What all this "ginning-up," Tweety?

[partylessinOhio]

On Thursday's Hardball Tweety repeatedly used the words "ginning-up" a war with Iran. What was the significance of this reference.

He ends his interview kissing up to Tony Snow.

'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Jan. 11

Guests: Gordon Smith, Tony Snow, Chris Dodd, Richard Haass, Mike Huckabee

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: The Senate readies its rebuke of President Bush with perhaps up to 60 Senator voting to reject the president‘s escalation of the war, but can anyone stop Bush from ginning up a war with Iran. Let‘s play HARDBALL. ...

(with Snow) MATTHEWS: Boy, do I agree with you on that. Completely agree with that today.

My concern is we‘re going to see a ginning-up situation whereby we follow in hot pursuit any efforts by the Iranians to interfere with Iraq. We take a couple shots at them, they react. ...

(with Dodd)MATTHEWS: Let‘s ask you about - let me ask you about the news of the day. The president last night gave a speech where, out of nowhere, he started talked about the danger of Iran, how we‘re going to intercept their efforts to help our enemies in Iraq. Do you think the president is on the verge of ginning up a war with Iran? ...

(with Mitchell) MATTHEWS: This only encourage for Ahmadinejad. Now hear this: I think we are playing with a war with Iran right now. I‘m worried. I see the old signs of ginning up a war. ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16596292/

This is how Tweety kissed up to Snow:

MATTHEWS: You‘re the greatest press secretary since James Hagerty.

Thank you very much for joining us, Tony Snow. Remember him?

Up next, the first wave of U.S. troops is set to arrive in Baghdad within days. Can it work? Is it already too late for Democrats to stop it? ...

[Joe Bacon]

1. Maybe Tweety's been doing just tonic water and lime slices!

It is just beyond flabbergasting to see him kiss Tony Snow's ass one night and Frank Luntz's ass the next night!

Maybe DU should start a pool to guess when Tweety goes back to the Betty Ford Center!

[liberalpress]

2. "ginning-up" a war with Iran. What was the significance of this reference

Definition 1) To create or arouse strong feelings in (someone); move or excite.
Synonyms: spur, stir up, drive, rouse, prompt, propel, prod, motivate, encourage; urge, impel; provoke, goad, prick, sting, incite, light a fire under, whip up, work up, foment, fan the flames of, trigger, spark off, precipitate, excite, provoke, incite, ignite.

[grasswire]

3. for the record, Huckabee is a bona fide FREEPER

A long-time member of freerepublic.com. A real freeper.

[gratuitous]

4. Tweety likes to fancy himself as anti-war

He's made the odd and off-hand comment from even before the launching of the invasion that he didn't think it was the bestest idea ever in the history of man, which apparently passes in his mind (and in the minds of some of his viewers) for being "anti-war." Of course, you all remember the steady and uninterrupted flow of responsible, anti-war voices he had as guests on his program, a string that runs unbroken to this day.

[crispini]

5. d) Other. Has a bet on with Dan Abrams to see how many OTHER

talk show hosts he can get using the phrase "ginning up." :rofl:

Honestly, I noticed it too and I thought it was odd.