Transcript of 21 Year Old Chickenhawk from Friday's Hardball

[RamboLiberal]

MATTHEWS: Welcome back.

Here at HARDBALL, we salute everyone at every age getting involved in politics, obviously. So, we brought together two young leaders to tell us what they think of politics today. Chris Galloway is president of the Young Democrats of America. And Jason Mattera is the spokesman for the Young America‘s Foundation, which is a conservative group.

Jason, you‘re 21, right?

JASON MATTERA, SPOKESMAN, YOUNG AMERICA‘S FOUNDATION: That‘s correct, Chris.

<snip>
Matthews: Let me ask you about—both you gentlemen, but starting with you, Jason. What are you guys—what do people your age think about the war in Iraq right now, as it is going, as we‘re fighting this to try to get the Iraqis to take over the fighting? What‘s the view of your group?

MATTERA: I think my group is supporting President Bush on this matter. We‘re looking to defeat the terrorists.

MATTHEWS: Where? In Iraq.

MATTERA: In Iraq. Of course in Iraq.

And there—you won‘t see on college campuses, as you did in the 1960s, these rampant protests, these obstruction of classroom, these—the book burning, everything that went down. I think kids are more conservative today. And I think groups such as the Young America‘s Foundation help that—help mold that conservatism.

MATTHEWS: Would you like to enlist them? You‘re 21. You‘re eligible to serve. Would you like to serve in this war?

MATTERA: I‘m fighting the battle for ideas. I‘m fighting...

(CROSSTALK)

MATTHEWS: No, I‘m just asking a particular question. Would you like to enlist in this war?

MATTERA: No, because I‘m fighting a separate battle. I‘m fighting—we‘re fighting the culture war here, but I‘m also supporting the battle that‘s raging in Iraq.

MATTHEWS: Well, what kind of people should fight in this war, if not you?

MATTERA: Those who want to, those who want—who feel the desire, who have the passion to go over to Iraq. I have many friends who are in Iraq myself, people from my church, people who I graduated with.

MATTHEWS: Yes.

MATTERA: They went to go fight over there. I‘m here. I‘m fighting
the culture war right now. Both need to be fought and both need to be won by conservatives.

Rest of interview at:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8870860/

Crooks and liars has the video
http://www.crooksandliars.com/

Here's the smirking Chickenhawk

BTW, google his name - he's another friggin' white supremecist:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/mattera1.html

Whites-Only Scholarship Revisited
by Jason Mattera

RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie has much to worry about: a soaring deficit, low approval ratings for President Bush, and an amnesty program that has Bush’s conservative base fuming. So what is Gillespie’s next move? Writing to a 20-year-old College Republican. His letter scolded me for sponsoring a much-publicized "whites-only" scholarship, a political gesture designed as a parody to protest affirmative action and race-based scholarships handed out by federally-subsidized universities.

Gillespie expressed dismay at the "exclusionary message" conveyed by the white scholarship and proclaimed the GOP "the party of equal opportunity for all." Alas, the Party Chairman missed the point of the "whites-only" scholarship. Federally subsidized universities engage in "exclusionary" practices all the time under the banner of affirmative action and through race-based scholarships offered only to "students of color." That fact is obvious even to casual readers, which suggests that Gillespie was disingenuous. Why isn’t Gillespie outraged at discrimination against qualified white students who are rejected because a minority quota needs to be filled? If he truly supported equal opportunity, he would mount a campaign to block affirmative action.

Gillespie’s impetuous words reveal that the GOP is once again willing to alienate its conservative base, just as it has with profligate spending, Bush’s illegal alien guest worker program, and shunning Tom McClintock in California’s gubernatorial race. Gillespie reverted to political cowardice, choosing to worship at the altar of political expediency. Political pundit Sean Hannity chose the same path. Hannity thought there might be a better way to protest affirmative action—an asinine statement because discussion on the topic made it all the way to the show that he co-hosts, "Hannity & Colmes." Take a look at some other news agencies that covered the scholarship: The NY Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, CNN, and the Fox News Channel—and that’s just naming the heavy hitters. Apparently the scholarship did its job by generating media attention and prompting discussion on college campuses all across the country.

In a similar vein, Patricia Morgan, chairperson of the Rhode Island GOP, called the white scholarship "disturbing" and said it had "racist overtones" because it asked applicants to write an essay on why they were proud of being white. Here’s my objection: if it’s not racist to be proud of one’s black heritage (which it’s not), then why is it racist to be proud of one’s white heritage? This double standard equates white with pejorative. Morgan would never tell the head of the Rhode Island NAACP, Cliff Montiero, that he’s a racist for taking pride in his black heritage, but she’ll gladly tell a white student at RWU that he can’t be proud of his heritage. "We have zero tolerance for racists in the Republican Party," Morgan added. I agree. She needs to explain, though, why it’s racist to be proud of one’s Caucasian identity. Does she automatically assume that all whites are rich and powerful? Are those who made out well denied the privilege of taking pride in their heritage or accomplishments, when persons of color face no such censure? Morgan also blamed the scholarship for "damag the effort get minorities to take a hard look at our Republican Party and realize that we can meet their needs."

[gratuitous]

1. "I have many friends in Iraq myself"

Uh huh. You call them your "friends," Mr. Mattera; what do they call you? REMF?

Good pick-up on Mr. Mattera's criticism of Ed Gillespie's "impetuous words." I wonder if Tweety knows he had a member of the Klavern on his show? And if he does know, why didn't that fact slip out during the interview?

[The White Tree]

6. That line stuck out to me too

It's like a bigot who thinks that they aren't one saying, "I have lots of (insert race/ethnicity) friends"

As if that justifies that persons own cowardly rationalization for their actions.

[BiggJawn]

17. "Why, some of my best friends are of colour!"

Yep, heard that line before. Didn't believe it then, don't believe it now....

Sign up or STFU, Mattera.

[SCDem]

2. This kid assumes that everyone in Iraq wants to be there

Talk about niavete - Could it be because they couldn't afford college and were told one weekend a month, could it be because job outlooks were horrible.

What a chickenhawk chump.

[MindPilot]

3. Oh how I would like to take a 2 x 4 and...

nevermind, that would be an insult to the tree.

Fighting the "culture war"? That cowardly piece of shit probably sits in in front of computer in dad's basement and "fights the culture war." What a worthless pile of :puke: :mad:

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Seriously

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Mattera's not white, he's Latino. Check this out from CrooksAndLiars blog

(snip)
"...Jason Mattera is a young Latino from NYC. He is a student at Roger Williams University and is there on scholarship for students of color. Last year, his group started a "whites only scholarship" because he is "opposed" to affirmative action; yet he did not give back his own scholarship. He is so far right that even Ed Gillespie (RNC honcho) wrote him and told him to back off..."
(snip)

This guy's one pathetic pantywaist.

:evilfrown:

[RamboLiberal]

5. I bet he identifies with "white" and not Latino

He probably thinks real Latinos are here to do his landscaping and fight his imperial wars for him.

And what a hypocrite - just like Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice, etc., he benefits from his minority status but when it comes to someone else, screw you.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

23. some latinos are white though

Castro, Andy Garcia, etc.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. LOL.....Jason Mattera is a punk.

He's the kid who heads the Young republicans association at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. You may have heard of them as the ones who offered a scholarship to white students only, in protest of scholarships offered to minority students. Funny enough, Mr Mattera is a Latino, and recieved a scholarship directed to Hispanics only. When asked how that differs from what he was protesting, Mr Mattera's response was classic. "I got that scholarship based on my merits."

He's an idiot, and the RWU Republicans are the biggest bunch of attention seekers you'll ever find. They have a radio show every Saturday, and it's just a bunch of young frustrated boys ranting about what they hate and how they wish they had the balls to go fight in the war for their Daddy Bush.

[RamboLiberal]

8. According to this he also organized those "campus bake sales"

You know you’re stirring up the pots when they start attacking you. So I was actually pleased to see this press release from the YAF about our conference yesterday. I smirked when I read who wrote it: Jason Mattera, whom I debated on CSPAN's Washington Journal on a freezing Saturday morning back in February, before he had graduated from Roger Williams University in Providence, RI, and come to DC to work for the group that provided him with so much support in his right-wing activities at RWU (he was editor of the rag The Hawk's Right-Eye, and organized that offensively racist affirmative action 'bake sale' on that campus a few years ago). I learned then that Jason was the only thing keeping the town of Providence from falling into the hands of the communists at Brown, so I'm assuming with his graduation and departure, the city's now a stronghold of the Red Army. I also learned that he wanted to assasinate me (and, come to think of it, you too), but that's a whole 'nuther story.

http://www.campusprogress.org/page/community/post_group/main/Bgj

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. Jason doesn't even know what town he's in.....

....if he was trying to paint himself from Providence. RWU is in Bristol, which is about 25 minutes from Providence. It's a small town, home of the oldest 4th of July parade in America. Roger Williams is probably the second highest priced college in Rhody, next to Brown. It's nestled in a little corner overlooking Mt Hope Bay. It's easy prey for his group, as most of the students who go there are for the most part politically indifferent, as much as he likes to portray that he was fighting against the administration and the rankin file student activists.

Still claiming you go to college in Providence when you go to RWU is like saying you play for the Boston Red Sox when you actually play for the Lowell Spinners.

[MindPilot]

10. I wish Jerry Springer would bring back the TV show

just so America can watch chickenhawk punks like this get their asses kicked on TV. Wouldn't you just love to see Steve have to pull a couple of Marines off this guy?

Have I mentioned today how much I hate these people?

[RamboLiberal]

12. I'd love to see someone like Paul Hackett against this jerk

Hackett would tear him a new one!

[RamboLiberal]

11. You get the feeling you're seeing the next Karl Rove

in this jerk? I'm actually hoping this jerk runs for office someday. I'd love to see these chickenhawk statements Swiftboat his ass someday!

[Stirk]

14. Think of it. There are 18 year old girls riding in convoys right now

because they wanted to get money for college.

And this cowardly piece of shit sits there and says we need to keep them there while he goes to school.

[livinginphotographs]

15. Just read the transcript...

While it sounds like Matthews shouted down the guy from the Young Democrats the whole time, he (the Young Democrats guy, not Matthews) did a good job by just being pretty quiet and allowing this little chickenhawk bastard make a complete fool out of himself.

[kweerwolf]

16. WTF?

we‘re fighting the culture war here

So the spineless little bastard is an insurgent on American soil? Call the FBI and have hisass tossed in Gitmo!

[Armstead]

18. I wish we had a time machine....

and could transfer creeps like this bach to 1970 or so.

I don't believe they gave draft deferments to those who were "fighting the culture wars."

[delen]

19. So he wants to fight a culture war?

Maybe he could go to Texas and confront that threat to national security Cindy Sheehan, I'm sure he's brave enough to wage culture war against her, you can't expect brave young repugs to put their butts where their mouths are, can we? Maybe they can put theirs brains where their- oops already there, getting body parts confused Anyway Mr Bush could then decorate him as a culture war hero.

The Yellow Star Award

[MindPilot]

20. I think the yellow star has been...umm...retired

A yellow ribbon might be appropriate though.

Which actually gives me a good idea. Maybe you can remember how the peace sign was called the "footprint of the American chicken"?

I think the yellow "support the troops" ribbon should become the universal symbol of the chickenhawk.

Oh, and Welcome to DU!!

[Blue_Tires]

21. what ugliness

definitely not representative of RI as a whole

[agincourt]

22. He thinks he's a soldier,

sitting on the tweety show with his binkey and full diaper. "Fighting the culture wars", my god what an asshead.