Am I wrong or was Chris Matthews a former Democratic congress man?

[coldiggs]

If he was why did he say somthing so awful last night?

[SPKrazy]

1. I don't think so, but he did work for Jimmy Carter

but I don't know what his role was

[FredScuttle]

8. speechwriter for Carter

also was an aide to Tip O'Neill for many years. Tip would be rolling in his grave to see what a craven ass his protege turned out to be

[Oceansaway]

2. hes been eating them shit sandwiches again

actually, none of them have stopped....

[earthboundmisfit]

16. And jeez, then he proceeds to COMPLIMENT THE CHEF!

n/t

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. you're wrong.

n/t

[William769]

4. He used to work for the Speaker of the house

Tip O'neil.

[Slit Skirt]

5. not a congressman..

he worked for Tip O'Neil during Jimmy Carter's presidency

Chris Matthews is all about money, and rubbing elbows with power

mostly he is sheer bullshit

[coldiggs]

7. I use to think he did a prety good job. I thought he was a dem before all

of this.

[Slit Skirt]

17. yeah...i used to watch him a lot

but he really screwed Kerry over and allowed rw talking points go unattested....
he is doing the same thing now

I couldn't believe him at the beginning of the week.....3 white men discussing Hilary's comments and how offensive it is to black people....AS IF THEY WOULD EVEN KNOW...they've got a lot of damn nerve!
I kept thinking to myself....and you know how?????? all the discrimination you white males have been through RIGHT:sarcasm:

[blm]

18. He was always a conservative Dem, then Jack Welch started paying him

big bucks to parrot the fascist agenda for GE.

[LisaM]

6. I think he was a speechwriter

Strangely, I think he still thinks of himself as a Democrat, albeit a very strange kind of one. He almost snapped back briefly when Zell Miller challenged him to a duel, but I guess he's gotten over that.

[coldiggs]

9. lol that was the funniest thing I had ever seen.

[LisaM]

22. I know! I still laugh about it.

You'd think they'd have locked the guy up for threatening physical assault.

[neverevergivein]

10. He's not a Democrat

He's an idiot

[DanCa]

11. Former should be in quotes :D.

It's what noballs says and does now that counts.

[liberal N proud]

12. He is a Washington Insider or so his promo claims

He is a right wing shill who has worked for various Washington officials.

The trash collector at the Capitol could claim the same bull shit.

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. No. He was a top aide for Tip O'Neill and speech writer for Carter

???? I think and was PISSED when Clinton didn't make him his press secretary and turned on the party because of that.

[tsuki]

14. He's a cheap date who sells his shill for RW party invites. n/t

[Cleita]

15. He used to write a column for the San Francisco Chronicle.

I read him all the time and his ideas then were very liberal. I don't know who the person is that is occupying Chris Matthew's body these days. Some say he was snubbed by the Clinton administration, whom he felt should have offered him a job. It does seem that from that time he started getting even with Clinton when the Monica scandal broke out. Now I guess he's so deep in neo-con shit he can't pull himself out.

[mattclearing]

19. Maybe he believes that "September 11th changed everything."

Moran.

[rodeodance]

20. from Wikipedia--clickables for specifics at site.

Matthews, a Philadelphia native and Roman Catholic, graduated from La Salle College High School and The College of the Holy Cross, and did graduate work in economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then served in the Peace Corps in Swaziland as a trade development advisor.

Matthews has worked for four Democratic politicians. He was a presidential speechwriter for four years during the administration of Jimmy Carter. He served as a top aide to long-time Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O'Neill for six years. He worked in the U.S. Senate for five years on the staffs of Senators Frank Moss and Edmund Muskie before running for U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. In December 2005, Matthews' brother Jim announced that he was a Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.

[coldiggs]

21. thanks so he ran and did not win