robert Lockwood Mills,
Chris was born December 17, 1945.
Zman | 05.26.06 - 12:48 pm | #

What are these people ON?

Gee, I'm sorry I opened my fat mouth? That's IT? That's supposed to make everything alright?

Get me a bucket, please. I think I'm going to be sick.
C Quil | 05.26.06 - 12:50 pm | #

Chris,
Just to let you know from the St.Louis Post, two other scoundrels were on the front page of Friday's newspaper. There names were Lay and Skilling. I don't think that Bush was even mentioned. We here in the Midwest know honesty and remorse. Neither were appearing on the television last night in this photo-op. I am sure that the Brits will take George's advice and reaffirm Tony. Maybe, George can go over there to help.
cleo | 05.26.06 - 1:00 pm | #

This is unwatchable. I don't know what these two lackeys are watching or smoking, but I would love to find out. As for Bush, he's pathologically incapable of empathy or remorse. Just read Justin Frank's "Bush On The Couch" and you'll find all you need to know about this sick fucker.
jwf | 05.26.06 - 1:02 pm | #

Bush and Blair have so much bad karma coming their way, you would almost feel sorry for them... If they were anybody else.
People can not do this much detriment to the world, without some kind of universal balancing.
citrus | 05.26.06 - 1:04 pm | #

Yes America, George is an honest, God Loving man who recognizes his mistakes. Maybe not when he's asked several times before when his ratings were at 40% but certainly, when his party is 4 months away from an election and he sits at 29% approval.....you think someone advised him on going this route as a last ditch effort to avoid party humiliation never seen before?
Anyone who buys into his crap should be locked away for stupidity.
Majicman | 05.26.06 - 1:19 pm | #

Don't you just love the toothy wide grin on Noron's face and the gleam in her big eyes while she talks about how wonderful Mr. Bush was? Quick, someone please toss her a bib before she drools all over her blazer.
meme1 | 05.26.06 - 1:26 pm | #

Am I wrong, or is Tweety on the verge of tears at about the point he mentions Abu Garhib, and Noron at the point where she's saying "SO OPEN"..? Jees, this really was a Rudolph Hess kind of moment. Nauseating. Qivering chin and lips for Tweety at that point.
Anonymous | 05.26.06 - 1:38 pm | #

A little bit of Lincoln in Bush’s comments? Matthews must be out of his mind! All Bush apologized for was his poor choice of words, not for his war crimes. Matthews so desperately wants to look up to the office of the presidency that he fails to acknowledge the crimes of the little man occupying that office.
RHL | 05.26.06 - 1:42 pm | #

David Ehrenstein,
Now, what was censored in your post? "fingered" is my guess.
johnnyr | 05.26.06 - 1:49 pm | #

"He (Bush) SHOULD be on Mount Rushmore -- like Martin Landau in the climax of North By NorthWest."
David Ehrenstein | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 11:39 am |
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Don't you mean he SHOULD be off Mount Rushmore -- like Martin Landau..."
ysbaddaden | 05.26.06 - 2:18 pm | #

Convert | 05.26.06 - 11:29 am |

Converty,

Ok.Gotcha. Sorry, dude.
Paul | 05.26.06 - 2:19 pm | #

Why does anyone listen to media whore matthews after his on air lovefest with delay a few weeks ago!?
JaaFar | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 2:29 pm | #

So why does he go on Imus and trash Bush?
Daryl | 05.26.06 - 2:35 pm | #

Maybe George Bush, a former alcoholic, will recall that he can't stay on "Step 1" of the 12 Step Program with these recent admissions, but needs to get to Step 8 and 9:

Step 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

Possibly George W. Bush can be compared to Abraham Lincoln once George Bush reaches Step 12: "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we [try] to practice these principles in all our affairs."
Whoosh

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Be that as it may, as someone who hasn't had a drink in over 23 years, I've got news for ya, I'm still an alcoholic. There ain't no former about it. You're either active or your not, but you ain't no former.

I've never seen any evidence that he considers himself an alcoholic. The only thing I've seen is that he used to drink too much and then he found Jesus. That's a long way from admitting and accepting that you're an alcoholic let alone practicing the 12 Steps of AA.

I remember a Priest telling me once he came to the Church to save his soul but he came to AA to save his ass.

Sums it up nicely.
coop | 05.26.06 - 2:38 pm | #

Actually Matthews probably reports Plamegate, because he feels no one will ever connect it to Bush, and it makes him look unbiased.
ysbaddaden | 05.26.06 - 2:46 pm | #

Chris Matthews is not a left-winger. He's also not a right-winger. And he isn't psychotic.

What he is, is a clever TV showman who knows how to play on the emotions of his audience like a violin.....
Robert Lockwood Mills

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They're not mutually exclusive. He can be psychotic and a modern-day PT Barnum at the same time. It is rather disconcerting to see he shares my father's birthday, though.
coop | 05.26.06 - 2:46 pm | #

Gimme a fookin' break! He reports Plamegate the way Greta and Nancy Grace report Natalee Holloway and they used to report Lacy Peterson stories. It drives ratings! It's got nothing to do with his journalistic integrity. He doesn't have any.
coop | 05.26.06 - 2:53 pm | #

So why does he go on Imus and trash Bush?
Daryl

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To move books or whatever other merchandise they're hawking. That's the only reason anyone does any of these shows for fook sake! Even TDC or Colbert! When was the last time you saw someone do a show that wasn't hawking a book, movie, album, dvd, or TV show? There's plenty of other people who've got stuff to sell! Their agents are calling the shows bookers all the time. Why else would they get out of bed in the morning?
coop | 05.26.06 - 3:01 pm | #

What's wrong w/ Matthews? There are only two ways to understand this moment, and neither makes Bush seem remotely Lincolnlike. One, Bush has determined that admitting Abu Ghraib was a mistake is now in his political interests, but believed it wasn't before. That's the charitable interpretation. Two, he's only now come to see that Abu Ghraib was a mistake, in which case he's dangerously irrational.
lyons | 05.26.06 - 3:01 pm | #

How OLD is Norah the Moron?

She has a BA from Georgetown. LaDeeDa.
Major: PHILOSOPHY

And who is Norah the Moron sleeping with?
FunMe | 05.26.06 - 3:08 pm | #

Seems to me to be a BS.
ysbaddaden | 05.26.06 - 3:13 pm | #

"A little bit of Lincoln in that"?????? Maybe if he had pennies in his pocket. Otherwise .... no.
danfromny | 05.26.06 - 3:17 pm | #

That's right, there's no such thing as a former alcoholic.
mudkitty | 05.26.06 - 3:39 pm | #

Matthews is still trying to salvage the crush he's had on Bush from the beginning and especially since the flight suit thing. It's so pathetic--Matthews creams for bullies and empty suits who he sees as "manly" and "resolute" etc.
amberglow | 05.26.06 - 3:47 pm | #

Well I've said it more than once, Chris Matthews and Tim Russert should be swinging from the lampposts along with the rest of the US Government, tarred and feathered!
POST AMERICAN | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 4:03 pm | #

After a fair trial, where everything is out in the open, of course (although I'm against the death penalty.)
mudkitty | 05.26.06 - 4:19 pm | #

Capt. K;

A prison cell in gitmo if there's any poetic justice to be had in all this............. I'd pay the freight charges myself to ship the both of them over........
Jack Damage | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 4:25 pm | #

"Ray Lincoln, maybe." or Lincoln Hayes from the Mod Squad
paul w. miller | 05.26.06 - 4:25 pm | #

The only thing Matthews and O'Donnell are missing is pom-poms.
Lincoln?!!!??? Is he on crack? Matthews clearly so desperately wants to like Bush. Bush finally at least pretends to act like an adult and a leader by admitting mistakes any and every sane adult recognized at the time three or more years after the fact? Damn, let's put the boy on Mount Rushmore!
Batocchio | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 4:29 pm | #

For all of the people that can't get over Monica and the blue dress, i think we need to chip in and buy Chris Matthews a matching RED dress to go with those presidential-seal embossed knee-pads he's been wearing out ever since Bush pulled off the carrier landing.
The Crapture | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 4:34 pm | #

i agree. but god o'donell is hot- i would love it if she could suck my penis and fuck me all night
Anonymous | 05.26.06 - 5:04 pm | #

Bush apologizing for his errors--according to Twitty, a "great moment". The mistakes that have cost thousands of lives. A great man.

Does anyone take the Twit and the Noron seriously? Disgusting, both of them. Unrepentent media WHORES.
VTsecessionist | 05.26.06 - 6:25 pm | #

I'll bet Tweety was [deleted] Noron during this bit.

From Site Monitor--A little over the top, David.

Well, they were both blowing Bush.
VTsecessionist | 05.26.06 - 6:27 pm | #

chris matthews is one of the most objective people on cable news. jmorris724

jmorris724, I think you mean objectionable. He's an ASS.
VTsecessionist | 05.26.06 - 6:28 pm | #

anyone else realize that Bush in no way apologized for himself, rather he apologized for the people who "misinterpreted" his words
alex | 05.26.06 - 6:36 pm | #

Reflection? A little bit of Lincoln? Someone willing to change? Someone being SO open?

BU-- SH-- !

Hey everyone out there who fell for this idiot leader before, remember his own words.

Fool me once...shame on, shame on you. Butcha foolma can't git fooled again.
Karen | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 6:40 pm | #

personally I think the Galloway principle applies to all of these regime supporters. They are all just as guilty of war crimes as both Bush & Bushblair. Hang em high, I say. How many children's deaths can be attributed to the support Tweety gave Bu$hCo.?
dr.prayer | 05.26.06 - 6:45 pm | #

If the shrub had farted I would have found it prophetic.
ralph | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 6:52 pm | #

oh and, Annoyed Cannuck;
I wouldn't want to insult Teddy that way. Don't you think he'd be better at the nether end of Crazy Horse's monument. Everything he says is road apples, why not be portrayed as one?
ralph | Homepage | 05.26.06 - 7:25 pm | #

You can see the love in Noron's eyes. She obviously has a mad crush on The Decider.
Anonymous | 05.26.06 - 7:32 pm | #

chris matthews is one of the most objective people on cable news. jmorris724

jmorris724, I think you mean objectionable. He's an ASS.
VTsecessionist |

Yeah, that would be true. Greetings from Central VT.
coop | 05.26.06 - 8:32 pm | #

Well, Noron is nice looking, that's true. They don't tend to put homely people on the tube. Particularly, women. If they're less then bimbos or mimbos, they've either been at it since the days of Marconi, they really know their stuff or both.
coop | 05.26.06 - 8:37 pm | #

If Pete Townshend had just let Michael Moore use Won't Get Fooled Again in Faherenheit 9/11, we wouldn't be in this fix. Townshend, of all people, should understand the consequence of Substitute.
coop | 05.26.06 - 8:42 pm | #

Townsend, the Thatcherite?
mudkitty | 05.26.06 - 9:40 pm | #

Wow, it's Friday evening and I finally broke down and watched this clip, and I've never quite felt as nauseated watching Tweety as I did by the time he turned to "Nora". I couldn't finish watching. What crap.
Miro | 05.26.06 - 11:08 pm | #

I watched about two minutes of that video and couldnt take any more!!

Hey, tweety and twat!! I saw NO remorse, I heard NO apology. chimpy mcflightsuit was just sorry for his LANGUAGE; not for the harm he caused in this country and Iraq.

As for ABU GRAIB, (try to pronounce it right the next time, chimpy!!!), HE isnt suffering ANYTHING AT ALL!! Not in comparison to the people who are imprisoned there and certainly not in comparison to the soldiers who have lost their lives in this illegal war of chimpy's!! How dare he!!???

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE, ASSHOLE!! EAT SHIT AND DIE, YOU MORON!!!
Rosanne | 05.27.06 - 2:21 am | #

Seconding that last comment: This was NO apology. The moron used the sneak words and phrases his keepers provided: "I regret...not sophistocated...misinterpreted..." and so on and on. A REAL apology would have gone something like this: "I was wrong. I was responsible and continue to be responsible for the unimaginable suffering of thousands of human beings and, effective immediately, I resign the presidency of the United States." Then we'd have a new president--agh! Forgot who was vp--hey, skip the apology and just forget it.
Mimi | 05.27.06 - 8:41 am | #

There was no apology, much less an apology of substance.
mudkitty | 05.27.06 - 11:33 am | #

norah looks off to the left several times while she is talking as though someone is watching off set.
james | 05.27.06 - 11:54 am | #

bush states the obvious after years.....give him the medal of freedom
max | 05.27.06 - 8:05 pm | #

It is saturday, I am listening to the young turks because I missed the show and they are talking to John Amato. Do they really think this means anything. A very good bad acting job is what it is, and once again the media has shit all over their faces as they do party speak and kiss ass complimenting those who feed them the such tasty morsels. Abu Ghraib, the things that happened there are still happening in countries who have received rendered prisoners. Abe Lincoln my ass-Jesus christ.
fues Fission | Homepage | 05.27.06 - 10:03 pm | #

Holy fuck!! I didn't think it was possible but Chris Matthews reached a new level of douchebaggery with his commentary on Bush's press conference. In which he admitted to the same mistakes he's admitted to before.

First he compares the chimp to FDR, now Lincoln. It's so obvious he a damn crush on chimpy it's pathetic.

Chris put the kneepads away and stop politically fellating the chimp you tool!

You're embarassing yourself.
nonbeliever | 05.28.06 - 4:41 pm | #

Ladies and gentlemen, I give the soft bigotry of low expectations.

"Did you notice the President has two arms and two legs, Norah? That's very much like Jesus. Jesus had two arms and two legs."

"Oh, I know! And he's SOOO OPEN, just SOOOO OPEN!"
Daniel | 05.26.06 - 11:33 am | #

And a PENIS!!!!!

(Allegedly!)

And an ANUS!!!!!

(Allegedly!)

But, sadly, no BRAIN!!!!!

(Proof by induction.)

Or HEART!!!!!

(Only living entities have hearts.)

Pope Bandar bin Turtle | Homepage | 06.08.06 - 7:07 am | #

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