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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:43 PM
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Keith just smacked down Tweety
Tweety commented that Obama should be at Arlington because of what Kennedy did for him instead of staying on vacation.

Keith smacked that down, politely.

Tweety withdrew the comment.
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greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:44 PM
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1. KO said that Obama knew when to be respectful
should have mentioned the hassle of the SS and all of that!
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BattyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 12:24 AM
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39. I immediately thought about the SS when Tweety made his comment.
Imagine having both the POTUS and the VP there with all those hills and trees? I know Arlington House and the Kennedy grave sites were closed to the public all day, but still ... too many places for "trouble" to hide. It also would have been a nightmare when it got dark. I can't imagine the SS would have let Obama stay.

I was impressed when Tweety withdrew the comment. Of course, he didn't do that until Keith politely told him he was a jackass, but at least he did it.

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POAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:45 PM
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2. what exactly did Keith come back with? n/t
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:46 PM
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6. He said it was most likely that what with having delivered the eulogy earlier,
he wanted to step back and let the burial ceremony be an event with the spotlight on the family and primarily for the family and not distract attention from that.
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POAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 08:14 PM
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32. Thanks....n/t
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:57 PM
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37. Nice! /eom
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madamesilverspurs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:48 PM
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10. KO very politely informed him
that Obama, unlike Matthews, is not a self-centered egotist who has to make himself the focus of every occasion.
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POAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 08:13 PM
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31. Thanks....n/t
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madamesilverspurs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:45 PM
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3. And KO was
a heckuva lot more polite about it than I would have been.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:46 PM
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4. Had Ted been asked my guess is he would have told the president to rejoin
his wife and daughters.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:46 PM
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5. It was all polite and thoughtful with Tweety voluntarily withdrawing the comment after
Keith's comment for why the Prez may not be there so I think it was all fine.

I think Obama purposefully doesn't like to make things about him when they should be about someone else. Whenever he goes somewhere, it inevitably revolves around him. I think he thoughtfully doesn't want that to happen sometimes - like now.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:48 PM
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12. Except that Tweety was trying to make it about the vacation
despite the eulogy this morning.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:51 PM
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17. True but someone was there to counter his point and he accepted that.
When he said it, it pissed me off. I was glad Keith responded and it ended up as well as it could other then Tweety not saying it in the first place although I'm sure some people were already thinking about that issue.
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:08 PM
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20. I have to disagree. It wasn't polite to imply that
since the President owed a great debt to Kennedy's support during the campaign, that he ought to have been there. Matthews was making the President out to be an ingrate. I thought that was pretty shitty of him and I'm glad Keith countered it in such a way to make him verbally retract it.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:18 PM
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22. At that point, I was hoping someone was close by with a snack
Giving Matthews the benefit of the doubt here on his petty remark. Glad KO turned it around and that Matthews was big enough to withdraw the comment.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:33 PM
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25. I meant Keith was able to be completely polite and yet get Chris to pull back his dumb ass comment
which he thankfully did instead of digging in.

It was calm and measured which is rare on Cable News.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:59 PM
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29. Yes, that would
rare.
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:47 PM
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7. I'm glad Keith shut him up and I agree with Keith's suggestion
that

1) The President paid the most significant tribute by delivering the eulogy;

2) In response to the VP's presence, it could have been an issue of "who gets to go" representation, in which case it would be the man who spent the most time in the Senate with Senator Kennedy.

Chris, that was a fucknut comment.
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:47 PM
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8. Yes, I was pleased to hear that.
Thankful that Keith is the grown up.
Chris shoots from the hip.
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:37 PM
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33. Re: Chris shoots from the hip.
or the lip, in his case!
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 12:32 AM
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41. Matthews should limit the length of his days
I don't know if it has to do with his diabetes or what, but when he is on air a long time, he gets verbal diarrhea. He really should restrict how many hours a day he is "on" to control this.

I think he has spent too many hours going this week and that Teddy Kennedy's death really has affected him. He seemed overtired all day today with no internal censor.

I got pissed when he started going on about Chappaquiddick while the ceremony was still taking place this evening.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:47 PM
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9. I guess Tweety forgot that Bush isn't president anymore.
Edited on Sat Aug-29-09 06:48 PM by eleny
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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:48 PM
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11. Mathews, why don't you just shut up?
You are making a fool of yourself even more today than you usually do. Your inane comments are embarrassing to those around you and are causing many of us to switch channels.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:20 PM
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24. I switched to CNN after hearing him go on and on
in his oh-so superficial way!
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:49 PM
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13. Damn Tweety Can Be Such A Clod !!!
Besides not wanting to upstage the ceremony, it was reported earlier that if the burial was going to be happening as it got dark, that that would be an untenable security risk for Obama and the Secret Service!

You'd think that Tweety, being a "reporter", might have heard about that, but then I guess we'd all be wrong on that one.

:argh:
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:49 PM
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14. Good of Matthews to retract. I expect Keith was right
that this was for family and those of us allowed to watch. And, terrible as it is to say, it's exposure at a time when his security would have been challenged and would have added a lot of chaos.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:53 PM
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19. I agree. It would have been another open area Secret Service nightmare. No thanks.
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Stardust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:51 PM
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15. Kudos to Tweety! It takes courage to admit you said something stupid on
national TV.

Oh dog, here he goes on again about how attractive the Kennedy family is. At least this time, he stopped short of bashing the royal family. I think Tweety's sugar level gets skewed after a long day like today. All the M$NBC commentators are running out of stuff to say.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:52 PM
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18. Yes he was very calm about that
He's mellowing.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:51 PM
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16. And did you hear Tweety say something about getting a phone call
because he keeps calling Biden "Senator"? He was mumbling, but that's what it sounded like.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:13 PM
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21. Yes, that's what it was.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:20 PM
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23. Thanks, I wasn't sure I heard right. It's been 8 months, he should
be used to saying VP by now.
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politicasista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:52 PM
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26. Kudos to Keith for doing that. It was stupid
Obama is not a machine. He can't be at two places at one time.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:54 PM
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27. Tweety always brings the shitty angle ,thats what he does.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:57 PM
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28. How mediawhore stupid is that? This isn't about
the President and Obama knows that.

It's about Teddy and I'm glad KO gave him a clue.

Tweety should think before his alligator mouth goes off, sometimes.
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Umbral Donating Member (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 08:01 PM
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30. There is something wrong with Mathews...
It's tempting to believe he just doesn't think before he says whatever pops into his head, but that glibness is just the mechanism exposing his 'problem'.
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:41 PM
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34. Low self-esteem.
Edited on Sat Aug-29-09 11:43 PM by dgibby
Compensated with overblown ego and non-stop chatter and idol worship to hide his basic insecurity.

Oh, and did I mention, he has a need to tear other people down in order to feel better about himself?
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demmiblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 06:57 PM
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47. You hit the nail on the head!
:applause:
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 08:48 PM
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48. He's a basket case of insecurity. n/t
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demmiblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 08:51 PM
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49. Tingle... that is all that needs to be said!
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 09:01 PM
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50. That pretty much sums it up.!
I almost fell out of my chair when I heard that. What a dork!:silly: :rofl:
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demmiblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 09:14 PM
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51. THIS is the greatest thing about DU....
a word can conjure up a meaning!

:rofl:
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 09:59 PM
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52. !!!Series!!!
It's a HUGH part of DU, like an inside joke! And we all get it,'cause we're not MORANS!:fistbump: :rofl: :rofl:
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:54 PM
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35. And people talk about Biden. nt
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:57 PM
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36. seriously
tweety says whatever pops into his bleached blond head
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Prism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 12:04 AM
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38. Ugh
I watch very little cable news, and today reminded me why. While Olbermann was narrating rather appropriately and eloquently, Matthews kept piping up like a jack russel terrier, just yap, yap, yapping away to total, inappropriate distraction. Every time he opened he mouth, I cringed, because I knew there was nothing good coming.

90% of the time, he proved me right.
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BattyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 12:27 AM
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40. My mother kept saying, "Why is he talking over everyone else? Shut up, Tweety!"
:rofl:
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 06:47 PM
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46. That drives me nuts about him!!! He asks someone a question

but then he won't shut up long enough to let them answer -- or he just interrupts and cuts them off. Grrr!
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 12:54 AM
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42. Tweety is very jealous of Keith, imo.
Tweety had the stage all by himself until Keith appeared on the scene, and the PTB at MSNBC decided (during the primaries) it would be a good idea to have Keith anchor political programming. Until then, Tweety was their "go to guy". Needless to say, it was a big blow to Tweety's overblown ego and only played into his insecurity.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 01:03 AM
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43. i was glad i didn't see poppy and babs at the mass
ugh. as it was, fuckhead being there was quite enuf.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 02:04 AM
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44. They decided not to go, said that dubya was representing the family
I actually thought it was in bad taste, even though I'm glad they weren't there.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 02:58 AM
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45. that was in bad taste--but i didn't want them there.
they really were--at least in my head--assholes regardless of what they did.

"damned if they do, damned if they don't" as my mother says.

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snake in the grass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 10:16 PM
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53. saved for later n/t
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