Matthews: “I want to do everything I can to make … this new presidency work”
posted at 12:16 pm on November 6, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Via the ‘Busters. A noble sentiment and a shining example of a journalist placing the national interest above all; no doubt the same principle would have colored MSNBC’s coverage going forward had McCain won, especially in primetime and especially when it came to not questioning motives. Scarborough observes, acidly, that wanting the president to succeed never seemed like a real high priority for the media vis-a-vis George Bush, but that’s easily explained. If you believe that anything that hurts the GOP’s election chances is ipso facto in the national interest, then it’s practically your patriotic duty to want Bush to fail, whatever the short-term (or long-term) collateral damage to America. Speaking of which, has NBC gotten around yet to formally downgrading Iraq from the “civil war” status they declared two years ago or were they saving that for when the national interest and the president’s interest were once again safely aligned? With the election won for Obama and all of us eager to “experience the power of Change,” I’m anticipating an announcement any day now.
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Senator Chris Matthets ?
William Amos on November 6, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Matthews is a disgusting little puke and the epitome of the left.
rplat on November 6, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Journalism is a complete and utter JOKE.
stenwin77 on November 6, 2008 at 12:18 PM
choke
Palinpuma on November 6, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Chris Matthews, caught humping the democratic platform.
right2bright on November 6, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Chris Matthews, Journalist? Not so much.
More like “Information Minister” Matthews.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on November 6, 2008 at 12:20 PM
All this after 8 years of using 100% of his air time making American worse
phreshone on November 6, 2008 at 12:21 PM
It died. I saw the coffin.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on November 6, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Yeah, helping the President run the country well didn’t seem like a high priority for Chris Matthews when Bush was in office.
Tacitus_SGL on November 6, 2008 at 12:21 PM
In other news, Obama gets his first intel brief today.
flipflop on November 6, 2008 at 12:21 PM
If nothing else, Obama’s victory has given me a new retort to the panhandlers asking for “spare change” every day.
“Change? I thought Obama had your change!”
Matthews is trying to be profound, but the Quote of the Day has to be the former BHO campaign worker: “I want my money today! It’s my money. I want it right now!”
Timeless and eloquent.
saint kansas on November 6, 2008 at 12:21 PM
To clarify my first remark Chris Matthews is mentioned as a possible candidate by the democrats to run against Arlen Spector in PA.
Probably the one time in my life I would cheer on Arlen Spector will all my being.
William Amos on November 6, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Amazing to see that liberals actually have a sense of patriotism
Defector01 on November 6, 2008 at 12:22 PM
I now hold “Journalist” with the same regard as used car salesmen and MLM salesmen. Pretty much lying sacks of excrement with NO shred of credibility.
TexBob on November 6, 2008 at 12:22 PM
“Change? I thought Obama had your change!”
i am so stealing that …
:-)
Buckaroo on November 6, 2008 at 12:22 PM
I just emailed Rush, Hannity, Levin and Malkin, asking them to please start their own conservative network. I can’t watch anybody anymore. FoxNews is about as truthful as MSNBC.
Considering cancelling my DirecTV service. Why pay for TV that I don’t watch anymore.
ErinF on November 6, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Tomorrow Bush hands over the keys and instruction manual for Karl Rove’s weather machine.
It stays with the house.
saint kansas on November 6, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Then retire and go into seclusion, Chris. Nothing you can do would help the country more.
thirteen28 on November 6, 2008 at 12:23 PM
“Defector01 on November 6, 2008 at 12:22 PM”
I wouldn;t confuse that very noble trait with cultic worship of duh1 ..
/jus’ sayin’ …
Buckaroo on November 6, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Douchebag, douche thyself.
JammieWearingFool on November 6, 2008 at 12:23 PM
I ate it. It was bitter. Who buries someone in wormwood, for Pete’s sake??
*retches*
Grue in the Attic on November 6, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Small man. Not Truthful. No Journalist. Failure.
marklmail on November 6, 2008 at 12:24 PM
You can always watch PJTV.
JammieWearingFool on November 6, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Not if Olbermann can help it.
Rick on November 6, 2008 at 12:25 PM
I vote we go the Fight club route, but instead of the financial companies we go after the MSM.
Whose up for playing Brad Pitt and who will be the alter ego version?
/sarc
jp on November 6, 2008 at 12:25 PM
I bet I could fit everyone of my belongings into Matthew’s rectum after his willign pounding he let Barry give him.
benrand on November 6, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Well I’m not in favor of unity. We tried that eight years ago and they didn’t want to play nice. Hardball all the way sissy chrissy
clnurnberg on November 6, 2008 at 12:26 PM
“As journalists we have to hold his feet to the fire”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…
gumble on November 6, 2008 at 12:26 PM
I watched this live and about fell out of my chair when he said this. Then he starts talking about all of the “fresh faces” Obama will bring in. So far, his transition team is made up of a bunch of Clinton throwbacks. Matthews is a douche plain and simple.And a homo at that. I thought is was hilarious that even Mika would not defend Mr. Tingle. I am removing all of the “News” channels from my DirecTV lineup. I will watch “House”, football, and get my news from the internet.
I will also treat Mr. Obama with the same respect the libs treated Pres. Bush. “Not My President” “Obamination” “Baby Killer”-sounds good to me.
Babino on November 6, 2008 at 12:26 PM
MSNBC: Experience the power of change.
lorien1973 on November 6, 2008 at 12:27 PM
To be truthful I’m sadden the way the media has treated President Bush. It’s been painful to see the things said about my President. It’s also frustrating to know that the media will not treat a liberal the same way. That said I don’t wish that kind of venom on any politician!
Although my hope is President Bush is vindicated one day for bringing about REAL CHANGE in American policy in the history books.
terryannonline on November 6, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Shocking.
the media’s ideology is so deeply ingrained that they simply do not see it as bias. They see it as patriotism.
OT: My stock portfolio is quietly weeping in the corner. No big deal, really, I’m mostly in cash (neener, neener) but my kid’s college funds are circling the drain.
Yes we can! (wreck the economy)
Texas74 on November 6, 2008 at 12:27 PM
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William Amos on November 6, 2008 at 12:28 PM
I am hoping to find an efficient way to impact the MSM for what they have done for many years; i.e., not being true journalists. I’d like to find (or start) a website that could help disgruntled former viewers easily identify which advertisers advertised on CBS ABC NBC MSNBC CNN and who to contact at these companies to tell them we were specifically purchasing their competitor’s products BECAUSE they advertised on these particular new programs.
I am not very web savvy, but I am determined to start, at the minimum, a blog that allows people to find some of this information.
Red State State of Mind on November 6, 2008 at 12:28 PM
I will do everything to make this administration work = Meaning, i will never bring up legitimate arguments against this administration, i will just blow hope & change up your ass.
MDWNJ on November 6, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Reporters? Aren’t they supposed to report objectively? Let the clarity of the story shape the debate on its own?
Commentators? They make comments. No need for objectivity. They are paid to make comments. Subjective stuff. No problem there at all.
A journalist can be either…but trying to be both certainly makes things a bit less objective…and thus makes any reporting they subsequently do immediately suspect, and should.
Ratings drive the news cycle…so now we have “news” and “commentary” as entertainment. At least John Stewart and Steve Colbert make no bones about their being entertainment first…commentary second and news last.
Unless the major networks and major cable fiefdoms understand this, and fast, they will soon go the way of the fast decreasing/nearly dead print media.
Which, frankly, might not be such a bad idea.
coldwarrior on November 6, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Three points:
1. Good for you Chris – Obismal will need all the help he can get.
2. Obabinthewoods will get all the respect and bipartisanship that GWB was afforded.
3. Hey Matthews – GO SCRATCH YOUR TINGLY LEG!
rightjoyce on November 6, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Classic! We must make Matthews the new “Baghdad Bob” of thi Administration.
These guys are so humorless and full of themselves. We should be the happy warriors and parody the hell out of them.
Let’s get back to the “Vent” vidoes that launched this site, keep pumping out the parodies on YouTube, wear the People’s Cube t-shirts, and just mock the crap out of these people.
rockmom on November 6, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Get off your damn knees Matthews, you mindless liberal prick!
try again later on November 6, 2008 at 12:32 PM
I know that’s tongue-in-cheek, but wanting the Presidency to succeed is not equal to wanting the nation to succeed.
There is a commenter, happyfeet, who once theorized the journalists were supporting Obama because they hated the destructive cycle they’d been on. After Vietnam/Watergate/Iran-Contra/WhiteWater/Iraq… they may finally feel they have fresh start to not actively try to take the President down. That would be good.
Actively trying to keep him up isn’t so good.
MayBee on November 6, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Chris Matthews is a douchebag.
And the Republicans, including Bush, are getting ready to roll over for “The One”.
So sad the Republicans these days. How the mighty have fallen.
Instead of blaming Palin and McCain, maybe the conservatives need to ask themselves why they didn’t look to the future after Bush. Matthews, Olbermann and Maddow will make it their business to never cover anything that would shed real light on Obama. Every report will be glowing, every speech covered will be memorized by school children, every thing he touches will be treated as “holy”. They are determined to make Obama the new god.
And what does the Bible tell us about false god? I am scared for the future of this country, even more now than I ever did under Bush.
stefystef on November 6, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Yeah, I don’t think he could be any more obvious if he was licking obamas boots.
One Angry Christian on November 6, 2008 at 12:34 PM
We at HotAir and elsewhere need to call, e-mail, write to FOX and tell them we are DONE with them, DONE, start calling the advertisers too. FOX is as bad as ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and headed toward MSNBC. The had a HORRIBLE coverage and seemed MORE THEN happy to call everything early for TheOne and did nothing but run down Mc / Palin. Now, all the Mc camp can do is TEAR AWAY at our future, tear down and blame Palin and WE, yes WE, all Conservatives that DO NOT call and raise hell with FOX are just a guilty. Fox is covering all the strife within the GOP with glee. We must STOP the moderate hacks of our own party if we Conservatives hope for future WINS! I done with FOX, and I have already been calling a and sending e-mails.
Mark Garnett on November 6, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Why is Smashing playing in the background in the end?
ricardoz on November 6, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Frankly, I’m surprised to see Matthews so soon after the election. He spent so much time under the Obama desk I figured they’d have to pump his stomach.
moxie_neanderthal on November 6, 2008 at 12:34 PM
OT: The BHO celebration continues on:
DOW down 366.
This affirmative action election of BHO has so far cost the world upwards of 10 trillion dollars. Happy days!
And Chris Matthews should be exiled to Russia.
progressoverpeace on November 6, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Chrissy: Give me a break. You are a douche, you have always been a douche and nothing in the future will change that.
HawaiiLwyr on November 6, 2008 at 12:35 PM
LibertarianConservative is banned.
It’s not tongue in cheek. Wanting the president to succeed, at least in terms of foreign policy, is very much in the national interest.
Allahpundit on November 6, 2008 at 12:36 PM
The folks that voted for McCain will continue to make this country work. Who is he kidding. McCain’s supporters will fight, serve, work and be punished for their love of duty and country. Those that voted for Pres. Change out of white guilt will proceed in their distorted paradigm, and the rest of those thinking the world owes them a living will be living in disappointment and still blaming Bush.
It seems proper that the Democrats should be running the whole show with President Equal Opportunity at the controls. If we survive the next four years, it could become a huge backlash against liberalism after hope and change are forgotten for the shallow, empty slogans they were. That doesn’t help the victims of stepped up infanticide, or the loss of treasure and security…but at least it’s something to look towards.
Hening on November 6, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Guess that thrill going his leg just wasn’t enough for Matthews.
This is why MSNBC is the virtual fecal-strewn gutter that it is.
pilamaye on November 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Hey — have any announcements been made about Obama’s and Biden’s senate seats?
Democratic governors in both states, so it’s not going to make a balance-of-power issue, but I’m curious to see who gets the nod.
ClintACK on November 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM
OMG! I just the video. Is it just me but was there a genuine look of shame on Matthews’ face when Joe mentioned the treatment of the Bush administration at the end?
terryannonline on November 6, 2008 at 12:38 PM
So, the overall consensus is that you guys don’t care for Chris Matthews – Am I reading that right?
whitetop on November 6, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Chrissy Matthews meet street corner. Street corner meet Chrissy Matthews. Glitter on cheek and leaning against lamp post while showing “more leg” optional.
viking01 on November 6, 2008 at 12:39 PM
I’ll bet Chrissy cried when Obama appointed Robert Gibbs as press secretary.
You know you wanted it Chris.
BacaDog on November 6, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Y’know, for a while it was a toss up who I loathed more. Crissy or Keef Olbergruppenfurher. At least you knew where Keef was coming from. Matthews is the lowest form of detestable creature – a shameless, self-promoting hypocrite. “Journalist???” You have less journalistic integrity, nay integrity period, than Vladimir Posner when he was the Lord Haw Haw of Pravda.
Good Lord, he is a vile little man.
J.J. Sefton on November 6, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Rumor was Jessie Jackson Jr was getting Obama’s seat
William Amos on November 6, 2008 at 12:39 PM
In foreign policy yes, but there are plenty of ways a president can succeed and yet destroy the nation.
According to the Left it actually was the chance that America would succeed in foreign policy.
Anyway, it’s nice to know that Matthews has openly admitted he’ll be carrying Obama’s water.
Esthier on November 6, 2008 at 12:40 PM
You know those stings where the police send deadbeat parents postcards saying they’ve won a 42″ plasma TV to get them all in one place for arrest?
There ought to be a similar operation here where all these media hacks that campaigned for Obama get a special invitation to go on a thank you cruise courtesy of the Obama campaign. Matthews, Ifil, Shep Smith, all the bastards who put partisanship over professional ethics in one place sucking down shrimp cocktail and cosmopolitians on the high seas….. A perfect plan if anybody knows where to rent a submarine with a couple of reliable torpedoes ready to launch.
highhopes on November 6, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Too lazy to look it up for a link, but one name I heard on TV last night was Jesse Jackson, Jr.
BacaDog on November 6, 2008 at 12:41 PM
I do remember Clarabell, Bozo, Ronald and Krusty. Heck I even remembered that it’s “Freddy” the Freeloader, but for the life of me I can’t remember Matthew’s first name. Is it Bob? I’m not inclined to look it up.
Dusty on November 6, 2008 at 12:41 PM
NBC will downgrade Iraq from its ‘civil war’ status on January 21, 2009. And Obama will get any and all credit for progress made in Iraq since the surge(that he opposed). American journalism is dead.
tyrfing on November 6, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Chris Matthews Obama’s pivot man and towel boy.
GunnyRet03 on November 6, 2008 at 12:43 PM
BTW “success” can have varied meanings. Work can have varied meanings.
Just as Daily Worker differs greatly from day laborer.
viking01 on November 6, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Off topic: Obama won NC’s EVs. Bah.
On topic: They, being the media, will turn on Obama eventually. I wonder what it will take, and how long it will be.
haikusrock on November 6, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Chris Matthews = Baghdad Bob
will13smith on November 6, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Just like he did everything he could to make sure the last president failed.
In other words, lie through his teeth about everything.
MarkTheGreat on November 6, 2008 at 12:45 PM
The Thrill is Gone – Baby
Kini on November 6, 2008 at 12:45 PM
heard a new report that addressed that, posibly J Jackson Jr (as mentioned) in Ill and that Biden had been ‘grooming’ his son to take over his seat (I am no tmaking this up) but given he is currently serving in Iraq, that can’t be, so there may be a ‘caretaker’ put in the seat for a while until Bo (sp?) Biden returns to the USA.
Should we have expected anything less? : )
Hop & Change BABY!!
Red State State of Mind on November 6, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Heh, now that right there is FUNNY! I hope you don’t mind me using it! Also, a friend and I were talking yesterday and we came to the realization that now white people can say “it’s the man’s fault, the man is always keeping me down” and it will actually have some truth to it, the difference being is I won’t use it as an excuse for not working!
Liberty or Death on November 6, 2008 at 12:46 PM
He looks so sad. Ratings will be in the crapper. Suffer.
marklmail on November 6, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Pretty soon I expect. Peggy’s mortgage payment will be due the first of the month, and she’s gonna be pi$$ed.
BacaDog on November 6, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Matthews does look sad doesn’t he? Interesting.
terryannonline on November 6, 2008 at 12:47 PM
terryannonline,
you know what is even sadder? the invertabrate, linguine-spined republicrats NOT coming to the defense of the President. why have, with few exception, republicans not challenged and called the media what they are; a pack of corrupt, biased, leftist, socialist LIARS!
after all, that would be UNDIGNIFIED (to tell the truth).
mountainmanbob on November 6, 2008 at 12:47 PM
William Amos, This has MM at #24.
carbon_footprint on November 6, 2008 at 12:48 PM
He didn’t get the press secretary job.
BacaDog on November 6, 2008 at 12:48 PM
I disagree, at least as far as the press helping him succeed goes. Or at least it could go two ways.
Say Obama decides to meet with Ahmadinijhad. Does the press question that decision or not? Questioning it could make Obama look unsuccessful, like a poor decision maker. Boosting the decision could make Obama look wise.
What if Obama decides to pull out of Iraq, regardless of conditions on the ground? Does making Obama successful mean talking him out of that, or does it mean making it look like a fantastic choice?
Now, I believe the press did what it could to make Bush unsuccessful-looking when it came to foreign policy. I’m thinking of Bush’s trip to (friendly, favorable Japan) when the press decided to hound him with Murtha’s “important” call to pull out of Iraq.
I don’t want the press to pull those stunts anymore.
But I don’t want them to try to make the President look successful if he’s actually making a huge mistake.
MayBee on November 6, 2008 at 12:49 PM
I assume the journalist Keith Olbermann channeled that gem from his bathtub sanctuary.
moxie_neanderthal on November 6, 2008 at 12:49 PM
I am not the Hotair nanny, but your second comment was in bad taste. “Chris the pretend journalist” may be a jerk, but no excuse to bring Oby in on the comment. Now that is disgusting.
jbh45 on November 6, 2008 at 12:49 PM
He also did his damndest to make candidate Barock Hessian Oingo Boingo’s campaign work, n’est ce pas?
sladenyv on November 6, 2008 at 12:50 PM
I can see Matthews bedroom now. A shrine to the almighty. Pictures, posters, pins, hats, shirts, candles, icons, statues, special collector edition of Obama shot glasses, and his personal favorite…Soapama on a rope…for those “special” showers.
capejasmine on November 6, 2008 at 12:50 PM
I don’t even know what “succeed, in terms of foreign policy” means. Foreign policy is just that – policy. I would rather see bad foreign policy fail and never get a foot hold than to cheer for minor tactical successes that lead to an awful strategic failure.
Chamberlain’s declaration of “peace in our time” was a tactical foreign policy success, but a strategic failure of huge proportions. I would have rather seen Chamberlain fail in this bit of foreign policy, since it laid the groundwork for horrors that no one had even imagined.
progressoverpeace on November 6, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Guys — Two things. First, please stop posting off-topic stuff. This isn’t a bulletin board. If you have tips, e-mail them. Second, please stop with the nasty/scatological stuff.
Allahpundit on November 6, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Look, besides Chris’s personal views, MSNBC is owned by GE (General Electric). Their PAC and employees had a lot of money floating around Chicago if you know what I mean. GE nor MSNBC is going to stop Chrissie’s bias because GE is happy, happy, happy that Obama was elected. They are going to get tons of subsidies and grants for research into their “ecomagination” R&D program. They also build hydro-electric and natural gas turbines for electrical plants. Considering the One’s insistence on bankrupting coal plants, etc, the only electric plants that are getting built are hydro-electric and natural gas.
We are screwed here in MO because we have a ton of coal fired plants for electricity.
Kat_Mo on November 6, 2008 at 12:53 PM
What an a**hole.
D2Boston on November 6, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Ok sorry allah
William Amos on November 6, 2008 at 12:53 PM
I guess that might be it. Or maybe it was the fact that his colleagues were calling him out on national television that it wasn’t his responsibility to “make the new presidency work.”
terryannonline on November 6, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Matthews is doing nothing more than saying he will be an Obama mouthpiece to protect his self-perceived credibility.
ICBM on November 6, 2008 at 12:53 PM
And so begins the indoctrination process.
The talking head told me I must!
The Ministry of Information has spoken!
…i wonder how long before we’ll be seeing gigantic pictures wrapped in blue bunting of our Obamassiah hanging from the exterior of government buildings. will it come before or after we’re all forced by law to hang pictures of Obama on our walls in our homes?
FlatFoot on November 6, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Tina Fey is a better journalist than Chris “tingletoes” Matthews is. Hell, Bart Simpson has more journalistic integrity than CM.
scalleywag on November 6, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Holy f’in shyte.
You aren’t supposed to HELP anything – just report facts.
RedNewEnglander on November 6, 2008 at 12:55 PM
“Journalist”…Chris Matthews…oxymoron, well at least moron.
d1carter on November 6, 2008 at 12:57 PM
And there was a rumor that Beau Biden, current AG for Delaware, would take his daddy’s seat. Problem…….Beau is serving in Iraq in the JAG office in Smyrna.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on November 6, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Notice how he calls the President elect by his first name. Have you ever heard him call W “George”?
Red Bennet on November 6, 2008 at 1:03 PM
You do not understand the purpose of the Media in Leper Messiah’s USSA.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 6, 2008 at 1:04 PM
…i wonder how long before we’ll be seeing gigantic pictures wrapped in blue bunting of our Obamassiah hanging from the exterior of government buildings. will it come before or after we’re all forced by law to hang pictures of Obama on our walls in our homes?
FlatFoot o
What, there are giant pictures of Obama in downtown KC in shop windows right now from the election and they aren’t taking it down.
Kat_Mo on November 6, 2008 at 1:05 PM
heart break for Chris…
neal7 on November 6, 2008 at 1:05 PM
The milk in Matthews udder is soured sufficiently so now he can let the other Dems suck his teat to provide proper nurishment for them. It will help relieve the tingle up his leg.
wepeople on November 6, 2008 at 1:06 PM
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