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Matthews: 'I'm Smiling Because I Think It's Going To Be a Wipe-Out'
Today Show/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 11/06/2006 5:08:44 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Chris Matthews just couldn't wipe that grin off his face. Interviewing him on this morning's 'Today,' Meredith Vieira began by suggesting that despite the tough electoral environment for Republicans, polls over the weekend were showing movement in their direction. She started to pose a question, but so distracting was Matthews' mugging that she couldn't continue, asking instead "why are you smiling?"

Replied Matthews:

"Because I think it's going to be a wipe-out. I think the Democrats are going to carry the House by 20-some, high-20s and I think the Senate seats are perhaps not six, but five, and I can see a big victory for the Democrats."

Video here.

Matthews went on to sound a cautionary note to Dems about not dancing in the end zone. And no doubt he would seek to explain his smile and response as reflecting his amusement at the suggestion that the election might be close, not his satisfaction with the anticipated outcome. But does anyone believe he would have been equally gleeful had he been convinced Republicans were heading toward a big victory?


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2006midterms; chrismatthews; mediabias; meredithvieira; nbc; todayshow
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

Yup. How Mary Matalin can reproduce with him is a mystery to me. Maybe he wears the trash can to bed?


81 posted on 11/06/2006 5:48:57 AM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Yeah, Matthews is non-partisan...

This is why you should never, ever support the liberal media with your dollars and mindshare. Find a conservative alternative. If none exists, skip it and pick up a good book. Pick up The Good Book. But don't reward the likes of this clown.
82 posted on 11/06/2006 5:50:29 AM PST by DesScorp
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To: Right Angler

He was a Democrat staffer like Steffy. What do you guys expect? The media is the communications wing of the Democrat party and world socialist movement.


83 posted on 11/06/2006 5:50:42 AM PST by Luke21
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To: CzarNicky

me too


84 posted on 11/06/2006 5:57:11 AM PST by SunnyUsa (No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.)
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To: beyond the sea

"Three days of steady drinking should do it."

badda-bing!


85 posted on 11/06/2006 5:59:37 AM PST by dakine
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To: queenkathy
Vannity and the Skeleton deserve each other.
86 posted on 11/06/2006 6:04:40 AM PST by Ouderkirk (Don't you think it's interesting how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather?)
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To: Luke21
Reading of Matthews joy should a wipe-out for the dems occur, I wondered if his show is now openly leftist.

Does Chris state that his show is pro-democrats, does he verbally tell his viewers that he approaches all interviews and commentary from the left? Is he HONEST about his take and shadings or does he remain dishonest, allowing his psycho smiles and questions and responses to make his pro-liberal points on air?

I can't watch him. So I don't know if he has come out of the liberal closet or not. Most media dem jocks who provide mainstream media news shows (ie today show, etc) do not, being democrats they are naturally cowards and thrive on innuendo and distortion, but Matthews sounds as if he is open with his liberal stance now. Has he verbally said he is a liberal dem on his show?

87 posted on 11/06/2006 6:04:43 AM PST by Republic (A standing senator who openly wounds our military should be impeached!)
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To: AZRepublican
He won't be smiling after Tuesday night.

Do they make a waste basket in Chrissy's size? Will he need need to go directly for the 'tall kitchen' model?

88 posted on 11/06/2006 6:06:29 AM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: MortMan

I knew her name once, but forget it at the moment. Point is, she's not a public celebrity but a behind the scenes type...an FNC producer of the news based in Washington. Oh, yeah, think her name is Kim. Not sure what last name she goes by, his or hers. They are invited to Washington parties as a couple, such as, to WH dinners.




89 posted on 11/06/2006 6:06:41 AM PST by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

For all of us UFC fans his smile is the same smile that the receiver of a good solid punch displays. If the punched one has to say "that didn't hurt" you know it hurt.

TT


90 posted on 11/06/2006 6:07:33 AM PST by TexasTransplant (NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He denied being a democrat? Whatever, that man is flaming liberalism!


91 posted on 11/06/2006 6:08:11 AM PST by Halls (Nothing is final until it is final! Vote Republican this election day!)
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To: Dane

That's today's MSM. Unaccountable.


92 posted on 11/06/2006 6:09:42 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Republic

I don't watch him either. In channel surfing I've gotten tiny dribs and drabs.

He really doesn't have to say "I'm a liberal Democrat". It's the way he acts and the way he conducts his show. It's what he says, how he says it, his body language, everything. He's a fool for Democrats. He despises Bush, Cheney and Karl Rove? Why? That's easy. They got the power and kept his Dem buds out of power.

The only time he really attacks Dems is if they mess up, in his opinion, and make it easier for Repubs to win. The only Repubs he cares for are the RINO types that hurt our cause. Matthews is out of control in his personal demeanor. He is just about rabid, politically, I would say.

Someone like that doesn't need to officially announce what they are.






93 posted on 11/06/2006 6:16:02 AM PST by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I hope to watch him tomorrow night in tears. Prissy Mathews shameful covering for John Kerrys dissing or our troops, and claiming the white house had the head of the VFW criticize Kerry as part of an orchestrated 'White House' smear campaign was beyond the pale. I watch the next night to see if he would apologize when he was PROVEN wrong, but he did not. He is not a journalist, but a Rat hack.


94 posted on 11/06/2006 6:25:43 AM PST by milwguy
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Chris, I like drinking too, but I try not to go to work drunk.


95 posted on 11/06/2006 6:28:33 AM PST by RichInOC (If you want a more conservative America, the solution is never going to be electing more Democrats.)
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To: VanDeKoik

Actually this will make Wednesday even more enjoyable.

Pray for W and The Election


96 posted on 11/06/2006 6:32:22 AM PST by bray (Voting for the Rats is a Death Wish)
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To: txrangerette
I know you are right.

But I do believe that any news show, any political events show or any reporting of the news of the day done on any program, if the person doing the reporting goes thru the shenanigans you describe in your post, should be OBLIGATED to announce their leaning toward one of the other party's.

Too many people do not read the crappy innuendo correctly. Many assume the news is JUST as, say Matthews, relates it. This is wrong.

I also think the print media, aka, the NYT, if its owners had a decent desire to be honorable, would have permanently printed on its front page 'a paper with a liberal perspective , a paper that promotes democrats and their ideals.'

That or 'Goebbels is our mentor!'

lol

This, of course, will happen when pigs fly!

97 posted on 11/06/2006 6:32:41 AM PST by Republic (John Kerry should be impeached!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

OK, that's it. We must GOTV and wipe that sh*t-eating grin off his ugly mug once and for all.


98 posted on 11/06/2006 6:33:51 AM PST by RockinRight (Maintaining a Republican majority is MORE IMPORTANT than your temper tantrum.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Wow, you mean Chrissy Matthews has admitted he isn't an objective, fair reporter? I'm stunned. Shocked, I say.


99 posted on 11/06/2006 6:39:17 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Kozak

Never try to understand the tastes of liberal women. Only give you a headache.

Bill Clinton is an adultering rapist, but that doesn't stop stop the heard of liberal females who fawn over him like he's the prom king.


100 posted on 11/06/2006 6:39:28 AM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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