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Chris Matthews: At Least the ‘Thrill Up My Leg’ Came From Obama, Not Palin
Mediaite ^ | December 11, 2013 | Matt Wilstein

Posted on 12/11/2013 10:02:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

If there’s one off-the-cuff remark that will follow Chris Matthews for the rest of his career as a pundit, it has to be the time in 2008 when he said, in reference to a speech by then-candidate Barack Obama, “I felt this thrill going up my leg.” It’s the one line for which conservatives love to make fun of him most, and he knows it.

During a Wednesday evening debate over divisions within the Republican Party, Matthews chose to voluntarily reference the infamous quote and defend the sentiment behind it. Republican strategist Steve Schmidt was denouncing the current state of the GOP, which he said is not defined by “who’s the most nutty person yelling the loudest, the craziest things in the room at any given time” when Matthews stopped him to ask a question.

“Don’t you regret that you solemnized the marriage between the responsible Republican Party of John McCain and Sarah Palin?” Matthews asked. As one of John McCain’s lead advisers in 2008, Schmidt was integral in the decision to bring Sarah Palin on as the vice presidential candidate.

“At least I got my thrill up my leg from Obama,” Matthews continued. “You got it from Sarah Palin.” He couldn’t get through that last part without laughing.

“I think mine went away faster,” Schmidt replied.

Watch video below, via MSNBC:

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KEYWORDS: chrismattews; obama; palin; steveschmidt
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To: gattaca
Maybe he has peripheral neuropathy HA!

It began about 12 inches above the neck and moved downward quickly.

41 posted on 12/12/2013 3:48:29 AM PST by verga (The devil is in the details)
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Chris Matthews: At Least the ‘Thrill Up My Leg’ Came From Obama, Not Palin

What. A. Faggot.

42 posted on 12/12/2013 3:54:41 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Caipirabob

“You got it from Sarah Palin.”......

Definitely.


43 posted on 12/12/2013 4:03:51 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: shove_it

Is it just me, or does Steve DipSchmidt (love that name BTW) remind anyone else of that creepy bald guy on THE MENTALIST - who turned out to be corrupt of course….


44 posted on 12/12/2013 4:18:56 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Sarah Barracuda; All

Ok please, obnoxious lickspittle political hack that he is Matthews has been married to the same woman for 35 years and has three kids. This snickering sophomoric innuendo is unworthy of serious people.


45 posted on 12/12/2013 4:33:52 AM PST by skepsel
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To: TigersEye

All that The Tingler needs is a villainous costume which is perfect for his sexual orientation.


46 posted on 12/12/2013 5:19:58 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: TigersEye

Maybe a FReeper out there can photoshop him in one.


47 posted on 12/12/2013 5:20:30 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So he IS queer...I thought so.


48 posted on 12/12/2013 5:36:02 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (...and to the Republic for which it stood.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Is Christine confessing that he/she/it is gay?
49 posted on 12/12/2013 6:11:41 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Yes, that’s how much they hate and fear her.”


It’s the “TRUTH” that they hate & fear. Miss Matthews, IS an EXCELLENT example of what it’s like to have the ‘herd mentality’. A state of mind, no different than the “go along, to get along” types. Those who live this philosophy belong to the WORLD, and are enemies of God.

The most disturbing thing about such a “thrill” as that, is that those who will be deceived by the AntiChrist, here soon, will experience the same kind of thrill, only to their eternal demise.


50 posted on 12/12/2013 2:39:20 PM PST by ourworldawry
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Great post SB.


51 posted on 12/12/2013 4:50:30 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2016)
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