MSNBC’s Matthews Compares Hillary Clinton To Sharpton, Himself

Hillary Clinton may have a “narrower path to the presidency,” according to a recent New York Times article.

Apparently, some Centrist Democrats worry that she is giving up on the “white working-class voters” who helped deliver her husband the presidency in 1992 (admittedly 23 years ago).

However MSNBC’s Chris Matthews appears to like what he’s hearing about Hillary Clinton’s ideas.  He seems to believe that Hillary is moving left.

“There will be no center course for her as there was for Bill Clinton in the 1990s,” Matthews said at the beginning of his show, “no Democratic Leadership Council, no ‘third way,’” stated Matthews.

“Already she has steered left on immigration and gay marriage and attacked Republicans on voting rights and promises to be equally tough on other ideological matters,” said Chris Matthews. He suggested that Clinton may be taking this positions to “ward off challengers,” and that it might be working, according to Mediaite.

“If you look at her as she is on issues on blacks and how they’re treated by police, she could be Al Sharpton, she’s just as tough laying it out like that,” Matthews said. “On immigration, as tough as any immigration lawyer fighting for the rights of Hispanics. On voting rights, she sounds like me.”

(Updated article)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/us/politics/hillary-clinton-traces-friendly-path-troubling-party.html

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/chris-matthews-hillary-sounds-like-me-could-be-al-sharpton/

Poll: Christie’s Numbers Not Good In New Jersey

Voters in New Jersey disapprove of the job Chris Christie is doing as governor 56 percent to 38 percent, according to a new poll out by Quinnipiac University on Monday.

According to Politico, the numbers mark his lowest Quinnipiac approval rating ever and are the worst rating for any governor this year in states surveyed by the university.

New Jersey voters commented on Christie’s 2016 presidential aspirations as well, with 65 percent saying he would not make a good president, compared with 29 percent who think he would.  64 percent say he should not jump into the race for president.

In a general election matchup, Hillary Clinton leads Christie 51 percent to 36 percent.

The poll was conducted April 9-14, surveying 1,428 New Jersey voters via landlines and cellphones, with a margin of error of plus-or-minus 2.6 percentage points, states Politico.  The poll included 444 Republican voters with a margin of error of plus-or-minus 4.7 percentage points.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/chris-christie-new-low-new-jersey-poll-117136.html#ixzz3XrSYzVEg

Majority Report Discusses Netanyahu Speech

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Majority Report discusses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “State of the Union Address” to Congress and the pointed MSNBC / Chris Matthews reaction.

MSNBC On Netanyahu Speech: He Didn’t Explain His Alternative Plan

Chris Matthews of MSNBC reacts to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, saying, “I don’t think he ever explained his alternative” to the P5+1 negotiations.

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Killer Of ‘American Sniper’ Found Guilty

Eddie Ray Routh – the shooter of Chris Kyle – was found to be guilty, as opposed to “not guilty by reason of insanity.” CNN reports.

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Eddie Ray Routh

The Lip TV

Eddie Ray Routh, the confessed killer of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and another man (Chad Littlefield), is discussed by The Lip TV. They look at his confession and his defense of PTSD-based insanity, as the prosecution has rested in his trial. The Lip TV talks to Jack Downing and Mike Cavalluzzi about the murder.

(Video is 43 minutes long.)

The Mystery Woman Behind Chris Christie’s Shady Dealings

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is under criminal investigation and has been corrupt for a long time. Who is the woman involved in all of Christie’s shady dealings? Cliff Schecter joins Sam Seder to discuss it.

More on Governor Christie’s loan here.

Majority Report

Video Of Car Chase Shown During ‘American Sniper’ Trial

CNN discusses a car-chase video shown during the Eddie Ray Routh “American Sniper” murder trial.

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Jesse Ventura On Chris Kyle: ‘Do You Think The Nazis Have Heroes?’

Former pro wrestler and Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura continues his Shock and Awe attack on deceased “American Sniper” Chris Kyle.  On Fox News radio, he said it does not mean much to describe Kyle as a “hero” because the Nazis had heroes too.

“A hero should have honor,” Ventura told radio host Alan Colmes in an interview. “A hero is not how many people you’ve killed.”  Ventura said that Kyle is “obviously a great sniper” and “a great shot. He obviously did his job correctly.”

Then, Ventura asked Colmes: “Do you think the Nazis have heroes?”

Colmes replied that “the Nazis were fighting for a cause we can’t condone.”

Ventura responded by asking Colmes: “If a Nazi soldier killed a hundred people that had lived” in a Nazi-occupied country in World War II, would that soldier “be classified a hero in Germany?”

Colmes asked if Ventura was “comparing what the Nazi mission was versus what our mission is in war as a country.”

“Well, what I’m stating is we invaded Iraq, we were not asked in,” Ventura replied. “We invaded a country, we overthrew its government, and then we killed people that lived there.”

“Are we analogous to the Nazis?” Colmes asked.

“Well, and the Communists, yeah,” Ventura replied.

Ventura states he was a Navy SEAL.  He was part of the Navy’s UDT, or Underwater Demolition Team, which later merged with the SEALs in the 1980s.

Last year, Ventura won $1.8 million in a defamation lawsuit against Kyle’s estate.

He sued for defamation, alleging that Kyle – the hero of the movie “American Sniper” – falsely claimed in part of his book to have punched out a man, later identified as Ventura, in a California bar in 2006 after Ventura allegedly said the SEALs “deserve to lose a few” in Iraq.

Ventura said last week that he will not see the film, in part because he does not regard Kyle as a hero.  “A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can’t have honor if you’re a liar. There is no honor in lying,” Ventura said.

Ventura also dismissed the movie as propaganda because it conveys the false idea that Iraq had something to do with the 9/11 attacks. “It’s as authentic as ‘Dirty Harry,'” he said — a reference to the fictional movie series starring the director of American Sniper, Clint Eastwood.

More:

http://www.Newsmax.com/Newsfront/Jesse-Ventura-Alan-Colmes-chris-kyle-nazis/2015/02/04/id/622682/#ixzz3R5RI07jU

Chris Christie Waging 23 Court Battles To Keep State Documents Secret: Mother Jones

According to Mother Jones, media outlets have been forced to sue to obtain even routinely disclosed information, such as payroll data.

Rather than release documents connected to Bridge-gate, pay-to-play allegations, possible ethics violations, and the out-of-state trips Christie has made while looking at a run for president, Chris Christie’s office and several state agencies have waged costly court battles.

As the 2016 presidential primary race draws closer, and Christie considers jumping in, his administration is fighting 23 different open records requests in court.

“The track record is abysmal,” says Jennifer Borg, general counsel for the North Jersey Media Group.

Her organization, which publishes The Record, has sued the state for public documents a half-dozen times since Christie took office. When a judge determines that the state withheld records illegally—which happens frequently—her group wins legal fees. As of September 2014, Christie’s administration had paid $441,000 to North Jersey Media Group and other media outlets for records. And that doesn’t count the cost of government lawyers’ time.

The fight has become expensive for the state because when newspapers go to court for these records, they usually win. But winning doesn’t automatically produce the sought-after records.

“We can and do beat them in court. But as long as they’re appealing—I don’t want to call it a Pyrrhic victory, but we’re not going to get the records,” says Walter Luers, an attorney who helped a transparency project run by the state Libertarian Party sue for public access for Christie’s travel expenses.

“Appeals take two to three years. We’re already into the presidential elections. By the time we get these records, Christie could have a new address.”

Christie’s reluctance to let these records go is understandable. On Tuesday, for example, The New York Times published an investigation of expensive trips, sponsored by donors and foreign leaders, that the governor has taken abroad. Some of those accounts were based on public documents that local newspapers obtained through lawsuits.