Chris Matthews Sandbags Ann Coulter With Live Call-In From Elizabeth Edwards

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[Mamzelle]

Elizabutt is trying to get out the Pity Vote.

[bray]

Where did Spitboy get his PoliSci sheepskin??

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Radix]

My choice of fonts was because that is my default setting in Outlook.

No offense intended....but, idiocy in Logic is not always a bad thing.

I always enjoy a good laugh.

Mostly I’d be laughing at your Comedy, but unfortunately, we are all participants in a Tragedy.

Somehow, I have this new sense that you really are a stranger in a strange land here on FR.com.

This site does not seem to be a good fit for you based on your last few posts.

But what do I know? I only read what you wrote.

[Baladas]

What really freaked me out was John’s story that he laid down next to his dead son in the morgue - he told several people, including John Fing Kerry that.

It was so disturbing to me that I didn’t want to talk about THAT.

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Matthews has worked for four Democratic politicians. He was a presidential speechwriter for four years during the administration of Jimmy Carter. Among his efforts was Carter’s infamous “malaise” speech, though the word “malaise” did not actually appear in the official transcript. He served as a top aide to long-time Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill for six years. He worked in the U.S. Senate for five years on the staffs of Senators Frank Moss and Edmund Muskie before losing to Pennsylvania Congressman Joshua Eilberg in a U.S. House of Representatives Democratic primary in 1974.

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[Dr. Scarpetta]

I agree with you...

[Lee'sGhost]

Now that I think about it, this is even more stupid than I thought. Ann has a weekly column. The adage goes, never get in a pissing contest with someone who has more ink than you do.

Adios, Breck Girl’s, girl.

[Shqipo]

Elizabeth Edwards is a proud member and supporter of the DU, and does not seem to have any problem with their daily frothing at the mouth cussing and personal attacks. What a hypocritical cry eye.

[Conservative Youth]

Ann is a bitch. She shouldn’t say those things about a dead child. I don’t care how big of an a-hole Edwards is.

[Fawn]

What’s wrong with pointing out Hillary has chubby legs? It’s true....factual.

[skeeter]

Matthews, a Philadelphia native, is a Roman Catholic of Irish descent who graduated from La Salle College High School and The College of the Holy Cross (presumably majoring in Gen Ed). He did graduate work (read: dropped out) in economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served in the Peace Corps in Swaziland(snort) from 1968 to 1970 as a trade development advisor.

Matthews is married to Kathleen R. Matthews, who anchored News 7 on WJLA-TV, the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C before accepting a position as an Executive Vice President with J.W. Marriott. The couple has 3 children: Michael, Thomas and Caroline. He was the commencement speaker at the University of South Carolina on May 5, 2006, where his wife was awarded an Honorary Doctorate; the next day his wife was the commencement speaker, and he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (OMG!). On May 20, 2006, Chris Matthews delivered the commencement address at Fordham University in The Bronx where he was also awarded an honorary degree. On May 20, 2007, he gave the commencement address at Villanova University and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate(TWO?!). Matthews was also the commencement speaker at Loyola College in Maryland during their 2001 graduation ceremony.[citation needed]

Oh thats funny.

[The Coopster]

Somehow, I have this new sense that you really are a stranger in a strange land here on FR.com.

This site does not seem to be a good fit for you based on your last few posts.

But what do I know? I only read what you wrote.

Anymore, I probably am a stranger in a strange land.

What this site used to be was a very good fit for me. I used to be quite active around these parts and enjoy many hours of grownup conversation.

Lately, it has become as venom-filled in many cases as sites we used to spend time around here making fun of. The real tragedy is that it's just fine with most of those who make it that way, and that they can't or won't see the irony there.

[RonDog]

Edwards: "You had a column, you wrote a column several years ago-"

Matthews: "Ann, please."

Coulter: "Okay."

Edwards: "Which made, which made fun of the moment of Charlie Dean's death and suggested that my husband had a bumper sticker on the back of his car that said, ‘Ask me about my dead son.'"

Coulter: "That's now three years ago."

Edwards: "This is not legitimate political dialogue. It debases political dialogue. It draws people away from the process. We can't have a debate about issues if you're using this kind of language..."

That would be THIS column, from www.jewishworldreview.com:

Jewish World Review Nov. 20, 2003/ 25 Mar-Cheshvan, 5764

Ann Coulter

The party of ideas

With economic growth and name recognition of the average Democratic presidential candidate both running at about 7 percent, the Democrats are in trouble. Unable to rouse more than the Saddam-supporting left with their kooky foreign policy ideas, the Democrats had been counting on a lousy economy. It turns out that, given a choice between "shock and awe" and "run and hide," the American people prefer the former. Now that the Bush tax cuts have already started to kick in and boost the economy, it was beginning to look as if the Treason Lobby would have nothing to run on.

But the Democrats have discovered a surprise campaign issue: It turns out that several of them have had a death in the family. Not only that, but many Democrats have cracker-barrel humble origins stories (BEGIN ITALS)and(END ITALS) a Jew or lesbian in the family. Dick Gephardt's campaign platform is that his father was a milkman, his son almost died, and his daughter is a lesbian. Vote for me!

So don't say the Democrats aren't the party of ideas. As they keep reminding us, their ideas are just too darn complex to fit on a bumper sticker. Consequently, the Democrats can't tell us their ideas until after the election. Instead, their version of a political campaign is to stage a "Queen for a Day" extravaganza — which has special resonance in the case of the Democrats.

Al Gore famously inaugurated the family tragedy routine at the 1992 Democratic National Convention, where his idea of an inspiring political speech was to recount the story of his son being hit by a car. At the 1996 convention, Gore told a tear-jerker about his sister's long, painful death from lung cancer. It got to the point that Gore's family members had to fear any more runs for higher office.

In the current campaign, Gephardt has taken to spinning out a long, pitiful tale of his son's near-death three decades ago...

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...At least when Gephardt exploits a family tragedy, he doesn't expect praise for not exploiting a family tragedy. John Edwards injects his son's fatal car accident into his campaign by demanding that everyone notice how he refuses to inject his son's fatal car accident into his campaign.

Edwards has talked about his son's death in a 1996 car accident on "Good Morning America," in dozens of profiles and in his new book. ("It was and is the most important fact of my life.") His 1998 Senate campaign ads featured film footage of Edwards at a learning lab he founded in honor of his son, titled "The Wade Edwards Learning Lab." He wears his son's Outward Bound pin on his suit lapel. He was going to wear it on his sleeve, until someone suggested that might be a little too "on the nose."

If you want points for not using your son's death politically, don't you have to take down all those "Ask me about my son's death in a horrific car accident" bumper stickers? Edwards is like a politician who keeps announcing that he will not use his opponent's criminal record for partisan political advantage. (I absolutely refuse to mention the name of my dearly beloved and recently departed son killed horribly in a car accident, which affected me deeply, to score cheap political points.

I wouldn't want John Edwards to be president, but I think even Karl Rove would be willing to stipulate that the death of a son is a terrible thing.

Howard Dean talks about his brother Charlie's murder at the hands of North Vietnamese communists. Bizarrely, after working on the failed George McGovern campaign, Charlie Dean went to Indochina in 1974 to witness the ravages of the war he had opposed. Not long after he arrived, the apparently ungrateful communists captured and killed him.

Hey fellas! I'm on your s — CLUNK!...

[The Coopster]

You must enjoy similar credentials. /sarc

Education and intelligence are two separate issues. Or shall we post a liberal’s credentials that exceed Anns and proclaim them smarter?

That’s a ridiculous presumption, as was yours. Uneducated people can be just as rude as educated folks, and the same goes for intelligent/unintelligent people.

But I am probably wasting time being reasonable with someone that doesn’t care to do anything but hide behind a keyboard and hurl insults.

Ann must truly be your hero.

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Shouldn’t being a Speachwiter for Carter disqualify you for any Telecommunications job??

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Yeah why isn’t John Edwards making this call?”

Bump for Wednesday morning coffee. :)

[Fawn]

She was pointing out how he keeps bringing it up and wearing it on his sleeve for sympathy or whatever reason. Read the article.

[Radix]

I just do not understand what I perceive to be as your venom toward Ann Coulter.

I think that she rocks.

She makes a lot of sense, and she takes no guff when she struts her stuff.

You seem to have a problem with that, but I can’t imagine that it is because you think that she is simply not a “nice” person. It ain’t as if you are Mr. Nice Guy yourself.

Something is not adding up here, and that is just what I see.

[MarkL]

Was this before or after Chrissy said that they might be able to improve ratings by beheading Ann Coulter?

Mark