Chris Matthews is jumping on board with the voting scandal!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Tomorrow's show, Friday 7PM. This is your heads up.

Wow, first Keith then David Shuster and now Chris Matthews. Great work to everyone who has been working on this and sending emails!

Here's a snip from David Shuster's blog mentioning Matthews' tomorrow night show.

On Friday night, "Hardball with Chris Matthews" (7 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET) will be jumping into the fray. You won't want to miss that. Plus, this weekend here on Hardblogger, I'll be posting some amazing national election numbers and demographic trends that may shock you. I've run some of the numbers past a few MSNBC political analysts, and everybody is calling it "a big deal."

Sounds like must see TV to me!

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Ok ok crazy theory

Watergate developed first at the WaPo and then the NYT picked it up

What if Oberman started and now the rest are starting to pick it up

We may be at the cust of Watergate II breaking fully open.

Regardless this is gonna hurt the country deeply

[truthseeker1]

6. Rather than "Watergate II" this scandal needs its own name

Which "gate" will it become known as?

[Generator]

12. Fraudgate, votergate or my personal fav

Greedyfascistscumbucketsstealingvotesgate.

[99Pancakes]

32. HA-HA-HA-HA!

Too bad it takes up too much space for a Headliner!

[geomon666]

47. yeah but...

just imagine it scrolling through Times Square on a busy morning. That's a beautiful picture.

[99Pancakes]

48. HA-HA-HA-HA!

I can! I can! Plenty o' space there!

[unblock]

16. it's already got its own name: VOTERGATE

[d_b]

33. Exit-gate

[bsuz]

34. Name for new "Gate"

How about " Election Pre-Emption" ? Or "MASS-ter Gate" ?

[bsuz]

45. Another new name for " Gate"

How about " MASS-ters of War" Gate. Sorry, couldn't resist. A big Dylan fan.

[BlueStatesForever]

40. Re-(s)elect-a-moron-gate

[Roxy66]

17. Hurt it more than it already is?....hmmm

I'm not sure how that could happen....except for the nazi freaks that will start shooting the day Kerry is nammed the new Pres.

[m berst]

26. "Regardless this is gonna hurt the country deeply..."

The only way that it could hurt the country is if the truth about what happened is such that NOT bringing it into the open would hurt the country much, much more deeply. don't you think?

It never hurts more to discover the truth than it does to live in a lie.

[ithacan]

2. I'll believe it when I see it

my guess is he's jumping on the "conspiracy theory nuts" bandwagon in some form or other...

I hope I'm wrong but there is a pattern of behavior here

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. I admit the thought crossed my mind too.

I am going to wait and see till I pass full judgment. The teaser looks good, but then that is the purpose of a teaser.

[jdj]

28. Death to the mandate if nothing else!!!! Death to the mandate!!!!

maybe these pundits and hacks are realizing that if the fundies take over the party they'll be out of a job, as the fundies have their own Bob Jones educated, helmet-hair headed, plastic smile implanted borg units to deploy right into their jobs at the first opportunity.

[DuaneBidoux]

39. I'm in favor of about 2,000,000 people in DC on Inauguration

to show there is no mandate.

[JerseygirlCT]

35. That would be my guest. He's blunt

but I've never gotten the impression he's particularly courageous. I can't see him going out on any sort of limb (perceived or otherwise).

I imagine we'll see: well, I've been in politics, and you know, it's always hard for the losing side... blah, blah, blah.

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. Probably just trying to get us back to watching him.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. Tweety?

I'd prefer he didn't pick it up and ate crow later.

I saw his face on election night, he saw those exit polls. Where were the hardballs then? Fuck him.

[grannylib]

21. Exactly, he played right into the hands of the Reich Wing

which I expected after seeing him slobber all over the slate of speakers from the RNC, wondering if "anything could be better than this?"
Poke in the eye with a sharp stick for starters...

Yeah I'd love to see him miss out on the whole story; serve him right.

[musette_sf]

4. Let's see what his spin is...

...but if it's a *favorable* spin, I do believe that he might finally be over that malaria!

[Generator]

5. I wouldn't get your hopes up with "Mr I voted for Bush in 2000" and

whored for hm for four years then didn't understand why he won again.

Listen, if you are brave enough to watch, report it if it's worthwhile.

Otherwise, he's just trying to steal Keith's thunder. Asshole.

[seraph]

7. Tweety will try and shoot it down

This also comes from a Rove newser today where he claims * gained in traditional dem strongholds.

They are going to grab the mandate angle again.

Expect nothing from Tweety.

[Roxy66]

19. Is Tweety Chris Matthews?

Where does Tweety come from?

[grannylib]

22. From his bright yellow hair...makes him look like Tweety Bird

[GCP]

24. It's the yellow hair and shrill voice

Welcome to DU

[bvar22]

41. Bright yellow hair, shrill voice, AND...

...the rather odd shape of his head.

[highplainsdem]

20. I think so, too. CNN's Anderson Cooper also did a dismissive non-story

on vote fraud tonight, trivializing it.

[Kurovski]

29. Let's be honest

you never know the tune Tweety's gonna chirp.

If he presses hard for investigations and recounts and all, we'll be laying great bowls of premium seed at his feet.

And a new plastic ferris wheel, to boot.

[BlueStatesForever]

42. You should send him that offer

SERIOUSLY!!! Well, actually, send it to Olbermann. I'm betting he'd eat it up.

[springhill]

46. There is absolutely no way he gained.......

in democratic strongholds. Now if they said they were better at bringing out their base and other republicans they have a much better chance at believability. But that statement defies all common sense. More democrats voted for him this time thatn in 2004?
After the last four years? Yea right, and I have some swamp land in Florida to sell you too.

[tridim]

8. What a dork

I'm glad he's going to finally report it, but now it just seems like he's jealous of Olbermann. I mean how silly is it that Tweety has never mentioned the story, and the show right after his has it as the #1 story?

I wonder if Olbermann is kicking Tweety's butt in the ratings?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

18. Jealous is good, I don't mind if he works off that emotion

If Olbermann does have something on him he won't let him run with it alone. The media is a fickle beast, it follows the ratings.

[GingerSnaps]

10. What makes you think that Tweety will be on the voters side?

He is bought and paid for by * so why would he want to report the truth

[HoosierClarkie]

11. I haven't watched tweety for a long time, but

I will watch if he covers it. You never know with him.

[seraph]

14. Yes you do. Save yourself - don't watch. (nt)

[Ducks In A Row]

13. More likely he'll ridicule like NBC did.

It's a trick to get Keith's viewers to tune in.

[Lefty48197]

15. Not falling for it birdbrain. I won't watch your show ever again.

EVER!

[krkaufman]

23. I won't hold my breath that Matthews will treat the subject...

... with the seriousness that it deserves. From what I've seen of him, he's just as likely to go down the "conspiracy theory" route just for the entertainment value.

I hope he proves me wrong.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

25. He can't take being trumped by Keith

It irks me that Hardball is rebroadcast over and over, but if you miss the first run of Countdown you may not get to see the one repeat - for example, I missed it last night and was waiting for the repeat but later in the evening it was all Arafat, all the time. But early in the morning, there's Hardball again. Grrr. Olbermann's a thinking guy, Matthews is just an opportunist. Won't watch hm.

[Mike Nelson]

31. I TOUGHT I TAW A PUTTY KAT!

Chris Matthews must know about the urge to lie, cheat, & steal as you count votes... He must know! So, the question is: Does he feel the technology has make that less likely? Y'all realize he must know about voter fraud!

[Cat Atomic]

27. Knowing Matthews, he'll say the numbers are a "big deal" because

they show tremendous support for Bush even from Dems.

"I knew he was fantastic, but wow! That's even better than I thought!", Chris will say. Then he'll hug his George W. Bush: Elite Aviator doll and cream his jeans.

[Eric J in MN]

30. Sounds about right. We'll see.

Chris Matthews keeps swinging one way then another.

[Raftysworld]

37. Or...

http://www.votergate2004.net >VoterGate

[Generator]

43. Oh man I'm dying of laughter here!

[DuaneBidoux]

38. We need to email him with all the instances of bs that has

been found!

[eleny]

44. He can kiss my ass

He can kiss Greg Palast's ass
He can kiss Bev Harris's ass
He can kiss Keith Olbermann's ass

He's a bushbot and I don't trust this. I can see him trying to reshape the public's view against activites. But now that Kerry's lawyer's are getting involved, I suppose Tweety needs to catch up or be left behind.

[B Calm]

49. How much you want to bet Matthews will make us out to be

internet blogger kooks?