How irrelevant is Matthew's Hardball?

[shoopnyc]

I just watched him talk about ridiculous stuff...Bill and Hill; Kennedy Books; ROSIE ON THE VIEW. IT WAS PATHETIC.
They can only go for ratings, so I get that, but it's turning into Access Hollywood, (didn't O'Rielly do that at one point in time)?

[roguevalley]

1. relevent enough to get under Cheney's skin with Plame.

[polichick]

3. Lol

What a riot that was ~ Cheney's office keeping tabs on the show!

[LostInAnomie]

2. He's had a vein busting hard on for the Clintons' personal life the past few days.

It's been ridiculous. All his guests keep telling him "Uhhh... Chris, there's nothing new here." or "This is nothing that wasn't hashed and rehashed throughout the 90's. It's not a big deal." Tweety just keeps driving forward though. :crazy:

[FrenchieCat]

4. He is very irrelevant, but the problem is that he can make an impact

on the uninformed voters. Plus he is normally only repeating what the rest of the media has already said, over and over again....and hence lies the problem.

[stillcool]

5. totally...

it's like watching a soap opera, with bad actors, and a bad plot.

[shoopnyc]

6. Oh wait, I see...

...he's pissed that Keith has Gore booked. That's gotta be what it is...(in the midst of his current spate of Clinton hating, no less). Burst his (matthew's), well, bubble. (Feel free to "burst" something else on him)!

[shoopnyc]

7. or did he not "Clinton Climax"

That's it! Chris is a victim of "Clinton Climax"!

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

8. No, O'Lielly's gig was with Inside Edition. I think he was doing that

show when Tonya Harding whacked Nancy Kerrigan...

[rocktivity]

9. Well, what CAN he talk about--The surge in Iraq? The surge in gas prices?

Paul Wolfowitz's exit strategy? Gone-zales?

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

10. Chris has one very big disconnect

Only people actually interested in politics would watch his show in the first place. Once they (we, me, you,) realize how fluffy, uniformed and facile he is, you have no more reason to watch, because you are not going to learn anything new or notable.

This makes him 100% percent totally irrelevant - because he appeals to neither the political nor the apolitical nor the informed or the uninformed.

[Berry Cool]

11. When I tuned in, he was spending 15 minutes whining about

the Mexican audience at the Miss Universe pageant booing Miss USA (and not because she fell, either).

I thought "This is his big story today?" :shrug:

[Rydz777]

12. I think he has a long term contract with NBC. So he doesn't

have to worry unless he pulls an Imus.

[hatrack]

13. Think Esperanto, gothic typefaces, Bakelite, tube radios and solid-state guitar amps

Better yet, think Wang, Commodore and Avatar; Pong, Dig-Dug and Tempest; linotype, Salvarsan and New Coke, along with the Pinto, the Yugo, the Vega and the K-Car.

And cross all of the above with equal measures of the National Enquirer, the Globe and E! Online.

[LBJDemocrat]

14. I like Hardball

Well; I liked it a few years ago. I haven't watched it in that long.

[Big Pappa]

15. Where do they find these guys?

At the Adult book store? They are all so freaky looking.

[LittleClarkie]

16. The college tours are supposed to be pretty cool

though I rely on my fellow DUers to tell me that, as I've never had the chance to see one.