As you'll see, I am periodically a Matthews fan. I thought he and Schuster did a fine job on Abramoff. But now, of course, they've let it go.
Got a news cycle's dick to suck, after all.
I've been watching you for years, because I grew up in blue-collar rural IL, close to Chicago, and have lived the other half of my life in white-collar world, so I related to you. I'm a political junkie of the libertarian-lite sort, and I appreciated what I thought to be your "fair and balanced" approach, even though you personally tilted just a bit more right than I do. Or so I have thought for 5 years.
But the obsession with Hillary Clinton's repetition of once-GOP talking points, and your comparison of OBL to Michael Moore, and your suggestion that Bush deserves a spot on Mt. Rushmore (In what timespan? 1000 years from now, are you still going to give the credit to Bush? See, I'll be dead by then, and I think you will be, too, so that matters much less to me.) if he "pulls off" democratization of the Mideast, well, it's all well past my ObjectivOmeter.
And tonight, you have Joe, Rita (what exactly is her purpose again?) and Tucker on to, among other things, bash Hillary for her plantation comment, which was nothing more than low-grade political pandering, and true besides. The GOP moderates have little influence in either chamber of Congress, and they have completely abdicated there oversight responsibilities, and that is the context of what she said, and you know it. Bush and Delay ran a very tight ship.
This is the most corrupt and dangerous Power Structure (including Big Media) of my lifetime, and I'm no Dem. I think the system is such a mess I vote third party unless either of the candidates are objectively dangerous. And you talk about a meaningless soundbite for three straight days, and wonder why the bloggers are after you and the rest of the mainstream media. Hey, if it bleeds, it leads, right? America, Schmamerica. Start reporting some facts, and calling people out on their lies, and your ratings will do fine.
I thought you were above all more of a patriot than a whore, and I am well aware the Dems built the system the GOP is a*-f*king.
And all of us who watch your show know you stand to profit from controversy. We're not as stupid as I suddenly believe you think. We'll find out in 2006 if the majority of the country is, but remember, you have influence there.
Get a grip, or I do what I can do: Turn you off.