Chris Matthews Takes Cheap Shot at George W. Bush
Years after President George W. Bush has left office, Chris Matthews still cannot resist taking a cheap and groundless shot at the former president. In his latest effort, Matthews has implied that the 43rd President did not write his own memoirs.
On this weekend's The Chris Matthews Show (Sun., 1/15/12), Matthews began his weekly "Tell Me Something I Don't Know Segment" by turning to one of the members on his panel, Michael Duffy, Time magazine's executive editor.
MATTHEWS: Mike, tell me something I don't know.
DUFFY: George W. Bush actually likes writing books, and he’s been thinking lately about writing a book about his father, the 41st President, who will turn 88 in June. Bush says he likes the process you go through. He discovered that when writing his memoirs –
MATTHEWS: Has anyone actually seen him writing?
Ugh. Kudos to Duffy for his quick response.
DUFFY: I think if you read Decision Points, you’d know he wrote it. (Referring to the possible new book:) I’d pre-order that book at Amazon …
Not cool, Chris. Not cool.
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Has anyone actually ever
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 5:26pm.
Has anyone actually ever heard the Leghumper make any sense???
I didn't see Matthews write his JFK book. Did you"
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 5:43pm.
We know that JFK's Profiles in Courage was ghostwritten; did Matthews mention that in his book?
After Matthews' jumbo-gaff reporting the Federal employee numbers earlier this week, he shouldn't question anybody's intelligence.
Hay Mr Tingles...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 5:36pm.
...Mebbe he could get some help writing from Bill Ayers. He did a bang up job when he helped Baracko with his....
Chris, did anyone really see Obama writing his book?
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 5:37pm.
There is some fairly good evidence that Bill Ayers wrote most of Barack's "Dreams of My Father" based on analyses of style, content and phraseology being strikingly familiar to Bill's other works.
So, if you want to play the "did anyone see him write it" game, the same could be asked of your other mancrush JFK and how he "authored" the book that many analyses contend was written by Ted Sorensen and Jules David called "Profiles in Courage".
Don't go down that road unless you want to answer those questions, which existed LONG before Bush's book even was on the word processor.
drsam, Matthews didn't say
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 6:04pm.
drsam, Matthews didn't say Has anyone actually seen him write it?
He specifically asked "Has anyone actually seen him writing?"
His implication is that Bush is incapable of writing, period. He simply can't resist a chance to paint W as both stupid and illiterate. It's been part of his act for years.
Chris Matthews is a pathetic little man.
I gave Chris a little bit of Christian charity.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:54pm.
I supposed he meant writing the book. He certainly doesn't know what a Christian is, so perhaps my charity was misplaced.
Well, when you get right down
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 6:15pm.
Well, when you get right down to it, we could probably be calling Boy Barry 'Casper', because there is very little evidence that he as been seen or documented doing ANY of the things he's claimed to have done, prior to his ascension to the status of being 'the most historical and transformal figure in American history'.
Of course, that's probably a 'racist' statement, because Casper was 'white'............and we ALL know that Boy Barry is 'black'.
killa, has anyone seen Odumbo
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:56pm.
killa, has anyone seen Odumbo do anything besides play golf? Could it be that his school records are sealed because it wasn't him that did the work? Maybe he paid someone to take his tests so he could spend more time doin a bit more blow.
I bet he stole someone elses thesis and that it is sealed because the real author might recognize it for his own and we can't have that happen now could we?
You can bet your hard-earned
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 8:08pm.
You can bet your hard-earned dollar that l'il Barry Soetoro got into Punahou School in Honolulu (my own alma mater) because of affirmative action, as well as the fact that his 'typical white grandmother' (you know,the one who died mysteriously the day before he was coronated, after being under lock and key for the previous year or more) was a banker who 'knew' people.
Tinkle Legs
Submitted by lsheldon on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 5:41pm.
Has "he" ever been in the same room with the truth?
Chris
Submitted by grammajane on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 5:45pm.
is the most immature and the biggest joke on TV. Have never seen a so-called adult act so dam stupid. Who wrote his book that is on sale in the dollar store? Am really sick of reading about this looser and wish he would go to the Grand Canyon and lean forward with his book in hand.
Matthews
Submitted by Curly on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 5:49pm.
Matthews is a cheap shot - with shot being spelled with an "i" instead of an "o"!
Has anybody actually seen
Submitted by Reaver on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 6:12pm.
Has anybody actually seen Chris Mathews thinking? Just saying…
"The One Question You Should Never Ask Chris Matthews"
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 6:20pm.
Constantly scaling new heights of hypocrisy.
Sorry, I meant hypochrissy.
I Don't Know, SoL
Submitted by stratman on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 9:09pm.
Chrissie's defense sounds every bit as convincing as Doris Kearns Goodwin's.
Has anyone ever seen Tingles wipe his own arse?
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 6:48pm.
Not me, so it must not be true!
My goodness, all this vitriol directed at little Chris.
Submitted by KyWriter on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 7:41pm.
And he deserves it all. Spittlemeister.
Matthews, keeping up the good work
Submitted by pbthinker on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 10:01pm.
So, for the 5 people that watch his show, he showed them that he's still a partisan hack, which may be why only 5 people watch his show. He should end his show, like Jimmy Durante used to only, instead of saying Good Night Mrs. Kalabash, where ever you are, he could say, thanks mom, dad, uncle harry and Aunt Louise, and of course, my beautiful wife, for watching today.
Gotta desperately cling to
Submitted by LinTaylor on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 11:49pm.
Gotta desperately cling to the idea that GWB is a mentally retarded child who needed Poppy and Uncle Dick holding his hand the whole way, I see.
I always loved how the Dems couldn't decide if he was an idiot or a brilliant manipulator and kept flip-flopping between the two. A little surprised they didn't think to declare him a lucky idiot like Inspector Clouseau or Maxwell Smart.
Can Chrissy read?
Submitted by shayne62 on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 12:30am.
I mean, has anyone actually seen him read?
Tell me something I don't know??
Submitted by KornKing on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 10:33am.
How much time you got, Chrissy?
consider the source
Submitted by Orpheus75 on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 12:04pm.
okay, it's just the mighty and intelligent C.M. move along, nothing here to see or read.
Bush
Submitted by angelann1 on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 2:02pm.
If chris didn't have a cheap shot , he'd have no shot at all !
Chris, has anyone
Submitted by nolefan2 on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 3:59pm.
seen Duh One's "long form" birth certificate? Have they seen his high school and college transcripts? Did they actually see him write his thesis and have they read it? Have they seen the paperwork he completed to gain entrance to Columbia and Harvard? Have they met and spoken at length to anyone who went to school with him? Have they seen proof of how he financed his college education? Until you have answers to these questions, you should refrain from questioning George Bush's writing.
Sorry....
Submitted by adamsmith on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 4:32pm.
I can't take anything a middle aged man who needs a bib to speak says seriously. He probably gets fitted for depends/diapers too, in case he gets a little too excited when he sees Obamalinsky.....The guy leaves an assortment of stains wherever he sits, one of the most disgusting human beings alive. Then again, it's said Olbermann used to piss his pants behind the desk. Liberal Communists really are big babies I guess.....