I have never seen Chris Matthews look or speak the way he did tonight. Ever since

[hisownpetard]

that exchange between Petraeus and John Warner, where Petraeus admitted that he doesn't
know if the war is making America safer, he seems to be totally disheartened. All the air
has gone out of him, and he said as much tonight. He said he "will never forget the moment."
It's as if, for the first time, he can see our country going down the tubes.

Not a single Tweety-feather anywhere on him, tonight.

[rusty quoin]

1. Matthews seems to move with the wind.

[Roxy66]

2. Damn...I am missing all of this. Direct T.V. box troubles

[Breeze54]

5. I go to the website, I don't have any cable.

[hisownpetard]

25. He looked positively ashen and was very subdued in demeanor. He didn't even try to hide his disdain

for the speech Bush gave, and at one point made a remark about the '36 countries'
that supposedly were helping us fight in Iraq. "What 36 countries? That's news to me. What a beaut that was!"
he said, or something close to that.

He couldn't get over the fact that Bush referred to Petraeus ad nauseum during his speech,
saying that never again should a military person or a diplomat be put in the position of defending
policy that has been laid down by the president. He was really ticked off by that!

[Cha]

30. I glad somebody in the cmw battillion

was. Especially since betrayus is lying his ass off for fartboy.

Our national media is a vaudeville act that stinks.

[Breeze54]

3. Good!! He sucks!

He's been a monkeybutt cheerleader for a while now.


Who was he interviewing?

[hisownpetard]

28. No one - he and Keith were commenting on the chimp's speech. n/t

[Manifestor_of_Light]

33. He was interviewing Biden.

Biden was the one that made the comment in quotes about the 36 countries.
At least in the KO video that was posted here.

[Blashyrkh]

4. Until he says something...

...that threatens to raise the stupidity level of the universe to a point where it would collapse back on itself, if it knew how (The level of stupidity being so high that the universe is too stupid too follow the basic laws of nature).

I've seen numerous threads of people asking "Has Tweety changed?". And invariably the answer is: no, he has not.

[MadMaddie]

6. Oh it will come back once some beefy Rethuglican Pres hopeful

pops up....

Fuck Tweety he is part of the Propaganda machine that got us in this mess.

[goclark]

26. Right you are MadMaddie

Tweety had just come down from his Meds.

He is and always will be a Bush Kisser.

He can't forget how lovely * looked when he was on that ship and the "Mission was Accomplished."

The only thing that Twetty is upset about is KO, he is trying to figure out how he has tanked so low and KO has hit his ratings with a knock out punch.


:bounce:
That's all this is about.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. Tweety was great tonight, but don't get your hopes too high

that he will remain that way. You never know about that guy. One day he attacks the psycho, the next day he drools and slobbers all over himself when talking about how wonderful he is. Personally, I think he has a split personality.

[rurallib]

9. He's been on a toot al week

New Meds? :shrug:

[hisownpetard]

29. As I said on another thread, I think he's been Botoxed to within an inch of his life.

His forehead never wrinkles, his eyes never change, no matter what emotion
he's expressing. (Maybe his eyes are decals?)

[librechik]

8. I was proud of Chris today

he spoke truth, and showed grave understanding of the real issues.

My husband says he looks years older suddely--it's true.

Color me shocked!

[Stephanie]

11. It's true. He seemed as if he was relieved that he could finally say what he thought.

It made me think the KO ratings win has opened the door for Matthews to speak the truth too.

[PatSeg]

19. Good point

For a long time he had to go along with his bosses. Once he reportedly walked out because they forced him to interview a rightwing nut. Now that the climate has changed at MSNBC, he can be more open about his opposition to this war.

[halobeam]

21. was discussing exactly just that w/ husband tonight.

We thought the same thing. He seemed to have had this bottled up inside for a long time.

[PatSeg]

32. Just because he is a TV personality doesn't

mean he doesn't have to listen to his bosses. I don't condone a lot of things he's done and said, but he doesn't have as much control as people think he does. Things started to change when Abrams took over and when Countdown took off in the ratings.

[Blackhatjack]

10. Tweety sees the disaster in the offing, another Vietnam... it is beyond sad.

[Purveyor]

12. I noticed how he was trying to mimic Olbermann's delivery style on several occasions. eom

[mmonk]

13. I loved when he asked "does bush live in this world

(the fantasyland bush was pushing) or is he just selling it?" or something to that effect.

[PatSeg]

20. Yeah, he surprised me tonight in many ways

and he was VERY serious and concerned.

[rodeodance]

14. He is bi-polar!! But , maybe he has seen the light?

[Just-plain-Kathy]

15. It's September, this is when the MSM pretends to be "Fair and Balanced"...

...this way in late October and early November voters will believe all the trash they spew about democrats.

[BigBearJohn]

16. This week I heard people on his show accuse him of being a democrat (ha!)

[Mika]

17. He was so so. But, did you hear him say..

.. many of the times when he would talk about continuing funding he would refer to it (the funding) as "supporting the troops"?

He is all over the board, tonight most of the darts hit to the left.


-

[grasswire]

18. I wondered what hit him. I wondered if he is sicker.

He looked ten years older and all the piss and vinegar was gone tonight. I thought he might be unwell. I thought perhaps Keith's ratings scared him into taking things more seriously.

Something was up with him.

[PatSeg]

22. Its the war, I think

He tends to get very serious and outspoken when it comes up lately.

[hisownpetard]

27. I agree. He looked like he belonged in Mme. Tussaud's Wax Museum. n/t

[rocktivity]

23. Tweety is as at crossroads in more ways than one

Keith has said that Dick Cheney defining those who opposed Bush as Nazi appeasers is what set him off. Perhaps Chris has had a similar moment of truth. On the other hand, maybe he's just worried about following Joe Scarborough onto a graveyard shift if he doesn't get his ratings up.

:headbang:
rocknation

[EFerrari]

24. Yeah, he saw his rightwing contract going down the drain.

Our country? You must mean your country and his income.

[TacticalPeek]

31. He was practically the only MSM pundit to flatly oppose the Eyerack war before it started.

And he has consistently opposed it since.

San Francisco Chronicle
Hail and farewell

Chris Matthews

Sunday, September 1, 2002

. . . But this is my last column. The wisdom of middle age has taught me I can't have -- or do -- it all.

I remember Sen. Ed Muskie the night he won his last election back in 1976. He'd had some vodka, which I sensed he'd drunk fast -- like a Russian against the winter. He said:

"The only reason to be in politics is to be out there all alone and then be proven right."

That goes for good columnists, too.

So I'll say it: I hate this war that's coming in Iraq. I don't think we'll be proud of it. Oppose this war because it will create a millennium of hatred and the suicidal terrorism that comes with it. You talk about Bush trying to avenge his father. What about the tens of millions of Arab sons who will want to finish a fight we start next spring in Baghdad?

Well, that's it for now. You know where I stand.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/01/IN133269.DTL

I believe Molly Ivins may be the only other pundit out in front, cards on the table - but I can't find an exact column.