Matthews, Scholars Strongly Denounce Reagan Smear in CBS Miniseries (Hardball 10-21-03)

MSNBC - Hardball w/ Chris Matthews - Transcript ^ | 21 October 2003

[bray]

WELLLLLLLLL! There you go agAAAAAAAAAAAAAAinnnnnn!!!

Pray for President Reagan and the Truth

[zip]

It's blocked. Maybe too many "real Americans"
have commented about the lies, and the biased, leftist attempted to smear one the greatest Presidents of all times.

[twigs]

Actually, Matthews is just being consistent. I heard him before the 2000 election talking about how the democrats always try to smear the intelligence of Republican candidates. They did it with Reagan and were trying to do it with Bush. In smite of missing a lot because of his liberal views, Matthews is a man with integrity. Wrong many times, but not totally blind. He has always decried this, to his credit.

[hilaryrhymeswithrich]

Since the post was already pulled by the time I got here, at least I got the flavor or it from your post.

I'm not sure I agree with the zotting and pulling of posts like this. Are we so fragile here at FR that we can't wipe the floor with bozos like this? Is our only option to pretnd they don't exist?

I for one feel energized by people like BIAN. He reminds me not to be lazy, not to underestimate the hate and stupidity of the left and to be vigilante. I love to hone my debate skills on these intellectual midgets. Clearly this guy is so intellectually flawed his only comfort is to pull out one of the weakest, more tired tactics of name calling in his attempt to have discourse.

Just my two cents........

[hilaryrhymeswithrich]

That book, and the one filled with his love letters to Nancy, gave me a view of Reagan that was truly in black and white in truly his own words. Once you read those letters, I defy you to not find him to be charming, witty, funny, with a slightly twisted (in a good andclever way) sense of humor and a truly brilliant man. As much as I thought I loved him before those books, I truly adore him even more now. I miss him and wish I had appreciated him more at the time but I was young.

[capydick]

So you're the one who bought that book! I used to like and watch little chrissie but, when the chips are down, fair and balanced he is not. It's too bad because I think he shows alot of promise but, he does what he thinks he has to do for the team he plays for.

[blake6900]

Leslie Moonves is a lying scum.

...and I bet he's not mentioned in Al Franken's latest outhouse staple item.

[Stone Mountain]

Have any of the people who are criticizing this actually seen the movie or are they like all the people criticizing The Passion based on second-hand reports?

[AMNZ]

Nice pick. The jerk only got 2 shots.

[hilaryrhymeswithrich]

They are making comments based on scripts that were obtained by The New York Times and other media sources and by the fact that those who were actually around Reagan during these years were not approached for input or commentary.

While I gather from your remark you tryingto point out hypocricy, which is understandable, I am not sure they can be compared apple to apple. The Passion is the view of an historical event, long ago, by a relatively few people which may or may not be legitimate. The Reagan story is about someone in current times and its historical accuracy can be obtained by the actual players and thus not open to "interpretation".

[Freakazoid]

I heard none of them were of the same sex.

[Stultis]

actually seen the movie

That would be kind of tough since it hasn't been aired yet, and is probably still being edited. As noted comments have been based on advance scripts that have been making the rounds. Critics are trying to preempt a proxy smear of conservatives as well as a liberal hatchet job on Reagan.

[Huck]

I'm a little surprised at how perceptive Matthews was in deducing this.

He must have overheard someone talking in the john. Matthews is a loser.

[Steve_Seattle]

I assume that deleted comment #18 was from Bush_is_a_Nazi. I don't know what he/she said, but disruptors really need to get a life. If they think they can come here and shock anyone or ruin our day, they're as stupid as they think Bush is.

[Steve_Seattle]

Chris is one liberal who can be counted on to be fair once in a while. I'd rate him not far behind Alan Colmes as a liberal with some sense of integrity and fairness. I also kind of like the smiling, sexy-but-aging blonde liberal attorney/law professor who's often on Fox (her name temporarily escapes my aging brain). She was disgusted by the L.A. Times releasing all the stuff on Schwartzenegger.

[Billthedrill]

Yep, and 21 as well. You can get a flavor for what was said in Stultis's reply in 33. It was the usual mixture of distortions, misrepresentations, and outright lies. Maybe it was the screenwriter herself...it'd be in character.

[miss marmelstein]

And let's not forget he voted for Bush!!

[capydick]

Susan Estrich?

Getting old is a terrible thing:

I agree that she is more intellectually honest than most RATS.

[MonroeDNA]

It's a lot deeper than just a network. They are just a toy.

Communists never give up.

Who's got that great list of communist goals?

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Well, the hit on Reagan was predictable. Ever since Clinton
gave it to the country up the a _ _ and the libs backed him all the way, they have had an irrational need to lash out conservatives and conservative icons to distract attention from their own warts. All the liberal dorks are out doing this. James Brolin , Streisand's boy toy, just joins the pack with the other dorks - John Kerry, Dean, Gephardt, Gore. It's the dorkacalypse. When they get tired of Reagan they go back to hurling mud at the Pope or some other figure who opposes their slimy culture of death. They're like Vampires at sunrise.