I rarely agree with Chris Matthews, but I love watching him anyway.
The motor mouth will ask his guest a question. Then he answers it himself. Then he’ll ask another question, or two, or three. He will respond to his own questions, and when he stops to take a breadth, his guest then has an opportunity to offer his own thoughts on whatever subject he was brought on the program to discuss.
Everybody remembers Matthews’ marvelous support for Barack Obama when he was the candidate for the top seat in the U.S. government. One night, while covering one of the primaries, he said “I have to tell you, you know, it’s part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama’s speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too often.”
For many years there was, and still is, a lot of laughter on the late-night shows about that thrill up his leg. I don’t think anyone has ever had a thrill up his leg before about a candidate for any office anywhere. Perhaps they did for some of the beauties on FOX or CNN, but never for a candidate — especially not for the gals on MSNBC at that time. Perhaps that is why Matthews got his thrill from listening and watching Obama.
Well, waddya know folks? The thrill is gone. Yup. The thrill on his leg has now become a heat rash. Mr. Matthews, like so many on the left, will occasionally join the right when they deliver their disapproval of President Obama. Those who watch “Hardball” cannot help but notice the many differences in his attitudes towards the president and his left-wing party this past year or two. I find it refreshing and I applaud Mr. Matthews for his honesty, especially when he referred to the president as “a ship with his engine turned off.” OK Mr. M., stand up and take a bow — you may rub your leg where it now hurts.
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I was in Naples, Florida recently and I caught a call-in radio talk show program that didn’t talk about politics. How refreshing. The hostess asked the listeners, “Besides the expression ‘I love you,’ what three-word phrase do you consider most meaningful?” I remember hearing “We wanna hit,” “Vote for Trump,” and “Go to hell!” I called in, and the minute I said, “Stay in school,” the judges in the booth shouted “That’s it!” and I heard fire gongs, a siren, and a very loud marching band playing “Stars and Stripes Forever.”
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Will Paul Ryan measure up to his mentor Jack Kemp? I don’t know. Does Paul play football? Is armed citizenry the answer to terrorism? Couldn’t hurt.
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So now my president is handing out the B.S. that we are afraid of 3-year-old orphans and their widowed mothers. No! No! No! That is not what we are afraid and you know it. We fear those ISIS terrorists that are sneaking in with them — and please don’t pop off that there aren’t any. It’s just a matter of time before some of them rise up and do to a major American city what the terrorists did to Paris. I am StanG
