Chris Matthews Praises Rendell for VP , Makes Bizarre Jewish Reference

[ErinBerin84]

Ok, we all know that Matthews is really trying to get Rendell on the VP ticket bc it plays into Matthews ambitions to run for Senate in PA after his tv contract is up. Here is his "selling point" for Rendell as VP.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/chris-matthews-praises-re_n_106620.html

"Hardball host Chris Matthews experienced one of those fleeting periods of brain-vacancy that so often plague his broadcasts this afternoon, leading him to transform a banal segment that profiled a possible vice-presidential pick for Senator Barack Obama into an utterly bizarre statement about Florida Jews:


MATTHEWS: So who is it? Pennsylvania Governor Eddie Rendell. I tell ya, this guy would surround that slice of ham - Obama - with so much rye bread, he'd have the whole state of Florida munching on it!


Uhm...so Ed Rendell is so kosher that he makes the treyf safe? And, prithee, Chris, what will all of Florida's Cuban stereotypes munch on? "

[Max_powers94]

1. I wonder about CM sometimes.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. He's Too Pithy ,By Half...

[ecstatic]

3. I keep trying to figure out WHO Tweety knows... how did he get the job? nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. I Almost Feel Sorry For Him

There was a piece about him in the Sunday NYT Magaine a month or so ago... They said he was very insecure and Russert thinks he's a clown...

[ecstatic]

10. LOL. Maybe one day I'll read his bio on wiki. Or maybe not nt

[Ashy Larry]

5. It was a joke.

He laughed when he said it. I'm not saying it was a good joke but its not something to get upset about.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Nothing To Get Upset About...We Call Him Goofball In Our Household...

[ErinBerin84]

8. I'm not upset about it.

Most of the bizarre things that Chris Matthews says are meant to be jokes, that doesn't mean that we can't make fun of how bizarre they are. Plus, I think it's just hilarious how transparent his attempts to prop up Rendell as VP are.

[Ashy Larry]

11. Fair enough.

[islandmkl]

7. change the bread to a cuban roll once your south of lauderdale...

add some pork, pickles, cheese...press it...

VOILA!!...the Cuban sandwich...

[hisownpetard]

9. It's amazing that his eyes don't go off in different directions, the way his mind does.

How does he come up with these statements of lunacy?

The thing that gets me is that, when he unleashes a corker like that, he looks around with a Cheshire-cat smile,
waiting for the applause to overwhelm him - like a little kid who just did his first poop in the potty.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

13. He's looking just off-camera at his fluffer

for reassurance & affirmation.

[democrattotheend]

12. I like Rendell, but he may be too gaffe-prone for VP

He has a big mouth. I have the same concern about Joe Biden.

[AllentownJake]

14. Don't know what I would do

If the Primary race for Senate in 2010 is Rendell vs Matthews...casting a primary ballot for either would be tough.

Hopefully someone else steps to the plate.

[JimGinPA]

15. Tweety Is Hoping To Run For The Senate In PA In 2010 When Spector Retires...

He's been giving Rendell the Hindlick Maneuver for a while now.

[Cha]

16. Sorry, tweety lost his

validity and so did eddie rendell. Just how wrong can a pundithead be?