“… You had to be Dan Brown to decode the story. No offense to your newspaper, but I mean, it was kind of written in code. … Readers get annoyed when newspapers don't just come out and say what they know.” – Jonathan Alter on “Hardball”
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Matthews was downright hilarious today. I swear, he should charge a cover for
his floor show, but only if he gets a bib. Because the frothing little teenage
boy inside just can't get enough of Bill and Hillary's bedroom habits. However,
Matthews was a little peeved today, so one of his targets was liberals, bloggers
to be exact. I guess he doesn't like being compared to a gossip columnist. Then
maybe he should quit covering things that only belong in a tabloid.
He dragged Anne Kornblut, of the Tabloid Times, and Jonathan Alter, of Newsweek,
in today to discuss all the details of Healy's story on the Clintons. To see Anne squirm over the subject matter seemed close to a prurient political event. Right
out of the gate Alter leveled the boom on the Times stating the obvious, that
liberals in the blogosphere don't trust the New York Times. I wonder why? Kornblutt
said the only people really upset by the story seemed to be the liberal blogosphere.
Matthews then got personal, or tried to, attempting to float the story that
there is a “protection racket about Hillary” out here in
the blog world. Matthews might consider putting down the New York Post and actually
reading what the blogs are saying. Take Matt Stoller's post today on Hillary.
Oh, but did Chris cover Kavanaugh? No. He wanted to talk about Clinton's marraige
yet again. So, baby, if it's gossip you want, “Pornball's” the place.
But if you're looking for facts, you better hope he has good guests on that day.
But Matthews made me laugh out loud when he talked about — now get this —
“glass menagerie liberalism.” Liberalism
that's “very fragile.” He kind of snarled
when he said it, to make his point.
Let's get down to it. What happened this week is that Matthews got
angry that Atrios and other the big bad liberal bloggers took after him for
his “Pornball” smutfest saga that went on ad nauseam, day after day.
But if “glass menagerie liberalism” is the best he's got, good luck,
pal. Bottom line is that we got to him with the gossip mongering angle, because
pious political pundit that he is, Matthews just cannot stand to be called out.
It's all so humiliating when he is invited to water hour with Russert. Or maybe Matthews is just miffed that Timmeh had Tom Brokaw interview him for his new book, on Russert's CNBC show, dissing the “Pornball” host.
But seriously, can't you just see Matthews sitting at his desk late at night,
long after his “queen” has gone to sleep, rifling through the liberal
blogosphere looking for more political porn. His itsy, bitsy, teeny weenie mouse
in his hand; thinking about his next show to sandwich in between his gossip
hour; going from Opus Dei, in order to buck up his beloved Catholic Church,
to Clinton gossip for the next three?
So, stay tuned for Monday's special edition of “Pornball,” when Billy
Graham will be the topic, as Matthews continues to ping pong back and forth
between morality and sexuality, the opposite sides of Chris's morally tortured existence.
One question already in the pipeline for the preacher: Will there be a lot
of people in heaven?
It's “Pornball, the Pulpit Edition,” can't wait.
TM NOTE: I transposed some names above and blamed Clinton and Reid for supporting Kavanaugh, which was incorrect and has been noted. This post has been edited from its original version, deleting links that were non-functioning, among other edits.
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