Tweety Just Called Me A "Low-Hanging Fruit"

[kpete]

Matthews says Obama's running mate should be "someone who's palpably patriotic," calls women voters "low-hanging fruit"

Summary: MSNBC's Chris Matthews said that Sen. Barack Obama should pick as his running mate "someone who's palpably patriotic, who sort of exudes it." Also, referring to Sen. John McCain's 6-percentage-point advantage over Obama among suburban white women in a recent poll, Matthews asserted, "women are low-hanging fruit, though, in the terms of politics. You can reach up and say, 'I'm pro-choice, he's not.' "

http://mediamatters.org/items/200806120003?f=h_latest

[geardaddy]

He's the fruit

low-hanging or not.

[AndyA]

5. Something tells me Tweety is not low-hanging.

Fruit or otherwise, if you know what I mean... ;)

[Echo In Light]

7. LOL

[27inCali]

27. Political Analysis w/ Archie Bunker

dude is a DINO

[myrna minx]

1. UGH. I can't stand Tweety and his "notions".

:puke:

[Cleita]

2. He uses that metaphor a lot. Maybe it's time to call him on it. n/t

[City Lights]

3. Chris Matthews is rotten to the core.

Go cheney yourself, Chris.

[Supersedeas]

37. and Katie Couric was spot-on about that.

[lpbk2713]

4. "How to Win Friends and Influence People"

I honestly didn't think Tweety was that stupid.

Now I know better.

[la la]

6. tweety also admitted

yesterday that he was a *fool*-

no link, but it was in the conversations he had with 3 great women on looking their age.

[rucky]

8. What's low-hanging about women, anyways?

DONT ANSWER THAT

[frickaline]

9. he never ceases to amaze me.

what a fool.

[Missy Vixen]

10. Nice that Chris Matthews thinks so much of women

I wonder what his wife has to say about that. Maybe she doesn't care as long as the checks keep clearing.

If he lived at my house -- what am I saying? I would have left his ass a long time ago.

Julie
edited for inartful use of the English language...

[oldtime dfl_er]

11. His fruit is rotten

from the inside out, and I bet it doesn't hang that far, either. He's a trog.

[Captain Hilts]

12. Why, WHY do people watch that crap? nt

[BonnieJW]

13. US women voters head to Obama after Clinton departure: poll

De facto Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has rapidly picked up support from women voters in the wake of Hillary Clinton's withdrawal from the campaign, according to a Gallup poll out on Wednesday.

Between the eve of the final primaries on June 3 and Monday, Obama's support among all women in polling matchups with Republican rival John McCain has jumped to give him a 13-point margin in this voter group.

According to Gallup, in its surveys covering June 5-9, Obama was supported by 51 percent of women voters compared to 38 percent for McCain.

A week earlier, Obama topped McCain with just a 48-43 percent spread.

Gallup pointed out that Obama's support among women voters is now close to the steady 52 percent level Clinton had in earlier theoretical matchups with McCain, whom she led in this group by 12 points.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_women_voters_head_to_Obama_after_06112008.html

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Guess Tweety didn't read yesterday's NBC/WSJ poll. "White Women (46-39)"

That's Obama's lead with women. Among the other categories: Hispanics (62-28), Clinton Primary Voters (61-19), Blue-collar workers (47-42), Catholics (47-40), Independents (41-36), African Americans (83-7 percent), and Women (52-33).

http://hisaurawasorange.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-abcwall-street-journal-polls-and.html

[w13rd0]

15. Ok, there are so many things wrong with that statement...

...but let's pick just a couple.

1) Matthews acts as if Pro-Choice/Pro-Life is the ONLY issue for women. Granted, for some, it is a landmark for where that candidate falls on womens issues since enforced pregnancy is a pretty women-unfriendly notion.

2) suburban white women. don't you just LOVE the easily digestable demographic chunks? I understand the notion, in terms of marketing, where statistical clear majorities exist, exploit them for maximum impact. But this negates and ignores two things:
a) while people want to "fit in" and not be considered "fringe", they ALSO want to be considered as individuals. For those persons that are in a demographic, but don't fit the statistical norm in behavior and beliefs, society gives them a cheap choice, either suffer exclusion from consideration because you don't fit another pidgeon hole, or find another pidgeon hole that will accept you.
b) notably, at least for me, those "groupings" as defined by the media and right wing, far too often break down into lines that they then use to divide us. "Suburban white women" should view the "Rural white woman", the "suburban black woman" and the "suburban white female lesbian" as the "other". Its a feedback loop that's used to divide us into groups they can sell their shit to.

I object.

Low-hanging fruit. And what is the fruit that hangs lowest of them all?

Old white men bloviating on the teevee. You don't even have to pick them, they are so overripe they just fall off at the slightest change of wind.

[JerseygirlCT]

16. He's such an ass on anything to do with women

Just a neanderthal.

OTOH, I think it's CRITICAL that we educate people about McCain's horrid record on women's issues - including choice. Too many who still think he's Mr. Moderate Maverick don't know that he has a 0% rating from PP on women's health issues, for instance.

Tweety's just got foot in mouth disease and a very, very outdated view of women that he needs to work harder to struggle against.

[Stewie]

17. Oh, for God's sake

The term "low hanging fruit" simply refers to the more easily attainable parts of a larger group. All it means is that, as a group, suburban white women are more inclined to vote for Obama than other groups. Is that not true?

To make this whole thing even sillier, imagine if Matthews had said the opposite, that Obama can't win suburban white women. The same people getting in a huff about this would also be upset about that.

I'm really getting sick of the out-of-control phenomenon in this country where attention-starved people intentionally overreact to meaningless statements. In a culture where being outraged makes you empowered, this country is becoming one big competition to see who can make the biggest stretch to throw the biggest temper tantrum.

And considering the garbage the right wing is throwing at Obama, it makes perfect sense to pick a VP nominee who's hokily patriotic.

It's becoming all too apparent that too many people didn't get enough attention as children.

[wryter2000]

24. What he said was

McCain had an advantage among suburban white women, not Obama.

[Carnea]

25. Hear Hear Well said Hurrump

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Kolesar]

38. Internet users don't invest a lot in their writing

...generally speaking.

"If you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down" --Gin Blossoms

[dorkulon]

18. I don't understand. Is this supposed to be sexist or something?

"Low-hanging fruit" is just a metaphor for something that's easy to get with little effort. All Matthews is saying here is that women's votes will be a relatively easy get for Obama once McCain's positions on abortion and other issues become better-known. I understand Matthews is kind of an idiot, but there's nothing offensive here unless you're really trying hard to find it.

[wryter2000]

26. Suggesting that women will fall for anyone based on one issue

Is insulting. The way he put it made women sound like brainless idiots. That's the sexism.

[dorkulon]

33. I don't think it's brainless to have standards

I'm pro-choice, so I'm not about to vote a pro-lifer into the White House if I have a better alternative. There's nothing idiotic about that. There are plenty of male single-issue voters anyhow. You may think Matthews analysis is inaccurate, but it seems like a stretch to call this sexism.

[wryter2000]

47. He's talking about us as if we're dumb

All you have to do is say "I support abortion" and women fall into your hands.

[eppur_se_muova]

19. Shouldn't this be in GLBT? Oh, wait, never mind ... nt

[OneBlueSky]

30. yeah . . . what's with all the gay references? . . . low hanging fruit, indeed . . . n/t

.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. I'm a fruit? COOL, what variety?

Personally banana fits me!

:-)

But bananas don't really hang

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

21. The language tells more about Matthews than about me

But why in the world would suburban white women favor McCain? That doesn't make sense, unless the suburbs polled were carefully selected.

[spanone]

22. sounds like he's inferring that obama is not patriotic...i expect matthews to join in when the media

comes crushing down on obama....and they will imo

[wryter2000]

23. Not only sexist but blatantly stupid

If women are so easy, Obama ought to own us, according to Tweety's logic. Of course, "logic" and "Tweety" don't really belong together in a sentence. :crazy:

[Mountainman]

28. The two demographics where McSame is ahead are white men and suburban women

and nationally he leads Mc Same by around 10 points. So what do they talk about all night? Suburban women and White men. Obama can win without suburban women and white men, but the women don't understand McSame's ideas on abortion yet.

[varelse]

29. He's wrong - most women are not "single issue" voters

also, some women are "pro life" voters.

[hyphenate]

31. Well, let me tell ya

Matthews is a fruit. Period. So are many of the wrong-wing are, while we're mentioning it. O'Reilly is a fruitcake, though.

Um....there IS the one thing, though--they might all be fruits, but they're all overripe and rotten to the core, too.

[Beacool]

32. He must have been referring to his balls.

Oh, I forgot, he doesn't have any......

Misogynist pig, I wish I had him in front of me to kick him in his itty bitty manhood.

ASSHOLE!!!!!

[dorkulon]

34. The irony here is pretty pronounced.

Calling him a misogynist and belittling his genitals in the same sentence. Unconscious hypocrisy FTW!!

[Beacool]

35. That disgusting pig and his tingling leg doesn't deserve any consideration

after the sexist crap he's been spewing against Hillary for months. I find the guy utterly disgusting and will change the channel if he appears on my screen. Then again, I stopped watching MSNBC a while ago.

[hokies4ever]

36. You seem as sweet as low-hanging fruit

:hug:

*I was going to say tasty to be funny, but am not ready to have my pizza delivered just quite yet* :rofl:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

39. I loathe him

[Raven]

40. I always knew you were a fruit...how you hang is your business! :-)

[otherlander]

41. Oh, you're a female voter?

For some reason I thought you were a guy. Named Pete. :dunce:

[hootinholler]

42. Hey! He just wants to palpate your patriotism!

Otherwise, it sounds like he's insulting breasts.

-Hoot

[ElsewheresDaughter]

43. hey Tweety kiss this.....

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

44. Note to self: It's Tweety.

Ahhh.

[TexasObserver]

45. The term simply means "easily within his reach."

Tweety says some dumb things, but this isn't one of them. He's making the case that Obama can easily reach female voters who care about abortion and other key issues. For Obama, such voters are low hanging fruit, easily within his reach.

[Stinky The Clown]

46. Matthews is a low hanging nut

That can be taken any way one wishes to take it.

[JamesA1102]

48. No offence but that is a common term used in advertising

and marketing. It means a demographic segement that is the easiest to sell your product.

[Gore1FL]

49. A comparison

Fruit

good tasting
fun to pick
some peeling
come from trees
gets squishy with age

Women

good tasting
fun to pick up
some apealing
Ex-wife out of tree
gets squishy with age

[Jazzgirl]

50. And we care what Tweety thinks because??? n/t