CHris Matthews: "One helluva speech."

[RummyTheDummy]

Any doubters as to which side this ass clown is on? This speech was horrid. How can it be spun any other way?

[emulatorloo]

1. The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

Only helluva kuz nobody expects much

[LincolnMcGrath]

2. Chris (Clinton turned me down) Matthews

As if?

[White Mountain]

3. Maybe Matthews is afraid that

crazy Zell will stalk him!

[Kimber Scott]

4. The speech was pretty good.

The last 10 minutes, anyway. It was powerful and he rose to the occassion. Won't change my vote, but I have to give credit where credit is due. I usually can't stand to listen to the guy speak, but he had me at the end.

[djg21]

6. But middle america turned the channel by then.

It was too long to hold a moron's attention.

[RummyTheDummy]

7. Average at best

Even for him. No credit needed. Now Matthews is orgasming over the baloons.

[AVID]

18. I saw through the phony - last ten the worst

forced emotion - bad acting

[Awsi Dooger]

19. I was stunned, he was more relaxed and much better than typical

In 2000, Bush stared straight ahead during his acceptance speech, like a wooden zombie. His upper lip sweated and his head basically never moved. He was in no way ready for that stage.

Tonight's speech was simpleton patrtiotism to the core, dishonest, completely lacking in a single numbers-oriented economic accomplishment which usually highlight incumbent acceptance speeches, and probably a considerable boost to GW. He comes across as more genuine and likable than Kerry, even if that is entirely untrue, and that is our main problem this cycle, similar to 2000. As Kimber Scott indicated, the final minutes were the most effective, like a boxer stealing a round with a final impression. As a gambler, my hatred for Bush and anything Republican is not going to cloud or sway the reality of tonight's performance. Even the camerawork was in Bush's favor, several women caught on the verge of tears, then Bush himself.

Kerry needs to step up beginning tonight, bigtime. A great start would be to quit stepping all over his own applause lines, an absolutely maddening habit he can't shake.

[emulatorloo]

5. Tomorrow they will change thier mind, I bet you

" the speech has not worn well."

[Frances]

8. How did the pundits react to the State of the Union speech

immediately after the speech?

[Gloria]

9. I just turned on CSPAN2 and saw wild cheering...then I realized it was

for Jack Kemp's speech at the 96 Convention!

They looked more alive that tonight's bunch.........

[dmr]

10. It was, if viewed from Republican rhetoric

For their side, he got some zingers in against Senator Kerry, he was able to portray himself as a strong, caring leader, and he made himself human, by poking fun at himself.

He made himself endearing to his people. He snookered and bamboozled them, once again.

Me? I am so full of angry emotion, I can barely stand it. I'm going to now go pour myself a drink.

:nuke:

[AngryLizard]

11. I knew when he started talking about his "problems with English"

that they were going to lick him up one side and down the other.

Still sticks in my craw: "3/4 of the high-level Al Qaeda operatives"...except for Osama bin Laden.

[Zen Democrat]

12. Matthews says that about EVERY Bush speech. Remember the SOTU?

He said he hit that one out of the ballpart. Now the conventional wisdom is that it was a miserable failure.

This was a boring speech that had me yawning all the way through. Slow, plodding, heavily enunciated and trite. A long stump speech.

And still no mention of the Osama - the name no one dared to speak!

[mbali]

20. "And I have to say, I thought it a very eloquent statement tonight,"

He didn't say this tonight. This is what Matthews said about this year's State of the Union address - now seen as an unmitigated failure.

[bushwakker]

13. very weak first 35 mins then it got quite good

no need to lie about it. the rhetorical flourishes re: the big picture of the "war on terror" were effective. the shots he took at kerry were effectice and not gratuitous. B+

[Zen Democrat]

14. He sounded tired.

[AuntPatsy]

15. ???? Bush did NOT write that speech!

It wasn't a bad speech but MY GOD, even I could write such within a small amount of time that could bring tears..omg....he is still no different than he was yestereday...

Why cant the media tell the truth for once on such bs?

[Renew Deal]

16. My girlfriend likes Kerry and the speech.

She thought that he "pulled it off" and he wasn't his normal bumbling self.

[KingofRock]

17. Chris Mathews is a bought and paid for media whore!!!!!

He backs down from Benedict Traitors like zig zag Zell. He wont expose Bush for what he is. I am boycotting as of today.

[redstateblues]

21. Chris's Paycheck-MS(NBC)=GE=War Is Good(sell those bomber engines)