On his syndicated "Chris Matthews Show" on Sunday, Chris Matthews discussed President-elect Barack Obama's ability to enact his campaign agenda as well as the state of the Republican Party with a panel of other newsmakers, including Erin Burnett of CNBC and Michele Norris of NPR. Matthews excitedly declared that "the American people voted for change, they voted for Obama" and hopefully wondered if the President-elect would "come in with loud music" and "do big stuff on infrastructure, on stimulus, on getting the economy going."
Matthews also deemed Obama's administration, which hasn't taken office yet, as "historically wondrous" and pondered who would become the "chief jeer leader" of the new administration and "dump on the parade every day":
There's a row open right now, it's the chief jeer leader. When a new administration takes office, no matter how historically wondrous it is, like Barack Obama, there's going to be someone out there on the other side who leaps to the chance to be the person who dumps on the parade every day. Is it going to be Sarah Palin?
The "Hardball" host also seemed to agree with USA Today founder Al Neuharth who proclaimed in his November 14 column that Inauguration Day should be moved from January 20 to the first Tuesday in December because "people who elect a new President are eager for the change to take place. The sooner the better."
Matthews, though, took a more serious approach in his argument, claiming that "this lame duck period looks really dangerous right now for us." He chided President Bush for not being there "psychologically" and brought up the change to the Constitution in 1930's which moved Inauguration Day from March up to January 20:
Okay. We have an interregnum here. We have one president not in office yet, one not still there it seems psychologically. You know, they changed the Constitution back in the thirties to have this shorter lame duck period. But now this lame duck period looks really dangerous for us right now because we've got through the holidays all the way to January 20.
He also seemed anxious for Obama to "try to deliver" his campaign promises as he asked his guests if Obama will take "big action on trying to get the country going in terms of infrastructure? He'll do it all relatively quickly?" Matthews also wanted to be assured that Obama's "promises mean something and they'll mean something within a year."
Along with all of the love for Obama, Matthews also poked fun at Republicans. He played a clip from Jay Leno's show which joked that former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin was getting "thousands of calls pleading with her to run" for president in 2012, all from Democrats. Matthews added, "Palin became a late-night punch line this year but Republicans have been the butt of jokes for years. Back in 2002 when George Bush was still popular, they were cartooned on the Simpsons." He then showed the clip from the episode in which a group of Republicans discuss which "unmitigated evil" to tackle: PBS, hippies or the environment. After the clip, Matthews joked that was a "party that only Dick Cheney would like to go to."
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and pondered who would
November 17, 2008 - 12:34 ET by bigtimerand pondered who would become the "chief jeer leader" of the new administration and "dump on the parade every day":
No Matthews, unfortunately that was you in the majority of the msm of all venues who dumped on this administration daily...with glee and zeal...you even went out of your way to do your best to make sure we lost this war in various ways, you are all pathetic enemies within this country, what I would like to see done to all of you would of been done long ago by patriots in this country...
Unfortunately, we have wussies in this country who are afraid to fight you all, they would win if they did, but heck they have their tongues up your butts in the msm for approval, hoping you don't treat them mean msm wise...it is sickening.
Michele Bachman is one example who fought you slime-balls, and she won, others would be wise to do the same.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
ponder this
November 17, 2008 - 13:50 ET by nathanbforrestwell, as much as it might devastate the country, we, as a free society, need the big 'o' to be a complete and utter failure .. we actually need another really big terror attack on our soil and see him fumble .. we need a series of natural disasters and see him totally fail .. we need for the democratic congress to become so hated for the anti-american legislation they pass that the military is called to suppress the riots .. and the military decides to side with the constitution which they swore to defend rather than the 'commander in chief' .. we'll eventually come out a much stronger people, undivided and with all the wimps, cowards, swindlers, corruptocrats, pedophiles and all the rest swept away .. til then, feel free to jeer away ..
never look a gift skunk in the tail
nat... Can't see that I
November 17, 2008 - 14:43 ET by bigtimernat...
Can't see that I disagree with some of your points...unfortunately the msm is going to protect, spin, make excuses, lie, omit everything they can do under the sun to make everything sunshine and lollipops every single day...we thought it was bad with Clinton for 8 yrs....we ain't seen nothing yet, on top of that, anything that befalls O or he makes blunders at with his decisions, will somehow be the prior administrations fault, including natural disasters.
I wished people would wake up and smell the coffee, but I just don't think they will at this point, we are creating a cradle to grave society, it is and has been the agenda for decades, this includes quite a few with 'R's behind their names.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
i have to believe
November 17, 2008 - 15:04 ET by nathanbforresti have to believe that there are enough good people in this country .. such as those who voted for prop 8 in calif .. that they will recognize and act on the marxist agenda the democrats have in store for us .. i also believe that as time passes, the majority who voted for 'the savior' will awaken to the fact that they didn't know what they were going to get .. thanks to the msm .. between the pounding the msm gave Bush over the last 6 years (and he would still be overwhelmingly popular if it weren't for the msm and the late night 'comedians') and the adoration without investigation they gave obama .. if they had looked into his background half as much as they lied about Palin's .. let's check back in 12 months and see whose pot is boiling ..... or we can fantasize that he will be found to be not a natural born u.s. citizen, his mother flew him over right after his birth in kenya and then faked his birth certificate .. the supreme court rules the election invalid and .. wait for it .. Palin/Jindal '09 !!!
never look a gift skunk in the tail
hang on a second nat and bigtimer...
November 17, 2008 - 17:40 ET by jdubyai see history repeating itself....again.
yes, msm will spin every flopping carp that pres "o" will drop to the floor. yes, previous bush policies or "polisay" as I have heard in "speeches" (aka: Jonestown Kool-aid Festivals). And who knows, when they run out of people to point the finger at, perhaps they will start on every Joe the common welfare paying, er, I mean taxpaying citizen as the source of all the problems as to why it is getting way to cold all the way to why the pinwheels for energy policies do not work efficiently.
Remember, these are the guys on the "know". The ones "inside". The "leaders" who are going to be making hard, crucial "decisions" about what is going on. Meanwhile, the building they are sitting in, is behind on payments, upkeeping, and (obviously) on fire.
Too bad the fire departments have been drafted into Americorp service. All those slackers who came out to vote The One into power found out they actually HAD to serve and leave Mom's basement and not play the latest Hooker Assult on xbox all fled to Canada.
Which leaves the MSM outside the building, spinning their webs, just like that Iraqi Minister of Information stating the US was NOT in Iraq...
As M1A1's were rolling around the corner...
in force.
the butt of the joke
November 17, 2008 - 12:35 ET by lotrIs Matthews trying to become the James Carville of Obama?
And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe
pondered who would become
November 17, 2008 - 12:42 ET by Seashellpondered who would become the "chief jeer leader" of the new administration and "dump on the parade every day":
How you can have the audacity to say this when you guys in the press dumped on Bush from day one. Not to mention Reid and Pelosi who were vile in there comments.
I am sure that you will suppress anything this "chief jeer leader" would say anyway.
This man is an expert
November 17, 2008 - 12:49 ET by FinerThingsClubMemberInTrainingOn "dumping". His entire show has become an hour of steaming poo of such epic proportions, he doesn't even know how unintentionally funny his own statement is!
looking for replacement
November 17, 2008 - 12:53 ET by jazzact13"There's a row open right now, it's the chief jeer leader."
Which position is now open since Matthews has already made plain his intent to make sure the Obama administration is (in his eyes) a success.
"Thoroughly worldly people never understand even the world; they rely altogether on a few cynical maxims which are not true."
Chesterton, Orthodoxy
He doesnt even hear the
November 17, 2008 - 12:56 ET by dark_dsHe doesnt even hear the irony in his own comments
His staff is looking a lot
November 17, 2008 - 14:20 ET by kgHis staff is looking a lot like Clinton's.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Either that (the most
November 17, 2008 - 14:29 ET by lotrEither that (the most likely possiblity, give his apparent lack of intellect) or he doesn't care.
After all, in neo-liberal moderism, the ends (the "success" of the long-waited New Democrat) justifies the means (partisanship masquerading as objective reporting).
And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe
This is of a piece with Jon
November 17, 2008 - 13:22 ET by motherbeltThis is of a piece with Jon Meacham "not knowing" if McCain thought about "offing" Palin.
If you guys want to make a conjecture, take responsibility for it. Nevermind posing fake "questions" or claiming no knowledge of something to get it out there.
Put up or shut up!
Well, at least we know
November 17, 2008 - 13:43 ET by IamTinmanWell, at least we know who's the chief media suckup, don't we Chrissie?
The "historical wondrousness" of the election is over. Now Barack Obama is President elect Obama just like the previous 43 presidents. He's not a "black" president but president of the USA. That includes the skeptical as well as the committed, the rich as well as the poor, liberals as well as conservatives, the highly educated as well as Joe the Plumber and has made a lot of committments that he will be expected to keep.
Good luck, He's going to need it!
didn't bush appoint the
November 17, 2008 - 13:44 ET by seaniepdidn't bush appoint the most culturaly diverse administration? was that wonderous at all?
»→ No seaniep
November 17, 2008 - 13:52 ET by Cool ArrowNone of them were allowed to be members of their respective races without the Democrat approved epithets applied.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
...but the black guy is at the top of the ticket!
November 17, 2008 - 23:31 ET by wsasserRush was hitting pretty heavy about this today. 40 Finanaical advisors and what do you get...one black, one jew and the rest WHITE!
Now, no women but a few...LOL. This guy may be dumb but he ain't stupid. Obambi has set himself up in such a way he cannot be critisized by those around him.
Chris Matthews
November 17, 2008 - 13:50 ET by redrivertedDidn't the election of Obama render Chris Matthews vitually meaningless?
Presence
November 17, 2008 - 14:37 ET by JDWWhat effect has Obama's presence had on America before taking office?
Palin lost and we do not know that she will run in 2012 yet she has been offered a $7M book deal.
Why do you think Matthews does not support the current Fairness Doctrine?
JDW
DAILY WAVE
Huffington Post II
November 17, 2008 - 13:56 ET by rammingspeedPrissie Chrissie is as relevant as the wacko bloggers - including mental giants like Nora Ephron, John Cusack, and Stephen Weber - on the Huffington Post. They're all emotion - and now that they're triumphant, silly and screaming into the wild blue - with no critical thinking. Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd et al led the way to the trash heap of propagandists who never were journalists in the first place, and Chris marches in step with them.
He is a low rated stooge on a low rated cable "news" network and is mesmerizing in his eagerness to think with his colon and be an unabashed idiot.
I finally understand
November 17, 2008 - 14:45 ET by littlemissmuffinI finally understand the "change" that was promised by Obama:
We are changing from the Bush cabinet back to the Clinton cabinet.
"If we conservatives moved to those seven non-existent States, the government couldn’t find us and tax us to death!"
...seven states!
November 17, 2008 - 23:35 ET by wsasserLOL! That was great.
Actually, Jeff Sessions said it best today, "we've got several automobile industries in the South and have no problems". I think he was throwing a Carrot out to the Northern Businesses folks. To win this thing, we've got to shift the power (people) base to the South.
I forsee the South as becoming more Business- Friendly via the Governors thereby attracting businesses and people to the South. Increase the Electoral Counts. As the Northern states raise more taxes to cover their programs...the South offers a more lucrative deal for struggling businesses under the heavy hand of unions, overtaxation, and heavy regulation.
C'mon Down!
ws... You hit it all dead
November 17, 2008 - 23:53 ET by bigtimerws...
You hit it all dead on in your post...starting with one of, if not the favorite Senator of mine...glad I caught your post before clicking off for the night.
Later...all...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
You know, it occurs to me,
November 17, 2008 - 14:24 ET by Chris NormanYou know, it occurs to me, after reading the latest example of pathological love of Obama expressed by Matthews, that with proper medications and professional therapy, the worst problems at MSNBC might be mitigated.
→ Maybe Norman
November 17, 2008 - 14:26 ET by Cool ArrowSomething needs to be done before Matthews becomes the world's second pregnant man.
OK, CA, this is one of the
November 17, 2008 - 16:29 ET by sanergononlibOK, CA, this is one of the best comments ever!
I also think that while moving inauguration day to yesterday Obama should be allowed unlimited terms (to partially make up for slavery). His children should also be allowed to inherit the presidency. A wax dummy of Biden could be put inplace once he dies which would only mean fewer gaffes.
i
→ Thanks sanergonlib
November 17, 2008 - 16:36 ET by Cool ArrowBut I'd prefer to move Election Day to April 15th as suggested by sarcasmo a couple of months ago in this blog.
I'm also looking forward to the new "Biden Plug Nickel" from the Franklin Mint. Or was that the "Plugs Biden Nickel"?
No, MSNBC has 3 straight hours of this crap every night
November 17, 2008 - 14:31 ET by kg"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Chris Matthews needs to be
November 17, 2008 - 14:44 ET by marvlChris Matthews needs to be committed to a mental institution. Seriously.
»→ marvl
November 17, 2008 - 14:52 ET by Cool ArrowTake a closer look at his current surroundings. The future is now.
Will they have movie night there?
November 17, 2008 - 15:02 ET by FinerThingsClubMemberInTrainingIf they do, swell! You KNOW he just can't live without his movies.
Me thinks they should start with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!
I thought the same thing.
November 17, 2008 - 14:55 ET by winston smithI thought the same thing. But then you have to consider his audience - Kos, DU, Code Pink and the entirety of the bitter, left-wing America haters. Matthews is just preaching to his choir.
Long time lurker ... first
November 17, 2008 - 15:21 ET by AizlynneLong time lurker ... first time poster.
Here are the latest TV ratings numbers:
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,307,000 viewers
CNN –907,000 viewers
MSNBC –680,000 viewers
CNBC – 341,000 viewers
HLN – 335,000 viewers
These numbers should be a sign that MSNBC is only a legend in it's own mind. However, I do question why American taxpayers are bailing out GE who owns this crappy station.
Hey... howdy
November 17, 2008 - 15:38 ET by bigtimerHey... howdy Alynne...
Glad to have the numbers you posted here, I have one question, bet it is easy to figure if I though about it long enough...but what the heck is HLN?
I sure agree with you about msnbc only being a legend in it's own mind, unfortunately they are a free advertizing campaign network for all leftists, all the time...
....glad you aren't lurking anymore...the more the merrier!
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
HLN is Headline News, a
November 17, 2008 - 15:42 ET by zfHLN is Headline News, a cable news station some folks, such as me, get. I don't watch it, so I have no idea who runs or owns it.
Welcome, Aizlynne...enjoy
November 17, 2008 - 15:56 ET by motherbeltWelcome, Aizlynne...enjoy reading and posting here!
Headline News is another part of Ted Turner's CNN. It's the Reader's Digest version of news, weather and sports every 30 minutes.
zf and mb...Thanks, I was
November 17, 2008 - 15:56 ET by bigtimerzf and mb...Thanks, I was wondering if it was CNN Headline News, but wasn't sure, I was wondering if it was some Health Network or such I missed out on...lol.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Stimulus? If there is
November 17, 2008 - 15:39 ET by zfStimulus? If there is anything Obama has made clear that he hates, it's stimulus.
Is it just me, or does it
November 17, 2008 - 16:51 ET by Clear thinkerIs it just me, or does it seem like Chris needs some clinical intervention by a good shrink?
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It was a good thing Chrissy
November 17, 2008 - 17:36 ET by Roger the ShrubberIt was a good thing Chrissy was sitting, esle we all might have noticed something "historically wondrous"....
Rog... LOL...I do wonder
November 17, 2008 - 17:53 ET by bigtimerRog...
LOL...I do wonder if that would even be noticeable though.
Had to throw that in there...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Like all the media, Matthews
November 18, 2008 - 09:29 ET by motherbeltLike all the media, Matthews has This kind of love
a scientific experiment is
November 17, 2008 - 16:54 ET by dark_dsa scientific experiment is order ... Chris Matthews + a dose of Viagra and a loop of Obama's post election speech ... the question is would Matthews die after 4 hours
why should he! he can do
November 17, 2008 - 18:06 ET by smoto66why should he! he can do both a senitor with a news show since msnbc is just a extention of the dnc whats the problem? soon hilary can get a daytime talk show and nancy pelosie can join the veiw they can say its part of a new fairness doctrine
The "Hardball" host also
November 17, 2008 - 18:23 ET by MidAmericaThe "Hardball" host also seemed to agree with USA Today founder Al Neuharth who proclaimed in his November 14 column that Inauguration Day should be moved from January 20 to the first Tuesday in December because "people who elect a new President are eager for the change to take place. The sooner the better."]
hhmmm.... They seem to think obama got 100% of the vote but he only got around 2% more than McCain so to be fair if they were to move up the inauguration they should only move it by obama's plurality which for the 77 days after the election would be a day and a half.
There's a row open right
November 17, 2008 - 22:01 ET by TN MomThere's a row open right now, it's the chief jeer leader.
(raises hand)
I'll take the job! I'm gonna be a BHO jeer leader! There are millions of us, and nothing Matthews can say will stop us. In fact, each time the Media gives false adulation to BHO, it makes me more determined to amp up my jeering.
What to make of Clintonistas
November 17, 2008 - 22:11 ET by semolina_filcherI suppose it is ok to assume that Obama is "owned" by the Clintons, hmmm? All these former Clintonistas reclaiming their old jobs back. HillBilly as Secy of State and UN Ambassador respectively.
The Change We Need. Indeed.
I entertain by picking brains
November 18, 2008 - 04:08 ET by TeddySell my soul by dropping names
I dont like those, my god, whats that
Oh its full of nasty habits when the bitch gets back
Im a bitch, Im a bitch
Oh the bitch is back
Stone cold sober as a matter of fact
I can bitch, I can bitch
`cause Im better than you
Its the way that I move
The things that I do, oh oh oh
Let's Play HardBall!
Where do you start?
November 18, 2008 - 09:14 ET by BlueCat57Why don’t we move the inauguration to Martin Luther King’s B-day holiday? (I hope the word holiday offends many.) What better way to honor him? Why not use the British model. They basically pack them up and move them out in like three days. No goodbyes. Just kick them to the curb. Or why not dispense with inaugurations altogether? We could just accept the inevitable and allow Obama to rule for life or eternity, whichever comes first. This didn’t make me feel as good as I thought it would. I’m switching back to porn. (And why did the Word spellchecker think porn is a word?)