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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)KT2000
(20,581 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,706 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)aidbo
(2,328 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,619 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)I liked him, despite his obnoxious pattern of interrupting people.
lamp_shade
(14,834 posts)snowybirdie
(5,227 posts)Read somewhere his wife asked MSNBC to take him off the air. No link, sorry. But he did exhibit decline mentally before he left the air.
Polly Hennessey
(6,798 posts)but I do
johnnyplankton
(351 posts)Really? I remember his jingoistic crap from the Iraq invasion. Poor excuse for a journalist...
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)Honestly curious.
2naSalit
(86,634 posts)Mickju
(1,803 posts)I agreed with him politically, but he was absolutely obnoxious and almost impossible for me to watch.
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)He was a loud-mouthed jerk who wouldn't let people answer his questions.
What do you miss?
Thanks, in advance.
rickford66
(5,523 posts)Cyrano
(15,041 posts)At one time, his opinions were relevant. But he didn't stay up with change and the current realities of the world.
He contributed much in his career, including spending part of his life in the Peace Corps. But, unfortunately, he didn't know that he had fallen behind and it was past time for him to hang it up.
TeamPooka
(24,227 posts)Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)I know the approach all others will take. Sorry, but that does not attract me in the slightest. Matthews could be up or down but he could take a discussion sideways and do more with a handful of words than any of the rest of them combined.
I've had tons of man to man political debates. Matthews would be hellish to debate. That's the standard I use. Standard fare is easily parried regardless of the supposed caliber.
kskiska
(27,045 posts)I still miss him at 7 o'clock. The rest of the line-up is just more of the same.
Hekate
(90,704 posts)...was epic. The flying spittle was so endearing.
Tweety was a character, all right. Unfortunately, for every worthwhile thing he said, there was more of the above all the time. I am sorry he didnt get a retirement party, but walking off in the middle of a broadcast has some repercussions.
Raine
(30,540 posts)and tapioca pudding ... seriously I think he was that near to having a complete mental breakdown.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)He went downhill fast. His analysis pretty much sucked at the end.
John Stewart.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)Nothing personal.