Chris Matthews, sunglasses-wearing elite?
September 26, 2008 7:35 pm ET by Jamison Foser
Here's MSNBC's Chris Matthews, moments ago, suggesting Barack Obama is "elite" in part because Obama was wearing sunglasses:
Can Barack Obama, a man of elite education if not elite background, break into the middle class and talk regular? Can he talk to regular people in their kitchens tonight, in their living rooms?
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Everybody thinks Barack is too cool. In other words, there he is with the shades, getting on the plane. A little bit too elegant, a little bit too proud of his own bearing. Is that a problem, that he's just too cool for words. In other words, elite.
And here's MSNBC's Chris Matthews, sitting beside the pool outside his Nantucket vacation home, wearing sunglasses:


















I love MSNBC, and for the most part I like Matthews. I admit that I like Keith, Rachel, and Chuck Todd better, but none the less Chris is held in high esteem by me. HOWEVER, as my father used to say to me, "Son, better to keep your mouth shut and thought stupid, than to open your mouth and prove it". Evidently Chris could use this sage advice.
This is what happens when your alligator(mouth), overloads your Hummingbird (ass).
Constipation of the brain with diarrhea of the mouth. Also applicable.
Well put Johnie!
So, was the sun out?
Matthews is such a fool and takes himself much too seriously.
Did you all watch Chris tonight? He is often tongue in cheek with his comments about Barack. He is merely mocking what the Repubs will say. What's wrong with a strong, young, healthy and hip president? I think that's what Chris may have been asking.
Obama 08
Last time I checked with my eye doctor, sunglasses were recommended for EVERYONE to prevent cataracts, which are increasingly common due to changes in the environment. Wearing sunglasses means being responsible for your health, period!
I am curious about the thinking that makes Obama "too cool" when he wears sunglasses, but makes it OK when Todd Palin is referred to as "First Dude". A double standard here???
Chris Matthews could look cool in sunglasses, too... if he lost 40 pounds.
I never knew it was elite to protect your eyes. I wear sunglasses all of the time on the advicee of my eye doctor. If Chris Matthews wants to get macular degeneration - and other eye diseases - that's his business. He shouldn't criticize Barack for not feeling the same way.
Chris Matthews appears to be bipolar. I hope he isn't, but he sure acts like it.
BO was also carrying his own clothes! Seems like an "elitilst" would be using a personal assistant to do such ordinary things.
Obama can't relate to regular people...
Obama can't relate to regular people...
Obama can't relate to regular people...
Hey Chris, PLEASE FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY. This is getting boring.
Obama is not proud. He has DIGNITY. I think Matthews--like McCain, like the Clintons, like Jesse Jackson and Jeremiah Wright--is mistaken in many of his personal observations about Obama.
The problem is not that Obama thinks more of himself than he ought to. The problem is that they all think LESS of him than they ought to. At the root of all the elitist talk is the unfortunate belief that Barack and Michelle Obama don't deserve to be where they are.
I will give Matthews and the rest the benefit of the doubt and assume this comes as news to them.