Posted by
Gabrielle Cusumano on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:15:22 PM
"I watched the cadets, they were young kids - men and women who were committed to serving their country professionally it must be said, as officers. And, I didn't see much excitement." Chris Matthews
Matthews Calls West Point, Site of Obama Speech 'The Enemy Camp,' 'Strange Venue'
However, Matthews also said he saw a lot of skepticism among some of the older audience members at West Point, which he called "the enemy camp" and "a strange venue." (emphasis added)
"It seems like in this case, there isn't a lot of excitement," Matthews said. "I watched the cadets, they were young kids - men and women who were committed to serving their country professionally it must be said, as officers. And, I didn't see much excitement. But among the older people there, I saw, if not resentment, skepticism. I didn't see a lot of warmth in that crowd out there. The president chose to address tonight and I thought it was interesting.
He went to maybe the enemy camp tonight to make his case. I mean, that's where Paul Wolfowitz used to write speeches for, back in the old Bush days. That's where he went to rabble rouse the "we're going to democratize the world" campaign back in '02. S
o, I thought it was a strange venue." From Newsbusters at:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/12/01/matthews-calls-west-point-sight-obama-speech-enemy-camp-strange-venue
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Comments
Can someone please tell Chris....
December 1, 2009 - 21:59 ET by SUPERCON
Gone With The Wind was a movie. Not a documentary. It was absurd for him to compare it with reality. To be honest it looked like he was on medication and rightly so. His big hero the tingle master,Barack Obama was actually talking about success in Afghanistan and Chrissie couldn't take it.
I actually watched that segment myself and It was painful to see all three stooges on one panel. Maddow, Olbermann and Matthews. It looked like a funeral over there as they could not believe that Obama was actually bragging about America's prowess in times of war. I'm not kidding. Matthews look like he was going into shock and Maddow was desperately trying to find something positive out of something that was breaking her heart. It was funny. Matthews crack about the "enemy camp" was so insightful because he was just being honest and you know Obama thinks like he does in private but must pretend he is proud of the military in public. Obama despises the military as all lefties do. Obama had to give a speech in front of a group of young people who will actually change the world for the better with courage, sacrifice and commitment instead of giving a speech in front of all the free loading ACORN bums who think they change the world by by shaking down the rich and giving it to crack heads on the street. Obama could never stand as an equal among those fine men and women and they knew it and so did he.
His speech was a flop.
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EPIC FAIL!
December 1, 2009 - 22:09 ET by Blonde
All the way around.
Obama looked so scared his eyes were wet and on the verge of crying the whole time. He couldn't believe there was no applause. He looked like he was ready to bolt every time he paused for an applause line that never resulted in applause. He looked like he was ready to break down in tears at any second.
I am SHOCKED that he didn't invoke Douglas MacArthur, or any of the other great American leaders who went through the forge of West Point.
My prediction.....the dithering was well placed. Because he knew this speech and this silly "policy" or whatever that bunch of blather was about is going to cost him a 10 point drop in the polls. He was trying to stem the tide of angry opposition, to shove this nasty health care nonsense and Cap and Tax down our throats.
If anyone has any doubts....compare and contrast anything or any time President Bush visited troops to today's little exercise in photo opportunities.
Even Hillary didn't look enthused. The only people in the audience who looked the least bit engaged were the senior officers who thought there may be a promotion opportunity by clapping.
Pathetic. That's the only word in the lexicon. For this speech. For this strategy. For this person who inhabits the Oval Office and pretends to be a war time Commander in Chief.
Both comments from above are from:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2009/12/01/matthews-calls-west-point-sight-obama-speech-enemy-camp-strange-venue
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Matthews needs to be fired for this.
These men and women are giving life and limb for this nation.
West Point is this nation's oldest garrison, back to the Revolutionary war. It is the oldest of our 5 military academies. It is a place of honor. It produces (and had produced) some of the greatest heroes in history.
Fire this clown.