Posted on 01/27/2011 4:35:34 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The most entertaining segment of Hardball the past few nights has been watching host Chris Matthews consistently seethe at the mere mention of the name Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. And with Sarah Palin’s “WTF” moment, she too has re-entered Matthews’ zone of contempt, a place where Matthews seriously serves up an endless supply of eye-catching insults.
For the past few days, after a clip of Bachmann played, smoke would nearly come out of Matthews’ ears as he then proceeded to mock her as a “balloon-head,” yelled at Tea Party leaders for refusing to admit she’s ignorant, or worried she might lack the comprehension to know when she is “making an ass” out of herself. And who can forget old classics like Matthews suggesting she acts like a “zombie” and wondering if she’s persistently “hypnotized.”
In today’s clip, Matthews wonders why “know-nothings” Bachmann and Palin are so celebrated by Republicans. His guests attempt to soothe Matthews with the fact that, in their opinion, neither are serious candidates for President, and that by comparison, Bachmann and Palin make people like Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty look so much better. However, Matthews more accurately comes to his own conclusion, which also gives us a peek into the rationale behind his obsession with the dynamic duo: “I’m afraid [Palin and Bachmann] make [people like Romney and Pawlenty] look boring.”
Therefore, I offer up this column as a pseudo-intervention of sorts in an effort to merely draw attention to the fact that Matthews’ obsession does indeed exist, yet in my opinion, it’s not a problem that needs to be fixed. You see just like Palin and Bachmann are more exciting than most Republican candidates, Matthews, with his absurdly over-the-top rants and breathless verbal assaults, is in fact the most exciting liberal commentator who consistently attempts to trash them.
Although this is likely the subject for a different column, I personally think there is a huge difference between Palin’s entirely defensible, witty, and even inspirational “WTF” response to Obama’s State of the Union Address (yes, I’m not backing down from this), versus Bachmann’s speechifying which I consistently find similar to watching an elephant cross a frozen pond. Yet despite one’s personal preference about either woman, there is no denying that Matthews unleashing an uncensored smackdown on these women that he finds so unintelligent, might be bizarre, it might even reach levels of misogyny according to some, yet overall it makes for great television.
Watch the clip from MSNBC below:
(VIDEO AT LINK)
The WTF from Palin was a hoot. I had to stop and think awhile before I got it...lol
This coming from the network that is sponsoring the first GOP debate.
LOL yeah me too..I had a brain fart last night, when I heard her say it, I was like Huh..then I went ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh NOW I get it..couldn’t stop laughing. Sarah has a way of just saying what we all feel in just a few words
Me too, major brain fart...lol I thought, should she be saying that? Tells ya where my mind was. I see Chrissies’ getting all spun up again....good....lol
Don’t be so hard on yourself. I watch Chris Matthews following elections when Democrats lose or when Republican women take the mic’. His misogyny has long been a source of amusement to me, especially because it’s become such a habit that female Democrats are stunned into silence when he applies it to them.
Thank you for posting this.
We attack what we fear most....Chris fears strong Conservative Women.
We attack what we fear most....Chris fears strong Conservative Women.
What are tingles ratings, anyway?
Pass the popcorn, Chrissy will croak from on-air apoplexy. it’ll be fun to watch him gurgle and tingle...
My daughter is fascinated by Matthews. She says maybe someday she will see a giant larva wriggle out of the top of his head.
I use to get mad at Chrissie and his ilk. I’m now finding it funny and laughing half the time instead of getting mad. Their comments are getting so dang stupid and lame. They use the same cr*p over and over again, until it doesn’t work anymore. Then they switch gears and use a new one. All of which have something to do with hate, racism, causing violence, blah blah blah ect..Instead of debating the issues or using facts. This is way past old. They are so spun up they can’t even think straight now. Not that they could anyway, but now...lol
If this ranting doesn’t drive a person to drink.. or Jesus, not much will. Polarity is good. People need to choose sides.. and the ravages of leftism is not a choice potentially decent people make if forced to choose. He’s doing us a favor. The left continues to define itself as an atheist cult.
Isn’t the tinkler a good buddy of the half-baked rep, Jim Moran?
Since I did not hear all of the Marxist’s speech, I was not familiar with the line “Winning the future” I mean its really his fault come to think of it..winning the future..WTF..damn, I guess that means we won’t be seeing winning the future T-shirts anytime soon LOL
Make no mistake... that *misogyny* word comes into play and righteously so.
What are tingles ratings, anyway?
Less than the number of posters in this thread.
LOL. You’ve got it!
I betcha Obama is mighty pissed at his speechwriters because while they may have knowingly ripped the phrase “winning the future” off from Newt, I really don’t think they realized the acronym was “WTF” until Sarah Palin pointed it out.
And nothing could make O more pissed than that!
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