Chris Matthews never lets any of his guests finish a sentence.

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I've been watching the whole hour, and it is amazing how rude he is. Why does MSNBC management let him have a show?

[Sherman A1]

1. Nothing new

He has been doing this for years. I tuned him out over a decade ago.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. Me too... the guy is unwatchable. OTOH, Rachel rocks!!

[Sherman A1]

10. I can't take much of her either

I really don't bother with MSNBC or much cable news. It's all gotten to be repetitive, breathless, breaking news, infotainment. I will catch up on things via the internet and PBS Newshour along with some local stuff.

[Downtown Hound]

2. I can't stand that dill hole

It's true that every once in awhile, he takes the right stand on something. But overall, he's just another obnoxious blowhard with too much power.

[MurrayDelph]

3. This is why

the joke he never gets is that for years the final segment has been named "let me finish."

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5. They should have a new segment called "I'll let you finish".

[ploppy]

4. Never has, never will!

[winstars]

7. Gee. I never noticed that??? LOL The name Tweety is given for many reasons.

But it is so true sometimes. I mean its amazing some days...

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12. What is the significance of the name "Tweety"?

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[PCIntern]

15. Years ago he was noticed for his

Yellow-Blond hair and goofy attitude.

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

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18. Sounds like Trump

[radius777]

19. Resemblance to the cartoon character

and his penchant for fast talking, etc. (has nothing to do with Twitter, as he got the name long before social media was a thing).

[Raine]

8. He's nothing but a braying

jackass, hee haw hee haw!

[Tatiana]

9. He's pretty much become unwatchable for me.

And I wasn't the biggest Tweety fan, but I did value his insight as a former staffer.

Now -- it's just too frustrating and he's often all over the place with his thoughts.

[poboy2]

11. LET ME FINISH! -nt

[mitch96]

13. It's so rude. Many of my northern friends do that

and I call them on it. Not saying it's a northern thing just my friends up there do it quite often. Just shows your ignorance of not listening to the other person, just wanting to get your point across sooner. It happens to people often who pause between sentences... they get stepped on in the conversation..
grrrrrr..
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14. Northern friends?

Canadians? Swedes? Malamutes and Huskies? The northern half of the US?

[mitch96]

16. Northern friends... a nice way of saying yankees

Mainly new yuckers, with a smattering of newJoise and correcticut. Grew up with most of 'em and got out as soon as possible. But then again thats just me... Too cold.
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[randr]

17. And he goes off on an entirely different direction

just as they are about to draw their conclusion. I wonder how many people won't appear on his show due to his rude behavior

[Blaukraut]

20. His guests know what they're getting into and can handle it pretty well

especially the regulars. Think about it: You're going on Tweety's show. You're guaranteed to get paid, even if it's not much, and you might not even have to say anything! Overall, Matthews is okay. He knows what he's doing and is trying to recreate a banter and cross talk sort of atmosphere. Sometimes it works. Usually with his regular guests who know when to jump in and keep talking.

[Awsi Dooger]

21. Chris Matthews is tremendous

Yes, he redirects but the vast majority of the time it is in the correct and more interesting direction. He doesn't allow the canned talking point of the day.

He's not going to give you everything. That's the problem on this site. Everyone wants everything to be slanted in the blue direction. Meanwhile, there's a reason we got stuck with Donald Trump. Listen to Rachel Maddow like a lemming and you'll want to believe it was never possible, and you'll pretend it couldn't happen again in 2020. Chris Matthews will jolt with the knowledge that it's damn sure possible and we best wake up to it, and figure out how to counter it.