Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball and writer of the new e-book Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked, took a shot at Fox News host and fellow writer Bill O’Reilly throughout a Colbert Record appearance Wednesday night time to promote his personal e book. Matthews instructed host Stephen Colbert that the e-book everybody’s truly waiting for is Killing O’Reilly, whereas metaphorically Killing Obama via declaring that “finally,” Ronald Reagan used to be a greater president than Barack Obama.

Amid their dialogue of the present govt shutdown/default problem, and the way it pertains to Matthews’ cherished time as an aide to Tip O’Neill, Colbert requested “Why didn’t you call it Killing Tip and the Gipper?”

“When are we going to have the ebook we’ve been waiting for, Killing O’Reilly?” Matthews joked.

“I’m not pronouncing it wouldn’t be a major vendor,” Colbert replied, “but it surely could be a little bit cry for lend a hand.”

Jon Stewart made essentially the identical funny story right through an interview with Bill O’Reilly on Monday night, however both men have been beaten to the punch with the aid of internet commenters, the web page The Spoof, and military hero Capt. Koodeye B. Moore-Obtrusive (additionally a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Laff).

Colbert also asked Matthews if President Reagan would ever have discovered himself within the present state of impasse.

“No,” Matthews answered, “as a result of he had a power others didn’t have. He can scare the hell out of people.”

Colbert went on to ask “You think Reagan was once a better president than Obama is?”

“In any case, yeah, finally,” Matthews spoke back, which must be news to those who had been under the impression that President Obama still had a couple of years to head in his 2d term.

“As a result of he ended the Chilly Conflict,” Matthews defined. “That’s arduous to beat. Hard to beat that baby.”

Matthews’ response is in line with the premise of his e book, that “politics labored” during the Reagan/O’Neill era, with out spelling out whom, precisely, it labored for. As a result of the current crop of intransigent Republicans, Reagan has begun to be idealized even via Democrats, including Barack Obama, but his presidency left poisonous legacies at each stage. a Part of that legacy is the present media obsession with deal-making, regardless of whether it’s a good deal, or for whom it’s a excellent deal. The Reagan years were almost definitely not a lot of a hardship for Chris Matthews, but they have been for hundreds of thousands of Americans.

It’s also a safe wager that Chris Matthews has beautiful good medical insurance, so President Obama’s most huge fulfillment, the one who’s under attack at this time, doesn’t touch his imagination the way in which the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union did. But President Obama continues to be alive, and might still succeed in issues in the next few years, along with the two hot wars he has ended, and the one chilly stiff he sent to the underside of the ocean. Maybe Matthews must let issues play out somewhat prior to he passes judgment on the Obama legacy.

right Here’s the entire interview, from The Colbert Document on Comedy Relevant:

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