Letters to the Editor
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xrandadu Hutman
xrandadu,
Ya gotta be kidding--didn't you see the Don't Feed the Trolls sign out front? He had you at "in the teen years". Put the keyboard down and slowly back away. That's it. Slooowwwllly. Slooowwly. You got it.
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meanwhile, back to the post...
As poorly as he puts it, as sadly hyperbolic and spittle-flying strange as he is, Matthews has a point. Of course he hates Hillary Clinton, but that doesn't make him wrong.
From Day One (there's that phrase again) of this campaign season, it's been hers to lose, and she's lost it. Remember, everyone said "if she wins Iowa AND New Hampshipre, it's over." In other words, the question has always been framed "what does she need to win?" Meanwhile, the other guy (some Muslim black guy from Illinois, I don't know his name) actually DID keep winning, and raising more money than her and getting more votes than her, and kicking her a$$ with their ground game. And still, it was "what does Hillary need to do to win? Win Wisconsin, and she'll be fine!" well, no. "Win Ohio AND Texas, and she can still win." This time she actually did win Ohio (and the part of Texas that got reported on election night), but to her amazement, the other guy didn't throw up his hands and give in. "Win, uh, Pennsylvania and the superdelegates will flock to her." And we know how this will turn out; the polls will show her lead go from 51-35 (or whatever) to 48-39 to 47-45, then on April 18th or so, Zogby will call it 48-47 for Obama, then she'll win 52-48 and proclaim glorious, glorious victory, even though she'll net 6 delegates, which the next day will be offset by 3 superdelegates switching from her to him. And yet the media narrative will be "what does she need to do to win? Well, North Carolina has black people, so it doesn't count, so as long as she wins Indiana, she can win!"
So all that longwindedness is to say "enough about what the former frontrunner can do to win"...because she almost certainly can't. This is like one of the announcers in the NCAA tournament saying "they need a steal and a quick 3 here" when they're down 12 points with a minute left. Sure, that'd cut into the lead and give them some momentum, but in the long run, it ain't gonna help.
Please, superdelegates, I'm begging now. On April 23rd, unless she wins 85-15 in PA, just step in and end this thing.
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Matthews' "I'm as mad as hell..." moment
Let me echo Xan -- you don't mind if I call you Xan, do you? ;-) -- I must admit a certain queasiness at having a walking, talking douchebag like Chris Effing Matthews on the side of my preferred candidate, Senator Obama.
But for all his off-the-rails-iness, the man had a point. Olbermann saying it would have been delish. Matthews saying it... ugh.
So in this case, keep the message, and feel free to shoot the messenger. :-D
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Matthews
needs to shut his blowhard trap. Geez.
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Last time I checked, Hillary Clinton voted For Authorizing the Use of Military Force Against Iraq.
A clueless and gutless vote, to be sure. So, yes, technically Hillary gets some share of the blame for those 4,000 dead troops.
Or is she saying now that she made that vote while under heavy sniper fire????
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transparency
Mika had it right. It was an endorsement of Obama and Matthews should admit it. I'm a Hillary supporter and I don't mind saying so. Matthews should say that he is an Obama supporter and not pretend to be otherwise. Of course, that would mean he would have to give up his job until after the elections but at least it would be honest. I'm going to support whoever is the Democractic nominee if my primary vote is counted. I'm from Florida and if the DNC doesn't count my vote I'm going over to Nadar. I love the progressive mantra of count every vote, except for Florida and Michigan. Iowa and New Hampshire have a divine right to pick our candidates. The right to have your vote counted is primary, not Clinton, not Obama. Anybody from Michigan want to start a movement?
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Wonder what Matthews would be touting if Bill hadn't shunned him as a press secretary applicant
Apparently Chris has issues with regection. He angled to be considered as Bill Clinton's press secretary and was rebuffed. Chris holds a grudge for a very long time.
Hutman, About your paranoia that someone is a Clinton "operative"....takes one to know one ;-)
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Matthews is An Ass.
Does anyone really watch this guy anymore? Or much of anything else on MSNBC? They have all become caricatures of themselves.
Chris Matthews tooks credit when Hillary Clinton ran for the U.S. Senate. He could not say enough about her. Now, mysteriously, he questions "their entitlement?" What about the entitlement package that wraps itself around Obama's first campaign in Illinois and now? Those white, affluent, elitist liberal, pompous asses who have always been above the economic messes that they and their conservative neo-con counterparts seem to make of our country!
Barack Obama is a carnival show. And Chris Matthews is a has-been who has nothing else to talk about.
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Endorsing Obama
How could she forget how he gets a tremor up his leg when he hears Obama speak. What plainer endorsement could he give? He's embarassed himself over Obama almost as many times as he embarassed himself over Bush. Remember when Matthews stated that everyone loved George Bush & wanted to hang out with this guy? What a putz! Chris Matthews has 0 journalistic integrity and not a clue how anyone but himself feels. His arrogance just makes him think he does. What a turd!!!!!!!!!
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this was matthews' finest moment (& i mean that unironically)
wait, what's wrong with this again?
i am NO chris matthews fan, by any stretch of the imagination. but he's dead right on this. i read the transcript then watched the video - i don't think there's a word misplaced. the clinton presidency DID turn into a sitcom, and the national fascination with bill/hilary's feelings of betrayal (or at least james carville's), because one of "their own" backed the other guy, is an embarrassing distraction (and seems a lot more akin to the current administration's "loyal bushy" mafioso-like attitude than they do about the actual future of the country).
bravo, chris. this might be the best thing you've ever said.
(as a sidenote: what gives, alex? your post the other week about geraldine ferraro, and how her wretched comments don't matter, was bad enough. the war room is starting to feel a little like a hilary blog.)