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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:05 PM
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Chris Mathews: 'Obama winning Iowa would be bigger than the Berlin Wall coming down'
Edited on Wed Dec-26-07 05:08 PM by Kurt_and_Hunter
'The biggest political story of our lives.' 'Bigger than the first post-apartheid elections in Africa...'

(I am not making this up.)
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ccpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:05 PM
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1. is that Chris Matthews
trying to be relevant again? :evilgrin:
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:20 PM
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20. He probably has a gross of underwear so he can start to change them
when Hillary wins. He really deserved the P.U.litzey award.
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:06 PM
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2. Obama winning the presidency might not even be the biggest political story of our lives.
Edited on Wed Dec-26-07 05:06 PM by TwilightZone
Much less just winning Iowa.
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TeamJordan23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:08 PM
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8. An African American winning the US Presidency. It would be the greatest political story of recent
history and all across the world.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:15 PM
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15. Yes, it would. n/t
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:19 PM
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18. The key term in your statement is "recent".
That term was not used in Matthews' statement. His statement extends to "lifetime", which would include the fall of the Soviet Union and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, two events that arguably had more worldwide impact than would an Obama election.
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TeamJordan23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:21 PM
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22. Sorry, but there is a generation (mine) that doesn't really remember the Berlin Wall
teardown really as part of OUR history.
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:21 PM
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24. No offense, but he wasn't talking about your lifetime.
He was talking about his.
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TeamJordan23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:24 PM
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28. Well this would be a direct US political story.
Not an indirect political story - like Berlin or S. Africa.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:06 PM
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3. Obama must have switched to Aqua Velva
Edited on Wed Dec-26-07 05:08 PM by jpgray
Seriously, a black person or a woman winning the nom for the highest office in the land is a big step.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:07 PM
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4. Tweety's off his Thorazine again.
Everything is SOOOO dramatic for Tweety.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:08 PM
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5. Here's the quote and a filmclip:
“The biggest American political story in modern times if Obama wins the Iowa caucuses. It’ll be all over the world, it will sweep the headlines of every newspaper in the world, friend, foe or neutral. It will be the Third World story of the century, the last century, the biggest story of modern Third World history really, if Obama wins the American presidential caucus in Iowa.”

http://wonkette.com/337759/chris-matthews-thinks-a-barack-win-in-iowa-could-solve-every-problem-ever
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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:11 PM
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14. That's not the same quote.
The stuff in the OP is from his into to that segment.

Both are accurate.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:18 PM
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17. Here's his whole appearance:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22398924#22398924

I saw it this morning, and don't remember anything about the Berlin Wall.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:08 PM
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6. Granny must have sprinkled something extra special in Tweety's bird seed
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:09 PM
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11. lol
you have a way with words. :-)
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earthlover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:08 PM
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7. It would be transformational with regard to race relations
It also would be transformational in changing the tone in Washington.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:09 PM
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10. I would LOVE to see it! We need transforming! nt
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:23 PM
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27. it would be spectacular
fingers crossed
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:09 PM
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9. Yeah.. he started this latest "Matthews Headline" this morning.
Figured he'd finish it up this afternoon. They're making some good points, however.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:10 PM
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12. Thats tweety for ya and his blind hatred for the Clinton's.
Edited on Wed Dec-26-07 05:12 PM by William769
He must buy his drinking water from the same place of some other people I know.
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Little Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:21 PM
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23. He has some serious hate for the Clinton's. A Woman
getting the nod and/or becoming President would also be earth shattering. But I'm backing JRE cause he is for the middle class and he is SMART. Come to think of it, getting rid of GWB is going to be earth shattering, from all the celebrating that will go on around the globe!
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:10 PM
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13. Which Ronald Raygun had absolutely nothing to do with.
:dem:
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:16 PM
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16. Tweety and Obama sittin' in a tree...
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:20 PM
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19. Maybe they can share the branch already occupied by Hillary and Taylor Marsh...
:shrug:
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:23 PM
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25. You're comparing Matthews to a blogger?
:shrug:
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:25 PM
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29. Actually, no.
Taylor Marsh and Hillary are much more snuggly and cozy than Tweety and any presidential candidate.

So the answer is ... no.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:28 PM
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30. certainly appears you are.
I mean, Marsh doesn't write imaginary speeches for Clinton. Tweety does for Obama.
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desi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:20 PM
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21. And if Obama loses Iowa Tweety will become Pete/Repeat
and say the same thing about NH, SC, Nevada...Hawaii...Guam...actually if Obama does not get the nomination look for Tweety to challenge Hillary to a duel.
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Nedsdag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 05:23 PM
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26. Normally, I dislike Tweety, however, he makes a valid point.
Edited on Wed Dec-26-07 05:24 PM by Nedsdag
No one will give two hoots about Bill Clinton's wife winning in Iowa, yet a biracial man winning in a predominately white state will make international headlines.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 08:18 PM
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33. not really.....
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VarnettaTuckpocket Donating Member (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 06:40 PM
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31. And he calls Hillary shrill? n.t
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 08:16 PM
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32. chris needs a long vacation
i`m not sure what he is getting at but he needs a vacation
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 08:23 PM
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34. He's only the 5th black Senator
If that does't make people understand how huget his is, I don't know what will.
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 04:47 AM
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35. Was Tweety high at the time????
Please, the world has a lot of things to concern itself other than Obama winning Iowa!!!!!

It just shows how irrelevant this idiot has become.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 09:18 AM
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36. Chris Matthews is an idiot. And a name dropping bandwagon whore.
Whomever he preceives is up at the moment gets his fawning slobbery wet kisses.
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