"Tell Me What Chamberlain Did?"

[[R-MOD]Saobh]

An all too rare moment in the US television
(skip to the 2' mark for the start of it)

YouTube Video

Little article about it:

Well, this might have been his finest hour. Chris Matthews I mean, confronting Kevin James in the presence of Mark Green on tonight's Hardball. The topic: what it means to compare appeasement, meaning Nazis and Neville Chamberlain in 1938-39--that exhausted neo-con trope--to our current situation vis-à-vis Iran and etc. The exchange was pegged to Bush's political exploitation of Israel's 60th anniversary.

This moment was not sublime just because of what Chris said--though that was plenty good. It was sublime because of the spur of the moment directorial judgment he made as Kevin began to rant. He decided to give this moron a great sweep of precious air time, not just seconds--he gave him minutes. Unprecedented media roominess descended on this sound-bite fool as he tried to bluster his way out his self-constructed trap. Chris just kept repeating a simple question--what did Neville Chamberlain actually do that constituted appeasement back in 1938-39? He just kept repeating that question.

Desperate Kevin huffed and puffed about Iran and terrorism and Obama until at last it became obvious: he had no idea. He knew nothing of history, nothing at all about the run up to WWII, the sequence of concessions, the Czechoslovakia deal--he literally didn't know what he was talking about. The silent space hung 'round him as he shrank.

Let's give the cable hosts a break for a minute It can't be easy. Five nights a week for an hour--and that's just the time you are on the air. You rush through whatever is in front of you, batting comments back and forth with guests like ping-pong balls--it can't be easy to pick a revealing moment out of the flood and give it the attention it deserves. But Chris did it tonight. He transcended his medium. You have to see this exchange. It isn't just an insight into Kevin James personally--it's the whole know-nothing culture of jingoistic absolute conviction he represents.

A Sublime Moment For Cable TV--Chris Matthews interviewing Kevin James On Appeasement. - Yahoo! News

[Outlawz]

Owned, owned and owned.

[para_hjs]

Ouch...really owned..

"stop digging" hehe

[Tartantyco]

-He was an appeaser and he appeased people with the policies that he policed by situating himself in the situation and talking to the talkers. Nevah forget!

[101 bassdrive]

not even the 9/11 card could help him xD

[[R-DEV]Masaq]

That was hilarious. Really really top-knotch.

Pretty much the level of understanding demonstrated by some folk here at times - words and complex arguments supported by no underlying knowledge of the issues at hand. Good to see the press take the time to at least show people how flimsy that guy's argument is.

Sad thing is though he still clearly belives in what he's saying and doesn't understand how large an idiot he's made himself look.

[Outlawz]

Originally Posted by [R-MOD]Masaq

Sad thing is though he still clearly believes in what he's saying and doesn't understand how large an idiot he's made himself look.

Because he's an idiot. It's a circle

[Viper5]

Hi, I'm Viper5 and I think Chris Matthews is the greatest f*cking thing since sliced bread.

Probably one of the best videos ever produced by a cable news station. In fact, perhaps one of the best ever in television, right up there with a few Colbert/Stewart Vids.

[Spaz]

That was a big lolz

[DeePsix]

lol That was funny. Good thing he paid attention in history class. D'oh.

Just curious, since when is talking with someone whom you consider an enemy a bad thing? I mean, we talked to the Russians during the Cold War?