Chris Matthews

Alias said:
So the reason Fox news has higher ratings than MSNBC is because all the stupid people watch Fox news. Right? I bet they're all racists and homophobes too. Right?
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Mostly. Some are pedophiles and wife beaters. And some don't pay their taxes. Don't tread on me.
 
cawacko said:
Just saw him speak. He wrote a new book on Jack Kennedy. At 39 years old I'm no spring chicken but out of the 1,000 people in attendance I saw maybe three people younger than me (not surprising of course because a book on Kennedy would attract an older crowd and most younger people are at work).

Interesting stories on JFK including could he get elected today with the health problems he had and specifically with being on steroids. Said because of the amount of time he had to spend alone as a kid due to his health issues he hated being alone as he got older. It was one reason he cheated so much and he often invited other couples over for dinner so it wasn't just he and Jackie. This was not because he didn't like Jackie he just wanted more people there. Also had a buddy who lived with them at the White House so he would always have a friend there. Hadn't heard that before. Would be pretty cool to be that guy. "Yeah, I'm living at the White House right now..."

Matthews said Obama has no real friends in Congress, that he is alone. Said he needs someone that will go on TV and have his back. He said if Obama losses the election Democrats will lose Congress so they need to work together.

Working for MSNBC and speaking in San Francisco he had to give some liberal shout outs. Said Republicans are idiots. Said they are anti-intellectual and anti-science. Said the Republican bench is better than the starting team of Cain, Palin, Bachmann etc. Made fun of Fox News.

(He did talk about how corrupt Joe Kennedy was and how JFK did not want to be like him in that regard. I believe Bfgrn may have had a heart attack if he was there to hear that.)
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Do you attend this type of thing often?
 
Cornholio said:
Do you attend this type of thing often?
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Unfortunately no although I wish I went more. A woman called last night and said she had a ticket for this and couldn't go. They have some good speakers who come through here so this has me excited to try and go see more.
 
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I use them... I like them...

Usually it means I'm not done thinking...

This is a crappy poem....
 
bravo said:
Actually, I love being schooled by a women.......and I'll bet you'd be just the one with the experience to do it......oink!

I asked you to point out ANY POST in that thread, that demonstrated your accusation....you didn't.....you can't......and you won't.......because you fucked up and were wrong....

But the offer is still open......I'll be around......
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Listen fool, first of all, you are barely coherent so who the hell would know if you had finished what passed for a "thought" in your mind? No one knows if you're leaving out words because so few of the words you type make any sense.

But that's not important. You have no idea what an ellipsis is. It is not solely used to indicate you've removed a word or phrase. It is most often used that way when quoting long passages. But it is also used to indicate an unfinished sentence, or a trailing off...

See?

Since you are an incredibly disjointed and disoriented writer you should have attempted to use Céline as a defense. However, I would have laughed myself silly.

You have no idea what you are talking about. You made a damned fool out of yourself. You were schooled. Now sit down and shut up.
 
Damocles said:
I use them... I like them...

Usually it means I'm not done thinking...

This is a crappy poem....
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You can use them to indicate you're not done thinking; you cannot use them as a pause. However, they are often misused that way and who really cares? It's the four dot, five dot, two dot, and here comes a six! that drives me crazy. WTF?

I wouldn't have given a crap even then, were it not for the fact that the fool had only moments before made the claim that he was better than Jarod, in part, because of his "superior" grammar skills! I mean, really! Where is the self-awareness? Hysterical.
 
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Darla said:
You can use them to indicate you're not done thinking; you cannot use them as a pause. However, they are often misused that way and who really cares? It's the four dot, five dot, two dot, and here comes a six! that drives me crazy. WTF?

I wouldn't have given a crap even then, were it not for the fact that the fool had only moments before made the claim that he was better than Jarod, in part, because of his "superior" grammar skills! I mean, really! Where is the self-awareness? Hysterical.
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Yes, but was my poem indeed crappy?

:D
 
bravo said:
Actually, I love being schooled by a women.......and I'll bet you'd be just the one with the experience to do it......oink!

I asked you to point out ANY POST in that thread, that demonstrated your accusation....you didn't.....you can't......and you won't.......because you fucked up and were wrong....

But the offer is still open......I'll be around......
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Okay there Herman, simmer down now, ya pig.
 
Alias said:
So the reason Fox news has higher ratings than MSNBC is because all the stupid people watch Fox news. Right? I bet they're all racists and homophobes too. Right?
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A greater number of right wingers take the time out of their day to set in front of a television and watch obnoxious angry people. Personally, I am proud of the fact that MSNBC doesn't do as well as Fox.
 
Bfgrn said:
I am not surprised at accusations about Joe Sr. He was not lilly white, but he did make it through Congressional confirmation hearings. Any corruption of substance would have been brought out by his many enemies.

Lem Billings had a room at the White House. He was JFK's best friend from Choate prep school. Lem was gay.

“That John Kennedy maintained a deep friendship with a man whom he knew to be gay, and did so in an age of homophobia—at great potential risk to his political career and reputation—is an extraordinary demonstration of loyalty and commitment,” writes David Pitts, author of the first full account of what he characterizes as “a love story unknown to most Americans.” But, he reminds us, “risk avoidance was not part of Jack Kennedy’s DNA.”

At Choate, boys who were interested in sexual involvement with other boys were courteous and discreet, writing notes on toilet paper so they could be easily swallowed or flushed. Early on in their friendship, Lem sent Jack such a note and Jack replied in their usual jocular way, adding in parentheses, “Please don’t write to me on toilet paper any more. I’m not that kind of boy.” With that out of the way, their relationship continued essentially unchanged until JFK’s assassination thirty years later. When circumstances determined that Lem and Jack would attend different colleges, they kept in touch by telegram, sometimes dispatching up to seven a day, and they spent their weekends together in New York City.

Throughout his life, Jack Kennedy coped with incapacity and severe pain from his various ailments—Addison’s disease, colitis, hepatitis, malaria, recurring infections, and a bad back. Lem knew how to help Jack with all his old problems—and keep them confidential. Jack’s medical tribulations are a frequent subject of his amusing early letters to Lem, some of which are quoted in Nigel Hamilton’s 1992 book JFK: Reckless Youth.

The two friends’ relationship remained essentially unchanged even when Kennedy became president. He offered Billings a choice of administration posts, but Billings, who worked in advertising and was once offered a job as the Marlboro Man, preferred to buy and restore old houses. He stayed frequently in the White House, where he had his own room; only he, the President, and Jackie required no White House pass. He traveled and holidayed regularly with Kennedy, who would often introduce him to foreign dignitaries as “Admiral Billings” or “Undersecretary Billings.”

Jack Kennedy, it seems, was perfectly comfortable around gay people. Another gay friend, aviation adviser Langdon Marvin, recalls a discussion that took place while Kennedy was in the bath, with Sinatra singing “All or Nothing at All” on the record player. And seeing Leonard Bernstein and Igor Stravinsky exchanging kisses on both cheeks at a state dinner, Jack asked, “How about me?”

Although heterosexual, Kennedy’s interest was in sexual conquest rather than in “spending much time with women.” He enjoyed the company of bold, intelligent men who had a good sense of humor. “I just seem to be attracted by men like that,” he said. “Maybe it’s chemical.” He told an aide, “I only got married because I was 37 and people would think I was queer.” When he did marry, his wife got along well with Billings, who sometimes had to explain Jack to Jackie—or vice versa. It’s easy to forget that in JFK’s era, the press was far less intrusive than today. Pitts remarks that Kennedy’s aides “knew that the press would never print a story about the President’s best friend being gay—no more than they would print anything about his extramarital affairs.” Or the precarious state of his health.

After Robert Kennedy’s assassination, Billings became a surrogate father to Bobby Jr. and other Kennedy boys, several of whom have spoken of Billings with great affection. His leadership helped establish the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the John F. Kennedy Library. Senator Ted Kennedy described the friendship between his brother and Billings as “a bond of perfect trust and understanding that served them all their lives.” Eunice Kennedy Shriver is quoted as saying that “President Kennedy was a completely liberated man when he was with Lem.” Another friend remarks of the two men’s relationship, “it was love, and not all love has to be consummated.”

Jack & Lem: The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship, John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings

When JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Lem was in New York City. When Bobby Kennedy, whom Lem was also close to, died, it is said that Lem became exceedingly depressed. Rumor states that Billings began to drink heavily after this. Billings maintained close ties to the Kennedys and their children through his life. The older Kennedys made it clear that the younger Kennedys (Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., David Kennedy, and Christopher Lawford, to be specific) should stop keeping company with Billings. They felt that he drank and used recreational drugs too much. Regardless, Lem was like a father to Bobby Jr. after his father’s assassination.

Lem Billings died in his sleep following a heart attack on May 28, 1981. Lem’s dying wish was for the young Kennedy men to carry his coffin, but when the Kennedy men arrived at the cemetery, the casket was already in place, ready to be lowered. The young Kennedys retrieved the coffin from its position and carried it around the gravesite before returning it to the burial plot.
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CAPTAIN CUT AND PASTE STRIKES AGAIN.
 
Darla said:
You can use them to indicate you're not done thinking; you cannot use them as a pause. However, they are often misused that way and who really cares? It's the four dot, five dot, two dot, and here comes a six! that drives me crazy. WTF?

I wouldn't have given a crap even then, were it not for the fact that the fool had only moments before made the claim that he was better than Jarod, in part, because of his "superior" grammar skills! I mean, really! Where is the self-awareness? Hysterical.
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This is an ellipsis -"..." or "***"

This is a pause "...." or "................................................................................................" and anything in between.....

You've been schooled Miss Darla the Dunce......now shove off.:clink:

:rofl:
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