Comments on: There goes that LIBERAL media again.

By: A. price

A. price — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:40:04 +0000

all politics are only relevant for the past 20 years… i.e all wars are wrong and people who want to kill everyone not like them (al queda) can be beaten with sunshine and puppies.

By: Chanman

Chanman — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:05:54 +0000

“Democratic Presidents are not as wild about war and death as their Republican counterparts.”

Yeah, those peaceloving Democrat presidents who have gotten us involved in Iraq (1998), Serbia, Somalia (Clinton did the warlord hunting part, GHWB did the humanitarian mission), Vietnam, Korea, World War II, World War I.

Spare me.

By: Miscreant

Miscreant — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:43:46 +0000

“And, no, I’m not being snarky. There’s something wrong.”

I guess it just takes some people a little longer to realize what a failed useful idiot Matthews really is.

By: Unbiased American

Unbiased American — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:13:00 +0000

I’m talking about broader policy issue, not necessarily the plan announce last night. After all, look at the percentage of man and women in the military who voted for John McCain last fall.

By: Delaware Dem

Delaware Dem — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:43:31 +0000

Unbiased American, are you saying that the bulk of the service members want to come home now and oppose further involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Did you poll that?

By: Unbiased American

Unbiased American — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:38:23 +0000

Actually, the conservative blogs I have seen have taken Matthews to task for his insult to the military — and to Obama.

But I will say this — if Chris Matthews truly believes that the service academies and military bases of this country are “enemy territory” for Barack Obama, then he ought to call for Obama to resign as unfit for office. After all, our military has steadfastly followed the orders given by Obama since inauguration day, even though the bulk of service members voted against him and disagree with his policies.

By: Unstable Isotope

Unstable Isotope — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:28:13 +0000

Wolverines!!!

By: liberalgeek

liberalgeek — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:15:10 +0000

I was pissed at Tweety last night for complaining that there was no rally cry like “Remember the Alamo” for the plan.

By: Delaware Dem

Delaware Dem — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:41:42 +0000

And the pictures afterward showed many cadets eagerly wanting to shake the President’s hand.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:40:54 +0000

Well, they gave him a standing ovation.

By: Delaware Dem

Delaware Dem — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:32:49 +0000

What is a speach? I know what a speech is. I don’t know what a speach is.

You gotta love a right wing commenter who just ignores the spell check to make an inane point, not realizing that everyone in that room has more foreign policy experience than the commenter himself, and also failing to realize that he earlier argued that experience was not necessary when the President’s name was Bush.

By: J.Stewart

J.Stewart — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:28:09 +0000

it was an odd choice of venue, a room where every man and woman present had more military experiance than President Obama. Did his handlers think he would get roaring approval with that speach?

By: cassandra_m

cassandra_m — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:25:05 +0000

This is the lazyness of a media that didn’t get its Rock Star narrative yesterday. Note to Chris Matthews — cadets at any military academy are going to act with an abundance of decorum with the Commander In Chief is addressing them.

By: Unstable Isotope

Unstable Isotope — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:17:05 +0000

Steve Benen has a good post on this:

Seriously? The Commander in Chief, appearing at West Point to discuss an ongoing war, visited "the enemy camp"? Even for Matthews, this is ridiculous. For that matter, Matthews "didn't see much excitement" from the cadets. I was watching a feed of the speech that showed the president shaking hands after his remarks, and from what I could tell, cadets were very anxious to greet, shake hands with, and have their picture taken with the president. By all appearances, there was plenty of excitement about Obama from the cadets. Of course, Matthews probably decided on his preferred narrative before the event even began, and wouldn't let reality get in the way.

By: a.price

a.price — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:06:37 +0000

Ive been totally MSNBC deprived lately. Its blocked in my building. So it was good to be at a house last night where i could watch the speech on a channel that tells me what i want to hear, and i agree. Chris Matthews still has his moments, like a take down of a hate filled bishop, but for a while now it has been hard to understand why he says what he says and what he is getting at.