Tweety jumps the shark - sounds like a pissed Democrat

[adigal]

First, he took on Bush: he said that he thought that the whole point of today's press conference was to blame the press for his failures in Iraq. He was PISSED off at Laura Ingraham's Today appearance, when she said NBC does not have journalists there. He said he is very proud of their reporter, and he prays for his safety, as he actually goes into dangerous places, not just a few bases, and that over 80 journalists have died in Iraq, so he thought they had done their share. He repeatedly said that bashing the press is NOT going to convince anyone who is turning against the war or the president and mentioned Rove's hand in this.

Then, Feinstein was on. He actually let her talk and put forth an intelligent plan on firing Rumsfeld and coming up with a coherent plan. She did a very good job putting forth a calm and rational criticism of this administration and Bush.

He just said to Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard that we all know that BushCo married 9/11 and Iraq, and that is why we were all so gung-ho going in. He told Hayes that they all know that they are fighting in the middle of a civil war there, and who to side with. He then said, GET THIS UNBELIEVABLE QUOTE, that Bush puts everyone together, THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING BECAUSE WE ARE IN THEIR COUNTRY, and the terrorists who flew planes into our buildings, that they are all fungible with Bush.

Credit where credit is due. Welcome back to the land of reality, Mr. Matthews!! I guess your corporate bosses have turned against the war!!!

[eleny]

1. Until tomorrow

He flip flops faster than a flounder on the dock.

[joemurphy]

18. Amen to that. Tweety will be back to bashing Hillary

and kissing up to John "Straight Talk" McCain tomorrow night. And Iraq will be the Democrats' fault for "no viable alternative plans" and for "putting up no opposition" to Bush's Iraq adventure.

Tweety makes me sick. All Tweety cares about is Tweety.

[adigal]

20. Yeah, I was thinking that

because he has had shades of being reasonable recently. But tonight, he was really pissed. If he had any character, I would say he has seen them cross a line in the sand and he can't take it anymore. Being cynical, I think that GE has decided that the war is no longer profitable for them, so they want to "cut and run."

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Oh, heck, that's just Schizo Tweety.

He'll be back to his usual Bushlicker self in a day or two.

[hatrack]

3. Yeah, and in 24 hours, he'll do a 180

I trust Tweety with journalism the way I'd trust Jack the Ripper with an appendectomy.

[Mr_Spock]

4. I'm sure his trip back to reality will be shortlived

VERY short lived if the past is any indicator...

[Cocoa]

5. again?

:eyes:

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Does he still have a man-crush on Dubya?

I think that's what he said when Dubya swaggered onto the aircraft carrier deck in his flight suit.

[Beelzebud]

7. He was probably just sober tonight.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. !

:spray:

[bloom]

8. Isn't he the one who said "We are all neocons now" ? n/t

[neuvocat]

10. Dupe.

Bloom beat me to it.

[ourbluenation]

11. to be fair he has always been against the iraq war.

Here's my theory on tweety. He's been a life long dem, worked for Tip O'Niell and Jummy Carter for crying out loud...but he was pissed off at the sad sack campign run by gore in 2000 and that's when he turned.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

12. Give him credit for today, but don't "welcome him back" just yet...

...this is what Tweety does best. Before you know it he'll be back to saluting Bush's "sunny nobility."

Seriously...go to the Media Matters web site and consider Matthews' consistency:

http://mediamatters.org/

[adigal]

21. I know about this lunacy

I have been watching Tweety a long time, and I know about his flip-flopping.

[meti57b]

13. Pat B.: when people see killing and destruction on tv, it turns them off

on the war.

No sh*t, Sherlock! People see what we're doing and they don't want that!

[TahitiNut]

14. So, Tweety got his lithium prescription refilled, huh?

:shrug: He reminds me of nothing more than a person with a severe lithium deficiency. (Yes. I've had to deal with such people.)

[hedda_foil]

24. Nah. He stole Pat Buchanan's scrip.

[BrklynLiberal]

15. Isn't he supposed to be bitter that Clinton did not make him Press Secty?

and that is why he is so schizoid?

When, oh when, will they replace him with David Gregory?

[C_U_L8R]

16. I'll trust Tweety

once he begins pounding on the glass
demanding that Bush be shackled and sent
off to the Hague

(may as well set the bar high)

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

17. He personally threatened tweetys well being (the media)

so tweety got riled up.

For tweety, if it doesnt affect him, who gives a fuck how many little people have to suffer and die.

[chelsea0011]

19. Ratings and low poll numbers. You can only stick with Bush for so

long. Then it is futile. The peole aren't with the President which means you are losing the audience. You must change to keep viewers. Remember. It was only a week ago, I read, that Matthews was saying he didn't know why people didn't like the President. He's a nice personable guy. But with Bush in the tank, it is time to flip flop and get on board. These guys don't report. They entertain. And with that, one needs viewers.

[AX10]

22. ...and tomorrow his head will be up Bush's ass again.

[MazeRat7]

23. Ahhh...po' Tweety bird... blowin' in the wind again...tisk...tisk. (n/t)

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

25. Is He Still On The Air?

Haven't watched in quite awhile.

[redstateblues]

26. He'll get a call from Karl Rove in the morning

and be bashing dems tomorrow night. Book it

[adigal]

33. HAHAHAHA!! You are probably right!!!

And then tomorrow, Tweety will be weeping that no one is respectful of Bushy.

[AlCzervik]

27. is it possible that his meltdown reported here about Bush's poll numbers

and how tweety finally realized that people don't like Bush has sunk down into a deeper level of his little mind. Does he finally "Get it"? I doubt but you can always hope.

[DemoTex]

30. No. He does not "get it."

Don't get sucked into that. Tweety is a whore. No, he is a reed. He bends with the wind.

[AlCzervik]

31. i'm sure he doesn't, i'm not a tweety watcher, i stopped the day bush

landed on the USS Lincoln and Tweety almost creamed himself over how macho and handsome he thought Jr. looked in his flight suit.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

28. I think the "jumped the shark" expression refers to passing your prime and

crossing irreversibly into the land of mediocrity and irrelevance, not to changing "sides of the aisle" so to speak which your post implies.

In the original sense, Matthews "jumped the shark" long ago.

[adigal]

34. Yeah, I think you are right

but I just like the image of Tweety jumping on the back of a Democratic shark, and the shark, acting collectively for the grassroots, biting him in the butt.

I just like it.

[B Calm]

29. The guy with multi personalities, flip flopper extreme Mr Tweety...

[LSK]

32. He always does that

Tomorrow he can sound like Neocon #1 again. Give him time.

[Geek_Girl]

35. Bush's numbers are low

Tweety's nothing but a media whore.