Scarborough: Not his job to make Obama a success, like it's not his job to make Iraq war a success

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Looks like the little intern-killing prick is having a hard time adjusting. Oh Well.

:rofl:

Chris Matthews: "I Want To Do Everything I Can To Make This New Presidency Work"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | November 6, 2008 10:48 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/06/chris-matthews-i-want-to_n_141768.html



Chris Matthews appeared on "Morning Joe" Thursday morning, and in the context of discussing the Obama transition — and Rahm Emanuel's motives for waffling on the chief of staff position — told Joe Scarborough it is not his job to question Emanuel's motives.

"You know what?" Matthews said. "I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new Presidency work."

Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski pressed Matthews on his claim, asking if it his his job as a journalist to make the Presidency work.

"Yeah, that's my job. My job is to help this country...to make this work succsesfully, because this country needs a successful Presidency, more than anything right now," Matthews said.

"As Americans, Chris Matthews, we are all rooting for the success of Barack Obama," Scarborough said. "America is at a perilous time. But you just talked about being a journalist, and your job as a journalist is not to question motives. Then, two seconds later, you said your job was to make this Presidency a success. That's curious."

Later, Scarborough said, "We all wish well, we just don't think it's our job to make this work anymore than it was a journalist's job to make the Iraq War have a successful launch."

Watch, and enjoy Time Managing Editor Rick Stengel knocking Newsweek's Barack Obama cover, which features a photo that Stengel called "about two years old," below: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/06/chris-matthews-i-want-to_n_141768.html

[billyoc]

1. I expect to be campaigning for Matthews against Specter in '10.

Definitely.

[AlCzervik]

2. What is the purpose of his female host?

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

3. No, but it is his responsibility to not be a dickwad...

[ErinBerin84]

4. then why did

you give David Shuster such a hard time when he called you out on throwing softballs at the McCain advisor on Iraq, Morning Douchebag Joe? What a hypocrite. Huffington Post also did not include the full exchange, Chris didnt' word it too well, but Joe was really making a huge deal out of the Rahm "mulling it over" thing, saying it spells "disaster for the Obama administration".

[FrenchieCat]

5. Neither Chris or Joe are Journalists.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

6. Scarborough is fifty pounds of shit

that you just can't get into a two pound can.

[rocktivity]

7. Tweety certainly did everything he could to make the CURRENT presidency work!

rocknation