He wasn't getting tingles down his legs in those days.
He made it clear that he was *not* a conservative.
Just that we are all Americans, and that is OK.
He talked a bit about his love of hunting and his support of the second amendment IIRC.
I ended up enjoying him filling in, I think he did a good job at making it an interesting show.
I feel sorry for Matthews now.
Something pathological has happened to his brain. Drugs? Alcohol? Liberalism?
But it is NOT good.