Matthews Knocks W for Not Being In Touch 'With Critics, Like Matt Damon'

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It goes without saying that if you're the Commander-in-Chief, among the first people whose criticism you'd want to take into account would be . . . Hollywood movie stars. At least, that would seem to be Chris Matthews's opinion.

Have a look at this video clip from this afternoon's Hardball.

The specific object of Chris's ire was the president's suggestion at his press conference today that Americans shop more. Asked Matthews:

"I wonder if he's in touch with the critics out there, like Matt Damon, the actor, who was on this program Monday?"

Well, naturally, Matt's views on shopping should be of top concern to any president. Then again, wouldn't Barbra Streisand have more expertise on the particular subject matter at hand?

"Babs? W here. What's hot on Rodeo Drive? The American people need to know."

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The leading thinkers of the D

The leading thinkers of the Democratic party:

John Stewart (comedian), Mikey Moore (film maker), George Clooney and Matt Damon (actors), Barbara Striesand (singer), Rosie O'Donnell (talk show gas bag), etc, etc...

Is there no better time to be a conservative...?

I wonder what DAKOTA FANNING thinks, Chris? Hmmm? Maybe Bush should find out before he makes his big decision on Iraq...

Critics like Matt Damon...hahahahahaha...seriously he said that?

Critics like Matt Damon...hahahahahahahahaha....hahahahahahahahaha...seriously Matthews said that? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha...critics...Matt Damon...hahahahahaha...Chris Matthews....oh gawd my stomach hurts I am laughing so hard!

If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal.

somebody tell chris matthews

Hey, Mr. Matthews, indefatigable aimer of hardballs and spit:

President Bush is taking your sage advice and starting immediately he'll order form letters with questionnaire attached, with over 100 boxes to be checked "yes" or "no";

Mailed out to every Hollywood movie actor and actress, by which to make their opinions available to the White House. Bush will also address the questions of all network talking heads and shills for the Democrat Party; using much the same questionnaire! We can thus ascertain exactly what's on the minds of so much wasted talent.

These valuable questionnaires will correct Bush; and go on swiftly to the White House shredders. Or, with a hearty Hi-Ho! Mighty Leader, earn a serious place in W's Presidential Library out West! What could be sweeter than he'ppin' our Presad-int on his way to immortal fame?

That's a fantayastic idea! Thenks, Chris!

you're right. A video clip of

you're right. A video clip of this needs to be on loop at the W Presidential Library. Gosh....if only hollywood could have been in charge years ago. We'd all have fantastic bodys, and living in a fake world. The only problem is how do we stop the credits from rolling? hollywoods own version of the end of the world....RUN....it's the credits! AAAAAAAAAAAAA

Mark,Whatever Chris' illness

Mark,

Whatever Chris' illness was, he's obviously still taking some really, really good drugs.

It's the only explanation for this absurdity.

Matt Damon, geo-political and omniscient critic.  Sheesh.

If this weren't so incredibly stupid, it would be funny.

Who the hell is Matt Daman?

Who the hell is Matt Daman? Seriously, I've never heard of this parasite until just recently.
He must be hard up for publicity.

Why are their states Blue and ours Red? Shouldn't it be the other way around?

What? You mean you've never

What? You mean you've never seen Mystic Pizza? ;-)

No, really . . . what makes h

No, really . . . what makes him so important that a NewsGod like CM would even want his opinion?

Why are their states Blue and ours Red? Shouldn't it be the other way around?

...why back in the 60's - I r

...why back in the 60's - I remember actors like Katherin Hepburn on Kronkite's program all the time - right there in the center of war debate, dammit...

And I remember comedians like JACK BENNY taking the damn president to task on the top issues of the day...

And talk show hostesses like Dinah Shore were all over Nixon as the dumbest president in history...

Yep, entertainers are really important people that we must absolutely worship and follow...

Shesh--talk about an egocentr

Sheesh--talk about an egocentric view of the world. 

Over the weekend I was thinking it was Damon who should be considered for a "waste of skin" award.  Obviously I'll have to broaden my perspective to include Matthews as a front runner.

Thank God the President is more concerned about doing the right thing instead of pondering what nitwits will think.

"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"

Here's an Emerson quote that

Here's an Emerson quote that might provide some insight about why the President doesn't pay attention to these toads.

"What you are thunders so loudly in my ears that I cannot hear what you say."

"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"

Not enough hours in the day

If Dubya met with all his critics, he wouldn't have time for anything else.

This was also on Matthew's sh

This was also on Matthew's show later with breaking news....LMAO!

Matthews show is stating breaking news that Joe Blow Wilson is trying to avoid having to testify in Scooter Libby's trial...of course they are also including Cheney at the bottom of the screen as if it is his trial too...what blithering fools!

I LOVE IT! I hope he gets frog-marched to prison...where he and his partner(s) belong...more to come! I cannot wait to hear the msm types such as Russert who most likely will be testifying too....fun fun fun to be had in January as long s it doesn't get postponed ...Ol' Spittle face himself and throw in Ubermann are in for the surprises of their leftist lives!

Just saw where he (Wilson) is getting subpoenaed...got to love it! (Of course that would be the next step anyway....wonder how ol' David Shyster is feeling right about now? heheheeee)

Ahhh...fifteen minutes of fame...wonder if it was worth it! LMAO!

Melanie Sloan is Wilson's attorney...that is rich within itself!

Later Sloan herself was on by phone to Matthews and said he(Wilson) doesn't feel he should have to testify because he doesn't even know Libby! Isn't that precious....he is the reason this all happened to Libby, and others! 

"Once the coffers of the federal government are opened to the public, there will be no shutting them again." - Grover Cleveland

Really. It sounds like Chris

Really. It sounds like Chris is getting a little too cozy with the Hollywood elites, if all he can come up with for a Bush critic is Matt Damon. What happened to the Democrat as the friend of the working man? Is he now the only friends with the the really well - tan?

The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

- Arabian Proverb

Hillary

Hillary was on The View today. I heard that, if elected, she'll make Rosie and Joy members of her cabinet. This is getting ridiculous!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal

He could have said Ben Affleck`

He could have said Ben Affleck.  Hey, of the two of them Matt has made better movies than ol' Ben.

Do you think maybe, just maybe, if you listened closely you could hear the last gasp of Chris's soul/conscience.

This has got to be one of Mat

This has got to be one of Matthews' more unusual quotes, and we've gotten used to some pretty odd stuff from him over the years.  He 'lost it' a long time ago.

Does anyone know how much longer Chris will be visiting our planet?

Why is Matt Damen m

Why is Matt Damen making and promoting and expecting people to go see
his movies that are nothing but a wasteful luxury? If people shop at least they could be buying
presents for people who need them like toys for tots or families in need. Some
of us also shop for presents for the soldiers.
That would never occur to Matt - he’s too busy promoting his
movies and living a life of wasteful luxury. How does anyone benefit from going to see his
stinking movies?

Hey, how coincidental. I we

Hey, how coincidental. I went shopping today for Toys for Tots! I had emailed the contact for the drive in our town and she said she still needed donations and was especially looking for a toy fire truck. So, I went out to find one and some other things for the Toys For Tots. Even a baby doll.

Fortunately I was able to find the fire truck for the kid who had the request in.


Give a Democrat Party free America a chance!

I said this a couple of days

I said this a couple of days ago so i'll say it again.
Matt Damon SHUT UP AND ACT!!!!!

WHO THE HECK CARES WHAT MATT

WHO THE HECK CARES WHAT MATT DAMON SAYS, WHY ISN'T HE ENLISTING IN THE MILITARY TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY? HE'S AN IDIOT....

SO IS HARDBALL CHRIS, WHEN IS AMERICA GOING TO REALIZE THIS...???

Get in touch with Sandy Berger, Chrissy M

Get in touch with Sandy Berger, Chrissy M, this should touch your heart and spirit of arrogant spittle...

Inspector General Says Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger Hid Classified Docs
Thursday, December 21, 2006

[... hid them under a construction trailer and later tried to find the trash collector to retrieve them, the agency's internal watchdog said Wednesday.

...chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, said he's not convinced that the Archives can account for all the documents taken by Berger. Davis said working papers ..are not inventoried by the Archives.

"There is absolutely no way to determine if Berger swiped any of these original documents. Consequently, there is no way to ever know if the 9/11 Commission received all required materials," Davis said.

..

The employees did not feel at the time there was enough information to confront someone of Berger's stature, the report said.

Later, when Berger was confronted by Archives officials about the missing documents, he lied by saying he did not take them, the report said.

..

Berger took a break to go outside without an escort while it was dark. He had taken four documents in his pockets.

"He headed toward a construction area. ... Mr. Berger looked up and down the street, up into the windows of the Archives and the DOJ (Department of Justice), and did not see anyone," the interview notes said.

He then slid the documents under a construction trailer, according to the inspector general. Berger acknowledged that he later retrieved the documents ...

...an Archives official called Berger to discuss missing documents from his visit two days earlier. The investigator's notes said, "Mr. Berger panicked because he realized he was caught."

..

Significant portions of the inspector general's report were redacted to protect privacy or national security.]

_________________________________________

Democrats NATION SECURITY MAN. Who else thinks democrats are SKUM ?

There's something to chew on spittleboy Chrissy.

Matt Daaaaaamon!!!

LMAO!!! Nice. Thanks for th

LMAO!!! Nice. Thanks for that. I feel much better now.

Allow me to speak for most of

Allow me to speak for most of my fellow Americans when I say that I couldn't give a rat's behind for what any Hollywood actor, actress, singer, author, filmmaker or "celebrity" has to say about the policies of any administration or President.  You are entitled to your opinion but your position does NOT give you the right to spout off in public about it.  Go back to making your lousy movies, TV shows, albums, and films and just shut up, please.

The truth may be ugly, but it is still the truth.

"I wonder if he's in tou

"I wonder if he's in touch with the critics out there, like Matt Damon, the actor......"

What a silly, childish statement  coming from the increasingly feeble-minded Chris Matthews. Like Bush hasn't better things to attend to than listening to the vacuous insults from the mouths of celebrities! And I guess Bush should have looked past Damon's  spiteful slap about Barbara and Jenna volunteering for duty in Iraq, right? That 's a great way to get the P.O.T.U.S. to take you seriously.  I think Chris M. needs a long vacation. He's actually starting to take himself seriously.

Dear Harry Potter

I wonder what Harry Potter thinks about all this ?

Just what are Matt Damon's cr

Just what are Matt Damon's credentials in foreign policy?  Or, George Clooney's, Barbara Steisand's, etc., etc.?  For that matter, what were Meryl "we're poisoning our children" Streep's credentials in biochemistry?  Why should GW or any President bother to listen to the semiliterate, uninformed bleatings of the left coast elites?  Would they listen and heed if he were to start as a movie critic?  (Babs, your singing voice is okay, but wear a bag over your face...better yet, a burqa so you'll be in practice for the results if your type of foreign policy is ever enacted.)

Just because someone is a well-known actor/actress or sports figure doesn't mean they know squat about anything outside their own narrow specialty, just as a PHD in economics doesn't qualify someone to lecture in theoretical physics.

Chrissy, do you ever listen to what comes out of your pie hole?

"A communist is someone who reads Marx.  An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx."  Ronald Reagan

I guess all it takes to be

I guess all it takes to be considered a "critic" is to make an appearance on Hardball and talk out your a$$. I love how these retards clip a small part of Bush's remarks and apply it to something completely different.

Why, Chris--do you mean since

Why, Chris--do you mean since you haven't listened to your critics, something's missing in your knowledge and analysis?

Many of us have been trying to tell you but you haven't listened.

Liberalism is a convenient lie.