Chris Matthews looked at Barack and Michelle last night, and saw Jack and Jacqueline. Opening this evening's Hardball, the host was almost overcome by emotion in describing the scene of Obama's victory speech last night in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Here was Chris, discussing the matter with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, Roger Simon of Politico, and Ed Gordon of BET.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Let's dwell for one moment at least on the man who won last night. I swear. I had no idea this would ever happen in America. I don't know if it will ever happen again. This is a trend, I don't know, this is an odd occurrence. But it was . . . spectacular.
. . .
Last night's magic moment for a lot of Americans. In fact, me included. I, that picture is right out of Camelot, as far as I'm concerned.
View video here.
On a certain level, I can sympathize with Matthews's nostalgia. But the fact is that the more we've learned, the more we realize that even Camelot wasn't Camelot.
Chris, you can't go home again.
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Why was Mathews irritated
June 4, 2008 - 19:42 ET by ThisnThatWhy was Mathews irritated at Obermann the other day? Oh yeah, I remember -- Obermann (unlike Chris) is way too biased and left-leaning. Giving MSNBC a bad name. Driving away moderates.
You go, Chris -- show how an unbiased commentator really acts.
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TnT... Well I'm laughing
June 4, 2008 - 19:50 ET by bigtimerTnT...
Well I'm laughing so loud here while posting...you beat it all...great post...nothing left to say.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
BT, Chris & Obe -- what a
June 4, 2008 - 20:45 ET by ThisnThatBT,
Chris & Obe -- what a pathetic pair of nobodys.
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What with the thrills up
June 4, 2008 - 19:52 ET by motherbeltWhat with the thrills up his leg, the giggles, and now the "magic," Chris Matthews has now officailly exceeded his own parody of himself.
He is truly an embarrassment.
A puppy named Matthews . . .
June 5, 2008 - 07:53 ET by GalvanicAgreed. He's not only become a parody of himself --- he's silly enough to replace Campbell Brown as Twit of the MSM.
When it covering comes to Obama and others Leftists, Matthews is like the hyper-excitable puppy that pees on the carpet everytime the doorbell rings, then dry humps the guest's leg. That used to be Brown's specialty, but she's grown up a bit (not a lot) since moving to CNN.
Matthews just gets worse as time goes on.
This is Camelot?
June 4, 2008 - 19:56 ET by Gary HallThis is Camelot?
Obama Flips off Hillary and Michelle the horrible
Looks like she has a substance abuse issue going on here.
You didn't really buy that
June 4, 2008 - 19:59 ET by balboaYou didn't really buy that "flipped Hillary off" farce, did you?
Balboa...you didn't really buy that "Knuckle Touch"..did you ?
June 4, 2008 - 20:28 ET by JayTeeEverything on "Stage" is Rehearsed...especially when it's only you on the Stage, alone on the Podium....following the Rehearsal guidelines, and after practicing the Speech 6 times.
I noticed that the MSM uses words like Amazing, historic, Magic, but I have NOT heard Electable as of yet...and I'd like Chrisssy to talk about the Polls in a week or two....if he can stomach the Magic Numbers showing Hussein needs another Comeback.
The guy scratched his face.
June 4, 2008 - 20:36 ET by balboaThe guy scratched his face. That's all.
I have lots of problems with Obama, as I don't know what he stands for really, and that to me is a thorn in his electability's side.
The guy scratched his face.
June 4, 2008 - 20:38 ET by balboaThe guy scratched his face. That's all.
I have lots of problems with Obama, as I don't know what he stands for really, and that to me is a thorn in his electability's side.
Tell you what. Bal. Next time..
June 4, 2008 - 20:43 ET by Gary HallTell you what. Bal. Next time.. you are driving in traffic, and you accidently cut someone off, and the big bad fellow in the pick-up truck honks his horn at you - try scratching your face just like that -- then look back at him and grin ear to ear.
Let us know how it turns out. gh
Gary... LMAO! I think
June 4, 2008 - 20:53 ET by bigtimerGary...
LMAO!
I think boa would be out of comission to be able to let us know one way or the other...and when he could, if ever, he wouldn't tell us about it!
Eh boa?
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
Yeah, those aren't two
June 4, 2008 - 20:59 ET by balboaYeah, those aren't two comparable situations at all.
I think it's absurd to actually believe that a senator would actually flip someone off during a campaign speech for president.
well bal.
June 4, 2008 - 23:09 ET by Gary HallIt's difficult not to believe how absurd it is that you do not understand that which your eyes are relaying to your senses. Look at the folks - they saw it. Watch Obama fighting not to break up and loose his composure for what he just did, and watch him make eye contact and grin about it. (;-/
bal?
June 4, 2008 - 20:35 ET by Gary HallWhat? Of course he flipped off HRC. And he grinned a couple of acknowledgements as to what he had done. Perhaps you missed the longer version? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n31VwNbTIVI&feature=relatedAnd personally I could care less that he did. It's a media bias issue to me. Obviously if McCain had done it about Hillary, or God forbid, Obama, it would come up every other day in the news to this day.
I did watched the whole
June 5, 2008 - 06:03 ET by motherbeltI did watched the whole thing, and what jumped out at me was something else, something that I think is going to be the theme of his campaign. Actually two things. First, that cocky teenager attitude that annoys the hell out of me, as he ridicules his opponents (the "twist the knife part). Second, the ridiculing and dismissal of subjects that he doesn't want to address: They like stirrin' up controversy, playin' "gotcha" games....
honestly
June 4, 2008 - 23:01 ET by bigpapashe does look a little bit to wound up...
too much nose touching,,,, something's not right...
other than her hatred of whitey....
Gaaaaaag!!!
June 4, 2008 - 19:58 ET by BEGRUNTthis waxing of "Camelot" makes me want to puke!!! I wonder if Obamanation will have his a$$ handed to him the way JFK was by Kruschev, a la, Berlin Wall, missles in Cuba. Kruschev percieved weakness in JFK's "no conditions" meeting. God help us if this idiot flip flopping, Soros sock puppet moron get's elected.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
No big deal
June 4, 2008 - 19:57 ET by Johan<<Matthews: 'Magic Moment. Right out of Camelot' >>
No big deal - Matthews says the same thing when he finishes his work in the bathroom every morning.
Camelot had a Racists Kissing a Marxist ?
June 4, 2008 - 20:03 ET by JayTeeUh...which one is which ?
G.D. Camelot !
When will the MSM quit using the words MAGIC...HISTORIC ?
Rainbow tie
June 4, 2008 - 20:34 ET by MCPO AirdaleWe have gone beyond the ridiculous to embarrassing. Will someone please buy Chrissie a rainbow tie and get him a date with the object of his lust?
But the fact is that the
June 4, 2008 - 20:45 ET by MidAmericaBut the fact is that the more we've learned, the more we realize that even Camelot wasn't Camelot.
Any sense of Camelot was not from the kennedys but came from Jackie (Bouvier) Kennedy. The kennedys were drunken womanizers who took advantage of their womens Catholic faith that at the time did not allow divorce. Jackie was a class act and the rabble she married into was given the credit and named as 'America's Royalty'.
Mid: Are you implying that a
June 5, 2008 - 08:02 ET by SickofLibsMid: Are you implying that a dynasty built on whiskey smuggling was somehow not 'high society'?
For crying out loud!
June 4, 2008 - 21:07 ET by BlondeAs someone whose given name is "Jacqueline"....I am totally and insanely offended by this idiocy.
And no....I wasn't named after Jackie O....but rather, after my mother's childhood friend.
Camelot my big toe!
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OBAMA IS NOTHING LIKE
June 4, 2008 - 21:13 ET by charlietexasOBAMA IS NOTHING LIKE JFK.....I WISH THERE LOOOOOONS WOULD STOP SAYING THIS.......CHRISSY IS A WEEEEEENIE
Yeah. JFK cut taxes!
June 4, 2008 - 21:16 ET by Free StinkerYeah. JFK cut taxes! ;-)
I'm sure Obama will do that too! /Sarcasm Off
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Couldn't agree more
June 4, 2008 - 21:18 ET by bigtimerCouldn't agree more charliet...
I have been so sick of it for quite awhile now...just to think we have five months and possibly four more years plus to go....
Spooky isn't it?
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
Screw Camelot
June 4, 2008 - 23:07 ET by bigpapaWhat did JFK actually do for this country??????
It's just a big damn fairy tale that the dems love to pull out of their big butts anytime they want to get "poetic"...
The only thing JFK did was die in Dallas..
The Cuban missle crisis was BS because we had missles in Turkey and that's what started that...
Bay of pigs????? pulling troops out of Vietnam??? Johnson put them right back and more...
JFK was a POS that gets credit for things he never did...
Since I was around--
June 4, 2008 - 23:20 ET by misterbillSince I was around in those days--I remember something in the news about JFKs first hundred days. The article said that (best recollection) only Millard Fillmore had accomplished less in the first 100 days.
Not to be deterred, Jack made up for it by appointing Bobby with his (Hmmm-30 days??), extensive legal experience as Attorney General. He attempted to redeem himself by abandoning Cuban troops on the beach of the Bay of Pigs. Thus showing, he knew how to hold 'em and how to fold 'em. He just didn't know when.
He did say and do one thing I agreed with--he said that lowering taxes would increase government revenue and American prosperity. I am still in shock after 46 years.
Thank you
June 4, 2008 - 23:32 ET by bigpapaI've asked many democrats over the years what JFK did....
and have never received a real answer....
I guess he made them "feel" good??????
Of course if I say anything bad about him... I'm the bad guy....
Oh wait now I see the comparison to Barry the muslim...
Beavis on crack
June 4, 2008 - 23:10 ET by the strugglerYa know,I was thinking Matthews and the like would lose their minds if a Repub won the White House again.It's starting to look like they'll crack up either way.They're spinning WAY TOO FAST.It's like Beavis on crack.
"Look out folks it's gonna blow!"---some oil dude
get a grip
June 5, 2008 - 01:04 ET by owlpelletsChris....doesn't suprise me your affinity for showtunes after announcing that Obama gives you a tingly crotch.....
"Sounds a bit bizzarre"
I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.
Camelot? More like right out
June 5, 2008 - 06:57 ET by SickofLibsCamelot?
More like right out of "The Poseidon Adventure"
I think Obama will preside
June 5, 2008 - 07:37 ET by Jack BauerI think Obama will preside over something less like Camelot and more like Scamelot.
Camelot? I think Chris
June 5, 2008 - 07:52 ET by msh1973Camelot? I think Chris wishes that would have been him getting that kiss. The man is pathetic.
Camelot was a MYTH Chris!
June 5, 2008 - 08:18 ET by ChasvsHey Chris, you dumb ass!
Camelot was a myth and so is your Black God called Barak Hussein Obama!
Get ready to pay through your nose for Reparations white boy!
Kennedy's Vision Turned on its Head!
June 5, 2008 - 08:21 ET by ChasvsIn Kennedy's Camelot, it was "Ask Not, what your Country can do for you, but what YOU can do for your Country!"
In the Barak Hussein Obama Camelot, it's now "What Your Country is going to do for you!"
Does anyone else see Reparations paying for all this?