I know Chris Matthews is from Philadelphia, but please don’t hold it against us. We do not like him. What’s your favorite Chris Matthews story?
I’m out of pandas, so have a funny video:
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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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My favorite story hasn’t happened yet — he still has a job.
I like this piece from January 2006.
But this takes the cake, from May 2003.
and I know it’ll never happen, that someone will show that entire evening of coverage again. All the coming-in-their-pants breathlessness of the reporters, male and female. Not just clips. The whole fucking extravaganza.
Nobody has the balls to do it.
Chris Mathews absolutely drives me nuts. But I can’t help but watch his damn show to see what outrageous things he’ll say and see who might smack him back for his stupidity or short-sightedness.
I know it’s unhealthy to watch the damn show, but I can’t help myself. What to do?
start drinking heavily.
You’re front-paged over @ Clemons place.
tequila is the recommended anesthetic.
lTMF’sA
I can’t wait to get my memorial 100 Gallon Commemrative George Bush Doubloon!
(That video was hilarious)
as the dollar is further devalued we may be issued cheney money in $500,000 notes. The economic debacle ahead will weigh heavy on who wins the White House.
This election will be positioned as “It’s the economy” stupid redux 2 and not Iraq war as stagflation rears its ugly head. McCain will be perceived weak candidate on the economic policy.
The choice; back to the Clintons who will be perceived as having worked economic magic in the 90s, or as Gary Hart writes
Michael Bloomberg must be thinking the same as Hart. Ignore his denials. He has prepped on foreign policy, now this:
AP NY Mayor Bloomberg weighs 2008 run
With both Dems and GOP divided, and, given the mood of the electorate, a Bloomberg-Hagel Unity’08 ticket may just take the White House.
If Dems have any sense, they will take this possibility into account when choosing their nominee.
Or is this just a Bloomberg attempt to influence the nominations? The plot thickens.
Also, it’s hard not to think that Ron Paul will decide to take his big bucks and make an independent run after he loses the GOP nomination.
Imagine the pundits and pollsters trying to steer the ship of state in the midst of a 4-way race! This could get delicious.
But if Ron Paul can’t win his own party, he’s not going to win running independently. I don’t think he’d do that. He’s not getting many Dem votes.
The speculation of a Bloomberg run has been in the media all 2007. Given his micro polling in all 50 states, I’d say the guy is serious. There’s talk of a Bloomberg-Hagel ticket..that Bloomberg has been keeping in touch with Hagel, getting to know each other.
Look at the current field of candidates in both parties. Bloomberg has said he does not think much of the candidates.
Do they have the credentials for a financial disaster?
Clinton will say yes. But critics will show they were part of the catalyst for this crisis, – not just Bush, – they (the Clintons) presided over the new hairy fairy economy that led to the dot.com bubble and bust so Alan Greenspan had to print money that led to the housing bubble.
The economy IS in recession with companies and banks facing insolvency. 2008 is setting up to be very very bleak. Smart money knows this. There’s shitpile out there. Trillions of debt, out of control. And not just the sub-prime mortgages. Foreclosures have hit the high-end ‘burbs.
The Dems
Clinton: in poll after poll, more than half the country responded they will never vote for her. Even loyal dems. Moi included. If she’s the nominee, Dems loose and not just the White House.
Obama the dire economic picture will reinforce the inexperience argument.
Fratricide is ahead for these two. Dems will be left bloodied and divided. The party counts on the afro-American vote.
The GOPs
McCain – age factor and he’s the guy who tells us it’ll be OK if we remain in Iraq for 10,000 years. Iraq will be off the stove as the recession and financial debacle unfolds.
Huckabee – doubtful at this point he’ll take the nomination.
Romney, Guilliani, their stars are falling.
Ron Paul, the darling of libertarians does not have the funding to mount an independent national campaign. In fact he has ruled it out.
Given the current economics unfolding, Bloomberg-Hagel could be perceived as the right ticket.
…polling and conducting a highly sophisticated voter analysis…
Is that an analysis of highly sophisticated voters (like us) or a sophisticated analysis of voters?
The good Sisters of St. Joseph would never have stood for such a thing when I was in grade school! Where’s a yardstick when you need it?!?
Hi KP, good to see you. Be well. Happy New Year.
who knows. micro and macro are the new matrix.
That absolutely made my day! Great!
And while we may laugh at it, in fact that’s exactly the kind of political usage the Roman Empire made of their coinage, in an era when that was about the only form of mass media available to cover everyplace from the border of Scotland to Iraq.
As the empire declined, a particularly popular motto on the “tails” side of each new emperor’s coins was Felix Tempus Reparatio, which translates as “Lucky times are restored,” or, as we Democrats prefer, “Happy Days Are Here Again!” It’s abbreviated on the back of this coin currently on eBay (no, I have no connection to the seller). The abbreviated legend on the “heads” side is “Our Noble Caesar Flavius Constantius” (One of Constantine’s kin). Sounds like something from the USSR, LOL.
There are several more illustrated here, featuring brave Roman emperors spearing captives from horseback and on foot. There’s even a precursor of “the flight deck moment” in a commemoration that shows the emperor Constantinus II (another of Constantine’s kin) standing in a Roman galley piloted by the goddess Victory.
The plot never changes, just the stage sets and the special effects…
When I was writing for Probe Magazine, we had a little news items feature at the back, and Matthews was often prominently–and negative–featured within. I should dig some of those up.
New Mexico is getting a full-time Governor again:
BREAKING NEWS: Someone has kidnapped the West thread.
this vid is hilarious
and sooooooo informative. lol
i downloaded it, converted it, and am sending it around to a number of friends. i’m tempted to post it at youtube.
thanks BooMan!
Oh, c’mon, coins are so 20th century.
Bush needs to have his mug put on paper money. I suggest that rather than replacing one of the existing notes, a some new denominations are needed:
The $1Trillion “Rumsfeld” bill, used to fund wars of choice with fraudulent justification. Limited edition! (I hope)
The $0 “Dubya” bill, used to fund social programs under GOP administrations. With George Dubya’s gaping mug on the front, and a Katrina landscape on the back, every Dubya has the same serial number: “IQ 00000000”, because who the hell would try and counterfeit them anyway?
Then there’s also the $3 “Larry Craig”, and the special “Vitter” bill, that doesn’t have a fixed denomination but can always be redeemed for a mega-pack of Pampers.