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Michael Reagan Responds To Chris Matthews: Without A “Tingling” He Doesn’t Feel What Americans Feel

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Megyn Kelly interviewed Michael Reagan earlier today on Fox News and when the subject turned to Reagan’s father being selected by Americans in a Gallup poll as their favorite president, the disappointed reaction of Chris Matthews was discussed. Kelly concluded Matthews “didn’t seem too happy” with the result and Reagan was ready for retaliation.

Reagan responded, “it seems unless there is the tingling going up his leg he really doesn’t feel it. It just shows you really how out of touch he is.” Furthermore, Reagan guessed that the reason Matthews was so upset was because his favorite presidents didn’t top the list, and said Matthews “thinks he’s always right and unfortunately he’s always wrong.” Although some suggest Matthews may have been making a subtle jab at alzheimer’s disease, Reagan instead focused on belittling Matthews and his inability to relate to everyday Americans. In the simplest terms imaginable, Reagan explained the poll results accordingly: “the reason they loved Ronald Reagan is because Ronald Reagan loved them.”

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  • illusive man

    You all seen how Matthews spits and babbles when he talks. this is obviously the symptoms of a guy who is numb from the neck up. With out his tingling he has no other senstion, pitty him,PITTY HIM

  • Probably NOT wrong

    Tingles will live with the “TINGLES” forever!
    I wonder if he realizes he is being laughed at over that
    stupid comment?

  • BFD

    More fair and balanced reporting during their “news” hours. lolol

  • lazzzlo

    I think Reagan probably was feeling Alzheimer’s during his 2nd term.

    The office is just that; an office; it’s not about the person that occupies the office.

    If you disagree, you show respect to the office.

    I think anyone is allowed to critique the occupant while not denigrating the office.

    That’s democracy.

  • BFD

    Probably NOT wrong said:
    Tingles will live with the “TINGLES” forever!
    I wonder if he realizes he is being laughed at over that
    stupid comment?

    He never said tingles. But that’s ok. You have fun with that and we’ll have fun with “I can see Russia from my house!”.

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    Every time nut-job matthews opens his mouth I get a thrill up my leg, because NOBODY can discredit and disgrace the entire lunatic-left d-crat socialist extremist ideology better than he can.

  • JoeRemi

    Mediaite and Fox News are misrepresenting this. Matthews wasn’t “furious”, and he wasn’t angry because the winner was Reagan. He clearly stated that he thought the poll was stupid because it reflected a popularity contest between the only Presidential names people can remember. But of course we have to drag Michael Reagan in to say how awesome daddy was, because apparently that’s what he does for a living. Much ado about nothing.

  • The Real Royal King

    BFD said:
    More fair and balanced reporting during their “news” hours. lolol

    Ms. Kelly is the reigning princess of fair and balanced, in the Camilla, not the Dianna sense of the word.

    But, onto other matters: Does anyone else thing Michael Raygun looks like a commanist? Not a Chinese commanist or a Cuban commanist, a Russian commanist.

  • JoeRemi

    TeaPartyPatriot said:
    Every time nut-job matthews opens his mouth I get a thrill up my leg, because NOBODY can discredit and disgrace the entire lunatic-left d-crat socialist extremist ideology better than he can.

    Why don’t you get off your lazy ass and type a new comment, instead of copy/pasting the same one?

  • lazzzlo

    I still try to remember how difficult it was to explain when a “lie” wasn’t really a “lie” and trying to explain that to my little girl at the kitchen table during the late ’90s.

    And then the inevitable question would occur…Daddy (step), what’s a blowjob?

    My memory is not that short.

  • The Real Royal King

    lazzzlo said:
    I think Reagan probably was feeling Alzheimer’s during his 2nd term.

    The office is just that; an office; it’s not about the person that occupies the office.

    If you disagree, you show respect to the office.

    I think anyone is allowed to critique the occupant while not denigrating the office.

    That’s democracy.

    Do you think we recognize that only on reflection, or did we realize it as it was happening? I seem to recall some general sense of deterioration, blank stares, uncomfortable pauses. It was all rather sad. Although Reagan would be considered centrist by today’s standards, perhaps even slightly left of center, I still tended to disagree with him on some key policies, but he did so enjoy the office, the cameras, the pomp, I always found it rather sad his recollection of those days was largely gone shortly after he left office.

    I understand that Lady Thatcher is in much the same condition, although she was out of office for some considerable period of time before the on-set. I saw an interview with her daughter in which she said she has driven Lady Thatcher by #10 and by Parliament from time-to-time, and that she has gone from recognition to something akin to “I should know that place.” to non-recognition.

  • lazzzlo

    The Real Royal King said:
    Ms. Kelly is the reigning princess of fair and balanced, in the Camilla, not the Dianna sense of the word.

    But, onto other matters: Does anyone else thing Michael Raygun looks like a commanist? Not a Chinese commanist or a Cuban commanist, a Russian commanist.

    What? Are you trying to denigrate him by saying he “looks” like a peasant?

  • lazzzlo

    The Real Royal King said:
    Do you think we recognize that only on reflection, or did we realize it as it was happening?

    After Reagan got shot, i never looked at him the same again. I also looked at myself a lot and started, very slowly, watching what I said or wished for.

  • lazzzlo

    Remember Al Haig telling us he was in charge?

  • The Real Royal King

    lazzzlo said:
    I still try to remember how difficult it was to explain when a “lie” wasn’t really a “lie” and trying to explain that to my little girl at the kitchen table during the late ’90s.

    And then the inevitable question would occur…Daddy (step), what’s a blowjob?

    My memory is not that short.

    Those were uncomfortable conversations. My father-in-law use to listen to Limbaugh, and my daughter called President Clinton “BJ” once. I had to deal with that and several other little crudities, profanities and racist quips that Limbaugh uses. I finally had to tell him when your granddaughter comes over, Limbaugh is turned off, or she won’t be coming over. He should be late night only.

  • The Real Royal King

    lazzzlo said:
    Remember Al Haig telling us he was in charge?

    Was that alarming, or what? And, not even correct.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    BFD said:
    He never said tingles. But that’s ok. You have fun with that and we’ll have fun with “I can see Russia from my house!”.

    So you can see through the bars? Don’t leg irons keep you away from the windows?

  • lazzzlo

    You had to deal with oral sex at the kitchen table. I just wasn’t in the mood for it.

    I had to teach my little girl that everyone lies and we got over “it”.

  • lazzzlo

    So, I really don’t believe in anyone.

    I pick and choose.

  • TrollJuice

    Fox’s commentators and guest are sounding more anti-American every day.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    The Real Royal King said:
    Those were uncomfortable conversations. My father-in-law use to listen to Limbaugh, and my daughter called President Clinton “BJ” once. I had to deal with that and several other little crudities, profanities and racist quips that Limbaugh uses. I finally had to tell him when your granddaughter comes over, Limbaugh is turned off, or she won’t be coming over. He should be late night only.

    BJ Clinton and his Attorneys convinced the world and taught
    a generation of teenagers that a BJ was not sex!
    Yet you couldn’t splain that to one teenager!

  • lazzzlo

    Probably NOT wrong said:
    BJ Clinton and his Attorneys convinced the world and taught
    a generation of teenagers that a BJ was not sex!
    Yet you couldn’t splain that to one teenager!

    My kid at the time was 5. That really was a stunner.

  • Grammie

    Matt said:

    “Although some suggest Matthews may have been making a subtle jab at alzheimer’s disease”.

    Shouldn’t that read “only Tommy Christopher”.

    Neither Ms Key nor any of the comments mentioned Alzheimer’s disease yet Tommy wrote a long piece slaying his imaginary dragon, Alzheimer, that he made out of whole cloth.

    You might want to check that out.

  • lazzzlo

    I don’t want to dwell on that 2 much.

    I think I just said, “Just trust me” and we did move on.

  • Grammie

    Probably NOT wrong said:
    BJ Clinton and his Attorneys convinced the world and taught
    a generation of teenagers that a BJ was not sex!

    .
    Look at what has recently come out:

    “A virus spread during oral sex is now the main cause of throat cancer in people under 50, scientists have warned.

    They say the human papilloma virus spread during unprotected sex is to blame for a disturbing rise in potentially deadly oral cancers in the last few decades.

    Doctors have called for boys to be vaccinated against HPV just like teenage girls to stop the spread of the disease.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1358845/Oral-sex-bigger-cause-throat-cancer-tobacco.html#ixzz1EizWB0CX

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1358845/Oral-sex-bigger-cause-throat-cancer-tobacco.html

    Remember all the “Reagan is a murderer” crap due to the spread of Aids.

    Will this start something similar about BJ Clinton?

    Just sayin’………..

  • lazzzlo

    Grammie said:
    Matt said:

    “Although some suggest Matthews may have been making a subtle jab at alzheimer’s disease”.

    Shouldn’t that read “only Tommy Christopher”.

    Neither Ms Key nor any of the comments mentioned Alzheimer’s disease yet Tommy wrote a long piece slaying his imaginary dragon, Alzheimer, that he made out of whole cloth.

    You might want to check that out.

    Grammie,

    I like how you said that.

    You can’t prove it but he wasn’t near as vital after he got shot.

    I’m not his favorite fan; I don’t think he was engaged to his job.

  • Sprocket

    Wow Grammie, who knew girls were such germ laden disease carriers?

  • Stratdude

    St. Ronnie would have felt right at home on fox mocking the rubes. He would have felt a trickle down his leg.

  • Kat

    Stratdude said:
    St. Ronnie would have felt right at home on fox mocking the rubes. He would have felt a trickle down his leg.

    LOL

  • Grammie

    lazzzlo said:
    You can’t prove it but he wasn’t near as vital after he got shot.

    I’m not his favorite fan; I don’t think he was engaged to his job.

    .
    That all might be germane if Matt hadn’t been talking about “Although some suggest Matthews may have been making a subtle jab at alzheimer’s disease” that ONLY Tommy seems to find in The Blaze headline and/or comments.

    If that was a subtle jab by Mathews it was so subtle that only Tommy caught it in a piece by a third party who made no mention of it.

    As for your belief it is up to you to prove it not to me to disprove it.

  • ImNotBlue

    The Real Royal King said:
    Those were uncomfortable conversations. My father-in-law use to listen to Limbaugh, and my daughter called President Clinton “BJ” once. I had to deal with that and several other little crudities, profanities and racist quips that Limbaugh uses. I finally had to tell him when your granddaughter comes over, Limbaugh is turned off, or she won’t be coming over. He should be late night only.

    Yes, it must have been Limbaugh. Certainly, she couldn’t have learned things like that from you. No… Royal never uses those words.

    HA!

    Although, I’m still confused as to how you could yell at Grammie (or Sarah, or someone else, it’s tough to keep your pet names straight) for “disrespecting the dead,” when talking about Ted Kennedy. Yet, you use “Raygun” over and over and over again.

    But I guess that’s just one more double standard we should all just get used to.

  • Garth

    ImNotBlue said:
    Yes, it must have been Limbaugh. Certainly, she couldn’t have learned things like that from you. No… Royal never uses those words.

    HA!

    Although, I’m still confused as to how you could yell at Grammie (or Sarah, or someone else, it’s tough to keep your pet names straight) for “disrespecting the dead,” when talking about Ted Kennedy. Yet, you use “Raygun” over and over and over again.

    But I guess that’s just one more double standard we should all just get used to.

    You obviously listen to the Anal Cyst, certainly you understand that the Cyst is a racist? This is common knowledge.

  • WildMan

    Michael Reagan,

    ‘OLD’ Chris Matthews isn’t worth the time. The guy is a Total LOSER and it shows every day as his numbers keep dropping. Chris has lost it mentally…that is if he ever really had it. He has the least amount of grasp on reality of anyone on TV. Today he told Jeff Wentworth of Texas it seemed like we were going back to the days of the Cowboys and Indians since people with a CCW Permit are allowed to carry a pistol in Texas followed immediately with him (Chris) telling Jeff and the listeners (all 48 of them) he lives in a city where shootings don’t happen compared to country places like Texas where I guess he thinks doesn’t have any cities but all shootings take place out in the country. Texas is #2 in population to only California. Texas has a bunch of big/major cities like Houston, Dallas San Antonio, Ft. Worth, Austin, Corpus Christi, El Paso, and on and on and on.

    The bottom line is Chris Matthews is NOT intelligent enough to be on TV. He rewrites history to his goofy liking. He is strange, weird and just not very smart. A sad and pathetic individual. He is as goofy as they come!!!

  • http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

    Chris Matthews is just fine….

    However, it’s strange that ONLY Fox News says these things. They say they speak for America but with only maybe 5 million people, at the most, tuning in at night, how can they really claim they are the #1 new source?

    AN hour long episode of Jersey Shore gets more viewers than Fox News does in two days.

    So really, if Fox News has less impact than Jersey Shore and less followers… Fox News really doesn’t have the reach it acts like it does.

    I think one of the biggest things to remember with Fox is that it ISNT that influential, if you keep repeating that, it will become true.. and people will stop taking Fox so seriously. They really have no plan for the economy or anything, they’re just a group of commentators that trash Obama all day. They have no plans for helping or fixing things besides cut taxes.

    Anyway, Fox News gets lower ratings than Jersey Shore.. so it’s less relevant.

  • ImNotBlue

    Garth said:
    You obviously listen to the Anal Cyst, certainly you understand that the Cyst is a racist? This is common knowledge.

    I do not currently listen to anyone or any program named, “Anal Cyst.” I dunno… doesn’t really sound that interesting to me. What is it, a proctology chat program?

    And a follow up… why are you listening to that? I sure hope everything’s okay.

    Snowspot said:
    Chris Matthews is just fine…. However, it’s strange that ONLY Fox News says these things. They say they speak for America but with only maybe 5 million people, at the most, tuning in at night, how can they really claim they are the #1 new source? AN hour long episode of Jersey Shore gets more viewers than Fox News does in two days. So really, if Fox News has less impact than Jersey Shore and less followers… Fox News really doesn’t have the reach it acts like it does. I think one of the biggest things to remember with Fox is that it ISNT that influential, if you keep repeating that, it will become true.. and people will stop taking Fox so seriously. They really have no plan for the economy or anything, they’re just a group of commentators that trash Obama all day. They have no plans for helping or fixing things besides cut taxes. Anyway, Fox News gets lower ratings than Jersey Shore.. so it’s less relevant.

    Whatever helps you sleep at night, buddy.

    Of course, I don’t recall the White House making statements against the “Jersey Shore,” yet I do remember what many were calling a “war on FOX.” I also don’t remember “The SItuation” interviewing the President… but I do remember Bill O’Reilly doing that. Oh well… perhaps we have different ideas of “influence.”

  • Nachi

    Reagan. Such a brilliant contributor. To anything. Yup.

  • Biscuit

    Reagan didn’t even bother with his son Michael when he was alive, so never mind Greatest (according to biased Gallup of course) President, talk about a shitty father and a weak, stupid man. :)

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