Thursday, May 17, 2007
MSNBC Hardball May 16, 2007, 5 & 7 pm.
CHRIS MATTHEWS SLURS ITALIAN AMERICANS AGAIN!
FROM THE TRANSCRIPTS OF THE HARDBALL SHOW
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: A pair of White House henchmen, including Alberto Gonzales, head to a hospital to arm-twist the sick attorney general into signing a surveillance order. What is this, “The Godfather”?
Let‘s play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I‘m Chris Matthews. It was the hospital scene from “The Godfather.” The only things missing were the black marias and the turned-down fedoras. There was the target, Attorney General John Ashcroft, lying semi-conscious and vulnerable on the gurney. Heading toward him weren‘t armed hoodlums but operatives Card and Gonzales armed with the authority of a president. In the role of the saving son, James Comey, the deputy attorney general, standing up for Ashcroft—“The Godfather” Part IV.
IF CHRIS MATTHEWS HAD REFERRED TO OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS IN THIS MANNER HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IMMEDIATELY FIRED. HE SHOULD BE NOW. WHAT IF HE HAD MENTIONED THE GANGS OF NEW YORK OR CALLED THIS A SOUTH BOSTON SHAKEDOWN? WHAT IF HE CALLED THIS REMINDING HIM OF SHYLOCK IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE? WHAT IF HE CALLED THIS A STICKUP ON A HARLEM SUBWAY? IF HE DID THAT HE WOULD BE COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT WITH IMUS
CHRIS MATTHEWS SLURS ITALIAN AMERICANS AGAIN!
FROM THE TRANSCRIPTS OF THE HARDBALL SHOW
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: A pair of White House henchmen, including Alberto Gonzales, head to a hospital to arm-twist the sick attorney general into signing a surveillance order. What is this, “The Godfather”?
Let‘s play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I‘m Chris Matthews. It was the hospital scene from “The Godfather.” The only things missing were the black marias and the turned-down fedoras. There was the target, Attorney General John Ashcroft, lying semi-conscious and vulnerable on the gurney. Heading toward him weren‘t armed hoodlums but operatives Card and Gonzales armed with the authority of a president. In the role of the saving son, James Comey, the deputy attorney general, standing up for Ashcroft—“The Godfather” Part IV.
IF CHRIS MATTHEWS HAD REFERRED TO OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS IN THIS MANNER HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IMMEDIATELY FIRED. HE SHOULD BE NOW. WHAT IF HE HAD MENTIONED THE GANGS OF NEW YORK OR CALLED THIS A SOUTH BOSTON SHAKEDOWN? WHAT IF HE CALLED THIS REMINDING HIM OF SHYLOCK IN THE MERCHANT OF VENICE? WHAT IF HE CALLED THIS A STICKUP ON A HARLEM SUBWAY? IF HE DID THAT HE WOULD BE COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT WITH IMUS
# posted by Tony DeFiore : 1:59 PM
