Chris Matthews Goes <i>Girl Crazy</i> Again
By Logan Murphy Wednesday Sep 12, 2007 1:03pm
You may recall Hardball host Chris Matthews' creepy exchange with CNBC's Erin Burnett where he asked her to get closer to the camera so he could gawk at her and called her a knockout. Well, he was at it again Wednesday only this time he vowed his admiration of right wing hack Laura Ingraham. Apparently, Matthews has been a guest on Ingraham's show and they're good buddies.
One day after the 9/11 anniversary, Matthews goes from this emotional interview where he tears the war apart, to fawning all over one of the right's biggest war cheerleaders. As Ingraham rails against pornography and pedophiles, Matthews drops this gag reflex-triggering quip:
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Matthews: "Can I sing your praises? I'll get in trouble for this, but you're great looking, obviously. You're one of the God's gifts to men in this country, but also, you're a hell of a writer, your books always do well, your radio show -- I just looked at the numbers, you are up there, one of the top most listened to radio shows. I think you're great, especially when you have me on, you're fabulous Laura Ingraham, you're great..."
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Just plain creepy.
he needs to get laid, maybe he should catch a flight to Minneapolis!
Is this what Laura Ingraham is doing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0froBPNEXv0&mode=related&search=
Every time I see Ingraham on the tee-vee, she has this crazy hateful look. She just looks to me like a truly miserable person.
I've been listening for 2 years... hateful and miserable might describe the people she talks with, when she asks them to explain themselves.
What does this change? Believing that Chris Matthews was ever a respected journalist?
See my breakfast on the floor. Reflex action. Need to go lie down now. Dread to see how worse the next incident will be. Thank God I'm not afraid. Just disgusted.
the standard for "God's gift" has dropped dramatically.
Am I the only one having problems with the sound of the clip?
Once you realize that when Chris Matthews says "you're great", it really means "you're insane", then everything will make a lot more sense.
And, I am not just putting up a joke here, I think this is REALLY what Matthews means. "You're great" from CM is usually said while laughing and some crazy guest. I think it means they "are great" for ratings because they are nuts!
Someone please watch the SNL skits for examples of what I am talking about.
Just follow the money. . . the country means very little - it's the paycheck !
I think tweety just does the ass-kissing (and he does a lot) just to keep them appearing on his show. He revels in the access and it helps his ratings.
She looked really pissed that he made a sexist remark to her.
Did he insult her on purpose?
"One of the top most listened-to radio shows" ????? Puh-leeze. Here in the Orlando area, she even gets clobbered in the ratings by Glenn Beck, of all people!
Logan Murphy-Ace Screen cap dude.
Laura has never looked more-erm-appropriate.
Great Chris…
“Speaking of the economic implications of our continued occupation in the Middle East and how that is affecting the morale of our military (and I may get in trouble for this, but) ….YOU’RE SO PUUUURDYYYYYY!”
Chris, masturbation isn’t a crime, but not on the air…ok?
Tweety is bi-polar.
You never know if you're gonna get the good tweety, or the medicated, self-indulgent, horney-as-a-sailor, DeLay-lover.
My creepy 96-year-old uncle Chester used to feel up all the girls at any family gathering... Tweety reminds me of Uncle Chester, though Chester's forehead wasn't nearly as formidable.
Ingraham was complaining about how selfish Americans won't have more children, while Tweety declined to point out the never-married Laura has NO children. I guess he was in too much of a state of rapture to notice.
For a prostitute she does look pretty good.
Matthews circa 1943: "Eva Braun, you're a smokin' hot Aryan mama! And your boyfriend's book is selling like hotcakes! You're both so great! Do me a favor -- say heil to him for me!"
He seriously just can't stop himself, can he?
Q: What Did Admiral Fallon call General Petreus???
A: “an ass-kissing little chickensh*t”
Hmmm. Fits nicely here.
Do people like Matthews and Ingraham breathe air? Do they have a cellular interchange? When they eat where does it go?
Do they think? If they think does that result in a feeling?
She makes me want to vomit.
She wrote a book called "Power to the People"!? Is the subtitle "People Who Already Have Power"?
I think, what with the comments about how the GOP candidates smelled and how he gushed over Gulliani, Matthews is simply a slut for ratings. I'm not certain if that's better or worse than a regular slut, I guess I'd have to say worse, since his supposed real job should ideally involve respsonsible journalism.
Fourteen Defining Characteristics of Fascism
#5. Rampant sexism. Beyond the simple fact that the political elite and the national culture were male-dominated, these regimes inevitably viewed women as second-class citizens.
Something is wrong with my keyboard...I can't find the "piss on Tweety's head" key.
Matthews is like a perp from Law And Order SVU. He waxes poetic about English Leather, candidates being Beefy, him and Chuck Todd fantasizing about Rudy, then he hits on Erin and Laura
rasta @ 27:
You nailed it.
Oh looky! The hot sexy blond wrote a book! Everyone buy a copy! Isn't she so hot!???
Imagine Ingraham and Coulter in a 3 way with Matthews.........
What exactly did Matthews say that wasn't true? I mean, if her books DO sell well, and her radio show IS one of the top rated, and he indeed thinks she looks attractive, what's the issue here?
It's the 2007 year itch.
ckerst @ 31:
As long as you're conjuring a vomit fest, why not toss in Michelle Malkin and Bill Kristol?
If I were her I'd be pissed too. First they find the flimsiest excuse to show Britney's belly yet again then he interrupts and talks all over her comments.
Not a fan of hers at all but what's the deal with Tweety?
cspazz @ 32:
Hehe. Uhm, because Tweety made it clear to her that he doesn't take her intellect seriously. To him, she's a blond hotty that somehow wrote a book that he'll never read. She's a novelty to him.
She looked pissed because she takes her book seriously.
the comment on the other thread was right on...it's all about the ratings. tweety will play either side or hey! both at the same time-what ever. ethics smethics.
What is up with the MSNBC hosts? I watched Joe Scarborough berate his female co-host for being snippy this morning. I half expected him to ask her if it was that time of the month. Then, they had this video of the stock exchange reporter before the show with curlers in her hair and then Joe fawning over how wonderful she looked. Is it just MSNBC policy to hire misogynistic jerks? I nearly lost my breakfast this morning. Just creepy!!!!
I feel weird being a guy, and explaining basic feminism and sexism on a liberal blog.
ckerst @ 31:
... Right, I'm out to drink a gallon of bleach thanks to this mental image.
Weaseldog @ 39:
I stopped bothering a long long time ago.
The funniest part was how the single, childless Ingraham laid into liberals for not having large families.
Queen Koo-Koo Bananas.
-GSD
cspazz @ 32:
Would you feel the same if it were, say, Diane Sawyer swooning, fawning, and giggling over, say, Brad Pitt?
Obviously the issue is Tweety's a jerk and shows it proudly.
tweety, in such dire need of a blowjob allows ingraham to spew tons of bullshit
"to catch a predator" was/is without a doubt the worst of what this culture brings
that show wasnt about catching pedofiles as much as catching sad middle aged guys who were stupid enuf to think that some 16 year old would find them attractive...and as abc showed, the show itself was an awful scam
add to that the bs about the connection of pornography with being or becoming a predator
not one study has connected the two....
will someone please give this man a handjob before he gets on the air with another bleached blonde bim wingnut?
fabulous
Weaseldog @ 36:
Well, look at some of the comments already posted here. I think some of them would be a bit more offensive to her than someone not taking her book seriously.
Not that I don't think she deserves some of those comments, but it doesn't seem to make much sense for one to bash Matthews for bashing her, and then also to support the bashing of her by others simply because they post on the same website as you.
This site seems to have a problem with Chris Matthews - more so than seems appropriate.
Here is some pretty strong evidence that Matthews stands up strong at times and speaks truth when its most needed. If you haven't seen this clip from two days ago its a must-watch!
VIDEO
http://beta.redlasso.com/Community/ClipPlayer.aspx?i=564a4f46-8e78-467d-...
cspazz @ 32:
mein kampf and the protocols of the elders of zion sold well too....but one doesnt praise the authors publically
ingraham is a wingnut fascist with tits
The political blogs need to get a grip on what is really important. Bush and Petraeus are putting on a full court press to maintain their stupid war, and C&L thinks that the trivial babbling of some cable talking head needs to be highlighted. I do not see why this is any better than the MSM diverting their coverage of the important global issues to cover the latest starlet scandel. How about dealing with the real life and death issues instead of dwelling so much on the trivial.
uncle joe mccarthy @ 48:
Does she tape them or super-bra them?
Liam @ 49:
agreed.
DDD @ 16:
Exactly what is expected of Tweety. What did I, and others, on an earlier C&L thead
say earlier this week when Tweety was being praised for his sensativity when interviewing
J. Biden? If you have forgotten..."He is a dog and pony show, a clown with many faces,
and should not be taken seriously in anything he says or does." I was, naturally, correct.
Did I miss something, or did she kick him under the table?
Seriously..........I wouldn't fuck her!!
jr @ 29:
Here's some English Leather for ya
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/02_1/yorkPA0702_468x526.jpg
Like Malkin. attractive on the outside, concentrated ugly on the inside.
Boy he sure loves to suck them female conservative psycho's balls. He's got David Duke's wife lined up for next guest.
That still photo of her jaw locked open like that... wow.
Just... wow.
cspazz @ 46:
Was Mathews bashing her? I can't tell what is intent was. I can find multiple explanations for his behavior.
Still, when two bad people do bad things to each other, this doesn't make one of them good. There is no rule that says that a victim will always be a character worthy of respect and honor. Mafia hit men are quick to point out that they only killed bad people. Still, they committed murder, even if they were killing other murderers. Their victims don't necessarily deserve our respect and tears.
PaulD @ 47:
Tweety is real good at reading his script off of the tele-promter and is equally, if not
better, at "acting" when interviewing J. Biden. Both spent time in Hollywood with
Freddie Thompson taking acting lessons, so his "stand/opinion/views" are not, in my
opinion, sincere...just playing his typical game of BSing his viewing auidence.
Is it a job requirement for these right wing media harridans to have grating, manly voices?
The folks over at National Review were gushing over her the other day, too. I wonder if her cancer has recurred.
Why is it so outrageous to tell a woman she is attractive ? I don't get why C&L gets so crazy about that.
cspazz @ 51:
Please read the front page of C&L right now. There are 24 posts dealing with 9/11, Iraq, Iran, Bush, Cheney, Lieberman, War, Republicans, Documentaries, Protests - and on and on. So to you, ONE post with some humor and criticism of the media is "dwelling on the trivial?" 1 in 24?
Mike Donnelly @ 61:
I just enjoyed the irony.
It is the context. She was promoting a book and he was trivializing her effort by remarking what pretty and sexy little thing she is.
Maybe next week, he'll interview a nun in full attire?
Or a nun in the habit....
Mike Donnelly @ 61:
It's not that, it's just that it was over the top to the point of strangeness. Especially after the both of them clucked disapprovingly over clip of the naughty, slutty Britney Spears. Weird.
Chris Matthews is obviously still "on something". His doctor should check his blood for appropriate levels.
I bet it's PROZAC.
That mouthy woman? God's gift to men in America? No wonder they need VIAGRA.
I wonder if Tweety really gives a fiddlers fuck about anything?He's soooo unserious.
Just another over paid yapper fawning over rightwing ice queens.
Weaseldog @ 58:
Fair enough, as long as you don't think Matthews is a 'bad person' solely because of his treatment of Laura.
GAAAAAAGGGGGGG
i'm starting to think that matthews has a fetish for right-wing loonies. he just cannot control himself... he seems to take any opportunity to pucker up to their bungholes, i swear!
I don't know I watched the clip and he is just singing her praises generally, it didn't seem out of context.
Being beautiful (or pretty at least) certainly has helped advance her career and will help sell the book. C&L just seems to go nutty anytime a man says a woman is pretty and I just don't get it.
Imagine Ingraham and Coulter in a 3 way with Matthews.........
I think Ingraham and Coulter are twins separated at birth
Just to make a nuisance of myself again, I'd like to point out that Ingraham's talking point about how porn is consumed by pedophiles, as if they were its main audience and isn't looked at by millions of normal people, neatly parallels the old feminist chestnut about how porn is the preferred literature of rapists.
It's an iron law that repressive jerks, sooner or later, eventually get around to targeting sex. Even a "liberals are hung up and humorless" gasbag like Ingraham
I don't understand all the negative criticism against Chris Matthews!
I don't share all of his views but his down to earth attitude makes debates less stiff. I should point out that I am a woman, and frankly, this did not offend me at all. All he did was complementing her for her looks and the great job she's been doing. These two things are not connected whatsoever and I don't think he was implying that either.
one of the God’s gifts to men in this country
Phew, man, talk about low standards.
I always thought Ingraham was a lesbian. I bet she is. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But it fits the right wing mold.
Jenny @ 74:
I remember back in the day when it was the republicans and rightwingers that got (or acted) all offended at every tiny thing.
my posts on 61 and 71 agree with Jenny, I think she's got it right. You'd think that C&L would approve of Chris Matthews, he's not as far left as C&L but he isn't right wing either, he's pretty mainstream. C&L'ers don't seem to like him. I subscribe to his MSNBC podcast (and Keith Oberman's as well) each about 11 minutes a day, both are good.
Whoops, got a lil brown on your nose there buddy........
you’re a hell of a writer,
Tweety said the same thing about Mann Coulter.
uncle joe mccarthy @ 44:
I don't know where they get their ratings from. In L.A., at least, Stephanie Miller is on opposite Ingraham, and Miller crushes Blondie McRightie by a wide margin.
I don't mind Matthews and think his show can be pretty interesting at times. I don;t like it when things go off all half-cocked and out of control with guests talking over one another or when he keeps interrupting people. Other than that, it can be interesting.
I do, however, find it a little creepy when he gets to "complimenting" attractive women. It's like he's almost drooling. And I mean actually drooling. He makes these little slurping sounds all the time when he talks like he salivates continuously. Ya almost gotta wonder what his hand is doing under the desk. The effect is downright creepy when he starts with the oh you are so gorgeous thing. And on a news show no less. Wrong place and time for that.
Isn't she a jar licker? Not that there's any thing wrong with that.
He's drinking, right?
I've figured Matthews out. Just sit a pretty face in front of him and he's puddy. Let's get our hottest left-wing bloggers and pundits and make his trousers explode.
This is exactly the kind of C&L post I am talking about. #83 Sigh goes bat blank when Chris says she is attractive. Why is that creepy ? He is drooling ? Please.
Weaseldog @ 64:
Whenever I see a monk's ass I just grab it
Said a mildly amorous abbott
Although it's vastly more fun to make it with a nun
It's harder to get into the habit.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thistleandbroom.com/im...
You guys are actually outraged, huh? Matthews is such a despicable clown is so many ways, I don't see how this even matters. Ingraham is a hate spewing bobble-head and Matthews is a creep. Political burlesque. As long as no real journalism is accomplished, they've done their job--entertaining Americans with bullshit. Amusing to think people can watch this stuff and believe they're informed.
TheGreek @ 8:
I think it's the sound from a diferent ass hole.
Matthews: “Can I sing your praises? I’ll get in trouble for this, but you’re great looking, obviously. You’re one of the God’s gifts to men in this country, but also, you’re a hell of a writer, your books always do well, your radio show — I just looked at the numbers, you are up there, one of the top most listened to radio shows. I think you’re great, especially when you have me on, you’re fabulous Laura Ingraham, you’re great…”
Yessirree - that's some "hardball" right there. I'm sure glad I don't have to face that kind of no-holds-barred scrutiny!
Kansaskowboy @ 77:
My gaydar went off the first time I heard her talk about sports and how she hates gays.
I've stopped watching his show, but I do catch the dregs waiting for Keith, and I caught this. I threw up a bit in my throat. If you could get laid tapping your foot in a ladies room, he'd do it. I wonder what his wife thinks of his leering after cadaverous Republican shee beasts?
Anyone notice , he has'nt mentioned Hillary for a couple of weeks? He apparently has a couple of right wing blondes on his 'mind'. Joe Scarborough is even more disgusting with his female contacts than him, and Mika does'nt like it at all. They both(Matthews and Scarborough) act like teen-age boys trying to impress the girls with their vulgarity. Wonder how long Joe will beable to keep this up , before NBC comes to their senses. Then , of course there is Tucker, and he is even worse than them. Is that possible????
I think he came across as a healthy - momentarily stoopid - male, which got to be a fairly accurate description of him anyway. I dont know what he was all exited about as she looks way too tough for my taste, but there you go.
You’re one of God’s gifts to men in this country...
Hope they kept the receipt.
Someone needs to send him a link to rackjite's pictures of "Dr. Laura". I know he used to have the "full spread" somewhere (complete with a warning for those underage or with a sensitive stomach). Wrong Laura (Schlessinger), but another right-wing whacko broad...
i can understand the crush on erin burnett, i mean shes a big time hottie.
ingraham is doing what most right wing women do, which is morph slowly into a lizard. ick.
I am not getting sound!
Matthews' attempts at flirting with women are just his way of butching up to dissuade anyone from checking his desk to see if he doesn't have a Hello Kitty notebook whose margins are chock full of the endlessly, repeatedly scrawled names of all of his right-wing man-crushes. Tweety has become to the GOP what Monica was to Bill, only with about a million times less dignity.
I'm still surprised that he didn't go all googly eyed over those shirtless pictures of Vladimir Putin
twitty should not smile so big, because his tongue is his cock.
I don't get this guy, one day he is right on the money, the next it seems like he forgot to take his medications.
Rusty Shackleford @ 92:
I saw the end of this ridiculous program and heard his asinine comment---looks like something else was hard too. Tweety should take his infantile frat boy fawning somewhere else or get an icepack for his Hardballs. Sheesh, what a putz.
How come no one is talking about Rep. McHenry (R-NC)??
He is only kissing her ass for ratings. She apparently has big ratings on her radio show. He invites her on his show and then kisses her ass in the hope that some of her radio listeners will rub on to him or he gets on her show. It is amazing that he asks her some pretty interesting and stinging questions and she does not answer them at all. Mathews then does not follow up on her non-answers, as he often does with others. His ratings are not great so he is trying to improve them...
I played it with the sound off. That may not have been a good idea.
Well,
I will play the devil's advocate here, I think most of you will agree that if are to make a statement on what we think is the best way of dealing with people, it comes down to two choices:
Do you want to be friends with and/or be with those who only say things consistently?
Or is going to be those who have other qualities?
I think you are holding Matthews to a higher standard than yourself if you say he should not talk to his friend because she disagrees or agrees with him. It shouldn't be about that. It should be about more than whether you agree or not because humanity goes deeper than this.
"power to the people"?????
how dare that simple, twisted mind use a Lennon protest song for her petty book.
Hahahaha...ok Logan I just figured out your video stills...
This one is of a giggly and creepy Matthews bricking right into Laura Ingraham's "loud" mouth...hahaha
I happened to be channel surfing and caught a bit of this theater the other day... and I thought to myself just before moving on down the channels, Ehh, well, at least he isn't fawning all over some old third rate actor wearing aqua velva this time... He's still ten kinds of a weirdass suckup though.....JD
I guess I'm a predator too then. You learn something every day.
anxious for change,
Just thought that I don't think's it's possible to have both a simple AND twisted.
Unless you think being twisted IS simple....
I think this method of argument is from Aristotle...
I think Matthews and Ingraham both believe that we lack someone who can universally be agreed by the world to be the one who can come up with one single idea that will change all our lives for the better. There have been lots of tries in the past, but nobody has yet succeeded.
The way I know this is true is that there is still fear in the people of this world.......why? It's because we haven't all agreed on things yet. But this isn't an easy thing to think about because it's scary!
Laura Ingraham is a hate monger, a queer basher, and like a lot of neocons who despise gays and gay marriage she has a GAY BROTHER!
And she wants to deny her own brother equal rights and equal protection under the law?
Yes, she does. Because she's nothing but a brainless hate monger. And one of the few neocon hacks who still blindly support Bush's failed presidency with an approval rating in the 30% percentage rate.
She got the title of her book wrong.
The correct title should be:
"POWER TO THE WHITE PEOPLE"
She looks like a skinny guy in a blond wig.
Sinto:
What if her brother were a complete asshole? That could be true. For then there is no reason to NOT deny her brother.
Chris - you have a beautiful wife! What in the hell are you doing fawning over
someone like this witch? God, men are shameless and disgusting sometimes.
pc
Glad you said sometimes....
Hey does anyone think this is true?
Everything we read and hear all the time is actually going into our brains and it is just a matter of remembering it?
For isn't it possible that one book or one idea can change history? Not everyone remembered it, but ENOUGH did, and that enough made reality?
He's really Peter in Family guy.
Miso horneeee...
Matthews must be married to a real dog if he thinks the whore, Ingraham, is a looker.
Damn get off the Viagra already Chris. Call Vitters I bet he could set you up real quick.
Newsflash: Chris Matthews digs chicks.
I like Ingrahams face.
Has she done a Sapphic Erotica video?
I would download it.
hr @ 19:
http://www.elitedubs.com/albums/album93/i_d_hit_it.jpg
Whatver show I saw Ingraham on lately, she was berating the people of the MTV Music Awards for not thanking the troops and not mentioning the troops and totally dissing our fighting forces for not making their award show about the troops. She sickens me with her holier than thou, jump through the hoops she sees as fitting, patriotism can only be expressed in the manner she approves of attitude.
More Reich Wing insanity. She will make a great enforcer of ideological purity.
"How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?"
Tweety overcompensate much? I figure that any man who would publicly and inappropriately leer at these women is trying to say, "Hey, I must like girls if I'm always hitting on them, right?"
I'm not buying it.
God's gift to men? She's annoying. And mean spirited.
So thaaaaaaat's why she's on TV again. She has a book out that needs pumping. For those of you who think people actually rush out and BUY these decks of bird cage liner, the fact is that conservative book clubs buy them by the palletload and give them away with memberships. The publisher logs the sales and presto, best-seller. Except no one really buys them or even reads them. The people who follow the likes of Hannity, Coulter, Ingraham, Levin, etc. aren't really big readers anyway.
Weaseldog @ 12:
I DID think it was pretty funny that he interrupted her "Pornography is evil" rant with "You know you're pretty hot...", but it'd be nice if he didn't act like this with every lady-guest.
What?
We all know he likes manly men.
Maybe he has a thing for manly women, too.
Horribly inappropriate and he has woefully low standards where it comes to women if he thinks that she is good looking.
both of them suck.
as a journalist...he's a fence rider and she is a cold robot of doom...in a womans body.
just tonight...criss let this rightwing nutjob parrot hannitys' favorite line..."iran wants to wipe israel off the map".
so we must nuke them!
-now!
he just sat there...didn't say a damn thing.
way to let the "false hate" spread there, criss.
"God's gift to men..."
Where is the returns and refunds desk?
someone mentions porn and he gets a semi & hits on a skank.
pathetic!
Chris Matthews is afraid that he comes off as gay, so he puts on little shows of heterosexual behavior to quiet any inqueeries into his sexuality.
I think I would have a hard hard time listening to Ingraham even if she were a progressive. She has the most grating, nasal, whiny voice among her female right wing cohorts. Having near-facist beliefs doesn't help.
She looks pissed ....cause a man is hitting on her?
Get it ?
she's gay right... right?
He needed to say ....she is gods gift to women...
Ew.
Wow!
The above quote from Matthews would get him in some serious hot water at my office. Way past "yellow light" behavior (it's a Navy thing).
EW, GROSS!!
at least erin burnett is cute. gag me with a spoon. blech.
I’ll get in trouble for this, but you’re great looking, obviously. You’re one of the God’s gifts to men in this country.
??? That pale skinny bitch?
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