Chris Matthews, on Wednesday's "Hardball," admitted Barack Obama, along with his wife Michelle this time, gave him yet another "thrill." The MSNBC host gleefully described his feelings at seeing the Obamas arrive in England for the G20 summit this way [audio available here]:
Well there is something cool when they were both - there's a nice ‘60s term. When they were both walking to the helicopter the other day, Marine One, there was something like, when he looked at her, you could just tell he said, "Isn't this something?" You know you could tell like they were experiencing the-, the, I'm getting old here. The grooviness, the excitement of being this First American Couple heading towards Marine One, which is cool in itself, heading from there to Air Force One, to a quick flight across the Atlantic, on your own plane. And to meet with the world leaders as like the centerpiece of the world. What? I get-, I'm saying it again, I'm getting a thrill.
Matthews, who invited the Washington Post's Lois Romano and the Independent Women's Forum Michelle Bernard to join in on the Obama-watching fun, also giddily admitted: "We girls agree. I don't mind saying that. I'm excited. I'm thrilled. Any way I like it all! I like the picture, I like the substance. "
The following is the full exchange Matthews had with his panelists on the April 1, edition of "Hardball":
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well there is something cool when they were both - there's a nice ‘60s term. When they were both walking to the helicopter the other day, Marine One, there was something like, when he looked at her, you could just tell he said, "Isn't this something?" You know you could tell like they were experiencing the-, the, I'm getting old here. The grooviness, the excitement of being this First American Couple heading towards Marine One, which is cool in itself, heading from there to Air Force One, to a quick flight across the Atlantic, on your own plane. And to meet with the world leaders as like the centerpiece of the world. What? I get, I'm saying it again, I'm getting a thrill. Go ahead. I can't say these things.
MICHELLE BERNARD: You look at them, you look at them and watching them go to Marine One and he so clearly loves his wife and I think people like looking at that also. It's, it's nice.
MATTHEWS: That is great stuff. I think George Bush liked his wife, loves his wife.
BERNARD: Oh absolutely!
MATTHEWS: I think it's pretty common, it's just very glamorous with these two. Yeah.
LOIS ROMANO, WASHINGTON POST: One of the women I interviewed in this story said what she liked about them is that they looked like they had just won the lottery.
MATTHEWS: Yes! Yes!
(crosstalk)
BERNARD: Like pinch me!
ROMANO: They look at each other and think this is so exciting.
MATTHEWS: You're going to Disney Land!
ROMANO: Yeah. And people feel that, yeah.
MATTHEWS: Any way we agree. We girls agree. I don't mind saying that. I'm excited. I'm thrilled. Any way I like it all! I like the picture, I like the substance.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Dude!
April 1, 2009 - 17:21 ET by d1carterDude!
Matthews may want to seek professional help
April 1, 2009 - 17:23 ET by ConservativeFLThere is something strange about this level of hero worship."The grooviness, the excitement of being this First American Couple heading towards Marine One, which is cool in itself, heading from there to Air Force One, to a quick flight across the Atlantic, on your own plane. And to meet with the world leaders as like the centerpiece of the world. What? I get-, I'm saying it again, I'm getting a thrill."
"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15." Ronald Reagan
Why doesn't MSNBC just
April 1, 2009 - 17:27 ET by MaideneerWhy doesn't MSNBC just issue a press release that they are the official broadcast cheerleader for B.O.?
It's not even a question anymore.
bleh
April 1, 2009 - 17:27 ET by katainkentget a room.
Matthews' is getting creepy and unprofessional
April 1, 2009 - 17:28 ET by c5thenThis is bordering on disgusting now. I'm so glad that since I've blocked the channel, I only occasionally read his spew and don't have to listen to it.
Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!
www.loyaltoliberty.com
Chris and the Thrill
April 1, 2009 - 17:30 ET by allanfWho can forget Chris Matthews getting excited by Erin Burnett?. The man is easily stimulated. Pity his wife.
I pity
April 1, 2009 - 17:37 ET by jacktheripperhis children...how can they look their friends in the eye
(The kids must be greatly
April 2, 2009 - 01:11 ET by maggieqpublic(The kids must be greatly relieved by daddy's rotten ratings.)
The substance...
April 1, 2009 - 17:50 ET by krendlerMATTHEWS: Any way you're great. We girls are
great. I don't mind saying that. I'm excited. I'm thrilled. Any way I
like it all! I like the picture, I like the substance.
What was "the substance" again?
MSNBC has essentially turned into a televised version of Teen magazine, only instead of obsessing and gushing over every little move made by the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus, they chat and squeal about Barack's "extreme intelligence" and Michelle's "incredible beauty" 24/7.
Substance-free "reporting" and "analysis". Guaranteed.
I am glad, though, that Barack and Michelle have "their own" plane to fly across the Atlantic on.
NBC/MS-NBC are a national embarrassment.
Matthews.....
April 1, 2009 - 18:02 ET by pantrymanis a true blue, crap-for-brains, section eight.....
Why don't they just drop a net over the clown and haul him away somewhere???
Defiled
April 1, 2009 - 18:12 ET by betulaKrendler said.........."MSNBC has essentially turned into a televised version of Teen magazine"
You have sullied the name of Teen Magazine!
What more can we say?
April 1, 2009 - 18:56 ET by GalvanicMSNBC = More S*** 'N' Bull Crap
"Grooviness?"
There really is something psychological bizarre about Matthew's infatuation with Obama.
Galv... Love your definition
April 1, 2009 - 19:10 ET by bigtimerGalv...
Love your definition for the acronym.
Fits perfectly!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
LOL
April 1, 2009 - 18:51 ET by jdlybrandhahahahahahahahahahahahaha! What a maroon!
Can't wait to see how thrilled he is
April 1, 2009 - 19:38 ET by seesalrunwaiting in the bread line with the rest of us after he gets thrown under the bus with the rest of America. What a putz. My only hope is a surviving outlet of some sort films it so we can all watch.
Perhaps...
April 1, 2009 - 19:46 ET by Snede7711Perhaps Matthews should get that thrill in his leg checked out. My doctor told me multiple thrills could be dangerous without proper medication.
When you have a thrill last
April 1, 2009 - 21:56 ET by TexasteacherWhen you have a thrill last more than 4 hours, consult your doctor.
obama's notion of bi-partisanship is telling conservatives to shut up and do what he wants.
Please turn in your man
April 1, 2009 - 19:58 ET by GlennPlease turn in your man card as you leave the studio. You don't need it any more.
§ ALERT!!! Ed Schultz gets show on MSNBS!!!
April 1, 2009 - 20:05 ET by TheSterSHOCKING!!!
Premieres Monday 6pm est.
Shuster moves to 3-5pm est.
SHOCKING!!!
Hannity is doing April Fools joke having Colmes do intro to his show...LOL!!!
Ster.
My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Hi Ster... I saw the
April 1, 2009 - 20:43 ET by bigtimerHi Ster...
I saw the intro too...and posted about it elsewhere, somewhere on here...lol...it was hilarious!
Colmes did a great job!
Sean just had on Mark Levin...his book went Number One everywhere...even going to be Number 1 on the slime NYTs tomorrow.
Nice all the networks has had him on as a guest on their various talking head shows...eh?
Btw...figured Shultz was going to be getting a show on msnbc...it was just a matter of time.
He fits right in!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Chris Matthews playing for the other team
April 1, 2009 - 20:26 ET by woburn828Ok it's official, CM has decided to play with the "other" team. I'm sure his wife is excited by his many thrills. Does she consider that cheating?
Will Chris put this on his medical expense?
April 1, 2009 - 21:30 ET by northoneIt's nice to know Chris Matthews no longer needs his prescription for Viagra - all he has to do is watch footage of the Obamas.
different
April 1, 2009 - 21:44 ET by nadadhimmiIt is kind of different tho when a prostitute like Chrissy Matthews gets a thrill from the one whose c#ck they are s#cking.
Oh my gosh. How old is he?
April 1, 2009 - 21:53 ET by The Smokin FrogOh my gosh. How old is he? He is embarrassing himself. Why doesn't Matthews just ask Obama for a date already. How can Matthews criticize any Conservatives after listening to himself on TV? You really got to wonder why do we bother at all with him or what he says? He is clearly infatuated with Obama. Maybe he is gay. Who else speaks like this? If his thinking is this distorted he has nothing to say to Conservatives at all.
TSF Protests!
One Wonders
April 2, 2009 - 08:01 ET by rightwingidiotOne wonders if CM is really that in love with the Obeymes or if it's just an act, I would hope that it's the latter.
CM has said that his job is to make sure that Obeyme has a successful Presidency. I wonder if that's a self-appointment or it's being dictated to him. Either way, it's not even close to being the right thing to do.
The job of the press is to report, not to propagandize. It seems that in this era it's all opinion and not much actual reporting. There is little left for us to decide, the message is being massaged into pure propaganda.There isn't much truth left by the time it gets to us.
I think that CM and his network are and will continue to pay the price (ratings) for spewing pure crap. It's this kind of nonsense that will drive them out of business as a real news source.
On His own plane. No,
April 1, 2009 - 21:57 ET by RR GOPOn His own plane.
No, it's our damn plane.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
EXACTLY!
April 1, 2009 - 23:57 ET by MazziThank you RR GOP. I am sick and tired of these politicians forgetting who they work for, and who owns all the things they are entitled to use. When did we lose control of our country? It's been going on a long time, but in the last few months it has become critical. Make your voice heard... they work for US and OUR tax money is not their personal cookie jar.
"I would rather be historically accurate than politically correct" ~ My husband's T-Shirt
Me too
April 2, 2009 - 04:33 ET by FranksamChris probably thinks that the Obamas own a cabin at Camp David.
Gag me with a spoon.
Yes, in a few months
April 2, 2009 - 10:14 ET by StarAZSome little twit Treasury guy can tell people how much money they can make, what kind of cars, and we now have royalty over us...Stop this and let me off!
*my best Harrison Ford
April 2, 2009 - 09:29 ET by Texasteacher*my best Harrison Ford voice*
Get off my plane!
obama's notion of bi-partisanship is telling conservatives to shut up and do what he wants.
I'm glad you like your LIAR
April 1, 2009 - 21:58 ET by KevroyI'm glad you like your LIAR of a president, Matthews. He's a mo-fo liar.
Obama promised, "Under my plan, no family making less than
$250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax,
not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your
taxes."
Today mycigs got hit with a 67 cent per pack TAX increase. Thats' a 'form' of tax increase you lying bastard.
I feel something on my leg too, but it's just Obama pissing on it.
Kevroy.... Let's see,
April 1, 2009 - 22:14 ET by bigtimerKevroy....
Let's see, they have been taxing just a certain class of people in this country for years and years now for a legal product....
Nary a word about the discrimination about this much...in fact nada....
But when they do what they have Unconstitutionally done to the salaries with the bonus pays..instant outrage....as there should be.
Something has been wrong with this picture for a long long time.
I could go on and on about this...but I won't.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Jake Cutler
April 1, 2009 - 22:10 ET by BigBThis is all well and wonderful. Who's the broad that's wearing the football helmet??
Now, this might sting just a little bit.....
ID
April 1, 2009 - 22:12 ET by BigBI digress, Who's the dried up old broad wearing the football helmet???
Now, this might sting just a little bit.....
So Are We...
April 1, 2009 - 23:33 ET by rightwingidiotSo are we to believe anything that comes out this man's mouth about anything other than his man-love for Obeyme?
This has to be the worst display of media bias of all time. Matthews is officially the biggest Obeyme ass-kisser in the known universe. I pity the makeup people that have to cover up the brown ring around his mouth.
Michele Obama is NOT
April 2, 2009 - 00:08 ET by MazziMichele Obama is NOT beautiful. She's rather goofy looking, and OMG - she has horrid taste in clothes. I would usually never say that about someone, but I am a bit tired of hearing about her. Because she is black, all these guilty white libtards are not only afraid to admit the truth, but they refuse to take etiquette advice and just say nothing at all. Instead they swing so far the other direction that it's sickening.Typical racist liberals.
"I would rather be historically accurate than politically correct" ~ My husband's T-Shirt
Hate to speak ill of a woman
April 2, 2009 - 10:16 ET by StarAZI usually will not speak ill of a woman, but I am intro clothes and her colors clash with her skin tone in many cases. They also need to get rid of that ugly ocher curtain--clashes. The black widow dress is still my favorite.
Barf!
April 2, 2009 - 00:40 ET by wnaegeleI feel sorry for the folks who have to monitor this fool so they can report his latest excursion into stupidity...
Grow Up, Tingles.
April 2, 2009 - 07:15 ET by freecitizenThere's something inherently pathetic about seeing people as old as Tingles talk about how cool and groovy things are. What happened? When I was growing up, the sign that a phrase or word had become played out was when you heard it from the mouths of these news bobble-heads. Example: hearing Hugh Downs saying "gettin' jiggy with it" really makes you never want to even think of the phrase again.
He also said
April 2, 2009 - 10:11 ET by StarAZChris is such a cheap date--you don't have to show him anything. He also said he had been dreaming of the moment the First Couple would go to Europe together representing us. Dreaming of it from the first. Well, I'll swan.
Everytime
April 2, 2009 - 07:39 ET by Long Island PeteEverytime I see Chris Matthews gush all over 0bama, I cant help but think of the scene from Forrest Gump when Forrest touches a breast for the first time.
Come on
April 2, 2009 - 09:14 ET by StCroix64It will be interesting to see how CM reacts as Barrys ratings go down. He is going to stumble, they all do, and Barry will be in complete damage control and CM will have to make a decision...do I call it like I see it? or...Do I stand by my man?
Personally, I think CM is part act and part real. I think he promotes whatever will help him get a check. Hell, the guy was a republican at one time...He is an empty suit and on any other network with the garbage ratings he pulls, he would be gone. BUT, as long as he plays the part of Barry worshipper, he will get a pay check.
Why is MSNBC so afraid to get someone from the otherside of the aisle to be a voice on their network?
Ed Schultz?
April 2, 2009 - 13:38 ET by expatriotNow that Eddie is on the rolls why would you think that they would be smart enough to have an opposing view?
"I'm out, and I'm proud of it!"
April 2, 2009 - 11:08 ET by SickofLibsFolks, this is for real, and is even more hilarious than NB's April Fool's post yesterday about Tingles in the threesome and having champagne poured over his chest!
Is there no one at the controls at MSNBC, at any level, who think this freak is not making them the laughing stock of all media?
I would not be shocked to hear about Tingles being a contestant on RuPaul's "Drag Race."
The slobbering of the Obama fawners
April 2, 2009 - 13:27 ET by katiejanemay drive me to drink to try and control my urge to upchuck.
Chrissie matthews...
April 2, 2009 - 16:12 ET by Uncle Dongod...that....is....so...gay! "pity his wife", you mean he still has a wife after talking on national tv about another man this way...shame on both of them....
Chris Matthews. NBC When are you going to fired.-?
April 3, 2009 - 12:46 ET by Charles H. GarridoHello! Column Mr. Dickens Thanks 4/02/09. 13:30. Hour.= This is wonderful how happiness Mr.and Mrs Barack Obama, "New Money"(NEW RICH) sooo Cool!! Great problems Socialism you never see the light of this SUBSTANCE. Mr. Obama.. is going to our Country [USA} a trillion of USD (Maybe Euro or Liras) for few Europe Countries. President Mr. Obama, Administration, Press, and Mr. Mathews with his hope being up his THRILLS United States are being bankrupt (same as Venezuela has done petrodollars.). We are defending our LIFE, FAITH, & FAMILY. We are Capitalism, Conservative and PRO LIFE. Neither Mr. Obama or yourself Chris, had ever read Herbert Matthews,Jules Dubois, Rostow Papers, Ordeal of Otto Otepka,Editorials of Mr. David Lawrence . Again Subcription for Readers Digest will be good for you and get a gift for Mr. President Barack Obama,Readers Digest will be a real UP THRILL.- - Note: One more time Please NBC, whoever Executive get someone to FIRED this fellow Chris Mattews.
Thanks & Cooperation.
Charles H. Garrido.
Miami Fla
He had this weird, perverted look in his eye...
September 24, 2009 - 04:55 ET by OldJoe...WHAT is wrong with him???