Is Chris Matthews Writing Headlines at Politico These Days?

By Doug Powers  •  April 26, 2011 12:47 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

From Politico by way of Weasel Zippers:

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In addition to 420 seconds in heaven, well-behaved reporters will even get their very own autographed halo to take home. It’s like the Burger King kids crown except covered in Hope & Change instead of fry grease and ketchup (**Disclaimer: Heaven & halo offer void for certain reporters from Texas).

Here’s the appointment book for access to heaven today:

President Obama has more interviews with local reporters scheduled on Tuesday so he can talk about the deficit. He’ll sit down in the Map Room with reporters from a handful of politically important states — Georgia, Ohio, Virginia and Michigan. The White House says Obama plans to “discuss his vision for reducing our debt and bringing down our deficit, based on the values of shared responsibility and shared prosperity.”

“Shared prosperity”? Yikes. Heaven can wait.

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  1. #1
    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:51 pm, T-Bone said:

    His vision. Please protect us from this mans vision.

  2. #2
    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:54 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    He’ll sit down in the Map Room with reporters from a handful of politically important states — Georgia, Ohio, Virginia and Michigan.

    Obowmao: Here, make youselves comfortable, just let me clear out these March Madness brackets!

  3. #3
    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:54 pm, BeachBum said:

    More like the 7th circle of hell.

  4. #4
    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:55 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    He needs glasses if that’s his vision…

  5. #5
    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:55 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    youselves = yourselves (slap!)

  6. #6
    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:55 pm, letget said:

    I bet these slugs will just be all a tingle to get to be with bho! I wonder if one of the things they must do and sign a certified oath they will not ask bho a hard question?
    L

  7. #7
    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:55 pm, Truesoldier said:

    “discuss his vision for reducing our debt and bringing down our deficit, based on the values of shared responsibility and shared prosperity.”

    Translations:

    Shared Responsibility = Bush’s Fault

    Shared Prosperity = wealth redistribution

  8. #8
    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:55 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:51 pm, T-Bone said:
    His vision. Please protect us from this mans vision.

    I believe the affliction is called “pinko eye”.

  9. #9
    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:56 pm, Truesoldier said:

    He’ll sit down in the Map Room with reporters

    Let me guess, he is going to use the map room to show the reporters all 57 states….

  10. #10
    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:58 pm, spaceycakes said:

    the values of shared responsibility and shared prosperity.”

    Whose ‘values’? Not mine, mofo!

  11. #11
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:00 pm, Massasoit said:

    Jumble the words a bit:

    …based on the shared values of responsibility and prosperity.’

    and it sounds like a really good idea. But we know its the furthest thing from a good idea.

  12. #12
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:00 pm, spaceycakes said:

    so he can talk about the deficit

    oh re-he-heallllyy? He hasn’t talked about it yet. What kind of dim bulb did you guys elect?

  13. #13
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:01 pm, Mister P said:

    The man has figured out yet, that he looks through the wrong end of the telescope.

  14. #14
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:05 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    …based on the values of shared responsibility and shared prosperity.

    Isn’t this a quote from Das Kapital?

    If Karl, instead of writing a lot about Capital, made a lot of Capital, it would have been much better.

    - Henrietta Marx, mother of Karl

  15. #15
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:08 pm, Iowa Guy said:

    Heaven can wait.

    When you think you’re God…everyone can wait.

  16. #16
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:10 pm, Iowa Guy said:

    letget said:
    I bet these slugs will just be all a tingle to get to be with bho! I wonder if one of the things they must do and sign a certified oath they will not ask bho a hard question?

    It’s a prerequisite of Whitehouse interviews.

  17. #17
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:12 pm, cheapseat said:

    His vision is the same as his mother and father’s vision. World communism and Islam as the only religion.

  18. #18
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:14 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    He needs glasses a brain,if that’s his vision…

    This goes far beyond mere eyesight.

  19. #19
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:15 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Seven minutes with Obama in front of a TV would be heaven for me.

    You should see my list of questions…..

    It would be the longest seven minutes of Obama’s life, I guarantee.

  20. #20
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:20 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    I wonder if one of the things they must do and sign a certified oath they will not ask bho a hard question?

    It’s a prerequisite of Whitehouse interviews.

    Likely….probably signed using a pen filled with their own blood.

  21. #21
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:21 pm, hopin_society said:

    Seven minutes seconds with Obama in front of a TV firing squ… would be heaven for me.

    fella can dream, can’t he?

  22. #22
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:22 pm, Paratus said:

    Shared prosperity: “Oh Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz all my friends drive….

  23. #23
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:22 pm, John Deaux said:

    the values of shared responsibility and shared prosperity.”

    That’s Newspeak for:
    From each according to his ability, to each according to his need

  24. #24
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:27 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    the values of shared responsibility and shared prosperity.”

    Translation:

    “You taxpayers can share the responsibility of providing for the shared prosperity of my family, closest friends and associates and me.”

  25. #25
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:32 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Obama plans to “discuss his vision for reducing our debt

    by increasing spending

    and bringing down our deficit,

    by increasing spending

    based on the values of shared responsibility

    except for the 47% that don’t pay taxes

    and shared prosperity

    except for evil rich people.”

  26. #26
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:44 pm, hopin_society said:

    oh, alright..

    /sarc

    sheesh

  27. #27
    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:47 pm, WrshpMzshn said:

    John Deaux said:

    “…the values of shared responsibility and shared prosperity.”

    That’s Newspeak for:
    From each according to his ability, to each according to his need

    John, you called it right. That’s exactly what he’s saying.

  28. #28
    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:04 pm, ChapBix said:

    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:54 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    He’ll sit down in the Map Room with reporters from a handful of politically important states — Georgia, Ohio, Virginia and Michigan.

    Obowmao: Here, make youselves comfortable, just let me clear out these March Madness brackets maps for taking over the country by declaring martial law and dissolving the Congress

    Thanks, RC, for setting this up for me.

  29. #29
    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:06 pm, ChapBix said:

    On April 26th, 2011 at 12:55 pm, letget said:

    I bet these slugs will just be all a tingle to get to be with bho! I wonder if one of the things they must do and sign a certified oath they will not ask bho a hard question?
    L

    Maybe they will have to sign a pledge to not ask “O” a hard question, vote and work for “O” in ’12 and hand over their firstborn child.

  30. #30
    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:06 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Shared responsibility = flat 15% income OR sales tax for everyone, no exemptions, no deductions.

    Shared prosperity = deregulation and the abolition of EPA, TSA, DHS and the rest of the alphabet soup of regulatory agencies.

  31. #31
    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:06 pm, NotTheMama said:

    On April 26th, 2011 at 1:10 pm, Iowa Guy said:

    letget said:
    I bet these slugs will just be all a tingle to get to be with bho! I wonder if one of the things they must do and sign a certified oath they will not ask bho a hard question?

    It’s a prerequisite of Whitehouse interviews.

    And let him finish his answer.

    Shared Prosperity .. There is a socialist in the WH.

  32. #32
    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:13 pm, ChapBix said:

    OT somewhat. Sounds like a campaign op to me. Word is that Barry wants to raise a billion bucks for next year’s campaign. Opponents won’t need to spend even a fraction of that. We just remind people to take a look at the price of gasoline posted on signs in front of the “fueling” stations as they walk by with empty pockets or strolling through the grocery store and gazing at the items they can no longer afford. Point them to the TV where Barry and Moochie are living it up on their dime. That should be all the opposition needs to spend.

  33. #33
    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:24 pm, Southpaw said:

    With everything Doh’bama says, you need to filter it through an Orwellian translation device:

    Shared Prosperity:
    White unemployment rises from 4% to 8%,
    Black unemployment riss from 8% to 15%.

    The logic used is that everyone is equally prosperous in decline.

  34. #34
    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:31 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Yup. These local interviews are nothing but a political tactic for Team Tingle. They know that most of these reporters will not dare say anything confrontational in what is likely their one and only presidential interview.

    Ironically though, it would be the reporter that asks the tough questions and demands answers that would get the most notoriety from their interview.

    But instead they’ll ask questions like…. “What’s it like to live in the White House?” and “What’s your golf handicap these days?”

  35. #35
    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:39 pm, SignPainterGuy said:

    Speaking of handicaps, after all these golf rounds the Usurper-in-Chief has played since Usurpation Day, has his game improved any at all ?

  36. #36
    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:49 pm, rightisright said:

    I wonder if one of the things they must do and sign a certified oath they will not ask bho a hard question?

    and definitely allow the king to answer the question, don’t be cutting him off…unless your a reporter from Texas.

  37. #37
    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:50 pm, letget said:

    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:39 pm, SignPainterGuy said:

    We will never know. bho lies about everything so he probably lies about his golf score too.
    L

  38. #38
    On April 26th, 2011 at 3:08 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    ChapBix said:

    We just remind people to take a look at the price of gasoline posted on signs in front of the “fueling” stations as they walk by with empty pockets or strolling through the grocery store and gazing at the items they can no longer afford.

    100% Agree! Go ahead and do what you do best P’BO. Shake contributors down for campaign $’s. Probably why he has pal BA out there softening the LSM for foreign donations. No one here is going to give him a dime. Well said, great observations.

  39. #39
    On April 26th, 2011 at 3:10 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Translations:

    Shared Responsibility = Bush’s Fault

    Shared Prosperity = wealth redistribution

    (Thanks for clearing that up for us Sir! ) Lol

  40. #40
    On April 26th, 2011 at 3:10 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    We will never know. bho lies about everything so he probably lies about his golf score too.

    I’ll bet his score is pre-determined before the first swing:

    Obummer to Secret Service agent (acting as caddy) before teeing off:

    “Lesse, what am I shooting today?”

    Agent, glancing at breifing, “For this course and 9 holes, today it’ll be 33, Mr. President.”

  41. #41
    On April 26th, 2011 at 3:11 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Aaarghh….seven minutes of misery, listening to the Pretender in Chief talk about how we all get to share equally in the misery.

  42. #42
    On April 26th, 2011 at 3:11 pm, DanMan said:

    His vision. Please protect us from this mans vision.
    I believe the affliction is called “pinko eye”.

    Classic one Rogue. Maybe some of my special ointment gently applied with a hammer will help clear that up.

  43. #43
    On April 26th, 2011 at 3:13 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    seven minutes of misery sheer torture, listening to the Pretender in Chief talk about how we all get to share equally in the misery.

    To listen to him drone on for any lenth of time is beyond misery.

  44. #44
    On April 26th, 2011 at 3:23 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    FirstSkirt said:
    Aaarghh….seven minutes of misery, listening to the Pretender in Chief talk about how we all get to share equally in the misery.

    Teh One is now falling back on “managing the public’s expectations”. Gone are the daze of H & C, now he’s down to “It would’ve been f’d up no matter ‘who’ was on watch.

    Stuff it Mr. Prez.

  45. #45
    On April 26th, 2011 at 3:33 pm, Captain Blasto said:

    “pinko eye”

    Best description EVER.

    Rogue should have a television show.
    Maybe 5pm on Fox?

  46. #46
    On April 26th, 2011 at 4:36 pm, SkyePuppy said:

    On April 26th, 2011 at 2:13 pm, ChapBix said:
    We just remind people to take a look at the price of gasoline posted on signs in front of the “fueling” stations as they walk by with empty pockets…

    The Obama administration is trying to make gas prices even worse. Hugh Hewitt (attorney specializing in defending property owners against endangered species lawsuits) has a post on the US Fish & Wildlife’s attempt to add a lizard to the endangered species list. This lizard just happens to live in SE New Mexico and in the two West Texas counties that produce most of the state’s oil. If the lizard is listed, it will mean NO DRILLING there for at least two years.

    But I’m sure that’s just a coincidence and not an overt attempt by Obama to share the prosperity with his South American oil-producing friends…

    /sarc

  47. #47
    On April 26th, 2011 at 5:51 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Captain Blasto said:

    Rogue should have a television show.
    Maybe 5pm on Fox?

    I’d watch, as long as he doesn’t dress like Marcel Marceau & pretend to climb a rope

    LOL *shivers*

  48. #48
    On April 26th, 2011 at 5:53 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Is Chris Matthews Writing Headlines

    Wait. Chris Matthews can write?

    **shivers again**

  49. #49
    On April 26th, 2011 at 6:28 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On April 26th, 2011 at 4:36 pm, SkyePuppy said:

    What we need, then, is a massive number of skilled hunters to hunt down and kill off that lizard species. As soon as it’s extinct, we can drill.

  50. #50
    On April 26th, 2011 at 6:50 pm, Southpaw said:

    On April 26th, 2011 at 6:28 pm, Hiraghm said:
    What we need, then, is a massive number of skilled hunters to hunt down and kill off that lizard species. As soon as it’s extinct, we can drill.

    Developers joke in Southern California:
    If you find a kangaroo rat knawing on an Indian bone, take both of them and dump them in the ocean out past Catalina Island.
    Otherwise, you might as well take the money you invested in the property and dump it in the ocean.

  51. #51
    On April 26th, 2011 at 8:22 pm, ChapBix said:

    On April 26th, 2011 at 5:53 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Is Chris Matthews Writing Headlines

    Wait. Chris Matthews can write?

    **shivers again**

    Who knew he could write? The larger question would be: Would it be worth reading? The answer is self-evident.

  52. #52
    On April 26th, 2011 at 8:42 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On April 26th, 2011 at 5:51 pm, spaceycakes said:
    I’d watch, as long as he doesn’t dress like Marcel Marceau & pretend to climb a rope
    LOL *shivers*

    Ha! I knew you like to watch! Save the shivers for my “naked man locked in a box” routine, it’s a nailbiter!

  53. #53
    On April 26th, 2011 at 9:18 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Late Breaking Headline:

    Pat Paulson announced that he’s running for President in 2012.

    Oh… wait… I misheard… Ron Paul.

  54. #54
    On April 26th, 2011 at 9:23 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Go Ron Paul!

  55. #55
    On April 26th, 2011 at 11:28 pm, SignPainterGuy said:

    Oh Rogue,

    Please no, not Ron Paul ! He has a few good ideas, but he makes sense for only a little longer than it takes to say, “Ron Paul makes sense” ! He`s a protectionist and off the reservation ! Noooooo !

  56. #56
    On April 27th, 2011 at 6:59 am, Ralph Gizzip said:

    Considering how bad “Tingle’s” ratings are he’s probably had to take a 2nd job.

  57. #57
    On April 27th, 2011 at 9:34 am, spaceycakes said:

    Save the shivers for my “naked man locked in a box” routine, it’s a nailbiter!

    LOLOLOL

    you’ve done it again–everyone at work thinks I’m mental…

    (insert joke here)

  58. #58
    On April 27th, 2011 at 3:03 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Talk about off topic—picture it…Rogue naked in box! Aaargh…not for family viewing!

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