Pancakes From Mommy
by digby
I’d mercifully forgotten just what “fun” watching election coverage on MSNBC can be. Chuck Todd just said that Obama is having a hard time translating his change message into reality, which gave Matthews a taser-like jolt up his leg and he launched into a full on tirade:
Matthews: You know I don’t understand that! I know what Obama believes in because I agree with a lot of it. He believes in rejoining the world community. He believes in not being a lone gunman out there in the world but recognizing the right of other countries and trying to work with them peacefully for solutions to real problems. Respect for little countries as well as big countries.
At home he believes in a positive role for government, in health care and regulation. He clearly believes in global warming. He has strong beliefs that generally run against what Bush and the Republicans believe. I don’t have a hard time interpreting his beliefs. Do you Larry? Maybe everybody else does .. I don’t know.
Larry Sabato: No, I don’t have a hard time interpreting them, but let’s remember that expectations were just sky high. Too many of those new Democratic voters who weren’t used to voting thought the whole world was going to be remade quickly after Obama got into office.
And look, the economy is still bad …
Matthews: Well, they’re wrong! Larry,they’re wrong and misinformed.
Sabato: … the economy …
Matthews: they’re misinformed! The netroots people out there who think you can change the congress out there overnight legally and civilly are wrong. It takes a strong majority to bring big change. Somebody should have told them that.
Todd: chuckling
Sabato: yeah, well, once the economy improves…
Matthews: Somebody needs to tell these netroots people that you can’t just order pancakes from mommy, that you can’t order change in American government as easy as mommy gimme some pancakes. It’s not that easy!
Funny stuff. You’d think the alleged experts Chuck Todd and Larry Sabato would have mentioned to Tweety that Obama has that required huge majority in the House and a filibuster proof majority in the Senate but they were having a hard time getting a word in edgewise.
Besides, I hate pancakes.
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