Chris Matthews Is “Getting One of Those Thrills” Again

by Steve Krakauer | 4:01 pm, July 13th, 2009

matthews_7-13 Here we go again – Chris Matthews has another one of those thrills.

Following MSNBC’s wall-to-wall coverage of the Sonia Sotomayor hearing, Matthews, Andrea Mitchell and Richard Wolffe were recapping the highlights. And then, just as he famously did with President Barack Obama, Matthews described a “thrill” watching the hearings:

“Well, I’m getting one of those thrills, that I get about America. I’m sorry, I shouldn’t say this, and I’m getting it again.”

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> Update: Here’s the video, via Newsbusters:

> Update at 6:15pmET: msnbc.com now has the video up, so we’re switching it out:

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StewartIII says:

July 14, 2009 at 9:25 am

http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2009/07/chris-matthews-has-hard-balls.html

StewartIII says:

July 14, 2009 at 9:26 am

ChickaBOOMer: Chris Matthews Has Hard Balls

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