Pennsylvania Dems should be outraged at Matthews shilling for national GOP

[blm]

Does anyone think this ramped up shilling of the national GOP figures by Matthews is being done in a vacuum?

Matthews' brother is running for Lt. Governor in Pensylvania and Tweety KNOWS he needs to get national Republicans', Bush's, and the Senate and congressonal GOP leaders' poll numbers up if his brother has any chance at winning in November.

It also likely INCREASES the amount of money that GOP leaders will put into his brother's race if Matthews is solicitous of them on his show.

Pennsylvania Dem party should cry FOUL at the blatant use of broadcast airtime Tweety is given by MSNBC to interfere with their election.

[mod mom]

1. I agree, and I am from Ohio.

[blm]

7. Don't some of the newspapers in Ohio reach into Pennsylvania?

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[mod mom]

11. I would suspect so. I am not a native Ohioan and am centrally located.

[blm]

24. I think I heard that Youngstown and Pittsburgh share some media access

probably broadcast media.

[rodeodance]

2. Perhaps the Penn people need to start a letter writing campaign to msnbc

???????????????

[blm]

6. I think if they launch an effort - the rest of us will gladly back them.

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[The_Casual_Observer]

3. matthews is a judas.

[blm]

10. He's certainly no journalist.

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[LynneSin]

4. I'm sorry, my outrage for Matthews started long before this

If we aren't already outraged by Chris Matthews then we're probably in a coma

[blm]

5. heh....true...true. But, this should be an easy launch of efforts to nail

him for his bias.

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. I think the PA GOP should be declaring it a campaign contribution

from both MSNBC and Matthews.

Not joking about this thing. It's air time to shill for them and if it's done for "free", so to speak, then it should be listed as a campaign contribution at fair market value.

[blm]

9. I'm with you - this is NO JOKE - this is serious campaign fraud.

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[julialnyc]

12. email

[e-mail]

[Cleita]

13. I am not defending Matthews, but to be fair, Edward Kennedy

was in California helping Arnold when he ran for governor. In spite of his liberal positions and ideals, it was a bitter pill to swallow.

[julialnyc]

14. but he didn't have a tv show to promote republicans as the

unquestionable winners

[Cleita]

15. Matthews is out of line there. If there were still a fairness doctrine,

he would have to give equal time to the opposition. But today I guess people only get one side of politics and the news, the right wing side.

[blm]

17. He who bought control of the corporate media controls the news.

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[Cleita]

20. And that is why I don't watch any of it, anymore, not even to see what the

other side is doing. I get my information from the print media on the internet. That way I can concentrate on what's important news and not have to be subjected to listening to the latest missing white girl news items while I strain to hear just a drop of real news. No sir! No more!

I do hope that adverstisers on these networks take note. I used to have the news on all day, so they aren't reaching me anymore with their ads and I'm not alone. There are many of us who have dropped out from the TeeVee news.

[julialnyc]

42. but sadly many people get their news from the corporate scum

N/T

[blm]

27. And therein lies the criminal activity, imo.

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[blm]

16. Ted was against Arnold from what I saw.

I saw other Kennedys helping Arnold but not Ted.

[Cleita]

18. Ted was there too, not as visible as the others, but he was

at some of the campaign speeches. It was on teevee.
Perhaps he was supporting Maria, but what the hell was her problem anyway? She didn't want him to run and yet she didn't firmly plant her foot down, NOOOO!


:shrug:

[blm]

21. I truly think Maria thought she could control Arnold on most policy

and that he wouldn't let the national party own his ass. IMO, that was foolish arrogance on her part. Damn foolish.

[Cleita]

22. She isn't the sharpest pencil in the Kennedy box anyway.n/t

[blm]

26. Wanna make money? Buy Maria for what she knows and then sell her for

what she THINKS she knows.

[Warren Stupidity]

37. Senator Kennedy?

I don't quite remember Teddy stumping for Ahnald, but I could be wrong.

[Cleita]

40. Maybe it wasn't in the national news, but the local news here

in California covered it more. I wouldn't call it stumping as much as supporting by being in places where Arnold was campaigning.

[Cleita]

41. Here's a picture of them together in Washington after the

election.

[tishaLA]

19. The Smerkonich guy on his show...

He has that Michael Smerkonich (sp) guy on almost every other day and Smerkonich is a RW talker in Philadelphia. Is it just accidental that suddenly, as Tweety's brother is in a political race, that he starts having a RW talker from Philly (who undoubtedly shills for Tweety Jr.) every other fucking day?

Can Philadelphians confirm to me that Smerkonich talks about Tweety Jr. on the show? That Philadelphia bonding thing on tonight's show was a bit much. Jesus. He didn't let anyone else finish an answer and just kept feeding Smerkonich question after question.....

[blm]

25. We're on the same wavelength - I'm hoping some Philly DUers can

pipe in on this.

[David Zephyr]

23. K&R

:thumbsup:

[bleedingheart]

28. The Democratic Governor of PA has Republicans working for him

in staff positions and when we progressives in the committees complained we got shit.

We get anti-choice, pro war candidates like Casey foisted upon us because they want to run a milquetoast moderate against Santorum....

The PA Democratic Party has it's collective head up its ass.

[PCIntern]

31. Absitively correct...

When they ran Klenk against Santorum last time, they didn't even have a campaign for him in the Eastern part of the State and Rick won by 6 lousy points. When I asked a fund raiser why there was no Dem campaign, he told me klenk couldn't win. another liar.

[bleedingheart]

32. Klink was a well known newscaster in the Westerm Part of the state

he held Melissa Hart's current seat. He left that seat which in essence gave Melissa her opportunity to take it for the repukes.

Klink was very much like Casey...he and pRick were about equal on a ton of issues (just like Casey is..)...and he couldn't get a lot of groups to help him...and Eastern PA didn't know him.....he also got really nasty with Dem leaders and would bad mouth them...(his stupidity)...and then after he lost he basically went home to nurse his wounds and then has endorsed some republicans...(oh ain't that sweet)...

Once again when we try to out-republican the republicans...the Democrats lose...

We need to move back to our progressive roots.

[IronLionZion]

38. Klink endorsed Bush in 2004

and that's just unacceptable IMHO.

There were lots of excellent liberals running in the Dem primary. They canceled each other out and we got conservative Klink.

[UTUSN]

29. Yeh, Tweety pimping "ELECTING PREZ - REPUKE!"

Like, the next prez is going to be REPUKE.

[PCIntern]

30. Smerconish is a fourth-rate asshole in a city

filled with moran-sounding rabble-rousers.

Believe me, I've lived in Philly for over 50 years and there has always been this 'populist' racist-overtone crowd, very sanctimonious, bunch of stupid bastards who appear on the local radio and Sunday TV shows. They are usually white lawyers who are connected to certain business interests in this typically Dem town. Fact of the matter is that we're a series of neighborhoods connected by annexation over the years, and there's lots and lots of racial undertones pervading everything here. These idiots appeal to the 'Two Streeter' mentality wich is pervasive in the Blue-collar white neighborhoods. It's pretty rough here, no matter what the national folks may say.

Smerconish is a sanctimonious putz who's proud of being a shot-and-a-beer type guy. Except he's not...he's a hypocrite on the order of that Jay Severin moran. He'll never quite measure up (or down) to his 'accomplishments'. Nobody drinks beer with him...he's way too effete.

[TorchTheWitch]

35. Sounds like you know Smerconish too

I actually had to work with that camera chasing "LOOK AT ME! I'M SO COOL!" putz. After all these years still nobody either knows or cares who the hell he is. Like most of the highbrow attorneys in Philly, his minions have to hold his hand and diaper his ass about EVERYTHING. Although he is generally more curtious then others once he recognizes that he doesn't intimidate you. I only had to tell him to bite my ass once... after that he was easier to deal with. And he's got that handwashing thing... germaphobic maybe?

[PCIntern]

36. Hey!

Congruent experiences...I treat a fair number of these big-name folks...aren't they a precious bunch. They take themselves most seriously, don't they?

[IronLionZion]

33. Jim Matthews for Lt. Gov website

http://www.matthews4ltgov.com/

I didn't know he was Chris's brother until now. He'll still lose.

[UTUSN]

39. He looks like Tweety's & Tom BROKAW's love child

[lyonn]

34. No doubt bubba Matthews is a factor

in Chris' babbling and rants. His antics where he interrupts people and gives a dissertation on His point of view and brilliance on the subject could be obvious to those watching. I'm prejudice but surely the masses can pick this up.

Yup, Pennsylvanians are (appear) to be smart enough to figure this one out.