Chris Matthews Rips Guest for Historical Ignorance and then Says USS Cole Attack Occurred Under George Bush

Ever wonder what is wrong with the Main stream media? Look no further than MSNBC’s Hard Ball and Chris Matthews as he bashes a guest for not knowing his Neville Chamberlain history and appeasement … “Peace for our time”.

However, as The Newsbusters point out … those that throw stones should not live in glass houses. Or at least work for the MSM where their grasp on historical facts is not among the best either. After ridiculing a Hard Ball guest for ignorance, Chris Mathews then says,  “Wasn’t the USS Cole under Bush? I mean, I don’t know what I’m talking about here.” Ah, no Chris … you scholar you … the attack of the USS Cole took place under Clinton on October 12, 2000.

See the remarks and the video HERE.

Funny, we do not see Chris Matthews ripping into and ridiculing Obama for thinking that there were 57 States. But of course, its MSNBC’s duty to carry the water for Barack Obama. The Obama camp and MSM are in an uproar over GWB’s comments in Israel regarding appeasement of terrorists and Hitler as one in the same.

“We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.’ We have an obligation to call this what it is—the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.”

One knows you have struck a nerve when Moonbat nation cries foul. This is a real issue for people to ponder for the Fall election. Giving terrorists clout is a form of appeasement. Why would anyone give the Iranian leader credibility by meeting with a US President? What could Mahmoud Ahmadinejad say in person to Obama that his actions have not already shown?

Jeremiah Wright’s Trumpet Newsmagazine … Barack Obama … I Never Saw that Side of Wright

In politics one has to take the good and the bad. Of course one wonders how much good can come from an endorsement from political neophyte John Edwards. As most of what Edwards has done politically, the endorsement was hardly a profile in courage,

Now for the real bad. Fresh off the endorsement of the Breck Girl, John Edwards, comes this rather telling article regarding the material that the Reverend Jeremiah Wright had out to the masses. Some how an uniformed Barack Obama had no idea in 20 years that Wright was “wrong” for America. Eventually, this publication was going to come out to bite Obama on the butt and further expose him for what he really is.

Obama, mind explaining this? Oh, I never saw that side of Rev Wright in 20 years

This is a must read regarding Reverend Jeremiah Wright and the Trumpet Newsmagazine. It is a must read for all those that would think that Barack Obama is some how a candidate of change. Hardly. Obama has stated that he never saw a side of Wright that was hateful, racist or un-American. Frankly, that is impossible to believe as Rev. Wright made no effort to hide his feelings or beliefs. One would either have to be in denile or be lying that they did not know. Wright’s views were not just put forth in sermons, but videos and print.

Next the spin will be from Team Obama is that Barack really didn’t attend that many services and was really not that connected to the church.

Other must reads:

• Stop the ACLU: Obama, Wright, Farrakhan, Together on 2006 Church Newsletter Cover
• The Jawa Report: Obama-Wright Closer Than Pretended
• Little Green Footballs: Farrakhan Featured on Cover of Rev. Wright’s Magazine Three Times

Clinton Rips Obama in West Virginia Primary 67% - 26% … Is Obama Really a Viable Candidate?

OUCH!!! Hillary Clinton Routs Obama, 67% to 26%.

And the winner of last nights Democratic Primary in West Virginia was … John McCain.  A little fact for Democrats and Super Delegates to ponder … a Democrat has not won the White House since 1916 if they did not win West Virginia. Yesterday, we posted with some exaggeration that Clinton could have a big win in WV; however, who knew it would be this type of rout? 

Clinton more than proved that she should continue and let her voice be heard and that voters and delegates better take a long hard look at the viability of Barack Obama.. Is Obama really a viable Democratic option for President if he can be beat in a swing state like West Virginia by 40 points?

“I am more determined than ever to carry on this campaign, until everyone has had a chance to make their voices heard.” (MSNBC

Last night in the West Virginia Primaries Hillary Clinton routed Barack Obama by 41% points, 68–37. It is hard to believe that this was the ending that team Obama wanted. Obama can focus on GWB and McCain all he wants in his speeches, he better start wooing the Democratic vote that seems to be leaving him. One thing is for certain … Obama is limping to the finish line as it was a Donkey butt kicking, while Hillary Clinton is hard charging and on the offense.

Clinton’s resounding victory in a state that has slipped away from Democrats in the past two elections added fresh ammunition to her claim that she is better positioned than Obama to capture critical swing states in November. But the primary win may have come too late to have a significant impact on the trajectory of a nomination battle in which Obama has an almost insurmountable lead in delegates.

1916: Last time a Democrat did not carrry WV, yet won the Presidency. Woodrow Wilson defeated Charles Evans Hughes

The exit polls must have read like a Stephen King horror novel for the Obama campaign as they were destroyed in most ever category. The Gateway Pundit points out that the Reverend Wright factor played terribly for Obama in WV.

** 7 in 10 voters believe that Obama shares the views of his pastor and father-figure, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

Early WV exit poll highlights

The West Virginia exit polls shows that the split between Obama and Clinton supporters has never been wider as neither side trusts or claims to have the same set of values as they share. Disturbing news for the November elections.

Interviews with West Virginians leaving their polling places suggested Clinton’s victory could be as overwhelming as any she has gained to date.

West Virginia Primaries Today … Hillary Clinton Looks to Win Big, Maybe 80-20

How bad is it for Obama getting trounced in WV & Kentucky, showing he cannot close the deal?

The West Virginia Primaries are upon us and even though many are calling for Hillary Clinton to bow out of the Democratic race, Clinton looks forward to a huge win today in WV. Many Democrats are just fearful that she will make damaging comments that will hurt the Party. The polls have Hillary up big in WV. Clinton also polling big over Obama in Kentucky. Some Clinton supporters are saying that she could win West Virginia 80% to 20% over Obama.

We’ve got to give her a vote tomorrow of 80-20 or 90-10,” he added moments later.

A campaign spokesman quickly tried to downplay Chafin’s remaks, saying “We appreciate his exuberance, but we’re pretty sure this race is going to be much closer than that.”

Polls suggest Clinton will win West Virginia very easily — recent polls have shown her beating the Illinois senator by as much as 40 percentage points.

But Chafin isn’t the only one raising expectations.

If Hillary Clinton wins by such large margins, what does that really say about candidate Obama? Clinton is poised to win big in both West Virginia and Kentucky. We are in the home stretch of the Primaries and the eventual candidate for the Dems is losing by that wide a margin? Here is some other political news. It begs the question for Democrats to ponder, is a candidate really a viable choice if the limp across the finish line?

Barack Obama … Is that a Pledge Pin on your Uniform? Obama Wears Flag Pin in WV

“What’s that on your chest Mister … Its a pledge pin sir … A pledge pin on your uniform!!!” (Animal House, 1978)

Obama, the very candidate who created the flag pin wearing controversy and said he does not wear a flag pin because he lets his ideas show his patriotism is guess what?  Obama now is wearing a flag pin on his lapel while campaigning in West Virginia. So now Obama has had a change of heart and wears the flag pin when he feels the need to pander to voters. So what is Obama’s real position on patriotism? Its is still being determined whether Obama was sporting his special 57 state flag pin. This must be a new “change” in Obama’s 57 State campaign plan.

Barack Obama, who labeled discussion of whether he wears a flag pin in his lapel a false issue in a debate with Hillary Clinton, was wearing one Monday as he campaigned in West Virginia ahead of Tuesday’s primary vote there.

Obama made no reference to the pin, which could be clearly seen in television images and through telephoto lenses as he spoke in Charleston, W. Va., about veterans issue. There was no public comment from his campaign.

Monday morning, pollster and former Bill Clinton adviser Douglas Schoen wrote in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that Obama needs to better define his values heading into the general election. “First, and obviously symbolically, he must start wearing the flag lapel pin,” Schoen wrote. “He simply cannot afford to raise doubts about his patriotism.”

Obama has once again shown that he is nothing more than a typical candidate as there is now a reported flag pin sighting in West Virginia.

Wright and Obama … Its About the Content of One’s Character … Trumpet Newsmagazine

Reverend Wright … The Gift that keeps on giving, this time its the Trumpet  Newsmagazine. Also, character is defined as what one does when no one is looking and the acts that one does when you cannot benefit personally from their outcome.

I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. (MLK Jr.)

As Obama comes closer and closer to the Democratic nomination to represent the Democratic Party in the 2008 Presidential Election some serious character issues remain. Obama can distance himself all he wants from Reverend Wright after the fact when it is politically expedient to do; however, that does not explain away his judgement to having spent 20 years in a church listening to a message of hate. Why did Oprah find the judgement to leave?

Obama’s latest spin is that he never attended a Wright sermon where the reverend made such hateful comments. However, as the Weekly Standard states, “A careful reading of nearly a year’s worth of Trumpet Newsmagazine, Wright’s glossy national “lifestyle magazine for the socially conscious,” makes it next to impossible to conclude otherwise.”

Wright founded Trumpet Newsmagazine in 1982 as a “church newspaper”–primarily for his own congregation, one gathers–to “preach a message of social justice to those who might not hear it in worship service.” So Obama’s presence at sermons is not the only measure of his knowledge of Wright’s views. Glance through even a single issue of Trumpet, and Wright’s radical politics are everywhere–in the pictures, the headlines, the highlighted quotations, and above all in the articles themselves. It seems inconceivable that, in 20 years, Obama would never have picked up a copy of Trumpet. In fact, Obama himself graced the cover at least once (although efforts to obtain that issue from the publisher or Obama’s interview with the magazine from his campaign were unsuccessful).

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Talk about a Senior Moment: Barack Obama Wants to be President of All 57 States

With Obama its all about CHANGE … including the number of States in the US.

Who knew there were actually 60 states in the USA. No wonder Barack Obama is worried that Hillary Clinton may still be in the race for the Democratic nomination. Read all about Obama’s new math …

FYI Obama, there are 50 stars on the US Flag to represent the number of States that make up America. Like on the US Flag raised above at Ground Zero in NYC after 9–11.

Democratic Presidential soon to be nominee Barack Obama wants to be President of all 57 States of the US. 57??? That’s correct, straight from the horses mouth. Folks, tired or not … a person running for President should know at all times just how many states make up the territory that they would be governing. Is Barack Obama getting senile?

“It is wonderful to be back in Oregon,” Obama said. “Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it.”

Marc Ambinder reminds us of the obvious when it comes to the bias main stream liberal media. If John McCain had ever had a gaffe like this “the media would be all up in his grill, accusing him of a senior moment”. If is was a Republican that made such a gaffe, the MSM would be raising hell as to their incompetence, their age, are they up for the task, and on and on and on. Maybe some one needs to ask Obama how to spell POTATO.

Stop the ACLU does the Barack Obama new math of the number of states in the US. In Obama’s world there are actually 60 states, 57+1+2.

How many states are there? Well, ummm…we’ve been to 57 with one left to go, then subtract Hawaii and Alaska…ummmm…. Unbelievable!

Little did Obama know that after his 57 state comment that new flag pins would be made. No matter, he wouldn’t wear them anyhow. Maybe if he did wear a flag pin he could actually remember just how many states make up America. Obama, who is losing their bearings?

More from the blogs:

• Red State: Oh, Barry. Are we *tired*? [Now with a MAP.]
• Classic Values: How Many States?

From Suitably Flip: Check out the lasted new Flag Pin from the Barack Obama campaign.

(Click on flag pin)

Political Posturing in the News … Obama, Clinton … Two Wrongs Don’t Make it Wright

As the political fire storm continues as what is become to be known as the Democratic Primary, here are some quick news stories that should be read, understood and remembered when in comes time for the general election this Fall. One thing is for certain, this race will get worse for Democrats, Hillary Clinton appears to be going no where but on to the Convention with her case to the delegates in hand. Why do the Libs want to see Hillary out now? Because the Obama camp may have a hard time spinning 15 to 20 point losses in upcoming Kentucky and West Va primaries.

Ed Koch: Obama Is A Sure Loser, Clinton Should Fight On

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch weighs in on the Democratic primary. Koch, always a person favorite and never at a loss for words. Ed says … fight on Hillary.

Wright story: What took so long?

First, it took much too long for major news media outlets to appreciate the importance of the Wright connection. (Not that they all do yet; the pummeling of ABC News by commentators for raising this and similar issues in the Pennsylvania debate further illustrated how out of touch some commentators are.)

Rush Limbaugh urges vote for Obama

Ditto heads for Obama!

He has publicly urged Republicans to vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton to keep the divisive Democratic nomination fight alive, but talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Wednesday he really wants Sen. Barack Obama to be the party’s nominee.

Obama Wins North Carolina …. Clinton Wins Indiana … On to WVA and Kentucky as Democratic Party Divides

Last might Barack Obama, as expected, won big in North Carolina while Hillary Clinton managed to win a close race in the Indiana primary. It is becoming quite obvious and rather ironic that the Democratic Primaries are looking more like a general election between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats win the inner cities and minorities, while Republicans win the rural and the berbs. Obama is overwhelmingly winning inner cities while Hillary Clinton wins the rest of the rural counties. The end result, Obama wins NC, but could he ever do it in a general election against a candidate like John McCain who has great cross over appeal?

However, one thing is for certain that even though Obama continues to lead in the popular vote and delegates … there is trouble in Democratic Paradise. Exit polls are plainly showing that there is a great division in the Party. As the Gateway Pundit and Michelle Malkin point out, The Reverend Wright issue did play an issue with voters in IN and NC.

A sharply divided electorate made for a close contest in Indiana, where working-class whites and controversy over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright worked to Hillary Clinton’s advantage, while liberals, new voters and the mantle of change boosted Barack Obama. (ABC News)

However, here is the news story of the night. As the political battle wages on between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party is seeing a further divide and a split that may be all but impossible to mend. Check out the exit polls that show the divisiveness between Obama and Clinton supporters.

Nearly six in ten Obama supporters in Indiana say they would be dissatisfied if Clinton were the nominee — that’s (I believe) the high percentage of Obama supporters who have ever said that.

In both IN and NC, two thirds of Clinton supporters say they’d be dissatisfied if Obama were the nominee — I believe that’s the highest number recorded for that question, too.

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Democrats Buyers Remorse? Hillary Clinton Overtakes Obama 47% - 40% Nationally On Eve of IN & NC Primaries

Its called Democratic Buyer’s Remorse.

In politics does it matter how one starts or how one finishes? That is the big debate going on in the Democratic party as voters and Super Delegates anguish over who should be the Democratic candidate for President, Obama or Clinton.

On the eve and now day of the Indiana and North Carolina Primaries, Hillary Clinton now has a 47% – 40% lead nationally. This marks a dramatic swing from previous polls. The problem for Obama is, the more the public finds out about him the less they like what they see. It appears that many have buyers remorse for every having voted for Obama.

These results are in contrast to a poll conducted by Ipsos from April 23rd to April 27th and released last week which showed that Obama had a forty-six percent to forty-three percent lead over Clinton on this same question. Democratic support for Clinton remains highest from women (51%), who have a high-school education or less (58%), and very low income respondents (57% among those with an annual household income of $25,000 or less).

The question remains, did this Hillary Clinton surge come too late as Hot Air poses. Did the liberal main stream media do what they set out to do from the outset and hide what Obama is about to the voters and present only this happy, joy, joy facade of Change. See what The Tennessee Guerilla Woman have to saw on the issue, one of my favorite new internet sites.

The question for the Democrats is … does anyone really think Barack Obama would be leading Hillary Clinton if all was known about Obama, his wife and Reverend Wright from the outset? The answer is a resounding, NO!