I saw this yesterday and wanted to cheer. The only thing that would have made it better? An audible and explicit slap-down of the “those who want to leave immediately” canard.
Chris Matthews has clearly lost patience with the war propaganda coming from the right. I can only hope others in the media follow his lead.
Rough partial transcript from Crooks & Liars:
Matthews: Will the people of Georgia support ten more years of American involvement, military involvement in Iraq?
Kingston: Well, people know we’re still in Germany and in South Korea…
Matthews: Yea, but..no no no no no. I won’t let you get away with that. That’s not a fair comparison. We do not have a war in South Korea. There’s no German that’s fired on an American since 1945. That’s not a fair comparison…That is not an acceptable argument! These comparisons to previous eras…it’s lazy thinking, Congressman. It’s the kind of propaganda that does not help this country understand the situation. You stepped into a dishonest comparison. Some people come on this show over and over again saying things that-JUST-aren’t-true.
The exchange continued, with Kingston at one point trying a snide “I’ve obviously touched a nerve” dodge. No, Jack, you’re obviously parroting talking points that long ago ceased to have any connection to reality.
Go watch the whole thing.
::sigh:: But he was so cute on The Colbert Report!
No, really, he’s a douche.
I knew I’d heard his name before. Yes, he is.
God bless his little African-American heart.