Matthews Declares Obama Speech ‘Churchillian’—Before It’s Delivered

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The thrill is back!  Chris Matthews got a Churchillian frisson from the Obama speech–even before the president delivered it.

During the Hardball pre-game, Matthews declared this to guests Pat Buchanan and Larry O’Donnell:

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Here’s the key line, I think, though there will be others.  “The day of reckoning has arrived,” this is Senator, this is President Obama. “The day of reckoning has arrived. The time to take charge of our future is here.”  This is Churchillian.

Buchanan had a telling retort . . .

PAT BUCHANAN: I don’t remember Churchill saying “this wasn’t my fault!”

Touché .  In any case, Matthews seems to set his standards for immortal prose pretty low.  And doesn’t delivery count for something?  Couldn’t Chris have waited till the speech was given before placing it in the pantheon of presidential oratory?

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This was written by Mark Finkelstein. Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at 8:17 PM. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.   []

3 Comments

  1. Tman wrote:

    Let’s not forget that President Obama sent home the bust of Churchill that used to be sitting in the White House.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4623148/Barack-Obama-sends-bust-of-Winston-Churchill-on-its-way-back-to-Britain.html

    I still can’t believe a bigger deal wasn’t made of this story, but one thing for sure-Obama will not go down as Churchillian, that I can assure you.

    Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 12:07 AM | Permalink
  2. bigtimer wrote:

    TMAN…

    You are so correct…it made me sick to my stomach about the bust of Churchill being shipped back…for the most part the msm remained mum…disgusting to say the least.

    Then we had ol’ Tingles muttering ‘Oh God’ under his breath before Jindal spoke.

    msnbc is nothing but a disgrace…period, with Matthews and Olbie leading the way to what I hope is eventually their own self-destruction.

    I despise these creatures.

    Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 1:20 PM | Permalink
  3. Dave wrote:

    I am sorry, but Barack Hussein Obama would have been unfit to fetch cigars for Winston Churchill, much less clip them.

    -Dave

    Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 12:00 AM | Permalink

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