Did anyone else just watch Christopher Hitchens on Hardball?

[Bucky]

Matthews just did a hilarious interview with Hitch. Hitch was paired against reporter from Salon who is, apparently, a friend of Hillary Clinton's. The topic was Obama's national security cabinet appointments. But everytime Tweets brought Clinton up, Hitch went on a paranoid ranting spew with a dazzling Pavlovian consistancy. Of course he had to pull in some random example of supposed Clintonian evil conspiracy, most of it ludicrous sounding. The last involved Clinton being in the pocket of Wahhabist extremists from Saudi Arabia.

:rofl: Classic TV! The Salon reporter called Hitch to the carpet so often that he ended up looking like an obsessed lunatic. He's got a British accent, so I just assume he's pretty smart. But does the man really not see how clownish he's become? I just love watching Matthews let Hitch destroy the credibility of the antiClinton faction of... of...

Just what larger group do these people belong to, anyway? Most Republicans have been praising Clinton's selection as SecState. I think at this point we can just think of Clinton Derangement Syndrome as an actual disease, simply randomly afflicting a 1 in 1000 Americans with no known environmental or genetic factors.

Anyway, I love a good comedy show. Never let me miss another episode of "Hitch My Wagon to the Stars" -- he's like the next Foster Brooks.

[tabatha]

1. "But everytime Tweets brought"

Don't you mean Hitchens?

[lamp_shade]

3. I think OP meant.... Hitchens went on a paranoid ra.....

BTW, that was Joan Walsh from Salon. I got a kick out of her saying to Hitchins "I'm going to step around the rubble now".

[Bucky]

Thank you both, it's fixed

I was actually laughing as I wrote this. Surprised I didn't make more mistakes

Joan Walsh was perfect. But I felt sorry for her being paired off against the demonstrably insane

[roguevalley]

24. It was a hoot. I am not a fan of either one of them.

[cbayer]

2. "He's got a British accent, so I just assume he's pretty smart."

My British husband wanted to hide under the bed.

:rofl:

[alwysdrunk]

8. Everyone does this

I have know idea why. Living in Britain now I can tell you we were wrong.

[rvablue]

19. Off topic...I absolutely adore your sigline emoticon.....adorable and apropos! n/t

[cbayer]

20. Thank you very much!

I just got around to changing it today, and it makes me feel good.

:toast:

[TrogL]

31. I was in England not long ago

Pretty much the same ratio of smart/stupid as where I'm from.

[ErinBerin84]

4. I caught the end

when Joan was telling Hitchens that he could call her Joan because she has been to his house for dinner. Strange.

[NYC_SKP]

5. When I hear his voice my brain disengages.

Because he sounds a little like Robin Leech of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" fame, and so I automatically assume that he is an asshat.

Which I think he is, so my brain disengages.

Probably a good thing.

[PBS Poll-435]

6. He makes me want to have a drink

Or twenty.

[ErinBerin84]

7. agree

Besides the bullshit he spews...you can smell the jack daniels through the tv screen when he is on.

[PBS Poll-435]

10. LOL

However, I smell this...

[sallyseven]

9. Or fifty drinks. My head explodes

when i hear him. He is nuts.

[Crunchy Frog]

11. A contact high (or drunk). Through the TV screen.

[Pirate Smile]

12. Ever since I first heard Hitchens ranting about how terrible Mother Teresa was, I've know this is

is one strange-assed dude.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

32. actually I think he was right about Mother Teresa

[Odin2005]

37. He was correct, actually.

She wasn't as "saintly" as she is thought of as by most.

[TexasObserver]

13. There's a drunk like Hitchens in every bar in America, and they're all full of shit.

[Thrill]

14. I think Hillary must of kicked Hitchens dog

[cliffordu]

15. Yet another republican apologist who hates hillary.

I used to like Hitchens and he travelled extensively in Afghanistan during the early occupation....


But he is a total shithead now....

[Bucky]

34. He's almost a textbook example of alcohol induced cognitive degeneration

I don't want to over do the usual "he's just a drunk" critiques, but his obsession & irrationality over the Clintons looks a lot like dementia or clinical paranoia.

[Dinger]

16. Oh I Saw That. She Did More Than Call him To The Carpet

She shut his fucking ass up every time! Every goddamned time Hillary's name was brought up he did the Exorcist thing (head spinning, vomiting, etc.) and tried (emphasis on TRIED) to shit on Hillary and Bill. Well, each time that happened, and it happened a lot, Joan (not sure of her last name) shut him completely down. She said "I've been at your house." And he numbed up right away, but just like the Energizer Bunny, he continues on his Hillary hate (That's what it was). Then, a little later, she says "I've had a drink with you." well, that seemed to do the trick, almost. He toned it down a teeny weensy bit after that. Oh, it was a classic smackdown.


P.S. Hey Swamp Rat Buddy: Could you please do a hitchens pic? Pretty, pretty, pretty please?:) :yourock:

[Dinger]

17. In My Opinion, This Deserves A Lot More Than 2 Recs!

If you didn't see this earlier, it's definitely worth a look!

[Shakespeare]

18. She's not a reporter. That's Joan Walsh, editor-in-chief of Salon.

And I'm delighted to hear she smacked down that miserable, obnoxious drunk. :woohoo:

[Hieronymus]

21. I'm not a fan of Hitchens, but I don't think he lied about the Clintons.

[sohndrsmith]

22. You're very brave. I agreed with him - in part - too.

My main concern was the Pakistan accusation... that would not sit well with me at all - if true.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

28. Hitchens is a reformed liberal who turned into a Muslim hating neo con

He is a smart guy and I liked his book "God Is Not Great". I think he had some good points about the Clintons, I don't agree with everything and he seems a tad paranoid, but the idea that Bill would serve as an envoy between Pakistan and India is completely laughable and I very much hope Obama doesn't go that route. Hitch was correct in saying that Bill has been bought and sold by the Saudi royal family and his interests are very much a conflict of interest. I also liked his idea of Susan Rice as Sos instead of Clinton. Would have been a much better pick. Oh well let the drama begin.

[Bucky]

33. the kicker was when he got a bug up his ass about "my opinions"

Joan dismissed his rant of silliness by saying, "well that's your opinion" and he got all haughty saying "Of course it's MY opinion, who's opinion would I be giving except mine?"

While rhetorically cute, he missed the point that his whole thesis came down his claim to perfect authority on being able to read Hillary Clinton's mind and pronouncing that (paraphrasing) "She never thinks of the country first. She always acts in her own interests first, and then Bill Clinton's second, and only later in the country's interest."

So he's able to totally catagorize & break down the Clinton's mindsets, and interpret them to be 180 degress opposite of what they present, but no one else should be able to clarify that the the matters he is presenting as hard fact are in fact only his opinions--and opinions that radically conflict with established fact.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

35. When Hitch talks about Hillary Clinton

He always assumes that he knows what her true intentions are. I have seen him do it in the past. It doesn't help his argument. On the other hand Joan Walsh is a huge cheerleader for all things Hillary and talked shit about Obama even after he won the nomination, she also stated repeatedly that she doubted the Hillary voters would come over to Obama, so I don't have much use for her either.

[DeepModem Mom]

23. I saw it. Seriously, Hitchens has entered some kind of bizarre Limbaugh-Land.

His hatred of the Clintons has rendered him Unhinged Hitchens.

[glitch]

25. Mean drunk. There probably is no time that he isn't soused. Pretty sad, suicide in slow mo. nt

[BigDDem]

26. That dude (Hitchens) needs help, he's gone off the deep end

[Bluenorthwest]

27. If that dipso had a point to make

it was lost in his booze addled brain. What a waste of airtime, agree or not with his 'points'. Hitchens has lost the ability to even seem rational. All he does is spew like an old drunk.

[SeaLyons]

29. Joan was awesome....

That drunken idiot sounded so ridiculous. I'm afraid the pundits are going to have to find another subject to dump on. Hillary has shown them all to be full of shit.

[Poiuyt]

30. Hitchens is a gin-soaked popinjay

[Odin2005]

36. I'm usually a fan of Hitchens, but he was simply pathetic with his foamy-mouth Hillary-bashing.

:puke:

[demo dutch]

38. He's nothing but an old drunk! & we don't need a drunken Brit to tell us how it should be???