Video: Chris Matthews beholds his Messiah
posted at 4:25 pm on January 4, 2008 by Bryan
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This is from last night/this morning, after Obama’s win. All you Huck haters out there, pay a little attention to how some Democrats are talking about Barack Obama now. The reality of Obama is that he’s a one-term senator, somewhat charismatic but in terms of politics a near Marxist liberal and on foreign policy a total neophyte and squish. He’s not qualified for the job he seeks. He speaks in platitudes, but that’s what people want. Whether it’s Ezra Klein talking about how Obama can apparently stop time or whether it’s Chris Matthews here talking about how Obama has been delivered to us (I missed the star over the stable, unfortunately), the phenomenon that put Huck on top on our side is also at work on the other side. We’ll have to name it at some point if it goes on long enough, but for now just take a gander at it.
Exit statement: Huckabee’s rise isn’t friendly to libertarians in the GOP, but Obama’s rapture is even less friendly to libertarians.
(h/t John Ziegler)
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Wouldn’t that leave the rest of us left behind?
Frozen Tex on January 4, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Stream not working for me…
freakagriep on January 4, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Cults of personality…. the downfall of many Democracys.
Romeo13 on January 4, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Foreign policy, taxes and security aside… Huckabee is a breath of fresh air. Between Hillary, Obama and Edwards, it’s hard to pick who is more frightening. All three would be an absolute nightmare.
MT on January 4, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Friday, January 04, 2008
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that Senator Barack Obama has opened a ten-percentage point victory [lead] over former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 47% to 37% The survey also found Obama with a six-point lead over Mitt Romney, 45% to 39%.
MB4 on January 4, 2008 at 4:31 PM
I heard someone (can’t remember who) point out that Olbermann is a big Hillary supporter. Do we have any video evidence of this?
freakagriep on January 4, 2008 at 4:31 PM
…and Matthews/Olbermann teaming up to discuss no less. Ugh, how could anyone enjoy listening to those to pontificate together.
MT on January 4, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Delivered to us…to re-engage the world.
Funny stuff from the secular left.
swami on January 4, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Obama is going to be a problem for us, no matter who we nominate. As is evident in this post, he’s seen as the Messiah. He would have to do a whole lot wrong in order to be damaged, and even then…
I still think Hillary is the best bet we can go up against in the general.
amerpundit on January 4, 2008 at 4:34 PM
The Founding Fathers gotta be rolling over in their graves right now, looking at what the great democratic republic they founded and its presidential election has degenerated into…
Patriot33 on January 4, 2008 at 4:36 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) Friday January 4, 2:17 pm ET — President Bush said Friday that while there is some uncertainty about slowing economic growth, the nation’s “financial markets are strong and solid.”
Bush spoke after meeting with his top economic advisers about possibly drafting a package to stimulate the U.S. economy as it weathers the housing slump, rising oil prices and an uptick in unemployment.
“This economy is on a solid foundation” Bush said.
- insert Senator Obama here -
NEW YORK (AP) Friday January 4, 3:48 pm ET — Wall Street plunged again Friday after the government’s much-anticipated employment report showed weaker-than-expected job growth and a rise in the unemployment rate. The Nasdaq composite index, also pummeled by a downgrade of Intel Corp., skidded more than 3 percent, while the Dow Jones industrials fell more than 1.5 percent.
The Labor Department’s report that employers raised payrolls by only 18,000 and that the nation’s unemployment rate rose to its highest level since November 2005 unnerved investors, who worried that a weakening job market will hurt consumer spending.
- remove President Obama here -
MB4 on January 4, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Would it be blasphemous to photoshop a halo over Obama’s head?
And behold, from the northeast arrived liberal pundits bearing gifts of sickles, hammers, and ration stamps.
natesnake on January 4, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Nah. Give the AP a day or two and they’ll take one of those photos that make it look like the guy has his own halo.
Bryan on January 4, 2008 at 4:41 PM
True. Why outpace the inevitable.
natesnake on January 4, 2008 at 4:44 PM
I think you are absolutely right. She is not only Republicans best hope, she may be Republicans only hope.
There should probably be some kind of campaign going on to have conservative independents in New Hampshire cross over to vote for Hillary.
MB4 on January 4, 2008 at 4:44 PM
the phenomenon that put Huck on top on our side is also at work on the other side. We’ll have to name it at some point if it goes on long enough, but for now just take a gander at it.
I would say that “man on a white horse” comes closest, but I don’t think that it even approaches the naked joy and love expressed by Matthews and company. Obama inspires outright and unprofessional adoration in these guys, to the point that they can’t even make an attempt to hide it. They’re building him up as the second coming of JFK. If there were a cardboard stand-up of him there, they’d be gazing at it adoringly like those kids in JESUS CAMP.
Well-Armed Lamb on January 4, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Let the Clintons fight their own battles.
bnelson44 on January 4, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Praise be to the Messiah, for he shall deliver us from ……….. Iowa.
Iowa, Chrissy.
He’s hit a bloop single to right field on the first day of the season. The pennant is a long way off.
fogw on January 4, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Statement of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, does Chrissy now think that Obama is the sexiest thing – he’s always slobbering over somebody. The guy is definitely deprived of…food.
MB4 on January 4, 2008 at 4:44 PM
True and tricky. I, however, don’t believe the Clintons are done yet. This is yet to be a war-of-all-wars. NH is not Iowa.
Entelechy on January 4, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Our attempt to ‘rejoin the world?’
WE ARE THE WORLD you idiot.
ThackerAgency on January 4, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Matthews and Olbermann. Sleeze on sleeze. God, I hate the media.
RobCon on January 4, 2008 at 4:55 PM
I got my campaign contributions from Norman Hsu
He gave me money that I sure could use
People love it when I lose,
They love my dirty laundry
Well, I coulda been suing a McDonalds, but I married up
I just have to look good compared to the rest, I dont have to be clear
Come and whisper dirty tricks in my ear
See my dirty laundry
See me when Im up
See me when Im down
See me when Im up
See me when Im down
See me when Im up
See me go round and round
We got the silky-pony who
Comes on all poor like
He can tell you bout channeling the dead with a gleam
In his eye
Its interesting when people die-
See his dirty laundry
Can we trash Obama yet?
You know, the boys in my campaign got a
Running bet
Got the dirt on him all set!
I love others dirty laundry
You dont really need to know whats going on
You dont really want to know just how far Ive gone
Just leave me well enough alone
Eat my dirty laundry
See me when Im up
See me when Im down
See me when Im up
See me when Im down
See me when Im up
See me when Im down
See me when Im stiff
See me when Im talkin southern black all around
My dirty little secrets
My dirty little lies
Ive got my dirty little fingers in everybodys pie
I love to cut em down to size
I love dirty laundry
I can do the innuendo
I can pounce and I can sing
When its all said and done I havent told you a thing
You all know that my crap is king
Give me dirty laundry!
- Hillary Rodham Henley
MB4 on January 4, 2008 at 4:57 PM
The phenomemon is a cross between “Instant Celebrity” and “Hero Worship”.
Its straight out of western movies. The bulletproof hero, riding in on a white horse, oozing virtue and wholesomeness, speaking little but doing nothing but good deeds, aiding us in our battle against the evil cattle rustlers or land barons or whatever.
We puff them up our of our own hopes and fears ignoring their flaws and frailties, because we NEED to BELIEVE in something pure and good.
Its pure fantasy and eventually the bubble bursts.
Always Right on January 4, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Before you condemn Obama, look at the Democrats’ alternatives. Whom would you pick?
calbear on January 4, 2008 at 5:00 PM
A Republican.
Bryan on January 4, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Quick comeback FC – Btw, Hsu is going to jail for 3 years.
Entelechy on January 4, 2008 at 5:02 PM
You’re in top form today Bryan – that exist statement was balsamic. It’s going to be a tough year. Hang in there,
Entelechy on January 4, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Maybe it was Freudian, but s/b “exit statement”.
Entelechy on January 4, 2008 at 5:06 PM
Although the general is almost a year away…. if we held the election yesterday:
Obama – Marxist
vs.
Huckabe – Marxist-Lite
In my mind, Huck is the worst of both worlds. He’s a liberal in conservative clothing and his “prophet” status is sure to alienate a slue of voters.
You have to hand it to the MSM. They know how to prop up a GOP candidate who has a snowball’s chance of winning the election.
It’s a good thing there’s still a lot of ground between now and then.
natesnake on January 4, 2008 at 5:06 PM
So if you happened to register as a Democrat, you’d write in a Republican? I’ve done the reverse, I suppose, when I was unhappy about my choices. Still, it’s more practical to choose among what you’ve got. Fred certainly isn’t going to capture the Democratic nomination, after all.
calbear on January 4, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Beats a dirt nap at Fort Marcy Park.
MB4 on January 4, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Our culture has largely abandoned Christian values and is adrift. With that void needing to be filled, many people are desparately looking for something that seems safe and easy to grab onto. In this environment, Oprack Winframa may be unstoppable. It also may be why now is the right time for Huckabee. He’s no Mark Driscoll, but his social/cultural message is courageous to many.
MT on January 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM
The reality is that no matter who won the Democratic caucus in Iowa last night, these wankers on the left would be engaging in this same journalistic fellatio over him/her.
They want a Democrat to win so badly in November, they’re going to do this every time a new Dem front runner emerges.
flipflop on January 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM
And after 11 months of making this clear, which will be easy, as it is true, Obama returns to the desert.
JiangxiDad on January 4, 2008 at 5:12 PM
I have staunchly conserative friends who have been registered Democrats for years. Their schtick is to vote in the primaries for most conservative candidate and hope their GOP bretheran have good picks on their own. That way they can try to hedge their bets in the general that there may be two reasonable candidates. We live in a Blue Dog state.
natesnake on January 4, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Objectivity is lacking a bit.
BL@KBIRD on January 4, 2008 at 5:13 PM
If America decides is it looking for a
CommanderPastor in Chief, Obama and Huckabee are the logical contenders.MT on January 4, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Aren’t you looking for the gov’t to protect the nation and stay the hell out of our lives??
JiangxiDad on January 4, 2008 at 5:17 PM
So our strategy is to make sure our guy sucks less than theirs? Sounds like 2000 and 2004 all over again.
I would sure like to be able to believe in my candidate again.
conservnut on January 4, 2008 at 5:19 PM
That contrasts with the strategy of voting for the most unelectable Dem so people vote for the Repub in the general. The scary thing is that it’s mathematically impossible to avoid this type of trickster B.S. due to Arrow’s impossibility theorem. Still, the Iowa Democrat methods seem rather suspect, with Richardson voters blackmailing Clinton voters to join them (to give Richardson the 15% and prevent his supporters from joining Obama) and selections via rock-paper-scissors.
calbear on January 4, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Just watching Chrissy twitch while splooging down his leg at the thought of an Obama Presidency makes me ill. I can only hope he soiled Olbermanns leg as well.
Tim Zank on January 4, 2008 at 5:21 PM
It’s freaking amazing how we suddenly think the world has changed because a few cornstalk huggers gave Barrack Hussein Obama and Mike Jesus Huckabee a few more of their practically purchased votes than the other guys.
Obama has the Hillary machine now wounded and dedicated to showing the world what he is… NOT READY FOR THE JOB. And it’s easy… because it’s true. And Huck? Good grief. Even we southerners think his aw-shucks approach is grating.
Sugar Land on January 4, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Nah, I’m just kidding around. But I seriously can’t imagine myself voting for any of the tools on that side. With the qualified ones you get an old school patrician liberal who just knows better than you and hasn’t had an original thought since 1974, a plagiarist gaffe machine who flashes his teeth and makes jokes about Indians, and a governor who wants to turn Pakistan into Iran as soon as possible. Among the unqualified ones, you have three quasi Marxists, a crazy guy and a loon. I may have missed one somewhere. You all can have fun sorting out which ones I’m talking about where, I guess.
Bryan on January 4, 2008 at 5:22 PM
So instead of someone to kick terrorist ass, we’ll get someone who’ll give the country a big hug? Yeesh.
Frozen Tex on January 4, 2008 at 5:22 PM
The Dumbing Down of America – Iowa 2008.
Halley on January 4, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Yes, but to many folks the cultural slide is even more unsettling than higher taxes, immigration or jihad. I won’t include myself in that group, but it’s not difficult for me to commisurate. Huckabee has tapped that vein of cultural discontent like no other politician has.
MT on January 4, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Addition, with indulgence – also to help out:
While they’re looking to fill the void, they’re letting an Obama/Clinton in, to destroy all that even faster, and the country too. Safe, and easy, smart too.
Entelechy on January 4, 2008 at 5:28 PM
A vocal, passionate and unapologetic defense of life, marriage, and Christian values is what Huckabee is offering. Many people won’t think that feels like a hug.
MT on January 4, 2008 at 5:29 PM
MT, claification – “socilists” for his do-gooderism, not so much his other cultural/social takes.
Entelechy on January 4, 2008 at 5:30 PM
And while we’re embraced, cuddly, we’ll move toward socialism, or more Islamism. Kumbaya.
Entelechy on January 4, 2008 at 5:33 PM
SECOND LOOK AT HUCKABEE
calbear on January 4, 2008 at 5:34 PM
With the qualified ones you get an old school patrician liberal who just knows better than you and hasn’t had an original thought since 1974= McCain
a plagiarist gaffe machine who flashes his teeth and makes jokes about Indians =Biden
a governor who wants to turn Pakistan into Iran as soon as possible.=Huckmeister
Among the unqualified ones, you have three quasi Marxists, a crazy guy and a loon. = Clinton, Obama,_____, Paul, Kucinich.
JiangxiDad on January 4, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Not nearly as fast as with Hillary/Edwards/Obama… and we’d have the benefit of pissing off the ACLU to boot!
MT on January 4, 2008 at 5:43 PM
’scuse me…
I gotta go puke…
leepro on January 4, 2008 at 5:45 PM
Iowa, huh?
If you build it, they will come. (bloop single is right)
The truth is, B-Ear-Rack couldn’t save his rubber ducky from the bathtub drain.
CyberCipher on January 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Is that a different breed/scale of socialism than that of Hillary/Edwards/Obama in your view?
MT on January 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM
No need to go on because Huckabee would lose against any of the 3 lefties. That’s my entire point.
Entelechy on January 4, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Matthews’ argument confirms my suspicion we should abolish the Peace Corps.
thuja on January 4, 2008 at 6:35 PM
Is this really any different than how the Modern American Left reacted to President Clinton in his early days? I remember it being a trope that reporters would start covering Clinton and have a “conversion” experience to true believer status.
Annoying Old Guy on January 4, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Well Obama did resurrect over 9,000 people he had declared dead in a Kansas Tornado.
William Amos on January 4, 2008 at 7:01 PM
I love it. These little girls are absolutely in full swoon over Obama. “Delivered to us through Indonesia” — does anyone know wtf that even means?
Jaibones on January 4, 2008 at 7:04 PM
I don’t know about the rest of y’all, but I’m already ready for this presidential beauty contest to be over with. Blech.
MsUnderestimated on January 4, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Can’t stand either one.
Texyank on January 4, 2008 at 7:31 PM
Sound a little wistful jaibones
“The men don’t know but the little girls understand”
Backdoor Man by Jim Morrison and the Doors
Bradky on January 4, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Beholds his messiah, indeed
Geez . . . Matthews is this close to an orgasm.
Whadda maroon.
least1 on January 4, 2008 at 7:58 PM
I think Matthews was trying to surpass his performance of breaking down in tears following Gore’s concession speech…
Wind Rider on January 4, 2008 at 8:09 PM
“A man of the world.. the third world”
Best endorsement EVER.
Reaps on January 4, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Matthews and Olbermann. Sleeze on sleeze. God, I hate the media.
I agree. Anybody who calls themselves an adult American and doesn’t hate the media is either a traitor or an idiot.
drunyan8315 on January 4, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Hey! Where was our content warning that clicking on the clip would also mean we’d have to see Olbermensch (who, for once, was not opening his yap.)??
And, man, have you ever heard a more sycophantic pile of dribble than that on a news analysis program, short of Matthews himself in the clip Laura Ingraham liked to play of Matthews gushing over the appearance of Bill Clinton in Philadelphia campaigning for Kerry? (That was after his heart surgery, when Billy C had dropped a few lbs. and Matthews was gushing, “Look at him! He looks great! He’s thin! Ha!”)
Captain Scarlet on January 5, 2008 at 4:34 AM
Think about this…with three unelectable choices,the Dems will have to bray all the louder about how great their chances are, their candidates are. It’s all lies.
One of the funniest things I saw on the internet this year was when I visited the website of a fine singer songwriter, Matraca Berg.
She hadn’t updated her site in a while, and she featured a video from 2004 where she and her husband proclaimed their love and excitement for…John Kerry.
I love her music; I haven’t been back to see if she’s catching the Obama wave or jumped on the Hillary bandwagon.
Maybe she’s still pining for Flipper.
Doug on January 5, 2008 at 11:31 AM
How so? The Republicans in the House and Senate would be less prone to work against a Republican President’s goals of raising taxes or increasing spending than a Democrats (could Clinton have passed the Prescription Drug addon for Medicare?).
However Democrats don’t generally get smacked around in the House and Senate as badly for the same behavior. So they’ll work with either to raise taxes.
So, raising taxes, increasing spending, etc. Huck will have everyone on his side, Obama will only have the Dems.
How does this make Obama worse, or Huck better?
Exit question: Wouldn’t a Huck win signal to Senate/House Repubs that fiscal conservatism is dead, and what people really want is social conservatism and increased taxes/spending?
I’m sorry, I just don’t see how Huck trumps Obama here.
gekkobear on January 5, 2008 at 11:15 PM
That’s the last time i misplace the bucket.
Was that Olberman with his mouth shut on the right? I feel faint…
Christine on January 13, 2008 at 1:21 PM
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