MSNBC = Maudlin Sycophantic Nutty Blathering
Chris Award
Winner
Keith
Olbermann:
“For 42 minutes, not a sour note and spellbinding throughout in a way
usually reserved for the creations of fiction. An extraordinary
political statement. Almost a fully realized, tough, crisp, insistent
speech in tone and in the sense of cutting through the clutter....I’d
love to find something to criticize about it. You got anything?” Chris
Matthews:
“No. You know, I’ve been criticized for saying he inspires me, and to
hell with my critics!...You know, in the Bible they talk about Jesus
serving the good wine last, I think the Democrats did the same.”
— MSNBC live coverage of Obama’s Democratic convention speech, August
28. [35]
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Runners-up:
“He’s
come from a white family and a black family, and he’s married to a black
woman, and they’re cool people. They are really cool. They are Jack and
Jackie Kennedy when you see them together. They are cool. And they’re
great-looking, and they’re cool and they’re young, and they’re —
everything seems to be great....He may not win this thing because
everybody in America is not going to be in a room with him
somewhere....[But] if you’re in [a room] with Obama, you feel the
spirit. Moving.”
— MSNBC’s Chris Matthews talking about Democratic candidate Barack Obama
and his wife on NBC’s Tonight Show, January 16. [31]
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MSNBC’s Chris Matthews:
“You know what? I want to do everything I can to make this thing work,
this new presidency work, and I think that-” Host
Joe Scarborough: “Is
that your job? You just talked about being a journalist.” Matthews: “Yeah, it is my job. My job is to help this country....This
country needs a successful presidency more than anything right now.”
— MSNBC’s Morning Joe, November 6. [29]
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“A
speech worthy of Abraham Lincoln....What I personally view as the best
speech ever given on race in this country....I think this is the kind of
speech I think first graders should see, people in the last year of
college should see before they go out in the world. This should be, to
me, an American tract. Something that you just check in with, now and
then, like reading Great Gatsby and Huckleberry Finn....One
of the great speeches in American history.”
— MSNBC’s Chris Matthews talking about Obama’s speech on race relations,
March 18 Hardball. [27]
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Chris
Matthews:
“What are you looking for tonight?”
Unidentified college student:
“I’d like, I’d like a display of knowledge and expertise.”
Matthews:
“So you’re on the Obama side, right?”
— MSNBC’s Hardball, before the October 2 vice presidential
debate. [19]
Winner
