Chris Matthews in New Interview: 'Nothing Excites Me More Than...'
Hey, I couldn't give it away in the headline, could I? And no, it's not steamy dreams of Obama in the night.
In a new "Media Diet" interview at the Atlantic's website, Matthews explains how he sees himself as a conservative of sorts and how he revels in exposing "Grand Canyon[s] of ignorance" on his "Hardball" program (emphasis mine):
I enjoy the competition of ideas. I think in that sense I'm a conservative because I want to save what we have in this country and be tough on political figures. On my show, there's nothing like a good argument. Nothing excites me more than conducting an on-air interview and detecting a Grand Canyon of ignorance in someone—pulling back the veil and showing the man or woman behind the curtain. Most of my programming is spontaneous. I think that instantaneous communication has a great advantage. It's our responsibility to have everything I say be factual. Is this true? Can we prove this? You have to have it right. Occasionally, you make a mistake and you correct it. But you have to be predictably factual. That should be the rule with all media, new or old. Not a good batting average but predictable reliability.
Chris is one to talk about Grand Canyons of ignorance when he says GOP presidential nominees "[look] like the devil," seems to not understand the British were coming for colonists' guns at Lexington and Concord, and smells a GOP 'revenge' motive in the John Edwards prosecution.
That's not to mention him buying hook, line, and sinker the Democratic talking points that the Ryan budget "kills" Medicare, which are patently false. So much for a commitment to being factual.
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Thanks, Ken!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:08am.
Here it is only 10ish in the morning, and you have given me an excuse to light up a big old gin and tonic and say, "I'll drink to that!"
I may not stop laughing all day at Chrissy's total delusion that surpasses both stupidity and ignorance! The boy needs to get his head out of the liberal crotch of politicians and just look around. He must be an embarrassment to his family.
They don't need no stinking facts!
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:16am.
You're forgetting "motherbelt's axiom"
Liberals know the truth. The facts are a conspiracy.
Narcisissm personified.
Submitted by drsamherman on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:18am.
No wonder he identifies so closely with Ear Leader. They are both destructive narcissists, just with varying degrees of compulsion.
I thought he was going to talk about
Submitted by GW on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:27am.
the Weiner photos again.
Everyone knows what 'thrills' Matthews....
Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:36am.
Everyone already knows what gives Chris Matthews thrills in his pants.
Humping Obama's leg.
Obama should just hire Matthews to replace his current White House dog. Matthews will follow Obama from room to room, yipping and scampering around at Obama's feet while panting and drooling.
Honestly, what is it about communists and dictators that get people like Matthews and Brooks obsessed with their pants?
"Nothing excites me more than
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:40am.
"Nothing excites me more than conducting an on-air interview and detecting a Grand Canyon of ignorance in someone..."
However that "Grand Canyon of ignorance" of which Matthews detects is his own.
But I merely point out the obvious.
More like the "Death Valley of Idiocy"...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 11:14am.
The Onion should sue for copywrite infringement on this story.
" In that sense I'm a
Submitted by inquiringmind on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:44am.
" In that sense I'm a conservative"
I guess he is following his mentor's idea that it depeneds on what the definition of "is" is.
He is correct
Submitted by John21 on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 10:56am.
He does expose "Grand Canyons of Ignorance" but I do not know why he feels he need to prove his ignorance on every show. It is so rare that he gets any facts right that I think they have a celabration with "Slow Joe" Biden when he can manage to get thru two shows in a row with out eating his shoes and soxes. I do not understand the "conservative" statement he is about as conservative as Joe Stalin and Mao though the are a little further right then him.
Tingles' idea of a "good argument" on his show:
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 11:01am.
Joan Walsh vs. Howard Fineman.
His show
Submitted by StarAZ on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 11:37am.
His show is a Grand Canyon of ignorance...a black hole of inanity...a landslide of prejudice and preformed opinions...I could keep going.
→ Here's one
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:32am.
The chasm of Obamagasm.
Yrah....right.
Submitted by telecaster on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 12:02pm.
The king Schnook of Schnookness bragging up how vital and special he is. Yeah....that's why he's at msnbc. This stuff is hilarious.
The most ludicrous fantasy
Submitted by TE on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 2:27pm.
The most ludicrous fantasy fabricated by Tingles Matthews was his conspiracy theory alleging that Paul Wolfowitz cooked up a conspiracy in the bowels of the Pentagon to funnel a dog collar to a U.S. Army private in Iraq named Lyndie England with instructions for her to place said dog collar around the neck of an Iraqi prisoner.
Be supportive of Tingles
Submitted by Bob K on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 2:50pm.
And urge him to keep speaking his mind. Keep in mind, his constant labeling of conservative politicians, and especially the average citizen who is not a screaming liberal as being stupid, is really a gift. Whenever he open his yap and does it he alienates more people and is certainly not winning any converts to his side.
and this doofus wonders why
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:23am.
his network has no ratings. AND HE SAYS SARAH PALIN IS IN A LOONY BIN?
→ And Chris is successful, too
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 12:30am.
He exposes himself regularly and often as a veritable library full of sh!t he doesn't know.
How that materially differentiates him from Rosie O'Donnell is obscure, however.