Last Hardball tonight

[IADEMO2004]

[Beakybird]

1. Did he step in it?

[IADEMO2004]

2. Signs point to yes

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! I

Have watched every night for many years. He's not perfect but there is NO ONE with a bigger wealth if history. NO ONE.

This totally sucks. No one with an iota of his depth and gravitas.

[lillypaddle]

11. +1000

I posted in another thread:

I'm sure a lot of DUers will be celebrating, but I for one, will miss this legend who has so much history to share.

I've watched and listened to Chris for a good part of my life. I haven't always agreed with him. Truly, he is one of a kind, and he ALWAYS spoke HIS truth.

So, congrats to those of you who like the cookie cutter, always politically correct over someone who has a soul, and more knowledge than most of us will ever know. Congrats and fuck you to the "tweety" haters. Your disrespect has been duly noted.

I. AM. CRUSHED.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. +1. Didn't know anyone else was like me. Usually

Faced severe headwind here but always tried to defend him.

No one else with his depth of knowledge and experience.

I am heartbroken too!

[lillypaddle]

16. Well

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. You've got a week+ seniority on me !! Hey!

[UTUSN]

19. "Faced severe headwind here" - certainly not from my scores of Recs of your posts!1

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. Have always loved you UTUSN. What does UTUSN

mean, anyway? University of Texas? Tennessee? US Navy? 😍

[UTUSN]

21. Have always loved you Laura PourMeADrink!1

[ChazII]

22. Like you, I did not always agree with Chris

and I agree he had much to share. No celebration in my heart that he is gone. Your third paragraph sums up my feelings.

[IADEMO2004]

12. He is my political history professor. Vast knowledge of how government works or doesn't.

Yes he has said many things to women on camera that made me cringe but I am going to miss his analysis of current events.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Yes. Older version of Bill Maher. But unequalled political acumen. #MSNBC

Made a very poor reactionary decision.

[radius777]

18. +1. Chris was flawed but he had heart

and intellectual curiosity.

Very few of these talking heads have that quality - they are usually rigidly progressive or conservative.

Chris was just a guy from Philly and never pretended to be perfect - sucks he was tossed out this way without a proper sendoff.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. Exactly. A guy who looked at all sides, but with actual

intellectualism Mixed day for sure. Seeing Any and Beto and Pete speak so eloquently, from their hearts was fantastic. MSNBC caving on the opposite end.

[IADEMO2004]

4. Not even finishing the show. Gone

[nolabear]

5. Kornacki looks stunned as fuck. Did he just walk?

[IADEMO2004]

7. Kornacki looks like deer in the headlights

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. And you could tell, he honestly loved the man. Everyone

Who knew him sad. They know him better than we do.

[SharonClark]

10. Really?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Yes really.

[JaneQPublic]

6. Kornacki looked stunned.

Like he had to fill in at the last minute.

Did Tweety just storm off the set?

[nolabear]

8. Sure looked like it. He'd never quit like that voluntarily.

Not on the day before Super Tuesday. Damn.

[Awsi Dooger]

24. I loved Chris Matthews

Nobody could do more with fewer words. Nobody could ask the question they were least prepared for. Nobody could make the astute historical references that weren't obvious.

I loved his references to his Republican brother because his brother and others enabled him to understand how that side thinks. That aspect is sadly missing with so many hosts on MSNBC. They make assumptions and proclamations that don't represent the real world at all. There is nothing more boring than cheerleader politics.

This was like a Woody Hayes situation because you could almost see it coming. But unlike Hayes I think Chris Matthews will resurface somewhere and make further great contributions.

When I lived in Las Vegas early 2000s in particular I often would be home watching Hardball and not paying attention to my sports wagers. That's how big that show was at one point, how enlightening. I remember my parents visiting me from Florida and my dad always wanted to structure the day so we could watch the show together.