Hardball award to Iranian protestors

Jo Smith, Des Moines, IA — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:21:21 GMT

Chris, You are the best! I know in my heart the Obama policy is right; but, it is so very hard to watch and wait while all those kids go thru such anquish, turmoil and mortal danger. So much unknown

Listening to the country-club fat cats criticize the president during the Sunday shows yesterday made me miss Tim Russert to tears-- which made me think of you and what you might have to say about it all.

And, so again--thank you for being there.

Jo

Hardball award to Iranian protestors

Melanie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:10:07 GMT

I agree with emotional support for the people of Iran and their struggle against their unfair rulers however, we are NOT THE WORLD POLICE. I beleive President Obama is right, we can not involve ourselves in the politicle process of other countries. We have done that too many other times with awful results for the people of those countries. Yes it was awful to see that girl get killed, but is it any worse the watching men, women and children merdered or raped in African countires? Where was the outrage against Bush then? The people of Iran will rise up on their own, they do not need us to intervene on their behalf.

Hardball award to Iranian protestors

Jacqueline Pendleton — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:08:15 GMT

Will someone please look at the Documentary
"Iran and the West." I was all caught up like
everyone else in the protests until I saw it.
I believed in our President and what he was
doing and that documentary did it. We need
to quit meddling. The documentary was on cable.

Hardball award to Iranian protestors

Janice Koehler, Rio Rancho, NM — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:06:18 GMT

As we have noticed, it appears the vast majority of the protesters are the highly educated of Iran. Baron Brougham wrote, "Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive, easy to govern but impossible to enslave." I believe the educated in Iran will continue to prove this statement correct.

Hardball award to Iranian protestors

lanora, coatesville, pa — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:00:34 GMT

I think that the president was very good addressing the press on all three (3) issues.

Hardball award to Iranian protestors

C. Lindy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:37:49 GMT

My focus is on Chris Matthew's interview with Kay Bailey Hutchinson on June 23, '09.

Basically, he blew it. He permitted her to dance around some of his questions adding falsehoods as she danced. When he asked about her opinions on how Obama was handling Iran's abuse of protestors, she got away with saying he needed to let the protestors know that the US was concerned about them. Obama did that, but Matthews overlooked telling her that. She also referred to Obama needing to condemn Iran for killing protestors. He did that and it was overlooked again. And worst of all was Matthews mentioning the US attack and invasion of Iraq after 9/11. Hutchinson said that was different, that we had been attacked with weapons of mass destruction (meaning airliners.) Hutchinson was insinuating that Iraq had something to do with 9/11 and Matthews let her get away with it. IRAQ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11 and Bush publically admitted it although few news outlets put it in the news. She said we thought they had wmd. Of course, to this day, no wmd have been found in Iraq. To let her get away with insinuations that Iraq had something to do with 9/11 is unconscionable. Republicans have had a sly way of insinuating a link to Iraq being behind 9/11 for quite some time. Cheney and many republican congress people get away with it all the time. Seventeen of the 19 jet hijackers were Saudis, not Iraqis. Knowing that, I'm sure Chris knows Bush did not attack Saudi Arabia. Matthews needs to listen to the sly assertions instead of rushing to his next question.