Major Props To Chris Matthews....

[DemocratSinceBirth]

He demolished John O'Neil...


Chris Matthews set the standard for how to deal with the Swift Boat Veterans for Bush goons....

No DNC operative could have done a better job...


I have seen alot of great attorneys but Chris Matthews's questioning of John O'Neil was masterful....

[NMDemDist2]

1. he did get after him, but sure didn't give fair time to the VV4Kerry dude

IMHO

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. The Vet For Kerry Is An Average Guy Not A Skilled Debater

Chris Matthews was excellent....

[ibegurpard]

4. Yup, it's all about Tweety.

Relying on someone like him to give you a fair treatment is playing Russian Roulette. We need better spokespeople, ones who know how to handle goons like Tweety and O'Reilly.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. Say What You Want Tweety Is A Skilled Debater....

He's the type of guy who could argue both sides of the same issue and win...


I respect that rhetorical skill...

[elperromagico]

5. Matthews was clearly against O'Neill.

But I agree that Hurley deserved more time.

[Kal Belgarion]

9. He didn't need to

Maybe it was a little unfair to not give the Vets for Kerry fellow equal time, but Matthews was busy attacking O'neil, telling him that he was calling the Navy a bunch of liars.

[Bush was AWOL]

19. I think Matthews was angry and wanted to handle it himself

Anyway, he tore him apart and I plan on watching it again later because I enjoyed every second of it.

[ezee]

29. Me Too, it was great and worth a repeat!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

2. Tweety did his job for once? Hang on a minute.

(looks out of the window, skyward)
Hmm. I see no airborne pork. Most interesting.

[chuckhoward]

6. Tweety had O'Neill's lunch

I'm sure right now Mr. Swift Boat Liar is mumbling to himself, "why did I agree to go on that show..."

[ibegurpard]

12. He agreed to go on that show

because up until this point, the pundits have been pretty much letting these sleazeballs skate by. He probably assumed he'd get the kid gloves treatment again.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I Have Criticized Tweety In The Past

but he let it all hang out tonight...


Don't think the Pukes missed his major league put down of AWOL....

[Screaming Lord Byron]

14. Then maybe there's a change in the weather.

This is most enheartining news.

[Booster]

8. And I love the fact that he brought up that "old

conservative trick" of talking for 20 minutes and saying nothing. When Chris is on, there's no one better at intimidating an asshole.

[jimshoes]

7. O'Neil kept trying to slime Kerry

Matthews would have none of it. It was good.

[Bush was AWOL]

10. He upsets me all the time

but it was important that he expose O'Neil tonight and he did so in a very skillful manner. I'm hitting him with an email saying thanks.

[MoonRiver]

11. I'm in awe of Matthews right now. I have rarely heard such a fabulous

and fair confrontation of Repuke lies, by a mainstream media pundit, in my lifetime. I think he should have given the Kerry guy some time, but he was on a roll, and clearly could not stop himself.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. He Did A Much Better Job Than Carville.....

NT

[MoonRiver]

17. Definitely. Carville just refused to play.

That is not a smart tactic.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. I Hope He Has Him On Again

NT

[MnFats]

16. missed it, can you give a sample? some quotes?

is there a transcript online anywhere?
this, I gotta see.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. It Was Awesome....

I'll let someone else elaborate....

[gcomeau]

24. Transcript not up yet, but...

It'll be found here when they get around to posting it:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3719710/

-Grant

[kodi]

20. tweety earned his pay as a journalist tonight. he ate oneill's lunch

its my hope is that tweety has gotten so disgusted with the smears of the right wing busheviks that he will question their spin more than in the past.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. jinx(nt)

see my almost simulataneous post...


i didn't see yours...


check the time...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. Maybe This Will Be "On The Road To Damascus" Moment For Chris Matthews...

Now that he is seen the evil that lurks in the hearts of the Republicans....


They have black hearts...

[EST]

23. Yeh,

maybe I'll have to send tweety an apology for all the "you suck" mails I've been sending. Hmmm... maybe go back to calling him Chris...

[kodi]

33. ala Joseph Welch "At long last, have you left no sense of deceny sir?"

"Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"

it was that bitchslap on joe mccarthy that turned the tide.

[AmerDem]

25. I have to give Tweety credit!

As much as I dislike the bastard. He did a great job!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. Whatever He Did To Us In The Past And Will Do To Us In The Future

the job he did for us tonight was huge...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. That O'Neil Clown Was Lulled Into A False Sense Of Security

cuz Matthews had the topic on a couple of days ago and was low key......

[olddem43]

30. Tweety kicked O'Neill's ass profusely.

Great Job Matthews! He has to be on our side now.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. He's Really A Skilled Debater And Questionner...

He'd have made a great trial attorney....

[s8hanse1]

32. I gotta say

There are a lot of people around this forum that dis Matthews, and he just destroyed the "Unfit for Command" co-author. I have never seen a public embarrassment like that. I suggest every democrat view that interview. Matthews did it the way Kerry and Edwards should have.

[alarcojon]

34. On again at 11 eastern

I'm there!

[leftistagitator]

35. Mathews is always suprising me...

One day he'll call Gore a pathological liar, the next he'll slam Bush*. He opposed the Iraq War, and gushed over Bush's mission accomplished photo op, calling bush* our "Warrior King". Now he's slamming John Oneil for what is clearly a beyond the pale, insultingly dishonest smear campaign ochrestrated by the bush* team. I think he's a social chameleon, when he's with his conservative friends he spouts out right wing garbage, when he's with liberals or conservatives he doesn't like he's fairly objective. The best example of this is Maher's interview with him a few weeks back. He was his usual annoying self when Nooner, Bankly, and Miller were on, but when Maher came on he turned into a journalist.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

36. Matthews Can Argue Both Sides Of The Same Issue And Win...

He always said Kerry was a "heavyweight"....




I'll go with Occam's Razor on this.... I believe he was genuinely offended...