Matthews: White House Staged Slain Marine Mom's Hug

NewsMax.com ^ | 2/3/05

[paudio]

MSNBC's "Hardball" host Chris Matthews suggested last night that the high point of President Bush's State of the Union Address - the emotional hug between grateful Iraqi voter Safia Taleb al-Suhail and Janet Norwood, mother of a Marine who died liberating her country - was staged by the White House.

The cynical host apparently first voiced his skepticism during a commercial break. His comments were immediately seized upon by "Hardball" guest, MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan when the show returned.

[Bahbah]

Puke.

[AppyPappy]

Any evidence, Chris?

[pollywog]

double puke!!

[Semper Paratus]

Watching Chrissy after a good dinner is not good for your digestion.

[mystery-ak]

Simply not true...I saw the mother today on GMA and when Diane asked that question, she said no...she didn't even know that the Iraqi woman would be there.

[discostu]

Of course it was staged, so what.

[lilylangtree]

Mathews the Dan Blather of MSNBC--enuff said.

[roaddog727]

"Any evidence, Chris?"

DUmmies don't need not Stinkin' evidence - Chrissy was feelin' that it was staged, don't-cha-know....

[drt1]

Maybe it was staged - So what? If it was they didn't count on the Dog Tags getting tangled up in the Iraqi Woman's dress. Better rehearsals needed.

[jennyjenny]

I sent him and ronboy an email telling them what I thought of their disgusting suggestion. I also think they both owe these people and the president an apology for it. They make me sick.

[marlon]

Yeah, well the ballerina agreed with him and we all know how politically savvy he is. Poor Ronald and Nancy how could such great stock produce such a whinney girlieman!

[1Old Pro]

Matthews is an horse's arse. I NEVER watch his program.

[Lazamataz]

Just make it up and call it fact, Chris.

[AHerald]

Questioned on GMA this morning, Mrs. Norwood said that "the hug" was unplanned and purely spontaneous.

[Nooseman]

What a sad,sick little man he is.These lefties will never quit,will they?

[Grammy]

He's used to dealing with Bubba.... who just happened to have a stack of stones on the beach so he could make a cross.

[HamiltonJay]

Clinton Staged hundreds of photo ops, from having his own folks throw american flags on the ground in Normandy over graves so Bubba could pick it up to the set of stones that miraculously appeared for him to create his cross.

DEMOCRATS HAVE NO MORALS, THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO HANDLE FOLKS WHO DO.

Democrats are the Kooks Cluck Klan... Kooks who cluck like chickens and a Klan of so ideologically imbred that they cannot even function at any rational level.

[Lazamataz]

Poor Ronald and Nancy how could such great stock produce such a whinney girlieman!

Adopted?

[worrywart]

Did you notice, though, that when Charlie Gibson was talking about the upcoming segment with the Marine's parents that he said "seemingly spontaneous" hug?

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[add925]

Hey, Chrissy......

Think I'll "stage" this doll up your sorry liberal a$$!"

[Lost Highway]

With all of the good things that could be focused on he comes up with this? These people are obviously miserable and doomed as a party.

[Drango]

Breaking:

Chris is a pedophile.

I have NO evidence...just wondering.

[Sunshine Sister]

And so I guess we are not supposed to think that the dems stage things? Oh come on! Nice try Mr. Matthews you jackass!

[onyx]

Too effective and sincere for Chrissy.
HA!

[NonValueAdded]

Chris Matthews LIED!!! He is what pond scum scrapes off their shoes.

[isom35]

well duh! of course it was. are we supposed to think it happened by luck just as the camera was on them. what a non-story.

[nikos1121]

THIS SLEAZE BALL.... HAS JUST ABOUT HIT ROCK BOTTOM....I THINK IT STARTED SERIOUSLY WITH ZELL MILLER.... HE WAS TAKING A NOSE DIVE BEFORE THEN, BUT ZEV MADE US ALL REALIZE WHAT LIGHT WEIGHT THIS GUY IS. I MEAN "HARDBALL"? LET'S PLAY HARDBALL? CHRIS LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING....AND I HOPE YOU ARE READING WHAT WE ARE ALL SAYING IN THIS FORUM TODAY, AS YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING. YOU COULDN'T PLAY HARDBALL WITH A CLASSROOM OF THIRD GRADERS...YOU'RE IDEA OF PLAYING HARDBALL IS TO RIDICULE SWIFTBOAT VETERANS WITHOUT READING THEIR BOOK, CHASTISING MICHELE MALKIN, ETC. ANN COULTER AND OTHERS MAKE MINCE OUT OF YOU LIKE ONE SWATS A FLY. I PREDICT THAT BY THE YEAR'S END YOU WILL BE ON SOME OTHER NETWORK...PROBABLY BEHIND THE SCENES... AND OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE TO ENDURE YOUR TELL ALL BOOK... THAT WILL BLAME CONSERVATIVE AND TRADIONALISTS IN THIS COUNTRY FOR YOUR DOWNFALL. BOTTOM LINE IS... YOU'RE A JERK...

NIKOS VLACHOS

[WestTexasWend]

The left assumes this was staged because they themselves have staged every public act since the Clintons rose to power.

[Phantom Lord]

He's used to dealing with Bubba.... who just happened to have a stack of stones on the beach so he could make a cross.

And also had American flags knocked over on some graves at Normandy so he could "happen upon them" and fix them.

[rudy45]

of COURSE it was staged...and what's more, they weren't real people...they were androids created by Halliburton (do I really need a sarcasm tag?)

[IMRight]

Simply not true...I saw the mother today on GMA and when Diane asked that question, she said no...she didn't even know that the Iraqi woman would be there.

Shamefull... absolutely shamefull.

First, Bush kills this woman's husband and then forces her (probably at gunpoint) to smile through the SOTU and lie about how staged it was!

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[squirt-gun]

Another straw man from 3000 word per minute Mathews.

[highflight]

Chris Matthews is a product of Democratic Party deception and of course he would assume this moving human moment to be "contrived"

We have Hollywood and the other phoney baloneys to thank for our cynicism - and Chris Matthews again proves how it diminishes our public discourse.

Let's ask Matthews if anyone in his family actually plays that monster grand piano pictured in his "Cathy Chris at home photo" shown elsewhere on Freepers.

[kinsman redeemer]

Click here.

[JonDavid]

Mathews was in the Peace Corps I believe in late 50's. He was stationed in the Congo. I bet that is where he became a communist.

[najida]

DEMOCRATS HAVE NO MORALS, THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO HANDLE FOLKS WHO DO.

That sentence alone explains just about every action, remark and attitude of the Dems.

[ladiesview61]

I know one thing for sure, if my son was recently killed, weather defending his country, or in a car accident, or whatever, the last thing I would agree to is a "staged hug"! I don't care if it was with the Pope! A grieving mother is not going to make a skeptical of her son's death!

[N3WBI3]

Everything is a political or personal scam except J F'n Ks war 'injuries'

[kinsman redeemer]

Click here.

[dfwgator]

You want to talk about "staged" Chrissy:

[trebb]

Spitting on the grave of a dead Marine by calling his mother a partisan/hack/fake...

[divulger]

Excerpt from the excerpt: "MATTHEWS: This is done so often, Pat. You are acting so naive about this. [END OF EXCERPT]"

I Must say Pat, you are acting naive and, if I might add, stupid about this. You should have called Matthews on his pettiness and asked him what difference it made whether the hug was sincere or staged then sat back and watch the piece of s*** spin in the wind.

Pat, you really have got to learn how to let these morons on the left hang themselves instead of trying to defend president Bush.
You should have asked Matthews what were his thoughts on Bush's points instead of allowing him to divert everyone's attention away from what Bush proposed.

JMHO

[Quilla]

My my, I just had a Mr. Spike quisling flashback.

[skeeter]

The infamous Pat Buchanan, scourge of the 'neocon' community, stood up for the Administration? And on an issue involving the situation in Iraq?

Wonders never cease.

[Carolinamom]

Don't forget those stone that just HAPPENED to be on that all sanded beach in Normandy that clintonboy placed into a cross. Lightning should have struck him for that hypocrisy and faux religiosity.

[Soul Seeker]

Why are Republicans obsessed with Chris Matthews? He's a light weight. I suppose focusing on Matthews is the same as focus on Kennedy. Both have crossed over the edge, so we use them to show how far the Dems and MSM have gone.

Still, I never watch Matthews. He isn't worth the effort. I think last exception I made was when Zell challenged him to duel. ;-)

The Dems insulted the parents of the fallen soldier. They insulted that soldier's memory. They insulted that brave young woman that risked her life to vote. It is THEY that are shamed today. So let the American people hear their commentary. If they wish to keep sliding further into irrelevancy it's their choice made of their own Free Will.

[Uncle Vlad]

Breaking: Chris is a pedophile.

I have NO evidence...just wondering.

You're right. The serious of the charge itself should be more than enough, if you apply the same rules to the Left that they apply to us.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Tell Prissy Crissy that his whole life is staged.
So what ? if they wanted the IRAQ woman and the Marine's mother there at the speech, so what, so what if they hugged ? so what ?
I was so happy and proud of that IRAQ woman standing up, and showed her purple finger, and victory sign, it was clear she was shaking because she was nervous, but, I guess we all felt so proud of her. The big problem I have was those Democrats disrespectfully boooed President Bush while he was talking, that is so rude, I guess they are getting their training from the feminist and the gays, for being so disrespectful like that.