President Bush made outrageous claims today in Israel, saying that Democrats were appeasers to Iran as you know since it’s the hot topic of the day. Right wing talker Kevin James tried to call Obama “Neville Chamberlain,” but as is usually the case with these talk show conservative hosts, he knew nothing about the historical facts revolving around Chamberlain and what happened as Hitler took power and started a war with Europe. I guess just repeating RW talking points doesn’t work sometimes.
Chris: You are BS’ing me… You don’t know what you’re talking about.
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Chris: I want to do a little history check on you—what did Neville Chamberlain do wrong in 1939? What did he do wrong?
Kevin: It all goes back to appeasement. It’s the key term.
Chris: No, what did he do, tell me what he did?
Kevin: It’s the key term.
Chris: You have to answer this question. What did he do?
Kevin: It’s the same thing, it puts it all…
Chris: Well tell me what he did?
Kevin: It’s appeasement.
Chris: What did Chamberlain do wrong..
Kevin: His actions, his actions enabled, energized, legitimized
Chris: What did Chamberlain do?
Kevin: It’s the exact same thing.
Chris: No stop, Kevin. I’m not going to continue with this interview unless you answer what that thing is. What did Chamberlain do in ‘39, tell me? ‘38?
Kevin: Chris, it’s the exact same thing alright?
Chris: What did he do? <Yelling> What did he do!
Kevin: ‘38, ‘39 Chris what year do you want?
Chris: What did he do?
I want you to answer, what did Chamberlain?
He’s talking, He’s talking about appeasement.
Chris: What did Chamberlain do, just tell me what he did, Kevin? What did Chamberlain do that you didn’t like?
Kevin: What, what Chamberlain did? <confused> What, what, the President was talking about, you just said the President was talking about Barack. Look…
Chris: You’re making a reference to the days before our involvement in WWII. When the war in Europe began. I want you to tell me as an expert, what did Chamberlain do wrong.
Kevin: You’re not going to box me in here, Chris. President Bush was making that. I’m glad, I’m glad.
Chris: You don’t know, do you? You don’t know what Neville Chamberlain did
Kevin: Yeah, he was an appeaser, Chris….
Chris: You are BS’ing me… You don’t know what you’re talking about.
I couldn’t transcribe anymore. It hurts. OK, this is too funny. Kevin, just say you don’t know and move on. I think Matthews is a unstable most of the time, but occasionally he’ll get something right.
Chamberlain’s legacy is marked by his policy regarding the appeasement of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany with his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler. In the same year he also gave up the Irish Free State Royal Navy ports. Chamberlain was forced to resign the premiership on 10 May 1940, after Germany invaded the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
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Nice one Tweety, well done.
I never heard of this James buffoon before. Sounds like Ann Coulter tactics to me.
wow! from chrissie, no less.
That’s easy. He played basketball and became a Harlem Globetrotter. No? He was an actor?
Busted!
Hmmmm. A neocon who doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Surprise, surprise.
Oh. My. God. This guy’s a bigger idiot than the President he worships.
“your not going to box me in….”
….with world history and facts and your education?
Tweety makes a good move!!! For once!!!
F*cking amazing! What a stupid blowhard! And this is the only kind of idiot who the Republican party can put forth?
He was an appeaser! He was an appeaser! He doen’t even know the relevant history! Jackass!
Also, Chris, I don’t think your news organization should tout a man who purported to have had sex with 20,000 women while on the set of Conan the Destroyer.
The MSM pundits and interviewers are starting to regain their voices.
Its the light at the end of the tunnel and the knowledge that come november the Repugs are gone.
Thanks, Tweety, even if it was about six years late. I love how James shut up when Green said, “When you’re in a hole, stop digging.”
By the way, Neville Chamberlain carried an umbrella.
Best work I’ve seen Tweety do in a long, long time. Bravo! I don’t know where he got this turd burgler, but he needs to put him on every day so that people will know what the right wing is really about. Give him is own show!
Where did this guy go to school, Bob Jones University??
I couldn’t have told you what Neville Chamberlain did in 1938 either, but I’m not on national TV trying to BS my way through.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
chrissie might one day feel bad about having on coulter and this douchebag. One day…
maybe…
*note to self: don’t hold breath*
WOW! I have a whole new respect for Chris Matthews! And the other guest was excellent and they both put down that yacking talking head dumbass who had no grasp of what was even being talked about! Bravo! We need more of this stuff in the press!
You dont expect people to know the minute details of various key figures in history esp non Amrican players,
but NC was important in the late 30s, and WW2 was a turning point…
Thank You.
And email alert from Robert Wexler - He is preparing to deal with this criminal:
Subject: Inherent Contempt for Rove
Last night, I appeared on MSNBC’s Verdict with Dan Abrams to discuss Karl Rove’s outrageous refusal to appear before Congress regarding serious allegations that he used the US Justice Department to take down a prominent Democratic politician. It is alleged that Mr. Rove personally instigated the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegleman. The case has been criticized by legal experts, and 52 former state attorney generals – both Republicans and Democrats – have criticized the case and called for an investigation.
If Rove refuses to testify voluntarily and ignores the subpoenas that will certainly be issued, he should be held in Inherent Contempt of the House of Representatives.
No American is above the law. None of us should be able to ignore Congress without consequence. If Mr. Rove ignores a subpoena from the Judiciary Committee, then the House of Representatives should pass an Inherent Contempt citation and exercise our right to send the House Sergeant-of-Arms to gather Mr. Rove and bring him before Congress to testify.
Ignorance is its own box.
this exchange was so uncomfortable to watch. i felt like i was watching the larry david show or something. if this idiot can get on as a pundit, then i think any of us can. where do you sign up?
Perfect example of the totally uneducated, stupid morons in the Right Wing-Nut party.
anncoulterisevil.com @ 4:
I think he sang “Tell It Like It Is” and “Don’t Know Much.”
These fucking reichwing talking heads — there’s an echo chamber in their empty heads!
Chamberlain was the English Prime Minister, most infamously remembered stepping from an airplane with a piece paper proclaiming ‘peace in our time’. Oops.
The English had overstated their armaments procurement by a substantial amount, it was much bluster, the Nazis were not overstating that they had exceeded the English numbers. They didn’t know that the English were cooking the books. They would have been delighted at the fact but they had poor intelligence.
The Bush Junta is like the Nazis, in a number of ways, unfortunately for us. Poor intelligence is one facet.
This wingnut talkie is all bluster, no facts. He is a disgrace.
Damn! Now that was funny! I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. Matthews made James look like a complete fool.
Kevin James Hollywood lawyer, says it all really.
yeah, the wingnuts are just getting warmed up.
Facts have a well-known liberal bias. It’s best to avoid knowing them.
An edumacated republican.
Maybe he spent too much time in the mens room toe-tapping instead of learning.
anncoulterisevil.com @ 10:
Ahahahaha!
“Kevin, when you are in a hole, stop digging” LMAO
The Smiths @ 18:
I’ll believe it when I see boosh sending blackwater to get rove out of jail.
That had to be the funniest thing I’ve seen all year. Good job Tweety
this IS the repubs finally melting down, falling to pieces, disintegrating, crumbling, withering, collapsing, shaking apart, freezing up, seizing, falling prostrate, in free fall, tearing out their own hair, waling and gnashing teeth (sorry for biblical reference…forgive me but it sounds good), swinging in the wind, flailing about, eviscerating themselves, and totally paying for their bullshit of the last 30 years.
I count Bill Clinton in with the Repubs and his soulless wife!!!
Alice Hussein @ 24:
No….I think he was a basketball player. He’s in the hall of fame.
Man, that was tough getting that transcript together. hehe…if anyone finishes it, I’ll add it to the post…
Chris Mathews is starting to learn… I think.
JudyLou @ 14:
Ooooooooooooooo Nooooooooooooooooooooo, he went to the U. of Oklahoma!!! See http://krla.townhall.com/pages/KEVINJAMES That’s supposed to be a good law school.
Joe O. @ 25:
james made himself look like a complete fool. matthews really tried to give him a chance to display some knowledge, any knowledge at all.
Alice Hussein @ 24:
by all accounts, that piece of paper was a handy shopping list, not the actual treaty.
This thing is already up on nimwit’s biography on wikipedia.
fiver @ 41:
Ah, the power of the interweb, you gotta love it.
JudyLou @ 38:
apparently, it’s the equivalent of legal home schooling.
CoIntelPro for Democratic Party Victory @ 39:
Thats true. I stand corrected. James, made himself look like a fool and boy did he do a great job of it. lol
bwooock!
Polly want a cracker!
APPEASEMENT!
BWOOOCK!
CoIntelPro for Democratic Party Victory @ 43:
I could’ve. I love Conan the Destroyer.
JudyLou @ 38:
Wikipedia puts U. of Oklahoma as James’ undergrad and University of Houston as his law school.
Tweety ripped that douche repub congressman from Georgia last year, forget his name but he did not know his history either, invoked Korea and Vietnam to make his non point. Tweety needs to bring more shills in to embarrass themselves on national TV.
James shown you why comedian Rush Limbaugh will not show his face unless he gets softballs from Hannity or such.
THIS is what television journalism is supposed to be.. instead of letting the bobbleheads get away with this BS and/or parroting the same talking points.
Thank you, Chris Matthews.