An offended Chris Matthews, on Thursday night's "Hardball," was so shocked by Sarah Palin's claim that there wasn't anybody to pray with on the McCain campaign, that he hurled multiple insults Palin's way, calling her, "a little scary," and asked if Palin thought McCain was, "the Anti-Christ?" Matthews was appalled by Palin's recent revelation that she had trouble finding someone to pray with before her vice presidential debate and the MSNBC host worried such talk about "The Deity in a political environment," wasn't "normal."
Matthews' guest panelists also joined in the fray as the Washington Post's Lois Romano declared, "I think it's bizarre and I think it's judgmental," and Mother Jones magazine's David Corn cackled it was "mean and catty." RNC chair Michael Steele was also knocked for a recent profession of faith, as Matthews blurted: "Why does everything sound like the '700 Club,' with this party now? I mean everything seems to be a religious discussion."
Matthews and his panel didn't just stop at insulting Palin's religious beliefs, they also belittled Palin for her hand gestures and attractiveness. Over video of Palin waving at a campaign rally Matthews ridiculed: "You know, doing that windshield wiper wave though is not serious. That's not a serious wave. I'm sorry that's not what you do when you want to lead the free world. That's, that's more like, 'I'm a celebrity and people like me.'
And just before that snide comment from Matthews, Romano and Corn dismissed Palin for her looks:
LOIS ROMANO: Look I predict that she's going to be Dan Quayle.
MATTHEWS: Oh!
ROMANO: All the way through.
DAVID CORN: He was pretty good-looking too.
The following are all the lowlights from the March 26, edition of "Hardball":
CHRIS MATTHEWS PREVIEWING SEGMENT: Okay I gotta ask you something that's really interesting. Do you think God belongs in American politics? I mean as per, not moral issues, ‘cause everything is sort of a moral issue. War and peace certainly, capital punishment, guns. There's a lot of moral aspects to a lot of things. Do you like this Sarah Palin always talking about – we're gonna talk about it in the next segment, but I'm gonna bring it up now because it fascinates me. She knocks the McCain campaign because she didn't have any body in the campaign to pray with. That is an amazing public statement to me. And then you've got Michael Steele, who seems like a decent guy saying he'll run for president if God wants him to. Are we hearing whispers? I mean this is a little bit theocratic isn't it? A little scary?
TODD HARRIS, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: There's a lot of God references.
MATTHEWS: Why, why God playing a role in, "I didn't have anybody to pray with?" And that's a knock against the McCain campaign?
...
MATTHEWS: Is this good for American politics? We have no religious test. I mean I'm, I'm really offended as a Roman Catholic to have arguments about church, you know, doctrine and moral philosophy. Fine, we should debate it all the time and think about it and care about it, but arguing about it now, in secular newspapers? People taking shots at other Catholics and saying they're not good Catholics in secular newspapers. I think it's the wrong venue. "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and God the things that are God." I think we're crossing the line with this stuff. Just my thought.
...
MATTHEWS: Is he the Anti-Christ, I mean what, she's portraying him as some ungodly figure in which a campaign, a national campaign, where all the people surrounding her, and she couldn't find anybody that shared her Christianity. Is that what she's saying?
...
MATTHEWS TEASING SEGMENT: Up next Sarah Palin is back. I want to give you the full quote from her, let her speak for herself. I hope this sounds good. We've got the audio. She is really talking, I think, a lot about the Deity in a political environment. And I don't think it's normal. We'll be right back.
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MATTHEWS: Let's take a listen now to the governor of Alaska, she took another shot at McCain and the whole campaign, in fact, at a recent speech up there to the north.
(Begin clip)
SARAH PALIN: It was the night of the vice presidential debate against Biden. So I'm getting ready to go out there on stage and before any big thing, I pray. And I ask for God's wisdom, his strength, and everything else. I'm dedicated to God, and ask him to lift me up. So I'm looking around for somebody to pray with. I just need maybe a little help, maybe a little extra. Well, and the McCain campaign, love ‘em, you know, there are a lot of people around me, but nobody that I could find that I wanted to hold hands with and pray with. So-"
(End clip)
MATTHEWS: What do you make of that Lois? "I couldn't find anybody to pray with." It just seems like you don't even need to talk like this.
LOIS ROMANO, WASHINGTON POST: I think it's bizarre and I think it's judgmental and why did she need to pray with any one? Why couldn't she just pray by herself? You know prayer and religion are very private things. I think she was clearly pandering to the only base she has, which is the religious right. She just formed a PAC. And this is the way she gets news.
DAVID CORN, MOTHER JONES MAGAZINE: I remember she was talking there to a meeting of Republicans. So she was dissing John McCain before Republicans. And a lot of McCain aides who worked, who worked with her on the campaign, who are very offended by this. They were around. They say, "Hey I would've prayed with her easily." I mean it was a mean and catty thing to say. I think the big point it shows is that she's not getting good political advice. She's up in Alaska. There have been a lot of Republican consultants and advisers down in Washington who've tried to call, call her and give her some strategic advice. They've all been told, "No thank you, we'll handle it from here." And if this is the best advice they're giving to go out and talk about not being able to pray with John McCain's campaign aides? I mean I don't see the point.
...
ROMANO: Look I predict that she's going to be Dan Quayle.
MATTHEWS: Oh!
ROMANO: All the way through.
CORN: He was pretty good-looking too.
MATTHEWS: Ha, ha!
ROMANO: He was good looking and he, and he, and the right-
MATTHEWS: Well she's very attractive, obviously. Yeah.
ROMANO: -loved him, but he fell off the table when he went to run for president.
MATTHEWS: Let me ask you about this blaming the media-
ROMANO: Wah, wah, wah.
MATTHEWS: -which I don't, this isn't "Reliable Source here. I'm not a media critic. You know but I wonder whether that works either. But does it, is it once again, as you said David, she's working a niche?
CORN: Yeah.
MATTHEWS: She's working the fringe.
ROMANO: She's pandering.
MATTHEWS: And they believe the media is the enemy. And it may be in some cases but, and may be in a lot of cases, but the fact is that, you know, [over video of Palin waving] doing that windshield wiper wave though is not serious. That's not a serious wave.
CORN: Ha, ha, ha!
ROMANO: Ha, ha, ha!
MATTHEWS: I'm sorry that's not what you do when you want to lead the free world. That's, that's more like, "I'm a celebrity and people like me."
...
MATTHEWS: Here's another Republican, sorry, Michael Steele, again with the God question, was asked if he'd consider running for president. Let's take a listen.
(Begin clip)
MICHAEL STEELE: Consider it if the opportunity was there and it was right. But, you know, God has a way of revealing stuff to you and making it real for you through others. And if that's part of the plan it'll be the plan. We may have this conversation in eight, 10, 12 years and you'll sit back and you'll play the tape back and say, "Oh look at what you said." But it'll be because that's where God wants me to be at that time.
(End clip)
MATTHEWS: Why does everything sound like the "700 Club," with this party now? I mean everything seems to be a religious discussion.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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the MSNBC host [Chris
March 26, 2009 - 18:06 ET by motherbeltMATTHEWS: Why does everything sound like the "700 Club," with this
party now? I mean everything seems to be a religious discussion.
the MSNBC host [Chris Matthews] worried such talk about "The Deity in a political environment," wasn't "normal."
Well, that's unless it's Barack Obama talking about building a kingdom here on earth, or asking people to pray for him to be elected so that he can do God's work....
Did I miss Matthews having a hissy over those situations????
I guess so....must have dozed off.....
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
MB
March 26, 2009 - 22:35 ET by well99That and the msm seemed to miss mentioning Clinton with a bible in his hand or giving speeches at churchs.Oh my bad that is different.
Why is it that that so many
March 26, 2009 - 18:14 ET by BKeyserWhy is it that that so many atheists and agnostics like to talk down about Christianity? I'll tell you what we conservatives need... a full on Islamic Republican! Some guy carrying the Koran and an Anne Coulter book!
What would Chris Tingle and his ilk do with that?!
There is nothing wrong with
March 26, 2009 - 18:22 ET by gueinThere is nothing wrong with having the right people hate you. Matthews, Korn, etc, etc are defintely the right people. The more they hate her, the more I like her.
Chris Matthews is the judgmental one
March 26, 2009 - 18:25 ET by The Smokin FrogThis is nonsense. Maybe none of the people on the bus like to pray publicly. That's not a sin. Also many denominations pray with like minded people. That's not a sin either. The only judgmental behavior is on the left as usual with Chris Matthews leading the way as usual. He tried to make something out of nothing. It is also a shame that Matthews is ignorant about the difference between Word/Faith cults and traditional Christianity.
And just listen to how the commentators on the left assaults the looks of Conservatives. It's remarkably low class. Just like our President has no trouble mocking disabled people, people of faith, gun owners etc. I guess a high priced education doesn't guarantee class, manners or human kindness. Obama and this whole left crowd are crude and mean.
The fact is, they have propped up Obama, a man who has tremendous difficulty calling up his thoughts (and Robert Gibbs is a verbal Titanic), and yet they have to deny it to themselves. They must lie about Conservatives clear talents and features. Let's face it Sarah Palin looks like a lady and she's smart at the same time. How many liberals can you say that about? So obviously she must be taken down.
TSF Protests!
Wonder what Mathews would
March 26, 2009 - 18:46 ET by ThisnThatWonder what Mathews would say if a presidential candidate -- or even a president, wanted the whole nation to pray. Kinda like JF Kennedy in 1961? Mathews would certainly denounce that, right?
Or, how about FDR in 1940 during Fireside chat #15, when he said "it's not necessary that I, the president ask the American people to pray in behalf of such a cause -- for I know you are praying with me." If it were up to Mathews, FDR would have been labeled as bizarre, and would have agreed with Lois of the WAPO: "I think it's judgmental and why did he need to pray with any one? Why couldn't he just pray by himself? You know prayer and religion are very private things. I think he was clearly pandering to the only base he has, which is the religious left. This is the way he gets news".
Right, Mathews? Am I right?
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The challenge is to follow a consistent plan despite inconsistent prices - Sarah Palin, State of the State of Alaska speech
Matthews
March 26, 2009 - 18:55 ET by doug1950is a drooling jackass. If he has to even ask such an asinine question he shouldn't even be allowed outside without adult supervision. Consider the source and move on. The more he talks the less significant he becomes. He is so small now you can barely see him. If left alone long enough he will completely disappear.
TnT...even more recently
March 26, 2009 - 19:25 ET by motherbeltTnT...even more recently than that! Obama posted pictures of himself in a pulpit, and went to a black church and asked the congregation to pray for him to be elected!! But that's OK with Matthews, apparently. In fact, Obama talked a lot about his faith during the campaign, and Chrissie never accused HIM of pandering to the fringe!!
I hate to go OT....but my font has gotten small all of a sudden today only on this site. Anyone else having a problem, or any idea what it is?
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
No font problems for me
March 26, 2009 - 19:30 ET by ThisnThatNo font problems for me today -- but it happened to me the other day -- again, all of a sudden, just on this site. No explanation.
And yeah, Mathews has deliberate, selective memory loss. Except for remembering how he hates Palin, possibly the next president of the US.
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The challenge is to follow a consistent plan despite inconsistent prices - Sarah Palin, State of the State of Alaska speech
Hi mb... No, haven't had
March 26, 2009 - 20:23 ET by bigtimerHi mb...
No, haven't had any problems that way today...just real slow early afternoon for me...which cleared up in about an after I logged on.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Matthews true to form
March 26, 2009 - 19:02 ET by slickwillie2001This disgusting pig Matthews took a couple of sentences from Palin which is the first we have heard of prayer in the campaign and turned it into a theme for his execrable tv show. Who is obsessed with religion here? Does Chrissy have anything to say about sports teams saying a prayer before a game?
I can't read all this tripe
March 26, 2009 - 19:05 ET by bigtimerI can't read all this tripe coming from Mr. Spittle...
My tag-line also applies to Matthews and all his ilk.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
atheism & democrats
March 26, 2009 - 19:12 ET by StayOnPointThe leftists I talk to really believe the propaganda that they are fed on a daily basis. They think we conservatives are idiots but they can't argue their case on it's merits, rather, they resort to name calling and regurgitating the DNC talking points. It's like arguing with a drunk person or a 5 year old. It's not worth the aggravation. Thank God we conservatives have guns
Oppose Obamunism-Elect a Conservative Congress in 2010
Hang in there Pal...
March 26, 2009 - 20:04 ET by jdlybrandThey cannot argue with logic and reasoning. What's more, they hate the truth because it is not within them. Hold your ground. Truth is on YOUR side. And so am I.
Not a serious wave?
March 26, 2009 - 19:24 ET by Alana"That's not a serious wave . . . I'm sorry, but that's not what you do when you want to lead the free world. That's, that's more like, 'I'm a celebrity and people like me.'"
You gotta be kidding me. Is this criticism the best he can do?
And how about Obama's smile and wave? How is that not like I'm a celebrity and people like me?
And this - "We've got the audio. She is really talking, I think, a lot about the
Deity in a political environment. And I don't think it's normal."
So, we're all supposed to believe that talking about God or praying is "not normal" now? Something we should keep quiet about? never speak of in a political setting?
Well, of course it is something bad. Welcome to our brave new old-fashioned commie world.
Howdy Alana... You said it
March 26, 2009 - 19:36 ET by bigtimerHowdy Alana...
You said it all gal!
Your last line put it all in a nutshell to-boot.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
"That's not a serious wave
March 26, 2009 - 20:07 ET by Galvanic"That's not a serious wave . . . I'm sorry, but that's not what you do when you want to lead the free world. That's, that's more like, 'I'm a celebrity and people like me.'"
You gotta be kidding me. Is this criticism the best he can do
Keep in mind, Alana, that this is the guy who gets a thrill up his leg at the sound of Obama's vocie, and told Joe Scarborough on the air that it is his (Matthews') job "to make sure this Presidency succeeds." Yet, he still describes himself as a journalist.
And how about Obama's smile and wave? How is that not like I'm a celebrity and people like me?
Even worse. In front of predominantly black audiences, Obama uses the call-and-response technique that he learned from his patron, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
And what leading Democratic politician fails to conclude each address with "And God bless the United States." (Even if they aren't sincere.)
And this - "We've got the audio. She is really talking, I think, a lot about the Deity in a political environment. And I don't think it's normal."
So, we're all supposed to believe that talking about God or praying is "not normal" now? Something we should keep quiet about? never speak of in a political setting?
Chrissy, who professes to be a practicing Catholic, can't understand anyone who would pray outside of a pew on Sunday. He needs to see the portrait of General George Washington, on bended knee in the snow, forehead pressed against clasped hands, praying for Divine Providence to save his army and the Revolution.
Well, the way things are
March 26, 2009 - 20:32 ET by AlanaWell, the way things are going, I imagine a lot of these Sunday-only worshipers, not to mention non-believers, are going to have plenty of times when they find themselves praying fervently. Sort of rediscovering their faith anew, heh.
The Wave
March 26, 2009 - 20:19 ET by karelingAha! His windshield wiper remark got my attention, because that's precisely what I thought of Michelle Obama's wave on Inauguration Day, as she and Barack were walking up the street waving to the masses. His, as I recall, seemed restrained on that particular occasion, but she looked like she was wiping a very big windshield. No doubt Chris would praise her for matching the enthusiasm of the adoring crowds.
Off topic, but fine commentary
March 26, 2009 - 19:30 ET by MANstreammediahttp://www.ibdeditor...
Great read
March 26, 2009 - 19:47 ET by general companyThanks
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
→ Matthews?
March 26, 2009 - 19:35 ET by Cool ArrowBack when I was a Catholic, the Antichrist was identified as Antiochus Epiphanes from back in 70 AD.
Does Matthews really think a modern-day Antichrist, complete with a global currency is even possible?
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
More "700 Club" quotes from a Republican
March 26, 2009 - 19:47 ET by lotrAnd one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe
Weary
March 26, 2009 - 19:56 ET by jdlybrandI'm growing increasingly weary of all these asses in the media. Matthews is offended as a 'Roman Catholic'? I'm offended as a human being knowing this idiot draws breath because, I'm guessing he was born. Not a right he would give to an aborted fetus because of a 'woman's choice'. Not exactly in line with the Pope, is he? He's obviously not afraid of God for the same reason I'm afraid of God. There's something bigger than you out there Chrissy!
Jeezmuhneez!
He needs to be
March 26, 2009 - 22:22 ET by TexasteacherHe needs to be excommunicated then executed. He is a disgrace to the Christian religion and the human race as a whole.
obama's notion of bi-partisanship is telling conservatives to shut up and do what he wants.
I think an aborted fetus is smarter than Chris Matthews
March 27, 2009 - 06:51 ET by Lord ErondA lot better looking too.
"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox
How can public prayer offend chrissie?
March 27, 2009 - 13:04 ET by katiejaneI guess Chrissie's parish priest hasn't seen too much of him lately. How can a RC be offended by public prayer? Or doesn't he consider Mass a public event?
Unlike the Marxist messiah, the Anti-Christ won't require...
March 26, 2009 - 19:57 ET by R D Helm...the use of a teleprompter.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
Of Course
March 26, 2009 - 20:00 ET by Dad GummitOf course Sarah doesn't beleive McCain is the antichrist. I'm sure she recognizes BoBo...
Anyone here ever read the Left Behind series by Tim LaHay? See any resemblance there in the way people slobber all over themselves in the presence of Carpathia?
“I’ve never been a widow so fast in my life.” - Donna Lounton, who married convicted murderer James Moody Adams by proxy shortly before his execution.
Gossips
March 26, 2009 - 20:40 ET by rammingspeedWhat a bunch of clucking hens. Not one intelligent point was made. This is just another disgraceful showing by liberals on MSNBC; an underscoring of why they have such dismal ratings.
Zero Club Member
March 26, 2009 - 20:58 ET by TN MomMSNBC ratings grew ZERO percent over last year! ZERO!
Chris Matthews is a member of the ZERO CLUB!
Oh, and Fox's Bill Hemmer & Meghan Kelly's American Newsroom at 9am draws MORE viewers than ANY MSNBC 8pm prime time show.
Maybe Chris Matthews & Keith Olberman are so bitter because they have been moonlighting as toilet cleaners at MSNBC.
hahahahahahaha!
Mathews remains an idiot and Palin? What's up with her?
March 26, 2009 - 21:28 ET by CKA in Red State USAShe's NUTS to give Mathews and his ilk the time of day.
If she lacks the judgment to understand that they will NEVER give her any fair shake, then, at least in my book, right now, she lacks what it takes to lead conservatives and others out of the muck in which they're mired.
You wonder: When will conservatives understand that the liberals and leftists, be they Demockacrats/Dementocrats or otherwise, CANNOT BE TRUSTED?
They do not possess even the slimmest bit of moral fiber that one needs to engender trust.
When will conservatives understand that they are in a street fight with the libs, lefties and D/Ds?
And you do not win such fights by being polite or mannerly. Or by hesitating. Or by expecting fair play.
Maybe Palin should stay in Alaska?
BTW: I voted for her and McCain, FWIW.
Watch John Ziegler's Media Malpractice
March 27, 2009 - 06:48 ET by Lord ErondThere is no better resource in the world to be able to see for yourself that Palin understands the wolves baying at the door. She is not some naive bimbo. Understand that this woman terrifies the liberals because of what she did to Obama after the convention. Liberals are STILL trying to smear and destroy her.
"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Killing Palin
March 27, 2009 - 08:31 ET by GalvanicAgreed. Ziegler's DVD is irrefutable evidence.
Ziegler's DVD is confusing not irrefutable
March 27, 2009 - 08:34 ET by PopularTechBecause it does not say anything about Palin reading the Economist:
Palin Claims She Reads 'The Economist' (Video)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is Not Pollution
What are YOU talking about?
March 27, 2009 - 12:37 ET by Jack BauerWhat are YOU talking about? The four stooges where making something out of nothing regarding a public speech Palin gave a while back in Alaska. I have no idea how this makes her "giving Matthews the time of day."?
What? She's not supposed to talk about the campaign or her religion in case Matthews leeches on to it? That sounds, uh -- nuts?
HUH?
March 26, 2009 - 23:12 ET by Gary P JacksonHow can you blame Governor Palin here for anything?
What, is it now her fault these morons are talking about her?
Are you kin to PopTech?
Who complains about needing someone to pray about witches?
March 27, 2009 - 07:38 ET by PopularTechWho makes comments like this? What is Palin saying? That the McCain campaign was not religious enough? I know the McCain campaign does not say prayers to ward off the Witches. But come on, pray by yourself. This is just embarrassing.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is Not Pollution
Not content with trashing
March 27, 2009 - 12:23 ET by Jack BauerNot content with trashing every aspect of Sarah Palin, you now trash her religion?
I feel like taking a shower everytime I read your seething, unhinged hatred of Palin.
As I said, I think she showed poor judgment for ...
March 27, 2009 - 06:28 ET by CKA in Red State USA. . . not yet knowing that she cannot and will not get a fair shake from the likes of Mathews.
That's not blaming her for Mathews' and his moral and ethical DNA group's malicious treatment of her.
And, no, wise guy, I'm not kin to PopTech.
no brain to mouth filter at all
March 26, 2009 - 23:22 ET by katainkentwaiting for the day MSNBC dries up and blows away.
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Obama does not perform as advertised. I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.
Just got off the phone with God.
March 27, 2009 - 00:17 ET by JWFHe was talking about Chrissy teh whiner.
Do you think God belongs in American politics?
Here is what God said.
"Do you think Chrissy Matthews belongs on TV? Cuz, I mean seriously, if someone was ever in need of a lightning strike..."
Sincerely,
a Veteran that has reached deity Buddha like status and converses with the Lord Almighty.
That lightning strike
March 27, 2009 - 12:58 ET by katiejanewould be something that would convince even a non-believer that there is a wise and just God.
Just got off the phone with Mark Levin.
March 27, 2009 - 00:16 ET by JWFMr. Levin called. Had to put God on hold.
Do you think God belongs in American politics?
Mr. Levin would like to remind us that the Declaration of Independence, you know the document that FOUNDED this country, has God aka the Creator aka Supreme Judge of the world all over it like a bad rash.
So the anwer is YES. Only a stupid man would ask a stupid question like that.
Sincerely,
a Veteran who like God is a big fan of the Great One.
I repeat: Chris Matthews
March 27, 2009 - 00:33 ET by RogerCfromSDI repeat: Chris Matthews should just come out already.
His compulsion to project and vilify obviously masks his latent tendencies.
It also seems to make his ask some pretty dumb@ss questions.
A nation cannot be free without a free, unbiased media. We are not free.
Not a Palin fan....
March 27, 2009 - 06:04 ET by adamsmithFirstly, I'm not a Palin fan or supporter. The only reason I believe she was chosen as a running mate for McCain was her inexperience and by contrast, Obama's even lesser experience. The idiot masses didn't get the point that Obama only had 143 days of experience on the national level(a blowhard Senator no less)and that even Palin, who is basically a hockey mom that had a bit of a meteoric rise was far more qualified.
As far as this prayer routine, I was raised with what Christ had said in one of the Gospels. You should go and pray behind a locked door so no one sees your devotion to God. When fasting, don't put on a miserable face to bring attention to you rather than God. This is where Evangelicals are way off-point and make themselves out to be a laughing stock to people of little or no faith. The public "religiousity" of Evangelicals and their ilk is why people find them hypocritical and self serving. Referring to what I just wrote about what Christ said in the Gospel, wearing your religion on your sleeve is probably a bigger sin than having no faith at all. If you're a true follower of the teachings of Christ, they will know you by your works and not by selfish promotion using the Lord's name in vain(as in for your own glorification).
And by the way, I'm pretty sure Obama is the anti-Christ....
I Am An Evangelical
March 27, 2009 - 08:00 ET by GeneralAlThere is a difference between proclaiming the name of Christ in public in obedience to God's command and wearing it on your sleeve! Sarah Palin is living her faith by giving credit where credit where credit is do!
If we are ashamed to mention Christ's name to man, he will be ashamed to mention us before his father, God! Sarah Palin is obeying the great commandment to go and tell! That is the basis of the Evangelical idea. I agree, that some become obnoxious but that is a small percentage! The main idea is to be open and out front!
When we go out to eat, we thank God for providing our food. We pray over it in public, not to show off, but to let the world know that God is our provider. We are more concerned with pleasing God rather pleasing man!
Wow, someone needs to remind these media whores
March 27, 2009 - 06:43 ET by Lord ErondThat Bush, Cheney and Palin are not our currently elected officials. You might want to actually pay attention to what our elected leaders are doing, not former candidates. A--holes
"To sin by silence when we should protest, makes cowards of men" -Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I mean really....I can't
March 27, 2009 - 06:56 ET by msh1973I mean really....I can't take this moron any more. Matthews needs his head examined!
Matthews is a dunce
March 27, 2009 - 06:57 ET by NormaJAnyone that gives any credence to anything Matthews says after he professed his love for Obama with a tingling up his leg, is beyond me. This goof ball should have been laughed off the air. What an embarrasssment, but he seems not to notice what a lauging stock he is. I'll put my money on Teflon-Palin. Obama is starting to scare people to death as they see the real socialist Obama emerging. Palin's realness is a comfort in these threatening times.
Don't know what Palin thinks...
March 27, 2009 - 07:22 ET by c5thenBut I think that Matthews is a willing minion of the "anti-Christ".
I am holding out hope that this is history repeating a little bit. Maybe like the late 1970's. Maybe we have to live through another "Jimmy Carter" and all the economic horrors and national security timidity to get to another "Ronald Reagan".
Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!
www.loyaltoliberty.com
I'm Rip Roaring Mad!
March 27, 2009 - 07:43 ET by GeneralAlHey Prissy Chrissy, have you changed your focus of attention? For the last eight years, you told us it was your duty to keep the focus on Bush and his co-horts! Before that, you hammered Bill Clinton and talked about his disgusting antics! But now, you are so in love with the Teleprompter Obamessiah that you switch the focus to the state of Alaska and Sarah Palin! You sir are a son of a female dog!
You know you can keep the focus off your dream man by constantly bringing up Dear Sarah to your left out fringeys! Heck, it isn't a fringe anymore, its the majority of the Democrat Communist party!
Why don't you try looking at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Chrissy? [You will have to put down your copy of Playgirl for a bit!] God was and still is a part of this Country! Perhaps if you worshipped the man you'd like to sleep with just a little less and God, the Creator a little bit more, you might just be able to see things a little bit clearer!
Here's a little bit from God's Word [The Bible in case you can't remember, Chrissy!]
Romans 1:24 NIV "Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another."
Romans 1:25 NIV "They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served created things rather than the Creator - who is forever praised. Amen!"
Romans 1:28 NIV "Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done."
Romans 1:29 - 32 NIV "They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things, but also approve of those who practice them."
It seems to me, Prissy Chrissy, Sarah Palin and Michael Steele are following the right guide, a righteous GOD! Its no wonder you question their references to Him as to your other Godless Communist friends! His words condemn your every word and action! You might be wise to adhere to God's teachings and leave Sarah alone!
Offering the Cure for the Liberal Guy
March 27, 2009 - 09:29 ET by PharmerSorry, guys........... it just isn't normal.
Matthews gets a thrill running up his leg when Obama speaks, but with Palin, it ranges from nothing to aversion.
There seems to be a major hormonal imbalance, possibly originating from causes at the level of the hypothalamus.
These liberal pundits need therapy, and here's my treatment of choice. Put em in a cage right in front of the stage at a four day Christian music festival. Give them the Big Bolus Dose. If that doesn't cause anaphylaxis, give them the whole summer festival series.
The mean spiritedness and
March 27, 2009 - 09:48 ET by rowdygirlThe mean spiritedness and spiteful attitudes are horrible. What is wrong with these people? Why are they so offended by Palin's beliefs? It has nothing to do with them; she wasn't preaching to them. The comments about her looks are so transparent. Jealously. Pure and simple. If Chris thought he has a chance to get at her he would have a totally different attitude.
God and politics?
March 27, 2009 - 11:54 ET by dugbyWhat little Chris doesn't realize is that half or better of the population of this country have no problem with a candidate who might look to God for guidance. These are the same people who revere the Founding Fathers and those few truly great presidents since who made no attempt whatsoever to hide their reliance on the Creator. They do not pretend that God can do anything EXCEPT help in governmental or political issues like little mister Matthews and others of his own anti-Christ choir. They try to promote the falsehood that it is accepted fact that those who talk about God or admit their reliance on Him in the political arena are wayyyy outside the acceptability of protocol, you know, "right wing religious fanatics." These little squawking mutants in the media do not speak for the rest of us -- just those who don't have a clue, his little fan club panelists who clap, rant and rave because they think it's the popular thing to do.
boy howdy over and outy
Matthews obviously has
March 27, 2009 - 10:00 ET by Radical1979Matthews obviously has never read the founding fathers. They constantly referenced God in their writings, it clearly guided the formation of our country. Now it isn't normal? Now it's normal to have a president who freely admits to past illegal drug use, surrounds himself with unrepentant terrorists, and tax cheats. The founding fathers are rolling in their graves.
Couldn't have said it better
March 27, 2009 - 12:16 ET by dugbyYou are so right. It is a "modern" phenomenon that nowadays that God can have nothing to do with guiding this nation, the same nation that the Founding Fathers claimed was behind their every endeavor.
They say that "you cannot legislate morality." I'm sorry, but that is the very essence of what legislators and judges do, whether they believe in God or not -- decide what is right and wrong. That is the very definition of morality. When they decide that this or that law should be put into place, they are indeed making a moral judgment. Whether it be of little or great import, it still involves a moral assessment. They are fooling no one who has and ounce of common sense if they say otherwise
boy howdy over and outy
I'll pray for you Chris
March 27, 2009 - 10:16 ET by Tom in NCI'll pray that you and liberals like you take a few minutes to pull your head out of your rectal orifice and wake up and realize just what complete wack jobs you are for supporting obama and his KAD(Kill the American Dream) agenda, and also that you stop demonizing Christians with every breath you take.
It takes every bit of self control I can muster not to tell you liberals what I really think of you.
PLEASE ATTEND THE TEA PARTY NEAREST YOU ON APRIL 15TH, YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!!!
These people are such
March 27, 2009 - 11:44 ET by Jack BauerThese people are such jerk-offs...
Ah I get it. This is GOOD PRAYER when Obama prays. Unlike Sarah Palin.
But remind me again, who was it that was a member of the Crazy Church which still promotes nothing short of race hate?
Ah yes. Obama.
http://www.beliefnet...
Yeah yeah
March 27, 2009 - 11:46 ET by StarAZThey dumped on Palin instead of all the real news. What I am really worried about is why Corn does not have lips. Is HE the Anti-Christ?
Re no lips
March 27, 2009 - 13:03 ET by slickwillie2001I've noticed that too, what's up with that? He almost looks like a harelip but there's no lack of symmetry. He does have a slight speech impediment.
Not to worry
March 27, 2009 - 12:47 ET by Tom in NCKeep bashing Christians and Christianity, you libs, eventhough Christians don't wish anyone should go to Hell, it is refreshing to know that people like these and others like them won't be polluting Heaven with their presence
Chrissy et.al.
March 27, 2009 - 15:51 ET by NorthCoasterSo when someone says how clean and articulate Obama is, It's OK for Obama to ask him to be his V.P.? When the MSM drools, giggles and gets tingles over Obama it's OK? When the press gets moon eyed over Michelles arms and style or swoons over the love shown by the Presidential couple, it's cool? When Rev. Wright says "God Damn America" it's fine? Basically anything that anyone on the Left does gets a pass, correct?
Let anyone on the right invoke God's aid , look good, have a conservative thought or make a miscue and you hypocrites in the MSM and the Dem perty are all over them like flies on shit! It's no wonder your viewership numbers are so low with your Sophomoric drivel that you pass off as news commentary! You should all be ashamed to collect your money on payday. You need to be backing up toward the window backwards so you don't show your face.
I believe the 700 club
March 27, 2009 - 20:34 ET by pilgrim4jcI believe the 700 club kills Matthews on the ratings!
Matthews is so gutless: would he make fun of how black street kids talk? Or how Gays talk? Or the way Muslums pray? No way he doesn't have the guts to do that. It is safe to make fun of Christians; for he knows that the risk of physical danger is about 1%.
What a worm, his ratings are so low I don't know why newsbusters even brings him up, the whole tribe over there at MSNBC are complete loosers who could never make it in the real news business.
I've honestly never been
March 28, 2009 - 09:23 ET by gmg2aeI've honestly never been able to make up my mind about the existence of God but I do lean towards belief, and people like Chrissy Matthews better hope I never lean the other way. If I didn't belive I might be in trouble in the afterlife I would spend all my spare time (you know when I,m not working to pay off some welfare cases' house) sniping people like him off the planet.