Chris Matthews retires from MSNBC over Sanders remarks

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In a way, I'm not surprised. He really was showing his establishment bias and he apologized for his comments about Bernie a few days earlier.

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Chris Matthews to Leave MSNBC Amid Controversy, Sanders Remarks

The longtime anchor said he was stepping down, days after being accused of making unwanted overtures to a guest and comparing Bernie Sanders’s victory in the Nevada caucuses to the World War II Nazi takeover of France.
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DisarmedDespot said:
I'm shocked it took this long. He's been making gaffs on air for years. He's like an inappropriate uncle, except it took this long for the family to stop inviting him to dinner.
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Don't get me going on some of his mannerism and tics. Some of that may be related to him having had a very bad case of Malaria when he worked for the Peace Corps.
He is still a good old FDR democrat at heart.
 
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How will we stop THE EVIL HEATHEN COMMUNIST SANDERS and coronaravirus?! By retiring abruptly on live TV! 100% Winning POWER, strategy on-par with COSMIC BRAINS HERE!
 
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It wasn't due to Sanders, it was all the inappropriate comments to women piling up and getting new momentum

Anyone watch him talk about Palin back in 08? Lol. Always had to throw in comments on her looks. Was practically drooling
 
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Well, he also said 4 more years of Trump ain't so bad if the Democratic party stopped Sanders and it imploded the general. You can't say that kind of stuff out loud.
 
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Bitek said:
It wasn't due to Sanders, it was all the inappropriate comments to women piling up and getting new momentum

Anyone watch him talk about Palin back in 08? Lol. Always had to throw in comments on her looks. Was practically drooling
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I remember years ago he in a creepy way hit on Erin Burnett live on the air. Although a fan of his politics I will not make excuses for him.

Note the difference between the left and the right and who maintains their principles.
 
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No excuses. I think it's a generational thing to a certain extent. Also, I've noticed his mental lapses were becoming much more frequent in the last couple of years. I was thinking he really should retire. At least he did the right thing. You'd never see just about anybody resign in this day, and in this business until you are just about forced out.
 
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He should’ve spared himself the embarrassment and retired a few years ago. He seems to have that old man thing where he constantly has drool/spittle on his lower lip. I never understood why male broadcasters can stay on the air until their dead, while women are forced off the air by 50.
 
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hal2kilo said:
No excuses. I think it's a generational thing to a certain extent. Also, I've noticed his mental lapses were becoming much more frequent in the last couple of years. I was thinking he really should retire. At least he did the right thing. You'd never see just about anybody resign in this day, and in this business until you are just about forced out.
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Agreed about the generational thing. I’m in the middle X
I can see these things both ways easily.
Matthews is thinking a little flirting is a compliment to a woman, women under 30 do not view it as a compliment.
I think the Sanders comment was the final straw.

Too bad he has been around my entire life and I find him sort of interesting.
 
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UNCjigga said:
He should’ve spared himself the embarrassment and retired a few years ago. He seems to have that old man thing where he constantly has drool/spittle on his lower lip. I never understood why male broadcasters can stay on the air until their dead, while women are forced off the air by 50.
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Do you really need an answer to this?
 
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No loss. He's a rambling old buffoon at this point. He should have hung up the mic years ago. Now instead of going out in grace it's disgrace.
 
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UNCjigga said:
He should’ve spared himself the embarrassment and retired a few years ago. He seems to have that old man thing where he constantly has drool/spittle on his lower lip. I never understood why male broadcasters can stay on the air until their dead, while women are forced off the air by 50.
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Chris Jansing's kinda hot and she's 62. Still on the air
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