Transcript: Smackdown of Tweety ("You & Judy MILLER") +HACKETT to Shrub

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It was delicious to see Hillary ROSEN smack Tweety upside the head yesterday. The HACKETT item below comes earlier in the transcript.


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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8756314/

.... MATTHEWS: And this is a fair statement. Did anybody on either side of this fight about this war think it would end up—well, I thought it would—but with Ahmad Chalabi, some guy with a suit on, amid all these guys in robes? He‘s supposedly the deputy over there. People say he is really the boss.

ROSEN: Right.

MATTHEWS: He‘s—the neocons loved him. They put him in there.

ROSEN: You and Judy Miller thought this.

MATTHEWS: Whatever. I saw it was coming. Maybe she liked it. I didn‘t.

And I‘ve got to tell you something. It is a real question, what we‘re fighting for.

ROSEN: Well, that‘s exactly the point, Chris.

We went in there originally because there were weapons of mass destruction. We did not have them. Then the president said, we‘re staying in Iraq because we have to create a democratic stronghold in the Middle East. None of those things are going to prove to be true. ....

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.... MATTHEWS: What is a chicken hawk?

HACKETT: Chicken hawk is somebody who is not willing to fight the fight of their age, their generation, and speaks brashly and with unnecessary bravado when they‘re sending other kids and other sons and daughters, other folks‘ sons and daughters, off to war.

It is—encompasses language like, bring it on. It encompasses language like, you‘re with us or you‘re against us and we‘re going to take it to you. And I think that‘s dangerous. And I‘ve got to tell you, you know, when we‘re over there fighting in Iraq, Marines and soldiers, and we hear language like, bring it on coming from the Oval Office, that‘s a danger. We don‘t need that. That‘s encouraging an...

(CROSSTALK)

MATTHEWS: Paul, why did you call the president—why did you call the president of the United States, whose office you respect, a chicken hawk?

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HACKETT: I respect the office of the president of the United States. I said those words. I meant them. I stand by them. I would say them again.

And I‘m—look, I‘m not a career politician. I‘m a tough-talking, straight-shooting, forward guy. What you see is what you get. And one of my heroes, Harry Truman, said, if you can‘t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. I‘m taking some heat for it. I‘m OK with it. The hits are easy compared to some of things that I‘ve seen in the last year or so.

MATTHEWS: Yes. ....

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[Benhurst]

1. A chicken hawk is a chicken hawk is a chicken hawk. The

presidency is an office Bush* stole. A chicken hawk is what Bush* is.

[seemslikeadream]

2. How did you like Tweety grillin' him on the concealed weapons

permit?

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3. What I Always Think of Tweety: He's a Jerk-A-hole

Backstabber.

Although at the end, where he said he wanted to have HACKETT back-----AS THE WINNER, it seemed true. I think Tweety would like to be the ROVE to somebody, but it's too late. He tries to do something like this with McCAIN, kissing up to him up and down. But he stopped investing in Dems years ago, so where can he turn.

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6. Actually He Could Have Roughed HACKETT Up Even More

with the old G.E.RUSSERT trick of pinning him down and repeating endlessly: "Forget about your respect for the office: Do you respect George W. BUSH?"

And re-worded: "Do you think George W. BUSH served his country honorably in the National Guard? Do you? Do you?"

All repeated endlessly. Tweety and G.E. RUSSERT are shameless bullies (read, "COWARDS") with these old tricks.

[Vinca]

4. I was seriously impressed by Hackett.

I hope he's elected because he could go far.

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5. Does Anybody Know How It Looks for Him?

Geez, that victory would be SO sweet.

[kcass1954]

10. I talked to his office this morning...

They're 5 points down in the polls.

I'm in Florida, but I volunteered to make calls for them this weekend, and y'all should consider doing the same.

513-421-0495 - number's been posted several times in the last couple of days.

They faxed me a script, and two pages of info on Paul's background and beliefs, and a list of Dem's to call. Should take me several hours tomorrow afternoon, but what a worthy cause!

And they thanked me several times during the call.


edit - forgot the damn spell-check again!

[seemslikeadream]

7. He was really impressive when he started talking about Iraq

KNEW HIS STUFF

[Straight Shooter]

8. "I‘m a tough-talking, straight-shooting, forward guy."

My favorite kind of person ... a straight shooter ;)

[carnie_sf]

9. Bush and his entire coterie

are nothing but a bunch of chickenhawks

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11. chickenhawks chickenhawks chickenhawks n/t

[blm]

12. The press KNOW that BushInc PUT Chalabi in power there. That whole dog and

pony show about attempting to arrest him once they "found out" he was wrong on WMDs was so obvious to anyone paying even a little bit of attention.

They just neeeded to fool a good number of Iraqis into believing that Chalabi was there for them and an enemy of Bush so he could weasel thru the election.

Now Bush has his real puppet in place where he needs him - on the OIL desk.

[Stirk]

13. I don't understand the Chalabi quote.

Is he saying that he was one of the rare few who knew the Iraq occupation would turn out this way, and that Chalabi would hold some position in influence in Bush's puppet regime?

I hope he's not saying that, because everyone I know was predicting that outcome. Matthews was not.