Chris Matthews: It's Been a 'Terrible Year' for Obama

newsmax.com ^ | December 20, 2013 | Wanda Carruthers

[Tailgunner Joe]

After a year of problems with headlines about Obamacare, the Benghazi bombing, NSA spying, and the IRS targeting of conservative groups, MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews said Friday it's beginning to feel like a "very long presidency" for Barack Obama.

"It feels like a very long presidency now. It feels like the seventh or eighth year of a presidency. It doesn't feel like the fifth," Matthews said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

"It's a terrible year for the president," he added. ....

"There wasn't that rejuvenation that comes with a reelection. There was no sense of 'Wow.' I think that's hurt him a lot," he said.

Matthews said previous presidents who had served two terms managed "to come back, just in terms of survival, the last year or two" of their second term. He said Obama would have to "come back with some gusto" if he is to be one of them.

[PATRIOT1876]

CORRECTION:

It has been a Terrible Year for THOSE UNDER THE REIGN OF Obama

[ReformationFan]

However, in Chrissy’s view, we don’t count.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The real problem here is that it has been an even worse year for Americans. 2014 looks even worse. This is the year that Americans are going to have to kiss the asses of 30 to 45 million illegal aliens. Get the welcome wagons ready!

[ExTexasRedhead]

Did you mean Dictatorship?

[MrB]

This reminds me of a bit that Al Franken did on SNL.
Something about the 80’s being the “me” decade,
and the next decade would be the “Al Franken” decade.

Whereas people in the 80’s were concerned about how any event would affect “me”,
people in the 90’s would be concerned with how it affected “Al Franken”.

Now, we’re in the 2010’s... and Chris Mathews is concerned about how every event will affect “Barack Obama”.

[sickoflibs]

Its sad to see Matthews so let down after all his high (Mount Everest like) expectations for Obama.

Chris... how could this happen??

What went wrong?

Lesbo Maddows end of year is bad too since FNC put Kelly File up against it.

[Gay State Conservative]

Has it really,Chrissy? He's still at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.He still gets $400K/yr.He'll still be worth $10 million (plus) three years after leaving office (not to mention his lifelong $400K/yr pension).It's been a really bad year for *us*,Chrissy....the ones who *aren't* exempt from OsamaObamaCare and who don't make a million a year.

[sickoflibs]

Actually GWB’s fifth year was a disaster too and each year after that got worse than the last, leading us to Obama.

Couldnt happen to a nicer guy (Obama) this time

[V_TWIN]

It’s Been a ‘Terrible Year’ for Obama

BECAUSE OF OBAMA!

[RetiredArmy]

Well Prissy Krissie, what do you expect when the king is a Clown?

[Count of Monte Fisto]

It will only be a bad year for Bathhouse Barry if he is behind bars.

[tflabo]

He’s just mad that the thrills running up and down his legs have ceased with his decline in OblahMao adorations.

[FreeReign]

Chris Matthews makes it all about Obama....

"It's a terrible year for the president," he added. .... "There wasn't that rejuvenation that comes with a reelection. There was no sense of 'Wow.' I think that's hurt him a lot," he said. Matthews said previous presidents who had served two terms managed "to come back, just in terms of survival, the last year or two" of their second term. He said Obama would have to "come back with some gusto" if he is to be one of them.

Never-mind the fact that it has been a terrible year(five years) for the American people because of Obama.

[McBuff]

[JPG]

What could go wrong?

[Zathras]

The Prissy decoder ring says:
Can someone get the Clintons to rescue the DNC yet again?

[Old Yeller]

Hasn’t been so great for us either. Actually, the past FIVE years.

[Buckeye McFrog]

feels like its been about 127 years to me...

[Jean2]

Oh BOO HOO, Prissy pooh!