Noted Dick Cheney-basher Chris Matthews, on Thursday's "Hardball," finally found an area of common ground with the former Vice President – his endorsement of moderate Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison over Rick Perry in the Texas governor's race. However, even a bit of praise from the MSNBC host came with a vicious shot, as Matthews sneered, "You might think an endorsement from Dick Cheney would be like a dinner invite from Uday and Qusay Hussein, but not in Texas."
After making the comparison to the brothers who infamously tortured Iraqi athletes for losing on the field, Matthews went on to ponder: "Can the torture man boost her backing from conservatives in beating secessionist governor Rick Perry?" [audio available here]
The following Matthews outbursts were aired on the October 29, "Hardball":
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Also you might think an endorsement from Dick Cheney would be like a dinner invite from Uday and Qusay Hussein, but not in Texas. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison says
she's pleased to have the former Vice President's support in her race for governor. Can the torture man boost her backing from conservatives in beating secessionist governor Rick Perry? This is one of the races that matters to me and we'll break it down.
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MATTHEWS: Former Vice President Dick Cheney is backing Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, proving, once again, that a broken clock is right twice a day. Astounding. Against the secessionist governor Rick Perry. [Sarah] Palin, by the way, the former governor of Alaska is backing, of course, Rick Perry.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.





she's pleased to have the former Vice President's support in her race for governor. Can the torture man boost her backing from conservatives in beating secessionist governor Rick Perry? This is one of the races that matters to me and we'll break it down.














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Mathews who?
October 29, 2009 - 17:34 ET by ontherightLike anything Mr. "tingle" says is newsworthy...
seen in-person!
October 30, 2009 - 00:32 ET by konoCelebrity spottings tend to be newsworthy, and I coulda sworn I saw Chris this morning, in-person. I was all ready to pick a fight with him, when I realized where I was, and that I was actually looking into a backed-up toilet bowl.....
Maybe that tingle in Chrissy's leg
October 29, 2009 - 17:45 ET by CO2Makeris phantom leg pain from when someone takes him down at the knees.
I can't believe an ostensibly responsible journalist--yes, responsible: he worked for four members of Congress, including Sen. Muskie and Speaker O'Neill, and was as speech writer for Jimmah, loser of Iran. And yes, journalist: he was Washington correspondent for 13 years for the S.F Examiner.
He knows the drill better than most.
It takes us beyond credulity to hear him compare GWB with two psychopath sons of our enemy. Who would refer to a prominent political personality, oh, say, a speaker or western senator as Eva Braun? People would march in the streets, find them, and burn the hair off their bodies.
Chris the Wide Mouth Frog has found himself in a pundit Ponzi scheme, overtrumping the last outrageous statement by former Best Coanchorf for Life Keith "I can see something outrageous from my bathtub" the Sports Boy in a never-ending, ever-expanding game of scurrilous smears.
And, oh yes, the Left continues to lament the hateful speech of the Right. Hmmmmm.
“Responsible journalist”?
October 30, 2009 - 07:12 ET by needle“Responsible journalist” is becoming so rare as to be almost an oxymoron.
I am not convinced that Matthew's CV is an assurance of responsibility.
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- I didn't leave the Republican Party; the Republican Party left me.
Cheney - torture man? What about Al Gore?
October 29, 2009 - 17:55 ET by Gary HallI'd bet that Chris Matthews, along with the entire left leaning side of the isle, would, without a doubt, consider that the US policy of extraordinary rendition was a process which absolutely invited and resulted in torture - and perhaps since the process resulted in captured terrorists being held by foreign forces in far-away lands, that interrogation proceedures such as waterboarding, would have been the least of their worries.
Clinton's former National Security Advisor told us in his book, "Against all Enemies," that back when he had presented the the case to President Clinton, VP Al Gore was more than supportive. President Clinton did in fact authorize the program, with the CIA informing us that about as many renditions were carried out during the Clinton/Gore term, as during the Bush/Cheney administration:
Or was it, 'go grab his ass, blindfold and gag him, and haul him away to some dark cave in Egypt someplace where we can get information out of him - but please make sure you don't hurt his sweet ass."
(;`~/ gary
Gore's coming up in my esteem ..
October 29, 2009 - 18:06 ET by CO2Maker"Grab his ass and beat the sh*t out of him." Not bad, Carbon Offset Guy.
But wait, wait. I just remembered. He talks out of both sides of that goofy smirk of a mouth, and he whipped up all that AGW (which stands for Al Gore Warmering, btw) hysteria.
So, f* him. Go back to what you were doing. Return to normal programming.
first on the list
October 29, 2009 - 18:01 ET by cajun2I have become so disgusted with the fringe media. I have decided to start a list of co-conspirators and enablers for the ONE's disintegration of the strengths and values that are the foundation of the American way of life.
THE STY OF USEFUL IDIOTS
Chris Mathews is the first to be enshrined. I will tell as many of my friends and relatives to be alert, question anyone who repeats their lies, and email every one of them to call them out. NB has a forum to expose these idiots for me so I dont get my blood pressure up by witnessing their treason myself. Saturday I am attending a tea party to protest Mary Landrieu's townhall. She may be next on my list. I will be in the company of hundreds of like minded people and I will tell them all about NB.
I love Chris Matthews, he
October 29, 2009 - 18:06 ET by bse5150I love Chris Matthews, he may be singlehandedly killing MSNBC's ratings. Go Chris!
"CHRIS MATTHEWS: Also you
October 29, 2009 - 18:08 ET by ckc1227"CHRIS MATTHEWS: Also you might think an endorsement from Dick Cheney would be like a dinner invite from Uday and Qusay Hussein"
It's just too bad you weren't one of their dinner guests.
I think his hatefulness
October 29, 2009 - 18:09 ET by smgxI think his hatefulness really gets the best of him. It's rather pathetic.
As a favorite liberal
October 29, 2009 - 21:48 ET by needleAs a favorite liberal bumber sticker says:
“HATE is not a family value.”
Now who could argue with that?
No, Hate is a Liberal value.
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SCREWBALL WITH SCREWBALL...
October 30, 2009 - 06:43 ET by danybhoyHis stupidity gets the better of him as well. The guy should be a mental patient & recieving medications. He should also be forced to wear a helmet in public as well, for his protection.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Shut up, Chrissy
October 29, 2009 - 18:26 ET by LynnI can't take it. I can't take it.
Just looking at that guy's wide open mouth gives me a cramp in my leg and a spasm in my whole body.
As he spits out the words from his huckster's mouth the tremors begin. No more, no more!
gosh, every time
October 29, 2009 - 18:46 ET by American.Patriotchrissy opens his mouth I get a thrill
Cheney May Be as Dumb as Gingrich
October 29, 2009 - 18:49 ET by BW222If Cheney is backing Kay Barely Republican, he deserves to be scorned. The fact that Matthews agrees with him speaks volumes.
Like the rest of the GOP elites, it appears Cheney is totally out of touch with a more conservative Republican base.
BW222
Chris M. Is No Man
October 29, 2009 - 18:51 ET by Chivalrous1_usObviously the astute and erudite Mr. Matthews hasn't heard the horror stories of the things Uday and Qusay perpetrated on Iraqi's. Lowering dissidents into wood chippers while alive; Rape rooms; Screwing a persons head in a vice until their skulls were crushed; sawing off limbs with powertools. I've been there. I've seen these things.
A short list.
What a total ass to compare former Vice-President Cheney to those barbaric animals. MSNBC should really fire this fatass P.O.S..
I'd take a squad of Cheneys against a division of Matthews any damn day. Cheney would win on guts alone.
Chivalry Is Not Dead
Sorry, Chivalrous1_us, I
October 29, 2009 - 21:55 ET by needleSorry, Chivalrous1_us, I strongly suspect Chris had all of Uday’s and Qusay’s outrages in mind when he made that odious remark.
Chris Matthews does not deserve to live in a Democracy and doesn’t want one for the rest of us either.
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You watch folks!
October 29, 2009 - 18:55 ET by MightyMouthOne of these days Matthews is gonna snap! Good thing is, it will be on tape! Waiting...waiting...
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
"Gonna" snap? I think he
October 29, 2009 - 20:15 ET by motherbelt"Gonna" snap?
I think he already has. As I'm reading this, I'm thinking Yup....Chrissie has slipped a cog....the gears just aren't meshing....I think it's time for him to take a leave of absence for what the Hollywood celebs amusingly call "exhaustion."
No Mother
October 29, 2009 - 20:26 ET by MightyMouthI'm talking about John Belushi ala SNL under the counter crash kinda snap!
You know, foaming at the mouth, drooling kinda snap!
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
Motherbelt
October 30, 2009 - 06:26 ET by NorthCoasterChrissy and Olberman have a problem with their outrageous commentary. Once a person starts down that road, they have to continue to top the last inane comment. eventually they have to howl at the moon every time they open their mouths.
OOOWWWOOOO!!!
It's great to see that their ratings match their lack of decency.
Torture, like watching an episode of "Hard Ball" with the sound
October 29, 2009 - 19:35 ET by pahuberon?
I would say 'well there goes his credibility', but Chris is waaaaay beyond that now.
→ Keep it up, Chris
October 29, 2009 - 19:42 ET by Cool ArrowGosh, your secession accusations are hurting Rick Perry so badly, I just don't know how he can get up in the mornings.
Must be tough, as Governor of the great State of Texas, to realize half his constituents are pulling for secession and the other half know he never said any such thing.
Matthews? A kingmaker? in TEXAS?
Chris, you're less welcome here than Mrs O'leary's cow is in Chicago.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Exactly Cool
October 29, 2009 - 21:18 ET by RESTLESS 1Matthews sh!tt#ng in our living room is most unwelcome.
"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest
The lunatic Matthew, mean spirited Keith Olberman and
October 29, 2009 - 21:05 ET by Poljunkdisgraced Maddow (to name a few) dare to call Glenn Beck crazy!!!!
Are you kidding me! I feel like we're in the twilight zone!
Chris!
October 29, 2009 - 21:11 ET by John WITime to get a new job.
A real job. And join us in the real fight.
Come see, what we see. Live what we live.
You will learn soooooo much about reality.
Hmmm..
October 29, 2009 - 21:17 ET by RESTLESS 1If matthews is for Hutchison, then Perry it is.
As a Texan, I can say with all confidence that the endorsement of Palin far outweighs endorsements by Cheney and tingles.
"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest
Our Churchill
October 29, 2009 - 21:31 ET by needleA little while ago Our Churchill was posted in another thread, but it is at least as appropriate here.
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Chris Matthews on MSNBC
October 30, 2009 - 02:00 ET by Big MommaCan't someone at MSNBC get Matthews some Testosterone injections........that pre-pubescent screech is like fingernails down a blackboard.
Wonder what he's going to be when he grows up.......
"Look Ma....I'm King of the World" B. H. Obama
not really a news organization
October 30, 2009 - 02:30 ET by m1xramI heard a rumor from the White House that MSNBC wasn't really a news organization. :-)
He has already failed... his country.
m1xram
October 30, 2009 - 06:12 ET by jacktheripperit's just a rumor...
"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can
bribe the people with their own money." – Alexis de Tocqueville
Chrissy
October 30, 2009 - 06:17 ET by NorthCoasterYou've confused Dick Cheney, an honorable family man, with two rapists and murderers.
SHAME ON YOU!
Stick it, Chris...
October 30, 2009 - 09:45 ET by Meredith1966I'm a proud Texan, and while I can't speak for all Texans I can say that this Texan is getting a little tired of East Coast snobs (and West Coast snobs, too) looking down their noses at Texas. I vividly remember how they tried very hard to make Texas a liability for GWB in the minds of voters in 2000 and, to a lesser degree, in 2004. Frankly, they--Chris, Letterman, Pelosi, and their ilk--can shove it. The fact that Matthews likes Cheney's endorsement of Hutchison seals it for me, I'm voting to re-elect Perry.
"The words of a President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately." - Calvin Coolidge
A lot of us...
October 30, 2009 - 10:16 ET by StarAZWe seceded from MSNBC--it worked pretty well for us.
The absence of a tingle up
October 30, 2009 - 11:10 ET by mattmThe absence of a tingle up your leg is not torture, Chrissy.
Why is this yoyo still on the air?
October 30, 2009 - 12:40 ET by Patriot IIMatthews has about as much credibility as a missing lugnut!!