Chris Matthews got together with the Politico's Jeanne Cummings and the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page to look down their collective noses at the concept of Sarah Palin as a writer on Tuesday's Hardball, with Matthews even questioning the former vice presidential candidate's mental state as he pondered: "Is this delusion here?" After playing a clip of Barbara Walters' interview with Palin, in which Palin says of a possible talk show hosting gig that she'd "rather write than talk," the MSNBC host called the idea "daffy," and Cummings giggled, "It's all illusion and delusion. Smoke and mirrors everywhere!" while Page insultingly interjected, "Well Chris don't forget...she was a journalism major. That's what she got her degree in. So I suppose in...her head she's...still a writer who just hasn't written in a while." [audio available here]
The following exchange was aired on the November 17, edition of Hardball:
(Begin clip)
BARBARA WALTERS: Do you ever want to be President of the United States?
SARAH PALIN: That certainly isn't on my radar screen right now, but when you consider some of the ordinary, turning into extraordinary events that have happened in my life, I'm not one to predict what will happen in a few years.
WALTERS: One way you could have enormous influence is, of course, to have a talk show.
PALIN: I'd probably rather write than talk.
WALTERS: Have you been offered your own talk show?
PALIN: There have been lots and lots of offers in these last couple of months especially, coming our way.
(End clip)
CHRIS MATTHEWS: So she's Ernest Hemingway now. "I'd rather write than talk." Jeanne Cummings where does this writing background coming from? She had somebody write the book for her. This Lynn Vincent from the evangelical world. No evidence of having written before. Now she says, "I want to go back to my career as a writer." Is this delusion here?
JEANNE CUMMINGS, POLITICO: Well it's all illusion.
MATTHEWS: Is this absolute delusion?
CUMMINGS: It's all illusion and delusion. Smoke and mirrors everywhere! You don't know what to believe and what not to believe in the book. There are so many contradictions with Sarah Palin it is amazing. And you know I'm, I'm sure, you know that she, you know, just as she tries to do with, where she puts out a book that basically is personality driven and slamming insiders and then complains that she doesn't get respect on policy, and get cred on policy. You know, so she wants to be a writer, instead of a talk show host, even though her greatest claim to sha-, to fame is talking.
MATTHEWS: Yeah I just think, Clarence, that she couldn't say what she read when she was asked a simple question by Katie Couric and then she says she's got a book and it's been put out that she had a ghost writer for her. And now she's saying, "I don't know whether I should go back to my main career of writing." I just think the whole thing is absolutely daffy, but she proceeds on here and she'll have a bestseller with not having written anything. It's amazing! Great work.
CLARENCE PAGE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Well Chris don't forget, don't forget she was a journalism major. That's what she got her degree in. So I suppose in, in her head she's, she's still a writer who just hasn't written in a while and she "just got a little help," quote, unquote with writing her book here.
MATTHEWS: Okay, how many, how many days Jeanne and then Clarence will it take for John McCain to finally come out and say what George Bush Sr. said about Dan Quayle? "It was my decision and I blew it but I'm not about to say that I blew it." It took George Bush Sr. awhile to get that in his diary. It was released by Herbert Parmet, the historian, later on. There it is showing up in that book. Is he ever gonna come out and just say "I should have never picked Sarah Palin to be my vice presidential running mate?" Jeanne?
CUMMINGS: Well it's possible that ultimately that he will acknowledge that, but I wouldn't expect anything like that soon. I think John McCain definitely does not want to get into this fight. He's trying to stay away from it. Depending on how many more of his senior aides and advisers she attacks, he might.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Mathews looks down his nose...
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 18:54 ET by Brad Hainesand doesn't see her, for she is much,much,much to far above him.
Haha! Yeah this nugget's even...
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 23:38 ET by thedailyzingin the back of the "Drive-by Media Bus." Take a look at this awesome drive-by media pic!! Click here: http://thedailyzing.com/464/drive-by-media/
Cocktail
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 16:55 ET by miss911ninjaLOVE IT! Andrea Mitchell with a Molotov cocktail! And Matthews all lonely in the back of the bus!
Yup! That's Chris...
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 01:09 ET by ProudAmerican58...always letting that thrill up his leg lead him in the wrong direction.
Same "business" on Today
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 09:10 ET by MaximusBraveheartSame "business" on Today this AM. Andrea Mitchell, Matt Lauer, Newsweek and some
other magazine lady. They really believe their own false stories about
"how bad" Palin is. The lady could do little to contain her quips yet
appeared to be trying to keep a "professional" look. A few really
amazing words slipped out that showed her hand like "I hope you did"
when Matt asked Newsweek if they picked this pic to cut the legs out
from under Palin. They are conducting a witch trial in which you kill
the witch no matter what she does. As if she is the first to go on
these shows and somehow that is now bad. Hillary controlled her image
by fear of crossing the Clinton mafia. Well Lib media, you have
crossed we the people and we won't be forgetting. M-B
How many people watch his show....?
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 18:58 ET by superconPalin can pack a stadium. Matthews couldn't pack a rest room at a truck stop. Seriously...who watches this guy ? He's a jerk and his show sucks. It's funny how he makes fun of Sarah Palin when it is a known industry fact that his show is the biggest cable joke there is. He even gets beat out by that Fred Savage fellow.
" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint
I dunno... IF he went
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:01 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonI dunno...
IF he went into a truckstop.
And IF he admitted he was tingles mathews, he would get packed into the restroom by more than enough men to make sure he learned some manners.
"no matter how low you set the bar, liberals can never quite measure up." -Me
http://gjresult.com
Quite A Following
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:04 ET by countmein5050Who follows him? D Baggers...but that group comprises all those who hate anyone who stands up to him, his intolerant views, or his holier-than-thou (minus an actual Greater Power) opinions about this country.
This is too funny
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:35 ET by evilcontractorMatthews reminds me of that guy in the bar nobody wants to talk to because he thinks he knows everything on any topic. He would be like Cliff on Cheers (if anyone can still remember) except Cliff was a nice guy. What does this guy have, 2 maybe 3 "friends" that are just as big as losers as he is?
Remember the line from one of David Brinkley's last TV appearance during one of the political conventions (democrats) and said this about Clinton, "He's a bore, that's all he's ever been"? I say the exact same thing about Matthews.
Just make fun of these guys every chance we get.
www.coastaldecorations.com
ec... You ought to have
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:43 ET by bigtimerec...
You ought to have seen how he went after a republican strategist/representative tonight...you know what for?
For NOT pronouncing VP Dick Cheney's name with the long 'e' in the middle...he went on and on and on...
Funny...nobody else but Matthews pronounces his name as Cheeney...only Matthews, yet he went after this guy (I know who the guy is, he's been on for years on various shows, just have a mind-blank at the moment)...and Dick Cheney has said himself he doesn't care how it is pronounced.
Tingles is truly losing it...I'm serious.
They are having a repeat of the show now, it will be on again not long from now...he only berated this guy on the panel naturally....when in actuality he made an arse of himself, once again.
Btw...the guy finally asked him "Why do you pronounce it the way you do?"...and as always Matthews went right over what he was saying and continued on and on and on...
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
The "I" in Matthews stands for Integrity
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 21:17 ET by Galvanic"Matthews reminds me of that guy in the bar nobody wants to talk to because he thinks he knows everything on any topic."
Matthews is the guy who walks into a biker bar and orders a Brandy Alexander.
Selective Audacity
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 18:59 ET by countmein5050Gotta love how the liberals make sure to confine 'The American Dream' to only those select few they consider worthy. Starting from humble beginnings and rising to top is only for those who abandon their values and integrity? Only for those who dare NOT to actually maintain individual opinions, ideas, and ideals that exclude liberals from even grasping the concept of Constitutional freedom? Only for those who nod unconditional approval at everything they say? Would seem so to hear liberals pecking away in their chicken coops. Apparently they don't know they can't even get off the ground with their 'progressive and tolerant and accepting view of the world' that excludes any one who doesn't look, peck, or scratch like them. Better hope the eagles never get close enough to actually show them up...there will be hell to pay.
Matthews
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:07 ET by iveseenitallWhat can you say that hasn't already been said here about Matthews (and Olbermann), the most vicious, immature morons in the MSM-quite an accomplishment considering the competition.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Do they change
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:00 ET by 10ksnookerThe seat covers on Mathews chair every night?
I think letterman stops by
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:03 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonI think letterman stops by and licks the seat clean.
"no matter how low you set the bar, liberals can never quite measure up." -Me
http://gjresult.com
Dollar count, please . . .
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:02 ET by GalvanicI doubt that the sales of all the books written by Matthews and his guests combined don't amount to what Palin is making on her one book.
Book n tingles
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:35 ET by ghblogI had the same thought. Palin probably sold more books before her book was released that all of Matthews put together.
Does anyone else find it creepy that he gets thrills up his leg for Obama, but not even a twinge for Palin? She's more my type.
You gotta wonder...
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:37 ET by evilcontractorWell, Obama is more his type......
www.coastaldecorations.com
So she's Ernest Hemingway now
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:02 ET by ThisnThatWhat kind of smart-alecky talk is that? Maybe mathews should simply go back and play in his sandbox. That kind of talk is so unprofessional, it makes me cringe just to hear someone say something like this.
Huckster liberals like mathews sure love to pass judgement and call people names, don't they? Insults simply roll off their tongues. Nothing to back the insults up, mind you, but they sure sound good to their ears.
__________
"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song
Cheap Shot
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 17:11 ET by miss911ninjaIt's not only smart-alecky, it's an idiotic cheap shot. Hemingway was a novelist. Palin's book is not a novel. But most of Matthews viewers probably can't make that distinction anyway.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: So she's
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:03 ET by Quasi-socialistLiberal response (were Palin a liberal): "That's not what she said."
That's precisely what they would say were that a conservative commentator on a liberal. And they'd be right. But libs think not using the words liberals use is "underhanded" or "lying", but they don't ever hold themselves to that standard.
Since I've heard that it is uncivil to compare political opposition to Nazis, I've nonetheless heard people on the left make allusions to Nazis, KKK.
Really?
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:10 ET by countmein5050I'm sure you're mistaken. Liberals can't be racist, intolerant, abusive, sexist, biased, or zealous about anything except making sure this country is level...not as in level playing field...they couldn't care less about actually making life fair and balanced. No...level as in leveled to the ground and rebuilt...Obama-style. First to go HAS to be that archaic document called the Constitution. Geeesh...talk about out of step with the times. This is the mission...has been from the get-go. Change was never meant to imply improving any thing...change as in tear it down and start all over....the liberal way...the socialist way...the communist way...the only way the liberals can ever get control for more than 4 years at a time.
I must be
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:20 ET by Quasi-socialistI must be mistaken. And that is why some re-education would do me some good. :D
Oh....
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:24 ET by countmein5050you can be sure if this nonsense isn't stopped you and both have reservations at the first 're-education camp' for loud-mouthed and stubborn conservatives. Think they'll allow us all the rights to practice our faith like they do Muslims awaiting trial for terrorism who have beheaded people for not being Muslim? Something tells me....not to hold my breath.
Hey, Chrissie,
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:06 ET by UpNorthmaybe you choose to forget that your tingle buddy got Ayers to ghost his book? You remember, the known terrorist, the guy who tried to kill service men, cops, and members of the governement. The guy who would still love to march about 25 million of us into the ovens?
Now That's Funny
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:21 ET by countmein5050That's right up there with Birthers...believing Obama isn't bright enough to write his own best-selling books. The man is a genious! Until it comes time to learn the protocol for meeting a top dignitary of another country...as the top dignitary of your own country! Then it gets dumbed down for the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT (the black communities should be insulted at the lengths liberals go to excuse this man on the grounds of being black)...these things are soooooooooo confusing...who gets them right? NOT EVERY PRESIDENT BEFORE HIM, according to liberals trying to hide the elephant in the room! Obama had a ghost writer...but liberals chalk that up to conservatives looking for any way they can to find fault with MR. PERFECTION (if only he didn't smoke like a chimney he would be GOD!!!) as they go after a legitimate journalist on the grounds she's too stupid to actually be able to write. (On the campaign trail from Obama's mouth; I've been to 58 states and just 4 more to go before I'm done...). And the liberals chanted...'he's exhausted...he's tireless in his devotion...just tired. He knows how many states...drop it."
SCREWBALL WITH SCREWBALL...
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:23 ET by danybhoyMatthews does'nt give a damn about anything except pushing a liberal left wing agenda. That & being allowed to be paid millions to have a few hundred thousand people to tune in to a failing cablenews outlet, despite having rating that should have gotten him sacked about 5 or 6 years ago if there were any justice.
Matthews does'nt understand America, & thus he does'nt understand Palin. This is a man who will never understand what makes America great, & does'nt understand that who he supports will destroy the very nation he lives in. Why? He is an ignorant man who loves being recognized in The Beltway, but is unknown & ingored by real Americans who have made America great.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Chris Matthews
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:51 ET by GeneralAlChris matthews walked into a doctor's office with a toad on his head. When the doctor asked Chris what he wanted, the toad replied "Would you please get this wart off my butt?"
And the doctor replied . . .
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 21:22 ET by Galvanic. . . "Holy Crap! A ventriloquist wart!"
These guys just can't
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 19:57 ET by SlyrrThese guys just can't contain their hate, can they? Behold the liberals folks - the people who are kind, loving, tolerant, and enlightened - while everyone else is a neandrathal living in a cave picking bugs out of their hair.
This is how the enlightened ones treat a woman, is it?
And this is the 'enlightened' discourse that the intellectual elite bought with thier Harvard/Berkeley degrees, is it? Where'd they get their diplomas? From a box of Cracker Jack?
Drain Bamage???
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 20:03 ET by LibertydudeMaybe cris' years of being a alcoholic caused the brain damage????
The fact that....
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 20:10 ET by Patrick MichaelThe fact that Sarah Palin does not make Chris Matthew's leg tingel but Barrack Obama does is not Sarah Palin's fault is it??
Stay Free!!!
He
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 20:11 ET by MES41067said to the other two people watching his show.
(Lenin called them "usieful idiots" I for one have no use for them.)
Good to see this hemorrhoid
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 20:21 ET by wolfemanicGood to see this hemorrhoid panic every night over Palin. Its
actually Obama who's the one who is making it a cake walk for Palin to
make big gains. Barry is such a failure with no defense. The lies and the lies to cover the lies are not working. Matthews is feeling it all slipping away.
And for Palin these failures are as easy as shooting fish in a barrel...
"Whiffle Ball with Chris Tingle Loin Matthews"
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 20:19 ET by thedailyzingChris Tingle Loins Matthews is a goon! Chris is a total joke, every
time he opens his mouth he embarrasses himself! Does anyone take him
serious? Honestly he is such a mindless puppet. To read more about the "Drive-By Media" click here http://thedailyzing.com/464/drive-by-media/
Mr. Zing: Puppets? Bert never talked about Ernie like that.
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 20:35 ET by SickofLibsCut the spam, poser.
Get with the program SoL!
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 21:22 ET by RukusThat's "awesome!" spam! Got it! ; )
Gary
Old media species: Moonbat-a-saurus-rex. Getting more endangered by the day.
Oh, I get it. Prissy Chrissy is now doing his show...
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 20:46 ET by R D Helm...whilst planted squarely in front of a mirror, but Sarah Palin is not who he is really seeing.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
Jeanne Cummings? The poor
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 21:02 ET by TEJeanne Cummings? The poor dingbat is as much a pea-brained, militant, hysterical leftist feminist as Clarence Page. Cummings was a perfect fit for her identically like-minded, virulently leftist colleagues (i.e., Jill Abramson, Jane Mayer, Ron Suskin, Jackie Calmes, David Wessel, David Rogers, Al Hunt, Thomas Ricks, et. al) at the execrable leftist cesspool known as the Washington bureau of the Wall Street Journal.
FIN
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 22:09 ET by shannon76I think I'm done with Newsbusters stories involving Chris Matthews. The moment that did it for me was last week's: 'That's not a crime to call up al Qaeda, is it? Is it?'
I'm at a point with him where there's nothing left to be written about him. If NB can find a headline on CM in the future that'll make me click on it in a moment of 'What Did Matthews Do NOW?!", I'll be impressed (consider it a challenge, boys).
I'm hijacking this thread...
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 01:28 ET by RescuedByRush...cuz Mark Levin had Steven (ph?) A. Smith on tonight for the second time in the last three to six months. I don't know where else to express my glee over this, so I have selected the most recently commented upon post on NB.
This is huge, folks. Levin has flipped him! There is hope. Thank God!
Maybe
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 02:30 ET by Cho Yi FanMaybe the thrill that Chris got up his leg for Obama shorted out his brain because something has happened to this mans ability to see logic and reason. I think that the libs truly fear Palin. Why would they waste their time trashing someone who by their estimation has no political talent and is dumber than a rock? Palin is a serious threat to the libs and that's why they hate her so.
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have".
Thomas Jefferson
matthews
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 07:12 ET by firedogI would love to fight c.m. i would probably get more satisfaction watching Palin or Mccain beat the tar out of him. can you imagine this little twerp cowering in the corner while Sarah Palin beats him with a dead halibut.
Nice visual there, fd.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 09:48 ET by HockeyKidNice visual there, fd. Got my morning chuckle.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
He isn't worth the
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 09:59 ET by mattmHe isn't worth the effort. He's just a metrosexual nancy boy with a crush on Obama. He's really a pathetic individual.
mattm:
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 13:31 ET by matthewdeanNo worries on the effort.
I'd do it just for the halibut.
MD
"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
→ For the halibut?
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 13:38 ET by Cool ArrowThe Sturgeon General has determined that consumption of mass quantities of mercury may be hazardous to your health.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Good one, CA
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 13:53 ET by matthewdeanI only use manure on the outside vegetation, so the heath is looking good. :)
MD
"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Matthews?
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 10:06 ET by bradbenj5952If Matthews wants to find Sarah, he should be looking up his nose, way up. He left Daffy behind years ago. He and Olbermann are constantly redefining the word 'lunatic' by their own conduct and words. What's more, the fact that their employers keeps them on is a sure sign of their own leanings and lunacy!
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31
Don't be too hard on tingle boy
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 10:49 ET by theduck6I would imagine Gov Palin has caused a few tingles herself.
Just sayin'
Scummier And Scummier
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:11 ET by rammingspeedThese people behave like wicked old gossips, just saying any mean thing that comes to mind. They hate Sarah Palin because of her ideology. Period. Everything from there is demonization. Period. And they mock her for her claim of being a journalist, of her desire to write. Jesus H. Christ.
Invest in Kleenex...
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 12:27 ET by SouthernRootsHeck, with this much snot being expelled, sales will increase along with profits.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. - J.B. Books (John Wayne)
Let's see: Here's a guy
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 15:07 ET by east tennessee johnLet's see: Here's a guy who's down 6:1 against his competition, who admits to a man love crush on the POTUS, and who has recently threatened the life of someone by blowing their brains, which he apparently lacks,out on national television, even to his very very limited audience and he can call some one "daffy"? Just who does he think he's fooling?
Chrissy
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 15:08 ET by NorthCoasterWere you playing the part of Daffy Tingles when you were looking down your nose?
the tingler
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 16:11 ET by rfpzzzzzcris "The Tingler" matthews loathes a pretty regular gal like Sarah but gets tingles up his leg when Obama whispers sweet nothings in his ear. I wonder exactly where up his leg he is getting those tingles. Maybe his wife can offer some insight.
I love how his type mock/slander/smear women and blacks or latinos who don't profess their ideology. I guess he feels they are trying to escape the plantation and aren't allowed the right to have their own opinions even if they are more logical and correct than his.
How much longer will the
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 16:17 ET by RogerCfromSDHow much longer will the world need to wait for Chrissie to leap out of the closet wearing his Barry Fan Club pin, a boa, Madonna cone bra, garters, and Sarah Palin-inspired pumps?
He needs to stop posingand beproud of who he so evidently is.
A nation cannot be free without a free, unbiased media. We are not free.
Read The Meter, Matthews!
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 16:31 ET by miss911ninjaI'm listening to Palin right now on Hannity's radio program, and she hasn't moved the needle on the daffy-meter yet!
Don't worry, balboa will be here shortly to set things right.
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 16:59 ET by pahuberHe told me he hates people who "look down their noses at others" or words to that effect... anyway, this is another case of that and he will be here any minute to defend Sarah Palin against these self proclaimed elitist snobs!... just wait and see! yeaaah.... waiting.... waiting.... turning blue....
chrissy the sissy
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 19:01 ET by NotFondOfLibsI have become bored reading up on the latest comments from chrissy mathews, all American sissy. MSNBC must be determined to go down in flames with this guy. His arrogance overwhelms what common sense he has.
With everything going on in
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 19:07 ET by Radical1979With everything going on in the country Mathews and MSNBC thought it was newsworthy to bash Palin all day? They are so scared of her it's not funny.