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Tweety saying that Trump can still win because of battle ground polls. (Original Post) upaloopa Oct 2016 OP
Still need that horse race, don't they? louis-t Oct 2016 #1
He says the FOX poll is a good pool. upaloopa Oct 2016 #5
Fox polls generally are accurate. But this one sounds like an outlier emulatorloo Oct 2016 #8
They're all doing that. woolldog Oct 2016 #17
Turn him off. tallahasseedem Oct 2016 #2
Just turned him off. He is getting a hard on over the leaked emails criticizing Hillary. upaloopa Oct 2016 #14
If I were Hillary, I would give serious thought to telling all my surrogates adigal Oct 2016 #25
I agree 100 % upaloopa Oct 2016 #40
No question, Tweety poses as a Democrat... his mask slips all the time. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2016 #15
CNN also told Trump how to beat Hillary today. lapucelle Oct 2016 #3
I stopped watching CNN many years ago... don't know how you do it. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2016 #16
The only time I remember Tweety not doing that was in 2008 meadowlark5 Oct 2016 #4
Tweety is a sucker for the new flavor of the year. BlueProgressive Oct 2016 #22
I agree meadowlark5 Oct 2016 #33
I'm sure Trump will take his advice. Cattledog Oct 2016 #6
Tweety always tell Trump to campaign on "no more stupid wars" redstateblues Oct 2016 #7
Tweety has a point... Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #31
A candidate who knows he's going to lose..... VMA131Marine Oct 2016 #9
I hate cable news. They are bad. Dawson Leery Oct 2016 #10
"I do well predicting elections. I pick them late." Awsi Dooger Oct 2016 #11
Amazing skill dalton99 Oct 2016 #23
mathews is a tool..... getagrip_already Oct 2016 #12
Why would I give sqwat from the guy who voted for George W Bush. Far as I am still_one Oct 2016 #13
When I was in the States last week, I TRIED to listen to his show a couple of times DFW Oct 2016 #18
All I see is a damned FOOL! Blue Owl Oct 2016 #19
I think we need to remind him just how biased he is on November 9th Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #20
Okay, I have to ask - who in the heck is Tweety? CajunBlazer Oct 2016 #21
Some idiot dalton99 Oct 2016 #24
Does the idiot have a real name? CajunBlazer Oct 2016 #26
chris matthews BlueStateLib Oct 2016 #27
Chris Matthews dalton99 Oct 2016 #28
That's so funny you don't know who Tweety is.. Cha Oct 2016 #34
In this case I am proud of my ignorance Cha CajunBlazer Oct 2016 #37
Oh yeah, it's a good thing! I wouldn't have Cha Oct 2016 #38
I don't know why he is called that anymore. duffyduff Oct 2016 #36
So what? PJMcK Oct 2016 #29
Would love to see an actual transcript of his typical "conversation" BSdetect Oct 2016 #30
Trump has only one chance of winning. He has to quit talking until the election, and tweeting. Coyotl Oct 2016 #32
Yeah, that would up him from 0% to 1% but Cha Oct 2016 #35
Trump can still win democrattotheend Oct 2016 #39
Im also worried jzodda Oct 2016 #42
TWEETY! I was just looking for a thread from last night about him... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #43

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
5. He says the FOX poll is a good pool.
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:12 PM
Oct 2016

3 polls in double digits one in single digits and he picks the single digit one. He's shown 2 Trump interviews so far.

 

woolldog

(8,791 posts)
17. They're all doing that.
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:34 PM
Oct 2016

On CNN they announced the Fox poll as if it's the only poll that's come out recently. Then they announed matter of factly that Trump was +2 in Florida now, citing the Selzer poll, as if it's the only FL poll out there.

tallahasseedem

(6,716 posts)
2. Turn him off.
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:09 PM
Oct 2016

I always used to get suckered into watching that show until I realized that he does this to the Democrat before every Presidential election. Someone wrote just yesterday that he is a closet Republican...I agree completely!

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
14. Just turned him off. He is getting a hard on over the leaked emails criticizing Hillary.
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:27 PM
Oct 2016

Going to take the my dogs to the dog park.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
25. If I were Hillary, I would give serious thought to telling all my surrogates
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 09:37 AM
Oct 2016

to refuse to address Wikileaks. I would say, "I'm not going to address emails stolen by a foreign foe - there is no evidence that they haven't been tampered with. Have you been able to verify them?" to whomever is asking the question.

End of discussion. Let them blah, blah, blah all they want - no one who is voting for Hillary cares what Podesta and others said in private emails.

And isn't this like regular mail? Why are the media sharing them?

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
4. The only time I remember Tweety not doing that was in 2008
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:11 PM
Oct 2016

When he was totally in love with Obama. He literally slobbered when he talked about Obama.

Not the second time around though. The bromance was over and then he would do the same thing maybe even worse to try and make Obama look like he was going to lose to Romney in 2012. He kind of took a shine to Mittens if I recall.

 

BlueProgressive

(229 posts)
22. Tweety is a sucker for the new flavor of the year.
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 09:32 AM
Oct 2016

If Trump were any less obnoxious, Tweety would probably get a thrill up his leg.

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)
33. I agree
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 10:45 AM
Oct 2016

If Trump wasn't so vulgar, Tweety would have found his charisma and ability to work the media and camera titillating.

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
7. Tweety always tell Trump to campaign on "no more stupid wars"
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:13 PM
Oct 2016

as if Trump was not if favor of Iraq. Makes me crazy.

Wounded Bear

(58,698 posts)
31. Tweety has a point...
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 10:11 AM
Oct 2016

if Trump had stuck to his original lies about ending wars and blocking trade and immigration, he would probably be more competitive, and the media would have a better horse race. Trump, of course, has no message discipline, so it's a bit of a moot point.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
10. I hate cable news. They are bad.
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:16 PM
Oct 2016

Fox are just the more honest propagandists. They don't hide their bias anymore.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
11. "I do well predicting elections. I pick them late."
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:16 PM
Oct 2016

Chris Matthews actually bragged about that years ago. It's nearly an exact quote, although I don't remember the year.

He waits until the result is all but cemented in the final days. Then he'll be bold.

getagrip_already

(14,825 posts)
12. mathews is a tool.....
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:17 PM
Oct 2016

He thinks he is the smartest person on the planet, and is more impressed by his resume than his logic.

He deserves a few years on the bench. Let him be one of the panel guests, but he has passed expiration of being a host.

still_one

(92,372 posts)
13. Why would I give sqwat from the guy who voted for George W Bush. Far as I am
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:21 PM
Oct 2016

concerned, MSNBS is the same garbage as the rest of the MSM

Whatever they are paying Tweety, it is too much

DFW

(54,436 posts)
18. When I was in the States last week, I TRIED to listen to his show a couple of times
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:35 PM
Oct 2016

But he's like a Fox Noise host, always shouting over his guests and cutting them off. Plus--I went to college in Philadelphia. I CAN'T STAND that accent, even now, 40 years later!. "Hardbawl."

Blue Idaho

(5,057 posts)
20. I think we need to remind him just how biased he is on November 9th
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 10:42 PM
Oct 2016

As long as he is going to pretend that he is journalist, we need to point out that what he is doing on air is journalistic malpractice. He should be retired and put out to pasture asap.

CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
21. Okay, I have to ask - who in the heck is Tweety?
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 09:25 AM
Oct 2016

Obviously someone on MSNBC that I don't watch, but who?

Cha

(297,564 posts)
34. That's so funny you don't know who Tweety is..
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 10:56 AM
Oct 2016
Sorry, it just struck me funny.. you know how that is?

Cajun

CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
37. In this case I am proud of my ignorance Cha
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 11:51 AM
Oct 2016
Hi Cha

I have always refused to watch networks which have a reputation of running news through an ideological filter before dispensing it to the public. That means I never watch FOX News or MSNBC, though I understand that MSNBC, which is losing money, is trying to become more "fair and balanced"

I don't think that it is very bright for a network to try to become more "balanced" by adding right wing hosts to counter the left wing hosts they already have. That simply means that they are going to piss off at least half of their audience all of the time.

I like my news straight and then I can decide if I want to put a political spin on it myself. I don't need anyone to pre-chew my news and regurgitate it for me like a mother bird feeding her chicks.

Cha

(297,564 posts)
38. Oh yeah, it's a good thing! I wouldn't have
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 12:04 PM
Oct 2016

known except I saw it on DU years ago.

Yeah, I liked my news like Walter Cronkite gave it to us.. that's one reason I cut off all corporate manufactured news from my life in 2002.. I couldn't stand what the US media had become. And I had only started watching it in 2000 with the election. Before that I was traveling around and not paying any attention to tv.

I like my news straight and then I can decide if I want to put a political spin on it myself. I don't need anyone to pre-chew my news and regurgitate it for me like a mother bird feeding her chicks.

Apt analogy!
 

duffyduff

(3,251 posts)
36. I don't know why he is called that anymore.
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 11:00 AM
Oct 2016

His hair now is white, not blond, so any resemblance to him and the Warner Brothers cartoon character is silly.

Can you imagine what it would be like to be married to him?

Frankly, I would rather not think about it.

PJMcK

(22,047 posts)
29. So what?
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 09:51 AM
Oct 2016

Does Chris Matthews really have any power over the election? The viewership of MSNBC is a very small sliver of the electorate and it seems realistic that the vast majority of that audience leans Democratic. They're not going to change their minds because of a talking head on cable news.

More significantly, Mr. Mathews advice to Donald Trump will never be followed. As with the rest of his campaign, Mr. Trump knows how to win better than everyone else and he doesn't need advice from anyone.

The scientific polls tell us all we need to know. They are consistent, thorough and detailed. If Democrats get out the votes, we'll wake up on November 9th with lots of great news.

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)
30. Would love to see an actual transcript of his typical "conversation"
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 09:59 AM
Oct 2016

How much time he consumes vs guests?

How many times he interrupts them, cuts them off, talks over them?

How often does he include his answer in his question?

Worst host on msnbc - or equal to Morning Joke.





 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
32. Trump has only one chance of winning. He has to quit talking until the election, and tweeting.
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 10:20 AM
Oct 2016
And then he might have a 1% chance.

October 27, 2016, 08:01 am
Trump: Most of the people I insulted on Twitter deserved it

Cha

(297,564 posts)
35. Yeah, that would up him from 0% to 1% but
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 10:59 AM
Oct 2016

it ain't gonna happen.

Let drumpf be drumpf, twee-ty.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
39. Trump can still win
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 12:22 PM
Oct 2016

Only a fraction of the country has voted already. Trump can still win until the polls close.

I am not sure why so many Democrats are eager to declare victory now. We risk suppressing our own vote too.

jzodda

(2,124 posts)
42. Im also worried
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 02:28 PM
Oct 2016

So much of media has her winning big and I hope so but I'm afraid of voter complacency. We need everybody to turn out and vote

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,856 posts)
43. TWEETY! I was just looking for a thread from last night about him...
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 04:05 PM
Oct 2016

... but I couldn't find it.

It was filled with complaints about Tweety constantly interrupting Michael Moore.

This video pretty much tells me that he dislikes Moore's "negativity" about the USA. He doesn't like Phil Donahue either. Listen to him bring up Michael Moore at around the 1:20 mark of the interview with Donahue.



He also compared Osama Bin Laden to Moore in the past!
https://thinkprogress.org/matthews-people-misunderstood-what-i-said-last-night-d0a9ab95cf1f#.86omuv4fm

Meanwhile, Tweety has acted like he's "in love" with wretches like Kellyanne Conway in the past, rarely interrupting her. Why? He probably thinks she sounds "upbeat" and "pleasant" or something.

He might as well work at FOX if he's going to keep talking over guests!!
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