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Testy Chris Matthews Responds to ‘Thrill Up His Leg’ Question: ‘Horse’s A** Right Winger’

Chris Matthews is so over the “thrill up his leg.”

Let me clarify. The MSNBC host is not over President Obama.  He is merely tired of people referencing the statement he made when he realized that he had a serious political crush on then-candidate Obama.

That moment happened back in 2008 during MSNBC’s primary coverage in March, and quickly become one of the most-referenced examples of media bias in favor of Barack Obama. Mr. Matthews was speaking with his co-anchor that evening, Keith Olbermann:

Even Olbermann realized that the “thrill” was going to be the phrase people would have fun with.

Matthews and his thrill became the subject of talk radio ridicule, late night talk show host jokes, newspaper columns, and so on. His honesty reverberated into something that is actually coveted by advertising gurus on Madison Avenue and sketch comedy writers on SNL – a catch phrase!

It appeared for while that the elder statesman of MSNBC would embrace this branding. Watch as he brings it up himself, months later:

But now, it seems, time and some twisting of the original wording may have soured Matthews on his brilliant branding. Perhaps he has grown tired of hearing about the thrill up his leg because so many people have actually misquoted Matthews, frequently claiming that he got a tingle up his leg. He did not tingle, as he points out here to Third Way co-founder Jim Kessler:

So, if you mention that Matthews gets a “tingle” up his leg, you are a right wing fascist. (Even if you are a member of a moderate group like Third Way.)

Fast-forward a bit to a recent panel event in Boston where C-SPAN’s Steve Scully asked about the thrill, only to be excoriated by Chris Matthews, who offers a lecture and calls those who keep bringing up the issue “jackasses”:

“Perhaps I shouldn‘t have said so because I’ve given a lot of jackasses the chance to talk about it,” Matthews responded. Later he added, “I hope that you feel satisfied that you‘ve used the most obvious question that is raised by every horse’s ass right-winger I ever bump into.”

So now we know:

Tingle = Right wing fascist

Thrill = Jackass or horse’s ass

Thanks for clarifying, Chris!

(H/T: Hot Air)

Comments (112)

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  • moussiagilda
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:30am

    That’s his level of invective, his skill, his imagination, a display of what’s inside his mind.

    It’s hell to be him.

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    • Barakaflockaflame
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:42am

      Did he say Reagan would get a thrill up his butt every time he would enter the House Chamber? Listen closely at 1:07

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:57am

      Agreed…Matthews is regretting every syllable he utterred about thrills and legs in relation to Obama.

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    • ron2win
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 1:01pm

      He took to long to rationalize the obvious.Had the guy asking the question just pushed him a little more on it ,I could almost garauntee that tigles would have gone postal .He was border line when he stopped talking .To bad just a nudge would have done it !

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    • sixtysix
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:29pm

      How about he could close his eyes and forget Oboma is black? The thrill up the leg is disgusting the other is racist. But, the left forgives everything from an ignoramous like Matthews.

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    • SELECT
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:43pm

      Mr. Matthews should look at some of his rants and see just how un-hinged he appears to be…..most of the time. msnbc should dump Matthews and Sharpton.

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    • Navy5170
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:52pm

      BARAKAFLOCKAFLAME; He said a tingle up his spine, not his butt

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  • term limits for congress
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:30am

    Chris, what kind of thrill/tingle do you get from Debbie Wasserman-Schultz? For me, it is less of a thrill and more like a lightening bolt to the colon.

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    • jrcess
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:00am

      Easy there big fellow. Chrissy might like that thrill up the colon, poor hamster!

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  • RedDirtTexas
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:27am

    The old pot calling the kettle black! YONNK-EEE-YONNK-EEE-YONNK!!! There you go Thrill Boy. That’s jackass for shut the hell up!

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:22am

    Why does Chris Matthew even matter; we know he is as insane as the mad hatter.

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:54am

      Snow…
      My guess the number ONE reason why we are talking about this
      MSM excrement …Is …

      Because the world has gone mad..
      And WE would rather make a comment on a non-story like this.

      Than to say something on a real-story and
      possibly disappear in the middle of the night…OR…
      CROAK from a un-diagnosed ailment.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:56am

      Chris just has a thing for a guy that can read a TelePrompter. Kind of like the guys that like fake boobs

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:20am

      Chris Matthews matters because he gives you endless opportunities to dwell on how the MSM and Obama supporters believe he is some sort of Messiah, “Anointed One,” or whatever. In truth, of course, most Obama supporters simply judged that he was a better choice than McCain in 2008, just as he is a better choice than Romney in 2012.

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    • rambosharley
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:34am

      I crack up everytime I see his face. He belongs in the looney bin!

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  • contkmi
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:20am

    Typical lib tactic. Once you’ve lost the argument, start calling names. It’s the only way they know, like calling someone a racist.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:01am

      Yeah, he‘s accusing so many others particularly those horse’s ass conservatives of splitting hairs, while he has based his style of attack reporting upon splitting hairs. Keep feeding him more rope.

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  • mcgrawactor1
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:20am

    “I’m an untraditional person, but I have traditional values.” Yea, right, Chris!!! You are a left wing progressive hosre’s a**. Feel the thrill of it all~

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  • GeorgieJo
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:20am

    IF you put Obummer and Tingles Matthews in a room FULL of mirrors—
    Which one would ask for MORE MIRRORS?
    Both because they both look like donkey ______.

    OMG 2012

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  • Zatoichi
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:19am

    The only jackass here is you Chris Matthews, you’re such a loser.

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  • AJAYW
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:15am

    Just maybe hes one of obama’s gay lovers one never knows

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  • Bill Burns
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:15am

    Matthews wanders on endlessly over a question with the premise “Yes or No please.” A phrase Chris crams down the throat of his guests, repeatedly.

    Incredibly Chris is the 2nd best anchor MSNBC has although his ratings stay in the crapper.

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  • sawbuck
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:12am

    Yeah ..like it’s a huge jump from thrill to tingle..

    Hey Chris..
    What are your thoughts about “goose bumps” …?

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    • 9111315
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:20am

      Words matter in a Propaganda . . I mean PC world.

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:29am

      Well, actually medically speaking “tingling” is usually a negative symptom. A thrill, OTOH, is a very, very, veerrry pleasant feeling, especially if it’s up your leg.

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  • Bicyea
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:12am

    The “LIE” that is Obama’s life story gives a hack like Matthers a “Tingle” FIGURES

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  • HKS
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:12am

    Looks like a flamer to me.

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  • jas0707
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:09am

    He is such an arrogant Socialist boob.

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  • LASTCALL4LIBERTY
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:09am

    Matthews gives me the creeps….. he strikes me as a pedophile.

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:08am

    This November, that tingle is gona be warm piss, when his bun buddy goes down in flames…..

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  • cassandra
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:07am

    Chris you get a Thrill up your leg about obama ? REALLY you are a jackazz The hair on my neck stands up when I think of him, it means WARNING,WARNING WARNING

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:03am

    Come on Chrissy just admit it,you’re a latent homosexual with a thing for a skinny Marxist POS.

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  • voxpopuli2012
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:57am

    For someone purported to be a “progressive Catholic,” Matthews is very arrogant, self-centered, mean-spirited… Oh, wait, sorry, that’s the textbook definition of “progressive Catholic”

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  • Your Name Here
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:56am

    Poor little “Tingle Thrill” Chris.
    You are a typical Progressive.
    Just because you screwed up and ran off at the mouth and made a comment that has made you a laughing stock you now call everyone else jacka$$es for your screw up.
    Grow up and maybe one day you’ll be mature enough to sit at the adult table.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:12am

      The November, The Thrill Is Gone!

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fk2prKnYnI&ob=av2e

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    • Navy5170
      Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:03pm

      He acts just like his illegal alien, gay messiah, Barry O. When you screw up, just pass the blame. Throwing people under the bus is a regular beloved past time for liberals. So just remember, it‘s always Bush’s fault or you are branded a racist. In Chrissy’s world, it’s all the right wing fascists.

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  • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:56am

    Testy and “the thrill” up Cwis Maffew‘s leg shouldn’t go in the same sentence. Maffews is a “crack troop” for Obama…

    Sorry, misread. topic title.. thought it said Testi.

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  • BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:53am

    If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. – Abraham Lincoln

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:16am

      Someone should have told Chris when you go all in YOU’RE ALL IN.
      And if you as a “journalist” go all in for a candidate reguardless of their corruption..You just place your
      ability to be considered objective on the table. And Chrissy you’re holding a losing hand.
      But don‘t feel bad you’ll have plenty of company from alot of other“journalist” and hollywood stars at the losers table.

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  • love the kids
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:52am

    MATTHEW’S = left wing fascist + Jackass or horse’s ass + DUMB A-S

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:50am

    Matthews = Jackass

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  • GeorgeWashingtonslept here
    Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:49am

    My “Horse’s A**” is so much better looking than Chris’ big fat PIE hole……Where did that saying come from. Horse’s rear ends are pretty! IMO of course.

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