Matthews: I said “Oh God” in exasperation at the “odd anti-bellum look” of Jindal’s set
posted at 2:32 pm on February 25, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via TV Newser, a sneak peek at what “Barack’s” biggest fan will offer tonight on Hardball to atone for the latest Olby/Matthews embarrassment:
I was taken aback by that peculiar stagecraft, the walking from somewhere in the back of this narrow hall, this winding staircase looming there, the odd anti-bellum look [sic] of the scene. Was this some mimicking of a president walking along the state floor to the East Room?
Evidently, narrow halls and winding staircases are distinctly ante-bellum. If I were a cynic, I might read this as yet another example of Matthews’s race-baiting, trying to connect Jindal to some sort of Confederate ethos opposite America’s first black president. Good thing I’m not a cynic, huh?
Judge for yourself. Here, again, is the “oh god” crack, and below it a reference he made to the GOP having “outsourced” the rebuttal to Jindal. A racist jibe at Jindal’s Indian heritage? Nah. I’m sure it’s innocent. But rest assured, had it come from someone else, the very first guy to find sinister intent in it would have been Chris Matthews.
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I doubt he was literally calling it a stage. I think he knows it’s the mansion. I believe he only meant it as “the place Jindal appeared to give the speech.”
Esthier on February 25, 2009 at 3:02 PM
The true racist has come out. Guess he didn’t get a “thrill” up his leg with Jindal….
DL13 on February 25, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Ewww.
Snowed In on February 25, 2009 at 3:03 PM
If I lived near these morons( Olby and Chrissy), I would coordinate fun loving youth to show up and throw eggs at these guys every where they went or were known to haunt.
Fun!
javamartini on February 25, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Chris Matthews proves he’s an idiot. In other news the sky is blue.
Buford on February 25, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Not at all. If I were Allah, I’d start banning people just for fun. Don’t like his writing, then go somewhere else? Really, it’s so easy.
Esthier on February 25, 2009 at 3:04 PM
But he voted for Obama! That absolves him from any charge of racism forever.
forest on February 25, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Hey, Matthews, you idjit. Jindal was in the frigging governor’s mansion in Louisiana. In the South. You know where ANTEBELLUM mansions are.
Was he supposed to stand on the Star Trek set or something?
mjk on February 25, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Oh no…we’d have to use a, what do they call it, equivalent response?
I suggest Cream Pies.
BobMbx on February 25, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Folks on the right call him “Tweety”, too? I thought it was just us lefties.
Yeah, Matthews is a moron, and this entire thing – “outsource”, “Oh God”, “anti-bellum” – is just another example of his idiocy. I cant understand why he had a high-profile job when he’s so clearly bad at it.
orange on February 25, 2009 at 3:06 PM
I think you’re all wrong , the “oh god” comment is there because he’s looking at replays of Obama body boarding.
The outsource thing i don’t get , maybe he meant that the “republican help desk is phoning it in” or something.
Matthews is a nice guy , for a blue scrotum monkey to poop on.
the_nile on February 25, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Did you expect matthews and the other MSLSDers to have their heads screwed on straight after that socilist-orgasmic-leg-tingling hour or half-truths and fibbery?
Matthews literally needs a dribble cup under his chin these days.
wildweasel on February 25, 2009 at 3:08 PM
I keep hearing about white women fantasizing about The One. Maybe Matthews was mad that Jindal intruded on his/her fantasy about Barack…the one where Chrissy is walking through the plantation house in her big Scarlett O’Hara hat and nothing else and gets swept up the steps by a shirtless BO.
Yeah, that rates an “O G-d!” and a here comes lunch.
Laura in Maryland on February 25, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Obama gave Chrissy a “thrill up his leg”
Jindal then gave Chrissy shrinkage, to which he responded: “oh God”
jp on February 25, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Seriously, If Obama’s speech was sooo great, why is everyone obsessed and incessantly posting about Jindal?
Topsecretk9 on February 25, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Outsourced to a current governor and former U.S. representative who has nothing to do with his state’s congressional delegation? Chris Matthews is a racist liar.
Christien on February 25, 2009 at 3:11 PM
As far as excuses go, that was pretty lame. No worries, he’ll make an even bigger monkey of himself in due time. What time’s he on tonight?
scalleywag on February 25, 2009 at 3:12 PM
It’s that they don’t. They then go on to talk about how stupid the other half of the country is. Then I pound my head into the wall to make the hurt go away.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:13 PM
But I rather enjoy watching you pound in your head as of late.
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:14 PM
I think he’s lying. The static shot of the “set” had been up for some time and they would cut back and forth to it as they waited for the governor. In addition, he muttered “Oh, God” just as Jindal reached center stage and was fully lit. Maybe he didn’t like the tie?
Rod on February 25, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Why is that?
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:14 PM
because you are attacking everyone. No matter what the issue.
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:15 PM
And of course, Jindal had “nothing to do with Congress,” other than being elected twice to Congress, and serving there until January 2008.
So if it wasn’t a racist dig, it was an ignorant one.
Jobius on February 25, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Okay. No, but okay.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Hmm yesterday comes to mind. But hey… Okay!
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Amen.
SnarkVader on February 25, 2009 at 3:17 PM
And he could change the name to LGF II.
BrianA on February 25, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Just because the media is 92% liberal democrats doesn’t mean they are not fair and balanced.
jukin on February 25, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Who’d a thought? Certainly not a crack[head] journalist like Mattpews.
klickink.wordpress.com on February 25, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Like I did for Helen Thomas photo, I sprinkled holy water on the monitor. I fell safer now.
Fuquay Steve on February 25, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Oh lord…are you really saying I’m attacking everyone because I pointed out your lack of a sarcasm tag in one post(and I was not the only one to note it)? Please.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:19 PM
There, fixed it for you.
I see HuffPo and Kos still have agents working in here.
klickink.wordpress.com on February 25, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Except Allah would be banning people who are openly hostile and insulting to the hosts, rather than simply disagreeing with them.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:20 PM
On topic, I hope the South Asian Journalist Association and Indian-American leadership groups take Matthews and NBC to task for this flagrant racism.
Christien on February 25, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Or to “StalinHotAir”.
Seriously, censorship in a conservative blog?
Startin’ to act more and more like the DemComs in here.
klickink.wordpress.com on February 25, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Just got back to my room at CPAC from the Volunteer Mass.
Ed, I’m wearing my ashes proudly.
About Mathews:
RACIST!
That outsourcing remark was intended to try to tag the GOP with the outsourcing of certain jobs. Hey, I do SAP work and compete with foreign IT workers, but I can’t believe he said that. He is a racist, but just doesn’t want anybody to believe he is. He reminds me of my late ex-father-in-law who voted Dem cause he was an auto-worker and retired and despite being Catholic, forgot about all those abortions the Dems pushed.
Palin/Jindal 2012
Sapwolf on February 25, 2009 at 3:22 PM
badgerhawk may have said something different. Please… Please… Please.
And because you jumped on the bandwagon, even though it was stupid and dubious to point out something that even yourself has done on occation…. Oh I really don’t know Mad.
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Hey, U-P-in-AK! You go girl!!!
klickink.wordpress.com on February 25, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Needed more cowbell. Shoot, now I’m the racist.
Perhaps Matthews would have found a stage with a dazzling, energy-consuming computer-animated fire and brimstone backdrop framed by an overt amount of U.S. flags behind Jindal more appropriate, along with a harsh light that shone upward from the podium and a thunderous canned applause soundtrack going off at the opportune moments.
CO2 Producer on February 25, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Damn! That’s how nightmares get started.
a capella on February 25, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Sarah knows Parabellum . I think she consider it Real American.
the_nile on February 25, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Liar, liar, tingling pants on fire- they went back and forth to the foyer of that mansion for awhile before he came out to speak, don’t tell me Chrissy doesn’t have a monitor. Not only is he busted, but he’s busted looking, too! (childish nah-nah of the day)
anniekc on February 25, 2009 at 3:27 PM
These cracks by Chrissy are just a taste of things to come should Jindal prove a serious political threat. Of course, they can get away with any and all of it no matter how racist.
RobCon on February 25, 2009 at 3:27 PM
I sprinkled the Helen Thomas photo too…but I wouldn’t have called it holy water. I don’t feel any safer but I do feel better.
sdd on February 25, 2009 at 3:27 PM
So you’re complaining that I pointed out a mistake that you made…which changed the tone of your post considerably.
upinak, I respect you. However, you’re really throwing a tantrum over one little correction.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:28 PM
See, upinak, that’s an attack. Suggesting the use of a tag…is not.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:29 PM
There is a lot of difference between banning someone because he/she takes a different point of view on a thread’s subject matter and banning them because they continually insult the host’s motives and professionalism.
a capella on February 25, 2009 at 3:30 PM
MSNBC should not be allowed to use the word “news” associated in any way with their promotions. That is outright fraud!
Matthews, Olbermann and Maddow should be exiled, or at least sent to Gitmo until 2012!
joedoe on February 25, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Chrissy’s nose is now three feet long…!
d1carter on February 25, 2009 at 3:31 PM
I think AP likes a slightly antagonistic position with his readers. No snark, just my opinion.
Spirit of 1776 on February 25, 2009 at 3:31 PM
When will someone flat out ask Tingle if he’s in love with Barry?
Dubn8tr on February 25, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Joe Biden, cleanup on aisle three.
Johan Klaus on February 25, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Yeah, I would think the difference is obvious, especially because he won’t ban people for being blatantly hostile towards him.
I’m sorry, but that question to me is the same as: Seriously, you’re going to tell me I can’t say I want to bleep your daughter in your own home? What is this, the U.S.S.R.?
Blogs are private property, not our personal playground.
I’m generally glad they don’t use the ban hammer often, but it’s ridiculous to pretend as though it would be wrong for them to do so. Plus, it completely undoes the argument conservatives are always making about liberal commentors on blogs who cheer when a conservative dies.
Eh, I admitted yesterday that I didn’t get that as a sarc tag even though I didn’t believe you were serious. I think misunderstandings are a feature of Internet communication, not a bug.
Esthier on February 25, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Apparently Chrissy the political whore demands Bambi’s styrofoam Greek columns.
Sorry, Chrissy you oaf, the Taj Majal with sitar music playing wasn’t available.
Maybe next time Chrissy but only if Bambi gives all of his remaining speeches in front of mud huts.
viking01 on February 25, 2009 at 3:34 PM
And it seems like 99.8% of people on the internet don’t seem to understand that non-government websites are private property, and therefore you have no right to speech on them unless the hosts give you the privilege.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Tantrum?
No I am pointing out that you do attack people and you always expect that people should understand you, i.e. the sarc tag… sorry sweetie you freaking jumped my butt like a fat kid loving on some cake! And yet I let it slip until you kept going on with it. And not evenone loves Allah and Ed concerning everything, but you knew I was totally joking.
So with that said… should everyone and anyone who doesn’t agree with Allah and Ed on a regular basis leave HA? Then no one would show up to the blog.
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:36 PM
What was this coconut’s reaction to the Obamacropolis?
Wine_N_Dine on February 25, 2009 at 3:37 PM
And if you think I was insulting. You seriously need to go back and read. I was poking fun… nothing insulting. Everyone, including Allah took it the wrong way.
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Slightly being the keyword here. Posts have gotten very ugly since around October. AP is at least half the blog here. If you don’t like reading him and can’t help but insult him, his work and the entire blog every time you visit… it just seems so obvious.
Esthier on February 25, 2009 at 3:38 PM
On a regular basis? Yeah, I personally don’t get why people who regularly disagree with both would want to stay anyway. I mean, I don’t waste my time at HuffPo, do you?
Esthier on February 25, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Sure you did, Sissie Matthews.
drjohn on February 25, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Perhaps you missed who I was addressing.
a capella on February 25, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Don’t give a rat’s ass about Matthews. We all know he’s a POS.
RepubChica on February 25, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Thanks for the correction. I guess I assumed the title of the post had something to do with what Matthews actually said.
Y-not on February 25, 2009 at 3:43 PM
I thought you were, but like others, I wasn’t sure. Hence, I kidded you(“going to start calling you Al Sharpton”), to which I assumed you would kid me back. Instead, this.
Still not sure how me correcting you once means I “attack everyone, no matter what the issue”. Making that kind of a leap is a tantrum.
Gee, I think I specifically mentioned people who are hostile or insulting to them, rather than disagree with them.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Forthwith, Chris Matthews shall evermore be known as;
Chris Matthews* (tool)
That is all.
juanito on February 25, 2009 at 3:43 PM
No but it seems to be coming over here.. via the headlines.
Am I wrong?
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:44 PM
I’ll go for that, if we can lose the posts bashing Charles Johnson and LGF as well.
Y-not on February 25, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Because he sounded like a creepy Mr. Rogers telling stories from band camp.
capitulus on February 25, 2009 at 3:46 PM
yep. I did.. sorry.
I couldn’t tell what you were being what. Because I was already being jumped by others, why push the envelope?
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Eh, I’m not convinced. Yesterday AP said something close to ‘And I thought I was the only person here who believed in the 1st Amendment’. I personally recoiled at that, that’s a very typical left argument. Or he has compared more then one group of conservatives as truthers (most lately those concerned with birth certificate). Those are his readers he is insulting. He, also, has so ingrained in his mind that Palin’s supporters are largely cultish, that every post references it – so we never have an honest discussion on that score anymore either. Both sides insult each other, and both feel abused.
As for the “October” part, posts were extremely contentious during the primaries. Fred vs. Mitt was very, very heated.
I do wish the ban hammer was used more, but in defense, clearly yesterday Ms. Alaska was making a joke.
Spirit of 1776 on February 25, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Seconded.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Beats me.
No, I’m not saying he didn’t use those words. I just mean that I don’t think he meant a literal set or stage but more of a “back drop” that happened to be a real place.
I mean if I vlog from my apartment, that’s still my “stage” even though it’s a real building. You know?
I could be wrong on this. That’s just my guess.
Esthier on February 25, 2009 at 3:48 PM
At MSNBC, “Hump Day” takes on a whole new meaning.
whitetop on February 25, 2009 at 3:48 PM
May Helen Thomas sit on Chris Matthews face.
Angry Dumbo on February 25, 2009 at 3:49 PM
For the same reason I’ve kidded you and everyone else I like at this site. If you want to be offended, that’s your call, and you deserve to be called Al Sharpton. Otherwise, you can take a breath, consider that maybe you overreacted, and we can bury the hatchet. Again, you went from one correction to claiming I attack everyone. Bad mood? No big deal. If you want to carry it on, go ahead.
Fair warning, I may call you Al Sharpton either way.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:49 PM
I know what stagecraft means, thanks, but I appreciate that you were just trying to be helpful.
I subconsciously picked up on “set” from the title which was sloppy of me.
Y-not on February 25, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Because this site is the best! Pound for pound, maybe Ace is better/more funny, but this site is a great news aggregate.
I don’t agree with Ed frequently (I think he is too kind to R’s) and I don’t agree with AP frequently, but I still enjoy this site. I think the site has undergone some change with Bryan leaving. Previously Bryan editorialized and AP posted hard news. Now AP editorializes quite often. Naturally, that’s going to cause friction.
Spirit of 1776 on February 25, 2009 at 3:50 PM
. . . and say “oh God.”
Angry Dumbo on February 25, 2009 at 3:51 PM
No offense to Ed, but I think people preferred that Bryan tended to be more brusque, a different shade of AP.
MadisonConservative on February 25, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Dayglow Sharpton works.
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Fine with me. I know very little about him other than Dan Rather, and that’s enough for me to cut him slack.
Actually he said, “I thought I was the only person here who believed in that” with the “that” referring to “separation of church and state”. He can’t be far off on that. Most people I know counter that it’s not in the Constitution, because it isn’t, but rather in a letter written by Jefferson.
This isn’t to say that they don’t believe in the two being separate, but I’m not all too certain many social conservative Christians do believe they should, at least not completely or rather believe literally that the “church” is just a specific church.
On that issue, I used to be offended, until I started seeing people rail on him every time he mentioned Palin’s name, even in posts where he was sympathetic.
I’m sure he likes to stir things up, and maybe he doesn’t mind any of the animosity aimed at him here, it just gets old though.
Esthier on February 25, 2009 at 3:55 PM
“There is a lot of difference between banning someone because he/she takes a different point of view on a thread’s subject matter and banning them because they continually insult the host’s motives and professionalism.
a capella on February 25, 2009 at 3:30 PM”
No, ‘fraid not. That’s a typical snob view, that somehow we cannot bring context to an argument. The context of past statements and actions.
klickink.wordpress.com on February 25, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Chrissy’s outburst is to be expected after an entire hour of trouser-tenting during Obambi’s speech.
viking01 on February 25, 2009 at 3:55 PM
I miss Bryan. I like Ed and some days I think Allah rules. But Bryan was the reason I came to HA…
other then the good dialect. Uusually.
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:56 PM
BS
BobH on February 25, 2009 at 3:56 PM
hey crissy… spit or swallow?
BPD on February 25, 2009 at 3:57 PM
He seemed to me to think out loud. I really enjoyed that. I like Ed too, he’s extremely polite and I’m quite impressed with him – but I first heard of him during the immigration debate so I had to warm up to him. :D
Not that that matters; just that as this site has interjected more opinion from the hosts, it’s necessarily going to get more heated conversation.
Spirit of 1776 on February 25, 2009 at 3:57 PM
I would like to take Chrissy’s excuse at face value, but that would be to insult Chrissy’s intelligence.
JohnTant on February 25, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Riiight, Chrissie. Because Louisiana isn’t known for its ante-bellum architecture, and Obama’s Barackopolis was like totally normal, because Denver is so well known for its Greek temples.
Buy Danish on February 25, 2009 at 3:58 PM
it also gets old when he posts mis-information.
I like Jindal and obviously Palin. Lately I can’t watch the news because it is beyond negative anymore. Even in HA now.
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Glad. I was worried for a sec that I was coming off as nitpicky or annoying.
Fair enough. But you at least think this site is worthwhile. Many come here and complain and seem to find nothing redeeming here.
Esthier on February 25, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Thanks. Yes, that’s precisely what it was. It was a dismissal of other interpretations of what that separation entails. One of things I’ve loved about HA is when AP engages in the conversation; he occasionally shifts my opinion. But statements like that are non-starters and encourage the reader to respond in like. No excuses, just my take, and he’s welcome to do so. His place, his rules.
I understand. It is what it is. So contentious now there is no returning to anything resembling a good conversation on her.
Spirit of 1776 on February 25, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Completely understand. It’s a huge letdown from late August. I still remember when I first heard that she was picked. A random woman in a garage parking lot was screaming excitedly about it.
“They can’t take that away from me.”
Esthier on February 25, 2009 at 4:02 PM
REVEALED: Chris Matthews secret life as an interior designer.
tmitsss on February 25, 2009 at 4:02 PM
They just aren’t saying:) If people are coming, it’s worthwhile to them somehow. Traffic is up, I think.
Spirit of 1776 on February 25, 2009 at 4:02 PM
O/T but following up on the comments about “criticizing” the blog hosts… In fairness to everyone, think that there is a fine line between “don’t criticize the hosts” and “speak your mind and critique them constantly” that is hard to achieve.
The reality is that if this was a newspaper, we’d be writing letters to the editors and giving both barrels to the subscription department (and threatening to cancel our subscriptions) when we objected to the quality of the work being published. Those aren’t options here.
At sites that don’t permit reader comments (or where we’re not registered), we basically decide with our feet. I am not registered at MM or LGF (the latter simply because I don’t have a pay email account so I can’t register), so all I can do is frequent one of them less than the other or link to it less in posts elsewhere. I suppose we could email the bloggers, but why bother?
But here the readers’ posts are part of the content… in the Headlines section they basically are the content (since there is no contribution by Ed or Allah except for the titles and perhaps a short quote from the piece)… so it’s natural to feel more like “family” than like a “guest” on this site, which implies a greater latitude in criticizing “our” site.
Because there is no subscription, I think some constructive criticism about the posts is valuable feedback… if it’s being read, that is! :-) Otherwise, if traffic goes down the bloggers are left to speculate why that is.
I’m actually very surprised that after the recent concern over revenues (b/c of the PajamasMedia thing) not one of the blogs where I post has sent out an email survey to its registered readers asking for comments and suggestions.
Just my two cents.
Y-not on February 25, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Exactly!
People aren’t happy with a lot of what is going on, so complaining is and can be theroputic in some respects and the reaosn people LIKE Allah and Ed for pointing this stuff out. Bagging on Jindal and palin isn’t helping the situation either. That is just me though.
upinak on February 25, 2009 at 4:05 PM
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