Substitute hosting for Chris Matthews, NBC's Andrea Mitchell asked the panel of this weekend's syndicated Chris Matthews Show to rate Hillary Clinton's chances for the Democratic nomination. In doing so Mitchell claimed that Hillary "hopes to capitalize on the nostalgia that many Americans have for the Clinton years, the good old days." Mitchell also snidely put down the entire South when she wondered if they would accept a female president: "What about down South?...Does she not fit the traditional model of what a woman should be?" When the panel turned to whether Bill Clinton would be a negative or positive for Hillary Mitchell agreed with New York Times' Elisabeth Bumiller, exclaiming, either way, that it would be "Great for journalism!"
The following are the fuller exchanges that occured on the December 3rd edition of The Chris Matthews Show:
Andrea Mitchell: "First up, the restoration. Who is the most likely Democratic nominee for president? Any way you slice it, Hillary Clinton is the one to beat. Right now, she is a stronger candidate in a stronger position than any primary contender since Texas Governor George W. Bush cornered the Republican market in 1999. Some Democrats are getting cold feet though. She doesn't beat John McCain or Rudy Giuliani in trial heats. Hillary hopes to capitalize on the nostalgia that many Americans have for the Clinton years, the good old days."
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Andrea Mitchell: "What about down South? Is there a different gender perception, the perception of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton down South? Does she not fit the traditional model of what a woman should be?"
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Mitchell: "Cynthia, quick reality check from outside. Are people willing to accept Bill as first spouse?"
Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta-Journal Constitution: "I think that, that would be a huge change for most Americans, and again, I'm not sure we're quite ready for that yet."
Mitchell: "Okay."
Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times: "Great for journalism."
Mitchell: "Well when we come back--great for journalism! And it's all about us."
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.



















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Their kind of reporting and j
December 4, 2006 - 15:14 ET by kathleenirishTheir kind of reporting and journalism prompts me to respond in kind: "BLECCCCCHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
I have nostaglia for the Reagan years, myself.
Semper Fi!
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph
Reagan is THE CONSERVATIVE
December 4, 2006 - 18:44 ET by Six String SpiffI can't remeber how old I was when I saw the USSR going down (6 or 7 maybe) but I asked my Grandmother what was going on. To which she replied "Just our country doing a little house cleaning.." I didn't understand. I do now, and I have done my research on Ronaldus Maximus and that man is forever cemented in my memory. I say hello to him every day too. He's on the back on my car! hee hee You should see the FACES I get when people drive by me... They look like a cross between constipated, and they just witnessed somebody pee in their cheerios.
Not all Muslims are Terrorists. However, all the Terrorists have been Muslim.
On Reagan (THE MAN)
December 4, 2006 - 19:38 ET by UnsaneYet Reagan carried MA in 1984. (Did he in 1980, I wonder?) Go figure. Silly Leftists...
"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)
Yes, I long for the good old days of Ronald Reagan myself
December 5, 2006 - 01:23 ET by terrigThe "good old Clinton days" who the hell is she kidding. I guess she doesn't have a clue about the South either.
Good for Journalism
December 4, 2006 - 15:32 ET by chinesearithmeticRebuild the Twin Towers, then talk about the good old days.
AMEN! YOU SAID IT ALL! God Bl
December 4, 2006 - 15:36 ET by kathleenirishAMEN! YOU SAID IT ALL!
God Bless the USA!
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph
"The good ole days" - dream on Ms. Mitchell
December 4, 2006 - 15:32 ET by Gary Hall"The good ole days" - yea right Andrea. Why don't you smell the wilted roses, and consider the words of one of the MSM's favorite liberal economists - a guy that could call a duck a duck. Dean Baker of CEPR. (My bold for emphasis):
OK, OK. I forgot, the good ole days also brought us Enron, Worldcom, Adelphia, Global Crossing, Anderson Accounting, Genocide in Rwanda, the Congo, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Civil war in Chechneya, 9/11, 5 major named US military ops in Iraq, a nuclear N. Korea and Pakistan and India, and a war in Kosovo without the needed UN resolution - a US led war that was condemned by J. Carter, Nelson Mandela and many others - "the good ole days."
Great for journalism or the M
December 4, 2006 - 15:35 ET by Chris NormanGreat for journalism or the MSM journalists' liberal political beliefs?
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Nothing special about them
December 4, 2006 - 15:36 ET by lnthompNothing special about them looking down their noses at the south. The Democrats have a history of looking down on middle America, even the people that are supporting Democrats. For instance: minority and elderly voters are too dumb to figure out how to properly mark/punch a paper ballot -- proof given is: Democrats didn't get elected!
LNTHOMP previously posting as LEENT. U.S. Navy (ret.)
I have enough money to last me the rest of my life. Unless I buy something.
I would have to agree and as
December 4, 2006 - 16:06 ET by paperheadI would have to agree and as long as dems control the liberal media, that is not going to change much in the near future. Long term, however, as more Americans share in the American dream and move into the middle class, they will see what was holding them back and my guess is that they are not going to like what it was.
Gawd! Where's my barf bag?
December 4, 2006 - 15:47 ET by Uncle JohnGawd! Where's my barf bag?
OH GOODY, RETURN OF THE CLINT
December 4, 2006 - 16:03 ET by TOEOH GOODY,
RETURN OF THE CLINTONS,
LIKE TWO DOGS (AND MEDIA) RETURNING TO THEIR VOMIT
It's "M-M-GOOD"!
December 4, 2006 - 16:12 ET by kathleenirishIt's "M-M-GOOD"!
Vomit or shite, same difference for the MSM and their Masters.
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph
pizza stock going up
December 4, 2006 - 16:18 ET by foolnomoreyup do i miss the good olde days with more nauseating news from you an yours , the master's pull the strings an you jump ,, truly never know what you'll get when you drag a dollar in the back parking lot,, just another limo-lizard doing a day job!!
Wait a minute... what about T
December 4, 2006 - 17:07 ET by Indiana JoeWait a minute... what about THIS?:
Mitchell: "Well when we come back--great for journalism! And it's all about us."
"Us?" "US???"
Who is this "us" she's talking about? The media? "Journalists?" Women?
Seriously, I can't make any sense of that remark... maybe I'm expecting too much, though....
"And it's all about us.&
December 4, 2006 - 17:30 ET by saw the light"And it's all about us."
Although it may have been intended to be tongue-in-cheek, I think this is the real story. Journalists DO believe that it's all about them. Nobody who has watched David Gregory interview (should it be interrogate) the President could possibly think that Gregory doesn't believe that he is the story.
Just tell me what happened and then shut up. I'll interpret it for myself!
"People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news." - A.J. Liebling
Mitchell
December 4, 2006 - 17:31 ET by pocomocoAndy, baby, your time has come and gone forever. No more Camelot. Your unseemly slobbering over the Clintons is your swan song. The days of sychophantic journalism are slowly ebbing.
We fly-over country people have met the enemy (Pogo), and it's the MSM who think we are a bunch of rubes. Bad thinking, hon! Very bad thinking!
Twit Journo's
December 4, 2006 - 17:59 ET by BlondeIs it humanly possible for these journalists to be any more self-absorbed? Andrea should have burst into flames as those words escaped her lips.
A friend of friend had a perfect term for this...imagine a fine southern accent as you run this through your mind...."it's the epitome of a**holery".
I don't know who's more self-
December 4, 2006 - 18:27 ET by lehmanI don't know who's more self-absorbed, the msm or the hollywood wierdos.
Regarding Andrea Mitchell...
December 4, 2006 - 19:00 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasMy question has nothing to do with her value or validity as a television journalist nor her political acumen and should not be received as such, and so with that qualifier....
What the he!! has happened to Andrea Mitchell's face?
If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal.
Didn't you see her on Dr 9021
December 4, 2006 - 19:35 ET by pocomocoDidn't you see her on Dr 90210. The operation must have taken 12 hours.
This women is truely an idi
December 4, 2006 - 19:04 ET by mytwocentsThis women is truely an idiot's idiot! And I mean no disrespect to idiots having said that!
Andrea--first thing... I woul
December 5, 2006 - 05:14 ET by Andrew H.Andrea--first thing... I would like to see you retire and go away. But to your silly quesiton, in the south it is not whether we're ready for a woman--it is what that woman stands for, dolt.
If a strong conservative woman (any race I might add) was to run, she would win the south. If the woman is a big government liberal, she'll lose. Simple. Many of us remember the road the liberals have taken before and we do not forget (our bank accounts would never recover).
I for one (white redneck) would have very much liked Condi to be my candidate.
Never relent.