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To: mistermj who wrote (66626)	9/3/2004 2:53:20 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793917

OK...Didn't see you just posted it...From flyover country, here's a funny column about Miller and Mathews... Zell Miller and Chris Matthews Useless-Knowledge.com Articles By Edward Abraham Sept. 2, 2004 useless-knowledge.com Democratic Senator Zell Miller delivered a powerful, emotional and on the money skewering of John Kerry and partisan Democrats this week at the Republican National Convention. Miller, in open defiance of his own party, is fully backing George W. Bush as president for four more years. His primary motivation in this is that his family is far more safe with George W. Bush as president than John Kerry. Miller also made the scary point that the modern Democratic party has completely put partisan politics ahead of the nation's best interests; this was not always the case in U.S. history and he provided examples to back it up. During one segment of the speech, Miller listed just some of the over ninety defense programs John Kerry has been against during the course of his Senate career. From the B1 Bomber to the Apache helicopters, Kerry has pretty much opposed the strengthening of U.S. defenses on a continual basis. Then, Miller delivered the line of the night, maybe of the whole convention. Regarding John Kerry, Miller said: "This is the man who wants to be the Commander in Chief of our U.S. Armed Forces? U.S. forces armed with what? Spit balls?" It was not only hilarious, this line was truly impactful and telling, especially coming from a former marine and a Democrat at that. At the end of the evening, after the speech, Zell Miller was being "interviewed" by media blowhard, Chris Matthews. I use the term "interviewed" loosely because Matthews really does not interview anyone. He asks questions and then talks over the respondents answers, often badgering his guests until they just give up. And, yes, Matthews is an unabashed liberal. There's no pretense of objectivity with this "journalist." Chris Matthews was obviously disurbed by Zell Miller's speech. A heated exchange quickly developed between Miller and Matthews because Zell was not going to take any of the usual shenanigans from the blowhard. It was at this point that Chris Matthews revealed just how absurd the media bias can become. He asked Senator Zell Miller, in pointed fashion, "Do you really believe John Kerry would send soldiers into battle armed with only spit balls?" Matthews was completely serious in asking this question. Miller, who was already about to explode, responded, "Have you ever heard of a metaphor?!" Matthews' ridiculous question represents nothing more than a weak attempt to discredit Zell Miller in any way possible. Miller had just delivered a damning speech against Matthews' candidate of choice, John Kerry, and there was really not much more to say. Zell Miller had done an excellent job and made terrific points, and his delivery was from the heart not phoney and contrived. In the absence of being able to critique Miller's speech from a realistic standpoint, Matthews stepped into absurd territory in an effort to achieve his partisan objective. One tends to wonder if Matthews has any idea just how moronic this makes him look as a so-called journalist. When a Republican politican crosses party lines and sides with Democrats, the media falls over itself to cover the story and to build up whoever the individual is as being courageous and forthright. They've done this, at times, with Senator John McCain among others. There is no attempt made to discredit in these instances. Yet, a Democratic Senator, with decades of experience, crosses over to endorse George W. Bush as president and delivers a resounding jolt of a speech at the Republican National Convention and no such courage or sense of character is recognized by the leftwing press. Instead, there is an apparent need for the media to come to the defense of John Kerry. Why does Chris Matthews feel such a compulsion to stand up for Kerry? Shouldn't Kerry and his people defend themselves? Sure, there is no bias in the media. Chris Matthews told me so. ------------ About the author: Ed Abraham is a concerned citizen living in flyover country, U.S.A., who happens to be truly disgusted by the loss of common sense in our society and is doing all he can to try to reinstall it. Email: eabra@myway.com