Progressive Reporter Ejected From National Conservative Student Conference
Progressive Reporter Ejected From National Conservative Student Conference
This week, the Young America’s Foundation is hosting the National Conservative Student Conference.
ThinkProgress reported recently that YAF’s spokesman Jason Mattera (who describes himself as “the surprisingly fresh face of conservatismâ€) had denied a request by a representative of our sister organization, Campus Progress, to cover the event. From Mattera’s email:
Our event is open to real members of the press. You will not receive press credentials. My advice for you is to watch it on C-SPAN. If you have a problem with that decision, you can complain to the Foundation’s media department spokesman. Oh wait…that’s…me. :)
Mattera’s reaction was criticised around the web — including by fellow conservatives at National Review, who acknowledged that they had received press credentials for Campus Progress’ annual conference. Apparently Mattera didn’t care. Yesterday, he tracked down and ejected Conor Clarke, one of the lone progressive journalists covering the event for the Washington Monthly:
I was approached by YAF’s spokesman, Jason Mattera, on my way to see Newt Gingrich. “Who do you work for?†Mattera demanded, with a touch of petulance. “The Washington Monthly,†I told him. “Are you writing for anyone else?†“I’m blogging for Campus Progress.â€
And that did the trick. “There’s the elevator,†Mattera pointed. “I can have one of my interns push the down button.†But it didn’t end there. What happened to the vaunted marketplace of ideas, I asked. The openness and exchange?
When Clarke asked why he was being ejected, Mattera responded, “Because I said so.” He then admitted, “If you were with The National Review, I’d get you a seat right up front and have one of my interns give you a nice massage, and grab you a cup of Sunkist.â€
Read the rest of Clarke’s piece HERE.
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Arrogant little prick, probably grow up to be a male whore like his hero Jeff Gannon.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:24 pmDouchbaggery… it’s contageous!
August 1st, 2006 at 5:29 pmIt’s OK…he wouldn’t have missed much.
It’s another stagged event in which bullsh*t is knee deep.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:31 pmMattera sounds like an incredible (tiny) dick. True conservative there.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:31 pmMattera seems to forget that Students even National Conservative Students exist to study and question and investigate. Perhaps he thought he was running a convention for finger puppets?
What a hypocrite.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:31 pmNothing like living in the land of the free, nation of the brave, country of the First Amendment Rights.
Welcome to Germany, 1938! Oh. Wait. Hold on. No, I have it now. Welcome to Amerika, 2006!!! Ya, that’s the ticket.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:33 pmagain? didn’t this get posted a couple of weeks ago?
August 1st, 2006 at 5:33 pmSince Progs never have anything “new or improved” to say about conservatives or conservatives ideas, Jason was doing our prog cub reporter a favour. Why waste their bytes????
August 1st, 2006 at 5:34 pmMattera is obviously a key participant in the GOP FIT (Fascists In Training) Program, but I have a question…
…WTF is up with that guy’s hairline?!
August 1st, 2006 at 5:37 pmConservative ideas have grown so weak, they can only survive in specially protected habitats.
Maybe we could build them a reservation?
August 1st, 2006 at 5:37 pm.
BluePuP – Yapping AGAIN about topics way above your reach???
Busy afternoon!
August 1st, 2006 at 5:38 pmMighty Aphrodooty – yeah why invite reporters that may not agree with your point of view to get a clear understanding of what you stand for and what you think. That thinking is “hardwork”, better we just give the public banal propoganda sound bites, because their simple minds would never understand the genocide we want to rain down upon them….
August 1st, 2006 at 5:44 pmMattera needs a hair cut.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:44 pmI guess the “surprisingly fresh face of conservatism” is not so surprising, or fresh for that matter.
He’s a new incarnation of the same old power-hungry petty dictators.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:45 pmWith the snotty displaces of arrogance he displays, I’m surprised that Mr. Mattera isn’t missing a few teeth yet. Or maybe he’s young and wears dentures. Who knows.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:47 pm#17,
He need a whole lot more than that….
August 1st, 2006 at 5:47 pmHe must be using Ron Popeil’s spray on hair.
conservatives have ideas other than getting rich and eating? I don’t think so. Rush isn’t going to miss his supper tonight.
then to bed after taking a hundred thousand pills.
good grief
throw the bum out on his ear
August 1st, 2006 at 5:50 pmBrought to you by the same party who gave the United Stares “Free Speech Zones.”
August 1st, 2006 at 5:50 pmTP, that was really mean of you to take a thick black marker to that guy’s face. :)
August 1st, 2006 at 5:54 pmPrissy queens like Mattera deserve a HARD punch in the face.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:54 pmReal violence scares the be-jesus out of these a**es. Ideas and rational thought don’t enter their universe. Kick his a** the next time you see this pr**k. This is one time I advocate violence to end their s**t.
Mattera – not just a pretty face, but a fresh face! And… er… I guess that’s all he’s got.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:55 pmThis is guy who so STRONGLY supports the war in Iraq but won’t enlist because he chooses to fight “the war of ideas.” As I note elsewhere, the casualty rate in the war of ideas is very, very low, and the danger associated with that particular war is close to zero. In the waar in Iraq, OTOH, the casualty rate is high and the danger is great. I don’t know whether that entered into Mattera’s decision, but I think he should be asked—on camera.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:56 pmHis is more like the surprisingly goofy face of conservatism. Look at him!
August 1st, 2006 at 5:57 pmMattera’s right: the new face of conservatism is surprisingly fresh (mouthed). Neo-Cons-Men unlike the former true conservatives (an extinct breed unfortunately) can’t allow alternate viewpoints to be heard. They know their ideas are morally and intellectually bankrupt and they can only hope to lure others to the dark side if they put a cap on true reporting of their views. The more desperate their positions become the more they try to censor other viewpoints. It’s sad to watch them implode and try to cling to power: their only solace. Mattera will wind up screwed over by one of his own Rethuglican heroes and he’ll wonder how it happened. All those he stepped on until that point will know and smile.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:58 pmBluePuP – Yapping AGAIN about topics way above your reach???
Busy afternoon!
Comment by mighty aphrodite
MA you have been slapped down so hard and so often, here, the top of your head looks like dubyas ‘la mesa’ and would probably make a good place to rest my cup of sunkist.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:58 pmMattera; leader of the 2006 edition of the Hitler Youth.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:01 pmHe looks like Jim Carry in Dumb and Bumber.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:03 pmWhat’s up with conservatives and their (i) abject fear of anything but groupthink and (ii), equally important, their fukced up hair. I mean this guy obviously goes to the same deranged barber who DeLay, Lott and Frist visit. Seventy-five-year old, shoe polish hair on such a young (smug) face of conservatism.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:04 pmThis guy wold be right at home in pre-war Germany…oh, let’s say about 1936?
August 1st, 2006 at 6:10 pmShouldn’t he be fighting in Iraq? Doesn’t seem very patriotic, staying at home to run conferences when other kids his age are dying so he can be a prick.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:11 pmHey Jason,
Nice bowl cut. Cheesedick.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:11 pmmaybe he get’s gambling tips from Bill Bennett too.
conservatives are really cool
August 1st, 2006 at 6:11 pmCheck it out – there’s a wiki on this whole incident already:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_America’s_Foundation
August 1st, 2006 at 6:15 pmBoundless arogance.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:16 pmClosed mind.
Oops – try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_America%27s_Foundation#Controversy
August 1st, 2006 at 6:16 pm” . . . the surprisingly fresh face of neo-Fascism.”
August 1st, 2006 at 6:18 pmWhy are the power trippers always the most goofy looking? God. all that power… media spoksperson for the Conservative Student Conference. That would give me the largest boner ever.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:21 pmOMG, check out this picture of this neo-fascist:
http://home.mchsi.com/~beyondbelief/mattera.jpg
He’s struggling. Any bets this kid was stuffed in a closet repeatedly as a child?
August 1st, 2006 at 6:24 pm#43-Chad,
You know that mighty aphrodite is a regular at the local Arby’s. The fat just oozes off her posts. I think she has trouble typing at times because her fingers are so fat.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:28 pmHey, the kids just learn from adults, right?The press secretary for the President of the United States is a sarcastic, condesending, syndicated columist why wouldn’t young people want to emulate their heors. IE: Jonah Goldberg, Rich Lowry and K-lo. Come on, Smarmy dweebs are hip.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:32 pmMighty Aprodite, is the chimp at the zoo that has nothing better to do then hurl its own feces at everyone and everything. She rarely posts on topic, her rants are almost incomprehensible, and she has delusions of adequacy. Best bet is to ignore her, she will eventually get so wound up her heart will go.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:33 pmDr. Sinker; I used the link provided. Nice to know that in Amerika that any deviation from the official party line and not approved by the Joseph Goebbels Memorial Propaganda Ministry will not be tolerated. Ahh, such open minds.sarcasm on.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:37 pmDr. Sinker; about that picture link you recommended. EEEEEWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!
August 1st, 2006 at 6:40 pmSorry folks – I should have indeed posted a warning with that picture.
WARNING: Mr. Mattera is one ugly young wacko. Do not click on the link if you recently finished eating. Projectile vomiting may ensue.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:48 pmThe best bit on the link, was the caption:
Jason Mattera models the hip new combover favored by today’s college republicans
Last time I checked, there was nothing hip about a combover. The were usually reserved for child molesters and High school math teachers.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:51 pmHow can someone so young become so powerful and cruel? And what is with the slight hip-hopish hairdo?
August 1st, 2006 at 6:53 pmAnyone catch that his bad haircut is also discussed by “witnesses” in the wiki?
Something tells me this guy is a lot fuglier in person.
August 1st, 2006 at 6:57 pmThe fresh face of fascism!
August 1st, 2006 at 7:00 pmDon’t you think if you’re gonna critize Mattera you should do it in a way he understands? Let me see if I can get him to understand:
JASON ISNT IT INT3R3STNG HOW CONS3RVATISM HAS BCOM3 SYNOMOS WIT HATNG FREDOM
IF?!!???!?? WTF LOL UR PROUD OF CENSORSHIP AND ACTNG LIEK A 12-Y3AR OLD IN AN AOL CHAT ROM MAYB U SHUD L3AEV POLITIS 2 DA PROF3SIONALS OR AT L3AST 2 PAOPLA WHO CAN COMUNICAET LIEK A PROF3SIONAL!!!!1! OMG LOL
August 1st, 2006 at 7:00 pmMan, that HAIR!! He looks (and apparently acts) like Greg Niedermeyer. Perhaps he’s seen the movie, remembers Niedermeyer’s fate (shot by his troops in Vietnam), and THAT’S why he won’t sign up.
ROAD TRIP!!!
August 1st, 2006 at 7:01 pmDr Sinker; too late, I already lost my lunch.
August 1st, 2006 at 7:04 pmWhat a greasy cocksukcer. I love blogging about this miserable little cocksucker. He’s already been an assclown twice and he’s not even out of college.
On the homefront, we need to say “Enough is enough“. Make the call, Mrs. Battered America.
OK, I have a picture of J Lo at the top. Will you come over Now?
August 1st, 2006 at 7:04 pmBoy. Who cut this asshole’s hair?
August 1st, 2006 at 7:04 pmBlutarsky, I would not have a problem fragging that sob in Nam.
August 1st, 2006 at 7:05 pmJurrasicpork,
you had me until I realized that J-Lo still had her clothes on.
=)
August 1st, 2006 at 7:07 pmYeah, about that haircut, my teen had the same one about 5 years ago, the Herman Munster
August 1st, 2006 at 7:10 pmYep he’s a YAFer. Thinks he can do whatever he wants, his mommy and daddy told him so. Laws, Ethics, Justice, Fairness, be damned.
August 1st, 2006 at 7:26 pm“Pride goeth before a fall.”
Based on the size of his ego, his plunge is going to be lethal…
August 1st, 2006 at 7:46 pmAt the conference the conservatives have a chip implanted in their brain that allows them to receive Karl Rove’s talking points directly. So under no circumstance could an outsider be permitted to observe.
August 1st, 2006 at 7:47 pmnice quote, unbelievale!
Spudge_Boy and Joe Sixpack,
August 1st, 2006 at 7:48 pmnice to see you back.
Unbelievable!!!!!
August 1st, 2006 at 7:49 pmOOPS!
The heat made me do it!
Karl, We’ve found your lifelong dream bitch and it’s a boy!!!!! Be tender with him now, ok Karl? Jason. what a sweet name.
August 1st, 2006 at 7:51 pmAll Clark missed out on was a big ol’ conservative-style circle jerk anyways.
August 1st, 2006 at 8:00 pmHe reminds me of the character played by Jason Alexander in “Shallow Hal”. WAY too much forehead. Does he have ANY idea of how creepy he looks? I wonder what Karl Rove looked like, ‘back in the day’? I bet he was gruesome. And young Jason is a coward too. Scared of progressive reporter. Imagine that. P-U-S-S-Y!
August 1st, 2006 at 8:06 pmKarl reminds me of the gruesome figures in the animated classic “The Wall” . Really spooky.
August 1st, 2006 at 8:21 pmIsn’t the right always whining about “no balance” in education and the media? As in “no right-wingers”? Looks like they’re a bunch of hypocrites. Biiiiiig surprise…
http://www.sunstateactivist.org/ssablog.php
August 1st, 2006 at 8:32 pmWho are the terrorists? Israel has become a terrorist statenthrough its blatant disregard for human life.
Only on SSA Blog
http://www.sunstateactivist.org/ssablog.php
Just another “lil wannabe” looking for a “possition in “Bushco” ,or “Carlyle Grop” just the sort of “dude” to marry one of the “Twins”, ya know? Or maybe BOTH?
August 1st, 2006 at 8:38 pm#57 – jurassicpork
Drag your torn sleeve across your broken, bloodied nose and get out those numbers given to you for your own good. Call the numbers and kick wife-beating cowards like George, Dick, and Karl out of your life. You’ve given enough of yourself and you owe this to yourself.
Fantastic, absolutely fantastic blog entry. Thanks.
August 1st, 2006 at 9:07 pmIt’s amazing what losing ones hair will do to some “men.” I bet he’s had restraining orders against him.
August 1st, 2006 at 9:22 pmThe heat made me do it!
Comment by trueblue — August 1, 2006 @ 7:49 pm
Better a hypo than the heat making you strip down naked and streaking across your yard because there are refreshing lawn sprinklers, I suppose :)
Well, I survived the first day at my new school :). So far, completely opposite of teaching a required core science class. And completely opposite of the school district where I was. All of my students, except one, are there because they either want to be or are thinking about being architects. And the Administration is actually professional and supportive. I’m actually looking forward to day two…
Are you in school this semester?
August 1st, 2006 at 9:29 pmDoes he have ANY idea of how creepy he looks?
Comment by Cyra Brown — August 1, 2006 @ 8:06 pm
I’m guessing he doesn’t cast a reflection in mirrors to find out?
August 1st, 2006 at 9:31 pmI bet he’s had restraining orders against him.
Comment by Zooey — August 1, 2006 @ 9:22 pm
He’s a future Ted Bundy.
August 1st, 2006 at 9:32 pmBetter a hypo than the heat making you strip down naked and streaking across your yard because there are refreshing lawn sprinklers, I suppose :)
Comment by unbelievable
Damn, I wish I had a lawn…
August 1st, 2006 at 9:39 pmWell, I survived the first day at my new school :)
Cool. It’s great you’re so happy there, Salma!
August 1st, 2006 at 9:41 pmDamn, I wish I had a lawn…
Comment by Zooey — August 1, 2006 @ 9:39 pm
I’m sure someone around there does :)
Cool. It’s great you’re so happy there, Salma!
Comment by Zooey — August 1, 2006 @ 9:41 pm
Thanks – me too! After the last four or five crappy jobs, this one was about damn time!
By the way, haven’t seen Squeegie in a while. Did he bail too?
August 1st, 2006 at 9:48 pmThis guy, Mattera, is destined for jail.
He’s arrogant and stupid.
He’ll get a nice white colar job doing something – politics, money, who knows.
The “power” will go to his head.
And then he’ll grab for something he shouldn’t be grabbing for.
He’ll get caught and punished because he is not smart enough to get way with it.
He’ll probably do himself in by bragging about it.
The folks at Lompoc Federal Penitentiary are probably preparing a cell for him as we speak.
It is only a matter of time for this f#cker.
And then, BlueDog49 , he’ll get to worry about a lot more than just a “broken nose” ….
August 1st, 2006 at 9:52 pmWonder how many secret passes and over night visits that little prick already has had to the White House? That little bitch needs to go fight in Iraq to learn good “Conservative Values.” Oh yeah, most soldiers in Iraq, and my fellow veterans who have returned, went to be good Conservatives but returned as progressive Democrats. OOPS!
August 1st, 2006 at 9:55 pmBy the way, haven’t seen Squeegie in a while. Did he bail too?
Comment by unbelievable
I keep meaning to ask YOU that! I miss our Squeegy. :(
August 1st, 2006 at 10:05 pmanyone seen IRI around? it was his turn in the barrel…
August 1st, 2006 at 10:09 pmI wonder if Jason Mattera waters his Chia-hair once or twice daily?
August 1st, 2006 at 10:19 pmwhat’s with the haircut? they might as well wear buttons that say, “hello, I’m a tight-assed fascist”.
August 1st, 2006 at 10:33 pm..it’s people like this, that wisdom never manages to reach. But arrogance is corrected on a man’s deathbed.
Ok, now that words of wisdom have been spread, this guy’s a douchebag.
August 1st, 2006 at 11:00 pm#76- Ms. Unbelievable, glad your first day went well! I bet you are exhausted though! Nerves can be more taxing than strenuous physical activity. Too bad about the ‘one’ though. You deserve a party that is ‘pooper free’. Boy school starts EARLY where you are, doesn’t it? Anyway, I’m glad it went well. :)
August 1st, 2006 at 11:06 pmCyra,
I see you got “moderated” on the Malkin thread. Cool!
August 1st, 2006 at 11:10 pmSurprisingly, new, fresh face of conservatism on the outside,
August 1st, 2006 at 11:11 pmUnsurprisingly, the same old rotten, conservative shit on the inside!
Is this kid some bastard offspring of Ann Coulter and Tony Snow?
August 1st, 2006 at 11:17 pmHe certainly a little bastard… His parents must be so proud.
Wow.
Kid’s already got his douchebag bona fides.
August 1st, 2006 at 11:25 pm%^&*%!, I wish we could edit our comments…
Edit: “He certainly is a little bastard…”
August 1st, 2006 at 11:29 pmI won’t be the first to say this about Mattera…nor will I be the last…
August 1st, 2006 at 11:34 pmDork!
Young GOPers are as ugly as the old ones > lol > just look at the pic > call him helmet head!
August 1st, 2006 at 11:55 pmLooks like somebody dipped that boy’s head in tar. Anybody have any feathers?
August 1st, 2006 at 11:59 pmhttp://home.mchsi.com/~beyondbelief/mattera.jpg
lol the hairy palms weekly =)
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:21 amHAIRY PALMS WEAKYLY BWWWAAAAHAHAHAAAAA!!
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:22 am“I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.”
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:49 amWoodrow WILSON
28th President of the United States (1856-1924)
Is this guy in college? He acts like a teenage school girl.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:07 amSince Progs never have anything “new or improved†to say about conservatives or conservatives ideas, Jason was doing our prog cub reporter a favour. Why waste their bytes????
Comment by mighty aphrodite — August 1, 2006 @ 5:34 pm
I was very disappointed by this comment, I had hoped for more. Concern perhaps, condemnation or maybe silence? Most of the other right wingers have at least concluded that this indefensible and not bothered to show up.
You know that this is dangerous, and unacceptable, you’re not a complete moron. Yet you are cheering on the hollowing out of your democracy for party political gain, or perhaps just out of sheer peversity, or momentum.
C’mon MA snap out of it, you are at least a patriot right? Guys like this are a danger to any country.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:19 amBrian > MA probably has the hots for Jason > lol. The GOPers are just like the party faithful in Orwell’s 1984 book > they worship Big Brother Bush like dopes! Our democracy is destroyed, unless the Repubs are driven out of DC forever!
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:41 am#103
Brian > MA probably has the hots for Jason > lol. The GOPers are just like the party faithful in Orwell’s 1984 book > they worship Big Brother Bush like dopes! Our democracy is destroyed, unless the Repubs are driven out of DC forever!
Comment by Jay Randal — August 2, 2006 @ 1:41 am
The name “Mighty Aphrodite” surely is a Dionysian/Homoerotic reference and indicates latent homosexuality which is a common characteristic of the Neoconservative/Republican. Undoubtedly, Mighty Aphrodite has the “hots for Jason” just as George Bush had the hots for Jeff Gannon. It must be difficult being a Neoconservative, fighting and denying one’s own homosexual urges by overcompensation…protesting too much as they say. This explains why many Neoconservatives, Republicans, and Priests for example, end up offending small boys…years of repressing their homosexual tendancies must surely drive them insane. If only they would come out of the closet, the healing might begin. Mighty Aphrodite, what do you say? There is nothing to fear, so feel free to come on out. You know us liberals won’t condemn you for your sexual prefence, as long as its consentual. You won’t burn in hell either, afterall, Jesus was gay with his 12 male disciples and a prostitute as his closest supporters. Feel free to be Christ-like MA.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:23 amThat is the ugliest girl I have EVER seen!! /YECCCCCCCCCHHHHH!!!
C’mon sweetheart, why not make a trip to the local recruiter’s office today? Your country needs your service in the middle east. /real_patriot_arent_ya
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:40 amI bet Jason Mattera’s finger smells like ass juice.
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:10 amThe hairdo of this guy suggest very strongly that he hasn’t hair to do anything. Too bad the “fresh face of young conservativism” is the one of a balding guy who hasn’t the balls to show it frankly.
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:20 amI think it’s pretty tough how he is playing his little power trip games like he’s the presiding over his serfs or something. Faux toughness an R trademark.
All this guy needs is a good old fashioned ass kicking and to be cut off from mommy and daddy, that would shape him up methinks. Or better yet, join the Marines, they are always looking for fresh faces and the PX in Baghdad has the best Sunkist fountain in Iraq.
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:26 amHe’s definitely representative of the “conservatism” that plagues American politics today. He is just another meanspirited, anti-democratic authoritarianist like the cabal in the White House. Gone are the days of fairness and openness. Gone are the days of civility in politics. I can only hope that the pendulum swings back and little pricks like Mattera are shoved back under their rocks.
One more thing, why isn’t this bastard fighting and dying in the sands of Iraq? To be sure he supports the war, so why isn’t he over there fighting it? For that matter, why isn’t this conference swarmed with military recruiters? I expect that the majority of the attendees are of recuiting age and wholeheartedly support the Iraq debacle. LET THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FIGHT AND DIE FOR BUSH!! Any time that one of these young “conservatives” speaks out in support of the war, they need to be haranged about why they aren’t over there fighting it!
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:29 amHe’s definitely representative of the “conservatism” that plagues American politics today. He is just another meanspirited, anti-democratic authoritarianist like the cabal in the White House. Gone are the days of fairness and openness. Gone are the days of civility in politics. I can only hope that the pendulum swings back and little pricks like Mattera are shoved back under their rocks.
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:29 am#108
I hear you, but I’d rather see him in the Lompoc Federal Pen.
A guy like him would get a bunch of good soldiers killed by doing something stupid.
Easy to see him as a “bring it on” type of guy and then he and all of the others who are around him have to deal with the resulting RPG assault.
Just like the heat he has put on his organization by f#cking with that reporter for no good reason ( partisan loyalty is not a good reason to stifle free speech and journalistic access ).
He’d get the good old fashioned ass kicking he needs in the pen. Any pen will do.
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:35 amWith that greater-than-thou attitude, he’s becoming a good little GWBush republican. What an arrogant prick — just look at his photo! Hopefully, things will come crashing down on him, and he’ll have to realize that he’s is worth nothing. Karma will hit him HARD.
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:56 amCOMMENT#11 war4sale,i think its painted on.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:16 amJason you are a dork. You are certainly “fresh ass” for the conservative movement.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:29 pmEvil Spaniard
Hey pal. What are you – running away from me?
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:53 pmWhy even pay attention to such a dumb-headed idiot?
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:10 pmSo Mattera is a an unattractive dick. This is old news.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:35 pmJason Mattera, a typical commie conservative.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:44 pmLost in all this how ugly and fascist this guy is, is the fact that this dude clarke left with his tail between his legs. That’s the main problem with most progs today, he should have told him to go Cheney himself and that if he wanted him to leave he had better call the cops because he’s not moving. Leaving and then crying on a blog, and saying how ugly the dude is don’t get it done. Thats why they laugh at us and call us a bunch of pussies. Lefty blogging tough. I wonder how many other progs were there and just sat there and let it happen, just like at every press conference the right has. Time to put up or shut up. These asshats that come on here and take over the blog should be ignored, they are wanna be ann coulters F***K THEM. Are you too idiotic to realize they are not here to discuss our agenda. They are here to get a rise out of you. If we know who they are we can catch them on the streets and beat their asses, but in here their just punks trying to act tough
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:42 pmFair play is simply not part of the neo-con playbook. People like Mighty Aphrodite come here to make excuses, to drag out the old tired canard of “liberals just don’t have anything new to say about conservatives or conservative ideas.” Hell, the House and Senate Rethuglicans don’t have to play fair since they now have majorities and they’ve seen damn well that they get to run the place like the way the Soviets ran their “parliament.”
What new things have conservatives said lately? The old “cut taxes for the wealthy, de-regulate business and privatize while keeping workers’ wages down” conservatives ideas have been around for ever.
August 2nd, 2006 at 4:08 pmAs someone who teaches college students for a living, I am willing to cut this kid some slack. College is a time when people should be free to make stupid mistakes such as this one. What’s troubling about this, though, is that young Republicans are apparently learning from their elders: that they should operate in secret, lest their meetings be contaminated by progressive ideas, and that anyone who disagrees ought to be treated with contempt. Straight put of the Bush administration’s playbook.
August 2nd, 2006 at 4:36 pmI keep meaning to ask YOU that! I miss our Squeegy. :(
Comment by Zooey — August 1, 2006 @ 10:05 pm
Maybe they actually expect him to work now. Or he got a girlfriend. You know how that goes…
anyone seen IRI around? it was his turn in the barrel…
Comment by david duke — August 1, 2006 @ 10:09 pm
He was having issues with the spam filter like many other posters, but paranoia among the right being what is it, he thought TP was messing with him. I recommended he go argue with the folks over at redstate now that we’d liberated him :) Guess he’s found somewhere that hasn’t banned him yet… Or he got a girlfriend. You know how that goes…
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:20 pmBoy school starts EARLY where you are, doesn’t it? Anyway, I’m glad it went well. :)
Comment by Cyra Brown — August 1, 2006 @ 11:06 pm
Thanks Cyra! Day Two went even better. I’m hoping to make it three in a row tomorrow. I appreciate your sweet comments!
School starts at 7:15. You’re right – it is quite early. I don’t know why they don’t start later. Especially for teenagers who need their sleep. So, I keep them moving around the room to keep them awake :)
How’s your mom? Any progress?
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:23 pm9/11 untruths could be criminal – report
THE 10-member commission that investigated the US response to the September 11 attacks considered seeking a criminal probe of the Pentagon, believing it had deliberately misled the panel and the public, The Washington Post reported today.
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:30 pmWhatever you do, don’t encourage the trolls. They have some entertainment value, but , not much. Remember that they live in a cut and paste cage and the fumes take a toll after awhile….loopy and causes hair damage similar to Jason’s.
August 2nd, 2006 at 6:02 pm#119
Philly Fan
“If we know who they are we can catch them on the streets and beat their asses, …”
Dude, I know the impulse … but don’t do that.
You are right … but don’t go down that street.
You “win” the fight and then you gotta deal with assault charges, lawsuits, the whole nine yards … don’t go there. Not over punks like these.
I was in Vegas once and my pal merely shoved a guy. A measly shove on the shoulder. What an ordeal ! They guy he shoved pretended he needed a stretcher, actually got on the stretcher and actually made them drive him to a hospital ! It took us 4 hours to get out of the casino ( detained by security ).
And then he had to deal with the guy’s lawyer.
That is how it will go down with a guy like Mattera if you touch him. Let him f#ck himself – which he seems to be real good at anyway. He’ll get his.
And let’em talk. Keep your friends close and the conservatives closer …
August 2nd, 2006 at 6:17 pmre: #111
“A guy like him would get a bunch of good soldiers killed by doing something stupid.”
Wrong: “Friendly Fire” would prevent a stupid guy like him from getting “good soldiers: killed.
August 2nd, 2006 at 6:51 pm#126 Your right, sometimes my emotion overruns my intellect, I forget what kind of cowards we are dealing with. The guy your friend pushed was probably one of those “let’s bomb them” types, who faint at the sight of blood. Sometimes I can’t choose between Ghandi or Malcolm X when dealing with these cowards.
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:07 pm#127 – “Ouch !”
#128 – Thanks, Philly Fan.
Are you still in Philly? I lived in W. Philly for 2 years in the early ’90s.
Anyway, take it easy – wherever you are.
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August 2nd, 2006 at 7:17 pmTo the Memory of my fellow American, compatriot and the Soldier of Freedom
Michael Levin, 22,
“… moved to Israel three years ago from Pennsylvania and enlisted in the paratroopers, Israeli media reported. Levin cut short a visit to his family four days ago and returned to his unit.”
By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer
Peace for Israel
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:46 pmFrom what I’ve heard, the Young America’s Foundation interns will give you more than a massage.. ;)
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:01 pmHere’s the asshole’s emailo address: jmattera@yaf.org.
August 7th, 2006 at 3:30 pmAfter reading the posts on this site for several months there seems to be some consistency as to the feelings of the “bloggers …..let me summarize……because somewhere in my following list you (yes, you the wacko “progressiveâ€) will find an answer to ALL of the problems that America faces today….or at least the person/persons that are responsible for such a miserable existence that we must trudge through in America…..America the damned!!! Each of the items below are just a snippet of what “think progress†stands for….so…in your words….
Bush and the Republicans are the devil reincarnate…
Fox News is Hitler’s SS version of propaganda…
The Democrats are waayyy too conservative and right-leaning….
The Republicans (gulp…I said the word Republicans) work for the Devil…
Lieberman is a Bush crony that never accomplished anything for the state of Connecticut…
Did I mention that Bush and the Republicans are the devil reincarnate?
The War in Iraq was certainly for the oil and making rich people richer!!!
Halliburton? Planning the war(s) for years before 9/11…
9/11? Bush not only knew exactly what/where/when/how…..he helped to plan it…..
9/11? The towers were not taken down by airplanes…American C-4 explosives were strategically placed to “take ‘em downâ€â€¦.
Bush planted the C4…along with the help of Cheney and Rumsfield…
The War in Iraq was certainly a follow-up to papa Bush….and his “failure†in removing Saddam…..
Terrorism is not that big of a deal…it should be monitored and controlled by our police agencies….not the government….
OBL is not that bad….hell, America created him!!
Saddam is not the bad…hell, America created him!!
Did I mention that Bush and the Republicans are the devil reincarnate?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not that bad….he does not want nukes for weapons…its all about the fuel baby!!!
Problems in the Middle East…Americas fault…
Darfur? Bush and Cheney are not fully responsible for the genocide—but at least 78%….
Did I mention that Bush and the Republicans are the devil reincarnate?
Try to resolve the problems in the Middle East??—Why does America feel it should stick its nose in others business…
Israel…America’s puppet….
Israel is the cause of most of the problems in the Middle East….Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization—they were “elected†into a position of power in a democratic government!!!
America did the worse job of evacuating its citizens from Lebanon…Denmark did the best…Denmark is #1!!! Denmark is #1!!!….
Did I mention that Bush and the Republicans are the devil reincarnate?
American flags are made for one purpose….to burn!!!!!!!!
The primary run off in Ct proves that the American people want an immediate withdrawal from Iraq….
AIDS in Africa killing scores? Bush’s Fault….well, maybe 82% responsible…
Socialism #1…Communism #2….Dictatorship #3…Democracy #4…as ranked by the bloggers on “Think Progress†as best form of govt….
Global Warming is a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive……
The short-comings of American schools…a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive……
The short-comings of Health-care….a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive……
Oil?….ever since man has been able to process it into a usable fuel….all the problems have been…..a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive……
Wal-mart=Capitalism=Bush cronies=Conservatives=devil
Did I mention that Bush and the Republicans are the devil reincarnate?
Mexican Immigration problem? No problemo…
Katrina?….a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive……not the response—the actual cause of the hurricane…a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive
Katrina…response to it?….Bush hates blacks…..it’s that simple……did I mention Bush hates Mexicans, Canadians, French, Italians, Spaniards, Russians, Irish, Germans, Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Aussies, Swedes, New Zealanders, anybody that might be of south American persuasion, anybody that might be a mix bred, anybody from Africa-even if they “look†white, and of course…all Muslims….
Did I mention that according to this site that Bush hates gays? And wants them dead?
The economy—-the worse it’s been in the history of America—-….is a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive……
International relations? well—before Bush we were loved from china to south America…but now—America is hated all around the world and we need to kowtow to the Europeans and Islam so they like us…..we want other people to like us…we really want other people to like us………please like us…..please?
Homeless problem in a city/town near you?…a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive…
Abortion is good (million+ innocents a year)…Death penalty is Bad (handful of convicted criminals a year)….
(Did I mention that Bush and the Republicans are the devil reincarnate?
Lines at the super-market….. a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive…
Howard Stern being fined for foul behavior/language…. a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive….
Katrina “evacuees†in Houston or other cities committing hideous crimes?… a direct cause of Bush being the Chief-executive……
Christian groups are bigots and things such as “faith day†(at a ball park after the game) are nothing more than the radical rights attempt at “christian-izing†us….
America’s military is weak and the Draft is right around the corner…
“God†should not be in the Pledge….
“God†should not be on our currency…
“God†should not be……….
Cindy Sheehan should not be questioned nor debated…..her son died for her right to hang out in Crawford dam it!!!
America went to war unprepared….look at the hummers!! They have absolutely no armor….and its Bush’s fault…
Democrats and Republicans are all the same…evil…out for themselves…slave-masters (its in their family history)…sex addicts…and of course out to kill Americans in a fake war that was based on purposely fraudulent intelligence…
The (mass) media is covering up everything!!!
Good policing and investigative work is called—racial profiling!!!
“Minimum Wage should be at least $18.00 a hourâ€
“Progressive†reporters get kick out of all the neo-cons news briefings…
“My phones have been taped because I went to an anti-war rally!â€
“My cable has been on the blink and my phone has been making weird noises since I went to a anti-war Rallyâ€
Anybody that makes money and lives a successful life MUST be doing something that hurts the poor or crippled….
Taxes and more taxes are good for the economy…tax cuts/breaks only help the millionaires…
SUV’s were created by conservatives that wanted to help out their “oil buddiesâ€â€¦
People should not be expected to take care of themselves!!! That’s the role of government…
People should not be able to invest their social security account as they wish!! That’s the role of the government…
If I forgot a topic or an issue please just fill it in with the following…
“BLAH-DA-DOO-DAA- BLAH-DA-DOO-DAA- BLAH-DA-DOO-DAA- BLAH-DA-DOO-DAA- WAA-WAA WAA-WAA WAA-WAA WAA-WAA..BUSH IS THE DEVIL BLAH-DA-DOO-DAA- BLAH-DA-DOO-DAA- BLAH-DA-DOO-DAA- BLAH-DA-DOO-DAA…REPUBLICANS ARE THE DEVIL… WAA-WAA WAA-WAA WAA-WAA WAA-WAA…AMERICA IS THE CAUSE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD…-DA-DOO-DAA- BLAH-DA-DOO-DAA- BLAH-DA-DOO-DAA…â€
IN CONLUSION::::::
I have posted this because it addresses nearly all the issues that “think progress†and its bloggers believe/state/dream about….in other words, this post can be placed on any of your blogs and it will make sense……thanks “think progress†bloggers for making this so easy….if you think my post is foolish….please remember—these are your words (with some editing liberties taken…oh I forgot—I should not mention anything about taking liberties)….dam America!!!
August 15th, 2006 at 1:59 pm