Chris Matthews--Tweety--was actually defending Obama this morning...WTF?

[Blue_Roses]

He was talking to "morning Joe" and he actually made sense. I was shocked, I tell you, shocked. Maybe Tweety does better in the morning than at night. :shrug: Anybody catch it this morning?

[MannyGoldstein]

1. I Am The Only Person On DU Who Likes Matthews

That is all.

[democrattotheend]

4. I like him...usually

He sometimes pisses me off but usually I like him.

His book was one of the first political books I read (assigned reading for AP government class in high school) so I guess I understood where he was coming from before I even started watching him on TV.

[Blue_Roses]

8. lol

well, I would say that depends on what day. Some days you may be in better company than others. Tweety is like a Cracker Jack Box. You never know what prize you'll get.

[Upton]

13. No you're not

I frequently disagree with what he says, but I think his show is one of the most informative shows now on. You can't dispute his knowledge of the political arena. Plus, every once in awhile, he gets it spot on.

[musicblind]

14. No, I like him too

even though he hates Hillary and I love Hillary. I have his books, I have respect for his history in politics. He feels passionately about the business he is in. When not hating Hillary, he usually does a decent job.

[NDambi]

16. Depends on the day...

[zarath]

18. I like him usually

Unlike some people here I don't go ape-sh*t and accuse him of being a comminazi when he occasionally expresses an opinion that I happen to disagree with.

[helderheid]

20. My mom likes him. I like him about half the time and I think that's what he's going for.

[BklynChick]

21. i like him most of the time too

[GalleryGod]

24. Pardon Me; I like & Respect Him. Last Spring he lectured to all of my classes

The only thing he wanted was a free lunch in the Caf both days... A great Guy,who, it goes without saying, has a better Democratic/Progressive Vitae' than anyone on DU.




Junior Adam Bolger ,thanks Chris for his fine work, April, 2007.

[Sensitivity]

2. Defending him on what? What did he do now?

[Blue_Roses]

5. He actually said that many

people who sit on church pews don't always agree with their preachers and even though you may be friends with someone--as he and Scarborough are-they too, don't always agree. It was weird hearing him make sense.:crazy:

[lapfog_1]

11. He can relate...

Being a lay member of Opus Dei and all. I'm pretty sure he isn't one of the members that straps barb wire around his thigh every day.

[Blue_Roses]

15. Dang you

I have a head cold this morning and my "google" factor is down. Now I have to go look up Opus Dei.:crazy: Please go easy on me today:cry:

[Blue_Roses]

17. Okay

I googled it and I'm in the "know" now...:D

[OhioBlue]

3. no, I had to leave for work b4 he was on

details?

[Blue_Roses]

6. read post #5

and I'll see if I can find a sound bite.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

7. I find that the media sticks up for Obama in between primary elections...

...then right before the vote, they run with some garbage Hillary’s campaign throws at him.

Whoever the media praises before the election, is the one they want to win.

[Blue_Roses]

10. I don't see it that way.

I think Hill's campaign just waits to throw it right before a primary day. That's their strategy and it gets the most attention at that particular time.

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. Here are two hand-dandy media bias conspiracy theorist explanations:

1. He hates the Clintons and will say anything to defeat them.

2. He believes that Obama is the weaker candidate in November, so he want to help Obama win the nomination so that McCain will win the general election.

[Blue_Roses]

12. No,

I think he just likes Obama the best.

[hedgehog]

19. A little off-topic, but one of my college kids is home on break and she

thought it was a hoot when I couldn't remember Mathew's name because I've always heard him referred to as "Tweety"!

[a kennedy]

22. Speaking of Tweety, did anyone see him have a stroke over Rachel

Maddow being a rhode scholar and having a PhD??? I thought he was going to blow, sorry if this has been talked about, but seeing his name and remembering how he talk of Rachel I thought of it again, he IS such a tweety. :eyes:

[K Gardner]

25. I saw that. I was surprised he didn't know that basic info about her and he looked nearly

apoplectic over it. So did Buchanan :-)

[GalleryGod]

28. Of course you don't KNOW him...

Chris with Jr. Adam Bolger, after his final lecture to my classes: April,2007.

[skooooo]

29. when did this happen?

I'm sure she's got more education than most of those baffoons on msm

[Avalux]

23. I heard him and it wasn't that he was defending Obama; he was speaking the truth.

He gave a rather complex example of minority issues and Obama's relationship with his pastor and how that doesn't mean he agrees with everything he says. He talked about the Kennedy's and McCarthy, about how they were all friends, Catholics, etc., but disagreed vehemently on politics. That didn't stop the Kennedy's from going to McCarthy's funeral though.

It was really good and insightful.

[K Gardner]

27. PastorGate, like the thousand other Gates that have been dished out

toward Obama since November, will pass; the next Faux Outrage will soon be upon us.

[skooooo]

26. it's true, i saw it....

He has moments of clarity at times between all the sputtering and spitting.

[GalleryGod]

30. Matthews & Olberman : Best Bet on TV in 2008

The good old days (not)

[hell-bent]

33. Don't you mean

the two biggest examples of a horse's ass at MSGOP? I wonder if KO gets a "thrill up his leg" as well when the Messiah pontificates? Veterans for Obama.....well, not this veteran.

[Orsino]

31. Tweety may have a new man-crush.

Obama seems a more likely target than Clinton or McCain.

[hell-bent]

32. What is unusual?

He has been singing the praises of Obama since he decided to run. Remember, he said he gets a "thrill up his leg" when he hears Obama speak. I wonder if anything else is affected? :wtf:

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

34. What hallucinogen did you take this morning? Could it be a flashback?