After airing an interview clip of Sarah Palin telling Fox News' Greta Van Susteren that she was looking for guidance from God about running for national office again, an appalled Chris Matthews called it "troubling," when he let loose this rant on Tuesday's "Hardball":
Is, is this commentary about theocracy and going to God for approval? We've been through that with President Bush who said he, "didn't take advice from his father, he got it from another father." And we've been through this sort of Joan of Arc period. Are we gonna get another piece of this where God's leading candidates to run for president? I mean that sort of keeps us out of the conversation doesn't it? I mean, seriously, I mean God is telling her to run? And she's saying it openly on a secular television show? This isn't the religious hour....Talking about God, in a political setting is troubling to a lot of people. If you're talking about a big tent, this looks more like the church tent, not the big tent.
Then a little later in the program, Matthews returned to Palin's expressions of faith and noted that kind of talk can be,"dangerous." And when his guest, former Dick Cheney aide Ron Christie, said he was tired of the media picking on Palin when, in fact, Joe Biden made a lot of blunders, Matthews let this howler fly: "Joe Biden took more hits from the media than anybody for the last 30 years!"
The following exchanges occurred on the November 11 edition of "Hardball":
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(BEGIN CLIP)
SARAH PALIN: We are gonna have a 2012. I don't know who's gonna be a part of it. You know I, I, faith is a very big part of my life and putting, putting my life in my creator's hands. This is what I always do in life. Okay God if there is an open door for me somewhere – this is what I always pray -- I'm like don't let me miss the open door. And if there is an open door in '12 or four years later and if it's something that's gonna be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I'll plow through that door.
(END CLIP)
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Welcome back to "Hardball." That was, of course, Governor Sarah Palin addressing the prospects of her running for president, four years from now. Palin is hitting back at her critics in interviews and tomorrow she is set to deliver a big speech at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami. Well is she rehabilitating her image? According to the polls she took a hit during the campaign. Is she emerging as a new leader, a possible Republican candidate come the next time? NBC's Kelly O'Donnell covered the McCain campaign. She's in the know. And Lois Romano, my pal, is also always in the know. Knows everything about these kinds of things which is anything really deeply interesting personally.
Let's go to Kelly. Kelly what's up here? Is, is this commentary about theocracy and going to God for approval. We've been through that with President Bush who said he, "didn't take advice from his father, he got it from another father." And we've been through this sort of Joan of Arc period. Are we gonna get another piece of this where God's leading candidates to run for president? I mean that sort of keeps us out of the conversation doesn't it? I mean, seriously, I mean God is telling her to run? And she's saying it openly on a secular television show? This isn't the religious hour.
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MATTHEWS: Talking about God, in a political setting is troubling to a lot of people. If you're talking about a big tent, this looks more like the church tent, not the big tent.
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MATTHEWS: Okay let me ask Ron [Christie] a final question. Sarah Palin, tonight, in her interview with, with Greta Van Susteren last night, we're actually watching it tonight, on "Hardball," before you came on. She said she was waiting to get the okay from God. Now I have nothing wrong with prayer, I pray all the time. But to talk about that in secular environment. To talk about that in a country which is so broad in its different views of Jesus, in fact, is that a good political move? To talk about God and whether you should run getting the okay from him? Didn't we have enough of that in the last eight years? God leading our politics? Self-selected views of God?
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MATTHEWS: I'm not talking about faith, I'm talking about using it politically and talking about it this way, as if that's a determinant. You know we've, "God is on our side," kind of talk is very dangerous in the world because a lot of our enemies talk like that. And I think it's just a dangerous way to talk. Just a thought.
RON CHRISTIE: Chris, Chris can I say one last thing about-
MATTHEWS: Sure.
CHRISTIE: I mean again everyone jumps on Governor Palin, "Oh my goodness, she mentioned God, you know, in her decision." If you go back and look at some of the blunders that Joe Biden said during the campaign, no one ever criticized him. No one ever jumped on him.
MATTHEWS: It's all we talked about...
CHRISTIE: I'm, I'm, I'm tired of people picking on Governor Palin.
MATTHEWS: ...didn't even know about it because we talk about him. Joe Biden took more hits from the media than anybody for the last 30 years! He's been paying for Neil Kinnock for, since that election!
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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MY JOB
November 11, 2008 - 19:03 ET by sawing battais to make obama look good...
if that means discrediting others' religious beliefs, so be it. oh, unless they're muslims...in that case, hands off.
stick a Cross in a jar of urine, that's fine. Believe in God, not so much.
my job is to make obama look good...so i will not mention that Obama sought "spiritual advice" from Rev. Wright or at the western wall...
http://www.jewishjournal.com/politics/article/obamas_note_at_the_western_wall_asks_for_gods_guidance_20080725/
Funny coming from Matthews
November 11, 2008 - 19:47 ET by kgFunny coming from Matthews who himself have found religion and spends air time worshiping his messiah.
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
kg
November 11, 2008 - 22:45 ET by choselife3xROFL!
In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.
From
November 12, 2008 - 12:28 ET by cvgbuckeyeMatthews was raised a Roman Catholic.
Unfortunately, and it is rapidly changing for the better now, Catholics of Matthews age, raised in the church when he was were at a disadvantage.
1. They were not encouraged to read the Bible on their own and in some parishes it was openly discouraged.
2. Since the Reformation, evangelism was not emphasized by the Catholic church at all. When was the last time that you were approached by a lay-catholic to attend their church?
3. Catholic churches are not generally geared to be very visitor friendly. Most visitors get the feeling of being very much outsiders plus there has never been much of a system for follow up with visitors.
4. Over the years the great majority of Catholics have been born into the faith or married in. Conversion from evangelism is practically negligible, with a few exceptions.
5. The intense indoctrination/catechism required of Catholic converts supports a feeling of social exclusivity.
All of the above points, AND MUCH MORE, promoted a feeling among Catholics raised during that time, that the business of God and the Church should be quarantined exclusively within the WALLS of the church. Society, politics and Christianity should never be mixed together and should only be spoken of in hushed voices.
There has also been a consignment by Catholics of all other non-Catholic Christian Churches to the heap called CULTS. Part of what they held out as proof of such was what they considered the disgusting and overbearing process of Evangelicism.
The bottom line is that Christians recognize that our main goal on earth is to get to heaven and in the process, take as many people as we can with us. A simple reading of the Gospels, the Book of Acts or some of Paul's letters is quite instructive in these matters.
I believe that "The Great Commission" was not a request but a command and understandibly, Matthews is clueless in that regard.
Freedom OF religion
November 11, 2008 - 23:03 ET by MaximusBraveheartNot from religion. THIS GUY is the DANGEROUS BIGOT; not Christians. Also, he is an idiot! IT IS Christians with their Christian-Judeo values that set up this country and is the basis of the laws of the land. Let's see; Christian founded many of the first universities and hospitals. Sounds dangerous.
M-B
Poor old pissy
November 11, 2008 - 18:54 ET by 10ksnookerNeeds to change his pants every now and then. How does insulting people's religion figure into the hopey changey thing? Does he know he is insulting the BLT churches of the USA?
Passing judgment
November 11, 2008 - 19:03 ET by nkviking75I find it much more troubling to have lightweights like Matthews passing judgment on which religious beliefs are acceptable and which aren't.
Welcome to the era of unity, you racist!
Oh go jump in a lake
November 11, 2008 - 19:06 ET by bigtimerOh go jump in a lake Matthews.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Matthews: Palin's
November 11, 2008 - 19:07 ET by Chris NormanMatthews: Palin's '______________' troubling
dress color
hair style
glasses
anything
...
November 12, 2008 - 08:25 ET by Tom1969caYou left out "existence"...
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Daily Sarah Palin fact:
Sarah Palin is the true cause of Global Warming; anything that hot that far north is bound to melt the ice caps!
Someone refresh my memory
November 11, 2008 - 19:09 ET by motherbeltSomeone refresh my memory here....did I miss Chris complaining about the religious implications of this
Isn't Barack Obama, in that little blurb, claiming that by being President he will be doing the Lord's work?
I guess he didn't find that "troubling."
Probably because he thinks "who better?"
ignorant bigot
November 11, 2008 - 19:08 ET by TruthMongerignorant
bigot religophobe
elitist
did i miss any?
Yeah TM
November 11, 2008 - 19:17 ET by cocodrieLady of the evening.
Stalker
November 11, 2008 - 19:24 ET by Chris NormanStalker
zealot fascist
November 11, 2008 - 19:27 ET by TruthMongerzealot
fascist
Screeching teenage groupie
November 11, 2008 - 19:35 ET by Chris NormanScreeching teenage groupie
Tweety
November 11, 2008 - 21:35 ET by RukusTweety Bird wannabe.
He does have the head down prettty good.
"Nuke 'em 'til they... oh hell, just shoot 'em!"
...
November 12, 2008 - 08:29 ET by Tom1969caEgotistical, self-important, biased, Obama-ass-kissing, Keith Olberman-wannabe.
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Daily Sarah Palin fact:
Sarah Palin has nothing to fear - not even fear itself. Fear itself fears Sarah Palin.
"Troubling"
November 11, 2008 - 19:21 ET by Forbus"With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth, God's work must truly be our own."
John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address January 20, 1961
:)
November 11, 2008 - 21:54 ET by TruthMonger:)
She said she was waiting to
November 11, 2008 - 19:28 ET by SeashellShe said she was waiting to get the okay from God. Now I have nothing wrong with prayer, I pray all the time.
So you pray all the time Chris? If you pray do you not listen for God's answers to your prayers? Are you embarrassed to admit that you do? Or do you pray for the "heck" of it and ignore God if you don't get the answer you want?
Now your relationship with God is none of my business, but I don't think you should disrespect Sara's reliance on God's word to guide her.
Church sign
November 12, 2008 - 08:33 ET by Tom1969caSaw the following sign last week in front of one of the local churches:
MANY PEOPLE ARE
WILLING TO SERVE GOD --
BUT ONLY IN AN
ADVISORY CAPACITY.
I have no way of knowing what's in Matthews' heart, but I suspect that pretty much sums it up...
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Daily Sarah Palin fact:
Sarah Palin and Chuck Norris walk into a bar. The bar instantly explodes because no man-made structure can contain that much awesomeness.
"Talking about God, in a
November 11, 2008 - 19:33 ET by Gat New York"Talking about God, in a political setting is troubling to a lot of people."
Not nearly as troubling as insisting that another man gives you a tingle up your leg.
LOL. Or analyzing politics
November 11, 2008 - 19:42 ET by Chris NormanLOL. Or analyzing politics with all the maturity of a pre-pubescent girl screeching and giggling over Miley Cyrus...
wow gat
November 11, 2008 - 20:37 ET by candanceYou needed a spew alert for that! I nearly choked on my water!
I'm a typical white person.
Matthews is THE definition
November 11, 2008 - 20:59 ET by Gat New YorkMatthews is THE definition of a "girly man."
I think Matthews said that it was his job to service Obama - or was that serve Obama - can't remember.
I honestly cannot take seriously people like Tweety or Bathtub Boy on MSNBC. And now they add that illustrious pundit Rachel Madcow who couldn't attract an audience of roaches to her radio show. MSNBC is like a revivial of a Yuppie convention.
He does have a thing for
November 12, 2008 - 07:51 ET by celatorHe does have a thing for Democrat male politicians, doesn't he? Women politicians of any party? Not so much. Very weird guy, for sure.
Matthews talking about politics is troubling...
November 11, 2008 - 19:50 ET by wnaegeleSigh!
wna... What is also
November 11, 2008 - 19:55 ET by bigtimerwna...
What is also troubling is the thought he is going to be in the Senate, Franken is bad enough (he'll get his filthy self in there one way or the other, like I have said before...anyone that watched what happened in Wa. with Rossi, knows this full well)
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
I thought "The One" was a
November 11, 2008 - 20:01 ET by msh1973I thought "The One" was a Christian? Double standard in play....again. Sighhhhh.
not really
November 12, 2008 - 07:48 ET by jazzact13The One doesn't really listen to God. If he did, the whole abortion thing would have been chucked out the window long ago.
"Thoroughly worldly people never understand even the world; they rely altogether on a few cynical maxims which are not true."
Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Got news Chris Matthews God talks to lots of people daily
November 11, 2008 - 20:10 ET by Lame CherryGot news liberals, God talks to allot of people every day who invest time in speaking to Him and not at Him.
God talks to me often. I get nice things. I get things that jerk me up short because I don't walk on water and need to be better. I get warnings. I get comfort. God is good to me as we are family.
George Bush does his best in being a good leader and God has done wonders for him.
Sarah Palin I'm confident has God working for her as she is on God's side, not God on her side....big difference that most people never consider.
I'm far more troubled by deluded people calling themselves messiah blaspheming God and for those fools who follow him.
So Chris Matthews, you chose your god with a white arab black face who tingles your leg and Sarah Palin has answered God's call and is not denying Him in public, so Jesus will not be denying her before the Father.
Repent Christopher as your complaints reveal a real problem inside of you.
God bless you Chris Matthews to find God's Truth. In His Name. Amen
agtG
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I think it's troubling when
November 11, 2008 - 20:43 ET by Clear thinkerI think it's troubling when Matthews talks about God!
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mathews....."God is scary"
November 11, 2008 - 20:47 ET by porpoiseboyit's very troubling to mathews because YHWH scares him.....i mean, what if he is real?!?!? well, i guess he better hope for forgivness and grace 'cause otherwise he's screwed! i heard nothing in palin's statements that worried me a bit. what do they expect? a person of faith to act contrary to that faith? what an ultramaroon!! to state that as a person of faith that you believe in YHWH's guidance to help you make the decisions you have b4 you...is perfectly understandable and is what i would expect. in fact i would feel that it is not only disingenuious but troubling that someone who claims to be a person of faith would make a statement that would allude that they make all their decisions based on what THEY think is right, instead of taking their faith seriously. i would have to conclude that their faith is as deep as a puddle.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.
OBAMA SHOULD BE THE STANDARD!
November 11, 2008 - 20:49 ET by reelman46JUST SENT THIS TO BILL O
ALL Palin comments as to her “qualifications” MUST be made with Obama as the standard !!! Why can’t Fox “get that”???
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If fact, ALL media should do it right and follow that common sense
route!!
But noooooo. They won't...because he is the least qualified
(and most liberal) president ever...LEAST qualified.
Just picture Obama as Mayor or Governor...he could not vote "present" and would have a record!
Media these days...so very very pathetic.
How many millions see the same thing on this issue?
Doug Schexnayder, Ph.D. (theconservativecrawfish)
Uh?
November 11, 2008 - 21:13 ET by MightyMouthAren't Chris Mathspews and Keith Olberloon basically out of Job now that the Messiah has ascendend to the heavens?
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
§ MM..They got 8
November 11, 2008 - 21:15 ET by TheSter§ MM..They got 8 weeks...
They are gonna use it!
Ster.
I am a peripheral visionary. I can see the future, but only way off to the side.
Maybe Ster...
November 11, 2008 - 21:23 ET by MightyMouth...but these two dolts are gonna lose market share if they have nothing to rant about. I mean really, they can only ride the Palin boat for so long before they become less insignificant than they were before Bush/Palin. Ha ha! There is always the NFL for Keify but poor Chrisy is sh*t out of luck!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
§ MM...Libs ARE their Market Share!!
November 11, 2008 - 21:31 ET by TheSterMSDNC just signed OlbyDink to another 4 years!!
Crissy will Run for Pa. Senate...but...they are not going Anywhere!!
The MSNBC WHOLE audience base are LIBS...they will not lose ANYONE.
Ster.
I am a peripheral visionary. I can see the future, but only way off to the side.
Good evening MM
November 11, 2008 - 21:31 ET by cocodrieThink maybe they'll collaborate on writing the new testament to the koran?
Ster & cocodrie
November 11, 2008 - 21:58 ET by MightyMouthI'm thinking Chris and Keith are washed up, usless, no accounts now that GWB is gone, Palin is gone. They both were riding the BDS wave, hanging ten! Yipee! Now what are they gonna do? Fellate BHO, Ha! they will have to get in line for that! Talk about booooring!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Godless liberals
November 11, 2008 - 21:24 ET by ONUVGodless liberals
Agreed ONUV (?)
November 11, 2008 - 21:29 ET by MightyMouthBut they are coming into power. The ONLY thing we have left is ONE judge on the SCOTUS. Wow! we are nearly TOTALLY screwed!!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Evenin' Mighty...We
November 11, 2008 - 22:00 ET by bigtimerEvenin' Mighty...
We aren't nearly totally screwed...we are totally screwed.
It's not just the SC...the dems have been blocking naming judges in other circuits too that have vacancies...big time.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Hi BT
November 11, 2008 - 22:19 ET by MightyMouthWe have been totally screwed before! When you think about it there was only a 52% as opposed to 48% who were fooled by this election. For some reason I cannot explain why this has got to happen every third election cycle or so. I am pretty sure it's because a good part of the country that has to come home after one loooong asss day of work and turns on the tube and is fed the MSM version of what happend today. You know the sheeple that buy whatever "news" after dinner tells them. They probably need computers I think.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
The Founding Fathers
November 11, 2008 - 21:42 ET by The DistributistThe Founding Fathers must scare the bejeesus out of Matthews.
"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers." -GKC
Who really cares what this
November 11, 2008 - 21:59 ET by jdhawkWho really cares what this dufus said or didn't say? Yet, His utterances are on this web site nearly daily. He says outlandish things to attract web sites just like this one in a desparate attempt to increase his flagging ratings. And guess what? It is working. Think about how much traffic you have sent his way over the past year?
What we should be doing, if criticism is warranted at this point after the election and I think it is, is taking McCain to task regarding what he supported during his campaign, what he stood for, how he got his message out and why he lost.
Conservatives need to ensure that it is the conservative platform that is readapted in the Republican Party. It is this failure during Bush's eight years in office and during the period that the Congress was held by Republicans that we need to examine and determine what went wrong and how we can correct it and move forward.
In other words, we need a leader, a game plan, and above all we need to be united going forward to win back the Congress in 2010 and the presidency in 2012. If anything, Matthews just shows how weak we are. He can say virtually anything without recrimination from conservatives.
One way to combat the Mathews of the world is to get on his show under what ever guise and then take him to task for this nonsense and tell him it won't be tolerated. If we stay united this will work. So, no matter who on our side he invites on his show they say the same thing - avoid his questions and get OUR message out. This is what clintoons did during his eight years.
This web site needs to be more than a repository of the nasty crap that the left is doing. For example, target Matthews by examining his life in detail in front of the public. What continent does he think is a country, by the way? Would his mother and father approve of him talking about God in the way his doing so?
Ahh, bit by bit, little by
November 11, 2008 - 22:15 ET by dduckw0rthAhh, bit by bit, little by little, the reason why so many libs and media persons hate Palin is coming out! I started suspecting this more when a friend of mine said Palin was "dumb" and forwarded me a video of her losing her train of thought in an interview. It's as if they just can't let anything about Palin go... they strain at every little speck and make every molehill a mountain... they are desperate and obssessed with tearing her down. And as icing on the cake, they can't seem to find any good hard dirt on the woman... unlike Obama or Biden. Guess that irks them, too.
Anyway, so it seems liberals are a bit sensitive to the word "God", as in. Aww, sniff sniff. Intolerance from the champions of tolerance. What else is new.
Libs are obviously feeling a little threatened by Palin as well. The more they hate her, the more I know she's a Godsend. Oooo burn liberals, burn!
///The people have spoken!/// INDEED. Slightly over half don't have a CLUE what they spoke for. Enjoy the process as these people slowly get CLUES over a 4yr period. Painful, but enjoyable.
The Obvious
November 12, 2008 - 06:56 ET by JillCWPalin is about Christ as in Messiah Jesus (Yeshua). Liberals are the anti-Christs among us who must diminish the Triune God of the bible. It all makes so much sense. Now that they've replaced the real Savior with Obama, I'm sure they'll use holographics to have the "O" walking on water. Sheesh . . . read my comment a few boxes down.
My head is crooked.
November 12, 2008 - 00:59 ET by JWFThe only thing I find troubling and/or dangerous are islamic terrorists that want to blow us up.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
Why oh why
November 12, 2008 - 02:15 ET by afuelWhy oh why do Republican reps keep appearing on these shows?
What is the point, are they gluttons for punishment and abuse?
They are not going to get a fair shake and as soon as they leave a panel will tear them apart for the next 12 hours.
The sooner the Repubs ignore these trolls like Crissy, Maddow, Olberfurher of the MSNBC beast the sooner they will fade away and die. MSNBC is starving for sponsors and viewers, don't go on and they will lose share & revenue and be gone like their brethren in the radio world. Who do they think makes up the viewers who watch these programs?
Stop playing the fool.
Since When?
November 12, 2008 - 06:52 ET by JillCWThis nation WAS founded on Biblical truths and principles. There's enough documentation on this from the writings of the Founders. Now that Matthews and his sick ilk have trashed the solid rock foundation of the nation (although most still believe in God though they don't believe Him and take Him at His Word), what do they think will jump in the void they've been creating? Well, I hope they enjoy the evil they spawn because it will find a home wherever idiots like Matthews do their damage. Just look at the government schools. Take God out and replace Him with what? . . . well, you know the answer. One day Matthews is going to find himself on a rather long line before a very White Throne. He will be crying and begging for mercy . . . the very mercy he didn't show to those whose worldview he trashes. There are quid pro quos in the spiritual realm.
"The reality you don't see is more real than the reality you do see" - - - can't remember who said it.
This shows how much liberals are afraid of GOD
November 12, 2008 - 08:20 ET by c5thenThey don't like having absolute rules and laws that must be followed not because of fear of punishment, but because you want to follow them. They don't understand how someone can actually live their life by their beliefs and "walk the walk". They themselves have no firm beliefs and will do or say anything to get what they want at any particula moment.
Chris says that he "prays all the time" yet is shocked that Governor Palin mentioned asking God what she should do. Does this mean that Chris Matthews never asks God what he thinks, but simply requests that God do what Chris Matthews wants? Does he ever pray to God that Chris Matthews be shown how to serve God's purpose or does he pray to God that God serve Chris Matthews purpose?
Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!
Alan Keyes / Sarah Palin - 2012
Religion is "troubling"?
November 12, 2008 - 09:51 ET by moderncommentaries83To the left, yes, it is. Anything that even remotely limits what they consider "freedom" (read: to have sex wherever, whenever, and with whom/whatever they please, and then to murder the offspring of such unions) is "troubling" to them.
People who have faith in God are seen as stupid, brainwashed (especially if you're a woman), naive, backward, and ignorant. Funny thing, though, studies have shown rather conclusively that people with a deep, meaningful, active religious life (those who regularly attend church, pray, etc.) are significantly happier than those who don't. (Source: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/Story?id=435412&page=1)
Additionally, at least in the Catholic tradition, parishes and religious orders that are more conservative and orthodox tend to attract greater numbers and more youth.
But, why let such things get in the way of the lies the MSM spreads about religion? It's much easier to paint religious folk as drooling, illiterate backwater rubes.
Really, it is exhausting. But since the late 1960s, it's always been about (for the left) obtaining freedom from constraint - that if they were free to do pretty much whatever they wanted, they'd be infinitely happier. Yeah, the more we allow freedom from constraint, the more miserable people have become.
Godless Matthews...
November 12, 2008 - 10:45 ET by BiasedGirlSo it's starting already...Do we really need to talk about God on a Secular show? Is Matthews joking. Contrary to the election results, approximately 96% of Americans practice some form of Religion and should be respected.
http://www.withbias.net
Hold On Did his Leg fall asleep?
November 12, 2008 - 10:51 ET by lareeChris Mathews thinks, millions of black people, who voted for Obama, are not Religious, and don't invoke God's design for them? The exact same way Sarah Palin expressed herself? Chris Mathews how many Black Pentacostal Congregants do you think there are? I have listened to folks of multiple colors, state, I am having a "problem" making a decision, I am going to Pray on it and God will show me the answer. Chris Mathews thinks, that Barack Obama's support is just coming from anti religious folks? Really? The same ones that elected him, voted for Prop 8 in California because they are religious, and think that Gay alternative lifestyle is a sin. Ask Rev Al Sharpton a Pentacostal Minister what he preaches. Chris Mathews- Dumb as a Bag of Hair? Who does he think is left watching MSNBC? Does he want to alienate who is left watching?
Meanwhile, he can go on an on about the tingle Barack Obama sends up his Leg. But Sarah Palin professing her faith in her maker is troubling? What is the street name for what he's smoking?
Let's turn the tables..........
November 12, 2008 - 12:38 ET by sembyIs, is this commentary about theocracy and going to God for approval? We've been through that with President Bush who said he, "didn't take advice from his father, he got it from another father." And we've been through this sort of Joan of Arc period. Are we gonna get another piece of this where God's leading candidates to run for president? I mean that sort of keeps us out of the conversation doesn't it? I mean, seriously, I mean God is telling her to run? And she's saying it openly on a secular television show? This isn't the religious hour....Talking about God, in a political setting is troubling to a lot of people. If you're talking about a big tent, this looks more like the church tent, not the big tent.
...well let's turn the tables a bit
Is, is this channel about socialism and giving Obama approval? We've been through that with other networks who said they, "were not bias at all, they just hire liberals."
And we've been through this sort of one sided journalism period before, prior to the Fairness Doctrine. Are we gonna have it again where the main stream media's leading candidates to run for president, is their choice alone?
I mean that sort of keeps us America out of the conversation doesn't it? I mean, seriously, I mean the liberal main stream media telling us who to chose for President? And they are saying this all the time, reporting it as fact?
This isn't Russia or Venezuela....Talking about who we should chose as President, in a political setting is troubling to a lot of people. If you're talking about a big tent, this looks more like the liberal tent, not the big tent of Ameica.
so there you go Chris.............................
I guess Palin could have
November 12, 2008 - 12:59 ET by Carl KolchakI guess Palin could have looked towards Enver Hoxha who had the first atheist state, because maybe Matthews would like that type of government.
From the Library of Congress website link.
"In pursuit of these goals, the communist elite co-opted or terrorized the entire Albanian population into blind obedience, herding them into obligatory front organizations, bombarding them with propaganda, and disciplining them with a police leviathan untrammeled by anything resembling legal, ethical, religious, or political norms."
http://countrystudies.us/albania/34.htm
Looks like the people of Albania also passed a resolution condeming Hoxha for his crimes against his people.
http://www.albca.com/aclis/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1081
If the Shoe fits Chris...
November 12, 2008 - 23:10 ET by CapeCodScottProverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
www.ScottOnCapeCod.com
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation"... until they get fed-up enough to finally say something about it!
Matthews on Palin
November 18, 2008 - 11:27 ET by east tennessee johnWho the fuck is Matthews to criticize how Palin looks upon her belief in God as a resource and means of guidance to her? These fucking collectivists, who believe in nothing but the "secular" state as their deity,have no business whatsoever commenting on the beliefs of another, particularly since they hushed up everything regarding their new "messiah" and his relationship to black liberation theology. I've had it with this sanctimonious SOB.
Mathews
November 18, 2008 - 19:43 ET by comsense08How long do you think the network with keep this asshole on the air?
What an idiot.
Yeah, but even a lot of
November 18, 2008 - 20:55 ET by RR GOPYeah, but even a lot of so-called conservatives complain about Governor Palin. Glad to see we're 100X more critical and outspoken of our own while the other side gets bullet-proof vests courtesy of the MSM and Hollywood. Great. Let's just shoot ourselves in the foot a few more times.
Maybe I'm biased, but Palin and McCain are two of the most transparent frontrunners I can remember. I don't believe there's any more skeletons in the closet. If so, the MSM and their army of snoops would have let us know long before now.
So, that does indeed leave stuff like dresses, short shorts, hairdos, religion/pro-life, making fun of Alaska and Alaskans, having oil companies pay the people for the use of state resources (hmmm, you would think the Libs would like that one-now, if she was one of them...) and other petty issues. I've seen Libs write about McCain running a 'slimy' campaign. I agree to a point-Ayers, Rezko, Phlegmer and Wright are pretty slimy, but at least these folks weren't invented and blown out of proportion. In the spirit of Damon Wayons "Yeah, but we have tape!"
The stuff about Palin's children-purely malignant slime...and it's scary how many Americans are OK with that.
Too many years of reality shows and prime time soap operas. General Lee said that he didn't read novels because they weaken the mind. I wonder what he would say about 20th and 21st century media?
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.