Seconds after President George W. Bush completed his speech Thursday evening, MSNBC's Countdown featured a diatribe from Chris Matthews ridiculing Bush for picking up, “almost in the way a hermit crab does,” some “scary” notions from the nefarious “neo-conservatives.”
The condescending Matthews raged:
He was a rich kid driving his father's car. He got to be President because of his father, let's face it, the same way he got into school and everything else, the same way he got his car probably. But the scary thing about Bush is somewhere he came to meet people like Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby and Paul Wolfowitz and Feith and the rest of them...
The scary thing about Bush is he picked up on -- almost in the way that a hermit crab does -- another identity in becoming President....He became this new scholar of freedom, and he's going to spend the rest of his life selling this stuff. This stuff cost the lives of 100,000 Iraqis, it cost the lives of 4,000 U.S. service people....
The idea that we have some brand new neo-conservative ideology of freedom that's going to bring peace over in that part of the world is not true, and he's still selling it, and that's the tragedy of the last eight years.Story Continues Below Ad ↓
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Before Bush spoke, the MRC's Brad Wilmouth noticed, Matthews had laughingly derided the suggestion the fact Bush reads books means he has “knowledge.” The exchange at the end of Hardball:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: John Kerry, who's not good at telling jokes, a couple of years ago, told a joke about, "If you don't study at school, you end up in Iraq," and that was misconstrued by his critics, like Senator Clinton, to mean you'll be drafted. What he meant, it was clearly what he meant to say was, "If you don't study, if you don't have intellectual curiosity, you don't understand the world, you make mistakes like taking America into an Islamic country and become an army of occupation." Was his lack of curiosity and interest in subjects like the Middle East the biggest problem of this President, he lacked curiosity about what he was doing?Brad also corrected the closed-captioning against the video to provide this transcript of the diatribe from Matthews aired live at 8:16 PM EST on Thursday night, January 15:
SUSAN PAGE, USA TODAY: I don't know that I think that's true. I mean, President Bush, in fact, has been a big reader, he says, and I believe him, that he's read a lot of history, but I'm not sure-
[LAUGHTER FROM OTHER GUESTS: ROGER SIMON AND BOB SHRUM]
MATTHEWS: You can hear the laughter because he said he read the books, but is there any evidence of knowledge?
CHRIS MATTHEWS: The scary thing about the last eight years is that George Bush, whatever you think of him, came to office pretty much tabula rasa in terms of philosophy. He didn’t have much. He was a rich kid driving his father’s car. He got to be President because of his father, let’s face it, the same way he got into school and everything else, the same way he got his car probably. But the scary thing about Bush is somewhere he came to meet people like Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby and Paul Wolfowitz and Feith and the rest of them. They had this ideology that he bought in to, this ideology that somehow the United States in waging war and taking over countries somehow was fighting for freedom, and somehow in doing so we would encourage a moderation in the Arab world. Well, history would have taught him, and I know he just put down history by quoting Jefferson which was unfair to Jefferson, history would have told him that in the Arab world, it’s the Arab street, it’s the regular people out there, the vast population in numbers, who oppose the state of Israel, who have always been radicalized. It’s been the leaders that you could deal with, the potentates, the kings we set up over there, the British did, the people that were propped up with oil wealth. We could deal with those people, but the minute the street had a hand in the politics over there, it was radical.Look what happened under him. Algeria had a chance at radical politics, and look what we got there, a bit of, a taste of that. Hamas elected on the West Bank, that did a great deal for peace-making in the Middle East. The election of Ahmadinejad. The idea that somehow the mechanical nature of holding elections, somehow moderates a country. He said it again in his speech tonight that somehow elections and democracy and freedom lead to a moderation on the part of these people. Well, these people have a problem in the Middle East. They want to fight. They don’t like Israel. They don’t like the West. There’s a real seething anger over there towards the West. We better start to figure it out instead of retreating to these notions that he’s been carrying around with him ever since he met Dick Cheney and the neo-conservatives.
I go back to this. The scary thing about Bush is he picked up on -- almost in the way that a hermit crab does -- another identity in becoming President. He didn't have a book knowledge to come to the White House with, having ignored and made fun of at college the pointy heads, he called them, or the intellectuals. He made fun of the smart kids at school and hung around with the jocks.
He decided he’s going to start listening to the intellectuals, so he said this Paul Wolfowitz is such a smart guy, let's go with this neo-conservative idea, let's go into Iraq. He listened to Dick Cheney, he listened to the rest of them. And, all of a sudden, he became this new scholar of freedom, and he's going to spend the rest of his life selling this stuff. This stuff cost the lives of 100,000 Iraqis, it cost the lives of 4,000 U.S. service people, and we don’t know what’s coming around the corner in Iraq. The Brits took over that part of the world and turned it into a series of monarchies. We’ve taken over and we supply it with our ideology. Well, we’ll see if it lasts because, in the end, the Arabs are going to have their own culture, their own politics, and down the road, we’re going to have to make peace with the elements we can find to make peace with.
The idea that we have some brand new neo-conservative ideology of freedom that's going to bring peace over in that part of the world is not true, and he's still selling it, and that's the tragedy of the last eight years. He's learned the wrong lessons, and he's out there selling them again tonight.
KEITH OLBERMANN: To the very last. To the very last.
MATTHEWS: To the last.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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Say what?
January 15, 2009 - 21:11 ET by CobraMan"He didn't have a book knowledge to come to the White House with having ignored and made fun of at college the pointy heads, he called them, or the intellectuals"
Excuse me? President Bush graduated from Harvard AND Yale, two of the most prestigious institutes of higher learning in America. He has a Bachelor's Degree in History (Yale) and a Master's Degree in Business Administration (Harvard).
I hate to burst your bubble there, buddy, but President Bush is far more intelligent that YOU are, you liberal arts loser!
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
Yep. I love how bios of
January 15, 2009 - 21:29 ET by HockeyKidYep. I love how bios of Matthews state that after graduating from college, he "did graduate work in economics". Couldn't finish those stupendous graduate degree requirements, eh, Chrissy? So he goes to Washington, fetches drinks for Tip O'Neill and writes speeches for Jimmuh Cahtuh, and this somehow makes him smarter than everyone on the planet (except his beloved Barack, of course). It'd be funny if it weren't so pathetic.
Nope. It's still funny.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Didn't work hard enough
January 15, 2009 - 21:41 ET by CobraMan"did graduate work in economics"
Apparently, he didn't work hard enough to actually graduate.
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
To paraphrase Barbie (tm),
January 16, 2009 - 09:31 ET by Hunter12To paraphrase Barbie (tm), "College is hard!".
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Clinton one of the smartest
January 16, 2009 - 08:25 ET by athoughtor2Clinton one of the smartest Presidnets ever...also one of the dumbest...I guess his book smarts told him to scale back on the military and intelligence and not to accept Bin Laden on a silver platter. But that's ok for Chrissy the Thrill/Schill. Also his book smarts told him there were only 8 Commandments in the Bible...adultry and coveting thy neighbors wife were eliminated from his books.
The words I would use
January 15, 2009 - 21:15 ET by Scuba DudeThe words I would use to describe so called journalist Chris Matthews will most likely get me banned from NB. Here is wishing the constant downward trend in his ratings and those of his collegues.
MSNBC is the most vile and crass network.
I hope nobody expected the
January 15, 2009 - 23:31 ET by kgI hope nobody expected the 'Comedy Team' at MSNBC to gain any insight, intelligence or morals overnight.
In the government they would call MSNBC a SNAFU.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
This stuff cost the lives
January 15, 2009 - 21:23 ET by MidAmericaThis stuff cost the lives of a hundred thousand Iraqis, it cost the lives of four thousand U.S. service people....
However, in the USA the FBI estimates 16,929 persons were murdered in 2007 alone.
Harumpf… who asked you to
January 16, 2009 - 00:28 ET by maggieqpublicHarumpf… who asked you to bring perspective into this discussion
LOL! Yeah MA...how dare
January 16, 2009 - 00:33 ET by bigtimerLOL!
Yeah MA...how dare you!
"You've gone beyond the law"... Sen. Kerry~ Head of Foreign Relations Committee to Hillary at Sec.of State confirmation hearings~1-13-09
Sorry, Chrissy, but the
January 15, 2009 - 21:23 ET by HockeyKidSorry, Chrissy, but the right lessons are not to be found in The Communist Manifesto. Back to grade school and the Pledge of Allegiance for you!
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Chrissy
January 16, 2009 - 00:10 ET by well99I am curious who will be Obama's number one boot licker?Chrissy or Olbermann?
"The scary thing about Bush is he picked up on -- almost in the way a hermit crab does -- another identity in becoming President."
The scary thing with Chrissy is he is off his Thorzine again.
I don't think it was ever
January 15, 2009 - 21:26 ET by Lux Et VeritasI don't think it was ever the President's, or the Vice-President's primary intention to "bring peace over in that part of the world." Their policy though, has brought peace to our part of the world. That's something that those of us who take the "less hypodermic approach to world affairs" will not forget, and for which we give our highest respect, gratitude, and indebtedness to our servicemen throughout the world. When framed in that context, and despite the predictable objections of Chris Matthews, et al., the President doesn't have to sell anything.
Peace Dividend
January 15, 2009 - 23:13 ET by CobraManEvery President since FDR has tried to "bring peace over there." The only problem is that the Palestinians don't want peace, they want the total destruction of Israel. How can peace ever be achieved when one side, and one side only, refuses to act peacefully?
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
Limited Pity
January 15, 2009 - 23:22 ET by CobraManIt's rather ironic that Crissy has such pity for the "hundred thousand Iraqis" that died over the last four years (most of which were killed by terrorists and their fellow Iraqi's, not by US troops), yet he has absolutely NO pity for the million Iraqis and Iranians that died when Saddam fought a ten year war with Iran. Also, there's NO pity for the hundreds of thousands if Iraqi's that Saddam killed in his 30 year reign of terror. Similarity, no pity for the untold numbers of Kuwaiti's that died when Saddam invaded.
It seems that Crissy's pity is only reserved for those "harmed" by the US, and to hell with what happens everywhere else to anyone else.
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
Matthews is just getting
January 15, 2009 - 21:27 ET by Clear thinkerMatthews is just getting warmed up for the upcoming party he's throwing... Inaugural Pig Sex
Making Fun of AGW http://giovanniworld.wordpress.com/
WOW!!!
January 15, 2009 - 23:50 ET by mizflame98Excuse me while I go run off to puke.
Perfect Demotivator for the Obama Administration
http://www.despair.com/government.html
If Iraqis died, their death
January 15, 2009 - 21:28 ET by rbosqueIf Iraqis died, their death is on Saddam, not Bush. If Americans died, it is because they loved their country and died with honor and conviction. Something journalists do not understand.
He didn't have a book
January 15, 2009 - 21:38 ET by TN MomHe didn't have a book knowledge to come to the White House
Oh, I get it: Bush is dumb and Obama is genius? May I remind Matthews (and everyone else) NO ONE has seen Obama's college transcripts.
If I were to grade Obama on his associations, he would get an 'F' in my class!
Oh, shut up, shut up, shut
January 15, 2009 - 21:43 ET by RR GOPOh, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!!!!
For God's sake, wipe the reproductive effluent off of that thrilled leg of yours and at least try to resemble something like a journalist.
There, I feel a little better now.
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Hhmm, so do I
January 15, 2009 - 21:46 ET by general companyThanks
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Oh My...
January 15, 2009 - 23:30 ET by BondPlainBond*ga-RIN*
Chris Matthews Criticizes the Ideology of Freedom!
January 15, 2009 - 21:50 ET by brentroosBrent Roos
Yeah, I actually watched the speech on MSNBC just to see what vile and disgusting garbage would spew from the rabid mouths of Matthews and Olberman.
I couldn't believe my ears when I heard Matthews actually criticizing the Bush "ideology of freedom".
This is journalism in 2009...as if freedom is relevant...
Make no mistake. If Obama does the EXACT same thing during his presidency, Matthews will praise him for his courageous leadership and his "ideology of freedom".
However, I am not expecting King Obama to have an "ideology of freedom".
if it was up to Matthews and the rest of the MSM...
January 15, 2009 - 22:19 ET by Jnoble..a huge concrete statue of a stoic looking Uhhbama would be placed smack dab in the middle of the White House lawn. You know, just like the one of Saddam we pulled down in Bagdad. Oh, the irony....
KEITH OLBERMANN: To the
January 15, 2009 - 23:38 ET by kgKEITH OLBERMANN: To the very last. To the very last.
MATTHEWS: To the last.
If you read these lines they are actually talking about themselves on bashing Bush. It is their battle cries.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
I watched this live and it
January 15, 2009 - 21:54 ET by the strugglerI watched this live and it threw me into a profanity-laced right-wing political tirade
Me too!
January 15, 2009 - 22:14 ET by brentroosBrent Roos
My Prius driving neighbor thinks I'm a psycho...just the way I like it!
Refrain
January 15, 2009 - 21:56 ET by MCPO AirdaleI refrain from comment on Mr. Matthews as it would get me banned.
MCPO
January 15, 2009 - 21:57 ET by the strugglerWanna borrow my duct tape?
How dare you
January 15, 2009 - 22:05 ET by bigtimerHow dare you Matthews....and all of your ilk!
My middle finger is sticking in the air to you and all your ilk... you miserable, low-life, ungrateful, no-good SOBS...you wouldn't know the meaning of the words, class, grateful,respect, graciousness along with others if they hit you in the face...and if I were anywhere near you my hand would slap you across your face.
You are beneath contempt.
"You've gone beyond the law"... Sen. Kerry~ Head of Foreign Relations Committee to Hillary at Sec.of State confirmation hearings~1-13-09
BT
January 16, 2009 - 07:35 ET by RukusLOL! You go girl!!!
Gary
"Mom's ROCK!!!" -Me
He didn't have a book knowledge to come to the White House...
January 15, 2009 - 22:12 ET by R D HelmAnd PEBO does?
All PEBO has ever proven that he can do, other than drag himself into the senate chamber on occasion and vote "present," is utilize a bullhorn to work up hired mobs in the streets of Chicago.
Matthews, you are an idiot.
-Dave
“Them that’s going get on the wagon. Them that ain’t get out of the way.” -While there is still time.
Leftist Intelligentsia
January 15, 2009 - 22:17 ET by The Smokin Frog"He didn't have book knowledge"? This is hysterical. This coming from the guy that gets shivers up his leg from another guy that, uhh, umm, you now, well, what you got here, uhh, uhh, umm, is so, like, so scholarly. And lets not, you know, like, forget, you know, the uh, like, book knowledge, of, you know, Caroline Kennedy, that the media, you know, loves, and like, wants to rule us, like, you know, as well.
I just, you know, feel so uhh, umm, uhh, small, in the, like, presence of you know, the leftist intelligentsia.
Woo! I just got another shiver up my, you know, leg.
TSF Protests!
What An Idiot!
January 15, 2009 - 22:21 ET by HoosierEmBarack Obama will be another one term democrat like Chris Matthews' old boss, Jimmy Carter. Chris Matthews doesn't even realize just how irrelevant he is.
Darn right -- one term and a
January 16, 2009 - 10:23 ET by Richard RomanoDarn right -- one term and a disaster too.
Red Star Files for Bankruptcy
January 15, 2009 - 22:26 ET by BW222Good news from the Twin Cities:
http://www.startribune.com/local/37685134.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUq9_b9b_jEkP:QUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
BW222
No Wonder!
January 15, 2009 - 22:46 ET by CobraManNo wonder they're going into bankruptcy! I had to block about 15 cookies just to view the page!
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
My response to Chris Matthews
January 15, 2009 - 22:29 ET by Gary HallThe problem, Mr. Matthews, is that it's your eyes are closed and missed the lessons so clearly right in front of them - "the sense that this is America at it's best.."In October, at the President's Conference on International Development, as is often the case, praise for President Bush and his administration was in the air - for doing what? Doing the walk - not just the talk.
See - you feel good already - and it didn't take putting the MSM's man in the WH, did it? The fact that our national media censors the news from the American people, does not change what is.
PS - copy and paste the transcripts (from the links) if you want a record - they won't be up and running for long. Best I can tell the media skipped out of town. Videos are also linked on the site.
(;~> gary
I wonder what Matthews
January 15, 2009 - 22:34 ET by land_of_litigationI wonder what Matthews will do with his air time when he doesnt have Pres Bush to pick on? I have this feeling, when Bush is out of office, most of these clowns will be out of a job... But then again it is all about entertainment.
conservatives: GWOT global war on terror
liberals: GWOW global war on weather
Unfortunately...
January 16, 2009 - 11:23 ET by oc28saidwhatThe bashing of Bush is no where near done. Matthews and his kind will continue to blame him for anything that goes wrong. I am seeing something like:
"Well if Bush hadn't done *insert* then we wouldn't have this problem now."
or maybe
"The One wouldn't have to deal with this if Bush hadn't put us in this position."
Whatever. These guys are like broken records, devoid of original thought. That is never going to change.
Fellatio Ratio
January 15, 2009 - 22:53 ET by nadadhimmiThe only question here is which "journalist" wants the most to give Obama fellatio, Olbie or Chrissy. In light of the tingle factor, my guess is: Chrissy.
nad... Maybe they can
January 15, 2009 - 23:02 ET by bigtimernad...
Maybe they can have a little wussy fisty-cuff squabble over who wins...lol.
"You've gone beyond the law"... Sen. Kerry~ Head of Foreign Relations Committee to Hillary at Sec.of State confirmation hearings~1-13-09
Even if Chrissy's sad
January 15, 2009 - 23:04 ET by fitzfongEven if Chrissy's sad allegations were remotely true...which, of course, they aren't...at least coattails nepotism is a more honorable way of advancing oneself than is the Chris Matthews approach...kneepads and a smile.
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan
fitzfong.blogspot.com
To chris matthews and keith
January 15, 2009 - 23:07 ET by TexasteacherTo chris matthews and keith olbermann:
F*** both of you. You do not deserve the title of American Citizen. Anyone who would even think of agreeing with these two liberal obamawhores can f*** off too. President Bush gives a very dignified farewell address and they have to pull this. If this is how they want to be then damn their "savior". If there is any attack on our nation from this point forward obama and his ilk will have the blood on their hands. Yes, chris matthews, YOU will have blood on your hands. I've had enough of this vile liberal drivel. I hope we get a good conservitave RNC chairperson, get out all those mccain-type, liberal-brownnosing RINO's, and completely decimate the liberal movement in every election from now on.
And you liberal trolls, before you start calling for "special prosecutors" for Bush's "war crimes", how bout you tell your messiah to investigate his cabinet picks a little better. How many are being investigated now? Even if Bush did something that you liberal pansies consider "illegal", at least he did it in defense of our country. All of obama's shady dealings were for himself only. Yes that's just what we need, another liberal prick telling us how we should live but he is nothing but a lying, sniveling chicago hack politician.
Teaching Mr Tingle
January 15, 2009 - 23:32 ET by BondPlainBondYeah, yeah, yeah. This kind of hate-filled and opinionated diatribe is the usual for "Tingle" Matthews (and MSNBC) these days.
What I found interesting, and very telling upon visiting MSNBC's video page to see the whole commenatry (facial expression and body language), was the caption used to describe Obama's dinner with the conservatives, or, as MSNBC calls conservatives "The Enemy" (in the left-hand column).
MSNBC, in using this caption, makes it very clear they have chosen a decided liberal bias and have made their commitment to liberalism; facts be damned.
If someone that was unfamiliar with the recent events in the news, say, a liberal, saw that picture and caption would they immediately think Obama had dined with Hamas, al Qaeda, or the Taliban? Very likely.
Lovely choice of words for a "news" orgainzation.
Webpage Screen Shot
To chris matthews and keith
January 15, 2009 - 23:08 ET by TexasteacherTo chris matthews and keith olbermann:
F*** both of you. You do not deserve the title of American Citizen. Anyone who would even think of agreeing with these two liberal obamawhores can f*** off too. President Bush gives a very dignified farewell address and they have to pull this. If this is how they want to be then damn their "savior". If there is any attack on our nation from this point forward obama and his ilk will have the blood on their hands. Yes, chris matthews, YOU will have blood on your hands. I've had enough of this vile liberal drivel. I hope we get a good conservitave RNC chairperson, get out all those mccain-type, liberal-brownnosing RINO's, and completely decimate the liberal movement in every election from now on.
And you liberal trolls, before you start calling for "special prosecutors" for Bush's "war crimes", how bout you tell your messiah to investigate his cabinet picks a little better. How many are being investigated now? Even if Bush did something that you liberal pansies consider "illegal", at least he did it in defense of our country. All of obama's shady dealings were for himself only. Yes that's just what we need, another liberal prick telling us how we should live but he is nothing but a lying, sniveling chicago hack politician.
Sorry mine posted twice.
January 15, 2009 - 23:10 ET by TexasteacherSorry mine posted twice. My internet sucks. Another rant, another day.
That's OK........
January 16, 2009 - 00:25 ET by old croIt was worth it to read again.
"George Bush, whatever you
January 15, 2009 - 23:14 ET by KC MulvilleWe elected Bush. Twice. Yet Mathews is trying to tell us (i.e., the electors) that the presidency was really a toy that the father gave the son? And, to top it off, Matthews has the arrogance to smugly demean Bush's knowledge, after displaying such incoherence himself?
I haven't watched MSNBC in months now. I used to check it out on my way to the baseball broadcast, but without baseball to lure me near that channel, I've felt no interest to tune in. This is the quality analysis they've been peddling?
Another 4 years of BDS
January 15, 2009 - 23:23 ET by Worried"He got to be President because of his father, let’s face it, the same way he got into school and everything else, the same way he got his car probably."
Chrissie, you just can't stop can you? Well, neither can I.
"He got to be President because of us, his disciples, let’s face it, the same way he got on to the ballot and everything else, the same way he pulled the wool over the sheeples eyes."
Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, the worst people of the week.
Chrissy who knew you were such a profound intellectual?
January 15, 2009 - 23:47 ET by CTChrissy and Bathtub Boy, perfect together, just add the third dollar bill Mancow and you have the trifecta of MSNBC’s brain trust.
It is amazing to watch the venomous vitriol spewing forth from these Leftwing hate mongers as President Bush exits the White House. This much hate will not be purged, I suspect they will choke on it for some time to come.
Liberal Left Loonies!
January 15, 2009 - 23:47 ET by blazermaniacI wonder if that "tingling feeling" in his leg, has reached his upper thigh. Maybe, Mr. Obama will want to look at that upper thigh up close. Matthews & Olbercrap are the two worst idiots in the media. There are plenty of others, like Madcow & Airhead Mitchell. It's amazing that that these folks are singing Obama's praises, and Obama has never created a job! His speech will be one for the ages. "THE STONE AGES"!
Yuck
January 16, 2009 - 00:06 ET by owlpelletsChris....last I checked at least the President can speak without having to use a drool bib.
Don't blame me....I voted for Palin...
The President is the
January 16, 2009 - 00:33 ET by maggieqpublicThe President is the Matthews family meal ticket. Chris Matthews obviously makes a grand salary by hosting his Bush-bash show.
(Fantasize the children begging dad to stop making a fool of himself on television. Then imagine Chris saying something like, “HA, I didn’t hear you complaining when I bought you the Audi Roadster!”)
Witness a man who doesn’t much care what he does or says so long as the price is right.
He was a rich kid driving
January 16, 2009 - 00:38 ET by MidAmericaHe was a rich kid driving his father’s car. He got to be President because of his father, let’s face it, the same way he got into school and everything else, the same way he got his car probably.
That's right! Who does Bush think he is? A Kennedy?
CHRIS MATTHEWS: He said
January 16, 2009 - 00:55 ET by MidAmericaCHRIS MATTHEWS: He said it again in his speech tonight that somehow elections and democracy and freedom lead to a moderation on the part of these people. Well, these people have a problem in the Middle East. They want to fight. They don’t like Israel. They don’t like the West. There’s a real seething anger over there towards the West.
I gather from chris's thoughts that Arabs living in the West should not be allowed to vote but instead we should just rule over them because they are too radical for democracy.
I just have one thing to say to Chris Matthews...
January 16, 2009 - 01:02 ET by Amanda JusticeF*** YOU!
Well said, Amanda.
January 16, 2009 - 02:14 ET by R D HelmLOL.
-Dave
“Them that’s going get on the wagon. Them that ain’t get out of the way.” -While there is still time.
What do we expect?
January 16, 2009 - 01:10 ET by SlyrrThis is the pathetic loser who said after the election that his 'new job' was to 'make the (obama) presidency look good'. He is nothing but a Democrat spin doctor, and he admitted it.
What else would we expect Obama's slave boy say?
The economy is going to tank under Obama. MSNBC is losing viewers faster than water flushes down the toilet. I dont' want businesses to fail, but I won't shed a tear when MSNBC has to close it's doors...
Yuck
January 16, 2009 - 02:13 ET by MeowMeowChris Matthews is a blowhard, irrelevant do*chebag. Just wait until someone unleashes a rant on the love of his life -- the leg-tingle inspiring Mr. Obama. His panties will totally be in a wad then.
Yeah Amanda
January 16, 2009 - 02:49 ET by mountainman08Yeah Amanda Justice Right to the Point!!!!!!!!!!
Chrissy's new job will be itchy scratchy feel-good reporter for the chosen one. And who know's he could even be O's future press secretary.................
He could be a perfect one
January 16, 2009 - 03:03 ET by bigtimerHe could be a perfect one for the O...he'd never let a so-called reporter get another word in edge-wise after he went to one of them, especially Helen....she's be the perfect pick to start with...
Plus the despicable usual ones in the front row had better have face masks on from the flying spittle once he starts his know-it -all non-stop blathering.
"You've gone beyond the law"... Sen. Kerry~ Head of Foreign Relations Committee to Hillary at Sec.of State confirmation hearings~1-13-09
Bush-bashing Matthews
January 16, 2009 - 03:23 ET by JerYeah, why couldn't Matthews put aside the partisanship and bashing for just one night...like, say, Peggy Noonan and the WSJ did in the wake of Bill Clinton's farewell adresss.
Frankly, I agree that Matthews' criticism was crude and tasteless. George Bush, as one would expect, displayed grace and class. Too bad Chrissy couldn't follow his example.
Jer
His second point, and a
January 16, 2009 - 09:49 ET by fitzfongHis second point, and a long one it was, was that global poverty "requires more than compassion." I think a deconstruction of this thought is: It requires programs, i.e., liberal programs. In other words: When Osama bin Laden and his henchmen blow up an American city, it won't be my fault, it will be President Bush's.
Jer, did my eyes deceive me or was the above paragraph in that Peggy Noonan column dated January 19, 2001? Wow.
While I find Peggy Noonan to be more than a bit smug, I do agree with some of what she wrote (the hyperbole about the importance of her press colleagues and that bizarre imp metaphor aside). As a member of the original "MTV Generation", I believe Clinton's Presidency was largely a frivolous period dominated by a troubling mix of politics and pop culture. Clinton seemed to bask in the "rock star" image he cultivated at home and abroad...he wanted to be seen as "cool" at all times and he seemed to use poll numbers as his primary policy guide. I think the press admired his chutzpah, and while some journalists may have given him a hard time, others backed off or protected him (and even turned the tables and mercilessly attacked his opponents...Linda Tripp, Ken Starr, Paula Jones, Newt Gingrich, etc.). They largely ignored the shameful treatment the White House Travel Office employees received at the hands of the Clinton Administration. And while Ken Starr was portrayed as the poster boy for malicious prosecution, similarly partisan Special Prosecutors like Lawrence Walsh and Patrick Fitzgerald were heralded as objective, law-abiding, admirable attorneys (to borrow from Chuckie Schumer: "Prosecutor's Prosecutors"). Noonan may be a self-important windbag (in fact, I believe she is), but it seems to me that her assessment of Clinton's Presidency is far more proportional to his actual time in office than is most of the media's assessment of Bush's Presidency.
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan
fitzfong.blogspot.com
fitz
January 16, 2009 - 10:07 ET by choselife3xWAY too much truth there. Jer could choke on that. CUT the meat first.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Gosh, you really nailed me,
January 16, 2009 - 19:55 ET by JerGosh, you really nailed me, choselife...
My regard for "truth" is the equivalent of Superman's for kryptonite. Absurdity on stilts.
That disposed of, why don't you chew on this:
Once again you have shown your penchant for analyses that run the gamut from totally vacuous to merely superficial.
Now, why don't you scamper on back to the Coulter thread which you have been inundating with similar inanities, while I respond to fitz--someone whose posts consistently demonstrate thoughtful consideration and superior reasoning ability...qualities which are glaringly absent from yours.
Jer
Meow Jer
January 16, 2009 - 20:12 ET by choselife3xConsidering that I was joking with fitz, and that I have NEVER addressed a harsh word to you, you might tone the hostility down a bit. Vacuous? Nice.
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
choselife...I'm sorry for
January 17, 2009 - 01:14 ET by Jerchoselife...I'm sorry for what may have been too heavy-handed criticism. But earlier you said I looked "cheap" for defending the "whore something or other Clinton", even though I have on multiple occasions strongly condemned his personal behavior [while effusively praising Bush's]; and now you make a reference, joking or not, to my inability to deal with "truth".
Frankly, it did appear somewhat hostile to me. Nevertheless, I apologize for my statements.
Jer
Jer
January 16, 2009 - 20:16 ET by CobraManJer,
Are you sure she wasn't being bipartisan? This is from that same article:
Humm. That sounds far more bipartisan than we were lead to believe, does it not?
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
God help us
January 16, 2009 - 07:30 ET by TWOTIMETUNASo, let's see,
We have a President Elect who has never run anything, not even a corner store. Don't tell me he ran his campaign, because he didn't, he showed up and gave speeches. The candidate doesn't have time to run the campaign.
We have a Vice President Elect who thinks FDR was President and America had TV when the stock market crashed in 1929, (Herbert Hoover was in office and Television didn't become widely used until the '50's), he is also well known for his plagiarism in the late '80s.
We have a Secretary of State nominee, who has never run anything, not even a corner store. Her claim to fame is that she is the wife of a former President, who had sex in the Oval Office, disgraced the Presidency and was impeached.
We have a CIA Director nominee who has never worked in the intelligence field and is expected to take over during the most dangerous times we have ever faced.
We have a Democrat Governor of Illinois who is the process of being impeached for trying to sell the Senate seat of the now President Elect. At the same time, the Democrat Senate is about to approve the person this Governor named as a replacement for that senate seat.
Now we have someone that is expected to replace Hillary Clinton as the new Senator from New York, who has never held office, has never run anything, not even a corner store, and whose only claim to fame is that she is worth over 100 million dollars and her father was President and was assassinated 45 years ago.
Finally, though I don't think that this is the end, we have a nominee for Treasury Secretary who doesn't pay his taxes.
Oh, this is really upbeat. Only someone with their head firmly where the sun doesn't shine could think this is a positive situation.
Not sure I like the 'Change'.
The Government is the Enemy
TwoTime
January 16, 2009 - 09:05 ET by WorriedYou may have missed a few. Don't forget about Richardson, being investigated by a grand jury.
Or Mz. Lopez who Obambi wants as his Labor Secretary. She refused to answer some questions during her senate hearings, but will discuss it later behind closed doors with anyone interested.
Or, Carol Browne, near head of a socialist outfit (don't know the name) which was removed from their website after word got out.
By the way, do you mind if I use your line at the bottom of your post? That will be my mantra for the next 4 years.
The Government is the Enemy
While I never watch MSMNBC
January 16, 2009 - 09:14 ET by katiejaneI did turn to it after the President's speech and just like I expected they were a disgrace. What is wrong with those slimeballs? Just once you'd think they could revel in the fact that Pres Bush is leaving office and keep their bile and hate in check. But no - they opened their mouths and trashed an honorable man who gave a fine speech.
Heaven help me but I'm at the point where I almost hope we're attacked again just to laugh in their faces and ask "what now idiot?"
Good morning katie
January 16, 2009 - 09:20 ET by cocodrieUnfotunately the attack is coming just as soon as the islamic murderers are no longer preoccupied in Iraq and Gaza.
Jesus Loves You
I hope everyone realizes
January 16, 2009 - 09:50 ET by Hunter12I hope everyone realizes that the next attack to take place over here will be credited to some failure of President Bush or his appointees, regardless of at what point in the Obama term it happens. "The toll booth operator who allowed the suitcase nuke to be transported into NYC was hired in 2007, during the last term of PRESIDENT BUSH!" It does not matter that Obama is going to release 500 terrorists from Guantanamo, put an inexperienced man in charge of the CIA, stop monitoring foreign terrorists communications into the US, and probably put Jamie Gorelick's domestic/international spying communications wall back up. When, and not if, the next attack comes, we all here know who gets the blame.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Good morning Hunter
January 16, 2009 - 09:57 ET by cocodrieEven after he dies President Bush will be responsible for everything bad that happens worldwide.
Jesus Loves You
Katie, I know how you feel
January 16, 2009 - 10:21 ET by SeashellHeaven help me but I'm at the point where I almost hope we're attacked again just to laugh in their faces and ask "what now idiot?"
I don't wish an attack on us, and I know you don't really either, but you want to somehow "out" the MSM for what they are, their lies and "omissions" and for their total disdain for Bush. A child rapist would be better treated by the MSM.
We all need to write Bush and Cheney soon and let them know how much we appreciate them and all they did for this country. (And tell them just what we think of the MSM)
The real shame
January 16, 2009 - 09:19 ET by RD Kingto me is that moon bat Matthews and the rest of the Clueless O ilk have forgotten 9/11 and the American lives lost that day. They forget that attack was made right here on American soil by people whose religion states either you believe as we do or you die, that hate America and the freedoms we have enjoyed up to Jan 20th 2009, have had this hatred and hunger for the death of the Anglo Saxon peoples of the world for centuries and have not and will not change their minds.
They never got around to reporting that the 9/11 attack was a direct result of the lack of leadership and direction from the Bill Clinton admin. now we have Clinton admin. II run by a corrupt reed raised as a muslim and communist, that blows in every direction, has no leadership experience or qualities and extremely questionable ties to the muslims out to kill us. The MSM refuse to mention any of this while propping up this sorry individual and claiming that they hate Bush, it seems to me that they just flat hate America.
God help us everyone.
Why do Bush's associations matter so much?
January 16, 2009 - 09:32 ET by ckbennetttnBut the scary thing about Bush is somewhere he came to meet people like Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby and Paul Wolfowitz....
The scary thing about Obama is somewhere he came to meet people like Bill Ayres, Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezko, ACORN, etc.... Sadly, the MSM has never been concerned about these associates.
“I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal.” --Barack Obama
When Chrissy throws a
January 16, 2009 - 09:55 ET by Hunter12When Chrissy throws a party, that last group is the people he invites. That's why he's not afraid of them.
"Hey, Ayers, that flag in the bathroom is a hand towel, not toilet paper."
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Ckbe
January 16, 2009 - 10:09 ET by SeashellExcellent point.
Keep in Mind....
January 16, 2009 - 11:24 ET by notinstlChris Matthews sold his soul some time ago. Mr. Bush, like him or not, is an historic figure and history, I suspect will treat him much better than the media. Matthews, while already irrelevant, will disappear completely and the type of garbage he spewed last night will be forgotten as well.
Keep raving Matthews....
January 16, 2009 - 11:25 ET by Lord ErondRail all you want at Bush. Tick tock tick tock tick tock....that's the countdown to the failure of MSNBC as a "news" organization thanks to lefty shills like you and bath tub boy. Bush kept us terrorist attack free for 7 years. We didn't have Bush getting blow jobs in the oval office, we didn't have scandals du jour. There's nothing to acknowledge about your Bush Derangement Syndrome. Your career is going to go down when MSNBC is thrown on the bankruptcy pile and you and bathtub boy can get jobs in schools throwing pink sawdust on vomit.
"What you can not enforce, do not command" -Sophocles-
Matthews comments!
January 16, 2009 - 12:09 ET by TruthforAmericaAs for me and my family the demise of MSNBC can't come soon enough. I have never in all my life listened to such hate and one-sided lies as this station. It has been about the last 9 months that our family and friends, MSNBC is and was not a part of our lives. Fox News is the only "fair" news out there.....this should tell the American people how "hateful" these biased liberals have become.....they would rather see the downfall of America than to stop their hate mongering in order to achieve their "own" agendas where no truth exists! In the end, the truth will prevail.
Chris Matthews pompous proclamation.
January 16, 2009 - 14:06 ET by eclaireChris Matthews is a prime example of someone who is educated beyond his degree of intelligence. Knowledge alone does not impart the wisdom of knowing when to “Shut Up.”
Another great saying would also apply to Chris Matthews, “A man wrapped up in his own importance makes a very small package indeed.”
Where are the trolls?? We
January 16, 2009 - 14:37 ET by TexasteacherWhere are the trolls?? We need their sound advice on this matter!
Texas
January 16, 2009 - 14:47 ET by choselife3xSunlight turns trolls to stone. Hostilities will commence at sundown. Prepare yourself.
*I've got an extra whetstone if you need*
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
Chrissy Malaise has been trying to sell
January 16, 2009 - 17:47 ET by TeddyChrissy Malaise has been trying to sell the tragedy that was the Carter Administration for the last THIRTY YEARS plus!
Trying to sell "the lessons" of what was an abject and epic failure, as a resounding success!
And he's promised to do it again with Barky, no matter what the real news of the day is!
So where does that drooling punk POS get off criticizing President Bush?
He's learned the wrong lessons, and he'll be out there selling them again tonight. Let's play "Hardball".
Ps. Thank your former boss for me again, Matthews, for bringing us islamic fascism to our shores in the first place!
***hole. ***hole!
Teddy... You hit the nail
January 16, 2009 - 17:50 ET by bigtimerTeddy...
You hit the nail right on the head...and then some!
"You've gone beyond the law"... Sen. Kerry~ Head of Foreign Relations Committee to Hillary at Sec.of State confirmation hearings~1-13-09
Thank You BT. Kudos to you too!
January 16, 2009 - 18:58 ET by TeddyThank You BT. Kudos to you too!
Matthews, a miserable, low-life, ungrateful, no-good SOB that you'd slap you across the face, given the chance?
Works For Me! LOL!
What a RumpSwab
January 17, 2009 - 08:37 ET by CapeCodScottChris is an embarrassment, He has no shame and should that Pres. Bush that while Chris went on with his "life" after 9-11, the fact the Pres. Bush's life was changed and he did not Waver, Tire, Falter or Fail in protecting US.
ONE QUESTION FOR BHO
www.ScottOnCapeCod.com
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation"... until they get fed-up enough to finally say something about it!