Video: Matthews suggests Armitage was set up by the White House
posted at 7:22 pm on September 8, 2006 by Allahpundit
Matt Sheffield nailed him this morning for maintaining conspicuous radio silence on Plamegate since the scandal went bust. Drudge picked it up soon after, thereby virtually forcing Matthews to mention it tonight.
And mention it he did. You wanted him to talk about Armitage, Sheff? You got it.
Click the image for commentary and video at Media Blog.
A round of applause for Spruiell, who not only made a nice catch here but who’s showing serious promise in the art of the screen capture. I prefer to work in the “dopey facial contortion” milieu myself, but I know a minor masterpiece of Sinisterism when I see one.
As for Matthews, I freely admit it — I almost admire the bastard for having the stones to pull this garbage. Krazy Keith would be proud. Kudos, Chris!
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Was that a wink and a nod from Corn….? He and Isikoff must have flipped a coin to see which one would pull this one out their…
d1carter on September 8, 2006 at 7:36 PM
Man, does this guy realize what a ridiculous self-parody he is becoming?
Never mind, don’t answer that.
thirteen28 on September 8, 2006 at 7:40 PM
He acts like a high school girl.
Sticky Notes on September 8, 2006 at 7:40 PM
Time for the straightjacket and padded cell, Mr Softballs… you’ve flown the coop.
NTWR on September 8, 2006 at 7:49 PM
They really have to have the drinking water at MSNBC tested.
frankj on September 8, 2006 at 7:53 PM
This man (?) is an out of control moron who MSNBC continues to tout as a newsperson. He is an idiot, a lunatic and an over the top jerk. When MSNBC finally realizes this and pulls him from his very few visitors, they will be much better off. Don’t bet on that happening soon, MSNBC has a very slow learning curve.
NEMETI IN SYRACUSE on September 8, 2006 at 7:54 PM
HA!
Valiant on September 8, 2006 at 8:29 PM
What a hit-piece. Left-wing political positioning at its finest. The Bush-ites did what? Leaked information to an anti-Bushite, knowing he would leak it? If you want a conspiracy-theory, it’s HERE, in this interview. I work in government. I have a sufficient position in government to see what the “crap” is. I’m NOT “political,” I have seen crap out of both sets of morons to recognize the difference. If the “right-wingers” want to push an idiotic position (and I can identify them), this isn’t it.
I NEED to survive for about seven-and-a-half more years in government so that I can retire with healthcare benefits. It doesn’t really matter which Administration is in power.
Not a Dhimmicrat on September 8, 2006 at 8:31 PM
I just saw the caption – David Corn, co-author of “Hubris”. Now we know why.
These 3 stooges were having an orgasm, right on that table, shamelessly, over no sexual arousal of any kind. What would Freud say over such a useless effort?
Armatage says himself “I screwed up” – yet, because he’s half-way on their side, the media can’t, just can’t accept that.
I’ve said it before – Armatage’s intellect has always been way “misoverestimated” (misspelled intentionally).
Entelechy on September 8, 2006 at 9:00 PM
One more thing – I thought, stubbornly, that C. Matthews is fairly smart and witty, especially savvy on the ‘political game’.
Maybe I “misoverestimated” his intellect too, it seems, as time goes by…it’s actually sad.
Entelechy on September 8, 2006 at 9:03 PM
Way too much hair dye seepage.
Let’s not forget Tim Russert appeared before the grand jury. What did he know and when did he know it?
I detect a vast leftwing conspiracy.
JammieWearingFool on September 8, 2006 at 9:23 PM
Who is this Chris Matthews, and why do people watch him? Is he a comedian? Is he a clown? Is he here for my amusement? Sure acts like one.
First he avoids talking about the great Plameout, and now he thinks that Armitage was set up? What’s next? Joe Wilson was a Rove plant to get the country to ignore the fact that we haven’t gotten OBL just yet or that Valerie was on the double secret list of folks who knew about the oil pipeline deal in Afghanistan? Sheesh…
lawhawk on September 8, 2006 at 9:43 PM
Does this really surprise anyone? Of course Liberal Demokrats are going to continue painting BUsh as vindictive over anything they can dream up.
Welcome to the New People’s Demokratik Party of the Union of Socialist States of Amerika
LewWaters on September 8, 2006 at 9:59 PM
Matthews is about as nuanced as a bowling ball. And now, apparently, it seems he had about the same SAT scores. Are you kidding me? I blame this sort of thing for my dependence on Prilosec. If we had a truly “loyal” opposition and a truly “conservative” administration, I could sleep at night.
As it is, I feel I am trapped in some sort of Twilight Zone episode. If someone had written this scenario 20 years ago, it would be sold in the science fiction section.
Now, it sells as news. God help us all.
SailorDave on September 8, 2006 at 10:07 PM
Matthews is close to being the dumbest human being on the face of the earth. Where in the world do been nowhere, done nothing dolts like this come from. These talking head jerks are a menace to society.
rplat on September 8, 2006 at 11:05 PM
The loonie left is absolutely pulling out all of the stops. I can smell their fear from here.
Let’s see if I can follow their stories so far …
[Warning. Sarcasm to follow]
Bush is an idiot who managed to create false CIA information during the Cigarman years, he has since then fooled every liberal in office so that they voted to attack Iraq when he, not Billy boy, was in office, and is The Omnipotent President who created Katrina in order to provide himself more cover. That had the extra dividend [as Bush is also a racist] that it killed 10,000 blacks who only amounted to a few hundred bodies, and within a few scant months created a secret airbase from which to launch the 9/11 attacks. Stupid Bush managed to secretly install enough explosives in just the right places to ensure the towers fell straight down, and he had Rove set up Armitage via Libby just in time to out the not very secret agent Plame who was a covert agent using the false name of Plame who was just conviently tied to Wilson so that he could continue to perpetuate the Iraq lie. I have yet to figure out how they converted Woodward, but we can just blame that on Cheney, and Haliburton.
You can always recognize a liar by their way too complicated lies that must be constantly rebuilt when they don’t pan out.
DannoJyd on September 8, 2006 at 11:09 PM
OK, Danno:
Your satire made my head hurt, but it was a worthwhile headache. If Vonnegut ever turned rational and documented these things in his style, my head would explode.
I’m going to blame the Coors for this. After MM and her high-heel Miller crushing episode, I’ll never be able to blame Lite for it.
BTW, Allah, did I mention i really love this site? You guys rock!(which is as close as a 40-something suburban Texan gets to being hip.)
SailorDave on September 8, 2006 at 11:21 PM
Can I get a “Rove, you magnificent bastard!”?
The Monster on September 8, 2006 at 11:27 PM
And to think he was once a guest host on Limbaugh’s radio show.
(shaking my head)
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GT on September 9, 2006 at 12:09 AM
The fact this story with the truth now known is yet another brick in the wall proving to the American public that their famed “Unbiaseed” news organizations really do have an agenda against conservatives and Republicans. With the advent of the internet people of any ideological background can share their thoughts and pass along investigative work without worying that NBC News will just sit on that and bury yet another story.
A once small and nearly insignificant piece of technology created for war purposes is now used as a weapon that exposes the liars and crooks around the world.
jasoneverts on September 9, 2006 at 2:05 AM
Today’s Democrat party, under the influence of their Moveon.org base, is festooned with the likes of losers who flock to Star Trek conventions and still keep diaries about their adventures playing Dungeons and Dragons.
The Liberal Media only exacerbate the Democrats image of being the party of geeks. Their reliance on transparent talking points that they all parrot in unison is breathtakingly nerdish. And certified twinks like Howie Fineman, Chrissie Matthews, and Olbie, to mention just a few. I mean, c’mon, they’re right out of Twerp Central Casting.
Their nominal leader (the CEO who coerces BJ’s from the fat intern) admits he was “the fat boy in Band in High School.” He doesn’t mention if he was in the A/V club as well.
And it’s easy to picture Harry Reid, dressed in his Trekkie outfit, flashing Spock’s Vulcan hand language as he greets the Senate.
Now we have the Dem’s latest incarnation, the 9/11 deniers. I mean you can’t make this stuff up.
This isn’t the Donk Party . It’s the Dork Party.
there it is on September 9, 2006 at 9:56 AM
Captain of the MSNBC softball team. I cannot believe they are still obsessing on this. Maybe it is a good thing. Let them keep talking about Joe Wilson well into Rudy Giulani’s second term. What knobs.
RobCon on September 9, 2006 at 11:33 AM
The real shame here is that a valued CIA employee was forced to leave her job. Regardless of her husband’s escapades, the fact is that govt officials (Rove, Armitage et al) misused their power by giving Plame’s name to reporters as a way to undermine her husband. It’s an abuse of power be it Rove or Armitage. Somehow that gets lost in the mix.
Kneejerk alert: note I am not saying she was outed in the criminal sense. She was put in a position where she had to leave though.
honora on September 9, 2006 at 11:35 AM
You seem to have a lot of knowledge about being one of the unpopular kids in high school. You know this how?
honora on September 9, 2006 at 11:37 AM
Ooh. Looks like I struck a nerve.
Sorry, Honora, for the crack about the Audio/Visual Club back in High School. Someone had to be the projectionist. And I’m sure you were good at it too.
there it is on September 9, 2006 at 12:03 PM
Plame injects herself into this whole fiasco by recommending her husband for the trip to Niger. Then honora blames Rove/Armitage for her having to “step down.” Somebody help me, I just don’t understand the liberal mind.
Capitalist Infidel on September 9, 2006 at 12:44 PM
What fiasco? You mean the “Iraq is buying uranium from Niger” fiasco?
She worked at the CIA, at a very high pay grade, I’m thinking it was her job to develop recommendations. You can huff and puff all you like, but if she did something untoward, then it’s up to her superiors to discipline or fire her. Leaking her name to get back at her husband is a big no-no.
It amazes me how low the bar has fallen for behavior among public officials and how anything can be twisted to align with people’s set in stone biases. Clowns.
honora on September 9, 2006 at 12:56 PM
Of course it’s not her place to recommend her husband for the trip to Niger. She obviously brought it upon herself. Of course left wing fanatical kooks don’t believe in personal responsibility. It must be someone else’s fault that she stuck her nose in it and then her husband lied. Just amazing how the liberal mind works. I suppose I could call you a “clown” but that would just insult clowns of all kinds.
Capitalist Infidel on September 9, 2006 at 1:28 PM
Maybe Capitalist was referring to the fiasco of Wilson reporting one thing, then telling a different story to the MSM? [refer to my liar post]
SailorDave, my apologizes for the headache, but the liberals started it. BTW, I forgot to mention the Vanity Fair debacle as I don’t remember how the Progresso-Fascists blamed that on Bush/Cheney/Haliburton/Libby/Rove/Rumsfeld diety, aka known as the Great Satan by Godless liberals.
I don’t know how many have been keeping track at Digg, but I lost count of how many refused to believe that Armitage had admitted his responsibility in the threads there as they stated that there was no actual statement made by him. Another proof of how divorced from reality one must be to be a liberal.
DannoJyd on September 9, 2006 at 1:32 PM
It’s not? How do you figure that? Are you familiar with what her job was? Thought it was terrorism?
I was not calling you a clown, just remarking on how low the bar has fallen for public officials.
honora on September 9, 2006 at 1:53 PM
Thanks, Sailor Dave, for I blame this sort of thing for my dependence on Prilosec.
I agree that what passes for news and commentary on the MSM is almost impossible to take seriously. What is serious is that most people think it is the objective truth and commentary; that by watching their 30 minutes each evening, that they are informed citizens (and worse,informed voters).
Margaret McC on September 9, 2006 at 4:26 PM
Poor Chris. He has to keep talking bile or he’s off the Washington DC “A List” and he won’t be invited to rub shoulders with the hoity toity set unless he continues to toe the line.
Think of him this way. You know the guy who picks up trash on the side of the road so we wont have to look at it? Matthews’ job is to do the opposite.
Labamigo on September 9, 2006 at 7:30 PM
Michael Savage is right. It is a mental disorder.
Wade on September 10, 2006 at 12:45 PM
honora said above:
So, honora, Armitage should be brought up on criminal charges, right? We should seek justice for the wrongs done, should we not?
From there it is:
And as for the donk/geek references… I too was a fat band kid who also eagerly jumped at every opportunity to run the AV equipment in school. Never did the D&D stuff though. But I am emphatically Conservative. So casting aspersions on the terminally geeky isn’t really a useful comparison, imho.
techno_barbarian on September 10, 2006 at 2:07 PM
Maybe the republicans should remind NBC of their obligations under the law. :oP~~~
DannoJyd on September 10, 2006 at 4:17 PM
techno-barb: I think he should be treated the same as the others–Libbey, Rove. If he perjured himself as Libbey alleged did, then absolutely he should be charged. My understanding is the CIA asked for charges to be brought; Fitz decided the “outing” did not meet the criminal standard; he indicted L for perjury.
Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander. If Armitage is found to have lied, he deserves the same fate as Libbey.
honora on September 11, 2006 at 11:36 AM
Someday soon Matthews will be sitting in a rocker slowly mumbling the name Valerie Plame softly to himself over and over again!! Can’t wait!!! hehehehhehhe
Mellen on September 11, 2006 at 11:54 PM
As Corn has admitted, Plame had not worked overseas within five years of her name’s disclosure, which meant that she was not covered by the Intelligence Identities Protection Act.
Therefore, she couldn’t be ‘outed’ by anyone. In practical terms, the CIA has two major branches, operations, of which she was a part of long ago, with protection, and administration, where she worked as an analyst at the time of her husband’s travel and her so-called ‘outing’. She was probably still erroneously on the computer’s operations list, at best/worst.
Entelechy on September 12, 2006 at 1:12 AM