Posted on 07/25/2006 10:03:21 PM PDT by Mo1
I confess, I like Chris Matthews. When I have appeared on his show he's always been charming, engaging, and full of energy even as his questioning wandered. His books are pretty good as well.
But Matthews went far off the rails in the course of a bizarre interview on Imus this morning. One excerpt is an example of the entire interview:
I don't know what this guy, the vice president, is. The vice president, you notice how he hides during difficult times? He's in his bunker, he's in his undisclosed location. Where's Cheney in all this? He just fades everytime something happens.
Matthews lays into Joseph Lieberman ('further to the right than the president,") asserts that nobody's vote matters anymore, and engages in what can only be described as one of the longest, most disjointed and simply hysterical rants I have ever heard from a major media figure. Another small bit:
What's the bigger picture? What do we need as a president? And part of it is a president who is more, you know, he needs a better response time, he doesn't come into these issues three, four days late, like Bush does. He's somewhere in the back, or on his ranch. God knows where he is when Katrina hits, or 9/11 even --he was off somehwere. We want a president without a ranch. I'm sorry, you own one. We want someone who's there on the beat. Who seems to be sharper about the issues, and moves quick and comes and speaks before he talks to somebody named Karl Rove or somebody like that.
The transcript and audio will be up at Radioblogger.com later tongiht.
When next the elders of the MSM tribe gather to moan the loss of civility in politics, I hope somebody brings along this tape. The fever swamp of the left is giving off vapors that have spread the contagion very far indeed.
And I haven't even quoted the Matthews commentary on Israel.
FYI ping - the audio link is up
Matthews is People magazine-level political "insight".
Hugh pretty much called him nuts with this interview on Imus
BDS claims another victim!
Wow. He's hit "Lawrence O'Donnell" on the insane charts.
YaYa123 happened to be at the keyboard as Matthews went off the rails and I thought she captured the feeling of the "interview" pretty well. Her comments:
"Matthews on Imus:
Oops, Chris Matthews seemed sort of defensive about not being over in the war zone like Tucker Carlson, didn't he? Oooeeyuk! imagining Matthews in shorts! UGH!
Imus asks Matthews what he thinks: Hizzoblah is winning just by fighting, kids in the Arab street are rooting for them, just by fighting they win. 2000 year old war, blah blah, everytime we get involved, they add notches on their guns. Jimmy Carter took Egypt away as an enemy, Yeah, Jimmah!!
You have to wonder if it's our fault Israel has more enemies, Matthews says.
Matthews says Clinton did a pretty good job, you gotta say that, of wearing two hats, but under Bush we've lost our role as power broker. Condi went over there and it's a joke...they know she's a friend of Israel. A real failure of this administrration that we can't play referee.
The only way out of it, "an election". This president is so committed to his right wing position, we won't talk to anyone who disagrees with us, we have more enemies, Israel has more enemies, we aren't going to deal with Sryia or Iran, blah, blah, blah.
Bush didn'nt have a philosophy of his own, so he bought whatever the pencil-necks told him to do after 9-ll. Lord have mercy, Matthews is even going after they way we torture people!! He calls Bush administration "this crowd", he calls the president uneducated on the history of the area.
"Are you going to take a breath Chris?", Imus asked.
Chris Matthews Exposed = Everything is Bush's fault! And he, of course, manages to throw in a Karl Rove mention too.
The problem with Joe Lieberman is if you vote for him, you are voting for the war, says Chris. LORD! even Imus calls Matthews ridiculous. Now Matthews says if Lieberman gets a big turn-out, it will mean people are saying he's a sweet man, not because they support the war. Imus is right, Matthews needs a vacation."
2,531 posted on 07/25/2006 6:57:28 AM CDT by YaYa123
Matthews is People magazine-level political "insight".
Don't put down People Magazine. lol.
The Spitter went off his meds again I see.
I was hoping someone covered this. Matthews was practically hyperventilating.
"YaYa123 happened to be at the keyboard as Matthews went off the rails and I thought she captured the feeling of the "interview" pretty well. Her comments: "
You're right .. she nailed it pretty well
Well .. he didn't scream .. but you're right, it's up there on the charts
Was he ever on them??
A part of me wish he had.
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