No Chris Matthews, no problem. The regular host of MSNBC's Hardball might be taking a post-election break, but the show hasn't missed a beat when it comes to liberal bias. We detailed here the sycophantish performance that last week's substitute host David Shuster put on with guest Jimmy Carter. With John Kerry as his guest, this evening's pinch hitter Mike Barnicle kept the Matthews' anti-Bush flame burning.
Barnicle offered guest John Kerry this distinctly negative multiple choice test to explain President Bush's Iraq policy:
"Is the president delusional, is he isolated, is he stubborn, is he all of the above, none of the above?"
The notion that the president might simply be a man of principle, or, heaven forfend, right on the substance, never entered Barnicle's equation.
View video of Barnicle administering his multiple-choice test here.
Finkelstein recently returned from Iraq. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net
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Mark, what intestinal fortitu
December 5, 2006 - 20:38 ET by BufordMark, what intestinal fortitude you show every day. Your excursion to Iraq, and blogs were great but now you subject yourself to the likes of Hardball?!?! Which was harder for you to endure?
Seriously, I really enjoyed your Iraqi posts. My nephew just returned after a year in Bagdad with the 10th Mountain Div, and we know vicariously, what you went thru. Keep up the good work!
As soon as I saw who was host
December 5, 2006 - 20:38 ET by bigtimerAs soon as I saw who was hosting the show I immediately turned it...
After finding out what Barnicle said, I was right...
I despise the guy...he got fired for plagiarism from the Boston Globe as far as I recall, then Imus started feeling sorry for his plight, put him on his shows slowly but surely as a regular and 'poof'...you have a msnbc elite leftist mental midget as one of their stars....
He fits right in with the circus the network is becoming....."A sucker born every minute..."
"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland
Awhile ago David Gregory aske
December 5, 2006 - 20:45 ET by Conservative in the ArtsAwhile ago David Gregory asked a similar question to Karl Rove about Iraq with the only choice was "Is Bush wrong or just stupid?"
Rove ripped him good with firing back of: "when did Bush ever say Iraq was going to be a cakewalk? He's always said from day one that it was going to be hard, long and take sacrifice."
But, to a Lib if you don't see the world the way they do...well, you're just wrong or stupid.
the master is away
December 5, 2006 - 20:55 ET by foolnomorehate-speaking again mike? this "plagiarist"never get's tired, his radio show sound's just like his tellie time, with his play mate from bacon-hill,mike! you people won this time, or had't you noticed, "move on moron" or are you a sore winner too,,
Said one well-known liar to a
December 5, 2006 - 21:01 ET by kathleenirishSaid one well-known liar to another....
"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
Hi Kath,Where does that last
December 5, 2006 - 21:09 ET by BlondeHi Kath,
Where does that last line of yours come from?
I know I know it....and I should be laughing, but I just can't quite place it.
Good to catch up w/you here, my friend.
I actually have a book full o
December 5, 2006 - 21:17 ET by kathleenirishI actually have a book full of quotes by the famous and not-so-famous. I can go find it if you're interested. Anyway, I thought that it was relevant because of who the author was and in the context of the media and the left being clueless about the threat we, the United States of America, face from the terrorists who claim to practice that 'religion of peace'.
Plus, it rhymes and I like it.
Thanks for going toe-to-toe with the trolls tonight. Love ya.
"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
Beyond softball
December 5, 2006 - 21:51 ET by nkviking75Barnicle's question shows it's not just softball, it's Nerfball.
By the way, mediabistro.com reports Matthews was hospitalized for complications of diabetes. Probably an overdose of too many sweetheart interviews with libs. (My browser is not loading NB properly, so here's the URL on Matthews: http://www.mediabist...)
I had been assuming that Ch
December 5, 2006 - 21:59 ET by Mark FinkelsteinI had been assuming that Chris was simply taking a post-election break. But if as mediabistro reports Chris has been hospitalized for a health problem, I most sincerely wish him a full and speedy recovery.
Mark, you are a much better p
December 5, 2006 - 22:14 ET by bigtimerMark, you are a much better person than I.
I wish him no ill will, but I do not miss him.
On the other hand...the critters they are replacing him with are pretty bad....as they say....
Be careful what you wish for...and you are always replaceable come to mind.
Thank you so much for the information, I have been wondering what is going on.
"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland
Don't give me too much cred
December 5, 2006 - 22:22 ET by Mark FinkelsteinDon't give me too much credit. It's just that I heard that if Chris didn't return they were going to expand Olbermann's show to two hours ;-)
It's just that I heard that i
December 5, 2006 - 22:40 ET by bigtimerIt's just that I heard that if Chris didn't return they were going to expand Olbermann's show to two hours ;-)
Mark.....
Oh no! Say it isn't so!
Yo! Chris get well fast!! Speedy recovery and all that!
LMAO!
"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland
Are we sure it's diabetes?
December 5, 2006 - 22:23 ET by kubob21Are we sure it's diabetes? I heard it was an honesty transplant, and it got rejected by Matthews' liberal, lying, body.
Did ya'll know that John Ker
December 5, 2006 - 22:14 ET by mikejDid ya'll know that John Kerry was in Vietnam?
Barnicle--are you still steal
December 6, 2006 - 03:03 ET by Andrew H.Barnicle--are you still stealing other's work, a mere liar or just dumb?
Never relent.
Mikey B knows NADA
December 6, 2006 - 10:19 ET by Six String SpiffMike Barnicle... Where to begin First off, that self important piece of rubbish has a show on one of my beloved talk radio staions here in Boston. This wind bag is either Managing the Red Sox (Which he NEVER shuts up about) or bashing anything and everything republican. This washed up sports analyst should know his role and keep his yap shut about things he knows nothing about, and is not qualified to speak about.
Not all Muslims are Terrorists. However, all the Terrorists have been Muslim.
spaceman --Jacoby
December 6, 2006 - 10:30 ET by misterbillspaceman --Jacoby. Have you Read Jeff's column this AM?? It's right on. I don't live in MA any more, but I look for Jeff's column on sun and wed. I hated Barnicle when I was there. The only thing I enjoyed was when he was suspended for echoing (polite word for plagiaristic actions) another writer's work. You, Jeff and Mitt may be the only conservatives there.