I'm missing Chris Matthews more than ever these days n/t

[jaysunb]

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I just noticed he was gone, how soon did I forget...not kidding.

[KT2000]

2. Me too!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I'm not. It's nice to see hosts interview their guests without talking over them.

[USALiberal]

5. LOL, ok! nt

[aidbo]

4. Are you missing that 'compare-the-left-to-nazis' shtick?

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Boy, I don't miss him one little bit nt

[madinmaryland]

8. My sentiments exactly!

[randr]

7. Who?

[Evergreen Emerald]

20. Twitty!

I liked him, despite his obnoxious pattern of interrupting people.

[lamp_shade]

9. Me too, jansunb. I miss him a lot.

[snowybirdie]

10. I think he had difficulties

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]

11. I miss him also. Don't know why,

but I do

[johnnyplankton]

12. Why?

Really? I remember his jingoistic crap from the Iraq invasion. Poor excuse for a journalist...

[unitedwethrive]

13. Really? Why?

Honestly curious.

[2naSalit]

14. I don't. ...nt

[Mickju]

15. I don't miss him one bit.

I agreed with him politically, but he was absolutely obnoxious and almost impossible for me to watch.

[PJMcK]

16. Please explain your statement

He was a loud-mouthed jerk who wouldn't let people answer his questions.

What do you miss?

Thanks, in advance.

[rickford66]

17. Don't worry about him. He's getting a tingle up his leg because of Trump toughness.

[Cyrano]

18. He stayed around too long

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]

19. Chris Matthews called and wanted you know today was the day Trump really became President. nt

[Awsi Dooger]

21. Likewise...MSNBC is not interesting in the slightest without him

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]

24. I agree. He had a different slant on the stories of the day.

I still miss him at 7 o'clock. The rest of the line-up is just more of the same.

[Hekate]

22. Yeah, the way he'd steamroll his guests was priceless. The man-crush on Dubya...

...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 didn’t get a retirement party, but walking off in the middle of a broadcast has some repercussions.

[Raine]

23. Matthew's is probably enjoying his basket weaving

and tapioca pudding ... seriously I think he was that near to having a complete mental breakdown.

[RhodeIslandOne]

25. Meh

He went downhill fast. His analysis pretty much sucked at the end.

[DeSmet]

26. I miss

John Stewart.

[lindysalsagal]

27. That makes one of you.

Nothing personal.