Matthews just now, on his own show, admitted to voting for Idiot Son.

[Stinky The Clown]

He said he saw him as a "common sense " candidate. He said this as he was speaking (without interrupting!!!!) to the spokeswoman for the Tea Party Patriots.

12.21 AM EST

[nc4bo]

1. .

And CM has 2 time slots on MSNBC, why?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. Wrong.

[emulatorloo]

2. Vaguely remember him admitting it before.

[Cha]

8. Right.. and he's refreshing our memories with his

gargantuan lapse of common sense.

[JHB]

13. On Hardball, October 3, 2003 and Fe. 23 2004, according to Wikipedia

Just happened across that while looking at something else.

So it's nothing new.

[flamingdem]

3. He's a Kennedy guy and he voted for THAT?

Kind of a surprising

[JHB]

14. When and why was he a "Kennedy guy"?

He was born in 1945, so he would have been 15 when JFK was elected. Given his flightiness through the 90s to today, I'm inclined to think he identified as a Kennedy Guy just from being impressed by the whole "Kennedy charisma" thing.

Maybe he was a little more disciplined in his days as a staffer and speechwriter, but he's so "Washington insider" that he's free to just indulge his feelings about someone without rooting it in facts and analysis. Thus we get his Clinton obsession, his crush on Bush, and now he's "centrist".

I think I have heavier lint in my pocket.

[monmouth3]

15. I think it might be the Irish Catholic thing identifying him as a Kennedy guy..n/t

[JHB]

28. That too, but again, that's him going by his feelings...

...impressions and identifications, and doesn't necessarily have any deeper roots in principle. That sort of thing can be a set-up for a "conservative is a liberal that got mugged" thing, or probably more in Matthews case just surfing the "conventional wisdom" of those around him, which is "The Village" of Washington insiders.

[JI7]

5. he was one of the worst media whores in 2000

he wasn't anti kerry in 2004 but he wasn't that critical of bush either. so not sure who he voted in 2004.

but in 2000 he was REALLY REALLY bad.

[Politicalboi]

6. And again, why does David Corn

Put up with Tweety and his constant interrupting of him. Now tonight Tweety accuses David of interrupting the teabagger. She needed interrupting, spewing her shit talking points that are false.

[arthritisR_US]

9. That one really blew me away too! I would be so

pissed if I were DC. Freaking pot calling the kettle... what a turd tweety is

[Puzzledtraveller]

23. So has Tweety been faking it all this time?

Hmm, makes you wonder.

[arthritisR_US]

29. It does make me wonder. I think he's so insecure

in his principles that he leans to whatever position he thinks will benefit him the most. His performance last night guaranteed him free flow of tea baggers appearing on his show for the future.

[orleans]

7. i remember him saying that years ago

but, no big revelation--we all knew just by the way he spewed

i turned the channel when i heard his voice
haven't been in the mood for him in YEARS

[JDPriestly]

10. Proving by his admission, that he himself has little common sense.

[Skittles]

11. I remember him swooning over bush's codpiece

a disgusting spectacle forever burned in my mind

[liberalla]

12. That's right... he gushed over W plenty

In a Three Minute Monologue, Matthews Gushes over Bush's "Great Neo-Conservative Mind"

Matthews on Bush and the port deal: "He looks like he's a wise man now... almost Atticus Finch"

Matthews Praises Bush's Sunny Nobility (Barf)

[Skittles]

31. JAYSUS LIBERALLA

ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?

[JoePhilly]

16. Chris is a weathervane. He knows which way the wind is blowing.

And he adds his own special brand of wind in the same direction.

[SaveAmerica]

30. Easy come, easy go, little High, Little Low...

Doesn't really matter --- to me.

[1-Old-Man]

17. I heard that asswipe say that last night, and all it did was confirm the obvious.

Tweety is and always has been a fucking hack.

[Baitball Blogger]

18. Ughhhh. I remember Matthew's fawning over George Bush.

Though, I believe he also came out and said something positive about Gore during one of the debates, then his eyes looked off camera to somebody before he retracted his statements.

[HughBeaumont]

19. Right, it makes perfect sense to double the national debt almost exclusively on wealth and war.

[City Lights]

20. I suspected that after hearing him talk about the "tingle up his leg" from Junior.

[FSogol]

21. About Matthews

1. He is totally in love with the sound of his own voice.
2. He will always support the populist candidate. In that aspect, he is similar to many people, including some at DU. This is why you can see support/interest in Chris Christie here.

[Laelth]

27. Insightful. n/t

-Laelth

[Nine]

22. He reminds me of some toady who fawns over the cool kid.

The "thrill up his leg" was actually about Obama. Here's him gushing about Bush's codpiece:
http://mediamatters.org/research/2006/04/27/mission-accomplished-a-look-back-at-the-medias/135513
And he's obsessed with JFK. I don't think he cares a whit about policy. It's all about image with him.

[EastKYLiberal]

24. Chris Matthews is like one of those dogs that just won't stop humping your leg...

Especially if you're in power.

[KG]

25. here's a guy who wrote a book comparing life to a political campaign.

not exactly a deep thinker...

[BeyondGeography]

26. Shows how hopeless the Beltway is