Chris Matthews Revealed
Hey Folks -
If you didn't see The Daily Show on Tuesday, Oct. 2, you MUST see this clip!!!
http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=104548&ml_collection=&ml_gateway=&ml_gateway_id=&ml_comedian=&ml_runtime=&ml_context=show&ml_origin_url=/shows/the_daily_show/videos/most_recent/index.jhtml&ml_playlist=&lnk=&is_large=true
I've sat and screamed at Matthews on the tube. He's the kind of guy who just doesn't get it - but that doesn't hold him back; he speaks with authority - sometimes on both sides of an issue, apparently without even knowing it.
His new book, Life's a Campaign, seems to fit that - it suggests that regular folks get ahead by aping politicians; Matthews seems to think that "getting to the top" is what really matters and whether anyone, in the end, believes anything you say is irrelevant. He supports his argument by claiming "Bill Clinton, when he was in college, would get women, girls in bed by listening." He believes life is about "getting jobs," "getting promotions," selling products," "getting the girl of your dreams" - get, get, get, get, get.
Stewart's steadfast humanity never buckled. Matthews' get-ahead-at-whatever-cost philosophy was starkly revealed for what it is, a bankrupt perspective not unlike that of Bush, the Neocons, Wal-Mart executives, Blackwater, pharmaceutical companies, and the rest of that ilk.
- Uke Man
If you didn't see The Daily Show on Tuesday, Oct. 2, you MUST see this clip!!!
http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=104548&ml_collection=&ml_gateway=&ml_gateway_id=&ml_comedian=&ml_runtime=&ml_context=show&ml_origin_url=/shows/the_daily_show/videos/most_recent/index.jhtml&ml_playlist=&lnk=&is_large=true
I've sat and screamed at Matthews on the tube. He's the kind of guy who just doesn't get it - but that doesn't hold him back; he speaks with authority - sometimes on both sides of an issue, apparently without even knowing it.
His new book, Life's a Campaign, seems to fit that - it suggests that regular folks get ahead by aping politicians; Matthews seems to think that "getting to the top" is what really matters and whether anyone, in the end, believes anything you say is irrelevant. He supports his argument by claiming "Bill Clinton, when he was in college, would get women, girls in bed by listening." He believes life is about "getting jobs," "getting promotions," selling products," "getting the girl of your dreams" - get, get, get, get, get.
Stewart's steadfast humanity never buckled. Matthews' get-ahead-at-whatever-cost philosophy was starkly revealed for what it is, a bankrupt perspective not unlike that of Bush, the Neocons, Wal-Mart executives, Blackwater, pharmaceutical companies, and the rest of that ilk.
- Uke Man
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