Video: Matthews inexplicably amazed that Jindal presented himself as DC outsider
posted at 7:24 pm on February 25, 2009 by Allahpundit
The exciting conclusion to the “oh god” trainwreck. Evidently, a party blaming its opponents for the country’s problems and having a governor deliver its rebuttal to project a more populist image — like the Democrats did with Tim Kaine in 2006 and Kathleen Sebelius last year — is sufficiently fantastic to Matthews to make him exclaim under his breath. Congrats, Chris: You’ve somehow turned Keith Olbermann into the grown-up on the set.
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Louisiana’s governor’s mansion is raaaacist.
Spirit of 1776 on February 25, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Worst ‘Journalist’ in the World
( except maybe for Bath Tub Boy himself )
Janos Hunyadi on February 25, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Maybe he likes ridicule.
This is all a plot.
Slublog on February 25, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Jaysus….what an assshole.
If Matthews worked for me, I would fire the smarmy prick and kick him out so fast he’d leave his shadow behind.
Bishop on February 25, 2009 at 7:32 PM
He needs to lay off the drugs… Seriously.
Borislav on February 25, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Good thing we have a free and independent press……….
Seven Percent Solution on February 25, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Meh. Chrissy is amazed by the knots in his shoe strings.
Guardian on February 25, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Four Words: Future Senator Chris Matthews
Verbal Abuse on February 25, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Why does Matthews still have a job as a
newspropaganda anchor?ColtsFan on February 25, 2009 at 7:34 PM
All that leg-tingling drains the brain.
klickink.wordpress.com on February 25, 2009 at 7:34 PM
That was Chrissy praying to The One.
jgapinoy on February 25, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Is Matthews a believer or an atheist? If the latter, I … I just don’t know what I’ll do.
Allahpundit on February 25, 2009 at 7:35 PM
To comment on Olbermann and Matthews, check this out:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fire-keith-olbermann
afotia on February 25, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Recall he managed to do the same after Russert died. Remember the bit about believing in the Iraq war in his eulogy?
amerpundit on February 25, 2009 at 7:35 PM
And yet you gave Matthews a full pass in your previous path when he said choosing a governor was “outsourcing,” knowing full well that Governors give responses to the president all the time. How about that.
terryannonline on February 25, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Christopher Matthews, you are a liar and an unabashed racist. Go on the attack all you want. You and your career deserve to be destroyed in the court of public opinion. You did this to yourself, sir.
Christien on February 25, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Give Matthews a drug test
iam7545 on February 25, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Oh very ouch baby. Below the belt.
TheUnrepentantGeek on February 25, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Chris Matthews is a malignant clown who confuses fast talking with intelligence.
BottomLine5 on February 25, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Meant to write “post.”
terryannonline on February 25, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Chris Matthews <3 Helen Thomas…..
Fighton03 on February 25, 2009 at 7:36 PM
What is poor little Chrissy going to do when his love, Mr. Teleprompter signs the bill making CO2 a pollutant…..?
…………….. Sign language?
Seven Percent Solution on February 25, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Depends. Is Obama worship technically a religion?
TheUnrepentantGeek on February 25, 2009 at 7:37 PM
“…common sense economics?”
Bwhahahahahahahaa!
Peter Schiff on Obama’s speech: ‘A total lack of understanding of basic economics’
Oh and shut your pie hole, Chrissy, you hacktastic race-baiting Obama shill.
Rae on February 25, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Why does it matter?
terryannonline on February 25, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Smirking must be a highly valued job qualification at MSLSD.
moxie_neanderthal on February 25, 2009 at 7:39 PM
He’s juvenile.
therightwinger on February 25, 2009 at 7:41 PM
So what was the message of those Greek temples during the election? I didnt hear him ask that question.
What an a-hole.
becki51758 on February 25, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Chris Matthews is on a downward spiral. I hope it turns out to be similar to the David Hasselhoff breakdown. That’s must-see TV.
sherry on February 25, 2009 at 7:43 PM
What a tool.
lostinjrz on February 25, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Who would have thought the Governor’s Mansion was an old historic “anti-bellum” house in the South. The nerve.
KelliD on February 25, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Jindal=real exec.
Obama..no, wait, “Barack”=faux exec with phoney seals and zero experience thrust into office by idiots.
Fantastic.
Mommypundit on February 25, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Phony. yipes.
Mommypundit on February 25, 2009 at 7:49 PM
He’s right. That entrance was creepy and laughably staged. He comes off as the school nerd wanting to win class treasurer.
dcwvu on February 25, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Eight threads alone just on Jindal. Wow. He really is the new Sarah Palin.
Does he have daughters? If so, are they old enough to get pregnant? Does he have an abusive in-law? The media better get on this right away.
Disturb the Universe on February 25, 2009 at 7:51 PM
to ColtsFan: because he’s with MSNBC
DaveKlassix on February 25, 2009 at 7:53 PM
He’d never make it as treasurer in this administraton. For that you have to be a TAX CHEAT and TOO STUPID TO USE TURBOTAX…
bullseye on February 25, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Somewhere an amoeba is missing it’s brain.
MB4 on February 25, 2009 at 7:54 PM
It’s a good thing I’ve not had a Democrat say in my presence something like Matthews said regarding the Republican spending for the last 8 years. After the Democrats in Obama’s first month QUADRUPLED the Bush administration’s worst deficit, if I had a Democrat complain in my presence with a straight face that the Republicans had engaged in “budget deficits” and “untamed spending,” I swear I would break his fucking nose.
Don’t they have any sense of shame at all? The hypocrisy is staggering!
philwynk on February 25, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Obama’s chief Pimp. But that might be construed as being negative towards pimps in general. At least they know and acknowledge what they do.
GarandFan on February 25, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Does anyone actually like Matthews…including his mom…and dog?
Erich66 on February 25, 2009 at 8:00 PM
I dunno, but when Chris was 5 years old he and the family dog went missing and his mom posted signs around town which read, “Son and dog missing, reward for dog”
MB4 on February 25, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Just so as to put things in their proper perspective, MSNBC ilk like Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann have the type of journalistic integrity which is equal to the aftershock of a fart.
pilamaye on February 25, 2009 at 8:14 PM
They also have the same type of viewership.
terryannonline on February 25, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Let’s see. David Brooks of the New York Times, Chris Matthews of MSNBC, Andrew Sullivan of the Angry Left and The Atlantic, and Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs. Now, what do they ALL have in common?
AntonK on February 25, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Chrissy is just having little tantrums because Glenn Beck is kicking his little liberal ass all over TV land.
In his short time on Fox, Beck has trounced him in the ratings race.
roninacreage on February 25, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I don’t think I regret any 80 seconds of my life more than this, watching Spitty Chrissy fall over his alliteration.
What a complete scumbag. As if his opinion mattered at all.
TinMan13 on February 25, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Nice freeze frame of Jindal on that MSNBC click-through.
But I’m sure it was accidental.
wccawa on February 25, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Wow that was a slobber fest – I felt like I had to wipe the inside of my screen dry
let barking dogs bark, I say
defendfaithandfamily
defendfaithandfamily on February 25, 2009 at 8:38 PM
What an unabashed shill.
davo on February 25, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Is this still a conservative blog? Seems like every time I log in today there is another post about Chris Matthews.
Leg thrills galore.
BPD on February 25, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Don’t all politicians run as DC outsiders until they get to DC? Big whoop.
aengus on February 25, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Chris Matthews is the quintessential Democratic candidate for Congress.
DrStock on February 25, 2009 at 8:42 PM
HaHAHA! You are either legally blind, an Obama cultist in dire need of deprogramming or simply a dolt (or more likely all 3).
Jindal actually lives in that mansion and that hallway and stairway actually exists. But more on point, at what point did you begin having problems with stagecraft?
Presumably you didn’t have a problem with fake presidential seals, fake air force ones, silly Greek temples and all of the other manufactured elements of this President.
Obama is the embodiment of staged. He can’t even be himself! He’s had to run away from his past associations and remake himself as some sort of mainstream moderate. Obama has gone so far as to have his underlings make comparisons to previous presidents to help set the mood.
Perhaps you can explain the comparision between Obama pledging to spend us into oblivion and Reagan saying govt is the problem. What precisely is Reaganesque?
moxie_neanderthal on February 25, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Boys and Girls, there’s a lesson to be learned here.
When you spend half a lifetime drinking with Kennedys, don’t try to match them drink for drink. It can take a helluva toll on your critical thinking.
JohnGalt23 on February 25, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Matthews is the worst kind of leftist scum and could only work and MSNBC which is a gathering place for his kind.
rplat on February 25, 2009 at 8:54 PM
You’ll…be greatful you won’t have to bump into him on a cloud someplace after you’re both dead?
DrAllecon on February 25, 2009 at 8:55 PM
It doesn’t Just ignore him. He’s trying to turn another thread into religion thread.
Ampersand on February 25, 2009 at 9:15 PM
There is something seriously wrong with that guy.
The Wall on February 25, 2009 at 9:16 PM
He can’t be an atheist because I never see him at services.
exception on February 25, 2009 at 9:17 PM
But which god does he disbelieve in? Surely not the same one you do?
Nevicata on February 25, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Chrissy keeps getting worse and worse. Somebody needs to pull him aside and have a talk about embarrassing himself like that.
GE stock….almost worthless now. Great work Jeff Imedlt!!!
The Wall on February 25, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Suddenly, Chrissy is worried about a politician’s “staging”? Let’s see. We have the governor of Louisiana speaking from the governor’s mansion, which appears to have been constructed in the style of the region. For that he invokes, in vain, the name of the Lord. However, when Barack Obama delivers a speech in a football stadium, complete with a faux classical temple, it’s tingles up and down his leg all over again.
Whatever.
Mallard T. Drake on February 25, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Not to worry, he is a cafeteria Catholic. He went to the same Catholic grade school I did. He must have gotten the rest of his religious education from Nancy Pelosi
msmveritas on February 25, 2009 at 9:27 PM
I recall learning in school that the antebellum period started circa 1963 when Louisiana built the “new” governors mansion. It was constructed to replace the “old” governors mansion which was built in 1929. New State Motto: When you think of Louisiana….think antebellum.
jrab01 on February 25, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Let’s call him a druid and then we can all be happy.
Mr. D on February 25, 2009 at 9:37 PM
What is with all the Chris Matthews? Is someone trying to excite Matthew’s leg?
Can we get a little serious political commentary here instead?
paulsur on February 25, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Ooh! Is it a bright, blue…oh, never mind.
Snowed In on February 25, 2009 at 9:55 PM
And to think I posted my comment right after this…
Snowed In on February 25, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Matthews has truly become a comic figure imitating a political pundit.
SC.Charlie on February 25, 2009 at 9:59 PM
If Conservatives would quit talking about Matthews he would fall off the face of the earth tomorrow
winston on February 25, 2009 at 10:23 PM
How does spittle Matthews explain that he didn’t say Oh God when the Greek Temple or the Berlin backdrop were displayed for Obamas speech? Feckless turd
wepeople on February 25, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Just making sure I understand.
Louisiana Governor mansion giving appearance of antebellum South – bad
Greek columns conjuring images of divinity – good
Thank you Mr Matthews now I completely understand.
RuffledRaven on February 25, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Was Chrissy slurring and drunk in that clip?
OmahaConservative on February 25, 2009 at 10:41 PM
i wonder how many times that pole smokin poofster got his ass kicked in his life
cando333 on February 25, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Matthews? Hum?
He gets “tingles” in his leg when he sees Obama.
And then when he “Sees” Jindal walking out he sighs “oh god”?
Me think Matthews has a “thing” for thin, dark skinned men.
After all,
“Chris Matthews says his two years as a Peace Corps volunteer, working as a trade development advisor in the Kingdom of Swaziland, changed his life forever.”
Could it possibly be interpretive any other way?
DSchoen on February 25, 2009 at 11:33 PM
this guy has officially lost his mind.
anna on February 25, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Does he have a brain tumor?
Conan on February 26, 2009 at 1:51 AM
wittiness the Hot Air blogger becoming the Hot Air troll…. crazy.
Ampersand on February 26, 2009 at 5:31 AM
Tumor yes , brain not so much.
the_nile on February 26, 2009 at 6:16 AM
Republicans can be blamed for everything. Just not accurately.
Aronne on February 26, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Give him a break. It’s just all part of his job to make sure Obama succeeds.
Fred 2 on February 26, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Well, look on the bright side. Since the 2008 election the media doesn’t have to worry about not letting it slip that they are Liberals. Before 2008 they had to “worry” about letting their bias show. Now it is all hanging out and it is pretty ugly.
BetseyRoss on February 26, 2009 at 11:34 AM
“Outsourcing” the speech = sending jobs to India?
Bobby Jindal, native born citizen, but to Matthews he must seem somehow foreign to use “outsourcing” as a description.
I like Palin but I like Jindal just a little bit better…
Laurence on February 26, 2009 at 12:11 PM
I am always inexplicably amazed at the appearance of Dennis the Menace masquerading as a commentator.
Fuquay Steve on February 26, 2009 at 12:51 PM