I’m not a fan of Chris and have heavily criticized him on this site, but his commentary above is the best I’ve heard so far from a pundit as the primaries approach midnight.

Ever since I started Criticizing this fat fart. I knew it would bring him around!! notice the code words in his rant. ha ha ha..

You really need to edit this post!

He needs viewers; his ratings suck, thus his epiphany.

There is much you don’t know about, Chris.

“I expect the voter will say, are you telling me I have no choice but to vote for you? Are you saying that I, this little voter dare not take a chance on someone who has not yet let me down as you have? If that is what you’re telling me, that I have no choice, well, Mr. big stuff, you just have to stay up late election night and see what I have done.”

Brilliant! This is a positive step when some in the Media and Politicians genuinely behave, accept and recognize that constituents are the primary power player. This is politician accountability because the constituent’s votes determines true accountability for the politicians. Because constituents are more aware and more politically involved. Constituents have a responsibility as well in the political process. And not just because the Politicians state they will be accountable or TELL their constituents they will be acountable. That’s backwards. Oh, and regardless of political party, it’s a positive.

Politicians have constituents and constituents decide a politician’s accountability and job performance.

Why would anyone be surprised?

Well before the communications revolution, it took Ronald Reagan nearly twenty years, scores of thousands of miles of travel, and more than a thousand speeches at large and small gathering, to spread enough of his emerging anti-Communist, free market, Constitution leaning conservative message. But eventually in the end, all that effort catapulted Ronald Reagan into the White House, with two landslide election victories.

By that monumental effort, Reagan not only set back the internal American Leftist movement, but he also was able to simultaneously destroy the elitist business as usual, go along to get along Rockefeller wing of the Republican party, and replace it within the GOP power structure with his own similarly minded political activist, who helped him ramp up and then run the day to day business, throughout the Reagan Revolution.

Today, in the era of instant communications, Sarah Palin can “Tweet” a tiny announcement or political message to hundreds of thousands of recipients, in less time than the blink of an eye.

And thousands of other major and minor leaders of the reemerging modern conservative movement can do the same as well. Albeit reaching an individually smaller audience, but combined, an exponentially larger audience. And they can all even discuss and debate issues one at a time, while multitasking from the comfort of their home.

What took Ronald Reagan enormous amounts of time, energy and expense to accomplish, can be conceptualized, discussed in depth, decided on, and then launched out to the masses of already energized activists, in as little as minutes, and at most in hours! All, with pinpoint targeting effect!

Some say the savvy use of the tools of the communications revolution is responsible for the election of Barrack Obama to the presidency, and they are undoubtedly at least partially correct.

Some also say that even though conservatives have largely caught on to the advantages of instant communication, and caught up to the previously bewildering technological curve too, that “catching up” has just brought conservatives into parity with the Regressive (heavy handed, top down political power isn’t “Progressive”, rather, it’s Regressive.) political activist crowd.

However, all evidence today suggests that the Conservative use of instant communication technology is exceeding the use of the Regressives, and it also appears that the Conservatives have another advantage too. That being, Conservative have the enthusiasm advantage, and they are far more likely to pass on and act on more of the messages they receive!

All this means that when all these things are combined and considered deeply, Conservatives are riding a wave that will only keep growing larger.

And as long as the absurdly jejune policies of the currently in power Regressives continue to hold back any significant increases in job creation and continue to depress the overall economy, that Conservative wave will just keep on going. At the least until the Regressives are washed away from the helm of political power. And likely even longer than that, to guard the Palace Gates from any future internal political insurrections, coming out of the Left.

Chris and his lefty buddies are starting to be afraid….very afraid.

You only need to listen to what they say and how they have ratcheted up their rhetoric and the demonization of the tea party and the Republicans.

“Can you smell what the Rock is cookin’?” I can and I can see it coming…to a voting booth this fall!

“Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept,
the nomination of my party for another term
as your President.” Borrowed by Barack Obama, March 31, 2012,
from LBJ, 3/31/68!

Chris always has these mood swings. Tomorrow he will forget what he said today, and go back to being his usual jerky self.

newzmaker said:
Chris always has these mood swings. Tomorrow he will forget what he said today, and go back to being his usual jerky self.

I really wish he’d stop yelling over people and interrupting them.

Stephen Hogan said:
I really wish he’d stop yelling over people and interrupting them.

And how about all that spitting Chris does, on his guests? I’m surprised people go on his program, with such a high risk of Chris’ spit flying in their faces.

I have criticized Matthews many times, but he has tapped into what others dare not look at. Good talk.

Media and talking heads put it in terms of 2 teams, winning and losing. Many forget about the people who have the ABSOLUTE right to vote for who they want. Karl Rove was an embarassment just flapping away I wanted him to shut his fat fuckin mouth. He should’ve been attacked by everyone, but the lib MSM used him as quotes, Hannity came closest by ‘disagreeing’, no one would tell him to shut it.

REPUBLIC-ans aren’t getting it, they have become singular, much more like conservative democrats, than republicans. God forbig some American decide to vote against whom they deem can help win something.

Ride the tide, or get drowned….also FUCK OFF to all the power mongers

Stephen Hogan said:
I really wish he’d stop yelling over people and interrupting them.

Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuBnlNjZq24

The whole thing lasted abt 6 minutes but this is all I can find.

The real question is whether Mediaite just got religion on Christine O’Donnell or if they’ve been holding back?

She was running against Mike Castle for some time now.

Why are we only now seeing opposition research?

Matthews said “I have waited all my life for voters to have the fire to reach up and burn those, but I didn’t know it would come from the right and center.”

So when are you going to apologize for the endless Hardball segments characterizing the “center” as being racist rubes?

This is a throwback to the much more vibrant and interesting Chris Matthews of years ago. And he shows again that he is the only prime time MSNBC host who is willing to deviate from the kneejerk progressive line and think through issues on their own merits. With Olbermann and Maddow, you can predict their position on every issue with 100% accuracy even before they open their mouths. Why do you even need to watch their shows? Matthews, in contrast, has become much more independent, especially as he has seen the Democrat party self-destruct over the last 18 months. I have started watching his show more often, and will continue to do so if he allows diverse views of this sort to get on the air. Of course, the MSNBC Thought Police are likely to clamp down on him if he keeps this up. They clearly want every host and every guest in every instance to always express the identical “progressive” view. And they have taken a huge hit in the ratings because of this fixation on ideological “purity.”

Is their going to be a retraction of ” The Rise of the New Right ” distorted , misrepresentative documentary you aired a few months back ? Of course not .

Cecelia said:
The real question is whether Mediaite just got religion on Christine O’Donnell or if they’ve been holding back?

She was running against Mike Castle for some time now.

Why are we only now seeing opposition research?

The O’Donnell hit pieces will run for a couple more days and then disappear. The Democrats have too many fires to put out, too many incumbents in trouble, too many fat cat pork barrel payoffs to their favorite interest groups in danger. They can’t afford to focus all of their smears on her. They need to save ammo for the hundreds of other battles where they are getting hammered. So just as the Rand Paul and Sharron Angle attacks had no staying power, these hit pieces will also soon disappear from Mediaite, MSNBC, etc. They gave it their best shot — and their intensive research uncovered the fact that O’Donnell opposes masturbation and the Psychic Friends Network. Now they have to hope that these trivialities will be sufficient to stem the tide. Tomorrow they will be on to Carly Fiorina’s unpaid parking ticket from 1986 or some other comparable diversionary tactic to prop up another flailing progressive incumbent.

Cecelia said:
The real question is whether Mediaite just got religion on Christine O’Donnell or if they’ve been holding back?

They must have gotten a little “religion”.

Otherwise they wouldn’t have removed that embarrassing post Colby made late last night that was purely based on a rumor, saying the NRSCC wasn’t going to help fund Christine O’Donnell’s general election race.

But as it turned out, early this morning John Cornyn (Chair of the NRSCC) called O’Donnell himself, congratulated her, and assured her that he and the NRSCC were going to give the maximum allowable amount to her campaign!

My personal thinking about Colby’s reporting of a rumor as if it were absolute fact, is, Dan Abrams should send Colby packing on down the road.

Yet, I see that Colby is still here today. So perhaps Dan can’t find anyone else who is willing to work day and night for something less than peanuts. Or, maybe he really likes the guy, beyond all ethics and business sense.

Either way, it’s another scar on Mediaite’s face, that will take a long time and a good tan to even begin to fade away. If it ever does.

If you don’t know Chris Matthews or MSNBC, if you take the words at face value, this was a Chris I can like.
The question, as many have already commented, is whether Chris will be a better host tomorrow & next wek & next month & next year, or whether he will be the SAME OLD CHRIS.

ps: Calling him the ‘same old Chris’ is NOT a compliment!

Arkansas Steve said:
…this was a Chris I can like.

Considering all of his history, I’m not that easy to please…

There is a conservative wave coming and libs better get ready to drown in it. RINO republicans had better get on board the train is leaving. Soon we get rid of Collins and Snowe.

From AP

WASHINGTON – Tilted toward the GOP from the start of the year, the political environment has grown even more favorable for Republicans and rockier for President Barack Obama and his Democrats over the long primary season that just ended with a bang.
With November’s matchups set and the general election campaign beginning in earnest Wednesday, an Associated Press-GfK poll found that more Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction than did before the nomination contests got under way in February. Also, more now disapprove of the job Obama is doing. And more now want to see Republicans in control of Congress rather than the Democrats who now run the House and Senate.
The country’s pessimism benefits the out-of-power GOP, which clearly has enthusiasm on its side. Far more people voted this year in Republicans primaries than in Democratic contests, and the antiestablishment tea party coalition has energized the GOP even as it has sprung a series of primary surprises.
_Democrats had a 49 percent to 37 percent advantage over Republicans on the party that voters want to see control Congress; the GOP now enjoys a 55-39 lead among likely voters.
Republicans have steadily gained ground on economic issues and now have a slight advantage on handling the economy, the federal deficit and taxes. They improved their standing in the past month even as Obama stepped up his efforts to persuade the public to give Democratic solutions more time to work.
At the same time, 40 percent of likely voters call themselves tea party supporters, and most of them lean toward Republicans while nearly two-thirds have a deeply negative impression of Democrats. That means the GOP could be in strong shape on Nov. 2 if tea party backers turn out and vote Republican. That’s what they’ve been doing so far this year: The grass-roots, antiestablishment movement can claim wins in at least seven GOP Senate races, a handful of Republican gubernatorial contests and dozens of House primary campaigns.
Also, Obama’s job-performance standing on the economy is at a low point, and a majority of people now say they will consider their feelings about him when they vote for Congress this fall.
“I don’t care for what the man is doing. I think he’s leaving a lot of Americans behind,” said independent Larry Schmidt, 61, of Shingletown, Calif. He says he’ll back a Republican, if he even votes.

Chris Matthews is a broken clock – he’s right twice a day. But this wasn’t one of those times.

Enjoying the prognostications of the conservatives today: the snowball is rolling downhill fast, if you’re in its way, you’re either going along for the ride or you’ll be flattened – Congress today, White House tomorrow!

Um, no. Two dozen seats gained for the GOP in the House, including some Tea Party newbies. But the Senate is going to be a wash or even more Democratic after 2012. Can you say “fast track?” Then comes the fracturing of the GOP in late 2011 as the establishment tries to stay relevant in the face of Tea Party crazy. Good times!

Enjoy that. ;-)

Paul Westlake said:
the Senate is going to be a wash or even more Democratic after 2012

Thanks Paul!. It’s nice to have someone to break up the serious tone here and provide some comic relief.

felixw said:
It’s nice to have someone to break up the serious tone here…

Whatever you say, felix. ;-)

I get a kick out of the RWers ranting and raving how the Repubs are going to take control of the house and senate come Nov. I heard and read the same thing in 2008. How’d that work out for you rightes?

the real john t said:
I get a kick out of the RWers ranting and raving how the Repubs are going to take control of the house and senate come Nov. I heard and read the same thing in 2008. How’d that work out for you rightes?

Come back here on Nov. 3, and let’s compare notes.

Paul, I have copied and saved your prediction. I will post it on Nov. 3rd right here. Everyone here will be laughing so hard I don’t know if you will ever post again. You really don’t know what is happening do you?

I say BOLLOCKS to all this political crap I cant take it any more Im going to bed, good night.

the real john t said:
I get a kick out of the RWers ranting and raving how the Repubs are going to take control of the house and senate come Nov. I heard and read the same thing in 2008. How’d that work out for you rightes?

If Chris Matthews is a right winger, then Obama was born on Mars.

I wonder where you heard your info in 2008 because Democrats predictably dominated the election cycle starting in 2006. Its only now that the progressive movement faces a strong push back in the election cycle.

felixw said:
They can’t afford to focus all of their smears on her. They need to save ammo for the hundreds of other battles where they are getting hammered.

The original phrase is, “the Arabs never miss and opportunity to miss an opportunity,” and it has applied equally to the Democratic party since it was first printed in the Jerusalem post. And the GOP isn’t far behind in that category. So this cake is far from baked. BUT, if I were spending Dem cash, I’d heavily weight Senate races and triage the House. Let the GOP have their wins over there, work on pulling off the upset with a gain in the Senate. It’s totally possible if the Dems spend wisely. Also, no idea what October surprises await, from both parties. Still a LOT of clock to run out for these candidates that want to avoid their past – Angle, O’Donnell, Rand, and so on. Predicting last night as the peak of the Tea Party nationally may be wishful thinking on my part, but assuming this conservative tide will sweep all the way to November is right up there with me.

gordonbloyershow said:
Paul, I have copied and saved your prediction. I will post it on Nov. 3rd right here. Everyone here will be laughing so hard I don’t know if you will ever post again. You really don’t know what is happening do you?

See above. ;-)

felixw said:
Come back here on Nov. 3, and let’s compare notes.

What name will you be going under?

Paul Westlake said:
See above. ;-)

Now you don’t want to piss old Gordo Blowhard off. He’s world famous (according to him). He’s got a TV show which he films from his basement in a town of 37,000 people. He claims on his website “When Gordon Talks people listen”, all 12 of them.

the real john t said:
Now you don’t want to piss old Gordo Blowhard off. He’s world famous (according to him). He’s got a TV show which he films from his basement in a town of 37,000 people. He claims on his website “When Gordon Talks people listen”, all 12 of them.

and ALL 5 twitter followers

Thanks, the real john t. I’ve already pissed off old Gordon plenty, but I appreciate your looking out. You know, Gordo does have a background, which I gave him credit for on another thread, but you are correct that his “show” is a bit of a whirlwind in a vacuum, though it may have a modicum of purchase in the conservative amplification feedback circuit. Ya never know. I give him credit for making the effort, technically. I’m just terribly disappointed that he’s so deeply wrong… about everything… all the time…

Hi, Gordon. ;-)

check out this thread from mister INFORMED

http://www.mediaite.com/online/christine-odonnell-aids-gets-too-much-govt-money-condoms-wouldnt-stop-it-video/#comment-147999

gordonbloyershow said:
The only way to get aids without gay sex is by using drugs with dirty needles.

Paul Westlake said:
Thanks, the real john t. I’ve already pissed off old Gordon plenty, but I appreciate your looking out. You know, Gordo does have a background, which I gave him credit for on another thread, but you are correct that his “show” is a bit of a whirlwind in a vacuum, though it may have a modicum of purchase in the conservative amplification feedback circuit. Ya never know. I give him credit for making the effort, technically. I’m just terribly disappointed that he’s so deeply wrong… about everything… all the time…

Hi, Gordon. ;-)

careful the WAVE is coming
I got my goggles and snorkel

bugspot1 said:
The only way to get aids without gay sex is by using drugs with dirty needles.

Yes, he sure is up to date on things. WRONG!

Gordo just acts like a Glenn Beck wannabe. But he’ll never get there.

well – making some popcorn, gonna make a drink and sit down and watch the gun cam

the real john t said:
Yes, he sure is up to date on things.

yeah Mao, Che, Red Army, Russia, Joe McCarthy

bugspot1 said:
careful the WAVE is coming
I got my goggles and snorkel

bugspot1 said:
well – making some popcorn, gonna make a drink and sit down and watch the gun cam

LOL!

Looks like you scared them off, bugspot1 and the real john t. Oh well. ;-)

Paul Westlake said:
Looks like you scared them off, bugspot1 and the real john t. Oh well. ;-)

Yeah, they don’t like to be challenged. It hurts their poor wittle feelings. They think they control this website.

the real john t said:
Yeah, Im challenged. It hurts my poor wittle feelings. I think I control this website.

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So, he’s only about a year and a half behind, and then tries to act like he is stating some great revelation that only he has figured out?

I told everyone posting here four times this week Christine O’Donnell
was going to win the primary and the General. No problem!
After watching Coons with Tingles last night, I recommend Coons
concede bow! Save the time and money!

Concede now. Damn !

My feet are cold. When Chris Matthews has an epiphany like that, and he actually admits it, that is a strong statement.

By the way – don’t just read the transcript below the video. It is incomplete and you’ll miss the middle of his monologue. Mediaite, can you correct the transcript please?

OMG! I can’t believe Chris said something I agree with. Olbermann will fire him.

Can you imagine being in the same building with Olbermann day after
day and having to spend so much of your time trying to find ways of avoiding him?
Dropping a coin when you see him coming, ducking into the nearest doorway, leaving the urinal
before you are finished, pretending you forgot something and turning back to return to
your own office, start coughing violently, stumble, pretend you were distracted, etc etc etc!
And I am just talking about management.

“I had my eyes on something different. while other people saw dead people who defeated Mike Castle, I saw the strength of the flames that consumed him and will consume other this rapidly approaching election night. I have waited all my life for voters to have the fire to reach up and burn those, but I didn’t know it would come from the right and center. 2010 could be the first time when being in office In Washington is the worst possible credential when facing voters. O don’t know how far the fire will burn but I think it has a long way to go. It could topple…”

In retrospect, I think I like the apocalyptic implications offered in this part of the unedited post!
It’s kind of got an End Of The World/Book of Revelationsfeel to it.

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Chris is just being honest. He sees that there is only one influential grassroots group out there demanding honest, responsible government, and he wishes it were spearheaded by his friends on the Left. Instead he states the one truth that I never thought I would hear on MSNBC — namely that the Left is fighting against those asking for honest, responsible government. That’s how far the Left has sunk in just two years. They are now the ones defiantly opposed to hope and change.

the real john t said:
What name will you be going under?

How about Victor? That would fit with the election results.

Paul Westlake said:
The original phrase is, “the Arabs never miss and opportunity to miss an opportunity,” and it has applied equally to the Democratic party since it was first printed in the Jerusalem post. And the GOP isn’t far behind in that category. So this cake is far from baked. BUT, if I were spending Dem cash, I’d heavily weight Senate races and triage the House. Let the GOP have their wins over there, work on pulling off the upset with a gain in the Senate. It’s totally possible if the Dems spend wisely. Also, no idea what October surprises await, from both parties. Still a LOT of clock to run out for these candidates that want to avoid their past – Angle, O’Donnell, Rand, and so on. Predicting last night as the peak of the Tea Party nationally may be wishful thinking on my part, but assuming this conservative tide will sweep all the way to November is right up there with me.

Astute analysis. If the Dems are smart, they would do what you say. They can’t battle on five hundred fronts. But if they picked the right 4-5 Senate races, they could have influence the results and hold the upper house.

Paul and Felix…

I see your point but but but ….on the aspect of ‘spending’…. these seem to be a different breed of ‘swing-voter’. I expect they (like us) are highly skeptical of anything they see or hear in a political ad. And I expect they (like us) are MUCH MORE politically informed than the average swing-voter of the past and MUCH LESS likely to be swayed by the usual tactics.

Not to say that Paul’s ‘strategery’ isn’t POSSIBLE….. just HIGHLY UNLIKELY. Besides, they are too busy perpetuating stereotypes and getting on the same ATTACK JOHN BOEHNER page to focus their concentration on real strategy.

The only thing I have heard so far is “Those guys are worse”. No plan for post-Novemeber. No vision. No town halls. Just a dogged determination to cast (R) as villians (aka “The SOS”) and to NOT talk about their own record.

Mr. Matthews is a partisan hack but he’s not stupid. He sees their ‘strategery’ crashing and burning and sent up a flare. I believe the (D)’s are so entrenched in defending the indefensible that they will see it simply as another of his SCHIZO moments and dismiss it. Partly because they don’t WANT to believe it and partly because…. in order to achieve a REAL change in strategy… they would have to make some hard choices and face some harsh realities.

Like Paul said… ‘triage’…. but IMO they will never black tag anyone who still has a pulse…. and that’s not TRUE ‘triage’.

Anyway, I hope they continue to ignore good advice like Paul and Thrill have offered up. I have no reason to doubt that they will. The marching orders come from the top and those dumb fucks have never admitted that they MAY have been wrong about ANYTHING. Not only that, they insist on casting blanket aspersions and pointing fingers at everyone else EXCEPT themselves. I guess they think we will all forget that they have controlled COTUS for almost 4 years. Good luck with that.

I keep remembering ‘The First 100 Days’ promises of long ago and… the more recent “The Buck Stops Here” laughable moment (right before the ‘but but but….’). IMO they believe their own bullshit and that belief is backed up by (nearly) unconditional praise from the LSM which is leading to a perfect election day shitstorm.

So Paul… please keep your advice of the DL. I’m perfectly happy with the current strategery TYVM. ;oP

Thank god for the adverbots breaking up the circle jerk that was going on here for a while.

The TP will weaken the conservative power structure in Washington only to replace them with amateurs and rookies. The 2010 off year elections are just a ripple on the pond. The REAL election is the national one in 2012.

Can the TPs make any inroads in that election? I think not. Obama still has and deserves a large following.

Do you think he can’t beat Ron Paul? LOL. The wind will have been knocked out of the right(eous) TPers long before then.

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http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2010/09/for-dems-double-double-toil-and-trouble.html

Ironic, isn’t it that the Tea Party movement got its start over outrage about proposals to provide relief to homeowners who were defaulting on their mortgages. ” People must take responsibility for their financial decisions” was the claim. Now, when it turns out that one of their own faces criticism about how she has handled her personal finances, her supporters say she is being persecuted. Obviously the Tea Partiers original rant about personal responsibility was aimed at people of color. And yet they try to convince me that they aren’t closet racists.