Shoving Match Between Chris Matthews' Hecklers, MSNBC Producer Investigated at RNC

Hollywood Reporter ^ | August 31, 2012 | Paul Bond

[rightwingintelligentsia]

TAMPA, Fla. -- A scuffle involving an MSNBC producer and two men who heckled host Chris Matthews was being investigated by security officials Thursday night a few blocks from the Republican National Convention.

Matthews was hosting a show at a makeshift outdoor stage near the Tampa Bay Times Forum after Mitt Romney accepted the GOP presidential nomination. During a break, two men shouted, "Hey Chris, how's that tingle up your leg?" The comment was a reference to Matthews’ 2008 comment that a Barack Obama speech sent a "thrill up his leg."

According to witnesses, a shoving match ensued.

"Then this short dude who works for MSNBC pushed them," said Toby David, who came to the defense of the two hecklers. Another witness, Kim Churchman, added, "One of them was smiling and didn't know it was coming, and the guy just shoved him."

[Responsibility2nd]

Just ban MSNBC from the convention. That way no animals get peanuts thrown at them, and Chrissie’s goons can’t start a fight.

It’s not like PMSNBC is a credible media source, right?

[Steely Tom]

Obviously he didn’t realize exactly who he was heckling.

[tgusa]

Short dude from PMSNBC should have gotten his ass kicked. Or, at least a face full of mace.

[crosshairs]

Did Chrissy smack em with her purse?

[Dick Bachert]

Sadly, the tingle that ran up little Chrissie’s leg during the Obama campaign went all the way up to his head, blowing his tiny vestigial brain out his left ear. Given the many times Chrissie has gladly taken it in the ear for his pals on the left, the size of that orifice made the blowout inevitable. The scar reveals that he DID have a transplant. Unfortunately, it was the cryogenically preserved brain of Lyndon Baines Johnson and turned out to be even smaller than the original organ, probably because – as with nearly ALL Democrats -- it had never been used.

[ozzymandus]

Arrest the MSNBC thug.

[Terry Mross]

A liberal relative I used to speak to mentioned on FB that he watched msnbc. I responded “That means their audience doubled to two viewers.” Lots of laugh responses from people with brains. The liberal’s head exploded.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Agree.
Why is anyone and everyone from the MSM invited in ?
The GOP should be more selective. MSNBC can report from across the street.

[WKUHilltopper]

“Then this short dude who works for MSNBC pushed them”

If he had pushed me, I would have knocked this Keebler Elf on his @$$. You have a right to defend yourself—even from elves.

[ghost of nixon]

"Hey Chris, how's that tingle up your leg?"

...beautiful - Matthews has actually mentioned on air (in a fit of anger) how much it pisses him off that right-wingers keep bringing up this embarasing quote of his.

[Cyman]

The producer just slipped on Tingle’s slobber.

[Graewoulf]

PING!

[DaxtonBrown]

Tingles is now getting to the point of ridicule. That’s when you have them.

[musicman]

""Hey Chris, how's that tingle up your leg?""

[AppyPappy]

Somebody should have stomped Frodo into the pavement.

[tumblindice]

This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies and little journalists attacking defenseless fit young men.

[Signalman]

Matthews: All racist, all the time.