Chris Matthews Slams Obama: He's Got 'The Worst Kind of a Notion of the Presidency'
Chris Matthews on Saturday slammed Barack Obama in his worst criticism to date of the man that used to give him a thrill up his leg.
Speaking to the host of MSNBC's Weekends with Alex Witt, Matthews excoriated the President saying, "The day he got inaugurated, he sent us all home and said, 'Thank you, now watch how smart I am.' That's the worst kind of a notion of the presidency" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
ALEX WITT, HOST: You say, “Nations die or thrive on the ability and judgment of their leaders to stir them at perilous times.” Does Barack Obama have that ability to pass the proper judgment, to properly analyze and to stir this nation?
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well, he has great analytical ability. Clearly has made the right judgments in his executive leadership. He has moved us very effectively in self-defense in fighting terrorism. I'm not sure he's able to move the country. He had that ability as a candidate, and then the day he was inaugurated, with the Mall filled with people, African-Americans and everyone else, he sent us all home. It was the worst mistake of his presidency. The day he got inaugurated, he sent us all home and said, “Thank you, now watch how smart I am.” That's the worst kind of a notion of the presidency.
The presidency's not about being smart. Most of our great presidents have not been that brilliant. Kennedy wasn’t brilliant. Roosevelt certainly wasn’t brilliant. Truman wasn’t. But what they did was they lead the American people. They lead us. This is so simple. If I could say one thing to Barack Obama, “Stop showing us how smart you are and lead us. Ask us to do something. Pull us behind you. Enlist us in the service of our country. Ask us to do something." There is no Peace Corps. There is no Special Forces. There is no 50 mile hikes. There’s no moon program. There’s nothing to root for.
What are we trying to do in this administration? Why does he want a second term? Would he tell us? What's he going to do in the second term? More of this? Is this it? Is this as good as it gets? Where are we going? Are we going to do something the second term? He has yet to tell us. He has not said one thing about what he would do in the second term. He never tells us what he is going to do with reforming our healthcare systems, Medicare, Medicaid, how is going to reform Social Security. Is he going to deal with long-term debt? How? Is he going to reform the tax system? How? Just tell us. Why are we in this fight with him? Just tell us, Commander, give us our orders and tell us where we’re going, give us the mission. And he hasn't done it.
And I think it's the people around him, too many people around, they’re little kids with propellers on their heads. They're all virtual. Politics, this social networking, I get these e-mails, you probably get them. I'm tired of getting them. Stop giving them to me. I want to meet people. Their idea of running a campaign is a virtual universe of sending e-mails around to people. No it's not. It's meetings with people, it’s forging alliances. It's White House meetings and dinner parties that go on till midnight, and he should be sitting late at night now with senators and members of Congress and governors working together on how they're going to win this political fight that's coming.
I don't have a sense that he's ever had a meeting. I hear stories that you will not believe. Not a single phone call since the last election.
WITT: Tell me one.
MATTHEWS: They don't call. He never calls. That's the, that’s the message. Members of Congress, I keep asking, “When did you hear from him last?”
WITT: Silence.
MATTHEWS: He doesn't like their company.
WITT: You've just…
MATTHEWS: That's a problem, by the way.
WITT: You're just giving a bunch of contradictions in terms of the differences between Jack Kennedy and Barack Obama. Are there comparisons?
MATTHEWS: Differences.
WITT: Right, differences…
MATTHEWS: Well, they’re both young, they’re both very well-educated, they’re both idealistic, they’re both incredibly well spoken, articulate, whatever the word is. They have a great sense of poetry. They know how to say the right things about our country. Obama is wonderfully skilled at evoking what America’s all about. I think he's great at it. He thrills me when he does it. In fact, that's one of the reasons I was inspired by him. He talked about our country. He evokes our country from his background. But once having won the office he seemed to think that that was the end of it in terms of his connection to the American people.
Don't you feel, I think everybody feels an absence of communication from the time he's been elected. And it's not about not being left-wing enough or too left. That's not his problem. It's connection. And Mrs. Obama, she's an amazing asset. And what has she done? Obesity? How about connecting with the American people about being Americans? I don't think she's, I don't think she's happy. I don't think they like being in the White House. The American people can tell that. They don't seem thrilled at the fact the American people have selected them as our first family. I don't sense the gratitude, the happiness level, the thrill of being president. Bill Clinton loved being president every minute and you knew it.
WITT: You did get that sense.
MATTHEWS: And that's what the American people liked. They like knowing their President's happy.
Interesting these statements were aired early Saturday morning when few people would see them. Would Matthews say these things in prime time?
Assuming this is really what he thinks, will it matter at all once a Republican presidential nominee has been named and we're in the heart of the campaign next year?
Or will Matthews as the dutiful shill continue to attack Obama's opponents while speaking glowingly of the man he's currently complaining about in order to assure a second term irrespective of the short-comings herein described?
Yes, that's a rhetorical question.
(H/T @IKIDYOUNOT)
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Regardless of his intent, this is textbook---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 7:44pm.
cognitive dissonance by Matthews, as demonstrated by his praise for the Obama's and then his statement on Jughead's "notion".
MD
Uh oh
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 7:45pm.
When the support of the guy who gets a tingle as he helps you succeed begins to evaporate, all that's left is for Ed Schlitz to endorse Bachmann, Ron-Rachel Madcow to get behind Perry, and Joey Rebar to embrace Herman Cain. BTW, what ever happened to Keith the Sports Boy?
BTW, what ever happened to Keith the Sports Boy?
Submitted by Bhaal on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:02pm.
Just follow the flushing sound and you'll find him.
Still not past that "thrill up my leg" comment? [roll]
Submitted by Clevenative on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:10pm.
Just after the "Supercommittee" thing was voted on and set up - I send Pres. Obama a letter letting him know that was "the last straw" and what a disappointment he was. I told him that this time around, as was the case for most all of my life prior to 2008, I was afraid that I would once again be simply voting for the person who I felt to be "the lesser of 2 evils" in 2012. I suppose I still feel that way, as does much of his "base".
I suppose he's still got time to prove himself if he wins a 2nd term. And I'm torn between the realization that he lost control of Congress within a year, and the need to pander to the middle that any president faces once in office. This isn't the place to be singing my praises or pointing out all the positive things, so I won't even bother except to say that anyone who still calls Obama a leftist must be so far to the right they're off the charts. As it turned out, the man couldn't have been more centrist and willing to reach across the aisle to at least try to get both sides to work with each other. It was mostly the "Party of No" Republicans who wanted no part of it - and despite the argument I'll get here, polls consistently show that most Americans feel the same way.
Keith's Countdown show is still on cable TV each night on the new CurrentTV network. According to Wikipedia... Current TV, or Current, is a media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. Comcast owns a ten percent stake of Current's parent company, Current Media LLC.
Cleve
Submitted by QMCS on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:14pm.
I won't even get into the whole "party of no" thing because I think i am about as polar opposite from you on that as possible,
But I do have a serious question.
From reading your posts I get the impression that you are a little left of center, possible a whole lot but that doesn't really matter, what I am curious about is as a Lib what is your opinion about Keith's show? Is he in line with the left or is a little out there or is he way out there?
I used to watch his show at least a few times a week
Submitted by Clevenative on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 11:57pm.
I'm sure you'll be hearing a lot about the "Party of No" over the next year. I'm sure ads will be reminding you of the fact that since our "Halfrican-American" president was elected, the Teapublican "patriots" have expressed their "hope he fails" since the day he was elected and filibusters in Congress have gone through the roof relative to past Congress'. Aghh election years - the perfect time to reminisce. ;)
I don't watch much entertainment TV - and so only have basic cable of which CurrentTV is not part of the package. I've visited the website and it looks like the Countdown show is unchanged, including the Worst Persons segment.;) The big difference is Big Brother is Big Al and he can say what he wants - just like they do on Fox. Olbermann broke a lot Republican dirt on his MSNBC show - that's why they hate him so much. Long before it was fashionable he was especially tough on calling out Fox News lies and hypocrisy (most notably O'Reilly - but Beck and Hannity also.) I mean, how could you not like that? LOL
The political spectrum is all relative - both to a global perspective and personal perception. Like I say, it's been my experience that most Teapublicans think that anything not far-right is far-left. Personally, I'd put Keith just left of center - about on par with most of the rest of the MSNBC crowd. He just tended to get a bit more emotional or animated than the rest, though it seems like they all took up the slack since he's gone.
I'm sort of befuddled by the obsession with Chris Mathews around here. Rachel Maddow laid into Newt Gingrich Friday night to the point that makes Matthews' slams on Newt a few days earlier seem like childsplay. I guess they've been silent on it because it was all the indefensible truth (as Dr. Maddow tends to be).
You know, what's really funny is that when talking to anyone from Europe about American politics they'll say that in that part of the world the U.S. Democratic Party would be considered "right wing".
You people - no trash that - I'll stop with the "you people" and say "most Americans" - have no idea what far-left really is.
(BTW I just found that "Teapublicans" word and decide it appropriate - and easier to stop myself should I accidentally start typing the word that I used ONCE and now has "killa' out for blood. I guess I should try to use that instead of 'you people' or 'you folks' too.)
LOL Cleventative you are killing us here...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 1:50am.
In particular this stuff is rib slapping:
You know, what's really funny is that when talking to anyone from Europe about American politics they'll say that in that part of the world the U.S. Democratic Party would be considered "right wing".
AS IF.. you speak for Europe.
Or this:
"You people - no trash that - I'll stop with the "you people" and say "most Americans" - have no idea what far-left really is."
The Truth: Only about 15 to 20% of "most Americans" identify themselves as "far left" so that would mean that "most Americans" not only know what far left is but also don't identify with it. Keep trolling Leon (or Leon Puppet) and maybe you will catch a few! LOL!
I have relatives living in various parts of Europe, dimwit.
Submitted by Clevenative on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 9:38am.
And if you think anyone in the Democratic party in America is "far-left", well I suppose you're free to laugh at your own ignorance all you want. I never made ANY claim whatsoever as to the numbers of people who call themselves anythig, did I? You can call or label yourself whatever you want - whatever makes you feel the most like a "real American" I guess - but labeling everyone and everything not right-wing as "far-left" is a bit of a stretch. You're the one whose definition, preception, or beliefs skew the numbers, not mine.
That was bad Cleve
Submitted by sentry_99 on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:14am.
Even for you. You didn't understand a single thing MM wrote did you? I'll help
1) He didn't say he thought the Democratic party was far left.
2) He didn't say you claimed any numbers. He refuted your assertion that Americans don't know what far left is.
3) He didn't say anything not right wing was far left.
Work on that reading comprehension bud.
You call MM a dimwit?
Submitted by MightyMouth on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 12:44pm.
I don't normally speak from the third person but... you are ignorant of MM's 'wit' for the last 5 years. And I defy you to produce anyone (except balboa) who thinks MM is 'dim witted'.
I don't think it's Leon, MM
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 1:33pm.
Leon was A LOT smarter than this one.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
'Out for blood', meat???
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 1:53am.
'Out for blood', meat??? Don't flatter your sorry ass, asshole.................I value my health WAAAAAAAAAAAY too much for that.
ignate twit
Submitted by Injest on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 2:25am.
I guess they've been silent on it because it was all the indefensible truth (as Dr. Maddow tends to be).
Ya mean like when the ignate twit tried to claim the Hoover Dam project was an FDR works project?
Senior, Cleve is leftist
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 3:00am.
Senior,
Cleve is leftist political hack, today he is attempting to be moderate bacause he was slapped down here for spouting bogus nonsense even the dumbest sea lawyer woudln't buy.He is trying to keep the OWS afloat even though it has become a hazard to navigation. He is not someone who would be welcome in the CPO mess. His whole game is based on the art of deflection.
calling 50% of Americans terrorist and hostage takers.
Submitted by Injest on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 2:09am.
and the need to pander to the middle that any president faces once in office. This isn't the place to be singing my praises or pointing out all the positive things, so I won't even bother except to say that anyone who still calls Obama a leftist must be so far to the right they're off the charts. As it turned out, the man couldn't have been more centrist and willing to reach across the aisle to at least try to get both sides to work with each other. It was mostly the "Party of No" Republicans who wanted no part of it - and despite the argument I'll get here, polls consistently show that most Americans feel the same way.
If Obama was half as smart as he thinks he is he would have known this from day one and governed accordingly. Instead he decided to go with a super majority and tried to force through his agenda. Apparently he wasn’t aware that people who voted for you often voted against the other guy.
“willing to reach across the aisle to at least try to get both sides to work with each other. It was mostly the "Party of No" “ oh please! What part of “I won” did you not get?
January 23, 2009, 2:32 PM ET
Obama to GOP: ‘I Won’
Jonathan Weisman reports on the White House.
The top congressional leaders from both parties gathered at the White House for a working discussion over the shape and size of President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan. The meeting was designed to promote bipartisanship.
But Obama showed that in an ideological debate, he’s not averse to using a jab.
Challenged by one Republican senator over the contents of the package, the new president, according to participants, replied: “I won.”
With those two words — “I won” — the Democratic president let the Republicans know that debate has been put to rest Nov. 4 .
to attempt to rewrite history in the day of the internet is kinda stupid ya think?
Obam never tried to working across lines until he got his but handed to him Nov. 2010 and as we all recall his idea of working across lines consisted of calling 50% of Americans terrorist and hostage takers.
Talking Points of The Day
Submitted by Clevenative on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:27am.
When are you Teapublicans going to quit pretending you represent a majority? Regardless your so-called 2010 "mandate", you should realize by now what a gross misread of the "message sent" that label really was.
The longer it takes you to stop the denial, the better the chances that the pendulim swing of a disfavorable opinion of Teapublicans will continue. It's time you come to grips with the fact that, despite his low polling numbers, President Obama is still more popular than "The Tea Party".
I know you won't like my source (you don't like any source other than right-wing propaganda) but...
Americans Dislike the Tea Party More Than Ever Before
The upstart conservative movement was all the rage in the summer of 2009, and channeled that energy into a wave of victories in the 2010 midterm elections, sending dozens of hard-line, intransigent Republicans to Congress. However, a new CNN/ORC poll (PDF) out Tuesday shows that the pendulum of public opinion has swung away from the tea party.
Just 28 percent of Americans hold favorable views of the tea party, an all-time low in the 19 months that CNN/ORC pollsters have gauged Americans' feelings about the movement. At the same time, 53 percent of Americans think poorly of the tea party, an all-time high. According to CNN/ORC, the movement's popularity peaked in the spring of 2010, when 38 percent of Americans said they liked the tea party and only 36 percent said they didn't.
CNN's polls aren't the only ones to pick up a decline in support for the tea party. In a pair of Pew Research Center polls conducted in February 2010 and August 2011, disapproval of the tea party jumped from 18 percentage points; the percentage of those who said they liked the movement increased from 33 to 36 percent. Washington Post-ABC and Wall Street Journal-NBC polls also found declining support for the tea party from 2009 to 2010.
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I can go back to April to show the trend, but this is how it looks today. This study and graph from late August shows just how many of "we the people" approve of your ideology.
Study: Tea Party Is Least Popular Group
Among 24 Groups and Individuals, Including Muslims (20), Atheists (22) and Gays (17), Tea Party Comes in Dead Last - Sarah Palin Rated 23rd
Let me highlight that again - just to get your thick blood circulating this morning... More Americans have a favorable opinion of most all things you hate - Muslims, Athiests, gays, liberals, Obama - than they do The Tea Party.
I won't bother with MJ, I know, your favorite veggie, right?
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:37am.
But, seriously, Pensitoreview? You can't do any better than that? I know you're severely handicapped in the reasoning department, but, come on, try harder, the other lefties are even ashamed of your efforts.
The main stream, heavily viewed Pensitoreview, "pensitoreview.com is located at the IP 67.131.250.52 It was registered by c/o PENSITOREVIEW.COM on 28 Jan 2005. It is visited by approximately 237 visitors daily and is ranked at 390,499 among websites in terms of number of visitors.
I"d bet that you're 200 of the 237 visitors.
Wow, you really showed us, didn't you? Loser!
Nice poll, meat, coming from
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 4:42pm.
Nice poll, meat, coming from the guy who eschews polls, unless they work for you..............apparantly you haven't gotten your thick skull circulating yet this morning, although that's a common occurance with you.
Speaking as an American (and proud of it, as compared to your opinion of America - a place where you seem to have done pretty well), I'd have to say that I (and I'll bet a months worth of hard-earned wages - which probably pale in comparison to YOUR pension - a LOT of people here on this website will agree with me) I have a more favorable opinion of the wild pigs who come onto my property and root up my plants and crap in my yard than I do of you - and although I don't know if you're a mooooooooooooooslem (although I'd bet that you are a mooooooooooooooooooslem sympethizer), I'm pretty damn sure that you're an atheist, a gay, a liberal, AND a big supporter of Boy Barry.
LOL
Submitted by Prisondog1776 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:14pm.
so I won't even bother except to say that anyone who still calls Obama a leftist must be so far to the right they're off the charts. As it turned out, the man couldn't have been more centrist and willing to reach across the aisle to at least try to get both sides to work with each other. It was mostly the "Party of No" Republicans who wanted no part of it - and despite the argument I'll get here, polls consistently show that most Americans feel the same way.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/11/19/chris-matthews-sla...
Really????? Just..................hahahahahahahahahahhaha ROFL
Prison dog
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:30pm.
Really? So taking over GM is a right wing kind of thing? Could of fooled me. Refusing to build an oil pipeline is also right wing? Wow. How about that wanting to take control of the internet? Seems pretty darn leftist to me.
As far as working with Republicans, remember the old, "but I won" comment? How about the fact that the health care legislation was done behind closed doors and we'd have to pass it to find out what was in it?
You need to rethink what you're saying here.
Rad
Submitted by Prisondog1776 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:32pm.
Sorry my response was to Cleve, those are his words not mine.
Prisondog
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:38pm.
Sorry about that. I should have know such stupidity could only be from one source...Cleventine.
No worries Rad
Submitted by Prisondog1776 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:40pm.
I would never utter that nonsense. I was stunned when i read it. I thought he was joking and than remembered the source. :)
I can understand the
Submitted by ant on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:51pm.
I can understand the confusion, Prisondog. Radical is a smart woman and so skipped over Clevie's post as I should have done many times.
I like ,regarding Matthews, that the point he wants to make is that Obama is still a genius in his eyes, but the problem is that he doesn't communicate his infinite ideas and wisdom to the rest of us. I could tell Matthews, if he wonders what Obama wants from a second term, why, it's to nail the final nail in the coffin, you silly boy.
As for Clevie's 'Obama's a centrist post', I appreciated the laugh.
ant
Submitted by Prisondog1776 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:58pm.
Agree with all of your post except one minor thing.
It was not merely a 'laugh' , it was a riot. ROFL
That was a beauty of a post by that individual.
Really? So taking over GM is a right wing kind of thing?
Submitted by Clevenative on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:29pm.
Yeah - Man - you gotta short memory...
Sept 16, 2008...
The U.S. government seized control of American International Group Inc. -- one of the world's biggest insurers -- in an $85 billion deal that signaled the intensity of its concerns about the danger a collapse could pose to the financial system.
That was uhmmm "different" because what? Your non-union buddies worked there?
Weak
Submitted by Unsane on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:35pm.
There wasn't and isn't a whole lot of support for that here so please continue to bark up the wrong tree.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Cleve
Submitted by Prisondog1776 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:38pm.
Let me try this with you ok?
Conservatives are opposed to Govt. influence in ANY private sector industry. I was opposed to ANY bailout from ANY politician whether they be (D) or (R).
Now i ask you what is wrong with non-union workers? Are they terrible people? Are they not part of the 99% (sarc.)
Whatever you claim conservatives stand for
Submitted by Clevenative on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:33am.
The fact is numerous "conservative" Republican presidents have rescued private U.S. corporations from bankruptcy on numerous occasions through history.
Don't even try using the rescue of the auto industry as some evil Obama "socialist" move. You only add to your hypocrisy.
~Omg, omg, omg!!!
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:49am.
Mark this one in your calendar, folks. Clevie used air quotes appropriately! Once.
numerous "conservative" Republican presidents
Interfering in any way with the operations of private corporations is in no wise conservative. Now, why don't you give us a list of these numerous "conservatives", with appropriate references. You have approximately five minutes, as that is how long it will take me to get my boots.
Good morning Bru
Submitted by cocodrie on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 11:06am.
Nice to hear your voice but don't hold your breath waiting for honesty from Clevetomylies. You will have gone from Chose to Bru to Blueintheface.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
~Morning, coco!
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 11:13am.
Judging by what I've read, Clevie wouldn't know honesty if it slapped the drool out of his mouth. It is fun to watch you guys give it a good ol' college try, though.
Well, in the past few days
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 4:36pm.
Well, in the past few days since Clevie-Poo has been posting, he as told us on numerous occasions that he's the only person here who KNOWS the 'TRUTH'...........and that the 'TRUTH' is the ONLY thing that matters to him.............and that he HATES lying and liars. In fact, he even quoted the 10 commandments, just to prove his point............oh, but that was inbetween his derisive comments about religion and Christianity, although that really shouldn't matter, huh???
KIlla, one minor correction regardin Cleavie, er, Sleepy.
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 4:40pm.
"In the past few days", continuously, much like a meth-addled fry brain, unable to sleep, unable to concentrate on anything for longer than it takes to type a few words. Words that make absolutely no sense.
Yeah......we've got a pretty
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 4:47pm.
Yeah......we've got a pretty bad ice problem here on the island, and I can tell you that it really messes up people's thought processes', and ability to be rational, or concentrate..............plus, it makes them pretty mean, thin-skinned, delusional, contentious, aggresive, and paranoid. HEY!!! I've just described Clevie-Poo!!! Hey, Doc Sam..............you're fired - go collect your unemployment, and stimulate the economy!!! Dr. Killa has taken over!!!
Darn....and I had that last payment on the solar panels....
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 8:46pm.
...to make....NOT.
Dr. Killa, you can go at Clevie all you want. Matter of fact, you might want to do a CT scan of his thick skull. I'm not sure you will find much but pornography, an eviction notice from his mommy and a restraining order or two, but have at it!
The air quotes thing seems to be one of his compulsions, like reacting to conservatives in a Pavlovian manner. His obsessions are too many to list. Badly documented liberal commentary sites his hallucinations turn into fact are perhaps one.
Lover of big government..
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:42pm.
Take a break and watch a 9 minute video..
Make Mine Freedom (1948)
ism....
You Didn't Build That.
ucw
Submitted by Prisondog1776 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:52pm.
thats a great little cartoon that`s so true.
The Snake Oil.......er Snake ism salesman reminds me of someone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbT9FZAlWF8
Like that black Carbon neck clamp...er cartoon clamp
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 12:20am.
Pesky irritant cleve.
CinC out screwing with business.Stick to killing those intercontinental clump of cells, over there in UAV fly over country, killer button pusher.
On stuff like deep drilling, BP.... Twist'em to shell out 20 billion bucks. For a Wanna-be spill like that Alaskan killer whale eating the freshly freed otter snack; that there spill..Where energy wasting steam cleaning of beach rocks, took longer to recover than rocks left alone. As if oil is not from planet Earth. FYI: Titan (a moon) has hydrocarbons.
Sorry 200,000 human jobs go poof. We ain't doing any kind of pumping of oil in Ohio. 41,000 times more energy comes from coal N' oil than from wind pork.
EPA da-kine a gawd to wanna be tree huggers did you know epa was workin on a plan to ban an element that is found in the universe, oh only here on Earth tho.
The oil company that has shelled out the cash to buy all that equipment to keep all those 200,000 people working is going to rust away.... No no all that equipment will be sold as scrap to pay back the bank... Not likely that any of that equipment will even exist in a year.
Like the 300 shops that built the F-22, all gone, sawed up to scrap, Opps not quite yet. That hot rod jet is still being manufactured .. In O'bamas 2nd term, he'll grant a F-22 jobs killer bill. Maybe some supersonic stealth UAV will be working by then. Heaven forbid built by a Private contractor, in the free enterprise system.
Canada shall go forth and sell some of that oil to China..Sure they will sell to commies killers of 100,000,000 humans invasive species that they are..right clevester.
You Didn't Build That.
Dude, your profile fawns too much...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 2:12am.
About EVERYTHING. Including the year you were born '1974'. That year BLEW!... if for nothing else than Viet Nam vets where coming home and being spit on by your parents. So take 1776 and shove it pal.
BTW what is it with the trolls lately?
You talking to Me?
Submitted by Clevenative on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:46am.
You fools can go on painting me to be whoever you think I am. Wherever you find solace and humor is fine with me. FYI I was born in the early 1950s - and I don't have an "online profile" anywhere on the internet. Or do you find it shocking that I'm not a populist corporatist Facebook sheep? I've never even watched "American Idol" or "Dancing With The Stars" either - (we don't get those shows here in Cuba). How's that for proof that I'm a lefty communist? I can only imagine the Bircher visions running through your paranoid heads. LOL
No. Stupid. It was a direct response to Prisondog
Submitted by The Vet on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 11:53am.
But you continue to wear your ass for a hat, mmmmkay?
He was mistakenly responding to one of your posts though in a way. Prisondog was quoting yet another of your asinine post hating on everyone that disagrees with you. MightyMouth thought the quote came from Prisondog himself.
Oh and whine some more about how you keep getting banned when in fact you were logged out and had to log back in. Too stupid to actually use the internet but you keep telling us all how on top of all the issues you are, mmmmmkay?
Vet
Submitted by ant on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 1:19pm.
Clevie probably doesn't realize that you have to log back in on occasion, for example, if the power is suddenly cut from your computer, which I'm sure is part of the problem when he stops pedaling. I mean,... I'm sure his house is supplied by bicycle power, anything more would be hypocrisy of his positions, despite his Union jackpot and "cadillac" health-care. And a leftist would never be a hypocrite.
Still waiting for some replies from Clevie on earlier threads where I felt like slappin' him around a little bit, but alas, he's ignoring me. I guess we're not friends anymore.
Yeah, me too. I thought PrisonDog was a leftwing nut...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 1:53am.
until I realized he was quoting a real leftwing nut.
"You fools can go on painting
Submitted by bretzysdude on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 4:02pm.
"You fools can go on painting me to be whoever you think I am."
We don't need permission from YOU. We can continue having that freedom. This is still America.
Campaign Ad
Submitted by Birch Barlow on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:21pm.
There are parts of that video that would make a great campaign ad for the Republican nominee.
Prissy's like a teenage girl.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:22pm.
He falls in love so hard, that when he falls out, he just gets his panties in such a wad!
All Bambi has to do is wink at him, pat him on the leg, and the tingle will return. He'll fall twice as hard and be shopping for knee pads to boot.
All that gay emotion is very difficult to channel.
Newsbubba
Submitted by rockyracoon on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:01pm.
I couldn't agree more. No way has the Tinkler given up on his MESSiah. He may get frustrated with the Zip, but the love burns too deep.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Did he "when he was inaugurated?"
Submitted by GregE on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:29pm.
Worst kind of notion of the presidency? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it's uhhhh, 3 years later, and Chris just now figures out Obama's notion of what the Presidency is? Uhhhhhhhh, yea, what planet am I on?
Then this gem......
CHRIS MATTHEWS: "......... Clearly has made the right judgments in his executive leadership. ........."
Clear to whom???????? Socialist thinkers? Marxists? Ok, yea maybe so.
he didn't ask Chrissy for advice
Submitted by wizardjr on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:33pm.
that seems to be the gist of it
So then, one narcissist is pissed because another narcissist didn't ask the first one for guidance... (??)
Good point
Submitted by StarAZ on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 12:56pm.
They call me the Cynic's Cynic--but maybe Chris did not get invited to the Christmas Wadup at the WH.
Separating People Based on Skin Color
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:38pm.
Separating people based on a physical or other perceived difference: It's the hallmark of the left.
"He had that ability as a candidate, and then the day he was inaugurated, with the Mall filled with people, African-Americans and everyone else, he sent us all home. It was the worst mistake of his presidey."
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Yep
Submitted by ant on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 8:55pm.
Caught that too. I'm surprised he didn't say 'those people'.
This can't be real
Submitted by QMCS on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:08pm.
I was so amazed I actually had to watch to the entire video clip, Matthews actually sounds disappointed in the Prez someone call 911 I think i'm gonna have a heart attack.
On a serious note he does have a very big point about a second term and possible goals or total lack thereof, now if only some idiot in the republican field can capitalize on this sentiment we might be okay.
why doesn't obama lead us?
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:10pm.
Because he doesn't like us.
obama is like one the old Roman emperors who spent their days worrying about their needs and their legacy. The citizens were just part of the assets of the empire they controlled.
Obama doesn't lead us
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:13pm.
because he doesn't know how to lead.
Chris sees the light
Submitted by markprice1983 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:17pm.
Maybe researching his new book on the magical realm of JFK and his golden presidency caused Matthews to take a new look at our brilliant Halfrican-American president.
Dear Chris Mathews
Submitted by ThisnThat on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 9:55pm.
3 years ago, you could have checked o'bama's political record and discovered, then, that all he does is vote "present". This was the case in the Illinois senate, and the US senate. That's not the mark of a leader.
Here's a December, 2007 NYT article documenting o'bama's Illinois senate votes. Even the NYT sounded an alarm about this guy. Especially telling is when o'bama's friends have to go out of their way to explicitly state “It’s just plain wrong to imply that voting present reflected a lack of leadership. In fact, it was the exact opposite.” But that's been o'bama's MO all along, hasn't it? To take an obvious fact and lie about it.
Want an example? On a sex crime bill, o'bama cast the lone present vote in a 58-to-0 vote. The bill passed 112-0-0 in the House and 58-0-1 in the Senate. o;bama said he believed that the bill violated the First Amendment.
Chris -- even I knew about o'bama's voting record. And I'm not a journalist. You are -- or at least you're supposed to be. Maybe you should get in another line of work, eh?
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Most liberal ever.
Submitted by creekrat on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 10:03pm.
I know he was rated the most liberal senattor ever, and is he not now rated the most lib president ever ? I'm sure I've read that somewhere.
Always a catch with Tingles
Submitted by spepper on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 10:45pm.
There's ALWAYS a catch with Tingles whether he admits it or not-- as in the case with his criticism of "his guy", goes something like this: "As bad as this president may seem at times, don't worry-- the OTHER side's candidates are ALL MUCH WORSE."
Worried about his job!
Submitted by cbrown90 on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 10:45pm.
You can sure tell that Matthews is worried about having a job, once America sends Obama packing! Almost no one watchs his show, now.
If people did not get upset at the things he says and see them get covered in places like Newsbusters- he'd have even less ratings!
Current TV used up all their money paying Olbermann. No more money left for Mathews.
Chris Matthews is a stopped clock
Submitted by Keef Olbermann on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 10:46pm.
that's right twice a day. This is actually perfect analysis. He's a technocrat who's micromanaging while Rome burns. He's clearly an elite technocrat but he just doesn't get it.
(a narcissistic technocrat
Submitted by Keef Olbermann on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 10:49pm.
who seems doomed to live out a Greek-tragedy presidency)
Faking it.
Submitted by Slyrr on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 10:49pm.
This happens every so often. Don't read too much into it. Everyone knows that BSNBC is Obama's puppet media apologists. They spend the bulk of their time sucking up to Obama, praising him, and lying to cover up his failures.
It's so pathetically obvious, that I'm sure Obama orders them to give him a half-hearted slap every so often, just to 'prove' that they're not his slaves.
Matthews will go right back to humping Obama's leg by the time his next show starts.
What?
Submitted by octavioj on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 1:09am.
After telling us for years that president Bush was dumb he says the president does not need to be smart? After excoriating the GOP field for being dumb and uninformed he says the president does not need to be smart? Are we in the Twilight Zone here?
Sorry Chrissy...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 2:50am.
You can't get any creds back (if you ever had any) that you gave up by now not trying to fellate BHO on your 'show'. Chrissy, your show will only last as long as your true love's administration. LOL this is too great!!
"Clearly has made the right
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 3:02am.
"Clearly has made the right judgments in his executive leadership" no need to read any further after that statement. Crissy isn't criticizing obama, crissy is pleadingitn the manner of an abused wife who is too stupid to leave.
Dear Chris
Submitted by oldfart on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 8:31am.
Well you are half right. Where are the examples of Barry's superior intelligence? We certainly have not seen any.
Also--I never heard
Submitted by StarAZ on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 12:54pm.
Also, Chris, I don't recall much rhapsodizing about the country and its people even during the campaign...
Please
Submitted by Lamdog on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 8:54am.
As the election nears, you will begin to hear how against all opposition the President regained his mojo. The tingling feeling will return. To put another way: Is there any doubt he will pull the lever for President Obama reelection?
Please
Submitted by Lamdog on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 8:54am.
As the election nears, you will begin to hear how against all opposition the President regained his mojo. The tingling feeling will return. To put another way: Is there any doubt he will pull the lever for President Obama reelection?
Yes...and no
Submitted by StarAZ on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 12:52pm.
I was flabbergasted to even agree with anything Chris said--but the way he raves on about the Republicans, I am sure you are right, Lamdog. Does not compute, does not compute.
The thrill is gone?
Submitted by rickbren on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 9:28am.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buP4ZjXjOgA
Obysmal is not only not smart,
Submitted by HockeyKid on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 9:50am.
he's merely a well-trained useful idiot who has been groomed since childhood by socialists who think they know better than history. How many times have you heard a whackademic claim "genuine socialism has never been tried" in defense of their beloved Marxism? They all think they know some secret that has eluded the rest of mankind throughout the history of socialism. Obysmal is no different--he's too stupid (or well indoctrinated) to learn from history. THAT is the danger he poses to the American way.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Chrissy is clearly pimping his book.
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 10:11am.
Come on, it's as clear as the nose on his face. (I'll address some of his moronic commentary in a bit).
He's saying things that he knows the Obammyites will become inflamed over, so he'll get more buzz for his new book on JFK. Because his last book didn't go over so well.
For those of you who don't remember, it was called "Life's a Campaign"....and he went on the Job Stewart show, where he was positively eviscerated in some of the most hilarious (for conservatives) video out there on the intertubes. If you've never seen it, click the link, and if you have, click it and enjoy it all over again.
In fact, Jon Stewart humiliated Matthews to the point that his paperback issue was renamed to save his dignity! Read it and LOL!
Chrissy's little interview with Alex Witt is merely a puff piece, particularly in light of the shellacking he took at the hands of Jon Stewart.
What Matthews says about Obama, as usual, is as laughable as his "tingles" comment. The intro alone is worthy of major eye-rolls from anyone with half a brain tied behind their backs (for you trolls, yes, I'm talking about conservatives).
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well, he has great analytical ability. Clearly has made the right judgments in his executive leadership. He has moved us very effectively in self-defense in fighting terrorism.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong. My stupid cat has more analytical ability, AND executive judgment that Barack. And his big "victories" over terrorism have nothing, nada, zip, zero to do with Barry. He was cornered into giving the go for the Bin Ladin hit. He is taking the credit for the Special Forces which have taken years and years to build (hint, more than three). I'll stop now, too early to rant, but you get my drift.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Bigfoot
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 2:07pm.
Anyone that believes any of these Tingles the Racer road apples should immediately invest their life savings in autographed pictures of Bigfoot.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: "Well, he
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 8:25pm.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: "Well, he has great analytical ability. Clearly has made the right judgments in his executive leadership."
Clearly? Name one.
MATTHEWS: ". . . He has moved us very effectively in self-defense in fighting terrorism. . . "
Really? What are the metrics? I guess he did close GTMO like he promised - - - oh, wait, forget I wrote that.
MATTHEWS: ". . . I'm not sure he's able to move the country. He had that ability as a candidate, and then the day he was inaugurated, with the Mall filled with people, African-Americans and everyone else, he sent us all home. It was the worst mistake of his presidency. The day he got inaugurated, he sent us all home and said, “Thank you, now watch how smart I am.” That's the worst kind of a notion of the presidency."
So cheerleader Matthews, who saw in Obama a black JFK and who's overt support for his candidacy contributed to Obama's victory, is now dealing with the realization that Obama hasn't lived up to the expectations of white liberal metrosexuals. Where was Matthews' "great analytical ability" -- nada.
But I will agree with Matthews new assessment: This is as good as Obama gets, and he isn't pleasing conservatives, indepenents, and even old Leftists like Matthews,
Chris, why the lies?
Submitted by Kansasgirl on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 9:22pm.
Chris shows his stupidity or thinks we're stupid if he expects us to believe that O has inspired Americans.
This jello-head needs shock treatment.
I think that this means Chris Matthews is...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 1:30am.
jumping off the Obama bandwagon and is ready to jump on the Hillary bandwagon.
I will check and see if anyone here thinks that too.
I checked. No one else here thinks he is going to switch to Clinton.
Second theory. After praising Obama to the skies, Obama ignores him. The worst thing you can do to a liberal is ignore him. Perhaps that is the reason he is off the Obama bandwagon.
Third theory. Matthews likes attention so he says the most outrageous things he can think of. After saying outrageous things in support of Obama, he now thinks it is advantageous to say outrageous things in opposition of Obama.
Fourth theory. In the past he has always been in Obama's corner. He now sees that Obama is going down the tubes and he doesn't want to go down the tubes with him.
Reminds me of a rat leaving a sinking ship.
In light of the recent
Submitted by ant on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 1:30am.
In light of the recent clashes between OWS and the police, many commenters on the lefy blogs are expressing extreme unhappiness with The Won. His chances are looking worse, he's losing much of his hippy, lefty, spoiled brat liberal base.
Strangely though, much of the anger is that he's not doing anything to help the protesters. The "police brutality" of course, is because of Republicans. I'm not sure how that works, aren't cops union?
You agree, I think, with my fourth theory. I never go to left..
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 1:44am.
left wing blogs, but I do listen to conservative talk radio and most of the hosts that I listen to think that Obama will be very, very hard to beat.
He's got the money and he has society's takers ready to vote for him. (Nearly 50 per cent pay no taxes and more than half of us are dependant on big government for some kind of direct assistance.)
Does Chis Matthews know something our side doesn't know?
Perhaps our side is being overly cautious?
"Thrill Up My Leg"
Submitted by Prince of Peeps on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 3:10am.
The "Thrill up my leg" has turned into the "Hershey squirts" running down his leg.
An outsider's POV
Submitted by surfergirl54 on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 6:00am.
Is Chris Matthews for real? I am an outsider here, and in fact doofus has just been visiting my country, even stopped over in the city where I live... only to have the most left-wing Marxist red-haired lying witch fawning all over him.
What gets me is that this man who really is extremely stupid is acclaimed as being smart. Really? He is a ditherer. He could not make the necessary snap decisions to save himself. Look how he stuffed up on the Libyan situation, leaving any kind of action until the very last matter... and yes, that was critical. Look at the way he did not consult your Congress over what action could be taken, to get approval. No wonder so many people are hopping mad about that.... (and I speak as someone who approved the actual NATO mission). He screwed up when he pulled back. He could not make a proper decision to save his own skin.
Now this man is a Marxist. He is extreme left, and if someone makes the silly claim that an extremist like Østupid is centrist, then all I can do is laugh in their face. It just is not the truth. The man was raised as a Marxist in a Marxist loving family, and he is friends with the Weather Underground terrorists, William Ayers and Bernadine Dorhn, who are also Marxists. Anyone who endorses the Occubaggers is a Marxist.
There is not a lot that I can say about the killing of OBL. It certainly would have been better if he was taken alive, just like with that other terrorist Daffy Duck, who actually deserved his end (you will not get sympathy out of me when it comes to Daffy Duck). Where Østupid has really screwed up, is the refusal to release those photographs of the dead OBL.
Most of you have mentioned some of the more pathetic economic decisions that have been made. I speak as someone who has an economics degree (for what it is worth) and to be honest Østupid deserves a grading of F for his understanding of economic realities. How pathetic that he goes to Europe and lectures the Socialist Europeans and here he is with the worst burgeoning debt in the USA since I have been alive. His policies are totally irresponsible.
A little thunder from down
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 10:10am.
A little thunder from down under, as they say??? Nice comment, surfergirl..............and you've pretty much nailed it. I'd like to know more about Boy Barry's trip to Oz...........and maybe your own current political situation.
I spent about 6 months in Australia many, many moons ago - traveling from Johanna/Bells/Torquay down in Victoria - all the way up to Noosa Head, and all points inbetween. My favorite surf spot was Angourie on the northern NSW coast - for some reason I caught it really good a few times. Where are you located??
Who was the left-wing, Marxist, red-headed, lying witch that was drooling over Boy BlahBlah???
Aloha from an outer island in Hawaii,
Killa
Wow....
Submitted by dydx on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 6:33am.
No way he, or MSNBC, can spin their way out of this interview. No way. This is a big silver lining of the dark cloud of Obama's election (uh...crap....NO racist innuendo intended). They and their ilk's denial was obvious to all but themselves...and slowly they are starting to realize/admit that.