Letters to the Editor
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Does he still talk about his Democrat roots on the show?
I stopped watching Hard Ball years ago and I won't defile myself by watching Matthews perform oral sex on his Republican lovers.
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Rightball
He's become a lapdog of the right. Whether it has to do with any actual convictions of his own, his fear of losing viewers to Fox, or his brother's House candidacy in PA is immaterial. Matthews is as much a tool of the administration as O'Reilly.
He sucks.
[And this hurts, because in general I don't like to rip on folks from PA (who aren't Santorium)].
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Delay and Matthews--Love American Style
I too was completely disgusted with Chris Matthews' interview with Tom Delay. The softballs Matthews threw to Delay, an indicted crook, is a complete violation of journalistic ethics. And while Matthews criticized Conyers and the Democrats for their attempts at impeaching Bush, he praised Delay for his efforts to impeach Clinton. Some journalist
The only real reason I see is that Delay will be a regular on Matthews' new show, "Softball with Chris Matthews."
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It's not the first time
I attended a taping of Hardball last year, when Matthews interviewed Arnold Schwartzenegger. I can't recall the specifics, but during the commercials, it was the same sort of obsequeous chumminess. The thing I do remember really clearly, was before each segment, Matthews would warm the Governator what he was going to ask him about.
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hold on, keep it honest
I'm no fan of either, but calling Delay's comment sexist seems a bit overblown. The transcript would indicate that, but listening to him it seems that he's just lamely parroting Matthews' statement that the poll respondents voiced displeasure with "know-it-all-women", as opposed to him revealing his inner woman-hating demon.
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Strange
When Mathews made an appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher before the 2004 election he seemed genuinely perplexed that the presidential race was so close given that the American people had the choice between someone who was quite intelligent and someone who wasn't. On his own show, its quite a different story.
He's a whore. He'll kiss any Republican or convervative ass that he think will boost the ratings of his pitifull little show. Keep in mind who's watching these pathetic cable news shows night after night. They all play to the Kool-Aid brigade.
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Why Is Anyone Surprised By This??
If we were able to watch intra-show footage from ANY of the commercial network news shows over the last 15+ years we would find EXACTLY the same thing. How do you suppose Charlie Rose acts between breaks? Like Edward R. Murrow??
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Chris Matthews' Problem
I liked what one poster said some time ago, that Chris Matthews was nothing but a jocksniffer. He'll eagerly prance around for guys he thinks are "real men," like McCain, George Jr., Arnold, DeLay, Don Imus, etc., in the futile hope that he'll absorb those "manly" qualities.
Sorry Matthews, but these guys are not real men or even real human beings. You are, quite correctly however, an insecure little boy.
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Impeachment hypocrisy
Matthews spent quite a bit of time exasperating over the possibility that the Dems would impeach Bush for spying on Americans without warrants, etc. Cut to commercial. He then credited Delay with the *accomplishment* of impeaching Clinton for lying about and extra-marital affair. I once gave him the benefit of the doubt. No longer. Matthews is a complete Repub hack pretending to be impartial.
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He's not a journalist!
Why do any of you refer to Chris Matthews as a journalist? A journalist is someone who observes, investigates, writes a story and then reports it. Chris Matthews is an ex-congressional aide. Now he's a cable gas bag. The fact that he is on a so-called news network doesn't make him a newsman, or his show a news show.
He's no more interested in reasoned debate or fact finding than Rush Limbaugh or Bill O'Reilly. His continually putting words in his guests’ mouths proves it. His hypocrisy regarding the equivalence of impeachment for perjury, regarding Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky, as opposed to impeachment for abuse of power, torture, a war of aggression and violation of the Bill of Rights, confirms it.
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DeLay sets the terms for Matthews repayment
Matthews: I owe you. I owe you.
DeLay: You want to blow me here during the break or shall we retire to the green room afterwards?
Once upon a time I bought the nonsense that Matthews was indy, objective, hard-questioning. It's all a front and he is a complete fraud. He loves up his Repuke guests, disses every Dem, and always finds snide ways to twist and distort Dem positions to cast them in a bad light.
My disgust for Matthews reached its zenith during the Dem and Repuke convention coverage on MSNBC where blondie regularly showed his con-luvin' bias. Man I hate that guy.
Matthews is a shameless suck up...a perfect example of self-possessed MSM emptiness.
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Matthews is on the American Taliban's payroll
He is just doing what he is being paid for: shilling for the psychopaths who are destroying this country.
Why watch his show at all? He is predictable, hence boring.
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matthews/delay
thank you, farhad manjoo: please keep telling it like it IS!
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Sweet Jesus I absolutely hate Chris Matthews
Pick anybody at FOX, O'Dildo, Brit Fume, Gin-soak Gibson, little fatty boy Cavuto, you name 'em, I despise 'em.
But I've got a special place dead center of my toilet bowl for Screaming Spitting Baby Head Chris Matthews. Why?
Because he enjoys pretending to "play hardball" when it's tiresomely obvious that he's a fawning, obsequious Republican butt-licker.
MSNBC is just a poor imitation of FOX trying to elbow a little market share from the goose-stepping Murdoch.
Look at the lineup:
Don Ignoramus in the morning -- a dry drunk you might find working in an auto parts store, elevated to the position of oracle-from-the-dude-ranch.
Danny Abrams -- Narcissitic snot rag with his trademark derisive "C'mon" as the only tool in his shed.
Creepy Joe Scarborough -- Smarmy populist demigog from the Redneck Riviera. Add hypocrite for his personal life vs. the "family values" he preaches.
Rita Cosby -- Call her a ghoul, call her a bloody hyena racing to the next road kill, whatever, but she always seems to be two steps late to the carnage behind Greta Von Facelift and the perpetually sneering Nancy Graceless. When they finally find Natalee Holloway's rotting corpse you can bet these three bitches will be snarling and snapping at each other over the fetted remains.
And finally, there's Keith Olbermann, my personal biggest disappointment on MSNBC -- He's the only one with potential, the only one with a soul and a brain, and yet he squanders what could be the most biting news/commentary show of any network with worn-out gags like Celebrity News, Top Three Soundbites, Worst Persons in the World and other time-wasting crap. Keith, if you are reading this, grow up!