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EV_Ares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:18 AM
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The Biggest Cheerleader for Bush's comment "Mission Accomplished" was Chris Matthews
Chief among the cheerleaders was MSNBC's Chris Matthews. On the May 1, 2003, edition of Hardball, Matthews was joined in his effusive praise of Bush by right-wing pundit Ann Coulter and "Democrat" Pat Caddell. Former U.S. Rep. Robert K. Dornan (R-CA) also appeared on the program.:

MATTHEWS: What's the importance of the president's amazing display of leadership tonight?

MATTHEWS: What do you make of the actual visual that people will see on TV and probably, as you know, as well as I, will remember a lot longer than words spoken tonight? And that's the president looking very much like a jet, you know, a high-flying jet star. A guy who is a jet pilot. Has been in the past when he was younger, obviously. What does that image mean to the American people, a guy who can actually get into a supersonic plane and actually fly in an unpressurized cabin like an actual jet pilot?

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MATTHEWS: Do you think this role, and I want to talk politically <...>, the president deserves everything he's doing tonight in terms of his leadership. He won the war. He was an effective commander. Everybody recognizes that, I believe, except a few critics. Do you think he is defining the office of the presidency, at least for this time, as basically that of commander in chief? That <...> if you're going to run against him, you'd better be ready to take away from him.

read the rest @ Media Matters: http://mediamatters.org/items/200604270005

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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:23 AM
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1. He is an asshat.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 10:24 AM
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8. . . . of the highest magnitude.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:25 AM
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2. Matthews drools over his mancrushes in a really creepy way.
Whoever is floating his boat at the moment.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:29 AM
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3. the "packaged" President.
paragraph two makes him sound like an imbecile.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:40 AM
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4. "Actually, mine was a codpiece. Jeff Gannon has the real package. Smirk." - Commander AWOL
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 08:48 AM
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5. K&R #1 for, first thing in the A.M. - a thread knocking Tweety!1 Thanks!1 n/t
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 09:20 AM
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6. Fooof . A high-flying jet star. A guy who is a jet pilot.
Good God
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MinM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 10:13 AM
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7. B-1 Bob Dornan and DINO Pat Caddell
B-1 Bob has always been a reliable go-to guy for the Military-Industrial Complex...

and Fox "News" "Democrat" Pat Caddell
Virtually every regular liberal commentator on Fox News, including Susan Estrich, Ed Koch, Laura Schwartz, Juan Williams, Tammy Bruce, Kirsten Powers, Bob Beckel and Pat Caddell, have been called Fox News liberals for exhibiting tendencies similar to Colmes'. Each has faced criticism that he/she cares more about continuing to appear on television than articulately defending left-wing ideals. For example, both Tammy Bruce and Ed Koch voted for George W. Bush in 2004, Pat Caddell has split from the party, calling Democrats "a confederacy of gangsters"...


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