Tweety!

Remember when Matthews has a man crush on George Bush in a flight suit and waxed poetic about how manly he must have smelt. Ewwww.

I’m just saying that’s what passes for political discourse on Hardball.

Tweet!

i think raising money is the only qualification the beltway types thinks is needed to hold an elected office.

er, Digg!

The left’s version of Rush
Just another blowhard with a microphone!

a little celebrity, unrelated to the actual duties of the office, sometimes gets their attention as well.

celebrity means they have access to more money

I hope I wasn’t too wishy-washy here, and the fact that I dislike Chris Matthews actually comes through on the post.

agreed

The WHOSE version of “Rush”?

Chris Matthews is on “The Left”?

Have some more egg nog.

Who the hell would ever give Tweety money for purposes other than as a bribe to shut the fuck up for the rest of his entire misfortunate earthly existence?

Therein lies his hook.
Hey Thers!

i think this conveyed it very well thers:

But for me the most appalling thing about the prospect of Senator Tweety is that there apparently exist people on this planet who look at Matthews, and listen to Matthews, and don’t immediately think “by the Holy Tits of Santa, what an absolute fucking asshole.” Put him in the Senate! I can’t figure out why anyone ever thought it was a good idea to put him on television.

Of course, given that the universe has apparently been intelligently designed as an affront to my personal dignity…

Corrected.

I can imagine Sen. Tweety standing at the Senate rostrum, making a speech (or a rant, if you prefer), broadcast to the nation on CSpan, giving his patented “AHEH!” bark of a laugh just as he does on his self-worship show…

left
right
he’s still an asshole

I think it’s safe to say that Tweety has surrounded himself with sycophants who agree with everything he says. Tweety wants to run, thinks that he’s a “regular guy” and that people like him, and his toadies agree with him. It’s their job; it’s what they get paid for. Of course, Tweety is an absolute laughing stock and the Dems will probably not pick the seat up if Tweety is the nominee.

It’s similar to that of an actor/actress who wants to be a rock star after they become famous, but seriously can’t play a note, yet forges on because of his/her ego and insularity.

Hey mang.

Oh, Thers, just what I needed this blizzardy cabin fevered day.

Tweety is the grownup version of that smutty little e-trade baby in the commercials. Eeeeeuuuuuwwwwww.

Oh good. Sometimes I think I soft-pedal my opinions too much.

So, Thers, here’s your assignment: List all current and new senators who would be worse than Tweety. I’ll bet he falls right in the middle of all senators. Not defending him, only pointing out how low the standards are. And the alternative is????? Specter???

the Holy Tits of Santa!

Of course, with the Leftward drift of MSNBC, Tweety is in a pinch.
With his moral center abandoned in favor of the Cocktail Weenie Circuit™, and Maddow, Shuster and Olbermann squeezing the life out of Teh Goopers every friggin night, The Senate must seem like a good alternative.

……., yet forges on because of his/her ego and insularity.
until the money runs out,and he becomes a nobody!

Chris the bloviator

I thought I read that MSNBC said, OK go run for senator. Sayanara, when Tweety tried to hold them up for ransom.

Yeah, Specter. Tweety’s that bad, IMHO. There are progressive options in PA, there’s no reason to settle. And Tweety would be no net gain over Specter.

I can envision Tweety, on the campaign trail, making the kind of gaffe, or series of gaffes, that can determine the outcome of a campaign.

He has loose lips, seemingly unconnected to his brain. He is so in love with the sound of his own voice that he doesn’t even notice what it is saying.

I love the line about “poking your eye out with a fondue fork” and couldn’t agree more. But most people don’t follow blogs and for that matter don’t even watch “Hardball” so they don’t know the guy’s a total douchebag.

I’ll bet he falls right in the middle of all senators

You’re being too objective. He spikes on the ick factor..

Who are the alternatives? I’m NYS, and hate the idea of Kennedy, so in that sense I have a dog in the fight. Would like real candidates, not ones chosen by dynasty or publicity. But they need to be electable.

And plz explain why Tweety is as bad as Specter.

As long as he keeps (keeps?) his ratings up, I think MSNBC will let him do whatever he wants (see Keith).

That was my first clue.

Mathews could out Biden, Biden !

Yeah, I can’t see people warming up to Tweety after long exposure.

LOL. I pride myself on my objectivity, fully knowing that pride goes before a fall. *g*

Do you have a link to ratings?

Good evening firepups! Thanks Thers.

They are all kind of ickey !

Yeah, but I haven’t a clue what they mean.
My point is that if Tweety wants a bat and ball to use in contract negotiations, he better bring more than cable ratings against… what? who?

Tweety’s as bad as Specter because he would vote whatever the villager CW is, no matter what his expressed “principles” may be. As does Specter.

I’m NYS too, and also don’t want Kennedy.

Hoeffel in PA. Or give Pat Murphy a whack at it. He’s what Tweety is pretending to be. anyway.

So Matthews still outrates Olbermann. But I wonder what the trends are.

Mathews reminds me of the goofy fukin kid that no one wanted to play with !!

How much of that is time of day?

Tweety’s ratings are not great. He regularly loses his time slot and significantly underperforms Olbermann & Maddow, especially in the younger demographics.

KO and Maddow are prime time on the east coast. Hell, we get them at 5pm. I don’t know how to draw equivalences, but Tweety’s first showing is the dinner hour.

Does Hoeffel or Murphy have a chance against Specter?

Not to go all ghoulish, but what is Specter’s prognosis? Is the optimal D strategy to put up someone weak and see what Specter’s health reveals, so that a strong D candidate is not trashed preemptively?

I don’t know how to analyze the ratings, so your guess is as good as mine.

True that. But Tweety’s up in the Liebosphere.

Best of all - transcripts galore!

Matthews does NOT have better ratings than Olbermann. It’s not even close.

Prime time on East Coast means competing with popular nonnews shows?

One would think.
I’m not a CSI (or whatever) fan, but I am assuming they are vastly different audiences.

If I’m reading it right KO gets 700,000 more veiwers?

I do not know how to analyze the ratings and was only going by the prior link which seemed to show higher for Tweety than KO.

The idea of Tweety being a member of the ‘most exclusive club in the world’ is an awful joke. At least Specter doesn’t yell or spit on people - at least as far as I know.

I AM CSI fan, but that does not make the ratings analysis less opaque. *g*

That was my bad. Thers link is very much more readable.
That said, KO and Rachel compete with prime time in the east, and what - Martha Stewart and Ellen or something…
I watch this stuff because I could not care less about what MS and Ellen are talking about, and public policy interests me greatly. So I don’t know the crossover from public policy importance to entertainment.
I just watch 30 Rock on the network.

About that. Olbermann also beats CNN in his slot, Tweety doesn’t. & Olberman wins the younger viewers.

i think tweety knows the gig is up and is looking where to go next. he knows lobbying isn’t gonna be the gravy train he is looking for so he is testing the political waters.

The Nielsen site is easier to use. Also it’s what the nets use themselves. But there’s a reason KO had the clout to get RM her show.

Ratings-wise, Matthews has been treading water for years.

But there’s a reason KO had the clout to get RM her show.

Bingo. He could go bonkers and lose it altogether and I would still forgive him because he did this. Her show is singularly good.
Wait, that may have already happened.

It’s late time to call it a night !

See ya all later!

The only down side to Rachel’s TV show is that her radio show is now shorter and not nearly as good.

How do you know KO got RM her show? I know she was a substitute, but is there other evidence?

Sleep well BB.

On his blog he said that he was pushing for it and that he wanted her to have a show.

They have both said it on air. And he openly campaigned for her to get a show for months.

Thanks TB and newtonusr.

I found this amusing at the time.
And where is Abrams?

I’m teaching all day tomorrow, so heading to bed early. G’nite pups!

Yep.

Though don’t discount the ego. He’s always fancied himself a statesman, has our Tweety.

nite betsy

pain free sleep wishes tex

and waving g’nite to any leaving sleepy pup i may have missed

If I wave back, will others go back on topic??

zzzzzzzz

there was a topic? (ducking from the wrath of thers)

Matthews is a yelping lap dog who sniffs the rear of those in power - like sniffing the behind of Tom DeLay,and war hero bush when they were the lead dogs.

Matthews interupts his targets so often, he sometimes interrupts himself.

A real piece of work!

But, but, but Chris Matthews is so vain and repulsive and stoopid that he makes my head hurt. :~)

His love affair with The Dick Armey and with DeLay are pretty sickening.

sickening for sure, but I think his coverage of the chimpmeister’s arrival on the flight deck for “Mission Accomplished” (see Neil at 2 above), wherein he praised the chimp’s manly manliness, takes the prize.

on the other hand…

If either Tweety or Joe Scar was going to stop taking up space on my evening TV screen, I was happy to see Joe go…

The Wrath of Thers is my favorite movie.

THERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSS!

Hee hee.

No argument. He does, however, seem to have disabused himself of that one.

He had Armey and DeLay - two of the most twisted and corrupt Republicans in recent memory - on Hardball very late in the campaign, and he reverted to his most deeply sycophantic self. He practically drooled when Armey suggested that “Liberals - I don’t understand what could be wrong with such people.”

evil laugh

That goes well beyond disgusting, I must admit.

We need to know whether he deducts his on-air clothing. Otherwise, he may have to hit on the DNC for campaign duds.

Aloha, Thers and the late, late pups! I read Digby’s and D-Day’s posts on Tweety today, Digby was adamant… “I’d rather vote for Snarlin’ Arlen than Tweety…” Powerful stuff there…! ;-)

We live in the Age of Stupid and I think that Matthews would be a great candidate for the Senate. He really reflects the zeitgeist.

Armey to Tweety, regarding Rom Dellums:

“Ron, you’re so misguided, you think I’m misguided.”

In Dellums’ case, Armey may have a point.

tweety’s brother is a repug county chairman in PA…. tweety is pretty much a repug now imo plus he’s a supreme asskisser yikes!!

Atrios said about the same.

We live just over the PA border in upstate NY. We’d volunteer for a progressive candidate, but for Tweety? That would be humiliating.

lisa is upstairs

Niters, all.

nite thers
see you Thersday

What blew my mind was polling puts Tweety only one point behind Specter…! What’s in the water in PA?

Aloha, Thers!

g’nite thers - see ya thersday nite

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell can come across as a real dick sometimes, especially when he opens his mouth.

The irony of this comment cannot go unremarked.

late late nite toon two flights up

And since when are these disqualifiers for the United States Senate?

“Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell”

Exhibit 12,654 for why the nation is cursed with the monolithic Democratic-Republican Party.