Chris Matthews: Watching Mitt Romney Kiss ‘Far Right Butt’ Is ‘Like Al Gore Doing The Macarena’

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by Matt Schneider | 6:43 pm, March 22nd, 2011

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Chris Matthews reacted to criticism from Mitt Romney regarding President Obama’s action in Libya. Romney attacked Obama for being “tentative, indecisive, timid and nuanced.” Matthews laughed at the term “nuanced” being used derisively and thought many of the likely Republican candidates for President were being hypocritical.

Joan Walsh and Howard Fineman joined the discussion as Matthews wondered whether Romney just has an “automatic Pez dispenser of these little things that come out of him, that simply are another chance to kiss the far right butt?” Fineman tried to describe Romney as “a guy in pressed blue jeans trying to act cool,” but never eager to be outdone in the funny analogy department, Matthews instead compared Romney’s efforts to court the far right being as uncomfortable as watching “Al Gore doing the Macarena.”

After a clip played of Romney, during the Bush Administration, suggesting that “politics ends at the water’s edge,” Walsh suggested Romney’s current criticism of a Democratic president during wartime is just another example of Romney’s many flip-flops. Matthews even suggested Romney was demonstrating “white collar birtherism” by questioning Obama’s loyalty to America.

Most surprising though was Matthews admitting he’s “being charmed” lately by Republican Governor Haley Barbour after he said “this is not the time to critique what the administration has done or will do.” Could that be a kiss of death to Barbour’s chances with Republican primary voters? However, to close out the segment, Matthews returned to the rhetoric of Romney and Newt Gingrich and asked “can’t they hear themselves in the echo chamber of BS they live in?”

Watch the clip from MSNBC below:

Chris Matthews, Haley Barbour, Libya, Mitt Romney

Liberal Tormentor

My show is absolutely non-partisan.

Chris “I have an Obama shaped tingle running up my leg into my nether regions” Matthews
Liberal Tormentor

Fineman tried to describe Romney as “a guy in pressed blue jeans trying to act cool,”

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Jean-Luc

Liberal Tormentor said:
My show is absolutely non-partisan.

Chris “I have an Obama shaped tingle running up my leg into my nether regions” Matthews

And as he, Joan and Howard chuckle about how clever each other is, and how stupid people who disagree with them are. All of the intellectual rigor of a frat party, with none of the beer.

I remember when Matthews used to have Bill Buckley on his show. Things have certainly taken a downhill turn since those days.
Jean-Luc

Liberal Tormentor said:
Fineman tried to describe Romney as “a guy in pressed blue jeans trying to act cool,”

You should look into bit.ly or another URL shortener.
Liberal Tormentor

Jean-Luc, I actually used to watch Matthews show pretty much every day. I mean you knew he was a raging lib, but it was enjoyable. Then one day, he went completely over the edge. Something about the combination of a Bush presidency and FOX news drove him batty.
felixw

The “argumentum ad hominem” is the logical fallacy of attempting to undermine a speaker’s argument by attacking the speaker instead of addressing the argument. For examples, watch MSNBC tonight, tomorrow night, the night after that, the next night, etc. etc. etc.
Yukon Jack

Liberal Tormentor said:
Jean-Luc, I actually used to watch Matthews show pretty much every day. I mean you knew he was a raging lib, but it was enjoyable. Then one day, he went completely over the edge. Something about the combination of a Bush presidency and FOX news drove him batty.

Plus, he fell under the magic spell of and tries to outdo Keith Olbermann.

Let him keep it up, it gives a good chuckle and eventually he will be able join his idol and mentor.
WCinWI

So Gore doesn’t know how to do the macarena? But he knows all about climate change? Riiiiiiight.

How’s Gore’s footprint helping out CA?
WCinWI

Yukon Jack said:
Plus, he fell under the magic spell of and tries to outdo Keith Olbermann.

Let him keep it up, it gives a good chuckle and eventually he will be able join his idol and mentor.

I’ve been wondering if Matthews will get shoved first or O’Donnell.

Decisions, decisions.
Jean-Luc

Liberal Tormentor said:
Jean-Luc, I actually used to watch Matthews show pretty much every day. I mean you knew he was a raging lib, but it was enjoyable. Then one day, he went completely over the edge. Something about the combination of a Bush presidency and FOX news drove him batty.

I still enjoy watching Pat and Chris spar from time to time. But as soon as one of the Salon/Mother Jones love-fests starts, I change the channel.
Yukon Jack

WCinWI said:
I’ve been wondering if Matthews will get shoved first or O’Donnell.

Decisions, decisions.

I watch their hows and also Sergeant Shultz for the laughs and lessons in mindless hate. And make not of their sponsors for boycotts.
Liberal Tormentor

Yukon says:

Plus, he fell under the magic spell of and tries to outdo Keith Olbermann.

Let him keep it up, it gives a good chuckle and eventually he will be able join his idol and mentor.

Same with Dan Abrams. I used to enjoy his show too until he tried to turn into Keith. Aim high guys!!
TrollJuice

A bunch of chubby whites guys on their key boards! Do y’all have your tin foil hats on?
Cecelia

I haven’t watched Hardball this week, but it seems to peculiar that Matthews seems to have said nothing (reported here, anyway) about Pres. Obama’s nation building by military action with the goal of establishing a democracy in Libya.

Frankly, after years of deriding this sort of action, I would have thought that our incursion in Libya air space would have sent Matthews into some sort of opposite reaction to a leg-thrill, yet here he is yabbering about Romney…
BR

Liberal Tormentor said:
Jean-Luc, I actually used to watch Matthews show pretty much every day. I mean you knew he was a raging lib, but it was enjoyable. Then one day, he went completely over the edge. Something about the combination of a Bush presidency and FOX news drove him batty.

Your right. I never agreed with him but he had a decent show. I guess that he drank out of Olbermann’s bowl by mistake.
CAINtheBULL

Romney trying to sound “Tea Party” is pretty hilariously bad. Tea Party people should be calling him “fake” when he does it.
Liberal Tormentor

CAINtheBULL says:
Romney trying to sound “Tea Party” is pretty hilariously bad. Tea Party people should be calling him “fake” when he does it.

You aren’t paying attention, they do.
OxyCon

Matthews wondered whether Romney just has an “automatic Pez dispenser of these little things that come out of him,… Fineman tried to describe Romney as “a guy in pressed blue jeans trying to act cool,

Did they change the name of the show from “Hardball” to “Projection”?
OxyCon

Liberal Tormentor said:
My show is absolutely non-partisan.

Chris “I have an Obama shaped tingle running up my leg into my nether regions” Matthews

Don’t leave out this one:

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Yeah, well, you know what? I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work, and I think that …Yeah, it is my job.
OxyCon

Liberal Tormentor said:
Fineman tried to describe Romney as “a guy in pressed blue jeans trying to act cool,”

Pressed jeans, mom jeans… same thing, lol!
Liberal Tormentor

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Yeah, well, you know what? I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work, and I think that …Yeah, it is my job.

Isn’t it sad that even with ALL of the liberal media cheerleading, they can’t achieve that goal?
http://www.libertarianism.com/ Jack Burns

Watching Mitt Romney Kiss ‘Far Right Butt’ Is ‘Like Al Gore Doing The Macarena’

Watching Chris Mathews speak is like watching an Hippo with diarrhea take a dump…
OxyCon

TrollJuice said:
A bunch of chubby whites guys on their key boards! Do y’all have your tin foil hats on?

Doesn’t take much to get your racist dander up, does it?
Jean-Luc

Cecelia said:
I haven’t watched Hardball this week, but it seems to peculiar that Matthews seems to have said nothing (reported here, anyway) about Pres. Obama’s nation building by military action with the goal of establishing a democracy in Libya.

Frankly, after years of deriding this sort of action, I would have thought that our incursion in Libya air space would have sent Matthews into some sort of opposite reaction to a leg-thrill, yet here he is yabbering about Romney…

He’s been critical of the action in Libya, actually. He asked an Obama supporter today, “You’d defend ANYTHING he does, wouldn’t you?”
WillP

I really hope that Republicans aren’t so foolish to make Romney their nominee. Gay rights. Abortion. Gun control. Romney has a serious credibility problem reversing a whole series of major positions since his tenure as governor. And he will be disarmed to attack the greatest domestic program, health care, of Obama’s presidency given the nearly identical health care system he championed in Massachusetts. I’m hoping a dark horse candidate like Tim Pawlenty or someone else gains traction as the front runner although my bets at this time are for Romney to be at the top of the ticket.
Newt Limbaugh

WCinWI said:
How’s Gore’s footprint helping out CA?

Well,
you know what they say about guys with big footprints.
Group Hug

Chris,
As a possessional DNC Keister Kisser yourself, You know all the moves in that regard. The Group here admires your ability to excite yourself with the use of the word “butt”. A simple statement that is , well so you!
Cecelia

Jean-Luc said:
He’s been critical of the action in Libya, actually. He asked an Obama supporter today, “You’d defend ANYTHING he does, wouldn’t you?”

Evidently, his remarks about Romney were of more import here…
DEFENDER-90

Matthews should know about kissing ass.He has his tongue so far up Obama’s ass, he can tell you what he had for dinner last night.
WildMan

CHRIS MATTHEWS< TV's Village Idiot tried to go after Pat Buchannan in the segment before these two liberal hacks (Joan 'Hateful' Walsh and Howie NOTFINEATALL and Pat cleaned Chrissy's clock. Chriss was white as a ghost and made a total fool of himself in front of all 97 viewers Chris has on a good day. Then the 3 idiots on this video tried to make fun of a man so much smarter than any of the talking moron's Chrissy has/had on his show and definitely 150 IQ points smarter than Chrissy, 'Village Idiot' Matthews. In all seriousness Chrissy Tingles really needs to retire. He is so out of touch with the world and what is happening.
david r

Watching Mitt Romney Kiss ‘Far Right Butt’ Is ‘Like Al Gore Doing The Macarena’

I resent the comment. I voted for Al Gore.
Old Duffer

Poor little tingle leg Chrissy, did the spitter try to drown Pat with spittle? Let us see Chrissy, as you relocate d the Panama Canal to Egypt, have you got the Suez to Panama yet? Or are you still hung up with the Iroquois Indians helping the French fight the British in the French and Indian war? What a doofus, mock ing Bachman about history hey?

Hey Chris, here is your deer leader, get a tingle.

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Bob-Hubble/100001340708758 caconservative

For a man who has had his lips firmly planted on Obimbo’s butt from the get go, chiding someone else for the same pathetic, sick-indulgence is really laughable. Mr.Matthew’s head is far up there, if Obimbo makes a sharp turn, it could break his neck.
Eruptor75

Kissing far right butt is better than licking far left nuts, which is where Matthews lives all year. That’s right, i went there.