On Thursday's "Hardball" Chris Matthews accused George W. Bush of delivering "a sucker punch" to Barack Obama in his speech to the Knesset. In the speech Bush warned against appeasing enemies, which Matthews took to be a cheap shot at the Illinois senator's willingness to talk to the leaders of hostile nations like Iran. [audio available here]
Matthews made the "sucker punch" remark on the May 15, "Hardball" in the following question to the "Dallas Morning News'" Wayne Slater:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Let me ask you while you're up now Wayne, this question of the President. You've written about "Bush's Brain." What was he up to in the Knesset today with that, well you'd have to call it a sucker punch over there. In the Knesset, in Israel, which was, you know, so much to do with the Holocaust, let's be honest. In terms of the world and the way it looks, the necessity of a state of Israel, a Jewish state. And to go in there and basically accuse the Democrats of selling out the Jews of Europe. I mean an amazing charge right there in, in the homeland! Incredible!
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Amazing, Bush didn't even
May 15, 2008 - 17:54 ET by Chris NormanAmazing, Bush didn't even have to name names, and every liberal knew exactly who he was talking about! Simply amazing...
It's like they say...
May 15, 2008 - 17:57 ET by Alabama...if the shoe fits, wear it!!
Yes, they know who they are,
May 15, 2008 - 17:57 ET by celatorYes, they know who they are, and that odd sound from the swamp out back is the screechy noise they make when the light of truth shines on them. They really hate that. ;+}
Way too funny
May 15, 2008 - 18:02 ET by kgIt is hilarious that when appeasement is mentioned the left think of Obama.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
This is certainly a Matlock
May 15, 2008 - 18:04 ET by CortillaenThis is certainly a Matlock moment. "Well now, someone musta had themselves a bite to eat on their way out after killing Mr. McPearson..." "I did not!" "Mr. Jones? I don't recall accusin' you, but now that you mention it..." Making someone become defensive over an unattributed action is the same as an admission of guilt from them. In this case, the media was all too happy to make that admission on Obama's part.
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Cortillaen
May 15, 2008 - 18:13 ET by DelsaYou are so right.
The news media JUMPED on this and all but colored Obama guilty as supposedly charged.
No pun intended.
OOOOH< Delsa, you said they
May 15, 2008 - 18:22 ET by motherbeltOOOOH< Delsa, you said they "colored" Obama!!
Bad Delsa!!
MB
May 15, 2008 - 18:46 ET by DelsaI am bad, bad, bad to the bone.
What can I say? Oops??
....and telling.
May 15, 2008 - 20:27 ET by ckc1227....and telling.
It was a weak analogy Chris
May 15, 2008 - 17:58 ET by geoff.galeChris swung for the cheap seats with that one, but he just whiffed. "Throwing a sucker punch" implies that the two people in question are engaged in some type of combat or at the very least a verbal conflict. Last time I checked, Bush isn't running, hasn't been making a series of campaign comments about any of the candidates, and he and BHO are on very separate tracks in life.
Matthews comment might have made sense if Bush was campaigning for office, or even if he was actively campaigning for McCain. But like most Bush comments, it was just one of those "out of the blue" things that he says.
Additionally, it's as likely that Bush was addressing former idiot in chief Jimmy Carter as he was BHO.
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Even if Bush WAS
May 15, 2008 - 19:37 ET by HypocriteHaterEven if Bush WAS referencing Obama in his comments, Obama has taken his share of digs at Bush during his campaign, so Obama needs to learn that payback's a bitch and not all Republicans cave like McCain does.
Poor Chris
May 15, 2008 - 18:07 ET by DelsaHaving your own television show obviously has no relation to intellegence.
just sayin
Witness the "Rosie O'Donnell
May 15, 2008 - 18:32 ET by Chris NormanWitness the "Rosie O'Donnell Show", the "Roseanne Show", "The View"...
I don't see any Democrats
May 15, 2008 - 18:10 ET by DaBirdI don't see any Democrats denying the charges. I only see them attacking the messenger.
BINGO! "Abstain from
May 15, 2008 - 18:17 ET by Clear thinkerBINGO!
"Abstain from McCain"
I believe that's what
May 15, 2008 - 18:15 ET by robert108I believe that's what happens when you are stupid enough to leave yourself wide open.
Methinks they doth protest
May 15, 2008 - 18:29 ET by motherbeltMethinks they doth protest too much!!
They are not arguing that Obama isn't for appeasement; they are having a fit over Bush's manners!
Democrats always get enraged when people have the nerve to point out things that they've said.
This is one of the issues
May 15, 2008 - 18:54 ET by rammingspeedThis is one of the issues democrats have been worried about - they all believe in negotiating with anybody who gets in their way - but they have to hide it until after the election. Obama made the mistake of being honest and admitting that this is what he'd do, and now he's being hammered. Wait until the general election: The Empty Suit (I mean Obama, of course) will have a whole lot of 'splainin' to do.
Oh, and by the way, democrats are not to be criticized. Chris Matthews was shocked at this outrageous impropriety by President Bush.
Oh my GOD
May 15, 2008 - 18:58 ET by DelsaI cannot stop laughing!
The truth has to hurt chris and his dems.
When the bright light of truth is shining on them, it must be like buckets of ice cold water being thrown at them.
Bush "sucker punched" them?
Good!
We need to take our enemy out first.
These guys are all over the tube today looking like crazy red ants. Don't know where to start or stop.
Poor little chris and the dems.
"Chris Matthews: Bush
May 15, 2008 - 18:59 ET by Chris Norman"Chris Matthews: Bush Sucker Punched Obama"
Chris Matthews Sucker Punched Kevin James
True Chris
May 15, 2008 - 19:19 ET by DelsaSo True!
Self-Sucker Punch
May 15, 2008 - 19:54 ET by BarkerAnd when Blank Slate Matthews displayed his lack of knowledge of
history, recent history no less, he became every pejorative term he used for Kevin James.
Need I remind everyone that
May 15, 2008 - 19:26 ET by jdhawkNeed I remind everyone that President Bush isn't running for office.
The guy that should doing the sucker punching is Senator McCain, but recently denounced a North Carolina ad that told the truth about bambi and his long time association with the dim-witted, racist, hate America, hate monger "pastor." Every word was true, but Candidate McCain denounced it.
The only one that is going to get sucker punched repeatedly in this race, if the above is any indication, is Senator McCain.
Expect at least four years of this stupid liberal, bambi, with his tired failed programs advancing still further the dimocrat agenda.
Pitiful . . .
Down boy
May 15, 2008 - 19:42 ET by BarkerChris Matthews -The Pansy of Pennsylvania- is talking like Obama's bodyguard. The Yapping Chihuahua of Cable wants to be Obama's 'attack dog'. This is rich.
Are Matthews' 'thrills' reaching seizure-like levels?
C'mon folks, don't you know
May 15, 2008 - 19:46 ET by mostlymoderateC'mon folks, don't you know by now that if you say or imply by conduct anything related to Obama then you are sucker-punching him? Do not question the almighty Obama or you are going to pay the consequences from the media. Now repeat after me: "Obama is the golden child. Obama is our next President. I will not question Obama" ...again...
Sucker punch?
May 15, 2008 - 19:50 ET by lhbarnesWell, Matthews ought to recognize a sucker punch - he is a master of throwing them himself. Even if it was a sucker punch, it wasn't enough, especially after all those things that every one of these "caring" Democrats have said about GWB and many others. Same old story - one must not say anything bad about a Democrat! Now that GWB will be leaving office (that's right, Dems, he isn't running in November!), I hope he levels a blast often.
The real reason the MSM is
May 15, 2008 - 19:54 ET by Free StinkerThe real reason the MSM is upset about what Bush said was covered by the WH press secretary . . . Bush is president until Jan 20, 2009 . . . and the MSM wants him to stop acting like it!
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For the Record
May 15, 2008 - 20:07 ET by Chasvslet's get one thing straight!
To all Demofacist out there.. nothing about this Black racist SOB is off limits in this election.
This is too important a time in our Nations' history to make this incompetent elitist our President.
We are SO SCREWED!
chris:
May 15, 2008 - 22:18 ET by charlietexaschris: wwwwaaaaahhhhhh.........wwwwaaahhhhhh.......wwwaaaahhhhhh.....girly man
Mathews gets an "O"
May 16, 2008 - 07:23 ET by mytwocentsHey Chrissy,
I'll just bet President Bush's speech made that "thrill" go right back down your leg. Didn't it? Stay tuned - there will be a few more of these thuth sessions before November.
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May 16, 2008 - 07:28 ET by Cool ArrowWhat is stunning is that Matthews was asking what Neville Chamberlain did that was so wrong.
And this guy wants to be a Senator.
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Chris Matthews is loony.
May 16, 2008 - 08:01 ET by SGriffisIt goes without saying that Chris Matthews is a loony. But if Obama wants to make a political issue out of it and then complain that Pres. Bush is unfairly targeting him, then he needs a big pity party. It's obvious Obama can't deal with anything more than a soft-ball, "let's all be nice" campaign, unless, of course, he's the one dishing it out.