Chris Matthews Auditions For The Job Of White House Press Secretary


No kidding. And the funny thing is that when one discusses bias in the media, a certain subset of the population gets either puzzled or indignant and proclaims that there is just no way that reporters would ever allow their own political preferences to creep into the way in which they do their jobs.

Didn’t Chris Matthews also have an obligation to make the Bush Presidency a success? Why didn’t he volunteer to be a White House flack for the past eight years?

Don’t answer that. We all know why.


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Ahhhh...

tsquare (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 12:33AM EST (link)

Is the title mis-spelled intentionally?

 

Change? gimme a break

RoxannaDanna (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 12:49AM EST (link)

If Obama selects Matthews, he will just fall in line with the rest of the no real “change” guys he’s positioning for cabinent posts and other jobs, like 2 of the former members of the BoD of FannieMae.

Oh yea… we’re gonna see a change alright.

 

Well Obama does owe him

McKinley (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 12:49AM EST (link)

and the rest of the media for carrying his water for him the past eleven months. Does press secretary sometimes go to campaign hacks or do they prefer cushier embassy positions in Austria.

Either way, he’d be infinitely better than Scott McClellan.

Nope. Inadvertent and fixed.

Pejman Yousefzadeh (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 1:17AM EST (link)

n/t

“At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.” –Friedrich Nietzsche

 
 

Chris Matthews

I was a retread named Zombie Flanders / randomkid. Friday, November 7th at 2:43AM EST (link)

He also mentioned how “we” were worried about a Bradley Effect, and is obsessed with blue collar catholic lower-middle class Hillary-supporting 50-year-old Democrats living on the main line…

also people from SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA!!!

(I complain about this because of the whole “real America” thing…I hear conservatives either say straight up, or convey/imply (possibly inadvertently) that “real Americans” live in small towns, and go to church regularly, and and this-and-that, which bugs me. And this whole Catholic blue-collar thing is a Democratic version of the same thing. I’m from New York City originally, I think of that as “real America,” (or rather part thereof) after all that’s where my family was/is, and it’s still got the Statue of Liberty. Also H&H Bagels.)

 

This is the guy

sayers (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 3:34AM EST (link)

This is the guy who got a tingle up his leg listening to Obama . . .

 

No thrill went up my leg...

johninca Friday, November 7th at 4:05AM EST (link)

…listening to the usual puerilities from Matthews.

The question is what to do about it. We need to have some kind of liberal media boycott, and more importantly, create alternative media.

Just as we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, we need to eliminate our dependence on the big media. Let the discussion focus on ways and means.

 

It will be a constant "TINGLING UNDER MY LEGS"!

Rod_Patrick (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 4:14AM EST (link)

It would be too much for Chris. He could die of heart attack.

Stephanokoolaid woud also die of extreme envy of Chris if it happens.

Certainly, more loyal.

seattle_ite Friday, November 7th at 5:07AM EST (link)

McClellan should be shunned by the GOP.

 
 

We're surprised by this?

seattle_ite Friday, November 7th at 5:11AM EST (link)

Matthews used to write speeches for Dems. His bias has been obvious since before he got a TV gig.

This is classic consolidation of power, and doesn’t shock me in the least. Ticks me off, but doesn’t surprise me.

 

This is no different...

Gunny_Highway (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 7:05AM EST (link)

Than Brokaw publicly admitting he’s a Dem (Really Tom? No Kidding?!). But at least Brokaw kept his composure unlike Matthews who got all moist over Obabma.

 

Role Reversal

I am a HuffPo Moby also named Amalek. Friday, November 7th at 7:58AM EST (link)

So, Matthews and Olbermann take the roles of administration apologists that O’Reilly and Hannity filled the last two years, and Sean and Bill become the strident opposition. I see Sean and Bill making the adjustment easier than Olbermann. I don’t think that guy likes anyone.

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Better Red than Dead

with all respect

kyle8 (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 8:06AM EST (link)

Hannity was certainly an apologist. O’Reilly though was not. I think he went out of his way to fight against what he saw was the total left wing tanking in the other media. But he was not exactly easy on the administration. I don’t think he will change his approach much.

“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle

foreplay

gaspsr1 Friday, November 7th at 8:21AM EST (link)

That tingle up his leg was the precursor to that erotic feeling of power that you get when you realize you will soon be able to join the party that is screwing America!

 
 
 

Tweety, why didnt you try to make Bush a success?

panthera (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 9:28AM EST (link)

Lame. And BTW – Learn how to swallow and talk at the same time. Or perhaps provide towels with your showers. Its Gross.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Matthews the new Monica

onlylewis Friday, November 7th at 10:52AM EST (link)

Could it be, since Matthews got that tingle maybe he will be obama’s Monica??

 
 

Is there a search function here ...

BuddyHolly Friday, November 7th at 11:34AM EST (link)

and I’m too obtuse to find it? I ask because I’m curious about posts that reference Tony Snow (FOX) taking that exact same job with the Bush administration.

Personally, I’d also pick somebody with, y’know, *actual press experience *to be my press secretary.

YMMV.

We had one, BuddyHolly - but we kept getting DDOS attacks from Democratic script kiddies.

Moe Lane (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 11:40AM EST (link)

change is as change does

Michael DeWeese (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 12:02PM EST (link)

The change is Fundemental. From Capitalist Democracy to Totalitarian Socialist.

 
 
 

What? Is Keith Olberman not available?

Limited_Government (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 3:21PM EST (link)

Chris Matthews is also going to be medical counselor to The One

Jack_Savage (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 4:16PM EST (link)

All he has to do is look around every now and then to check for polyps or other intestinal disorders, because that is where his head has been buried for the last two years.

 

Hellen Thomas didn't apply? Or is she gunning for a different position? (nt)

RJD (Diary) Friday, November 7th at 4:25PM EST (link)

Did a bit of searching on google

DRP Friday, November 7th at 8:02PM EST (link)

http://archive.redstate.com/story/2006/4/25/21720/7942 looks like what you were looking for.