Chris Matthews Gushes: "Obama Comes Along, And...This Is The New Testament"

New York Observer:

Chris Matthews woke up on Super Tuesday at the Ritz Carlton on Central Park South. For breakfast, he tore into a bowl of Raisin Bran with skim milk, slurped down a cup of coffee (no cream, no sugar) and attacked a stack of newspapers. Moving from story to story, he scribbled notes directly onto the newsprint, circling important facts and figures and jotting down the occasional exclamation points. He particularly liked an article in the Daily News by Rich Cohen suggesting that Barack Obama should be president, and Hillary Clinton his chief of staff.

Mr. Matthews underlined the phrases "flag burning illegal," and "her vote was politically motivated." He tore out the article to review later that day.

Afterward, MSNBC's prizefighter--the political pundit who knows more and filters less than anyone else in the business and who with his manic emotional odes to a certain senator from Illinois has become a fascinating sideshow attraction in this crazy primary circus--had hoped to go for a morning constitutional. Surviving Super Tuesday would take stamina, he knew. Adrenaline would be the key. And a little exercise wouldn't hurt. Twenty-four hours earlier, he had gotten lost during a walk in Central Park, ending up on the West Side, thinking it was the East Side, thinking up was down. He was amazed at how disorienting it was. Not like the stomping grounds of his youth in Philadelphia. The streets reminded him of a campaign he had worked on in 1974 in Brooklyn.

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"I've been following politics since I was about 5," said Mr. Matthews. "I've never seen anything like this. This is bigger than Kennedy. [Obama] comes along, and he seems to have the answers. This is the New Testament. This is surprising."

Read the whole story: New York Observer

Comments

[hlhicks]

02:38 AM on 02/11/2008

So, if you dislike him so much, then don't watch his show. I bet when he was going after Bush, Rove, and Libby, your sentiments were quite different. And if you don't like HuffPo then go to the pro-Clinton sites that do nothing but spout invective about anyone who doesn't fall in line and support HRC. If HRC's supporters are so reactionary and thin skinned, what will you do if she faces the scrutiny of the world as President. And why you feel it necessary to position this powerful, privileged, rich woman as a victim is mind boggling and so antithetical to the supposed goals of her candidacy.

[Effymens]

01:12 PM on 02/08/2008

Please all you Hillary supporters , please go to her web site and contribute to her campaign.It is not enough to just post your comments.I have donated and will continue to do so.

[Effymens]

01:04 PM on 02/08/2008

Chris Matthews is so disgusting that he makes my skin crawl.I stopped watching him when l saw how much he hated the Clintons.The man is a disgrace to his proffesion.The bastard was alwys foamming in the mouth about the Clintons.I also used to enjoy countdown with Keith Olbermann but not anymore.He wants to be on Oprah so he must be nice to Barrack Hussein Obama.

[Abycat]

06:53 PM on 02/07/2008

Mathews is hilarious. On the night of Super
Tuesday, when it bacame apparent that it would
not be a big victory for Obama, Mathews was
truly down in the dumps. There is a place at Fox
for this guy.

[BobTomJohn]

10:14 AM on 02/07/2008

I agree Mika is the worst but not surprising considering her father is a big wig on Obama's campaign staff. Did you notice she always informs the viewers when a guest is Clinton supporter but never does the same when a guest is an Obama supporter? She leaves the viewer with an impression that the guest is just so inspired by Obama that the are moved to spontaneously support him. Mika is as biased as O'Reilly and Obermann and almost as condescending as Matthews.

[Seafarer61]

09:44 AM on 02/07/2008

Everytime I hear Matthews speak about Obama, I get this vision of Barack on an old Indian motorcycle screaming down the beltway and there...sitting in the sidekick wearing a pair of leather goggles, is Chris Matthews, smiling and screaming at the top of his lungs, "Go faster Barack, go faster!"

[rockeey]

07:54 AM on 02/07/2008

matthews is pathetic. he like all the rest of the media are so biased, it is worrisome.

clinton deserves a fair commentary.

[KindAndThoughtful]

06:12 AM on 02/07/2008

Chris Matthews has a great show. I just wish he wouldn't interrupt his guests so much. I think his mind moves so quickly that he doesn't realize he is interrupting.


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[McSnarky]

02:38 AM on 02/07/2008

Tweety's not the only one who has a crush on Obama. You should try listening to the incredibly vapid Mika Brezinski on the Morning Joe show. She sounds like she'd faint from the vapors at the prospect of having Barack's love child. What a pathetically inadequate excuse for a competent journalist.

[Gary47]

12:56 AM on 02/07/2008

First he's lusting after Hillary, now he wants Obama. No home life I guess.

[naturesway]

11:03 PM on 02/06/2008

The women of America are Women of the world....
We have arrived. It's time. It's time we had a say. The men have been running the show since time began.

We need a different perspective. New blood and new eyes and hearts.Women are multi taskers.We do things a mile a minute and think it is normal.Picture a smart, sensitive , woman at the helm.If ever I have seen a woman I can follow, It's Hillary.
In 20 years, we will look back and see what a revolution this really is.I do not want to look back and think that I missed being a part of it. I am for Hillary.*****************************Hillary is the revolution.

[nunzia]

08:47 PM on 02/06/2008

Still wondering, WHY is this dopey man on TV every night?
Are you people watching that idiocy and keeping his ratings up?
Please, stop.
Find something else to do for that one lousy hour.

[GeorgeKaplan]

07:17 PM on 02/06/2008

I am so glad that this man likes Obama and not Hillary. I really think he can kill any candidate he supports. He is such a strange man... and with women he's stranger.

Matthews is the kiss of death.

[marysandra]

06:58 PM on 02/06/2008

When I was younger,I found Chris a little brash and noisy. Now that I am older he is the only one who can keep me awake through the evening political discussions.Since we are nearly the same age, I'm going to start on bran flakes and black coffee tomorrow! Our closeness in age makes his fascination with Obama very understandable,when you've seen all we have,the freshness,optimism,and high mindedness of the Obama campaign is an uplifting reminder of days we thought we would see no more.Obama reminds me that I wasn't always a political cynic.

[londubh]

06:20 PM on 02/06/2008

Who won't Chris Matthews suck up to as long as they are winning?