Shuster says press wanted Dean to "massage" them. LOL [View All]

[madfloridian]

Here is a portion of the Hardball transcript, and I find this too funny for words. Dr. Dean must not give enough massages...Ha Ha.

MATTHEWS:
"But let me ask you. It seems to me a whole series of things went-and I always had my heart with Dean. I love the fact that he had guts, and he stood out against-this little guy stood out against the establishment. I always like guys like that and always say so.

But he didn't seem to have the ability to hold together his own message.

He should have been prepared to deal with those kinds of things, and he didn't seem to be. And saying that catching-and I'm no fan of this war, but saying that Saddam Hussein's capture wasn't making us safer didn't sound right.

SHUSTER: He wasn't prepared for that, Chris, and he wasn't prepared for the pounding that he got from the media as a result.

And in fact, his inability to reach out to the media convinced a lot of us covering them that look, if he doesn't have the savvy to massage the reporters and massage the reporters traveling with him, what's he going to be like as far as diplomacy and handling leaders around the world? And I think that was one of the reasons why the media turned on him.

MATTHEWS: You guys are looking for massages from the candidates?

You're going in the wrong direction here....."

I guess Dr. Dean just did not give enough "massages" to the press. Wouldn't be managed by them.