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Dec 10, 2009 4:30 AM CST

Grayson to Cheney: 'STFU'

Mouthy Congressman rips mouthy ex-VP

(Newser) - The man Republicans (and many Democrats) wish would just shut up and go away had some words for the man Democrats (and many Republicans) wish would do the same, in vulgar—if dated—style. Asked about Dick Cheney’s view of holding terror trials in New York, Rep. Alan Grayson...

Chris Matthews: West Point Was 'Enemy Camp' for Obama

AS MSNBC TURNS

Dec 1, 2009 8:45 PM CST

Chris Matthews: West Point Was 'Enemy Camp' for Obama

Conservative bloggers quick to pounce on MSNBC pundit

(Newser) - The conservative blogosphere was quick to jump on Chris Matthews’ statement on MSNBC that President Obama went “to the enemy camp” for his Afghanistan speech—indeed, an odd way to characterize the US Military Academy’s reception for the Commander in Chief. “When your mouth is bigger than...

Blindingly White MSNBC Guilty of Hypocrisy

MICHELLE MALKIN

Nov 24, 2009 7:29 AM CST

Blindingly White MSNBC Guilty of Hypocrisy

'Monochromatic' commentators shouldn't slam Palin crowds

(Newser) - MSNBC commentators sneering at the lack of minorities lining up to buy Sarah Palin's book should start their quest for diversity a little closer to home, writes Michelle Malkin . Take a look at Chris Matthews and Norah O'Donnell, who complained about the "monochromatic" Palin crowds, and the MSNBC lineup...

Gun-Toting Protester at Obama Event Unrepentant

Aug 11, 2009 8:34 PM CDT

Gun-Toting Protester at Obama Event Unrepentant

Tells Chris Matthews it's no big deal

(Newser) - The man who showed up at President Obama's town hall today with a gun defended his right to do just that when grilled by Chris Matthews on his show tonight, reports the Huffington Post. When Matthews asked why he showed up with a weapon strapped to his leg, William Kostric...

Liddy Plays Birther Hardball

Jul 24, 2009 5:07 AM CDT

Liddy Plays Birther Hardball

(Newser) - Nixon henchman G. Gordon Liddy branded Barack Obama an "illegal alien" on Hardball yesterday, dodging a barrage of evidence and documents cited by Chris Matthews that the US president was born in Hawaii. Liddy insisted that Obama's "invalid" birth certificate couldn't be used to get a passport or...

Matthews: GOP Catering to 'Crazies' on Obama's Birth

Jul 21, 2009 9:43 PM CDT

Matthews: GOP Catering to 'Crazies' on Obama's Birth

(Newser) - The Obama-is-not-a-citizen chorus seems to be getting louder of late, thanks in part to a viral video of a woman berating a GOP congressman who defends the president. The theme continued tonight on MSNBC, where Chris Matthews clashed with one of the Republican sponsors of a bill requiring that presidential...

DC Right-Wingers Get
Joe the Plumber 'Horny'

Mar 20, 2009 2:09 PM CDT

DC Right-Wingers Get Joe the Plumber 'Horny'

(Newser) - Being honored at a Washington event last night skewering the liberal media made Samuel Wurzelbacher—better known as Joe the Plumber, of Campaign ’08 fame—“horny,” the Washington Post reports. “God, all this love and everything in the room—I’m horny,” the Republican everyman...

Hill Grilled the Wrong AIG Guy

OPINION

Mar 19, 2009 12:44 PM CDT

Hill Grilled the Wrong AIG Guy

(Newser) - Edward Liddy’s much-ballyhooed testimony yesterday—Chris Matthews billed it as “Watergate Redux”—didn’t wind up accomplishing much, “aside from revealing congressional ignorance of all things financial,” Daniel Gross writes in Slate. Yes, Liddy currently runs the reviled AIG, but he wasn’t running it...

Huckabee:
MSNBC? More
Like 'MSBS'

Feb 27, 2009 7:43 AM CST

Huckabee: MSNBC? More Like 'MSBS'

Ex-guv slams network, Chris Matthews

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee took a swipe at MSNBC in a speech to fellow conservatives yesterday, calling the network “MSBS,” Politico reports. “It's not MSNBC, but the MSBS channel,” the former Arkansas governor said. He went on to rip Chris Matthews’ audible “oh God” before Bobby Jindal’...

Jindal's 'Stagecraft'
Caught Me
Off-Guard:
Matthews

Feb 25, 2009 3:13 PM CST

Jindal's 'Stagecraft' Caught Me Off-Guard: Matthews

(Newser) - Chris Matthews was surprised by the “peculiar stagecraft” preceding Bobby Jindal’s speech last night, an NBC rep tells the Huffington Post, leading the MSNBC host to mutter, “Oh, God” as the Louisiana governor appeared on screen. Matthews plans to elaborate during today’s Hardball, the rep added....

Here Comes Jindal;
'Oh, God,' Says MSNBC

Feb 25, 2009 11:37 AM CST

Here Comes Jindal; 'Oh, God,' Says MSNBC

(Newser) - After Keith Olbermann introduced Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s rebuttal to President Obama’s congressional speech last night, MSNBC broadcast snickers and a hushed voice intoning “Oh, God,” Fox News reports. The voice is thought to have been Olbermann’s or that of co-host Chris Matthews. Both have...

Matthews Takes Record for Hot Air at Chilly Inauguration

OPINION

Jan 22, 2009 3:25 PM CST

Matthews Takes Record for Hot Air at Chilly Inauguration

MSNBC host's 'sizzling free-associations' provided some hot air in chilly DC

(Newser) - It's a good thing Chris Matthews didn't run for the Senate after all, Jack Shafer writes for Slate, after listening to the MSNBC star let his mouth run wild Inauguration Day. "Drawing from a larder filled with old anecdotes, unreliable metaphors, wacky intuition, and superficial observations, the always-animated Matthews...

Matthews
Rules Out
Senate Run

Jan 7, 2009 8:24 PM CST

Matthews Rules Out Senate Run

(Newser) - Chris Matthews is keeping his night job. The host of MSNBC's Hardball told his staff today that he won't be running for the Senate in 2010, the Los Angeles Times reports. For months, Matthews had been not so quietly considering a run against the GOP's Arlen Specter in his home...

Matthews May Quit MSNBC for Senate Run

Dec 4, 2008 12:08 PM CST

Matthews May Quit MSNBC for Senate Run

Hardball host's flirtation with Pa. race could be negotiating ploy

(Newser) - Chris Matthews is seriously considering leaving MSNBC in preparation for a US Senate campaign, friends and NBC colleagues tell Politico. The Hardball host is dead set on making a run and has already picked out a home in his native Philadelphia to meet the residency requirement, according to one Democratic...

In Franken's Run,
Cautionary Tale for Matthews

ANALYSIS

Dec 1, 2008 1:46 PM CST

In Franken's Run, Cautionary Tale for Matthews

MSNBC host's celebrity isn't all that, and Franken didn't exactly win, either

(Newser) - Chris Matthews seems determined to run for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania in 2010, but beating Republican Arlen Specter isn’t his only problem, Steve Kornacki writes in the New York Observer. The MSNBC host is a cipher to 60% of the electorate, and there are other qualified, ambitious Democrats...

Matthews Rounds Up Staff
for Senate Run

Nov 28, 2008 5:42 PM CST

Matthews Rounds Up Staff for Senate Run

MSNBC host denies deals with Obama aides for 2010

(Newser) - Chris Matthews is lining up a top-notch staff to manage his campaign for the Pennsylvania Senate seat held by Arlen Specter, FiveThirtyEight reports. Multiple sources say the MSNBC host has made deals with seasoned Obama aides to run the 2010 campaign. Polls already show that Matthews, running as a Democrat,...

Bachmann Celebrates
Obama Win

Nov 7, 2008 12:42 AM CST

Bachmann Celebrates Obama Win

Hails victory as 'tremendous signal' against racism

(Newser) - The congresswoman who suggested in a national television interview that Barack Obama has anti-American views is changing her tune. Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann tells Politico she’s "extremely grateful that we have an African-American who has won this year," calling Obama’s victory ”a tremendous signal we...

Maddow Is Sharp, But Still Just Another Partisan Pundit

OPINION

Sep 25, 2008 4:39 PM CDT

Maddow Is Sharp, But Still Just Another Partisan Pundit

Host only shines in clashes with the right

(Newser) - Despite all the hype and the glowing blogosphere reviews since she got her own MSNBC slot Sept. 8, Rachel Maddow’s program has turned out to be a clone of the Keith Olbermann vehicle that precedes her: “less a show than an annex,” Alessandra Stanley writes in the...

It's Not Too
Late, MSNBC: 'Stay Crazy'

OPINION

Sep 8, 2008 5:09 PM CDT

It's Not Too Late, MSNBC: 'Stay Crazy'

Blogger calls for Matthews, Olbermann to keep their jobs

(Newser) - David Gregory will be the face of MSNBC's election coverage, and the ouster of "loud shouty people" Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews isn't sitting well with at least one viewer. "It's a stupid, stupid idea, for many reasons," Alex Pareene writes on Gawker of NBC Universal's decision....

MSNBC Boots Olbermann, Matthews From Anchor Chairs

Sep 8, 2008 5:27 AM CDT

MSNBC Boots Olbermann, Matthews From Anchor Chairs

David Gregory will host election coverage

(Newser) - After months of criticism and pointed derision at the Republican convention, MSNBC will yank Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from the anchor seats during this fall's debates and election. NBC News correspondent David Gregory will host election coverage, while Olbermann and Matthews remain as commentators. Ratings at the struggling network...