After much mocking by Ellen Degeneres about Chris Matthews' dancing abilities on his last appearance on her syndicated show, the "Hardball" host chatted with Degeneres, on Thursday's show, about the election of Barack Obama and actually grabbed a shot glass to toast his win with Ellen (audio excerpt here):
ELLEN DEGENERES: Amazing! And you must be thrilled? I mean what, what a moment.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well I am thrilled!
DEGENERES: Yeah.
MATTHEWS, picking up shot glass: To Barack Obama!
DEGENERES, toasting: Yeah. To Barack Obama!
A little later in his interview segment, Matthews also took a different kind of shot, the verbal kind, against the outgoing administration:
MATTHEWS: And I'm watching Hillary and I'm watching McCain I think, I think Hillary is gonna be Secretary of State. I think it's gonna happen.
DEGENERES: I think both of them are great and, and I love that he's meeting with both of them. It says something about him already. So-
MATTHEWS: Well it's not the old politics of Karl Rove and mean, and get even, and divide, and vengeance and all that stuff. I think the country is in a mood for no more mean. No more mean.
DEGENERES: I'm in the mood for no more mean. No more hiding goodness.
The following exchanges occurred on the November 20 episode of "Ellen":
ELLEN DEGENERES: You, you called it, exactly-
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Yeah I did, yeah.
DEGENERES: -the way, this, this election. You said it would be exactly the spread that it was.
MATTHEWS: 52-46, yeah.
DEGENERES: It's amazing that you called it like that.
MATTHEWS: I think I got the Senate thing right too, 58. I think I got that right too.
DEGENERES: Amazing! And you must be thrilled? I mean what, what a moment.
MATTHEWS: Well I am thrilled!
DEGENERES: Yeah.
MATTHEWS, picking up shot glass: To Barack Obama!
DEGENERES, toasting: Yeah. To Barack Obama!
MATTHEWS: I think it's great that this country still surprises the world. And here's a great statistic. You know we were afraid that a lot of people who are white, would go into the voting booth and vote against him because he is black, and it would be lower than the polls. And this is the miraculous thing that happened. In my state of Pennsylvania, for example, this is all across the country. I talked to the guy who ran Pennsylvania the other day. He said, it was supposed to be three points, it was 11 points, he won by. So eight percent of Pennsylvanians voted for him but never told anybody he was gonna do it. So they, they, they wanted to open their hearts and try something new and give the young guy a shot, and they were embarrassed may be to say so because their neighbors were conservative, you know? It's so great that people. I mean if I were in a black family I would just love to be in a black family about 11:30pm that night, after the magic happened, and realize, hey you know some people are better than they seem. Some people are nicer, more open, you know, more liberal than they admit.
DEGENERES: Yeah.
MATTHEWS: Isn't that amazing? Because you think people would, they're hiding their goodness.
DEGENERES: Yeah, yeah.
MATTHEWS: That's the amazing thing.
...
MATTHEWS: And I'm watching Hillary and I'm watching McCain I think, I think Hillary is gonna be Secretary of State. I think it's gonna happen.
DEGENERES: I think both of them are great and, and I love that he's meeting with both of them. It says something about him already. So-
MATTHEWS: Well it's not the old politics of Karl Rove and mean, and get even, and divide, and vengeance and all that stuff. I think the country is in a mood for no more mean. No more mean.
DEGENERES: I'm in the mood for no more mean. No more hiding goodness.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Oh Chris, you never fail to
November 20, 2008 - 17:20 ET by SeashellOh Chris, you never fail to delight. I knew you would be here today. I knew you would not let me down, and you still have Hardball to do. Maybe I'll get lucky and see you again here later tonight. I'm looking forward t it!
All I can say is...
November 20, 2008 - 17:25 ET by littlemissmuffinDumb and Dumber!
"If we conservatives moved to those seven non-existent States, the government couldn’t find us and tax us to death!"
Did His Thrilled Leg Dance on Ellen's Show?
November 20, 2008 - 17:27 ET by CapeCodScottHow did Chrissy get time off from his job (Making Barack Successful), oh, I get it, this is a job related appearance.
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"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation"... until they get fed-up enough to finally say something about it!
Cape
November 20, 2008 - 17:34 ET by SeashellI love the fact that they used Harry Reid's grimacing face. He always looks like that. I have never seen him smile.
One last announcement
November 20, 2008 - 18:25 ET by Gat New YorkI'm waiting for the announcement that Matthews has officially come out of the closet.
announcement
November 20, 2008 - 20:04 ET by nathanbforresti think chris and ellen had a simultaneous orgasm ..
never look a gift skunk in the tail
THE OBAMA WORSHIP MUST STOP!!
November 20, 2008 - 17:33 ET by MightyMouth"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
It will only get worse
November 21, 2008 - 08:14 ET by PopularTechLiberals have a lot of guilt to get rid of.
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So Chrissy,
November 20, 2008 - 17:47 ET by NorthCoasterThis isn't the Politics of divide and conquer?
Just what do you call Chicago Style Politics then?
I would expect nothing less
November 20, 2008 - 17:58 ET by boozyI would expect nothing less from a 4th generation communist....this human garbage is a big reason this country is in retreat..
Well it's not the old
November 20, 2008 - 17:58 ET by SeashellWell it's not the old politics of Karl Rove and mean, and get even, and divide, and vengeance and all that stuff.
And what exactly did Karl Rove do that was so mean, who did he get even with, what did he divide, and who did he seek vengeance on???????
Oh give me a friggin' break
November 20, 2008 - 18:42 ET by bigtimerOh give me a friggin' break ....
Matthews and all of his ilk in the msm of all venues were the only critters of mean, divide and conquer...slash and burn, EVERY SINGLE DAY!
My God, Pres. Bush bent over backwards to reach out...which infuriated me after awhile of the useless BS...all he did was bend over and get it stuck to him every single time, in every possible way.
The only people who cannot face reality are the RINOs and the dirty filthy leftists like Matthews...and they wouldn't know the truth if it hit them in the face, let alone tell the truth.
He makes me puke.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
nuff said...
November 20, 2008 - 18:44 ET by sawing batta"it's my JOB [to make obama succeed...]"
chris matthews
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/11/06/odd-job-matthews-says-his-role-make-obama-presidency-success
sbatta... Perfect! "Amer
November 20, 2008 - 18:59 ET by bigtimersbatta...
Perfect!
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
The whole lot of them
November 20, 2008 - 19:03 ET by the strugglerI really think Chris Matthews is out of his mind.
I agree
November 20, 2008 - 20:13 ET by Clear thinkerI agree 100%.
Holy Obama
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Tingle Tingle
November 20, 2008 - 19:23 ET by northoneGuess that means poor Chrissy is still suffering from those pesty leg-tingles.
Chrissy
November 20, 2008 - 19:30 ET by airsupplyWhy doesn't he come out of the closet?
Proof that liberals really
November 20, 2008 - 20:12 ET by Clear thinkerProof that liberals really do drink the Kool-aid! Just one shot at a time.
Holy Obama
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I wonder, four years hence,
November 20, 2008 - 20:23 ET by R D HelmI wonder, four years hence, what Chrissy will be toasting once the unemployment rate passes 40%, the US Treasury has been rendered long empty, and China, Russia, Iran and Venezuela are the new masters of the planet?
That is assuming of course, that Chrissy and the rest of his MSM colleagues haven't by then been carted off to join the rest of us in the re-education camps.
-Dave
Did this country just elect Obama/Biden, or was it Soros/Ayers?
Chrissy will still think
November 20, 2008 - 20:30 ET by Clear thinkerChrissy will still think comrade Obama is the greatest thing since sliced bread. What Chrissy has is a disease, and there is no cure!
Holy Obama
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Chris Matthews a man of
November 20, 2008 - 20:44 ET by BlazerChris Matthews a man of integrity. A journalist of utmost grit and profesionalism. A man for all ages. He is the type of journalist I Iwould like to toast.............with a flamethrower.
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Oh, get me a barf bag.
November 20, 2008 - 21:15 ET by suzycreamcheeseOh, get me a barf bag. Matthews' hatred of everything Bush knows no bounds. Talk about mean and devisive. That the epiotome of Chris Matthews.
We'll just have to wait and see if Obama gets mean and dirty. He hasn't even been sworn in.
Serving Up An Easy One
November 20, 2008 - 21:36 ET by rammingspeedNo more hiding goodness? How 'bout Matthews just go hide himself? In a way, he is - at least he's in the process of doing so. Not with his knuckle headed liberal buds in the news media, but with objective news watchers who are growing sicker of him by the day.
Ellen Degeneres' political opinions don't concern me. But a journalist/news reporter must remain professional, and Matthews has been anything but. If the New York Times can go down the tubes behind its bigotry, a twit like Matthews is already history; he just doesn't know it.
THRILLED
November 20, 2008 - 21:46 ET by cocodrieCrissy and Ellen degenerate are a matched pair - consecutave AKC numbers.
Surely Chris Matthews has
November 20, 2008 - 21:51 ET by TN MomSurely Chris Matthews has been placed on the Secret Service watch list? Matthews has crossed over to the stalker-fan dark side.
Chrissy
November 21, 2008 - 01:24 ET by ToddonCapeCodChrissy is the Monica Lewinsky of the Obama presidency
Agreed, ToddonCC
November 21, 2008 - 07:32 ET by Mica the Magnificentand Chrissy will gladly bring his own box of cigars.
Looky, Bracky! I brought short stubby ones and and and long thick ones and and and . . .
A Feverish Hope
November 21, 2008 - 05:54 ET by CellaChrissy's feverish thoughts are pitiable. They have him chasing a wild goose down a path that will end in a "tangle of black thread." Who can lead him back from this babble?
Get a grip, Chrissy. Your fascination with Obama is getting scary.
Chris has a man-crush
November 21, 2008 - 08:30 ET by Paul AtreidesWhich makes it appropriate that he should be on Ellen's show.
Wouldn't it be funny if Obama told Chris to "step off?"
(Seinfeld fans will get the allusion)
Have an "NBC-Free" Christmas in 2008!
November 21, 2008 - 13:20 ET by BrightfameChris Matthews and MSNBC are disgusting, and the only way to
make them change is to hit them right in the pocketbook of their fat corporate
nanny. General Electric Corporation acquired NBC (home to Obama-worshipper Andrea Mitchell) in 1986. NBC and Microsoft jointly own MSNBC, which has repeatedly been denounced for its blatant, shameless pro-Obama coverage. If there were ever a time to send NBC, MSNBC, and its permissive parent GE a message, it's this Christmas. When you're out shopping this year, please make a special effort to walk past the GE refrigerators, electric ranges, dishwashers, washers, dryers, microwaves, digital cameras, cordless phones, water purifiers, and lighting products. There are many, many competitors that offer excellent alternatives to EVERY product GE makes -- and every dollar you spend with GE's competition is a vote againstits socialist propaganda outlets, NBC and MSNBC!