During MSNBC's live coverage of Tuesday's Democratic primaries, co-anchor Chris Matthews poked fun at Larry Craig's bathroom arrest during an interview with Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar as he referred to Republican plans to hold their presidential convention in St. Paul, and joked that Craig would be starting his book tour at the airport. Moments later during an interview with Clinton campaign advisor Lisa Caputo, he joked about the Minnesota bridge collapse as an embarrassment Republicans would have to face when they come to the state: "We're having a little bit of fun here tonight with the opportunity of Republican conventioneers to arrive at the airport out there and immediately go to the Larry Craig Memorial Bathroom and check in and let everybody know they know some history. Then go to the bridge that fell down in St. Paul. There's a lot to celebrate for the Republican conventioneers as they get together." (Transcript follows)
Below is a transcript of the relevant comments from Matthews, which aired at about 8:09 p.m. during MSNBC's Tuesday coverage of the presidential primaries:
CHRIS MATTHEWS, TO MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR: I hear, Senator, that Larry Craig is going to start his book tour out at the airport out there, at the Republican Convention this summer. Is that true? Ha!
...MATTHEWS, TO CLINTON CAMPAIGN ADVISOR LISA CAPUTO: Well, we're having a little bit of fun here tonight with the opportunity of Republican conventioneers to arrive at the airport out there and immediately go to the Larry Craig Memorial Bathroom and check in and let everybody know they know some history. Then go to the bridge that fell down in St. Paul. There's a lot to celebrate for the Republican conventioneers as they get together.
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Hey, be fair! If you
June 4, 2008 - 05:12 ET by Jack BauerHey, be fair!
If you can't laugh at the horrenous collapse of a bridge that killed and maimed people, what can you laugh at?
I'd agree that the bridge joke is in poor taste (and unfunny)
June 4, 2008 - 07:02 ET by sarcasmoBut Larry Craig jokes were, are, and will-be "fair game" at least for the duration of his political career, and possibly even afterward. Any complaint about it, especially during a political career which by all rights should have been over months-ago, sounds whiny to me. Don't like all the jokes about pervs in the mens room? Then don't run so many closeted homosexuals who like to get-off in mens rooms for office. This is one of those areas where abstinence would be 100% effective.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
...hey, maybe Rush could
June 4, 2008 - 12:24 ET by TruthMonger...hey, maybe Rush could mention this bridge joke was in bad taste - and then Harry, Amy, and Nancy could demand Limbaugh's apology for such incredible insensitivity!!!
View this, Chris!
June 4, 2008 - 05:59 ET by NortoChris is a very poor person to be representing a network, but I wish I could get him to see this video to see if he really understands what is going to happen to this country if this slate of dems is elected.
http://www.youtube.c...
He is laughing at the expense of families who lost loved ones at the bridge not to mention the hurt that must have come to the Craigs.
Is this stuff adlibbed or is it written up beforehand?
I am running our of words for these people.
it's ad-libbed - in the
June 4, 2008 - 12:27 ET by TruthMongerit's ad-libbed - in the spirit of the Wellstone memorial - this is the Democrat heart and soul - ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING is beyond petty partisan political opportunity for the DNC pondscum, my friend...
Matthews
June 4, 2008 - 06:28 ET by Chivalrous1_usIs a punk-ass. If all the scandalous Democratic criminal behavior of the democratically ELECTED liberal bastions of some of America's cities were publicized, Larry Craig would be a footnote (pun intended) as opposed to headline material.
Additionally, his comment on the bridge collapse proves the Lib/Dem media-types "hearts" are mere blackened cinders. Faux life is no life. Chris (in the tank for Obama) Matthews is a swine.
Chivalry Is Not Dead
and Larry Craig is still
June 4, 2008 - 12:32 ET by TruthMongerand Larry Craig is still completely innocent of soliciting gay sex - until proven guilty:)...! It's the American way...
...and btw gay sex is not illegal now...
...although asking someone to have gay sex with you is...?
interesting...
Nope, again.
June 4, 2008 - 12:36 ET by sarcasmoGuilty/"no contest" pleas have consequences, and just like pot dealers don't get to take 'em back, homo-Senators don't either. That's the law, and I'm perfectly willing to truthsquad you every time you try to assert the contrary, as I've already shown. Give it up.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
he's officially "guilty/no
June 4, 2008 - 18:30 ET by TruthMongerhe's officially "guilty/no contest" of "disorderly conduct" for "touching another guys shoe in a restroom" - not gay sex:)
but give it your best pathetic shot bro
And that makes him guilty
June 4, 2008 - 18:33 ET by sarcasmoOf soliciting the sex he apparently solicited, but it's very funny to see you call this obviousity "pathetic." Do I have to dig up that "I am not gay!" song on YouTube again??
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
pathetic might have been too generous:)
June 4, 2008 - 18:40 ET by TruthMonger"disorderly conduct" and a youtube video officially equates to "soliciting gay sex?"
is that really the victory you are celebrating here at this very moment...?
http://criminal.findlaw.com/crimes/a-z/disorderly_conduct.html
If you don't think he was soliciting gay sex
June 4, 2008 - 18:44 ET by sarcasmoI think it's funny when people deny obvious things, ok? And a bit pathetic, come to think of it. Let's face it, for the good of the party he should have left long, long ago, because like it or not Larry pled GUILTY.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
you are obviously funny
June 4, 2008 - 19:13 ET by TruthMongeryou are obviously funny sarc - I will give you that:)
for the good of the party Larry should have bent over and grabbed the ankles for the MSM lynch mob...yes, what a fine example that always makes...
...I myself actually pled guilty to a speeding ticket a few months ago...
of course I was REALLY soliciting gay sex from the officer - and yes she was female - but I'm actually a lesbian trapped in a man's body:(
McCain Is Always on His Show
June 4, 2008 - 06:42 ET by MystapittI hope McCain comes to his senses and demands that if any debates are on NBC that Chrissy and Olberman are kept far away from the panel. Russert and Williams while still partisins don't wear their bias on their sleeve and can ask fair questions. Fox should respond by having Hannity moderate their debate...the outrage from the left would be deafening.
THE DROOLER...
June 4, 2008 - 07:56 ET by danybhoyMathews needs to stay the hell out of St.Paul when the GOP holds their convention at the X-Cel Energy Center. He is worthless, adds nothing to any political roundtable, & should learn that the 35-W bridge that fell was in Minneapolis. He should stay in NY & cover it from the studio, & the same goes for BathTubBoy. They will cover the general election with the same bias we saw them cover the Dems nomination process, so why try to fake it by covering the GOP convention in St.Paul.
As a Minnesotan, his comment pisses me off & has no place at all in the manner in which he brought it up.
"...it's still We The People, Right?" Megadeth
I live here too - and
June 4, 2008 - 12:39 ET by TruthMongerI live here too - and everyone will come to know full well that bridge collapsed in a solidly Democrat-run state - and yet the re-construction will probably be done by the time of the convention - thanks to the RNC string-pullers in charge - and yes, we will celebrate that Matthews...
...hey, is the DNC convention in Denver?
that Columbine shooting was a hoot! Come on Chris - favor us with some more of your vomitous liberal humor...
Truth,
June 4, 2008 - 13:08 ET by DEVILDOCMOMmy comment was something along the lines of your post...I had no idea ALL of the engineers, the builders, and all those involved were Republican. Whoda thunk?
This guy is a real loser, but stashing lots of money in the bank as he mocks and lies his way across the "vast wasteland".
How about these jokes Chris
June 4, 2008 - 20:40 ET by CrashTheir approval rating is lower than 17%!
He had $90,000 in his freezer!
Typical white person!
The surge won't work!
Tony Rezko!
New Orleans democrats!
Brad, The bridge that
June 4, 2008 - 09:00 ET by Conservative in the ArtsBrad,
The bridge that fell was in Minneapolis, not St. Paul.
Yea, it's called the "Twin Cities" and they are very close but they are two very different cities.
Besides being wrong on that point, it's discusting to try and link a disaster like that as a "republican problem"
especially when the state
June 4, 2008 - 12:42 ET by TruthMongerespecially when the state has been largely run by Democrats for it's entire 150 years...
Hey Matthews - how about a Katrina joke? that was a hilarious disaster as well...
Somehow the Republican's fault???
June 4, 2008 - 10:39 ET by krendlerI missed it. Why is he tying the bridge collapse to the Republicans? Did he bother to explain or was it simply one of these "slip it in there really fast with the other stuff and no one will call me on it" drive-bys. Sounds like the usual MS-NBC/CNN mindset "If something bad happens anywhere, blame the Republicans and then poke fun at them for allowing it to happen" See Katrina (which is one of my few, major beefs with McCain, along with his MMGW pandering).
OT: Had the misfortune of flipping by Mika this a.m. Utterly excruciating. Unbelievable that they allow her to continue. I don't think a comedian trying to parody a Morning News Bimbo could do a better job. Her inane comments, head-nods, grunts and forced "look at me being thoughtful" facial expressions are hysterical. I get the impression that Scarborough is embarrassed to be on camera with her (similar to Brokaw being embarrassed having to sit beside Espnolberman).
Thoughts
June 4, 2008 - 11:46 ET by okiehawk44McCain had better stop his "Make Nice-Nice With Obama" express very soon or wave good-bye to his presidential aspirations. He looks like a fool. Maybe an old fool at that.
The woman on Morning Joe ellicits thoughts from me that her demeanor can be kinda cute in a 24 year old, but grinding when done by a 42 (?) year old.
It's interesting that a man
June 4, 2008 - 12:47 ET by fitzfongIt's interesting that a man who admits getting a thrill up his leg for Obama would be at all comfortable cracking a lame gay joke at the expense of Larry Craig. Chrissy has no clue that he's a national laughingstock.
But since he opened the door, I'd suggest the Democrats are lucky that their convention is in Denver rather than in New York. After all, in Denver, $4,500 might get you a hooker and a nice meal. Speaking of Denver, it's a city perhaps best known for being a mile above sea level. Some of the convention-goers won't have been that high since the '60s. Please tip your waitresses.
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan
For a guy who has an orgasm
June 4, 2008 - 13:16 ET by mattmFor a guy who has an orgasm every time Obama's on the screen, Matthews has alot of nerve joking about Larry Craig.
BTW - Laughing about people dying - real classy there Matthews you pricking frick!
What if Matthews, instead of
June 4, 2008 - 16:43 ET by Gary HallWhat if Matthews, instead of saying:
..had said..
And for the record - why do not the conservative media challenge the Democrats on their own record - and in the same common hateful manner which the MSM uses day in and day out?
Time to stick it to em - and on the issues they claim they care about.
Hey pinhead
June 4, 2008 - 17:50 ET by wizardjrGet your facts lined up with reality Matthews. The Peoples Republic of Minnesota is owned and operated lock stock and barrel by the DFL (Democrat-Farm-Labor) party. They've owned this state for decades and the bridge fell down on their watch. When it comes to graft, corruption, and fiscal stupidity, this place is Louisiana Lite.
I should know. I live here.