During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama gave a speech that prompted MSNBC hack Chris Matthews to say in his response to the speech - and these are his words - "I felt a thrill going up my leg." Eww.
Ever since, conservative bloggers and pundits have incessantly mocked Chris Matthews for this ludicrous and disturbing quote, and rightly so. The problem is that nine times out of ten, these bloggers and pundits get the quote wrong. Somewhere along the way, "thrill" turned into "tingle." Bloggers will mention Matthews' tingling leg, or they will refer to him with the nickname "Tingles." I'm not sure why the word changed, but it was a bad idea. When you look at Matthews' infamous quote, having a thrill go up his leg actually sounds worse than a mere tingle.
Please, all you conservative bloggers and blog commentors out there: Quote Chris Matthews correctly. It was "thrill," not "tingle." The actual line was disturbing enough that you don't need to try to sex it up:
Good Day to You, Sir
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." --Thomas Jefferson
1 comment:
Obviously, being a great speaker does not make one a great leader. Over the years many great speakers have rallied the people to lead them into misery.
I think it is high time that America have an non-celebrity president. Just an average Joe who is a good executive.
George
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