Chris Matthews went off on one of his patented tirades on today's Morning Joe, imagining how conservatives would relish going after a President Hillary Clinton with a vengeance. Might Matthews, understandably, be short on sleep? He also bit Mika Brzezinski's head off for a harmless statement.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well you know a lot of Republican talk show people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, I think authors, successful authors, I must say, like Ann Coulter, they wouldn't be so unhappy to have Hillary Clinton to beat up for four or eight years, especially four years. And Mr. DeLay would probably love to have Hillary to beat up for two years and then win back the house in '10. I mean I could see the strategy -- sometimes in bad weather you let the other team have the ball. You elect to kick rather than receive. Let them have the ball in the Ice Bowl. Let them try to move it past the second or third yard while you come down hard on them. The people like Bill Kristol out there, the neo-conservatives. Imagine Hillary Clinton as president for a couple of months with about a one-point advantage coming into office? They will crash around her, hitting her with everything they've got.
Chris wasn't done with his diatribe . . .
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MATTHEWS: Rush Limbaugh will be in heaven. Sean Hannity will be in heaven. Their ratings'll go through the roof. Roger Ailes, he'll be on Neptune he'll be so happy! Because all they'll do every day is say how do we beat up Hillary Clinton today? Unless occasionally she starts a war, and then they'll give her a parade. They'll give her a parade every day she starts a war. But if she's not starting a war, they'll kill her.
That's when Mika unwittingly provoked Matthews's ire.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: I want to know how Chris really feels about this.
MATTHEWS: Come on, Mika, that's the weakest line. Come on, Mika, that is so weak and so below you, how I really feel. That is so yesterday.
BRZEZINSKI: It's so yesterday?!
MATTHEWS: I mean how I really feel. You know how you tell how I really feel, Mika? Listen. [protracted silence]. But you and I agree on so many things sub rosa. I don't know why we're arguing.
BRZEZINSKI: We're not arguing; go ahead Willie.
MATTHEWS: Some things, because in the brilliant light of day, I know we see things [similarly?]. But you're just trying to encourage me, aren't you? I know what you're doing.
BRZEZINSKI: I'm goading you.
Willie Geist, ever the conciliator, jumped in like the man distracting the bull at the rodeo.
WILLIE GEIST: Let me step in here. Chris, it's Willie. So what does that mean practically for this election?
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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Matthews really should look
February 8, 2008 - 11:53 ET by Chris NormanMatthews really should look into upping his medications before he melts down on air one day.
CN -
February 8, 2008 - 11:58 ET by drillanwrI'm sorry, but the chemicals ain't working ...
Matthews needs electro-shock treatments.
Maybe you're right. Maybe
February 8, 2008 - 12:06 ET by Chris NormanMaybe you're right. Maybe we're seeing diminishing returns on the maximum dosage. He really has become mental. There's a point where he no longer can be described as excitable. Shades of Howard Beale...
sow and reap, mathews:)
February 8, 2008 - 13:11 ET by TruthMongerbeen REALLY looking forward to this particular tirade of yours for some time now, matthews - we know all too well how you liberal weenies just love to hedge your bets - but I'm afraid this is still where the phrase "be careful what you wish for" comes from
starting to sink in now? are we starting to realize that the dems will win the top slot this time? had a little taste of the job via your pathetic 06 congress? actual leadership is not so easy is it, Chris? no it isn't
well get ready bro - here comes your "presidency to remember"
you're life time of racist/sexist dreams come true, the first personage of the "ebony pursuasion" or female chromosome in there forever etched in history with the DEMOCRAT brand, and then the looming disaster which will oh-so-likely become their legacy, the dems legacy, your legacy - ouch
you forgot about qualifications and abilities didn't you? real-world, heavy-duty executive experience and such...darn it, oh well
but I do wanna thank you, Chris - you and yer ilk have had so damn much fun beating the hell out of Bush and betraying our country for the last 8 years - you made it look so very enjoyable and enticing - of course I'll never betray my country like you are so happy to do - but beating the hell out of your dem and/or rino president will be an absolute blast - you and the rest of your leftard buddy SOB's have given me all sorts of fantastic ideas - and I just can't wait - really looking forward to it - thank you so much:)
Does Anyone Else See ...
February 8, 2008 - 12:06 ET by blogonatora Woody Hayes moment on the horizon for him ?
Running out on the field to
February 8, 2008 - 12:07 ET by Mark FinkelsteinRunning out on the field to tackle someone from the other team and/or hitting one of his players!
Yeah, with Olbermann
February 8, 2008 - 12:20 ET by drillanwrYeah, with Olbermann color-commentating ... you know, throwing in the "This is Bush's fault ..." one-liners.
Chris, you incurable shit-head ...
February 8, 2008 - 12:03 ET by drillanwrExactly HOW is this any different than what Pres. GWBush has had to put up with for nearly eight years?
You are such an blithering idiot anymore. So, can't beat up on a Prez. Hill because she's a dame ... Can't beat up on BHO becasue he's BLACK <gasp!> ... NEVER!
But "Bush" is a dumb, maniacal, warlord, mastermind, 9-11 planning, oil-drinking, white guy, Hitler ...
Oh, and let me just add this (again):
Writer Peggy Noonan STEPPED DOWN from her job in order to campaign for GWBush in the 2004 election. She did not use her column to write poetic about Bush while slamming Kerry. She did not appear on TV under the false personna as an unbiased journalist. She had honor in her profession. And I will ALWAYS respect her for that.
MSDNC wouldn't know honor if it swam up and bit them in the fat ass ...
→ drill
February 8, 2008 - 12:13 ET by Cool ArrowImagine Peggy Noonan running for President.
That's the ticket.
♣ a seal
Exactly HOW is this any
February 8, 2008 - 14:15 ET by ArcherBEXACTLY! Bush had snowballs thrown at his Limo ON THE WAY TO his inauguration! It went downhill from there!
If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of the other. --George Orwell
Projection
February 8, 2008 - 12:03 ET by sherlock1Projection doesn't just happen in that little room at the back of the CineMax, does it Chris?
This is hilarious
February 8, 2008 - 12:20 ET by hal50If HRC wins the nomination, Matthews will be tremendously entertaining ....for once ! He will blame everyone he can see in his headlights and it will be quite the show...I'm looking forward to the Hardball Meltdown...
I had MSNBC on this AM for
February 8, 2008 - 12:25 ET by motherbeltI had MSNBC on this AM for a bit, and I heard someone that Mika was talking to on the phone (I was in the other room) say that Rush and the right-wing talk radio group wanted Hillary to win because it would improve their ratings.
Unfortunately, I didn't get to the family room in time to see who she was talking to. It didn't sound like Matthews, but maybe it was. Was he on MSNBC this AM? Not the Morning Joe show, it was just a little while ago.
How has the liberal media treated President Bush?
February 8, 2008 - 12:28 ET by Mike SOf course he is only speculating as to what conservatives will do in the future. But we know how the media (liberal commentators AND news reporters) have treated president Bush for the last 7 years. It's every bit as bad as Mathew's speculation (without the one day parade for any of the things that Bush has done that liberals approve of.)
BOO HOO, BOO HOO, Chris
February 8, 2008 - 12:38 ET by pocomocoWhat does Mathews call seven years of him, the MSM, and MoveOn beating up on Bush - a tea party?
Now, poor Chris is worried about consrvatives beating up on President Clinton or Obama.
Chris, it’s called ‘what goes around comes around’ – LIVE WITH IT, you sanctimonious sycophant!
Matthews: Unless She's Starting a War,
February 8, 2008 - 12:54 ET by donsalimanNow if I am correct and I sure know I am,hasn't this blowheart been going after a kill on President Bush for 7 years now.
Why does he think,he has a right to go after Bush,but thinks it will be wrong for conservtives to go after Clinton.
Does he ever listen to himself?
Actually
February 8, 2008 - 13:00 ET by drillanwrHe doesn't need to hear himself ... He needs someone to get in his face and counter him whenever he says stuff like this.
These people are like terrorism ... In the way that if you leave them unchallenged they spawn and escalate.
Chrissie + millions
February 8, 2008 - 13:04 ET by ScrapironChrissie isn't alone in his insanity. Millions of democrats have passed the BDS mark and are now in the total insanity universe no one knows how to cure. It doesn't matter who the next president is, there isn't enough med's or whacko doctors to take care of the numbers that will join Chrissie. Drugs and shock treatment is totally ineffective on the truly insane so you/we may as well be prepared to spend Billions of dollars on secure facilities to keep them locked away from the public.
Oh Chrissy Chris
February 8, 2008 - 13:05 ET by ChrisMatthewsiswack"...Roger Ailes, he'll be on Neptune he'll be so happy!"
What on earth does this mean??? Am I the only one that 1) has never heard of such a comment before; and 2) is perplexed as to what this statement could possibly mean?
I mean, of course the first thing I think of when I think about happiness is neptune!
I tend to think Chris has been on Neptune for years, although I dont think it has anything to do with happiness.
Matthews IS the bald
February 8, 2008 - 13:15 ET by drillanwrMatthews IS the bald annoying alien leader guy in "Plan 9 From Outer space".
he's off by one planet
February 8, 2008 - 20:54 ET by UndercoverConservativeMeant to say Uranus...
"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is the same as calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".
Nothing gets by Matthews
February 8, 2008 - 13:14 ET by KC MulvilleMATTHEWS: "I mean I could see the strategy ... " {then the bad weather football analogy}
Considering the fact that the talk show hosts have been openly and painstakingly explaining that this is exactly why they'd "support" Hillary, Matthews is betraying his ignorance by pretending to have "discovered" their strategy. I mean, it's hardly been a secret, has it? And yet Matthews rambles through his point, as if he was delivering clever, inside-baseball strategy.
Pretty soon, he'll brag about discovering a link between clouds and rain.
Pretty soon, he'll brag about discovering a link between clouds
February 8, 2008 - 13:52 ET by okiehawk44This would be completely understandable for an honors graduate of the Al Gore School of Horrible Human Conduct Causing Global Anamalies such as Chris Matthews.
Kill MSNBC!
February 8, 2008 - 13:17 ET by kathleenirishAnyone who says they support the troops but not the mission is a liar.
The only thing I want to see 'killed' is MSNBC and the dreck that seeps forth from that sorry excuse for a 'news' outlet.
When? When will it finally be gone? It's ratings suck, so what's the hold-up?
President Bush
February 8, 2008 - 14:42 ET by iveseenitallA safe nation, a wonderful economy--- that's the legacy of President George Bush. Yet from day one of his presidency, Matthews and the rest of his ilk never let up. "Liberals" can't stand truly successful people (witness the treatment of Mitt). Success to them means jealously bringing down anyone with whom they disagree, even to the detriment of the common good. However, the irony is that they've taught the "other side" to fight the same way. If the Dims win this time, they'll get it right back in their faces. I have no doubt that either Hillary or B.O. will be a disaster for our nation ( weak foreign policy, higher taxes, a big move toward Socialism/Communism),--- on and on it will go. But there are now many more media outlets and the internet. And in the media, it comes from all sides. From Olbermann's "Worst Person" to O'Reilly's "Pinheads", the media has taught nothing but hatred and disrespect. Our kids, of course, have been the victims. Shame on the media and the government. We are a divided nation, thanks in large part to our biased media and divisive "representatives". We are in deep soup; maybe we're on our way out. Sad.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
New Movie Production in the Works.....
February 8, 2008 - 13:47 ET by RovinReturn of the Moonbats-----starring Chris Matthews---special guest star: Keith Olbermann-----produced by Michael Moore and co-produced by MoveOn----directed by Ward Churchill-----casting provided by Code Pink-A.S.S.------special guest appearence by Sean (I love Hugo) Penn.---- A "joint" Hollywood Production.----Ghost written to protect the union. The first scene in the movie starts with a large chunk of ice falling and hitting Al Gore, (played by Olbermann) right on the noggin while he's polar bear hunting in the Arctic. Al's "Issac Newton" moment transforms him into a set of tights with a big "GW" on his chest. (Spoilers prevent any further reviews at this time)
Airing on MSNBC this spring
Rovin
So, conservatives like war
February 8, 2008 - 13:57 ET by Chris NormanSo, conservatives like war so much, we'll cheer any war? This is an outrageous insult, as bad as being called "nazis". Liberals protest being labeled as "traitors", which no prominent conservative has ever called them, to my knowledge, yet, this outrageous charge is let flown by liberals, like Matthews, at the drop of a hat. Well I, for one, am deeply offended.
War
February 8, 2008 - 14:21 ET by iveseenitallOh yes, conservatives "like" war. What an ignorant, immature statement. Matthews sounds like a college professor . This is the wild-eyed "liberalism" that identifies these poeple. It goes back at least to the sixties. I remember, as young man, having to sit in college classrooms and listen to garbage like this. Even back then, I wondered why they hated America and its heritage so much. Now I see that although they hated their nation, they took all they could from it and became rich. Yet their hatred has never subsided. First-class hypocrites, dividers, and charlatans---a vast majority of the boomers like Chrissyboy and the Clintons. Sad.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Chrissy and his ilk are the
February 8, 2008 - 14:51 ET by Clear thinkerChrissy and his ilk are the ones that like war. It gives them something to bitch about and makes them feel important.
The Conservative movement is about to be reborn.
Mitt came pretty darn close
February 8, 2008 - 14:45 ET by balboaMitt came pretty darn close in his concession speech.
Yes, Balboa. Mitt Romney and
February 8, 2008 - 16:24 ET by Chris NormanYes, Balboa. Mitt Romney and conservatives are salivating for new wars. We're hoping to invade Canada. Do you really think Romney was calling for war for the sake of war? Don't go there.
Sorry, I didn't mean that
February 8, 2008 - 16:27 ET by balboaSorry, I didn't mean that part of your post. I meant this part:
"Liberals protest being labeled as "traitors", which no prominent conservative has ever called them"
New Rules Upcoming
February 8, 2008 - 14:23 ET by Tom PaineGee, after eight years of listening to “selected not elected”, threats of impeachment, endless investigations, comparisons to organized crime figures and comparisons to Hitler; Chrissy is suddenly worried that Hillary will get the same treatment from conservatives as George Bush has received from liberals. She’d better be wearing her cup because politics is a full contact sport. All that remains is to see what new rules the MSM will concoct to make it off limits to criticize Hillary in any way.
What new rules?
February 8, 2008 - 16:29 ET by Scout FinchThe media ignored Bill Clinton's follies and administration missteps through most of his eight years. It wasn't until Drudge exposed the Monica Lewinsky scandal that the media could no longer close their eyes.
They'll do just fine running interference for Hillary for as long as they need to.
hjgj
February 8, 2008 - 14:55 ET by seaniepI often tell my liberal friends who support hillary that if she is elected I will turn into what I have been most annoyed with for the last 7 years
someone who just hates the president no matter what, even is she is elected and then personally cures cancer, I will still hate her, it won't matter, and that disturbs me because I always thought I could rise above that
Not to worry
February 8, 2008 - 15:14 ET by iveseenitallNot to worry. Hillary (or the other three) will not do anything even close to curing cancer. This election is all about them, not the people.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Don't do it
February 8, 2008 - 15:13 ET by iveseenitallNEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Matthews, your're an
February 8, 2008 - 15:24 ET by rbosqueMatthews, your're an @22^%$#. No one likes war especialliy those who fight it. They're not started "for kicks". Go get yourself a lobotomy and let us know how you feel then.
rbo... I think Matthews
February 8, 2008 - 15:29 ET by bigtimerrbo...
I think Matthews may have already had the lobotomy.
job
February 8, 2008 - 15:29 ET by seaniepyou what frustrates me so much about this sort of stuff? I have a few college degrees, I am a veteran, and I am waiting tables right nwo looking for a fulltime job in this area
and this tool and the others like him make a bunch of money acting like morons on TV?
So right!
February 8, 2008 - 18:39 ET by iveseenitallSo right, Seaniep. Take any of these people on t.v.---any of them---cut their salary in half and give someone else a job. They'll live just as well as they do now and someone else will also benefit from the free market. I, for one, don't see any great talent in reading a teleprompter or offering an "opinion" about current events. The free market can work in many ways. Greed is not a good thing.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
I believe Chris Matthews to be mentally ill.
February 8, 2008 - 23:54 ET by R D HelmHe needs professional help.
And soon.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
RD... It's Too Late to
February 9, 2008 - 00:15 ET by bigtimerRD...
It's Too Late to Turn Back Now....
Looks like Chrissy is just SOL.
February 9, 2008 - 00:22 ET by R D HelmLove that video. Different time, that was.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
Oh yeah RD...that it was.
February 9, 2008 - 00:31 ET by bigtimerOh yeah RD...that it was.