Raines on Chris Matthews: 'Fragile'
'No creature in the universe is more fragile than a cable celeb who has just been mugged in print,' says former Times editor
Last month, Mark Leibovich wrote an extensive and somewhat unflattering profile of MSNBC anchor and political guru Chris Matthews for the cover of the New York Times Magazine.
How did Mr. Matthews feel about the piece?
According to freshly unearthed and highly anecdotal evidence: not so well!
To wit: In the current issue of Portfolio, former Times Editor Howell Raines tells an anecdote about recently attending an awards dinner in Washington D.C., thrown by The Week.
Along the way, Mr. Raines runs down the roster of attendees, which, he writes, included Chris Matthews who was "reeling that evening from having just read an early copy of ‘that fucking article' about him in the Times Magazine."
More from Mr. Raines:
My wife, Krystyna, seated at the same table, reported that Andrea [Mitchell] assured Chris that "it wasn't that bad," but no creature in the universe is more fragile than a cable celeb who has just been mugged in print.
Amen, amen, amen, Leibovich! Matthews is exactly like a lot of dorky male adolescents, fixated at age 13 and always hungering for another young female face to gawk at and memorize to take into the nearest bathroom stall first chance. Every woman can sense those kinds of men immediately; notice the ones who whisper and snicker all evening. Matthews isn't a commentator or analyst, he's a has been, so-so, entertainer hung up in the 1960's. Pretty sad for a 62 year old ready for Social Security and Medicare and is the age of most American girls grandfathers. Still hopeless, but bleaching blond his thin, stringy, hair anyway like the nitwit who never got any yet. And giving his business card to models to call him? Does he actually think those overhearing his spitting voice believe any one of those women would ever be interested in this aging hippie. That the best a good looking model could do is a balding 62 year old?? LOL! ROFLOL!