Tweety just left me utterly disgusted

[CatWoman]

according to him (and his polls), we might as well hang it the fuck up.

Obama and the Dems are toast.

According to Tweety.

[babylonsister]

1. He's a legend in his own mind. And he's wrong. nt

[AspenRose]

2. I don't watch him most of the time because it's around dinnertime

and getting that dizzy trying to keep up with him isn't good for digestion.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

3. what did he say?

[CatWoman]

4. I'll post video as soon as it's up

video here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#32499045

[SoFlaJet]

8. He said breaking news from Charlie Cook

says the democrats are going to lose big next year....a little early wouldn't ya think? Hey, maybe this little bit of news might make some people wake up and see that if the dems LET the GOP kill meaningful HCR then THEY will be the ones sent back to their Blue Dog districts to whittle on their front porches with corn cob pipes in their rocking chairs. pass HCR and they might just be allowed to continue getting that sweet health care package that the government provides.

[CatWoman]

11. here's Charlie's analysis

http://www.cookpolitical.com/

[Laelth]

14. I quite disagree.

I think there's very little chance that we will lose Congress in 2010. The political climate is really very different now than it was in 1994. In 1994, the Republican Party's approval ratings were not in the toilet. The ghost of Ronald Reagan was much more powerful then. Whereas Clinton followed Bush I, Obama follows one of the least popular politicians in American history, Bush II. Clinton was elected with less than 50% of the popular vote. Obama was elected with well over 50% of the popular vote. The religious right had not completely taken over the Republican Party then. Now, Republican politicians are generally insane, reflecting their rabid base.

I think Obama blew his first chance at health care reform by pushing for a weak plan. I think he should table the idea, for now, and push for single payer in 2011. The current system is unsustainable, and everyone knows it. Change will come. Let's not settle for a bailout of the insurance industry. Let's insist on the eradication of it.

I expect the Democratic Party will pick up 3 seats in the Senate and between 3-6 seats in the House UNLESS Congress passes a disastrous "insurance reform" bill. At this point, I would rather do nothing than to pass any of the bills under consideration in Congress.

:dem:

-Laelth

[AlinPA]

5. Matthews is a slobbering loudmouthed fool.

[Jennicut]

6. Does he feel a tingle in his leg that tells him this?

LOL. Tweety is always all over the place.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. It's like when the media call elections before the polls close. It really

affects what people think and do and winds up skewing the outcome. I feel sure that could happen in this case. People who would like to see some serious health care reform put into place might give up going to town halls or writing and calling their congress critters and the President all because they have been told that it is hopeless. And because fewer people speak out it is assumed that the reform isn't wanted and then presto no change-o, what Matthews and others have said has come true.

[madmax]

9. Right, he's a freakin genius.

:spank:

[librechik]

10. Oh be quiet. He was gently suckling Michael Smerconish to satisfaction

How can he concentrate on anything else?

[CatWoman]

13. thanks for making me laugh

:)

[Captain Hilts]

12. He's a total tool and is incorrect in this case. nt

[Autumn]

15. Tweety is one of the most disgusting people

ever. Right after the late Tim Russert and the late Jerry Foulwell and of course the late Robert Novak.

[graywarrior]

16. But then there's Ed

who made it all better.

[CatWoman]

17. ....

:)

[eleny]

18. Project Runway's new season starts tonight

Time to kick back and take some time off. :D

[CatWoman]

20. ...

:hi:

[Pirate Smile]

19. Conventional Wisdom and the Punditocracy are always right about Obama.

Oh, I forgot, ... not so much. They underestimate him over and over again. Fine.

[valerief]

21. RW Tweety dissing Dems? Preposterous!

:sarcasm:

[Cha]

22. There's gotta be a way to remind

tweety of this when we're not toast. I have his email addy at home..I'm lurking at work now but couldn't help piping in.

[NYC_SKP]

23. Right, "HIS polls". Failed to mention the Survey USA poll: 77% Support Public Option:

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=5ba17aa2-f1b9-4445-a6b8-62b9d1ba8693

In any health care proposal, how important do you feel it is to give people a choice of both a public plan administered by the federal government and a private plan for their health insurance--extremely important, quite important, not that important, or not at all important?

1200 Adults

Extremely Important 58%
Quite Important 19%

Not That Important 7%
Not At All Important 15%
Not Sure 1%
Total 100%

[Robbins]

24. Tweety

Remember this guy said Hillary would be the nominee,Mccain had Ohio In the bag and Mccain could win
PA.

I urge people to not stress about 2010 yet.We won 6 seats In 2006 yet back In 2005 polls showed us winning only In PA.We won 8 seats In 2008 yet In 2007 polls only showed 3 or 4.Ask Ted Stevens
Norm Coleman,Gordon Smith,and Elizabeth Dole how things can change.

Barack Obama Is Ins tronger postion than Bill Clinton was at this time.Don't forget you had a stronger
Republican party.George Bush was rejected not Republicans.They actully picked up seats In 1992.Congress
was at a all time low.And It's leaders were considered corrupt.Compare numbers between Pelosi and
Bohner,and Reid and Mcconnell.While none are as well thought of as Obama Pelosi and Reid have better
numbers than Bohner and Mcconnell.

The last time Congress quickly turned over was back In 1954 and sorry Bohner and Mcconnell are not
In the league of Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson.

If your a Conservative Democrat In a district Mccain won your In danger of losing but Republicans In
Obama districts have need to be worried.Remember Gillibrand's district.Although Republican leaning It did go for Obama,and elected a democrat In the special election.

As for the Senate Dodd Is In danger of losing,and Lincoln In Arkansas could have trouble considering the antiObama feeling In the south,and the appointed seat to pay attention to Is Bennent In Colorado not Illinois or Delaware.We good good shots at winning seats In Missouri and Ohio.NH Is also a possable pickup.Too early to say what will happened to Kentuckey,NC,and special election In Texas.

[GoCubsGo]

25. He's also the guy...

...who kept on blathering "When will Obama close the deal? When will Obama close the deal?" He spewed that incessantly during the primaries AND during the general election. Now, I'm hearing him spew it over health care. Sure, Tweety got in a few good licks lately, but you know that old saying about broken clocks...

[Hamlette]

26. Thanks for the heads up, friend. At least I won't waste my time watching the rerun.

I've pretty much given up on all TV news and listen to books on tape instead to keep my sanity.

That does NOT mean, however, that any of YOU can stop. I need you all to tell me when it is much see TV. Then I tune in.

[vaberella]

27. Ah...you guys have to come to terms with Tweets.

Who here ever took The Jerry Springer show seriously? If you say yes, then I'd believe you would take Tweets seriously. I watch him for political catfights over stupidity and his slobbering over topics---he entertains me. If you take him as pure entertainment he's far more interesting. If you watch his show when Lawrence O'Donnell is hosting, then you might learn something. Otherwise...no need to waste the energy. I certainly don't.

[RichGirl]

28. I was UTTERLY disgusted when he reported on the Tom Ridge book.

In the summer of 2004 anyone with half a brain knew that the terror threats were political. The weekend after the Democratic convention, when we should have been basking in the glory of it they shut down NYC with threats. AND....Tweety was reporting it. Never questioned it...just went along and repeated the lies.

[niceypoo]

29. If Obama and the Democrats listen to these stupid polls

then he is right

They need to drop the 'bipartisanship' fantasy and do what is right

[MadMaddie]

30. Why do you torture yourself!

Tweety is part of the establishment MSM that is attempting to derail Healthcare reform. I don't waste my time....

Oh yea, if most of us Left leaning folks are not watching his show and filling out his poll then who is left to fill out the poll? Reich wing...thus the poll is slanted....

[Cha]

31. Here's Tweety's email..

Chris Matthews [e-mail]

[burning rain]

I love Tweety, but he's a moderate.

He described himself that way on his show yesterday, saying (in re. of healthcare, especially) that he wants his country to progress, but he wants it to hold together. The problem with that is he takes the latter to an obsession, which leads him to cave when conservatives act thuggish, while he's assuming that he's making reasonable concessions to reasonable people.

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[AuntPatsy]

33. then you must be disgusted with half of du....according to them in their constant

and getting quite common outrage posts...

[quantass]

34. LOL..Bad Tweety is Back....Folks lets remember that Tweety is a Rollercoaster -- Most of the time he

is on his own side ... other times it is on our progressive side. This is nothing new with Tweety...he is a rollercoaster ride. He will be back around to the progressive side in a few weeks time. He even admitted on tv that he loves the drama and reports that.

[Umbral]

35. What? Was he comparing George Bush to Atticus Finch again?

Or maybe palling around with Tom DeLay? There is something wrong with Mathews, I don't know what and I don't care for him or his show enough to speculate further.

[old mark]

36. It seems to me he is getting worse - I used to like him, but I haven't

been able to watch a complete show if his recently - he is just to much of an insider with the pols, and has little idea what is going on in real life rather than in Washington.

It's a shame - he could be good.


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