Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Unfairness

It is evident that the media Love Obama and hate Hillary here is another example!

Matthews: Obama Speech Caused 'Thrill Going Up My Leg'

During MSNBC's live coverage of Tuesday's presidential primary elections, after the speeches of Barack Obama and John McCain had aired, Chris Matthews expressed his latest over the top admiration for Obama's speaking skills as the MSNBC anchor admitted that Obama's speech created a "thrill" in his leg: "It's part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often." Minutes later, Brian Williams poked fun at Matthews' confession: "Let's talk about that feeling Chris gets up his leg when Obama talks ... That seems to be the headline of this half hour." (Transcript follows)
At about 10:13 p.m., right after McCain finished his speech, which came after Obama's speech, co-anchor Keith Olbermann remarked that, due to Obama's unusual speaking skills, it was a good idea for any other speaker to speak before the Illinois Democrat instead of after him. Matthews then expressed what he referred to as an "objective assessment" of Obama's speech:

CHRIS MATTHEWS: I have to tell you, you know, it's part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often.
OLBERMANN: Steady.
MATTHEWS: No, seriously. It's a dramatic event. He speaks about America in a way that has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with the feeling we have about our country. And that is an objective assessment. John McCain is a hero. I thought it was very appropriate that Barack Obama extended that fact-
OLBERMANN: And very savvy.
MATTHEWS: -to an audience of people who were very probably liberal and probably anti-Republican. He said this is an American hero I'm running against. And then, of course, he went in to delineate his differences with him. It shows a lot of class. I think there will be class if there is such a contest come this coming summer. But I just think that McCain's problem is he's over 70, he's standing there with John Warner, who's much older than him. He's standing with Tom Davis, who's retiring. He looks like an army in retreat in Virginia. That's what it looks like tonight. The Virginia Republican party used to own that state. They could elect people that are not particularly likable. They were able to do that in the past. Now they're having a hard time even fielding a candidate against Mark Warner. The former governor's going to run for that Senate seat of John Warner's, no relation, and it's going to be very tough for them....
OLBERMANN: Where do we start with this? Brian, we haven't spoken to you tonight. Simply on the results here, are we clearer about where each of these primaries are going, how soon we will get to the nominees in both cases?
BRIAN WILLIAMS: Well, let's talk about that feeling Chris gets up his leg when Obama talks, for starters.
OLBERMANN: No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
WILLIAMS: That seems to be the headline of this half hour.
MATTHEWS, laughing: Let it stand, then. Don't tread on it, Brian, if it's a good line.

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This morning on "Morning Joe on MSNBC" he was chatting with Hillary's PR person and thet talked about hitting on Clinton and going easy on Obama. Joe didn't deny this he said Hillary has a long history so there is lots of stuff to write about whereas Obama is new and they can't lay a glove on him! Lay a glove on him? They haven't even got in the ring with him. Joe admitted that there has not been even one long hard hitting interview with Obama while Hillary has then all the time. He denied favoritism. Well read above if you want to read favoritism.
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This is what we need from the Hillary Camp!

McCain Opens Fire On Obama "Platitudes"
February 13, 2008 01:51 AM

In his victory speech after the Potomac primaries, John McCain took several thinly veiled shots at Barack Obama, claiming that offering "only rhetoric" to advance the country "is not the promise of hope. It is a platitute."
Hope, my friends, is a powerful thing. I can attest to that better than many, for I have seen men's hopes tested in hard and cruel ways that few will ever experience. And I stood astonished at the resilience of their hope in the darkest of hours because it did not reside in an exaggerated belief in their individual strength, but in the support of their comrades, and their faith in their country. My hope for our country resides in my faith in the American character, the character which proudly defends the right to think and do for ourselves, but perceives self-interest in accord with a kinship of ideals, which, when called upon, Americans will defend with their very lives.
To encourage a country with only rhetoric rather than sound and proven ideas that trust in the strength and courage of free people is not a promise of hope. It is a platitude.
When I was a young man, I thought glory was the highest ambition, and that all glory was self-glory. My parents tried to teach me otherwise, as did the Naval Academy. But I didn't understand the lesson until later in life, when I confronted challenges I never expected to face.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Chris Matthews is definitely hard on Clinton and soft on Obama. We all know Keith Olbermann's disdain for Bush and Fox. But I suspect Brian Williams and probably Norah O'Donnell of thinly veiled Republican leanings. There's not a lot of political objectivity on MSNBC. And not a clear distinction between reporters and commentators. I thought the NBC game was clearly Republican in the previous two elections. This time, there is quite a mixture of opinions.

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