After playing an exchange from last night's presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, "Hardball" host Chris Matthews, thought he was watching an old "Looney Tunes" cartoon, as he chuckled: "Sometimes I think I'm watching Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd here." In this case Matthews believed McCain, in the role of Fudd, was being outwitted, once again, by that "wascally wabbit," Obama.
And for those keeping track Matthews has compared Obama to Mark Twain, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln and now Bugs Bunny.
The following occurred on the October 16, edition of "Hardball:"
(BEGIN DEBATE CLIP)
JOHN MCCAIN: Free trade with Colombia is something that’s a no- brainer. But maybe you ought to travel down there and visit them and maybe you could understand it a lot better.
BARACK OBAMA: Let me respond. Actually I understand it pretty well. The history in Colombia right now is that labor leaders have been targeted for assassination on a fairly consistent basis and there have not been prosecutions. And what I have said-
(END DEBATE CLIP)
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Sometimes I think I’m watching Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd here. You know Bugs Bunny is driving him crazy. He’s laughing, running away and Elmer just can’t keep, can’t keep, can’t get his eyes off the guy. Anyway thank you Chuck Todd, thank you Norah O’Donnell. That was an old guy's reference point. Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, okay!
Of course, as Eyeblast users already know, Matthews most resembles the Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote, at least when he's talking about Obama.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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""Sometimes I think I'm
October 16, 2008 - 17:32 ET by Chris Norman""Sometimes I think I'm watching Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd here."
This is ironically hilarious, coming from someone who sounds and sprays pretty much like Sylvester the Cat...
McNotObama '08
And Keith Olberman...
October 16, 2008 - 17:36 ET by mizflame98... resembles Daffy.
“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”
B.H. Obama
Looney Tuner
October 16, 2008 - 17:42 ET by OhmingLet's not punish Daffy
Chris... ...and has the
October 16, 2008 - 17:45 ET by bigtimerChris...
...and has the brains of Dopey.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Thufferin' thuccotash!
October 16, 2008 - 17:47 ET by Chris NormanThufferin' thuccotash!
McNotObama '08
The left wing actually
October 16, 2008 - 19:00 ET by Gat New YorkThe left wing actually nicknamed Matthews "Tweety."
so let me connect the
October 16, 2008 - 17:38 ET by dark_dsso let me connect the dots.... Chris Matthews has tingles up his legs from Bugs Bunny .... I am not sure what they call that fetish .. cartoonrodentphelia?
Bugs Bunny Obama
October 16, 2008 - 17:38 ET by Lame CherryI thought Bugs Bunny's line was "What's up Doc?"
and not, "I agree Sen. McCain is right."
Matthews tingling leg must have spread to VD of the brain in his bisexual lust for Obama, because the only thing Obama did last night was run from his own policy and as stated above agree with John McCain.
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Can't expect any
October 16, 2008 - 17:47 ET by Jack Hermanother comparison from the Looney Tunes at MSNBC.
Olby is Marvin the Martian!!
October 16, 2008 - 17:52 ET by TheSter...he keeps going after republicans/conservatives...and keeps getting blown up in the process!!!
Crissy will always be Tweety to some...but I think the proper analogy would be Sylvester...he spits all over himself...and is just a Dumb @ss.
MOOCOW...would be PAT from SNL...androgonus...and just Irritating!!
What do you guys think???
Ster.
Ster
October 16, 2008 - 18:18 ET by cocodrieBugs, Sylvester, Tweety, Elmer, and all the rest of the gang are mighty fine people to be compared to this bunch of scurvy liberals. I hope Bugs and friends don't get offended, they'll send Foghorn Leghorn to lecture us then Yosemite will nail our hides to the wall.
I'm telling you...
October 16, 2008 - 18:01 ET by HeavyChevythe liberals, demoncrats, and the MSM better pray to holy hell that Obama wins, if not they will truly be the biggest laughing stocks to ever grace the television screen.
LORD PLEASE LET McCAIN WIN!!!!!!!!
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
The new National Anthem in an Obama Administration
October 16, 2008 - 18:06 ET by mizflame98http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46t_nrySg4
“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”
B.H. Obama
Miz
October 16, 2008 - 18:46 ET by SeashellI don't know how you always find this stuff but keep on bringing it. Anyone needing a good laugh needs to watch this!!!!
(Actually, on second thought, it's kind of scary at the same time!)
Glad you liked it.
October 16, 2008 - 18:49 ET by mizflame98“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”
B.H. Obama
Miz!! Our link guy!!!
October 16, 2008 - 19:00 ET by TheSterHey Miz...
I want you...step by step...to show us how to embed audio and video links.
I want to be fancy... like Blonde...to add a short audio/video link on my tag.
CAN YOU DO IT???
Ster.
I'm not sure...
October 16, 2008 - 19:15 ET by mizflame98how you can do a short link on your tag. I've just been cutting and pasting links. Sometimes if the link is way long I will go to tinyurl.com and make it a smaller link.
“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”
B.H. Obama
It says it is no longer
October 16, 2008 - 18:44 ET by sherylsimsIt says it is no longer available. That is happening a lot lately. I wonder if I am clicking wrong...
It's still there. I just clicked on it and pulled up the video.
October 16, 2008 - 18:46 ET by mizflame98“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”
B.H. Obama
Well, Ok, It worked that
October 16, 2008 - 18:49 ET by sherylsimsWell, Ok, It worked that time. I must HAVE been clicking wrong. (Shhh... computer genius at work here)
LMAO!!!
October 16, 2008 - 18:51 ET by mizflame98“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”
B.H. Obama
Little Chris is no doubt
October 16, 2008 - 18:22 ET by AlgerHissLittle Chris is no doubt the most feminine, sissy-like male that ever had a pap smear.
One can only pity any children he may have accidently created.
Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!
MSM = Matthews Smells Mephtic
October 16, 2008 - 18:23 ET by wdhorningIn other news that "smashes" left wing MSM rhetoric, including Mr Matthews ....
A few years ago the leftists in Spain voted to remove the former conservative leadership from power and then get out of Iraq. The reason for doing this was in the hope that Islamic terrorists would not attack them again, especially after the horrific Madrid commuter train terrorist attacks by terrorists.
WELL IT DID NOT WORK!!!!
It also seems that the Spanish do not know their own history. The Muslims, a long time ago, occupied a huge portion of southern Spain, that is, until the Crusades drove them out. Today, many Muslims still believe that they have a right to this land. This is the reason the Islamic radicals are still trying to kill the Spanish in terrorists attacks. It had virtually nothing to do with Iraq.
But the Spanish thought getting out of Iraq would work, and also they forgot their own history and current events to boot. They are just dummies. The leftist MSM was equally stupid for supporting the point of view that getting out of Iraq was the right thing to do for Spain.
Yoy see, you do not run from terrorists, but you bring the fight to them and thus deal them the justice they deserve. The Spanish, after the Madrid train attacks, should have voted to put even more troops into Iraq as a means to help in tracking down al Qaida in Iraq and to show terrorists they were both not afraid of them and will take the fight to them, not only in their own country, but abroad.
Here is the story related that proves the above is true.
http://www.newsmax.c...
Beautiful
October 16, 2008 - 18:32 ET by mizflame98I love this:
http://neverfindout.org/
Viva Democracy!!!
“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”
B.H. Obama
Are...
October 16, 2008 - 18:35 ET by The DistributistAre these ads airing, or just 'netting?
"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers." -GKC
???
October 16, 2008 - 18:45 ET by mizflame98I don't recall seeing one on TV, but if it's only a web video, they need to move them onto TV.
“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”
B.H. Obama
Chris obviously missed the
October 16, 2008 - 18:50 ET by wiwfChris obviously missed the 3 letter word Biden likes: J-O-B-S!
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
Wow, one of the smartest men
October 16, 2008 - 18:59 ET by USA4freedomWow, one of the smartest men on TV..
When Chrissie and Ob are on I feel like I am watching Laurel& Hardy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8GtPN4tApQ
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
I just watched BOR and
October 16, 2008 - 19:19 ET by bigtimerI just watched BOR and Laura Ingram (sp) go at it...she tore in to him GOOD!
Thank you Laura...it was unbelievable the things BOR said in defense of Obama...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
She sure did BT!
October 16, 2008 - 19:46 ET by TheAssessorI watched it too and for a minute there I thought I was going to have to hammer the TV to death. Then Laura and saved my TV from me. Long live Joe the Plumber!
Barak 0bama - Afraction American
Hi TA... I'm so glad
October 16, 2008 - 19:53 ET by bigtimerHi TA...
I'm so glad somebody else saw that....
I was going nuts with the POS BOR...I tire of his crap...she tore him a new arse as far as I am concerned, she spoke for all of us...with class to-boot...as always...but man, she was frustrated and pissed too...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
bt...I know! I was in the middle of cooking dinner and...
October 16, 2008 - 21:19 ET by PrairieSkyI started yelling at the tv, unable to believe my ears!!! My husband and daughter came in to see what I was yelling at, and they couldn't believe it either. Between O'Reilly tonight and Brit and Co. with the post debate chat last night, I was about to explode.
Roger Ailes needs to check what everybody at Fox is drinking...Maybe someone has put some liberal Kool-Aid in the drinking water...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Hey Sky... Once again I
October 16, 2008 - 21:21 ET by bigtimerHey Sky...
Once again I am glad you caught that...since you were cooking dinner, did you get the chance to see Laura and her gestures and expressions...
I could of hugged her...she was showing with her body, let alone her words the absolute incredibleness of BOR and his mindless pandering BS....
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Oh yeah, bt, I saw her...She was great!
October 16, 2008 - 21:36 ET by PrairieSkyWe have a TV in our kitchen so we can watch it when we're cooking, etc.
I loved the way Laura handled BOR...Especially when he said that he didn't really have a problem with Obama, because he at least knew "...who he was." That's when I started yelling at the TV! I couldn't believe my ears!!!
At least we know who Obama is?? Is he serious? Barak Obama is the most slickly packaged, media created, artificial candidate for president we have ever had. We have NO idea who he is, because we have been kept from learning about who he really is, with the help of the media running interference for him from the beginning. Practically nothing from his college years, including his time at Harvard, is known, beyond his being the president of the Harvard Law Review. Everything else in "unavailable."
I don't know what BOR was thinking when he said that...I was just stunned...
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Good one, I hope they can
October 16, 2008 - 19:06 ET by DarkwolfeGood one, I hope they can get these on TV.
My holster is a fashion statement.
Matthews is a gasbag...
October 16, 2008 - 20:52 ET by wnaegele...puffed up with his own oral flatulence..
Do you guys
October 16, 2008 - 21:04 ET by IamTinmanDo you guys actually watch that jerk? I get way too nauseous. I've quit watching anything on MSNBC. The content's pretty much worthless and Rachael's ugly inside and out.
Shout out to FOX for hiring Glenn Beck away from CNN. CNN gets to rerun Lou Dobbs and an hour to fill with some other lefty hack. Glenn gets to spend time with intelligent life forms.
Oh but don't say anything
October 16, 2008 - 21:24 ET by mostlymoderateOh but don't say anything about Obama looking just like Curious George!!!!
heh heh
October 16, 2008 - 21:32 ET by Jnobleyou noticed that too?
Staring into the camera
October 17, 2008 - 12:16 ET by ChuckM from PADidn't Matthews have a term for people who come on his show and talk to the camera. Well, I don't see him calling Obama that term because he stared right into the camera many times, for long periods of time too, when he was talking. Double standard here. Oh, I forget, its Matthews, the king of the double standard.
Later...
I found it, "Dolt". Obama was a Matthews-inspired dolt.
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2008/10/03/matthews-palin-looked-camera-dolt
I love YOU Gergen.
October 16, 2008 - 21:31 ET by bigtimerGeoff...
Please forgive me for posting this here..but what the heck, it is cartoon funny...
Please somebody...read this BS...it isn't that long.
It is comical too.
They are showing this gal live now delivering her message in Cooper 360...I posted this early this morning...we have all been busy with our outrage over Joe the Plumber.
Talk about a leftist loon.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
BT
October 16, 2008 - 21:50 ET by cocodrieIt is funny but scary too. She and the commenters are walking around without a keeper.
coco... Howdy.. For me
October 16, 2008 - 21:57 ET by bigtimercoco...
Howdy..
For me it is beyond spooky...it is pure insanity!
Ah heck, I guess they can go hand in hand...I couldn't believe what I was reading...then to happen to flip it to CNN about 30 minutes ago and see/hear her read this BS...and Gergen was there while they were showing the clip of course, acting embarrassed, oh lord these people do not know quite yet what reality is when it hits them in the face the 4th.
Btw...I saw where you said you had dial-up when we were posting back adn forth late last night...I completely understand your predicament in no wanting to bring up the debate...I had dial-up forever.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Geez, thanks a lot,
October 16, 2008 - 23:56 ET by fitzfongGeez, thanks a lot, bigtimer. That was nauseating. First we had Nina Burleigh wanting to work in Slick Willie's secret "service", then we had Valerie Bertinelli claiming a crush on Mike Wallace, then came the Oh-Vomit Girl ("I got a crush on..."). Now this sickening hag and her gaggle of carpies with a thing for that self-important corpse David "Rodham" Gergen. She better lay off the wine...it's killing too many brain cells.
"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
fitzfong.blogspot.com
Oh no fitz...you also
October 17, 2008 - 00:00 ET by bigtimerOh no fitz...you also wrecked my night by telling me Bertinelli has a crush on Wallace...
Seriously...what is wrong with these gals...I understand about fame and all, but where is your pride, or brains, or both.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Yeah, it's always those
October 17, 2008 - 11:59 ET by fitzfongYeah, it's always those vacuous "Sex and the City" single girl types with the grave-robbing crush tendencies. The media fossils like Gergen probably fill some relational void that their fathers never did. While feeling a sense of intellectual and moral superiority in expressing love for an academic type, they haven't a clue how transparent and infantile they sound. They engage in bouts of self-congratulation between Cosmopolitans or Appletinis believing that they're seen as smart, self-sufficient adults...when in reality they're properly viewed as empty-headed bimbos with loose morals. But for phony May-December crushes, you can't get any more schmaltzy than Ben Stiller and Diane Keaton. I remember him writing a magazine article about it...and how he loved when she wore those silly Annie Hall suits.
"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
fitzfong.blogspot.com
Matthews totally stole that line
October 16, 2008 - 21:40 ET by HamiltonNJI forget which morning talk show I was listening to on the way into work the other day, but they brought up the whole 'Elmer Fudd/Bugs Bunny' bit. It was either Imus when he was talking to a guy from Newsmax or Opie and Anthony and someone like Jim Norton brought it up...but i remember them saying this exact thing. This just proves Chris Matthews is a complete hack. Joe Biden's got nothing on him when it comes to plagiarism.
I am convinced of two
October 17, 2008 - 01:44 ET by RogerCfromSDI am convinced of two things: First, that Obama is an Alinsky radical who has been groomed by Ayers and others to ascend quickly and with little scrutiny to where he is today. Second, that Chris Matthews is absolutely in love with Obama. And not just in a "man crush" sort of way, either. If he gushes and tingles any more because of Obama, Matthews will be nominated the Grand Marshall of the next San Francisco Rainbow Parade.
A nation cannot be free without a free, unbiased media. We are not free.
Good Lord! That stupid,
October 17, 2008 - 01:51 ET by tomnkikiGood Lord! That stupid, in(s)ane tripe is what passes for Main Stream Media journalism now? I truly do believe that those who appear on MSNBC as well as other leftist media organizations have truly lost their minds. "Mothballs" with Chris Matthews has gone totally off the deep end. His comments don't even make a bit of sense. I seem to recall a time when he and Olbermann would have been placed in a mental institution to be medicated, have therapy, and hopefully, stabilize their minds somewhat. Now, they're hired by the MSM and put on the air as wise, scintillating journalists. God help us all! Thank the Lord for the internet and the right-wing bloggers who fact-check and speak the truth. I won't insult them by calling them journalists. How about using the good old-fashioned word, "reporter", as it seems they do report the truth.
Prissy Chrissy
October 17, 2008 - 04:56 ET by harry flashmanOK - carrying on the alliterations - Wee Little Brained Chrissy Mathews is Porky Pig, stuttering, frustrated, driven insane by the "little Black Duck" painting moustaches on all his liberal icons.
If you haven't seen the Looney Toons cartoon being referenced - look it up - hilarious.