does anyone here actually like Chris Matthews?

[BklynChick]

I admit that I do! There's a NYT article coming out in this Sunday's magazine section.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13matthews-t.html?hp

[floridablue]

1. Hell No

[IsItJustMe]

82. Ditto!! Quit watching him about 3 years ago.

[shifting_sands]

2. Matthews

I do

[baldguy]

3. I'm sure he's a nice person

But he's an idiot RW tool, just like Stephanie said.

[Cosmocat]

87. Not exactly ...

He has one real talent, and I am serious ... All of the MSM types of their fingers in the air and go with who is in, to cater to those in power ... Up until the last year or so, they had SO LONG ago just sold out to the right wing, they forgot they had sold out ...

Mathews has a sharper radar for the wind changes ... Now, keep in mind, there were two things that MSM types had to do to remain in the good favor with the GOP when they were on top ... 1) suck the right wings butt ... 2) And/OR, always paint the dems as negatively as possible ... You could get away with not sucking the right wing's butts, or even being negative with them on occassion as long as you countered that by ALWAYS painting the dems negatively ...

Mathews was smart in that regard ... He offered occassional criticism of the right, but was smart enough to do the negative painting of the democrats ... He got ahead of the curve in being harder on the Rs at times, and has tempered, just a bit, the negativity of the dems ...

[asjr]

4. As a matter of fact I just read that article.

And I still can't come to a sane conclusion about him. He sounds insecure and overly secure at times. I have'nt been able to watch him for some time, but I can say that for CNN, MSNBC, CBS, etc. Are they all Punch and Judy productions?

[jaysunb]

5. Maybe his family ??

:shrug:

[redqueen]

53. ...

:rofl:

[crankychatter]

6. he gives me the willy's and he's a 'ho'

mho

[Lucky 13]

7. nope

[mwb970]

8. Well, I like his occasional pop culture references.

He'll be talking along about changing the government in Iraq and he'll suddenly mention the "new Darren" from the old comedy Bewitched. Stuff like that catches me by surprise and cracks me up every time.

It ain't much but it's all I got.

[MadBadger]

9. I Do!

[niyad]

12. why?

[MadBadger]

I like his analysis and he makes me laugh (either with him or at him)

[niyad]

10. what is it that you like about tweety?

[H2O Man]

11. Yep.

I do.

[niyad]

13. why?

[H2O Man]

24. He played a central

role in exposing the Plame scandal. From "page one" of Joseph Wilson's book, to the court documents that showed VP Cheney's obsession with "Hardball's" reporting on the WMD lies, Matthews' role was very important.

[Catherine Vincent]

63. That's about the only reason I supported him.

Other than that, he's useless.

[H2O Man]

77. His book is good.

I will speculate that you are not likely to buy it, but if you did read it, I am confident that you would say that he has both a good and bad side. I don't think "useless" is accurate, but perhaps that is because I've read the book.

[Catherine Vincent]

86. You're right, I probably shouldn't have said useless. nt

[rinsd]

14. After the way he has treated our Presidential candidates the last 2 elections?

Here's Media Matters cataloging of his inanity.

Just ignore the Hillary stuff (he's obsessed with the Clintons) and look how he has presented our party, the war etc.

http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/tags/chris_matthews

[democrattotheend]

15. My mom and I have a love-hate relationship with him.

I read his book when I was first getting into politics and I thought it was interesting. He can be obnoxious and piss me off at times, but most of the time he's fair and obnoxious to everyone. I got really pissed off when he asked that Texas state legislator about Obama's accomplishments but did not ask Stephanie Tubbs Jones the same question (which I highly doubt she'd have been able to answer either). But most of the time he is equally obnoxious to everyone. Sometimes he really pisses me off though.

[Adelante]

16. I don't mind him

He's erratic and eccentric, but I kind of enjoy that. Not to say like, but I don't mind him.

[Forkboy]

17. Not really. He loves the whole Washington circle jerk lifestyle way too much.

[nam78_two]

28. Exactly

Agree completely-that is how I feel about him too.

[Forkboy]

44. Not only does he like it, he's proud of liking it.

:crazy:

[durrrty libby]

18. He 's worse than Hannity, O'Reilly and Ogremann combined

Edit to add..MSNBC may be on the brink of collapse.

Dropped out of top 30 now. TeeHee Matthews and Ogremann

OMG What would Ogremann's KOWs do if he were cut?

[LSparkle]

19. Ho ho ho ... he's a train wreck that I can't help but watch

Maybe that should be "road kill" that I can't turn away from.

Every so often he has a "PMS moment" and his liberal roots poke through ... otherwise
he's just a corporate shill.

[Me.]

20. I Respect The Fact That He Called Joe Wilson & Gave Him A Head's Up About Rove

And that he has been speaking out against the war for a long time. There are also times when I want to yell at him. His show has been better, especially the guests, since he got rid of his producer.

[Saturday]

36. You forget, he was FOR the war before he was AGAINST the war.nt

[MADem]

55. He sure was....and he just loved the Monkey in the flight suit, too. MANLY, yes! NT

[Me.]

59. I Know That's The Meme

But back, he was speaking out against it. I sometimes think people mistake his man crush on *, the flight suit, standing 'nobly' at the towers for support of the war. It was one of the reasons why the OVP kept complaining to Russert about him.

“Conversely, he is also often criticized by conservatives for his opposition to the Iraq war among other stances he takes against the Bush administration. Conservative watchdog groups also accuse Matthews of constantly taking Democratic Party positions <6>. Matthews made repeated statements against the Bush administration's decision to go to war in Iraq<7> (examples include "George W. Bush disappointed a lot of us when he went to war...I voted for the guy in 2000." and "When are we going get to vote against this damn war?").”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Matthews


Feb 14, 2003
“He's the only mainstream cable host who's openly opposing the administration's rush to war, and almost every night he battles bloodthirsty Iraq hawks and rails against spineless Democrats who won't muster the power to stop them”

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2003/02/14/chrismatthews/

[CTyankee]

66. Did you see him last night? He really lit into the RW veteran

forhis defense of the Iraq war when Matthews was talking about the number of American casualties, the guy actually laughed and Matthews snapped "It's not funny!" The vet immediately lost his smile and mumbled "no, it's not funny..." and looked sheepish.

I cheered Matthews for that moment. I just wish he'd have more of them...

[Me.]

81. Yes I Did See It

That little laugh was a disgrace and glad CM called him on it. I also used to love watching him bash Ron Christie who tried that Democrat Party business.

[wrando]

21. is his mother living?

she would be his best bet

bill from ct

[AspenRose]

22. Every once in a while he gets things right

Otherwise he's just too uncomfortable to watch....

[illumn8d]

23. I find him entertaining

I also liked his book, I don't agree with him all the time, but I don't really find him too offensive.

[aaaaaa5a]

32. I think he's great!

Chris Matthews is one of the best commentators on TV. Hardball is great. He's one of the few commentators on Cable TV that is fair to both sides of the political spectrum.

[niyad]

42. welcome to DU

did you forget the sarcasm icon?

[Champion Jack]

48. That was tweety...

[aaaaaa5a]

69. Thank You!

I'm very glad to be here.

[MADem]

57. HA!!! Welcome to DU, Mister Matthews!

:rofl:

[aaaaaa5a]

70. Trust me, I'm not Mr. Matthews.....

I just honestly think he does a very good job. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[ZombieHorde]

25. Only sexually.

Matthews = dream boat!

[crispini]

34. Tell me you're joking?

Tweety? :eyes:

[tishaLA]

78. he's a great kisser.

all that spittle is a major turn on

[crispini]

80. ewwwwwwwww.

Why did I click on this? :eyes: :rofl:

[NC_Nurse]

26. I like him most of the time. Sometimes he just runs off at the mouth without

thinking and interrupts people - that bugs me. I don't like some of his sexist tendencies...like
the thing he said about Hillary getting elected to the Senate because people felt sorry for her. Yuck.

Otherwise, he says some interesting things. I liked it when he said that the reason superbugs don't get the press they should was because
of the "E" word - evolution. I thought that was pretty astute.

All of the pundit-types annoy me occasionally. Even Keith. :shrug:

[armodem08]

27. As Keith Olbermann grudgingly said:

I appreciate his “John Madden-like enthusiasm for politics.” That is all.

[snooper2]

29. He seems genuine, I'll give him that...

I don't always agree...and think he needs to stop slobbering on his lower lip, but he is on target most the time...

[LiveLiberally]

30. Don't much care for his television persona...

much too narcissistic. His nickname is very apt. (although I will admit to a fondness for the toon)

[Orsino]

31. I don't know what there is to like about him...

...but the harm he does would seem to me to outweigh any of his good points.

[BenDavid]

33. mathews still pissed at the clintons for not naming him press

secretary when Mike McCurry left, and this is where you get all the negative crap from him about HRC.

[DesertFlower]

35. i like him. nt

[Saturday]

37. Put me in the "No" column regarding Matthews. nt

[Blomst]

38. I Like Him

I like him, too. He is genuine, and I like his enthusiasm even if I don't always agree.

[blue cat]

39. not no but

HELL NO!

[stillcool]

40. my husband does..

though not as often as he used to. I have to turn the music up. Those screechy voices go through walls, especially Pat Buchanan's.

[Guava Jelly]

41. He is a total tool

.

[Symarip]

43. He's obnoxious. But that's kind of his job.

I think he's effective for what he does. He's a commentator and he's entertaining at presenting news that's already been reported on. I'd never want to have dinner with him but I'll admit I watch him a day or two out of the week.

[AlinPA]

91. He would spit his food at you and your food when he yelled at you.

[faithfulcitizen]

45. sometimes i do, but other times i wanna slap him.

[Cleita]

46. I used to like him back when he was a liberal and wrote commentary

for his living instead of being on TV. His ideas were not much different than mine and he was one of my must reads along with Molly Ivins and Bill Scheer. However, tube fame and the Clinton administration turned him into a neo-con Republican apologist and general all around asshole.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

47. No and after reading the article. He comes across as an even bigger douche bag. n/t

[hisownpetard]

50. Aren't douchebags all a standard size?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

51. I'm not sure. But OK he's an even smellier douche bag. n/t

[hisownpetard]

54. You'll get no argument from me on that!

[Ino]

49. I love Tweety!

I don't always agree with him, but I enjoy his enthusiasm, how he pins people down who try to spin away from the question, how he interrupts when people are filibustering, how his interviews MOVE as a result of his interrupting, his many historical references. The guy is smart and entertaining.

Even his man-crushes are cute. His gushing over Chimpy in a flight suit made me gag, but he's just so damn enthusiastic it's hard not to like him. I never know WHAT he's going to come out with!

[MADem]

52. Spitting, crazy, leg tingle? Nope. NT

[Political Heretic]

56. I do. but then I like lots of people who sometimes say and do moronic things.

Hell, I like pat Buchanan as a commentator, even though I end up arguing with my TV when he's talking. He's a guy that I would be happy to sit in a room and argue with.

I like Chris Matthews, but that's because I don't take my media pundits too seriously. It's quite the doofus a lot of the time, and says some positively doofus things. But that's part of why I like him... I laugh at him when he's a doofus, but I also enjoy his guest and sometimes his commentary.

[maximusveritas]

58. I lilke him better than many of the other blowhard hosts

but he's not nearly as good as Keith

[butterfly77]

60. No, I don't he is a spitty mouth...

who jumps from side to side or which ever way the wind blows..

[Laura PourMeADrink]

61. I do, very much. He is very erudite. He's against the war and

he thinks Cheney's a crook. What more can you ask for.

Also, he's an Obama fan.

No, he's not perfect - but he's the best out there in
the mass media tier.

[Texas Hill Country]

84. you forgot the fact that he is a sexist pig?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

93. why do you say that?

[Texas Hill Country]

62. no

[question everything]

64. Can't stand him

though my sample size is very small.

I have tried to watch him a few times - when I was waiting for special guests - and he really is full of himself. He had a good panel, asks good questions, but does not let any of them to complete a sentence. He clearly asks a question just to hear himself, and he shouts down his guests. I don't know why anyone even goes there for a second time. Why no one just gets up, remove the mic and says: well, Chris, you obviously do not need me to hear yourself talking.

[otohara]

65. Lately I Do

he cracks me up.

Ever since MSNBC tweaked their programming more to the left - Matthews is fun to watch. He's smart and has a quick sense of humor and he loves politics. Of course if I were a Hillary supporter, I'd probably not watch him. He doesn't hide his admiration for Obama. He used to drive me nuts and yes he crosses the line in the sexism dept..

[Bensthename]

67. I like him.

[marlakay]

68. Sometimes I like his show, sometimes I can't

stand it. He can go either way. His questions can either be mundane or smart.

[progdog]

71. I've liked him more lately.

Last night he called Obama elegant (as a compliment). I think he is sometimes a bit schizo.

[PBS Poll-435]

72. Hot Dog Vendors - nt

[Raineyb]

73. Chris Matthews reminds me of the family dog that tries to hump the legs of every visitor who visits

So I guess that would be a no.

[AlinPA]

90. Great post! Welcome. Sounds like we are in for some fun here.

[totodeinhere]

74. I hate the way he keeps interrupting his guests.

He is too much in love with the sound of his own voice. During that session last week with Obama and the college students he talked so much himself he hardly let the poor students get a word in edgewise.

[mitchum]

75. He is a slavering little dog

[sniffa]

76. I do

Sometimes I find myself even crushing on the guy - it's his disarming grin, and HA!

[Not the Only One]

79. Well

Chris Matthews is actually pretty good at distilling issues into soundbites and penetrating questions. I recall in 2004 that he was on Don Imus' program telling Kerry how he should be summarizing various things in a very tight way that would resonate with voters instead of getting caught up in his Senate-ese way of speaking that loses people listening to him. He was dead on, frankly. He was giving very specific examples, like a political campaign aide/strategist would do for a candidate. He knows how to talk to Average Joe/Jane Americans. Obama does, too, but a lot of Democrats in office really don't at all. So, Matthews is gifted at certain things. I'll give him that.

[JBoy]

83. Ha! n/t

[aaaaaa5a]

85. I like what he said about Hillary today.....

Today on Hardball Chris Matthews said that at some point Hillary Clinton has to decide whether or not she is "a winner or a victim." He speaks for many of us!

[AlinPA]

88. He is a loudmouth slob, in the same class as O'Reilly. I can't watch that crap.

[abbyg8r]

89. I do.

[TomBall Democrat]

92. I find him entertaining...

short on journalism, long on theatre.

Not what I'm looking for in a journalist.


He's no Bill Moyers.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

94. He is much brighter and and more agressive interviewer than Russert

that's for damn sure. I think he has an enormous wealth of
knowledge of history as well.

I think Russert is hugely over-rated. He may try to
follow-up but never comes back and never really scores
the big one. Nice guy - but dumb as dirt. IMHO, that is.

[jillan]

95. Only when he has Biden on - like he did today.

:)

[TacticalPeek]

96. He has one of the best pundit shows on TV, and sometimes I even like him.

I like him because he knows politics. Many people and pundits know how they feel about things, know 'which side' they fall on etc., but people like Matthews and Chuck Todd and Pat Buchanan actually know politics, as in the recent history of the 10th House district in X state, and where demographics are bumping up against reapportionment strategies, and how issue A will divide the Rs in which state in which year. And how it's all happened before in some variation.

These days I often disagree with him, but there have certainly been many times when he hit one out of the park. His anti-Iraq war stance was the most vocal and unequivocal of any MSM person I heard.

September 1, 2002 - "So I'll say it: I hate this war that's coming in Iraq. I don't think we'll be proud of it. Oppose this war because it will create a millennium of hatred and the suicidal terrorism that comes with it. You talk about Bush trying to avenge his father. What about the tens of millions of Arab sons who will want to finish a fight we start next spring in Baghdad?

Well, that's it for now. You know where I stand." - Chris Matthews, San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/09/01/IN133269.DTL



And he shreds Michelle Malkin here, like nobody in the MSM ever does, though they all should.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoM90bAsr1M



And he shreds Ann Coulter here, like nobody in the MSM ever does, though they all should.
http://www.therationalradical.com/matthews-coulter-transcript.htm



Just sayin'.

[fadedrose]

97. Hell no !........nt

[Neshanic]

98. He's fascinating in a brain washing gone wrong kind of way.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

99. Eww, he grosses me out half the time, what with that "tingle up his leg"

he is a sexist pig and reminds me of "uncle creepy".

Yuck.

His bad side is always there, on camera every day.

If he could just wipe that leer off his face!

[DemVet]

100. I do, but I can't stand to watch that idiot Olbermann.

[Random_Harvast]

101. I like him

I don't always agree with him but, I think he does a good job of being fair to both sides.

[npincus]

102. I do. It doesn't mean I like everything that comes out of his mouth.

Bu he is very good at discerning bullshit and cutting to the chase in interviews.

[JI7]

103. i like the way he dances

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIBimWDkJUI&feature=related