By: John Keitel
UPDATE: March 19, 2008 This is the actual transcript March 16, 2008 from the Chris Mattews Show web site:

"(Announcements)

MATTHEWS: Welcome back.

Michelle, TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW.

Ms. COTTLE: All right. I have to say that what I've been disappointed at
has been the ugly successes of some of the racialization of this race we've
been talking about. Just in the last couple weeks or so, a lot more e-mail
and a lot more responses to stuff that I write about--the Obamas, Barack and
Michelle--has been coming in, and it has a kind of crazy racist flavor to it
that, if that's what's going on with this particular group of, you know,
nutters, I think the broader picture is probably also equally bad.

MATTHEWS: I think I hear the same."

Much different than the portrayal written by Samshed Frogs shamless self promotion below;


Smashed Frog thinks its cool that she got the friendly Liberal press agent to call her only commenter writing on her site derogatory terms.

Smashed frog posts:

""Michelle Cottle--Senior Editor of The New Republic--answered Chris Matthews' weekly toss-up--Tell me something I don't know--with an answer most of us already knew.

To paraphrase Cottle--

The racial overtones overshadowing last week's campaign coverage have brought out the nutters in full force.

That would help explain the comments posted here at If I'm President and over at Smashed Frog.

These aren't the typical wackos, but your basic hardcore nutters, espousing fear tactics of race and religion that so scary easy roll off their forked tongues, to spew out civil unrest like a pistachio shell caught between their teeth.

These folks are a hatred Chex Mix of a whole different level of insanity.""

I as DigitalNews replied:

"These folks are a hatred Chex Mix of a whole different level of insanity."

Obviously a great example of "journalism." Only one person writing for the "Folks", "hardcore nutters." I am the only commenter keeping truth alive on this blog site.

As I have written before, say something about the "messianic", medias word not mine, Obama campaign and get called a racist.

Now add "the hate nutters", "fear tactics of race and religion," "forked tongues," and "spew civil unrest."

Civil unrest is what the left lives on.

My "unrest" is the terminology from the pulpit, condoned by Barack Obama in hiring Rev Wright after knowing of his comments.

The Lords name is not to be used in vain at all. But especially close to all religions is the pulpit. Rev. wright used the Lords name in vain and curses from the pulpit. Breaking one of the ten commandments.

This was done in the name of political power. Using the Lords name in vain against your country is not following the teachings of Jesus Christ.

My points have been that these "sermons" would hurt, if not end, Barack Obamas Presidential campaign and maybe his political career. Nothing more. Certainly not hatred.

If this were a Republican candidate he/she would have been made to resign, amid protests from the like of Rev. Al Sharpton. And the coverage would be top billed all this week and into the general until that objective was reached."

Sunny of "Smashed frog writes:

"Ah, you're just mad because the rest of us caught on to the race-baiting right from the start. But you have the right to your own opinion--just like mine, it's far from journalism."

DigitalNews;

I will finish this on my site. No, you still don't get it. But why would a Democrat/Liberal get anything having to do with religion and culture. You have a Reverend that has taken the Lords name in vain against our country. Our country is more than 85% Christian and repels at the usage of the Lords name in vain. It is a commandment of God.

This controversy is about the behavior of Rev. Wright from his pulpit and the decision of the Obama campaign to hire him for their Presidential African American Religious Council. That was a political calculation that has backfired. Now the campaign and it supporters use the race card to try and scare away commentators.

This is not an attack or "race-batting." Instead this is a reaction to the words of Obama's friend, mentor, pastor, and campaign adviser, Rev. Jeremiah Wright that break commandments Christians are told to live by. And the judgment shown by Obama in putting the Rev. Wright on his campaign.

So why is it that Obama dumps the Rezco information out the same weekend of this Rev. Wright controvercy? Another political move to try and hide himself from the American voter.

The "rest of you" did not catch on to the "race batting", instead you try and create it by labeling someone with it. Say it enough and the people will believe it, is the mantra of the OLD MEDIA.

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