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Old 02-21-2008, 05:43 PM
shinerbock shinerbock is offline
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Do you really think Chris Matthews is visibly giddy about anything Obama?
On Monday, he flashed a picture of Osama bin Laden when talking about Obama, then gave some half-assed apology and blamed it on someone else after a ton of people complained.
On Tuesday, when covering the primary in Wisconsin, Matthews raised his voice and interrupted someone he was interviewing in Texas who was supporting Obama. Matthews started going after this man so aggressively that his co-hosts had to calm him down. He then shouted "why do you think they call this Hardball?"...only to have his co-hosts remind him that it wasn't in fact Hardball, it was just election coverage. They then switched to something else...when they came back to the coverage, all of the other co-hosts were still there but Matthews was off the set.
Neither of those cases, both within the past few days, really sound like being giddy over Obama.
He didn't show the picture of Osama. You can give credit to Chris for a lot, but he doesn't run the graphics for his show. The articles on the matter clearly claim that someone in that department was reprimanded.

Yes, I've seen Matthews several times talk about Obama very spiritedly, including the infamous "chill up my leg" or whatever that comment was. To his credit, I do think he has hammered some supporters about naming Barack's accomplishments. However, his personal preferences are no secret, and it often bleeds into his on air persona.
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Old 02-21-2008, 06:10 PM
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^^^ Right, I know he doesn't run the graphics for his show. I just think that if he was such a gung-ho Obama fan, he would have been more apologetic. Maybe he was just trying to save face and just brush off the issue?
Full disclosure: I'm not at all a fan of Chris Matthews, and I'm pretty critical of his behavior this week.
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Old 02-21-2008, 07:47 PM
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McCain didn't do anything improper.

Okay, I believe him.
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Old 02-21-2008, 08:05 PM
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Theta, I don't know if he's pulling for Obama or not, it just really looks that way to me. I do know where his loyalties lie, however, so unless Clinton pulls it out, I expect that is the candidate he will pull for.

As for McCain, there is absolutely nothing to indicate he did anything improper in that NYT article. It is a piece of fluff that has been out there for almost three months. The NYT is pretty blatant in this one.
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