Matthews Cracks Chris Christie Fat Joke
Is Chris Matthews taking lessons from Ed Schultz on keeping it classy?
In August and September, Schultz got off a series of fat jokes aimed at NJ Gov. Chris Christie. After Schultz eventually stooped to calling Christie a "fat slob," he was reportedly reprimanded by MSNBC president Phil Griffin.
On this evening's Hardball, Matthews got off a fat joke of his own at Christie's expense. Matthews suggested that someone inform Christie that the tunnel he vetoed is going to be "a wide tunnel; it'll be very useful to certain people." The irony? Matthews' gibe came in a segment about Daniel Patrick Moynihan in which Matthews made a point of praising the late senator from New York . . . for avoiding personal attacks. Video after the jump.
Watch Matthews take the low road minutes after praising Moynihan for avoiding it.
The segment was sparked by Steven R. Weisman's new book about Moynihan. In addition to the author, Matthews guest was fellow MSNBCer Larry O'Donnell, who had served on Sen. Moynihan's staff.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: How did he avoid personalities in politics? I think he made a point, like Ike did, of never attacking personal, an opponent, by personality. It was always about the policy issue.
LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: He never did, and he never did privately.
Later, the trio took to praising big government infrastructure projects.
O'DONNELL: [Moynihan] would be horrified by what the Governor of New Jersey for example just decided on building another tunnel [Christie has opposed it]. No vision in that at all.
MATTHEWS: By the way, somebody should tell the Governor of New Jersey: it's going to be a wide tunnel: it'll be very useful to certain people.
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Would it be racist to say....
Submitted by RedNeckinaBlueState on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 9:34pm.
talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
Matthews hasn't missed too
Submitted by Van Halen on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 11:47pm.
Matthews hasn't missed too many meals himself. But he's only doing it to take the heat off his Lord and Master, Obama.
Which reminds me - currently we're seeing record deficits, record government spending, record unemployment, record number of people on food stamps, record trade deficits, record foreclosures, record bank failures, record death toll in Afghanistan, and WHO is in charge right now?
Obama and the Democrats!
EPIC FAIL.
Not a failure
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 10:19am.
It's not a failure if that was the whole point of what they are doing. It's foolish to think that these things you mentioned are accidental or unintentional. We know the Chairman wants all these things and case in point the other day he was talking about the decline of the US on his lame-ass asian trip, he wasn't really upset by it at all. He wants that to happen.
He didn't fail. Damn him to the deepest level of Hell.
-Jon
Happy Meal?
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 9:45am.
Doughboys Ed Schultz and Chris Matthews look like they've been collecting toys from San Francisco happy meals.
Someone should show him a picture of his idol ...
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 9:37pm.
... Tip O'Neil.
Of even Ted "Crash Dive" Kennedy.
I think I like Chris Christie
Submitted by Chris Norman on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 9:59pm.
I think I like Chris Christie even more because of his girth. I'll take fifty governors or one hundred senators like him over all the bland blown-dried, hair plugged, gym-created, politically correct pretty boys who have no backbone inside of them. Besides, maybe it's Christie's weight that gave him his strong backbone...
pissy leg
Submitted by vcb-tn on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 9:56pm.
haaaaah!, look at that fat a** chris christie!, oh my gawd!, haaaaah! I'm chris matthews political news director for mslsd, haaaaH!
whew, you know they have got to be so proud of themselves. r.i.p. msnbc, it was a good go....
Aha! The new Journo(B)List Topic....Gov. Christie is Fat
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 10:27pm.
Chrissie just confirmed he's on the JournoList.....the dumbed down one for the B-level liberal commentariat.
He, along with Sgt. Shultz and Marc Lamont Hill are now all singing off the same page of music. Chris Christie is fat.
How low can they sink?
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My thought too, B...
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 11:36pm.
the media template is cast.
Maybe next, Anderson Cooper could do a whole routine on it; like he did about "Teabagging."
You know, talking about Christie's big plans for New Jersey, his calling for massive cuts in spending, how he intends to "cut a wide swath"
Funny how the lib talkers never made cracks about Jerrold Nadler, isn't it?
This lot is entirely too predictable, mb
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 12:15am.
I suspect the Christy fat jokes will continue for another week or ten days.
Sheesh!
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Just like "extreme" just before the election
Submitted by Chaitealover on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 2:28am.
This weeks buzz words are "Chris Christie is too fat to be president."
Guess they never heard of William Howard Taft: President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Not an original thought among 'em, is there?
They tried to cost Christie votes by calling him fat when he was running for Governor, it didn't work. Now someone somewhere [do we even know who or where?] has conjectured that Christie may run for President, so the personal attacks have started.
Again.
Too many people like his strength of character, so it must be destroyed. Can't have someone who doesn't worship unions elected President, can we?
Chai
And these are the people who
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 8:54am.
And these are the people who don't care about people's looks.
Hey, folks, you want fat? Take a gander at your hero Michael Moore. He's not only fat, he's a slob.
Chris Christie isn't fat
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 10:29am.
He's a regular sized guy....who carries around a hundred pounds of awesome!
Oddly, I read somewhere earlier this week or last, a column about Haley Barbour's "lack of aesthetics" in a run for the WH. Included, of course, was his neck size and his accent (to which he has a classic reply when asked if his accent will harm him in the run...."it's the only one I've got"....take that Hillary & Barack!)
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This is just a pathetic loser
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 12:35am.
People like Matthews or that Columbia Professor Lamont "Who Cares" is no better. They can't shoot down what the man does, says, is and wants to do so they go to the gutter, the school yard and are just that more pathetic in doing so.
Just observe the beast folks. These aren't simply people with merely a different opinion or view.
Chris Christie
Submitted by Richard B. on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 2:52am.
If Chris Christie is an example of "fat man" leader, we need many more just like him.
A Wind Tunnel
Submitted by TCinAZ on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 7:55am.
A Wind Tunnel, Chrissy? Ok. Then let's have a look Your CFD Rating. Because they've been Using them in Formula One for a few Years now. So You've probably got the Drag Ratio of an F1 team's "Lorry" or a London Double-Decker Bus, Yourself.
I thought that liberals like
Submitted by eaglewingz08 on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 8:48am.
I thought that liberals like Chrissy were against abusing or discriminating against people because of their weight (sizism). I also seem to remember that Daniel Moynihan was a plus size democrat and was center right in a party that veered strongly to the left. So were he alive today, I'm sure that Chrissy would be making fat jokes about DM as well.
Chrissy is stupid, Christie
Submitted by billb on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 8:51am.
Chrissy is stupid, Christie is fat, Christie can lose a few pounds so what does Chrissy do?
I would recommend
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 10:03am.
a brain transplant.
It's all so predictable
Submitted by HockeyKid on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 9:30am.
when liberals are fat, they're victims of McDonald's. When conservatives are fat, they're unfit to serve.
No bias there, naw.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Let's see that six pack Chris
Submitted by eflatminor on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 9:34am.
That the Socialists would stoop to such childish name calling speaks volumes about their concern for the brilliance and popularity that Christie represents. Smells like desperation to me.
Amazing
Submitted by katiejane on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 10:16am.
a guy who looks like a chubby Tweety Bird makes fun of Chris Christie's size?
Typical Childlish Behaviour!
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 12:26pm.
The bubble heads at MesSNBC think that their audience looks, talks and think like they do. They insult everyone and anyone who does not agree with their opinion. Are we to assume that this poor excuse for TV drama show (Chrissy Boy) does not have friends, relatives, colleagues or people in his audience who are not overweight? Hillary is not exactly a size 4...and neither was her husband Billy when he was in office.
This buffoon probably has a few sips of alcoholic beverages before he goes on the air.
Chris Christie is good for New Jersey. He is cleaning up the mess left by the ex-Governor and he is taking the heat from the lefties because he is not playing their game.
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