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Chris Matthews Explains The Thrill Up His Leg: ‘I Was Physically Thrilled’

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Chris Matthews interviewed victorious Rep. Michele Bachmann, and while this was going on a person behind Bachmann was holding a sign with an NBC logo and the words, “How’s the tingle, Chris?”

This opened the door for Matthews to address that tingle-like comment regarding then-Senator Barack Obama a couple years ago.

Rachel Maddow started the commentary. “They’re trying to say MSNBC is in the tank,” she said.

But Matthews jumped in. “I never used that word,” he said, starting the backstory. “Back during the 2004 democratic convention in Boston…”

Except it wasn’t 2004. It was actually February 2008, during Potomac Primary coverage (unless there was a prior thrill). But Matthews is correct – he did not say tingle. But this was his explanation:

I was thrilled by that, and I said so. Physically thrilled. When people talk about this country in that way, I am overwhelmed for this country. And they’re making fun of me, fine, for saying that.

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  • cjd ohio 1

    run run from your words chris matthews

  • http://www.libertarianism.com/ Jack Burns

    The Thrill is gone…..♪

  • WildMan

    Man did Michelle Bachman smack Chrissy Thrill tonight. Chrissy was being as sarcastic as some little high school twerp and Michelle just kept knocking Chrissy on his rear. Then to close the interview Michelle put the knock out punch right smack on Chrissy’s nose bringing up Chrissy’s gay tingle over President Obamma’s win in 2008. Way to go Michelle.

  • tws258

    “Are you hypnotized?” —- Chris Matthews to Michele Bachmann

    “I imagine that thrill is maybe not quite so tingly on your leg anymore” — Michele Bachmann to Chris Matthews

  • NORBIT

    The Obama COUP is officially dead!

    I got a tingle up my leg today just for voting out another pompous, elitist, self-aggrandizing, condescending progressive marxist Democrat!

  • cjd ohio 1

    i watching msnbc its like a train wreck, help i cant stop watching

  • NORBIT

    tws258 said:
    “Are you hypnotized?” —- Chris Matthews to Michele Bachmann “I imagine that thrill is maybe not quite so tingly on your leg anymore” — Michele Bachmann to Chris Matthews

    BOOM! – Right across the Face!!!!

    The only thing comparable is when Stewart biatch-slaps Olbermann!
    Hey Olbermann, “Now go get your shine box!”(Goodfella’s)

  • cjd ohio 1

    msnbc big picture, this is not as bad as 1994 lol

  • tws258

    NORBIT said:
    “Now go get your shine box!”(Goodfella’s)

    HA !

    “It’s great to be on msnbc on a night like this,” … Eric Cantor to Lawerence O’Donnell

  • tatboy

    Fox News just confirmed that R’s will get the house tonight!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    “Rachel Maddow started the commentary. “They’re trying to say MSNBC is in the tank,” she said.”

    Duh

  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    And it’s not just the timing that he’s wrong about. He’s trying to make it sound like the thrill was caused by talk o fAmerican exceptionalism. It wasn’t. It was Obama talking about his own exceptionalism.

  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    I forget. Was the thrill up the leg the same speech where Chris forgot that Obama was a black man for an hour?

  • NORBIT

    The American people rejected the Lying Marxist Obama – AND – His private media outlet, MSNBC!

    This could have been a total sweep, except Michael Steele did NOTHING as RNC chair!

  • tws258

    AnonymousFinch said:
    I forget. Was the thrill up the leg the same speech where Chris forgot that Obama was a black man for an hour?

    The “Thrill up my leg …” was the Potomac primary , “You know, I forgot he was black tonight for an hour.” , was the State of the Union.

  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    tws258 said:
    The “Thrill up my leg …” was the Potomac primary , “You know, I forgot he was black tonight for an hour.” , was the State of the Union.

    Thanks for the clarification.

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  • VRWC Destruction Machine

    tws258 said:
    HA ! “It’s great to be on msnbc on a night like this,” … Eric Cantor to Lawerence O’Donnell

    That was great line and even better hearing Tingles in the background.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Jesus Boehner, cry much?

  • ChinaCat

    You know, in a back-handed way MSNBC’s ratings will probably go UP tonight. Many on the right are apt to tune in just to watch Matthews, Olbermann, Maddow, et al. eat crow. Then, rather predictably, these hosts will BRAG about their (temporary) increased ratings.

  • Big_Fing_Deal

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    Jesus Boehner, cry much?

    One of us just posted this same comment on another thread . Was it you asshole ?

  • BlackWidow

    Big_Fing_Deal said:
    One of us just posted this same comment on another thread . Was it you asshole ?

    I am not an asshole!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Timsah/1113150152 Robert Timsah

    Bunch of angry progressives trying to pick fights with conservatives on election night. Lean Nowhere.

  • Sunnyr

    Ugh. There is something just wrong about Matthews and his THRILL up his frickin’ leg. SHADDDUPP, fool!

  • Bill Mahwer

    I guess he was wearing his Depends tonight

  • WilsonTheHeretic

    I can’t even get angry at Matthews. He’s a sad old joke of a man with all the bumbling gaffes of a Joe Biden and about one hundredth the importance.

  • http://libertyinprogressnow.wordpress.com/ ProgLib

    Except it wasn’t 2004. It was actually February 2008, during Potomac Primary coverage (unless there was a prior thrill).

    No, Steve… Matthews was mentioning how he felt in 2004 as a part of his back story regarding Obama’s famous speech during the Democratic convention. That’s what the “prior thrill” was.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek
  • Penguin60

    Rachel Maddow started the commentary. “They’re trying to say MSNBC is in the tank,” she said.

    Give that man a cigar!

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Rachel Maddow started the commentary. “They’re trying to say MSNBC is in the tank,” she said.

    No, we’re just saying it, you sniveling liberal lapdog!

  • Caryson

    I watched only a few minutes of this pathetic coverage on MSNBC to see Michelle Bachman diss Mathews!

    When the ratings come out tomorrow they will have the lowest numbers. I guess having the MSNBC opinion schmucks like fat Ed, Mr. Maddow, Tingles, Larry Partisan O’Donnell and Obercow trying to be journalists might be their vision of “Leaning Forward.”

    If you watched Fox you would have noticed they didn’t have any of their opinion people like Beck or Hannity on.

    This was not appropriate for a news program.

    More importantly, these assholes where so depressed that the Dems were being routed that the coverage was like watching a funeral. When they did interviews with a Repub they went for the jugular with a Dem it was nothing but softballs. This network makes me puke!!!!

    Even Chuck Todd seemed uncomfortable.

  • Cancon2

    They will have great ratings, scathing reviews. It was like watching a car crash, you know it’s ugly ( ED) but you have to watch. MSNBC = LEAPING LEFT! What a bunch of Hacks. Eugene Robinson needs a good smack down. He is so pathetic.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Eugene Robinson needs a good smack down. He is so pathetic.

    And his voice is SO annoying, I can barely stand to listen to him.

  • sarainitaly

    Dronetek said:
    Here is what he said, several times:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m9Gbb6NSwM
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVwWDj0VtG4
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ClcIZjmlo
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYWfMjUqTnw

    i love how he was slobbering all over Grayson, and then called him Adam.
    It’s also hilarious that Tingles is trying to say his thrill is from 2004… well, I suppose he started tingling back them, but the famous comment is from 2008.

  • CAconservative

    Is that Mathews, trying to tap-dance aroung his sick statement?

  • felixw

    Matthews was unbelievably rude to Michele Bachman — so he earned her “tingles” comeback. She wouldn’t have said it if he hadn’t made his smarmy comments about her being “hypnotized.” Face it, the MSNBC hosts are so used to saying all sorts of slimy stuff, that they’ve all forgotten the kind of basic decorum that they should use when guests are invited on their show. Then again, they only invite conservatives on the show in order to shout them down and present their character attacks in person. A conservative is never really a “guest” on these shows — victim would be a better term. So this was par for the course in the world of Phil Griffin and his rabble-rousers

  • http://none pyrope

    Chris Matthews Explains The Thrill Up His Leg: ‘I Was Physically Thrilled’

    Too late, you can’t recant now Mouthewes.

  • Nahu Tuk

    pyrope said:
    Chris Matthews Explains The Thrill Up His Leg: ‘I Was Physically Thrilled’ Too late, you can’t recant now Mouthewes.

    hee hee.

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