Chris Matthews gets served by President Obama at the Summit of the Americas

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from The Obama Diary:



(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama listens to a question at the CEO Summit on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, April 14. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews was the moderator for the discussion.

Matthews:

How do you respond to Brazil's demand to be both partners and rivals? . . . they want to come North -- use our educational resources to learn how to compete with us . . . Right Mr. President? Right Mrs. President? . . . You want to learn everything we know and take it back and shove it at us . . . .

President Obama:

"Chris, I'm not sure you're characterizing what Ms. Rousseff said, but . . . this is what happens when you get some of our U.S. political commentators moderating a panel . . . they try to get -- they try to stir up things that may not always be there . . . and Chris is one of the best!""

watch:

[seabeyond]

1. now lets watch if tweety starts talking about obama the way he does hillary....

i dont watch him much at all, but in the past, he had a real hate for hillary

[appleannie1]

2. Good, I am surprised Tweety shut up long enough for ANYONE to talk.

[jillan]

3. Haha - so agree!! I can't watch him anymore. He's so annoying.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. +1. I feel sorry for the poor cameraman. He must be drenched after one of Tweety's tirades.

[Jamaal510]

12. Seemed like I heard Tweety say once on Hairball that

he doesn't have a Cameraman on his show.

[JHB]

11. Being president does have its perqes...

[asjr]

4. I bet that stung!

[LittleGirl]

6. can't watch him either

so many words and never lets his guests talk so this is no surprise that he stepped in it.

[K Gardner]

7. WTF? And Tweety is the one always preaching about RESPECT for POTUS..?

And he talks to him like that? The way it was typed in the OP, I can actually HEAR him saying it in that holier than thou tone of his.

Snark Obama Rocks !!!

[DFW]

8. This was Obama at his polite best. What he really was saying was this:

"The time is finished where I'm just gonna sit here and shut up while you media whores make up the news."

[CTyankee]

9. He did that very well, Perfectly, in fact.

I love that "this is what you get..." line. If I were Matthews I'd die of embarrassment...

[bayareaboy]

10. I think I have mastered the Hardball thing ...

I figured that I could really throw hardballs at my TV, or not watch him for quite a while. Sometimes I can go one year without seeing his face, my TV feels good and I do too.

This really works with FAUX NEWS, as well.

[Jamaal510]

13. I don't blame you. Hairball is pretty boring...

[bigtree]

14. kick

[Enrique]

15. is this going to be on MSNBC?

it was a dumb question but at least he's covering the summit. I hope this panel discussion will be available online.

[dmr]

16. That was an embarrassing question to ask the President while

Brazil was sitting right there.

Mathews might have thought he was being 'cute', but he certainly was not.

Good for President Obama.

[Bohunk68]

17. Ah, yes,

the Mandibular Masturbator, always jacking off at the jaws. Someone, puhleeze, take a ball bat to his head and STFU, Tweety! Refuse to watch his program, raises my blood pressure to threatening levels. Pushing his old-style catholicism and using his Irish heritage. GFY, Mandibular Masturbator!!!!!

[Carolina]

19. love, love, love

your expression: "Mandibular Masturbator, always jacking off at the jaws..."

Perfect description of that ass, Tweety.

And I, too, stopped watching years ago... can't stand him

[PCIntern]

18. Just one of Tweety's multitude of problems is that

he thinks that he himself is part of the equation...that's why he almost always brings up Tip O'Neill and the fact that he worked for him...it places him at the center of the action - or so he thinks. He's an idiot and treating heads of state like they're one of his Hairball guests is not only reprehensible, but counterproductive. I would submit that this is the last time he'll be chairing a panel internationally.

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20. Chris Matthews is a conservative tool who voted for Bush

This is the stupidest man on television, bar Wolf Blitzer. A proven sexist who voted Bush in 2000.