During the Power Ranking segment on Monday’s Hardball, Chris Matthews decided to snub Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, choosing instead to insert the floundering Rudy Giuliani into the list. Not one word about Edwards, but Tweety believes that Rudy is still in the hunt for the GOP nod, giving him the last slot in the rankings.
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Surprisingly, (or not) Matthews had just shown poll numbers from Nevada showing a virtual three way tie among Democrats, but apparently that, being right on the important issues of the day and having a solid primary season thus far, wasn’t enough to propel Edwards over Rudy — who is going broke, plummeting in the polls and is throwing everything he’s got into the Florida race to try and save his joke of a campaign. There’s a real power player if I’ve ever seen one.
In other news involving buried candidates, a judge has ruled that Rep. Dennis Kucinich must be included in tomorrow’s Democratic debate on MSNBC.
UPDATE: Phoenix Woman at Firedoglake has some other polling numbers that no one is talking about either.
Filed Under: Campaigns/Elections, Democratic Party, Election 08, Hackery, Hardball/Chris Matthews, John Edwards, MSNBC
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Why does anyone watch or pay any attention at all to Matthews?
Waste of Time!
It looks like Mathews has jumped the shark. The rest of the media is gathering around him and is looking for a scapegoat for the HillaryHampshireGate.
Go Rudy! Go Rudy! How-low-can-he-go? 911!
Good news that Kucinich is being allowed to participate in the Nevada Dem debate.
But, in Texas, Kucinich is not going to be permitted to be on the March Primary Dem
ballot since he refused to sign the “Democrat Loyalty Oath” which mandates that
he will support the Dem. winner in Texas and Dennis K. has not agreed to sign such
a “pledge”. Lower court ruled that Kucinich erred in not signing oath and could be
purged from ballot, however, atty’s for Dennis K. have appealed, but seriously doubt
that higher court will rule any differently.
Logan,
Why do you do this?
FEAR. After all the fear the MSM has doled out to the American public one would think they could deal with it more rationally.
They fear John Edwards. They fear his message. They fear his plans.
Rudy has been a loser and only a loser thus far, yet the media idiots like Chris Matthews and FOX “News” acts as if he has “won” anything yet. These media buffoons have the most convoluted thinking when it comes to Rudy and John “Insane in the Membrane” McCain.
Chris Matthews and the rest of the six and seven figure a year corporate media crowd are scared of Edwards because he wages “class warfare”. In other words, he is calling it as it is, decades of supply side trickle down economics and corporate trade agreements have left the vast majority of the nation living check to check or close to it and or a major illness away from being bankrupt. To paraphrase William Buffet ” There is class warfare going on and my class is winning”.
Edwards’ numbers are still higher than any republican. Something is amiss here
VietVet8666 @ 5:
Because this is what C&L does. Don’t let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya on you’re way out of this room. If you do not like it in here, don’t come back, but leave Logan and Nicole and John alone.
This is the best damn blog on the Internet!!!!!!!
By the way folks….there IS CLASS WARFARE….unless you live on some other planet….what do you call outsourcing of jobs and union busting, other than the corporate class waging class warfare?
Usually the ones who are most vested in waging class warfare are those at the top and the likes of Hannity, O’Reilly, and Matthews are the protectors of predatory capitalists, but, to say that class warfare does not exist is IGNORANT…..
Just remember though, like everything else, class warfare starts at the top….
To bad the joke gets worse with Tweety.
Rudy is a joke in a win-win, once he loses he has upped his speaking fee by 100% and gets some plumb ear marks for his companies.
Edwards has solid growing support in nationwide polls and most of the races, also the delgates are close. All the ones at the top are close and should get some media reporting on the issues and policy.
The media would love nothing more than all of these primaries and general election be decided without even a small discussion of policy - nice so we can now have the media be kingmaker and not even have to report on a single issue of policy. How scary.
Brian @ 9:
Not really, Brian. These polls only factor in Republicans and Democrats in separate elections. I’ve been getting polled here in Michigan in the last week- if I state that I’m voting in the Democratic primary I’m not offered a Republican as one of my choices. Do ya follow me?
I usually watch Hardball( I admit it) but I missed this one. Chris Matthew’s fawning over everything Republican is getting tiresome. Remember Georgie on the aircraft carrier? The way he characterized Bush was downright creepy. But what do you expect for a old white Republican.
Glad to hear Dennis has been let back into the debates again.
Brian @ 9:
“amiss…” Yeah, what a shocker! It’s getting so you can’t trust the corporate media.
The only question is, will the Hilla-Bama-Bots wake up in time.
why does this surprise anyone anymore?…..+…I’m glad DK is getting to be part of this up coming debate…..as for Tweety……nothing new there….
Scott @ 8:
Thats “Warren” Buffet Scott.
I just saw this headline on CNN: Texans see UFO, fear ‘end of times,’ pilot says
what do you want to bet that Pilot is a Republican! These dopes are just waiting around for enough bodies to build up in the Middle East so that Jesus can come back. what a joke!
Go Edwards
Dahgrostab’ph-r-i @ 19:
Maybe we’ll get lucky….and they’ll return to Crawford.
Wouldn’t that be a hoot….”.Preznit abducted by aliens”
Matthews ratings are sliding down. The last week has been a disaster for him in public opinion. Besides being totally misogynistic he also shows a lack of ability to let anyone finish a sentence. Next he’ll be telling us how he found dog along with Rudy.
Frankly, I’m surprised Mathews can even mention the word “Hillary”.
Would someone put up a link to donate to Edwards? Maybe we could do that whenever his name is mentioned.
bebe @ 20:
Yep!
mudshark @ 17:
Nope.
(sorry- had to edit your comment to fit the answer, muddy…please forgive.)
My Question! Is there anybody with Half a Brain that would watch this Little PRICK?
Jo @ 24:
http://www.johnedwards.com/
…here ya go
Jo @ 24:
Let’s see if this works.
Andy K @ 25:
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not a problum……feal freea….u no me,Im a prblumcH!Ld
Chris Mathews is a joke. I am still wondering what his credentials were for getting this idiotic show funded. He continuously interrupts everyone, he is brutally dishonest about his bias and his gut feel sucks. I hear tell he was a political adviser at one time, must have been fired because he is the worst one on MSNBC, period.
bebe @ 20:
Please help by contributing. I did. He needs to be able raise money to pay for advertising. The funds that Clinton has raised are largely from lobbyists for large corporations. He is getting very little coverage by the media as you have just witnessed.
http://existentialist-corral.b.....orate.html
muddy, I sure hope you get to vote for Edwards in your primary. I’m not sure if I’m voting “uncommited” or crossing over and voting for Mittens tomorrow.
I think Edwards would give Obama a run for the money in Michigan. We all know about HRC’s fre-trade, NAFTA and CAFTA stances. In a real primary she’d lose here resoundingly.
Does anyone remember his interview with Tom Delay? I swear if he could, he would have kissed him. He was practically kissing Tommy’s ass.
Edwards is a putz, he’s worse than John ” I voted for it before I voted against it” Kerry
Glad to see that C&L is one of the few stepping up and giving Edward’s more exposure. To hell with the MSM. Donate to Edward’s even if a buck is all you can afford.
another reason to ignore Edwards cursed with Kerry’s ghost. Preachin beachy Edwards
Go Obama! Go Hillary!
Hereis what I posted early this morning. The print media doesn’t hardly mention any white male democrats.
The main reason that I’m as pissed as a pissed off patricia is reading the news today, there is hardly any mention of white democratic male candidates. I can understand how people can think it’s time for change but, I think it is time to talk about issues, not endorsements or what one or the other candidate meant about MLK. In the Wa Post Edwards name was mentioned twice, Kucinich once. In the NY Times Edwards was mentioned once. No mention of issues for republican or Democratic candidates. One full article on endorsements. “WE THE PEOPLE” deserve better. Tell the media we want better news and coverage of the white male democratic candidates and the issues. Don’t just write a letter to Tom Donahue, get on the media’s case.
http://existentialist-corral.b…..orate.html
Andy K @ 32:
http://cbs5.com/local/californ.....53029.html OH YEAH!…Let there be no doubt in your mind.Edwards Will be coming to Calif.It’s amazing to see all the different opinions about the candidates.If I didn’t know better…I’d say some people aren’t what they claim to be.if ya know what I mean……some people wouldn’t be able to see the better option….even if it hit them upside the head.
Tweety is no worse than those clowns over at Politico. They report the “news” just like Fox News.
Andy K @ 32:
Yeah but now Hillary is claiming she is going to bring balance to fair trade and bring manufacturing jobs back to the US. Her new ad implies that it was Bush who enacted NAFTA.
chris @ 34:
Wow “Chris” another analytical, insightful, detailed yet nuanced argument.
I haven’t read such intellegent discourse since the other night when you where deleted half a dozen times for flamebaiting.
Good work.
(This just in…“Chris” at his keyboard)
Are the poll numbers including the union workers Hillary is trying to disenfranchise? That lawsuit is the biggest piece of machine politics I have seen in a while. Look at the timing alone. Daley in Chicago would blush.
All Chrissy needs to do now is have Ann Coulter on to call Edwards a fag again.
Andy K @ 28:
Thanks. I just sent a contribution. Put my money where my mouth is.
Matthews like to pretend that Rudy still matters..
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Good to hear dennis can hold the moveable tv transmitter until he needs it in another primary state where war profiteers bar him from their networks.
Remember how the GOP stopped sponsoring the FOX debate when FOX refused to allow Ron Paul? WHy are they suddenly more inclusive than the Dems?
It sucks that Dennis isn’t allowed on the Dem primary in TX…. but then again, real progressives in this state have almost all gone Green. And the Greens are actually nominating real choices right now, not “the lesser of evils.”
abarts @ 43:
The only real problem with Coultergist calling Edwards a fag is the way “she” drools when she says it. Makes me want to vomit.
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chris @ 34:
bush the idiot son on Stephanopoulos (sp) last year, “We were never about stay the course.”
I guess the idiot son was before it before he was against it. If you would bother to read the reason why Kerry changed his mind, you would understand his rationale, instead of repeating like a lobotomized parrot that he’s a flip-flopper.
Johnny2Bad @ 41:
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!brutal
When will discussion of TV news bobble heads be irrelevant?
Just more of a reason to give