Breaking MSNBC: Zell Miller practically invites Chris Matthews to a Duel

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

At Appx. 10:25 PM (CST) Zell miller in an apparent meltdown proclaimed his wish that he lived in the time where he could settle differences with a duel after vigorous questioning by Chris Matthews of MSNBC.

I'm sure there will be links aplenty in a short time as Zell essentially had a complete meltdown on live TV.

[soothsayer]

1. crazy PMS man!

So much for shill's, er, zell's credibility! THANKS!!!

[alittlelark]

2. Zell will be annihilated

if Hardballs continues on his course

[kysrsoze]

29. Sometimes Tweety pisses me off, but overall it's outstanding to watch

For everything Tweety has done in the last 18 months, he has railed on the RW fucks hard sometimes. Miller just lost all his credibility. Fuck him. Tweety tore apart the Rebubs a couple of weeks ago, granted only because they used Kerry's Hardball appearance out of context.

Matthews can really suck the GOP sometimes, but occasionally he nails the Repukes badly. It depends on his mood, I guess.

[AlCzervik]

3. I saw the whole exchange and zell made tweety look reserved

he also had a mini head fit on the liberals pundits over at cnn because "You all are reading from the democratic talking points" I think we have seen tonight the public unraveling of Zell Miller and might i say it's not pretty to watch.

[krkaufman]

25. Couldn't be happier...

... that the RNC's keynote speaker made such a fool of himself.

[AlCzervik]

27. Oh yes, he was a lunatic

the people of Georgia should rise up and recall him before he retires. I cant wait to read the uk papers tomm and see what they thought.

[northstar]

40. LOL

...I cant wait to read the uk papers tomm and see what they thought.

Too true, that we in the US won't be reading about it in any of our rags.

[On the Road]

55. Did He Say:

"Automatic weapons at 30 paces"?

Maybe that's what Ted Koppel was referring to.

[johntao]

4. quick

what were some of the questions that Chris asked?

[hansolsen]

14. He asked, "Do you really believe Kerry wants Military to only have

spitballs"? Miller went ballistic -- raving nut case, pure anger. they will pay dearly for this one.

Here is my e-mail to "Tweety" who had his A game tonight.

Way to go Chris. You were right on, and Zell Miller is an out of control nut case. I hereby award you ten free passes on future screw-ups. You earned some viewer loyalty from me tonight.

Your buddy, Hans

[jeanmarc]

46. A job for Stuttering John!

Stuttering John needs to interview this guy!

[FlaIndie]

5. Zell misses the old fashioned days

He misses when:
-the people couldn't vote for their senators
-it was legal to kill people
-blacks, gays, women and jews knew their place

[FeebMaster]

6. They should legalize dueling.

I'd like to see dueling make a comeback.

[derby378]

9. Did someone say Pankration?

Ancient Olympic sport that closely resembles the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Any grapple, punch, kick, or stranglehold is legal. Bones can be dislocated or broken with impunity. The only rules are: (1) No eye-gouging. (2) No biting. Now that is a duel! None of this wimpy Aaron Burr pistols-at-ten-paces shit.

:evilgrin:

[psychopomp]

41. You haven't seen "Barry Lyndon"

The duel scene in that movie is unnerving, to say the least. Basically, the way the English dueled in the movie was to toss a coin. The one who called correctly could fire first, while the other "recieves his fire." Kubrick does a much better job of storytelling so please see it for yourself one day.

[derby378]

61. Already saw it

Unnerving, yes, but I'm still voting for the whoop-ass fest.

[kysrsoze]

32. Did you see Larry-Fuckhead-Gatlin challenge Chris Matthews to a duel?

I almost died laughing. What a bunch of idiots. They're making absolute fools of themselves.

[delete_bush]

38. Even worse, he essentially told a kid

in the crowd to shut up, that he's the star and the kid's a nobody.

Gatlin you see paid his dues to be there, and mentioned that he makes alot of money and is going to make a ton more tomorrow night so his fat spoiled bitchin' wife can spend it and keep the economy going. He is a patriot, you know.

What a complete obnoxious republican asshole. Whoops, an oxymoran.

[FredScuttle]

45. I wish when Gatlin said "There's a star talking here"

the kid would have replied "Where? All I see is a washed-up has-been redneck with leather skin and some sort of raccoon carcass on his head"

I agree - total self-absorbed, arrogant asshole. Fits the party like a glove

[LiberalFighter]

48. I would duel that idiot

preferably with foils. That way I could make it last.

[DemoTex]

7. Deja Vu all over again ...

Ted Kopple challenged John Stewart to a duel too. I think he said 50mm automatic weapons at 150 meters.

I challange them all to an okra cutting. Sharpe scissors and a big bucket. My yard. Tomorrow!

[derby378]

12. Will you sell the tickets on DU? (n/t)

[DemoTex]

18. No, but I will fry the okra and feed the multitudes!

Put your feed-bag on! All I need is salt, pepper, corn meal and a hot fire like I have at 400 N. Main. Haven't boiled water there yet, but big cooking day looms large.

[juajen]

21. Man, I could sure use some fried okra right now, too

Can I attend the festivities?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

23. Mmmmm....Fried Okra!

Bhindi Bhaji! Mmmmm.

[Tom Kitten]

39. okra..mmm mmm!

I had jambalaya and chicken and sausage gumbo for lunch today! and I bought it at a deli and it was so goooood....

just an aside, we now return you to normal programming!

[ret5hd]

54. mmmmm...oookraaaa...

[realcountrymusic]

8. I've got 10 bucks on Tweety (eom)

[neomonkey]

10. Forget the fork

This old bird is burnt, feed him to the dog!

[mbperrin]

11. While we're waiting for this duel, here's another

from a few days ago:

Zell Miller
Why the Democratic senator loathes Democrats.
By Michael Crowley
Posted Friday, Aug. 27, 2004, at 8:59 AM PT

http://slate.msn.com/id/2105700/


<snip>
Upon leaving the governorship in 1998 Miller said that one of his greatest regrets was that he never challenged "someone at the Atlanta newspapers to duel over their never-ending bigotry toward rural mountain people."
<snip>

He seems itchin' to fight one. Sign him up - he's needed overseas!

[mbperrin]

13. Edited beneath for proper form.

This IS nutty!

[mbperrin]

15. Question about Freedom of Press Sparks Angry Chris Matthews-Zell Miller Ex

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000623158

NEW YORK Probably the most incendiary moment in all of the television coverage of the Republican National Convention so far occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday night, during a Chris Matthews interview with Senator Zell Miller on MSNBC, which started hot and then grew angry after a question about reporters and freedom the press.

"You're hopeless," Miller told Matthews, dead serious, speaking over a hook-up from Madison Square Garden, where he had earlier delivered the keynote address. "I wish I was with you there because I want to get in your face." Then Miller said he wished they were back in the age when you could challenge someone to a duel. "I don't know why I came on this program," he added, amidst four minutes of heated exchanges.

Matthews had gotten on Miller's case right from the start, asking him if he really believed what he had said in his speech about Senator John Kerry wanting to defend America with "spitballs." As Miller fudged his answer, and Matthews in his customary style cut him short or talked over him, they each started shouting. Miller told Matthews to "get out of my face," later saying he wanted to get in Matthews' face.

Then Matthews asked him why he had said in his speech that "it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press." Matthews said it was such an obvious thing to say, wasn't he just looking for an easy "anti-media" applause line? That's when Miller went ballistic and nearly stalked off, with Matthews, not exactly backing down, struggling to calm him, which he did, after another minute of shouting.
<more>

[PartyPooper]

16. With a name like Zell

You have to be good. Too bad, he isn't.

:D

[Fridays Child]

17. It's good to see "RNC Wedge Boy" publicly implode.

Really, really good. :smoke:

[Merlin]

19. Jesus! Miller duelling Matthews! How could we lose?

Not that either of them has any kind of accuracy in their aim.

[redstateblues]

20. Matthews Is Still A Whore- Look Who Signs His Paycheck-GE

[MisterP]

22. Mammoth-Mouth vs. Gargantuan-Head: Match of the Century!

Miller makes Matthews look respectable!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

24. Zell Miller: High side of Bipolar 1?

n/t

[Gunnyfw]

26. Wasn't Zell....

Wasn't Zell the first name of that Nazi dentist who was drilling on Dustin Hoffman's choppers in Marathon Man?

[barb162]

30. don't ever bring that up again

I was cringing watching that movie and I am cringing again just thinking of it. Didn't Larry Olivier polay the dentist...what a sick role that was. And I gotta go to the dentist next week.

[LSK]

28. on MSNBC again!!!

[barb162]

31. I saw it; it was terrific.

I love that righteous anger the GOP types put on. It was about the only time I saw Matthews almost stunned by what was going on. Did you notice that ? Chris actually got quiet for a few seconds as zigzag zell was going ballistic. You know what was funnier? Those people behind Matthews watching the TV screen of Zell, they were laughing their heads off at zell.

[moondust]

33. Good old 18th century Zell.

He's just an old war hound. "Save your breath--just shoot 'em."

[krkaufman]

34. Maybe this will clue MSNBC in...

... to what wonderful ratings they can get by going liberal/progressive and getting the right-wing idealogues to go postal, live and nationwide.

[sampsonblk]

35. Great theater!

I loved every minute of it. I get the impression that if it was off air, Matthews would have kicked his ass. But on air he had to be conciliatory.

They both had good points. It was fun to watch.

"Will you shut up and let me answer the question!" Great stuff!

[kungfugrip]

36. It all started on CNN

when confronted with the obvious contradictions in his speech, he waved his McCarthy papers and went nuts.

[PurityOfEssence]

37. David Gergen once again proved what a truly decent human he is, too

He called Miller's rant "hate speech", and reminded us that Miller learned his trade under Lester Maddox.

It was nauseating right after the speech to see Miller all sweet-faced in his surprise that people thought he sounded "angry".

I wish I'd seen the Matthews bit; sadly there's no repeat tonight.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

43. Here's a link to the vid.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/

[gratuitous]

47. And right at the end, Uncle J.C. Watts cuts in

To kiss massa's wrinkled old white ass.

[Bandit]

52. David Gergen is the only republican I respect

He tells the truth. Only Republican I know that does that.

[Rhiannon12866]

42. He was practically foaming at the mouth in his speech, tonight

I thought that it was interesting that he preceded Dick Cheney, who was so furious at the same behavior from Patrick Leahy, that he, infamously, couldn't control what came out of his mouth.

[DFWJock]

44. Zig Zag Zell/Mathews Duel

Bill Bennett said he's betting on Zell, odds are 10:1.

[burythehatchet]

49. I know where Zell is from, the north GA mountains

I visit there often for the white water rafting. I can confirm to you all that in his neighborhood I would not be surprised if there were duels. Anything is possible up in that area judging from the people I've seen and met there.

[elehhhhna]

50. I Hope Ali G Books Zhell this season!

[LiberalFighter]

51. Georgian responses

Fellow Georgians far from lukewarm

In Atlanta, Democrats attending rallies against him jeered as a turncoat the man who went on national television and condemned his own party's leaders.

In Atlanta, Democrats gathered at Manuel's Tavern, a famous Democratic hangout, booed Miller's image on the big-screen TVs and punctuated his statements with blasts from pink whoopie cushions.

Miller's portrait, which had hung for years in a place of honor in the bar, was officially veiled in preparation for its move to a remote corner.

Earlier, many in the crowd had gathered at the Park Place Tavern for an anti-Miller rally that culminated in the mock divorce of Miller from a costumed Democratic donkey.

[CBHagman]

53. You want to contact Miller? Here's how.

http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=CNIP0616&PHPSESSID=dac948b091643d032112ed8ce5b48827

I got that link from Project Vote Smart, which is www.vote-smart.org. A very useful site.

Anyway, check out the macho pose ol' Zell strikes on the bio page. Oy!

[Clinton Crusader]

56. I am NEVER watching at the right times!

I swore off this horse and pony show and refused to watch anything, and Im missing all this good shit. Im sure they'll replay it today...

Zig Zag Zell is a fucking maniac who should be on meds.
:kick:

[ItsMyParty]

57. DO A DEAN ON HIM-------

Dean got enthusiastic and they painted him a nutcase. Show Zell at his finest with Matthews and say "see how only the insane turn their backs on the truth and support the equally insane...welcome to Bush's brave new world".......

[frankly_fedup2]

58. Zel Miller is the Benedict Arnold of our time. . . if not worse.

He is making his living now trying to sell his book. Zel knows without any type of media hooplah, his book gets put in the back of the bookstore.

Zel was known in the past as Zig-Zag Zel for his inconsistency in his voting and now, obviously, in what party he wants affiliation with.

Did you notice that after his speech he was up sitting side by side with Bush 41? Zel never got that close to any Democratic President. Zel got pissed off at the Dems during Clinton's Presidency. Who knows why.

I don't know why any liberal media is talking to any of these Republicans trying to get interviews. When Randi Rhodes got an interview with some senator, during the break, she said he threw down his headset and walked off. Then Zel on Hardball with Matthews.

Zel kept telling Chris Matthews that he wouldn't be talking to him the way that he was if Mr. Miller was over there face-to-face with Chris. Chris was just asking Miller about what he said in his speech. Miller was the one that accused Chris of "twisting" his words, which he wasn't. Then Miller brought up what Chris did to Michelle Malken (that little girl as Zel put it). Michelle Malken was accusing Kerry of hurting himself to get purple hearts and Matthews thought that was just unbelievably irresponsible and untrue. He asked for her sources and she said it was in the book, "Unfit to Serve." Matthews said it was not, not one of those veterans accused Kerry of such things. Malken insisted it was in the book.

Michelle Malken is an Ann Coulter wannabe. They both lack the same intelligence and common sense. Malken does, however, look like she does eat something once in a while, unlike Coulter, who should be the poster child for anorexia. (beating out Lara-Flynn Doyle as well as Calista Flockhart).

I really look at it that either Zel got so pissed off during the Clinton years that he has filled himself with hate and contempt for the party that served him well up until his last term . . .or . . . he is getting paid very well (like the swiftboat veterans) to trash anything, anyone democratic.

Plus, he needs to sell his book.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

62. Good analogy

Zell can be a good stump speaker and has a visual Abe Lincoln demeanor. I would imagine thatthe Repugs have been fishing for someone like this to help them in their efforts to solidify the redneck and moron base.

You know damn well that they would be prepared to pay well.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

59. Zell Miller Longs For The Antebellum South

"Suh, I demand satisfaction on the field of honor. The South will rise again, you scoundrelous carpetbaggin' Yankee Tweety Bird. The Stars and Bars forevah, and you shall not touch one hair on the heads of my happy darkies, who softly make the banjo ring in the gentle hush of a Georgia evenin' tide."

[Clinton Crusader]

60. I believe it's coming on NEXT

on MSNBC, they said they were going to replay it next after commercials. If you havent seen it, tune in!
:kick: