Matthews: My Job Is To Make Obama Presidency a Success

Photo of Mark Finkelstein.
  • Bookmark and Share

Just in time for the new James Bond movie, Chris Matthews has earned himself a new moniker: Odd Job. Matthews says he sees his job as a journalist as doing everything he can to make the Obama presidency a success.

Appearing on "Morning Joe" today, Matthews was reluctant to criticize Rahm Emanuel's kabuki dance over accepting Obama's offer to be chief of staff.

The "Hardball" host (and presumptive candidate for U.S. Senate from PA) was equally unwilling to see the Emanuel episode as evidence of a lack of planning and discipline in the nascent Obama administration. Matthews eventually explained why.[H/t multiple NB readers.]

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Yeah, well, you know what? I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work, and I think that --

JOE SCARBOROUGH: Is that your job? You just talked about being a journalist!

MATTHEWS: Yeah, it is my job. My job is to help this country.

Matthews wasn't done with his odd new job description . . . An incredulous Scarborough kept pressing, astonished at such a complete 180 from Matthews's repeated insistence during the Bush presidency that he had to hold the government accountable.

SCARBOROUGH: Your job is the make this presidency work?

MATTHEWS: To make this work successfully. This country needs a successful presidency.

Matthews will hardly be alone in that sentiment. Once Obama assumes office, the "speaking truth to power" line we've heard so often during the past eight years will be a thing of the past.

—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.


Comments Policy

All comments are owned by whoever posted them and are subject to our terms of use. They should not be assumed to represent the views of NewsBusters.

Viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

These whores have been so

These whores have been so obviously in the tank for Obama and democrats for so long that their apparent honesty about their partisanship and blatant shilling isn't even refreshing. 

It is just the stench that is finally overwhelming the sight of their dead and decaying corpses. 

Me - "The libs/dems of today are the collaborators, the Quislings, of former years.  The cowards who would trade their souls and vote a fraud into office in exchange for a hand-out."

Where is my freakin' duct

Where is my freakin' duct tape!!!

Yeah, it is my job. My job is to help this country.

Right, Chris.

Just like during the campaign it was "your job" to "objectively" report how wonderful, amazing, and dreamy Obama was!

This is beyond unbelievable.

Welcome to Bizarro World!

sorry, i feel strongly too

sorry HelenS, i feel strongly too but no need to use such words.

you can make a stronger point trying some class. ;)

»→ But this is Matthews!

Maybe the "person of ill-repute" remark is a little bit harsh given that prostitutes are known for faking their pleasure while Matthews is known for having genuine episodes of erotic giddiness.

  • Where's my welfare check?

Don't suppress your feelings, let it out...

HelenS,

Plenty of time to express yourself over the next 8 years and beyond...

Übercon

 

Where was Matthews the last 8 years...

...if his "job" was to "To make this work successfully"?

Funny how it's his "job" only when it's a president he agrees with.

(Reminder to myself - by a new Irony Meter. This one just blew up.)

Correct!

Did Matthews just get a new job?  I'm wondering because "making this presidency work" has NOT been his job for the past eight years!

 

 

"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."

--Ernesto "Che" Guevara

If he hasn't....he should

The arrogance of that comment is just stunning!  He should be fired.

But it's MSNBC, so there are no consequences.

 

 

It's MSNBC, so there

It's MSNBC, so there are few viewers as well.  When the Dow goes in the crapper, because the people who have the money want to keep it and pull their investments back to gold bricks in that fake fireplace in the basement, and small business dries up because there is no gain in taking a risk, people will look around for who's to blame.  I think Mr. Tingle will get his fair share of blame and MSNBC will loose even more viewers.

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."  - Sir Winston Churchill

or if there are consequences

it'll be a promotion. 

 

"Thoroughly worldly people never understand even the world; they rely altogether on a few cynical maxims which are not true."

Chesterton, Orthodoxy 

Well Isn't That amazing!

So I guess after your job of getting this empty Balck Marxist Suit elected you need to ensure he doesn't fuck up too bad?

Yeah, that's the ticket.  let's ensure we become the USSA!!!

Good bye America, it was nice to know ya!

There's a biblical saying Chris,

Mathew 6:24  “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.”

You cannot be both a credible journalist and an Obama sycophant! Not that you ever were a credible journalist but this certainly is solid proof that you are continuing your man-love affair with "The One". Good luck with that, I hear he's hetero. 

issue has nothing to do with

issue has nothing to do with religion or sexuality.

His job is to listen to what

His job is to listen to what Olbermann tells him to do

More like Menial Task

 Remember Menial Task from Austin Powers? That's Matthews-scrubbing the toilets for Obama-being the toady that he is. Oh, here's another for Matthews (tingle up my leg) working for Obama-knob job.

 

“I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal.” --Barack Obama

This "man" is ridiculously

This "man" is ridiculously pathetic.  I say we strike a deal.  It's your "job" to make sure Obami's presidency is a success. It's our job to make sure your ratings are so low that your loony bin network has no choice but to can your butt.

Wow

Chris has been nurturing that tingle so long he now talks like he's part of the administration. There's an obvious, very sick eroticism going on here which often happens when exposed to sociopathic narcissists.  If BHO thrills him this much Chris is going to need steel reinforced knee pads.  He's like a disturbed, drooling lap dog.  His shows and appearances should be X rated.  

It's America, not Omerica

Chris Mattews is a journalist? Since When?

Where was that concern for the country when he was lying about, misrepresenting and otherwise maligning the Bush administration?

Take your tingles and go away.

Does Mathews realize what he

Does Mathews realize what he is saying?  I just cant fathom the depths the MSM is willing to sink to. 

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.

New Show at MSNBC...

Matthews & Scarborough vs. Hannity & Colmes...

Fox for Bush represents the past...

MSNBC for Obama represents the Future...

What's the problem?

Übercon

Thanks for the update. 

Thanks for the update.  MSNBC, CNN and ABC/CBS/NBC ‘news’ products temporarily boycotted in this home, so I rely on the blogs to inform me of the latest outrages in so-called journalism.  

Matthews speaks like a fool, but as long as there are citizens who believe that Matthews is a journalist…. well, that is the real problem.

So where was Matthews for

So where was Matthews for the last 8 years????  Oh, I see, such support was conditional to the president being a Democrat.  Why Chrissy, is that why you wouldn't say anything bad about Bill Clinton?  What more proof does anyone need regarding the MSM being the PR firm for the Dem Party? 

Of course now Obama and the Dems say, let's make nice, the campaign is over and let's all work together.  Really?  The Dem smear campaign of 8 years is over?  BS, then why are they still harping about Palin? 

No sir, you want cooperation and trust, you got to have a track record that merits such a leap of faith.  We will not be willingly suspending our disbelief.  Leadership is about bringing people together for a common purpose.  Obama and the Dems have yet to display any leadership.  If you want followers then lead and don't blame people for NOT following when it is YOUR responsibility to engender trust NOT ours to blindly give it.

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.

Does Matthews mean he'll lie for him?

Does that mean he will lie for Obama? Will we not be told of corruption? Does he mean he'll spin a happy face on the end of capitalism?

What exactly do you mean, Chrissy?

Just thinking out loud here

With a new Obama administration and the MSM loosing advertisers and viewers like water through a seive, the next big bailout would have to be them.

Think of the process.  Conspiratorial, I admit but, they enact the Fairness Doctrine, first for radio to eliminate Rush, Hannity, Ingraham, Beck and such.  Then apply the same principles to cable so you can bring FNC under control.

Next thing you know, the federal government bails out the New York Times and the AP and voila...instant State News Service.

"Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain." Official Motto of the State of Iowa

Matthews, you buffoon...

What this country needs Chris is an enema, a full blown Rotor-Rooter job starting with the liberal media.

Help clear the "impaction" Chris. Find another line of work.

The tingler, will be happy to share, the TOP SECRET news flashes

That is shared only with the president.. Man years of work givin away for free...

COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT

IranianUranium

MSM thought it was their job to fight Bush

Most of the MSM thought it was their job to challenge George W. Bush at every turn.  They also thought they weren't hard enough on him when the subject of an Iraq war first came up.  In their minds, they should have prevented the war, or failing that, they should have brought it to an early end.  In some cases, they even tried to sabotage the war by leaking classified information.

Hypocrites. 

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

The New Oxymoron

Journalistic Integrity.

'nuff said!

 

Those who are destroying the Republic must be publicly shamed. -- PublicPillory

That is SOOOO Spot-On

I love it!

May I use that as my tag for a bit? 

 

 

If that's ol' Chrissy job,

If that's ol' Chrissy job, then he failed miserably in trying to make the Bush presidency a success. Why didn't he do his job with the last administration? Isn't that grounds for firing?

Send Chris to the "cheese line".

Chris Matthews: It's my job to destroy this country

Chris Matthews in 2001: 

CHRIS MATTHEWS:  Yeah, well, you know what?  I want to do everything I can to make this thing fail, this new presidency fail, and I think that --

JOE SCARBOROUGH: Is that your job? You just talked about being a journalist!

MATTHEWS:  Yeah, it is my job. My job is to destroy this country - here and abroad - domestically and internationally - economically and socially.

SCARBOROUGH: Your job is the make this presidency fail?

MATTHEWS:  To make this fail miserably.  This country needs a follow-up failed presidency. Clinton is leaving the country in shambles - an historic market crash will result in the projected surpluses being a fairy tale; millions are beginning to loose their  jobs; Bin Laden is finalizing his planning for the WTC; we're bombing Iraq every day - but no inspectors and no plan; 4-5 million people have just died in Africa (not including Rwanda) from civil war and genocides - we can  blame all of that on Bush, and nobody will know; Clinton turned his back on the 3rd world HIV/Aids pandemic in Africa and Indonesia - 10 million more will die; N. Korea is building nukes; China is harassing our aircraft over the Taiwan Straights; Afghanistan has been conquered by the radical Islamic Taliban - genocides have occurred; and the Palestinian Intafada has shocked the world.

SCARBOROUGH: So you see your role as a journalist as both making sure that Bush is blamed for everything he is inheriting, and further more, that all of his successes and historic humanitarian efforts be kept out of the news?

Matthews:  Yeah, it is my job!

Obsession

Tingle has the kind of obsession with bho, that if the object of his affection rejects him, (the election is over.. what need for tingle?) he will stalk him. He's already doing that on the air. Michelle isn't going to like him sleeping on the floor by the bed either.    

It's America, not Omerica

CHECKMATE

Joe....

this is your opportunity to pin down matthews and shame him as he deserves for this position (as a "journalist").

Go for it.  take a big stand, dig in, replay this over and over and over again for each of your guests if they agree - yes or no.

 

Stolen Thunder

I had the same idea, to what extent will Chris go to make sure BHO is successful? That is THE question for him Joe

WOW! Chris Matthews telling the truth!

The good news here is that we actually caught Chris Matthews telling the truth!

The bad news here is that he has essentially put us on notice that from now on what we should expect to hear from him is strictly propaganda.

Messiah
Serenading
Nauseating
B*ll
S**t

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.

One thing's for certain

Chrissy and Olberdouche are gonna be the proud new papas of their "FOX NEWS, Sean and Bill O' get daily talking points directly from the White House!" accusation, come January 20th, 2009.

Better hurry up to Massachusetts and make it official, boys. Kids do better in a two-parent home.

MSNBC & MATTHEWS

The useful idiots in the elitists white guilt media did their job and we've elected our 1st Marxist President.  What do you think they're going to do when that "test" that Biden mentioned comes to pass, and Himself doesn't act appropriately?  My guess it'll be deserting Israel when push comes to shove over Iranian nukes. That will send a great message to the new democracies in Europe being threatened by Russia's expansionism under Putin and to our allies in Taiwan and South Korea.  But Barack going to send you a check. What is MSNBC going to do ? Show reruns of the past 8 years of anti-Bush shows, the "Best of" ,so to speak?

Matthews new job...

I am with maggie although I took it a step further.  I have a black list hanging on my office wall.  I haven't only boycotted cbs, nbc, msnbc, pbs & cnn, any media personality, including actors have been boycotted if they have spewed negative comments regarding the country.  Our only power is in our wallets.  If we stop, going to their movies, watching their talk shows, reading their books/newspapers listening to their music, we will make an impact. Movie tickets are around $11.00 a piece, CD's average $15.00 to $20.00.  That is money saved and a statement made. We have to be willing to give up what they call entertainment.  I have a much more peaceful home since I made this decision.  It is hipocritical to me to complain about what they say and then support them financially.  People have got to turn off their TV's and stop looking for other forms of entertainment. 

Boycott advertised products too

I think we should also start boycotting products, the advertising of which finances their shows.

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.

Taken in light of that

Taken in light of that thrill up his leg, I really don't want to know what Matthews' "odd job" description might include.

It's clear, though, that journalism is not part thereof.  Goodnight, Mr. Matthews, and good -er- luck.  Yeah, that's it.

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

Matthews

 I guess it was Matthews JOB to trash Bush and make sure that Presidency looked as bad as possible..

I cannot believe

I cannot believe any of these networks still have sponsors that pay the bills & paychecks and keep the lights on.

Four networks and dozens of nationwide quarter inch printed fiction!

 

My wife...

My wife can't stand the spittle that Chris collects at the corners of his mouth -- I think it's the foam you commonly see when a dog has rabies -- either way he's a disgusting excuse for a human and a card carrying democrat to boot.

Where is my Ho

Please inform Mr. Matthews that he was hired to provide propaganda responses for the Obama campaign, and congrads on a job well done.  You can't possibly think the Dali Bama wants you around now?

Don't think you have any importance in the real world, hell you arn't even a real journalist just like Obama you are just a democrat that needed a job that you were unqualified for.

how the times have changed

Chris Matthews now feels a need to support the president. How convenient.

 

I'm a typical white person.

I don't consume one iota of

I don't consume one iota of MSM in any form.  I think of Mr. Tingles as just fodder for blog comedy.  Gee, what a legacy for a career.  I wish someone would watch the MSM for a few evenings, and compile a list of companies who sponsor this crap so I could launch a letter writing and boycott campaign.  Personally, I can't stomach that task.   

At least now that the Democrats own both the White House...

...and Congress, and soon the Supreme Court, the truth can be told out loud.  Mr. "tingle down the leg" is going to do what it takes to make this presidency a success.  It's axiomatic to assume that he did whatever it took to make sure that the previous one failed.

Most here have known this for about 30 years now, but leftist advocacy is now officially what they call "journalism" now in the MSM.

Matthews looks for a JOB

Its obvious Matthews either wants a Job in the Obama Administration or will run for Senate himself. He is clearly not a journalist and now has lost some clout with the rise of Rachel Maddow at MSNBC. With the election behind us look for Matthews ratings to drop like a hammer.

You mean, his job is not to

You mean, his job is not to tell the truth about Obama?  Wow, who knew?

congratulations Chris

poor guy, it's become harder and harder for him to hide his feelings in the past 2 years. 

"Should I be a little more equally critical, like Russert used to be, or how I used to be in the 90's, or are my ratings not close to what they were in the 90's??.. so what the heck, throw it all to the wind!"

He's more interested in maintaining his street cred and before long this site will be overflowing with examples of all his colleagues/peers' love for the new president.  I mean overflowing, will make the Clinton years look pro-Republican...

At least in Russia & China members of the media can say (privately) they don't have a choice but to be non-critical of the ruling party.

and I'm already seeing the pre-excuses for their non-success!!!!

The political whore

The political whore Matthews came completely out of his closet this morning...now didn't he!

Can anyone imagine what would happen if anything like this was spoken on fox after President Bush had won either time?

Unbelievable.

I have refused to turn it to msnbc or CNN since the election...I am basically about done with them...I will no longer put myself through hell watching the very people who have helped destroy this country counting on the brain-dead zombies out there.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

CHriss no job 4U at Obama Admin....

Hey Chrissy, can't audition as official Obama Communistcation Director anymore.  Job filled by Rick Gibbs, the yin for Bill Burton's yang.

congress is gonna need

congress is gonna need mathews in two years to explain to the public why its in our best interest not to have elections in 2010.

Chris Matthew's idea of holding the government accountable

CHRIS MATTHEWS:

"I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work...."

"My job is to help this country."

Apparently, your only "job to help this country" and make "this thing work" included doing everything in your power to take President Bush down.  Congratulations!  Between you and the rest of the Liberal Socialist Journalists it worked!

Chris Matthews

Apparently Chris Matthews thinks his job as a journalist is to act as Obama's public relations guy.  Matthews is so enamored of Obama that it's becoming embarrassing to watch.  If Obama is still looking for a pet for his family, he should bring Matthews and Olbermann to the White House so his daughters can have one dog each.

 

 

Chrissy and Barack interview

Part 2

Could you get a little closer to the camera?Come in closer...no...come in...come in further...come in closer...really close.
Haw! Haw! Just kidding! You look great! Anyway, thank... Barack it's great to have...look at that look... You're great... No, you're beautiful! I'm just kidding! I'm just kidding! You're a knockout! Anyways thank you, Barack. It's alright getting bad news from you even. Okay. Thanks for coming on Hardball.

 

Chrissy ''BJ'' Matthews

Perhaps we should start a campaign to send ''extra absorbant'' paper towels to Crissy to wipe off the stuff that gets all over his face.

And we thought that the media was bad before.  I, for one, am boycotting all MSM news outlets and newspapers until they come (no pun intended) back to reality.

Sad

I actually feel embarrassed for this man.  He's pathetic.

I watched his show religiously for several years (as well as Olbermann's).  It was a good show.  But I grew tired of his constantly talking over people while they were trying to answer his questions.

 

 

One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.