Mary Matalin, Ass

First, I apologize for the light blogging this weekend. I'm slightly under the weather and staring at the computer screen just doesn't help matters. However, I did manage to catch Meet the Press this morning and Mary Matalin had me screaming at the television. Partly because of the way she was dressed, but mostly because she is an ass.

Right off the bat I thought Tim gave her way too much airtime to start the roundtable segment on Cheney and the shooting of Harry "I feel sorry for my shooter" Whittington. Her explanations of Cheney's actions, and reactions, to the incident were over the top. (I suggest watching this clip from Crook & Liars where Mary sticks her head so far up Cheney's ass I'm surprised she could still breath, let alone talk.) But then the roundtable kicked in and I think David Gregory and Maureen Dowd managed to put Matalin in her place. Why Tim couldn't put her in her place is a whole other story.

Things really took a turn for the absurd when Matalin crossed the line with this:

Gregory: If the vice president did everything right by disclosing it the way he did-then why did you do a big national interview this week?

Mary: Because you went on a jihad, David--four day jihad...

David: That's an unfortunate use of that word by the way.

How dare she use the word jihad to describe Gregory and the press? That is an outlandish statement and she should be the one doing some apologizing. Fuckin' hack, really truly. It's one big political game for Matalin. People are dying because of this administration, yet for her it's all about the best way to spin the story and make everyone else look evil, whether it's the press or the democrats.

Go watch the jihad clip on Crooks and Liars as well, but I warn you, if you haven't taken your blood pressure pills, please do so before viewing any of these clips.

Update: It seems I wasn't the only one outraged by Mary Matalin yesterday. Arianna puts her worthy two cents in:

I could go on and on, but to get the full effect, you had to see not just what Mary said, but how she said it. She was dripping with contempt and sarcasm, parroting anything said by the other panelists in a teenage sing-song imitation complete with the liberal use of air quotes. Note to the vice president: if you're in a situation in which you feel like you need a little more empathy from the American people, and want them to see you as human, you might want to reconsider handing the job to Mary Matalin. It's hard to believe that the VP's 29-percent approval rating didn't plummet by the time her performance was over.

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