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Edited on Fri Feb-01-08 09:12 PM by McCamy Taylor
As I documented two days ago, Chris “Tweety” Matthews was a player in the corporate media wars against Al Gore in 2000 and John Edwards this year. He participated in spreading the Big Lie Edwards is a phony. He declared the Edwards campaign dead after Edwards upset second place finish in Iowa, when Edwards began to rise in national polls, putting a sharp halt to that campaign’s momentum. (Who would send money or change their affiliation to a campaign that the pundits had declared “dead”?) He attempted to include Edwards in the politics of racial discord which he and MSNBC consultant Pat Buchanan were spreading, by accusing Edwards of standing in Obama’s way---in the way of the nation’s first African-American candidate.
Tweety must be very pleased with himself. He played a big roll in knocking out the Democratic candidate that might have cost his corporate bosses money through his policies of reform. He also made sure that a Democratic candidate that had broad appeal in the general election would not receive serious consideration in the primary, increasing the chances that John McCain, favorite son of the Pentagon (GE’s patron) would have a shot at the White House.
Some media whores might take a break, but Chris Matthews is on a roll, and he has no shame. He does not care that every John Edwards supporter in the country (and there are a lot of them) knows exactly what he did to their candidate. He is continuing to do what he does best. Tonight, during the first ten minutes of Hardball I heard Matthews deliver three Big Lies.
BIG LIE No. 1: The War in Iraq is a Democratic War Bullshit. That war isn’t really a Republican War, either, though that stupid party has been so damn slow to repudiate it that it has caused them irreparable harm. The War in Iraq is a Bush-Cheney-Colin Powell-Rumsefeld-NeoCon War. They lied to the American people and invaded that country under false pretenses, because they coveted its oil. It is all there in black and white in the Project for the New American Century . Chris Matthews claims that he always knew that there were no WMDs and therefore everyone else in the country knew too. Chris Matthews is a Big Fat Liar . The administration terrorized American citizens, and Matthews and his network helped them to do it. (And they fired Peter Arnett and Donahue so that they would not get in the way of selling the war.) Members of Congress were just as worried as anyone else. They did not want to do the wrong thing. It sure as hell did not occur to them that people like the president and Colin Powell would lie . Most Americans are idealistic. Most of them believe in something. It was easy for private citizens like me and for non-members of Congress like Obama to say "Hold on there." It was much harder for the people who held the nation's security in their hands to take a stand, when their judgment was distorted by fear and the sense of responsibility that comes with the job. Every parent knows how you start to overreact when it is your child. If Obama is ever the president, he will see that things look different when it is all his responsibility.
But that does not make it a Democratic War. It is not even an American War. It is a 100% Neo-Con War, aided and abetted by the GOP.
There is a larger motive for this lie. I predicted that we would be hearing The War in Iraq is a Democratic War , because that was a key ingredient in both 1968 and 1972, and whoever is directing the corporate media (I suspect a combination of Karl Rove and Pat Buchanan) is using those two elections as a model. In both of these elections, the Democrats lost, because the base would not turn out to vote. The base would not turn out, because they believed that the Viet Nam War was a Democratic War. In 1972, this was nonsense. Nixon had lied in 1968 when he said he had a secret plan to end the war. He escalated the war. And he took the war into Cambodia and Laos. However, CREEP and Buchanan were able to use the war against the Democrats anyway.
The Big Lie The War in Iraq is a Democratic War is very important for the GOP’s chances this fall. . That is why Karl Rove himself introduced it last fall And that is why you will see more and more media whores like Tweety repeating it. When they can show clips of Democrats like Obama accusing Hillary of being the cause of the war, this strengthens their case. If they have their way, by this fall, the Democratic base will be so disgusted with their own party, they will sit out the election, convinced that this really is a “Democratic War.”
Sound impossible? Who would have thought in early 2004 that anyone could label war hero John Kerry a coward? If Tweety and people like him repeat “This a Democratic War” over and over again enough times, you can be damn sure they will get people to believe it.
BIG LIE No.2. Hillary is a Bitch who only pretends to have a heart. The way that Tweety laughed when he described the civil debate between Hillary and Obama was disgusting. His implication was clear. In New Hampshire, Hillary cried crocodile tears for votes and during the debate, she put on an act, disguising her wicked witch of the west persona in order to court the voters. But Matthews knows better. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Did Tweety apologize for his sexist comments about Hillary? What a crock!
The Hillary is a Bitch Big Lie only works because she is a woman. Professional woman are judged in different ways than men. If they are perceived to be uncaring, then they are reviled. Men in positions of authority can get away with being “cool” or “aloof” since these are considered traditionally masculine characteristics which can enhance aggressiveness and other desirable traits. The very best (or nastiest) way to slime any woman is to label her as unfeeling or uncaring.
This leads to an important question. Why is the press attempting to cut down Hillary and prop up Obama? I do not think that the corporate media (and MSNBC in particular) prefers one to the other. They are simply attempting to force the Democrats to go to the convention without a winner. Again, Chicago 1968 is the goal. If Hillary and Obama go to the convention, each with fiercely devoted delegates and a bitter battle ensues and the loser leaves in disgust, taking his or her delegates with him, a fractured party will result. This will cause decreased Democratic turn out and help the GOP.
If Obama were to suddenly rise in the polls, Hillary would be the one getting the help. The goal is to keep the Democratic race as close as possible. In contrast, during the same hour of Hardball John McCain was anointed the inevitable winner, even though he is much more likely to face a fractured party and a divided convention and low turnout of members of his own party who despise him. Regarding his "100 years of war" he was called "honest". (!!!!)Not a war supporter. Hillary, who has promised to bring home the troops within a year, is the one who loves the war. McCain is the peace candidate according the wacky world of MSNBC.
BIG LIE No.3 Hillary ‘ghettoized’ Obama. Oh man! Pat Buchanan may be gone but his words linger on!
I have wondered how MSNBC could justify having the mastermind behind CREEP, the Committee to Re-Elect the President delivering analysis on the Democratic primary. Buchanan's job was to get Nixon re-elected by interfering with the 1972 Democratic primary. He drew up plans to attribute slanders against one Democratic candidate to another Democratic candidate. He also came up with the “bad endorsement” (which we may have seen already. A Bush minister friend endorsed Obama, then revealed that he runs an anti-gay program.). He advised sabotaging meetings and other dirty tricks, And then he lied to Congress about doing it. On the night of the South Carolina primary Buchanan's race baiting was so embarrassing that Joe Scarborough told him to shut up. I guess that is why I do not see Buchanan on MSNBC as much these days. However, there is no need for him to appear on TV, when he has Chris Matthews to deliver his propaganda for him.
“Ghettoize” is straight from Pat Buchanan’s recent article, in which he distorts what Hillary said and did to give the impression that it was her and not the corporate media that introduced race into the race. In fact, it was people like Tweety, he accused New Hampshire voters of being racist, and it was Obama voters who misrepresented Hillary’s comments about JFK (that lead to the Kennedy endorsement of Obama) as remarks about MLK Jr.
Why would the GOP want to create a word like “ghettoize”? Three reasons. It adds to the Hillary is a bitch big lie. It splits the Democratic Party, increasing the likelihood of a Democratic Convention that is a war zone like the one in Chicago 1968. And most evil of all, it makes people think of Obama and ghetto at the same time—two concepts that are not normally linked in the minds of most Americans. Because if Obama is the nominee, the GOP will resort to the tried and true slur which they always use against Black men. He is sooooo scary Or, in Obama’s case , Obama is a scary Black muslim .
Three Big Lies in 10 minutes. That must be some kind of record. Only a motor mouth like Tweety could manage something like that.
I wonder, would a boycott of GE products---light bulbs, appliances, the works—encourage MSNBC to put a sock in Tweety’s mouth? Is it too much to ask for the news media to present the news and not propaganda for one political party?
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