After playing a clip of Hillary Clinton slamming George W. Bush as "pathetic", during the Democratic debate in Nevada, Chris Matthews compared Clinton to former British Prime Minister and Cold War hero Margaret Thatcher as he exclaimed of the former First Lady's attack on the President: "It just struck me as very Thatcher-ite!"
The following exchange occurred between Matthews and fellow MSNBC host Tucker Carlson on the January 16, "Hardball":
[CLIP OF HILLARY CLINTON: You know President Bush is over in the Gulf now begging the Saudis and others to drop the price of oil. How pathetic!]
CHRIS MATTHEWS: You know "pathetic," that's a tough word. That reminded me, Tucker, of remember Margaret Thatcher saying to Bush Sr. "Don't go wobbly?"
TUCKER CARLSON: "Don't go wobbly." That's exactly right.
MATTHEWS: Pathetic? It just struck me as very Thatcher-ite right there.




















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I know Maggie Thatcher
January 16, 2008 - 18:44 ET by Lame CherryI know Lady Thatcher.............and Hillary ain't no Lady and she ain't no Maggie Thatcher.
Pathetic sounds more like that rapist Hamrod is married to.
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They're all doing it!
January 17, 2008 - 09:45 ET by WildBillHussein is comparing himself to Reagan. Gosh that's hard. Made four mistakes typing that line 'cause my brain just can't fathom the two together. Ewww!
"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged." -Abraham Lincoln
No, Hillary, "pathetic" is your denegrating Bush
January 16, 2008 - 18:55 ET by RJfor doing his job as President. Just as other Presidents have done, he's negotiating with foreign governments to get the flow of oil increased.
If you were to encounter the same circumstances, what would you do, raise gas and oil taxes to reduce consumption?
And, Chrissy, "pathetic" is your slavering over Hillary's stupidity.
So what would Madame
January 16, 2008 - 20:10 ET by motherbeltSo what would Madame Hillary do...send the army to take over the oil fields?
Or, we could just wait until she becomes President; hasn't she said that on the day she takes office the price of oil will drop?
Hillary (the Co-President)
January 17, 2008 - 11:19 ET by heldmywSent Bill Richardson on a tour to crank up oil output in the Persian Gulf. Just like Bush is doing.
(Brit reported this last night.)
Go fig. Once again, she imagines no history exists, that no one will remember, or check, and she's free to blather and pander any old sack of rubbish for the fawning media to repeat.
Matthews is a tool
January 16, 2008 - 19:05 ET by planetrepublican"It just struck me as very Thatcher-ite!"...utter joke uttered by an utter fool (and Hillary has utters, just ask Bill!). This is all part of the MSM "flip" where they begin to build up their girl to monumental heights, Gandhi-like, FDR-like, Thatcher-like, Patton-like, blah, yada, crap-o-la. We will become nauseated if this b--ch gets in there, what with all the bloviating done by the media in her behalf. She will become the Queen, their Queen, and pity us who don't bow down and submit, then it's "off with their heads!!!".
Concur with all you have
January 16, 2008 - 20:14 ET by donsalesConcur with all you have posted with one exception.....
The monarch's first order of business will be: "Off with their nuts......NOW!"
An udderly plausible scenario......lol
Nowhere to Run....Nowhere To Hide.....
Thatcheresque?
January 17, 2008 - 11:27 ET by heldmywHillary? No. I don't think so.
Hillary is to Margaret Thatcher as Pee-Wee Herman is to Gandhi...
And that's giving her some extra credit.
Somehow I just don't
January 16, 2008 - 19:07 ET by IamTinmansee Hillary in that role. Maybe it's just me but Maggie always seemed to have class and ethics, two things Hillary sadly lacks.
Here's the best part of
January 16, 2008 - 19:08 ET by Gary P JacksonHere's the best part of this whole deal. Bill Richardson, has previously bragged how he did the exact same thing as Energy Secretary for none other than Hillary's husband! By previously, I mean within' the last few weeks!
The media is working overtime to carry the dim's water though.
Not as pathetic as waving a
January 16, 2008 - 19:17 ET by Chris NormanNot as pathetic as waving a white flag and begging terrorists, "Please don't attack us" - which seems to be the Dems anti-terror strategy.
This is what happens when
January 16, 2008 - 19:23 ET by stratmanThis is what happens when Chrissy's comedy writers are on strike and he has to come up with his own schtick.
I'm surprised he doesn't have a strike beard like Conan and Lettermunk. Anything to hide his puss and soak up the drool can't be all bad.
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
When I read this I....
January 16, 2008 - 19:30 ET by WoodyMHow do you get vomit out of your keyboard?
Buy a new one ...
January 16, 2008 - 19:57 ET by drillanwrSend the bill to MSNBC ... c/o Chris Matthews
Maggie
January 16, 2008 - 19:54 ET by donsalesMaggie Thatcher.....NOT!
A whimpering cuckold to Uncle Billy.....YEP!
And if you believe this term is reserved for men who are done wrong by their women, this fits Hill and Bill to a tee.......after all, she has always worn the pants in that family....lol
Nowhere to Run....Nowhere To Hide.....
Comparing Hillary to
January 16, 2008 - 19:56 ET by mlongComparing Hillary to Thatcher is like comparing a Chihuahua to a Pitbull....Hill couldn't carry Thatcher's water.
"I was in favor of Illegal licenses before I was
against them but before I was for them but after I was against them but
before I was for them......" Hillary Clinton
Dennis Thatcher wouldn't
January 16, 2008 - 20:41 ET by Jack BauerDennis Thatcher wouldn't have dared look at another woman, unlike some other husband married to a current Presidential candidate.
Maggie would have sliced him up with just a look.
BLASPHEMER!!!
January 16, 2008 - 19:59 ET by drillanwrBlasphemy! Blasphemy, I tell ya!
From one Maggie to another, I'll KICK his ass for ya, mate!
Chrissy makes these comments
January 16, 2008 - 19:59 ET by ConservativeRexChrissy makes these comments because he knows neither.
Clinton couldn't wipe Maggie's rearend
January 16, 2008 - 20:37 ET by Jack BauerHillary Clinton is to Maggie Thatcher as Michael Dukakis is to General Patton.
I'm hoping somone will ask Maggie what she thinks of the pandering, socialist, appeasing creature that is Hillary Rodham Clinton.
It won't be pretty.
Here are actual Maggie quotes that are slightly more the real Thatcher, than "wobbly" or "pathetic" as in, they have balls..
Jack, I believe Maggie also
January 16, 2008 - 21:33 ET by motherbeltJack, I believe Maggie also said this, which Her Royal ("I am a proven leader") Clintoness would do well to heed:
"Being powerful is like being a lady – if you have to say you are, you aren't."
I must say that I admire the
January 16, 2008 - 20:55 ET by docbI must say that I admire the long ranging blind ambition of the ABUSED woman that is H clinton..she has put up with much to realize her goal.
I find it impossible to vote for her just because she is female. When she informs us of her true credentials, I would be happy to consider her but till such time, I must reserve judgement. To date she seems to borrow the slogans of opponents, change positions in the part of the country she is in[illegal immigrants]in Arizonia/Nevada, and become a race baiter to further her ambition.
Not a cozy endorsement for a uniter which we need desperately.
Chris Matthews
January 17, 2008 - 00:24 ET by R D HelmBy making this nonsensical comment, Chris Matthews has demonstrated fully that he knows little or nothing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, certainly one of the greatest world leaders of the latter twentieth-century, if not among those few of all time.
The myriad of accomplishments in her life, when placed along side those of Hillary Clinton, render the latter to be essentially invisible.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
Lloyd Bentsen
January 16, 2008 - 22:52 ET by fitzfongTo paraphrase:
The U.S. knows Margaret Thatcher, the U.S. worked with Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher was a friend of the United States. Hillary Clinton is no Margaret Thatcher.
margret's little sister
January 16, 2008 - 23:49 ET by Wesenyou know, the one who followed her big sister around and thought it made her somebody.
mathews compares WHAT??
January 17, 2008 - 01:08 ET by SkulJeez, what's next? Comparing the Hildabeast to the Queen?
Oh,....... never mind,...... that's been tried.
Perhaps mathews should compare his wee-wee to a Vienna sausage.
At least that would be accurate.
Pathetic? If that is
January 17, 2008 - 05:53 ET by USA4freedomPathetic?
If that is pathetic, what is shaking your finger at every citizen and saying: I DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT WOMAN. Then going on to say: it depends what is.. is.. now THAT.. is pathetic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIP_KDQmXs
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Margaret Thatcher? You have
January 17, 2008 - 08:24 ET by msh1973Margaret Thatcher? You have got to be kidding! I don't know what Matthews is smoking over there at MSNBC (or as Rush calls it PMSNBC) but he is whacky.
Thatcher-ite?
January 17, 2008 - 08:27 ET by ThalpyThatcher-it? It is blasphemous to use the words Hillary Clinton and Margaret Thatcher in the same sentence. Sorry.
You blasphemer!
January 17, 2008 - 11:46 ET by HermanoYou blasphemer!
Hillary's answer to high oil prices ...
January 17, 2008 - 09:22 ET by mustangsallyDoes Hillary have a solution to high oil prices? Let me guess, she's going to declare gasoline and heating oil a "basic human right" and roll it into her "Universal Health Care" plan. So, we'll have free oil by Executive mandate.
Boy, would we ever be lucky to have a beneficent dicator like her in the White House!