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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChis Matthews: S H U T . . T H E . . F U C K . . UP
People aren't watching to listen to you flapping your fucking jaw. They want to hear your guests.
Renew Deal
(81,877 posts)I've been listening the last 5 minutes and Matthews makes it unlistenable. He's got a lot to learn from Maddow.
Delmette
(522 posts)He doesn't argue and interrupt anyone else like this.
Renew Deal
(81,877 posts)He's always been a little obnoxious.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)Sorry --- couldn't disagree more strongly.
Renew Deal
(81,877 posts)Do you mean he's very obnoxious or do you love him?
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)And seriously........good onya for being nice. I should try that from time to time.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I'm not even watching and I know what he's doing. He does it to EVERYONE all of the time.
Delmette
(522 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)He tells people what he thinks they think, and they are lucky to get a word in edgewise.
Stinky The Clown
(67,819 posts)He kisses himself goodnight. He hugs himself. His iPod has nothing but recordings of his own voice.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Stop punishing yourself.
What did you expect him to do?
He asks a question, proposes an answer to the guest, then argues with the answer he made up, and all the guest has to do is sit there while Matthews has an entire conversation with someone who isn't saying anything.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Do you know what this is:
That's a plow. That's the kind of thing you used to hitch up to a horse or ox, and then cut furrows into the ground to plant crops.
In the early 1900's a boy was plowing a field on the Farnsworth family farm. As he went back and forth with the plow and the horse, he got the idea that he could use that back and forth action to draw a picture in the field by adjusting the plow along the furrows. Decades later, that boy, a boy named Philo, who was using a plow like that on the farm, Philo T. Farnsworth would become the inventor of the cathode ray tube - the picture tube that used to be the front screen of television sets.
After television sets were invented, the broadcasters came up with the idea to have regularly scheduled programs called "shows" on them.
Well, tonight, you are going to watch, on your television, a show. It's a show on MSNBC starring - a woman! On the show, a woman is going to talk about politics, on your very own television, thanks to Philo Farnsworth who figured out how to transmit signals as pictures to television sets by plowing a field as a boy.
The woman, on the show, on your television, is named Rachel, and she's going to be talking about politics, and sometimes about boys plowing fields on this show. They even named the show after her. They call it the "Rachel Maddow Show" and it is a show on MSNBC which you can watch on your television, and the woman, whose name is Rachel Maddow, is going to talk about politics on the Rachel Maddow Show!
ms liberty
(8,600 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)She runs a video of a video of her saying that.
LiberalArkie
(15,729 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)lob1
(3,820 posts)What an asshole!!
narnian60
(3,510 posts)Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)It is backfiring
Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)new one.
The Blue Flower
(5,446 posts)I like the way Bernie handles all that's coming at him and comes up with good answers. I actually think it's a valuable exercise.
Renew Deal
(81,877 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)You are absolutely RIGHT!
Calista241
(5,586 posts)i'm going to turn off my tv.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I want my money back.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)ejbr
(5,856 posts)can see him being this aggressive with Hillary, then you're being dishonest.
I wish Bernie would state that most of the people voting for him understand that Election Day would be just the beginning. We will have to continue to vote, canvass, send emails, and telephone our legislators. We need to have his back.
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)December 2, 2015: MD-8 Democratic Congressional Candidate Kathleen Matthews Endorses Hillary Clinton
http://kathleenmatthewsforcongress.com/press-releases/md-8-democratic-congressional-candidate-kathleen-matthews-endorses-hillary-clinton/
He could make that clear, but he's a weasel.
DC is infested with dirty nepotism
waddirum
(979 posts)when he supported someone running for office?
Peregrine Took
(7,417 posts)The whole U of C atmosphere and campus must be terrifically intimidating to him.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)I've always found the psychology of political discourse fascinating.......and have always believed that's what draws many to politics in the first place.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)........when an obnoxious personality is getting to me.
During the Shrub administration I "stoned" Tweety nearly as much as the Turdblossum-in-Chief. That's saying A LOT, given how much I despise(d) "W".
Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)I like that idea so much, I want one now (a big crate full of them).
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)Here's the company where I bought them........
http://www.clownantics.com/index.php?p=catalog&mode=search&search_in=all&searchBarOrder=&search_str=rocks&x=22&y=18
The "rocks" are heavy enough to make a very satisfying THWAP when they hit the screen! Very therapeutic -- trust me!
Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)(pulling out my credit card) I think I will buy a variety of sizes and use the Extra Large one (9 x 9 x 9" when I get really mad.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)My collection numbers about 15........purchased one or two at a time.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)for the same reason. He just can't seem to shut up enough for a guest to give an answer. As someone said in another post, Matthews asks a question, answers it, and when a guest gives an alternate answer, he cuts them off and argues again. He's simply not worth watching.
narnian60
(3,510 posts)Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)I bet it is because people are speaking into his ear, telling him how bad he is looking.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)rip Bernie apart for the Clinton's....make him look awlful in front of young people. Go to hell Mathews!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Trajan
(19,089 posts)I won't watch CNN, MSNBC, Fox, CNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, etc ... It don't matter - I'm NOT going to let them spoonfeed propaganda into my eyes and ears ... Fuck that ...
I stopped watching CNN in November 2000 ... I stopped watching ALL of them in March 2003 ...
Fuck'm ...
MFM008
(19,820 posts)for sure.
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)I think that stations head dude said kill this old man off ....and Chris is mad cuz he was ordered to do Bernie in, in Prime time...and it did not happen LOL...then Rachael chimes in with her group...it is so obvious to me what has been said. Get the job done ....not happening..cuz Bernie tells the truth.
kairos12
(12,875 posts)kimbutgar
(21,211 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)He mistakes talking over people, interrupting them, raising his voice while repeating the same question, and spitting for hard hitting interviewing.
Sad, really.
Jibby
(1 post)Chris Matthews was acting like Hillary's surrogate. Pushing Hillary's most effective attack line and then making it difficult for Bernie to simply reply. Not surprising given that Chris's politician wife has already endorsed Hillary and hopes to benefit from her endorsement. Then Rachel chooses to quote the portion of the interchange that she thinks will help her pal Hillary the most. Ugh!