Matthews referred to Romney as "the well-sculpted Mitt"
On the October 4 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, host Chris Matthews described Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as "well-sculpted," asserting, "Newsweek put the well-sculpted Mitt on its cover this week, with a look at his candidacy and his faith."
As Media Matters for America has noted, Matthews has previously gushed over Romney's physical appearance:
- On the August 13 edition of Hardball, Matthews said of Romney, "He looks like a million bucks. Everything is perfect. Everything about him is perfect -- his look, his manner, everything, the shirt, never rolled-up sleeves, the tie always tied." Matthews then asked, "That perfection -- is that the Republican Party of the 21st century? Is that what we're looking for, the perfect efficiency expert?"
- On the February 13 edition of Hardball, Matthews said that Romney has "got a great chin, I've noticed," and wondered, "[D]oes that mean he might not have a glass jaw?"
- On the January 19 edition of Hardball, Matthews said of Romney: "He has the perfect chin, the perfect hair, he looks right."
Other media figures have also joined in:
- On the May 30 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly said: "[Y]ou can't get more presidential-looking than Mitt Romney." O'Reilly continued: "[I]f you were to make up a guy, this would be the guy, you know, that looks presidential. He's got the jaw going on, the little gray thing in there." O'Reilly concluded that Romney's "presidential" looks bode well for his electoral prospects, saying, "I think that means a lot in America."
- In his June 6 column, Politico chief political columnist Roger Simon declared Romney the winner of the June 5 Republican presidential debate and attributed Romney's victory, in part, to the fact that he is "[s]trong, clear, gives good soundbite, and has shoulders you could land a 737 on."
- In a February 13 Politico column, Simon claimed Romney "looks so much like a president would look if television picked our presidents (and it does) that sometimes you have to ask yourself if you are watching the real deal or a careful construction." Simon continued: "Romney has chiseled-out-of-granite features, a full, dark head of hair going a distinguished gray at the temples, and a barrel chest. On the morning that he announced for president, I bumped into him in the lounge of the Marriott and up close he is almost overpowering. He radiates vigor."
- A February 26 Newsweek article by Jonathan Darman and Evan Thomas asserted that Romney "is so buff and handsome in late middle age that when a brochure from a recent campaign showed him standing, bare-chested, on a swimming float, he was accused of sexually pandering to women voters."
- On the February 27 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, Republican pollster Frank Luntz said of Romney's family: "If you've ever seen his wife and kids, this is a model American family. They're all attractive. ... [T]hey all got the look of the first family look, and the more that he brings that in, the more successful he's going to be."
From the October 4 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews:
MATTHEWS: Hard-nosed columnist Bob Novak, who proudly wears the mantle "Prince of Darkness," says that presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon, must talk about his faith soon, or it's all over. And Newsweek put the well-sculpted Mitt on its cover this week, with a look at his candidacy and his faith.
Novak reports today that, within the Romney campaign -- quote -- "the consensus is that he must address the Mormon question with a speech deploring bias. Campaign sources say a speech has been written, though 90 percent of it could still be changed. It's not yet determined exactly what he will say or when he will deliver a speech that could determine the political outcome in 2008."
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Well if Matthews worked for FOX we all know this would mean he would be the "Worst Person in the World" tonight on Olbermann.
I would hardly call "well sculpted" some fawning compliment. What is it with this website and their dislike of Matthews? Is he not allowed to ever offer up any personal opinion that may even remotely appear favorable to a Republican? What a ridiculous topic thread. WITH!!??
It is strange too because Olbermann is helping Matthews pimp his book.
And Newsweek put the well-sculpted Mitt on its cover this week, with a look at his candidacy and his faith.
And the problem with Matthews saying this is?
Give me a break.
This site gets sillier by the day.
Bet if Matthews OR anyone mentioned putting the handsome Obama on the cover of any magazine you'd all think that was grand.
Matthews rips the GOP & Bush on a nitely basis, yet MMFA's hatred of him comes up with these lame complaints just to stick it to him.
Grow up.
I have come to the conclusion that they hate Matthews because he dared to question Democrats the same way he questioned Republicans. I mean if he was that bad a person Keith Olbermann would not help him sell his book .
Sue, I don't know if you realize it or not, but you sort of give one the impression that you do not like Keith Olberman or something.
Am I the only one who gets this feeling?
I have nothing against Keith, but I do have something against MSNBC .
Where on earth did you get that impression?
Lynn, it's just your lying eyes that gave you that idea. ;-)
If this site gets consistenly more ridiculous, feel free not to visit it. That's what I do with "The O'Factor".
On a side note, anyone else feel like Mitt and Matthews should get some lone time away from prying eyes and children?
But Mitt is so handsome. I understand that the handsomes have to stick together. J2, speaking for handsome men everywhere, please call Chris and ask him to fawn over Obama. I likey Obama especially in that swimsuit pic. And Joe Biden isn't bad either for an older gentleman. John Edwards is very nice looking - why not feature him instead of carping about his hair. If all's fair with the handsome men, then try to make it happen. You being fair and balanced and all. ;-)
I agree with you assessment that Obama and Edwards are real cuties, but CM has this thing for Republican faux macho men, I think it's all that over the top tough talk about warring and torturing that is turning him on, but what do you expect from a man that advocates living life like some slimy political campaign.
Jon Stewart nailed Chris on that book. Did you see the interview? It was funny.
Oh yeah!! Although I believed CM handled it pretty well, but it certainly lets you know where his head is. He has those slimey DC values.
This site gets sillier by the day.
Love it or leave it, right?
You WITH-ers bore me.
MMfA hasn't noted yet that Matthews recently made the comment, during an appearance in front of many democratic party notables, that the Bush administration has finally been proven to be criminal.
You will never get that story on here. Not part of the mission.
Well, because that particular comment is not misinformation. No need to post it here. It is covered on the Huffington post, however.
But offering his opinion is misinformation. Got it
If it advances the message of conservative information, yes an opinion belongs here.
Limbaugh is nothing but opinion. I have yet to hear him utter a verifiable fact. That doesn't mean his nonsense doesn't belong here.
Y'know, Sueeld, your obsession with Oberman is getting down right creepy. You manage to work him in to nearly every thread that you comment on, in spite of the fact that its rarely relevant to the discussion. I mean, what's the story here?
As for Tweety, you are now exhibiting a remarkable ignorance to the level of anti Democratic bias that he has shown, as well as the amount of anti Democratic disinformation that he has frequently delivered. He is a past recipient of MMFA's annual Misinformer of the Year award. If you're serious about learning just WHY MMSM often cites Tweety's comments, then do yourself a favor & research his past offenses. This would be an easy thing to do since YOU'RE ALREADY AT A WEBSITE THAT IS SET UP TO DO JUST THAT.
If you want people here to take what you say seriously, Sueeld, then you need to... at least occasionally... say things that CAN be taken seriously.
If Matthews only recently stated that they have finally been proven to be criminal, that might be considered misinformation.Or at least, very outdated information.
I noticed a thread on FDL on this. He's sorta complained, but short on details
Brock's fascination with the male anatomy has become boring and trite. This is absolutely a WITH.
it isn't Brock's fascination with male anatomy, it's Brock pointing out the media's fascination with it as a way to turn election politics into some sort of high school popularity contest instead of actually focusing on issues.
It was the media that sold a smirking moron with whom we were told we would allegedly like to "have a beer" on no credentials other than his phony homespun demeanor to the voting public, it was the allegedly liberal media that all turned into a bunch of giddy little schoolgirls at the codpiece bulge during that BS carrier landing and it's been the media that spends more time on superficial nonsense at the expense of genuine issues which this site has been trying to point out.
sure, some of it may seem a bit tenuous, but as part of the larger picture it paints a scary picture of our press having ceased to be the voice of public concerns and interests and having become the equivalent of a royal court's shills and stenographers
The point of MMFA for those of you who seem to have forgotten and are now playing along with Tommy's chest nut of "why is this even here" is to illustrate examples either of conservative misinformation in the press or, hand in hand with conservative misinformation being disseminated through the allegedly liberal media is the unusual amount of GOP fluffing that certain media figures seem to be fond of performing.
Tweety may have finally turned on Bush since that rapturous swoon he caught over the codpiece back on Mission Accomplished Day, but he seems bent on finding some perverse approximation of a daddy figure over whom to fawn and drool within the GOP whether it be Giuliani, Romney or even Grandpa Fred and occasionally Ann Coulter
Coulter being the most father-like figure among those you mentioned.
Just the same, it's still kind of disturbing to watch Chris go all sueeld over Romney.
Hey, where the hell is Worrierking? Not one "comfortable chin" comment yet!
I noticed that glaring omission immediately, too.
I hope he shows up soon, otherwise somebody's going to have to act as air traffic control around here until we find another place for landings...
"Chris go all sueeld over Romney."
What exactly does that mean?
<yawn>
Huh?
More fawning over the face of Mitt Romney. Matthews swoons as if Mitt's "perfect chin" means Romney would be a better president than anyone else (especially a certain woman, right Chris?). This is the state of today's fixated-on-the-superficial punditocracy, embodied in Matthews.
and he shoulders you could land an aircraft carrier on.
what is it with these guys who are all against gay marriage and gay rights and their obsession with romney's manly manliness?
It looks like Matthews man crush on Bush in a flight suit is over for the time being.
I think Chris only likes it when they talk about torturing and warring, he doesn't actually like it when they do it for real.
I've always felt Matthews fawned too much over Giuliani, Mitt, and til recently, Bush; YES, MATTHEWS SLAMMED BUSH YESTERDAY! hard to believe, butafter I read this today, I guess Chris wouldn't want to drink with Bush, and especially Cheney, anymore; like this admin, too little, too late:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/05/matthews-rails-against-ad_n_67307.html
I found CM unwatchable many years ago. I wouldn't care if he brayed that every Democrat was a gift from God. He grates the nerves and is kind of silly.
Mr. Romney is an empty suit & Chris is not much better.
I must confess, I have never seen this man's television person until I saw him get a new one ripped by Jon Stewart the other night. What a fauning, nerdy sychophant. I thought to myself, this is "Frasier" without the wit!
I happened to catch Matthews on The Daily Show trying to sell his latest book. I couldn't believe that he was trying to sell a book on how to succeed in life by being a phony on Stewart's show. John Stewart is nothing if he is not genuine.
Matthews couldn't believe that his book was characteized as a prescription for unhappiness. He went on to fawn over how successful the Clintons were and attributed that succes to their being disingenuous. Chris is really one screwed up individual.
And to think that such a book would be attractive to The Daily Show's audience is really delusional.
Chris has been hanging around with Andy Sullivan too much
Am I remiss in thinking John Amato, on CNN, said Mitt "smells great" some time in June?
And do I need a dish to get the smell-o-vision? It isn't coming thru on cable.
I just wish Chris Matthews would stop inflicting his schoolboy crushes on us.
We are in the middle of a war, and maybe at the beginning of a new one.
We have a rampant health care crisis.
Our housing bubble is bursting.
Gas is 3 bucks a gallon.
So why should we vote for this guy? Because he's HANDSOME!