Hardball: Matthews Dismisses McCain Temper Rumors
By Nicole Belle Monday Apr 21, 2008 12:30pm
Once again, the media has decided that character issues when they relate to Republican candidates are not nearly as important as they are when they relate to Democratic candidates. Despite the fact that even conservatives and liberals alike concede that "Senator Hothead" has quite a temper on him, Hardball's Chris Matthews dismisses it away as if it is nothing.
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Matthews: Cindy McCain guest-hosted on The View today. Here she is, talking about her husband’s alleged temper problem.
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Cindy McCain: Like anybody who is concerned about America, he is passionate about issues. All of us are. We all have our pet issues. We all have whatever it is we’re involved in. He is passionate about the future of this country. Some people mistake that for temper. It’s not.
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Matthews: Well, please give me the list of great politicians who lack a great temper. I hear these stories about everybody in public life. They all got a temper. Seems to come with the territory.
Mind you, this is the same man who took Obama's request for orange juice in lieu of coffee at a recent campaign stop as a sign of elitism and hubris and characterized Clinton's campaign statements about Obama as erratic mood swings.
But McCain, the man who got into a physical brawl with Rick Renzi? He's just a great politician with a matching temper, just like all the other greats.
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Damned librul media.
What does Tweety believe, anyway. We know he loves the sound of his own voice, but what does he believe.
I know the MSM loves to be spanked and call McCain "Daddy", but if I have to endure 4 (8?) years of it with that demented wacko getting a tongue bath from his lapdog reporters, I'm going to barf daily.
Well, at least I'd lose weight that way. Brightsidebrightsidebrightside...
Come on, be fair to tweety. He likes his men strong, angry and nasty, if you know what I mean.
Liberal AND Proud @ 2:
He believes in enjoying man sweat.
Chris Matthews has revealed his white-irish-republican keester to us so many times this year already. I can't stand listening to him any more, and my wife walks out of the room whenever he comes on the screen. He on "Softball," and The Scar on "morning
jo(K)e" are two con"swerve"ative peas on a pod.
Wow, these old white guys certainly stick up for each other. They probably still rue the day when women were allowed to vote!
Yeah, I think Tweety worships the McCain. He's transparently dismissive of Obama and Hillary, and
acts as if McCain were the only ADULT in all this. I'm still waiting for someone to call him on it TO HIS FACE AND ON LIVE TELEVISION. I'll have a long wait, I know.
How elitist, orange juice instead of coffee.
When I was growing up all we got was Tang.
Eventually there was Grape Tang
But that was only useful for feigning illness
To stay home from school.
ETHIOLIB @ 4:
This?
http://www.hankolsen.com/images/shirts/rob.jpg
I'm a citizen with a great temper matching McSame's, and I'll kick Matthews' slimy ass if I ever see him.
How's that for a temper?
Its is pretty obviious that Chris has been campaigning on his show for McCain.
Or is he just a paid employee doing what he is told. And he is told to work for McCain?
Corporate Media = Mind Control.
I am a broken record. My teevee has not been plugged in for over five years.
Maybe I will regain my mind.
Jesus Hussein Christ @ 11:
Pretty disquieting.
Having a temper and having an uncontrollable temper are two different things. Matthews is acting as a shill for McCain. Last night on another show he said Clinton was only in trouble if she lost by more than seven points. That's patently false. She needs to catch up on delegates and needs to win a much larger margin to begin making up ground. Matthews is rooting for the closest races (Dem and in the general) because that's what's best for him and his career.
He's a Republican. He's going to run as a republican for congress. So why should we be surprised?
Move him over to Fox.
Well, please give me the list of great journalists who are not jock sniffing momma's boys!
it is a matthew's world and we are just living in it.
but really, for such an insecure man he sure seems to get massive media-muscles whenever he is in the 'anchor' chair...
Tweety cannot deny, though I am sure he'll give it a go, that McCain graduated 894th out of the 899 in his naval academy class.
Hyper-macho asshole. That's McCain.
Tweety is covering for McCain BECAUSE EVERYONE IS AFRAID OF MCCAIN'S TEMPER. Do you think Tweety wants McCain throwing one of his temper tantrums on his show? That would be the last straw for Tweety. The corporate won't tolerate that. McCain could care less for Tweety and probably doesn't even like him but he uses him like he uses everyone else. Even poor Cindy!!! Hope whoever the Dem candidate is debates McCain and pushes him over the brink. A temper tantrum on TV would be a nice relief from the s**t we have been tolerating.
When the media gets their way, and Grampy McCain is bombing half of the world in our name, I hope the children of reporters and pundits are the first to be drafted.
The media bias as it relates to republican candidates (who tow the line for the current administration anyway) doesn't get any more blatant than this. What a joke.
If you don't believe the talking heads aren't afraid of McCain you didn't see George Stephanopolous on This Week last Sunday. McCain got a little ticked and you could see the fear in Georgie's eyes. No one wants to trigger McCain.
Tweety is hoping for the opportunity to give McCain the first mustache ride.
This is off subject , but this morning heard Scott Ritter tell Stephanie Miller that the bushco's have ordered up the special nuclear bunker bombs only designed for Iran , and the planes to drop them and the logistics to get them there , all to be ready in April of this year.. hope it does'nt scare you
Ross Perot used to talk about that giant sucking sound. In this case, it's from Matthews lips being attached to McCain's butt...
I prefer orange juice to coffee.
I've had to pay over $1,000 in medical expenses in the past month, because it either fell outside of coverage (my daughter needed extra testing for her eyes), or within the deductible (the wife has had gauntlet of tests the last few weeks with different doctors so the deductible was applied newly each time).
Yeah, I'm in an elite status.
Why do I get the feeling that when the Democrats win the election the MSM will use phrases like "surprise win" and "sneak attack"?
rakkin' frakkin' flea bittin' no good MSM varmint critters....
Doesn't matter, McCain will be hit hard in November by the Democrats, and rightfully so. Matthews can brush off the temper, but it'll be a factor. He can brush off the age, but it'll be a factor. The chance for McCain was in 2000, he's just 8 years too many.
Its interesting though how when the subject of Bill Clinton's temper comes up they can't get enough of his "finger pointing"
and steely gaze.In fact Liberals don't do "temper"-they have a lot of "anger" because "anger" is so much more uncontrolled and irrational.
Because Cindy McBotox is now somehow the paragon of truth and virtue and The View is the altar at which to speak the truth ?
BTW, talking of j. mcsame..
has anyone followed the story of mcsame starting the fire on the USS Forrestall that killed 143 sailors??
I heard he was whisked off ship and revisionist history imediately ensued
I find it surreal how much energy is expended by well meaning people dissecting Tweeties idiotic and juvenile smoke and mirror rants just to confirm what they already know about the guy.
The picture of the three candidates next to chris shows mccain stoically higher than the other two. Coincidence?? (jon stewart finger on lips) I think not!
Anyone remember where Chris Matthews was on the "Angry Howard Dean" story of 2004?
I fear that before summer is over I will know much more about Cindy McCain than I would want.
Is electro-shock covered by insurance?
Of course Matthews dismissed this as a non-issue. McCain is a club member.
Between McCain, Russert, and Stephaluffagus, I'm sick of all of these pandering right-wing tools. Are truth and honesty that foreign to these people?
stupid idiot. Is Matthews even worthy of having his mug posted on C&L? I don't think so.
PrincetonPDX @ 39:
Well, I believe he probably does qualify, under both the "Crook" and "Liar."
John G @ 22:
Sorry, these "journalists" are cashing in their chips as we speak and there's always an opt-out clause for the sons and daughters of the rich (see Cheney, Bush, et al).
Billy Shears @ 40:
He's nothing compared to those who are pulling off the biggest heist ever conceived and the greatest robbery in history being pulled off in broad daylight right under the noses of the public.
Surely he jests when he calls his wife a "trollop c*nt!"
What can you expect from this fool? He can't wait to sing McCain's praises and when and if the time comes for Obama he will be in the front row tearing him down. Macho man!
bushisaliar @ 33:
I would love to hear how you think McCain "started" the fire on the Forrestal.
The Rise of the Neocons
NEOCONS-See it, study it, think about it.
Okay everyone sit down. You will be surprised to know that on CNN Headline news they actually did a story about the generals who were sent by the Pentagon to spread happy war stories to the media. I only caught the it toward the end, but they were talking about it.
L.A. Confidential @ 42:
Yeah, sort of like robbing a bank where people seem to care, but really don't do anything to try and stop it. Kind of almost like the bank deserves to be robbed, in order to get the bank workers to pay attention to actually doing their jobs.
Of course, there have always been, and will always be bank robbers. If I remember my history books correctly there wasn't always people who had the will to stop them.
Old Billy Hussein @ 44:
He cut a loud , flammable , noxious one ..............
This is a non-issue, no one cares, besides, if I had to listen to that liberal BS all day I would loose my cool to..
Boy, if I'm remembering correctly, they sure thought Edwards anger was a GREAT BIG DEAL.
It must be very bad if he has to get tweety to go out front and try to do damage control. The people that watch the show know how much love he has for McBush, it is unbridled dog on dog love.
If you want a working definition of "crack whore", either of these two entertainers would qualify. They are the reason we have ultimate corruption in this country, and it has to end.
Well, I guess if Chris Matthews says that McCain's temper is not a problem, it's not a problem. Just don't let McCain near the nuke button for the four years he might be in the white house. His temper and that button could be a problem.
Yep, we need a man who calls his billion dollar wife a "C*nt" for president.
It shows the world that they better not make fun of the old air dog's balding head.
Why does Tweety still have a TV show? Who is he blowing?
me @ 53:
GE... the largest corporate war machine.
More war = more money for GE.
McCain's anger management program really pisses him off!
I Only Make $5 Million to Say This Stuff Tweety just doesn't want the fruit cup to land on him.
Forget it, Jake. It's Tweety Town.
Matthews is such a power fawning media slut. Can they sell him to Faux News?
Matthews is a tool.
He "sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest"
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casper46 @ 49:
Again the basic message they want to relate is that Liberal "anger" is irrational,nasty,petty,and possibly unpatriotic.
McCain's displays of temper of course,are really impassioned pleas steeped in love of country,and not frenzied frothing freak outs of unhinged lunacy. (how's my alliteration?) ; )
McStupid is the worst candidate in US history.
Chimpy is the worst president in US history , and McMoron is simply going to continue on that path , and he's older , meaner , and just as stupid as the Wonder Monkey is.
Tweety is such a tool...............
I'm sure Chris had nothing to say when Bill Clinton was interviewed by Chris Wallace with ambush questions and got a little hot. No, I'm sure he never said anything at all about that. No way, no how.
Didn't Tweety also say something like there are 25 other members of Congress with tempers worse than McAincient?
While McCain spokesman Mark Salter called the Washington Post piece "99% fiction," one national Republican leader has already taken great pains to back up its account. Mitt Romney, the man who would be John McCain's running mate, in January decried "the McCain way" of uncontrolled fury towards friends and foes alike.
For the details, see:
"VP Hopeful Mitt Romney Attacked McCain's Temper."
What can we seriously do about these media folk? I mean, really... what can we as citizens do to change how "news" is reported? Until we get authentic journalists covering the real news, nothing in this country will change. Do we just stop watching the channels that offer up this kind of crap, or what? I mean, so what if we get great people in government, if all we hear is, "Well he/she hasn't done anything in his/her first 100 days, see, we told ya! ...and by the way, not wearing a flag pin!" nothing will change and nothing will get done.
How do we stop the presses, so to speak?
Hackball.
Wasn't Matthews among the many talking heads who commented on how "angry" Howard Dean was back in '04?? Just thought I'd ask.
Rowdy! @ 64:
Support the blogs and more independent news sources such as McClatchy or the Guardian (UK)
John McCain's running mate?
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_02/Supernanny_228x314.jpg
The circle has been completed.
"John McCain has been known to lash out in frustration. It's 11 PM. Do you know where your children are?"
"John McCain: FEAR the temper."
"Be afraid. Be very afraid."
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We'll just have to wait and see. His temper is evidently not a factor yet.
The best strategy for all McCain haters is to try to provoke him into losing his temper very publicly as often as possible.
YourMom @ 70:
One does not have to be a hater to not want McCain in the WH. But I support the sentiment:
Let's expose this clown on this and everything else that is wrong with his candidacy.
Tweety is nothing more than a USED REPIGLICAN C-UNT ........... he has been fucked so many times now by his SUGAR DADDY Jack Welsch , who bought his soul with the millions of dollars that he paid him to prove that his 'liberalism' was 'bullshit' , that on the only thing that cum out of his mouth now is REPIGLICAN CUM .. thus he splutters on in his pathetic efforts to issue forth the propaganda that he has been programed to splutter ...
matthews is just another reichwingneocon suckass.
his daily nourishment comes from planting his
lips firmly on the gop collective anus.
YourMom @ 70:
Good point. Can we get a video up of just what these outbursts look like so we can all judge for ourselves before we go to the voting booths?
Why isn't this sleeze on Fox? He coulkd sit next to O'Liely and rub his leg and drool over McBush.
Matthews is and always has been a rotten shill for the Republican$. He is a muthaphu*er and should be stoned and hung.
Old Billy Hussein @ 44:
I haven't heard that story. A quick search on the incident comes up with the datum that a missile 'misfired' on the ship.
That would be one heck of a pilot error.
and , boy, does he love, just love, humping his boyfriends, mcbush's leg .........
"All real old-time politicians have tempers. You know the manly, man's man kind of guy that you can sit down and have a beer with at the end of the day, guys like Tip O'Neill and Ronnie Reagan, guys that were Irish Catholics or could've been Irish Catholics, guys from the old neighborhoods, you know how it is. But these guys today, these guys like Obama, or even Hillary, if she were a guy - they're not real old-time guys. They can't sit and have a drink with regular old-time from-the-neighborhood white ethnic guys who are Irish Catholic or Polish guys or maybe Italian or maybe are just guys who could be Irish Catholic guys if they were Irish or even Catholic but you know the kind of guy I'm talking about. McCain's got a temper, but that's just because he's an old time pol - like Tip O'Neill - you can see a guy like McCain having a beer and a shot with regular guys, old time guys - you can even see him going to Ireland and having a Guinness and telling stories with real Irish Catholic from-the-old-country guys and singing songs and though he's not Irish Catholic, he could be, and even if they found out that he was a Scots-Irish Protestant and then maybe took him off someplace and shot him in the knee-caps and told him to stay in his own neighborhood - I mean it's a crazy world out there - well he was in 'Nam, in the Hanoi Hilton, it wouldn't faze him, he's like Tip O'Neill, you know, old time. Barrack that's no Irish name. Never heard of that. Now we could say O'Bama that could maybe be kind of Irish Catholic, but you know he's just not the kind of guy who's Irish Catholic or could be Irish Catholic or even just Irish or even Catholic or maybe Italian or an old-time Polish type guy, but maybe a Portuguese, I can see Obama being a Portuguese yeah, but not an old-time from-the-islands have-a-beer and-a-shot-with type of Portuguese, you know, the kind of a Portuguese that Tip O'Neill or Ronnie Reagan would have been."
Tweety smokes those big thick Cuban cigars for a reason.
helps offset the taste of McCain's sperm.
joeedugan @ 78:
if this is not tongue-n-cheek, you are one nasty rascist.
Why do I find the recent remarks dismissing McCain's temper -- both from Matthews and others -- disquietingly reminiscent of the excuses that a victim of domestic violence or the spouse of an alcoholic often make for their loved ones?
"Well, okay -- he/she hits me/drinks too much once in a while..."
I don't get how asking for orange juice is "elitist." They sell orange juice at fucking McDonald's, for pete's sake.
It's not a bad temper, it's "passion."
Apparently McCain is passionate about not being asked uncomfortable questions.
Apparently John McCain is passionate about the fact that his wife puts her makeup on like a trollop and that she acts like a C*nt. But it's no big deal to Matthews, because he's a misogynist anyway, right?
In the whole time that I have been married, not once has my spouse called me any derogatory terms like that.
Chris Matthews, the man I love.....to hate.
Rusty Shackleford the Pretentious Chatboard Elitist @ 85:
Beautifully put....
I always love it when they send the Stepford Wife out to make his apologies. Didn't he recently call her a c-nt recently, in front of witnesses? Gee, is that how they express their great passion for one another? That word is a word of abuse - so we have an abuser for a candidate? Much fun for everyone!
Since when is "anger" synonymous with mere "temper."? I guess Tim McVey and the Unibomber just had "temper" problems.
Shorter Chris Matthews: " *slurp.slurp.slurp*mmmm-hmmm*slurp.slurp.slurp*d'ya like that johnny*slurp*smack*drool*"
dadams @ 82:
I can see George Bush having a beer with the guys,,,and look how great that turned out. I can't see FDR having a beer with the guys.....probably a few more the the better presidents we've had. I'll take a guy who can extract this country from the mess Mr. Beer Buddy has gotten it in, even if he/she isn't everyone's funtime pal.
Makes you wonder if some of these folks have enough sense to learn from past mistakes.
Fuck Chris Matthews. He'll suck up to the rich white man any day. That's his style. That's why he's in there. McCain's demeanor and temper and personality are huge factors in the election. I don't want another dry drunk like Bush. McCain is a loose cannon evident from his stories back in military school and viet nam. I'm sick of the double standard of rich white Republicans and every other person and Democrat. Let's stand up for ourselves in a big way in the coming years. No more sitting back.
I fully understand passing up a cup of coffee. Coffee is a drug. I heartily enjoy two cups (sometimes three), in the morning, while reading these lovely articles at C&L, then hang up my cup for the day. I'm not anti-coffee, just don't want to be 'jolted' all day long. Imagine being on the campaign trail 18 hours a day (how depressing).
Bonkers Hussein @ 73:
McCain will show what he is all about when it becomes a 2 candidate race. Each time I see him he looks a little more lost. I am no kid myself, but as John Murtha put is so well, he's too damn old for the job. Look at how it has aged Bush and he is just phoning it in. Imagine what it will do to a 72 year old man with a bad temper and no clue about how to fix the biggest problems facing the country.
dadams@82: I was trying to say, @80, that:
1. Matthews often rants in stream of conscience style.
2. He thinks that having worked for Tip O'Neill seems to give him massive Democratic
Party street cred.
3. He's something of an idiot.
4. He's obsessed with an east coast, white ethnic, urban, retail style of Democratic
politics that HASN'T EXISTED in 30 years.
5. Did I mention the idiot part?
Then again I could still be a nasty racist, you decide. Oh, and if you're gonna call someone a racist, think about what they've written first (the quotation marks should be a hint), or at least take the time to learn how to spell "racist" correctly. Other than that, we're cool.
What!? You're surprised!? They have both been groomed by FOX, Ailes, and the like. These two have the same temperament, what are you expecting? Roger Ailes launced Matthews' career and was once his "golden boy." Use your intellect people.
Kathy in St. louis @ 92:
Don't blame the beer! Some of us just have different criteria for what makes a good beer-drinking buddy and a recovering alcoholic rich kid fratboy ne'er-do-well chickenhawk wannabe cowboy ain't one, IMHO.
Typical. You guys should have another tag for douchebaggery. It'd be easy to fine Matthews at his "best".
my Sister works in the same building as Tweety in WDC , she on a peasant floor & Matthews on his lavishly remodeled (entire) floor . All reports say Chris is the kinda guy who ignores hallway greetings and he's a mean and vindictive bastard if you dare cross him . Nobody complains on the record , but nobody goes outa their way to be helpful to him either .
I guess Tweety will never have Cliff Schecter, or Glenn Greenwald for that matter, on Hardball. It would make him look sooooooooooo bad.
Tweety is such a slut.
ETHIOLIB @ 4:
Yeah. He has a daddy fetish.
Frankly, I'm concerned about Chris's health. His mouth looks like something on an ill prepared corpse, an unattended infected wound that went quickly septic and caused immediate death. Yet, how is he still on the air? Going to work day after day and toiling tirelessly to spread his opinion far and wide? There's really one conclusion that folks like me and you can draw from this. He's a zombie. I know, yes, that zombie-ism is much more common in the western part of PA, far from the Matthews' family stomping grounds in the east. But, there have been rare documented infestations of zombies east of the Susquehanna River, and I believe that if Chris was subjected to a simple round of salt tolerance tests his exposure to zombie-ism could be verified. It would explain so much, especially since NBC is an equal opportunity employer and the Undead Union wields so much influence in Washington since Cheney became Veep.
So Chris says its simply passion and it is OK for McCain to get passionately violent.
What about the rest of us Chris. I can slap McCain around at his campaign stops and yell at him and its OK as long as we are passionate?
Get a real constructive job Chris..........................................contribute to society will you !
Chris Matthews is a pasty-faced jack@ss...
Weaseldog @ 78:
Sorry...it took so long to answer, but i heard he tried a WET start and his jet started a fire ..TOO MUCH FUEL
now having spent 3 years aboard an aircraft carrier i can tell you ,fire is a very serious problem
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