Desperate Matthews Urges Viewers: Call Congress and Tell Them to Ignore Tea Party's 'Stay-At-Home' Bloggers
A desperate sounding Chris Matthews, on Thursday's Hardball, began his show by handing out the direct line to Congress as he urged his viewers to stand up against the "Tea Party members" and their "stay-at-home blogging cheerleaders."
Matthews warned his audience that these "blogging cheerleaders" and their GOP Representatives were all too willing to "embrace" economic "calamity" to show how "dedicated they were to not raising the debt ceiling."
(video after the jump)
In his "Let Me Start" segment Matthews framed the debt ceiling debate as a "civil war" and called it "an historic test of who will take the wheel, who will drive the car?" The MSNBCer then depicted fiscal conservatives as children as he pondered: "Will it be the grown-ups in the front seat or the kids crying and complaining and threatening in the back seat? On one side are those kids in the back seat, Tea Party members of Congress and their stay-at-home blogging cheerleaders who either don't understand or don't care about the consequences of default."
The following is the full Matthews open to the July 14 edition of Hardball:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Country on the brink. Let's play Hardball! Good evening I'm Chris Matthews, up in New York. Let me start tonight with the civil war going on in Washington today. It's not North versus South or even Right versus Left. It's an historic test of who will take the wheel, who will drive the car? Will it be the grown-ups in the front seat or the kids crying and complaining and threatening in the back seat? On one side are those kids in the back seat, Tea Party members of Congress and their stay-at-home blogging cheerleaders who either don't understand or don't care about the consequences of default - of the U.S. not meeting its obligations, of us looking like a joke. They're willing to risk calamity, even embrace it, just to show how dedicated they are to not raising the debt ceiling. On the other side are Democrats and some Republicans who understand this is not a game. That there's no fail-safe position after default.
So who's gonna win? Will it be the men and women who worry about the country? Or those who fear most of all, not of failure of their country to meet its bills but how scary it might be to go to the next Tea Party meeting when the town misfit stands up and says, "You have betrayed us. You have voted to raise the debt ceiling." That's what it's about. That's what this civil war is all about and the question before the country is whether we're gonna keep our economic soundness. If we want our treasury notes to turn out to be, on the other hand, junk bonds. Do we want the land of the free to be the land of the deadbeat. If not, try something right now. Call your congressman or woman and say you don't want this crisis to go where it's headed right now. The number, by the way, I'll give you a minute to think about this, you want to write this down. The number of Congress, and this is for any member of Congress or Senate, you can go through this phone number and ask for them. And they may even help you find out who your congressman is, if you don't know. 202-225-3121. Again, 202-225-3121. If you forget that, it's in the phone book or in 411.
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I'm not desperate because
Submitted by Van Halen on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 6:41pm.
I'm not desperate because MSNBC's ratings are so horrible I'm not all that concerned. But I'm putting out a call for anyone who watches MSNBC even a little bit to turn it off forever. Do what I did - I got rid of all my cable. Problem solved!
Clearly the 'Sort-of-God'
Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 6:45pm.
Clearly the 'Sort-of-God' man-child Obama has sent out his decree from Mt. Olympus, and Chris 'Thrills Up My Pants' Matthews has bowed down and tongued his master's toes.
Again, Matthews declared to the world that 'his job' is to make Obama look good (i.e., do his bidding). Matthews would lie, cheat, steal, do any disgusting thing to protect Obama, the man who signs his paychecks (after stealing the money from OUR paychecks).
I just found out that you can
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 6:48pm.
I just found out that you can not e-mail Cantor unless you live in his district. This really pisses me off. We pay their salaries and the salaries of their staff. Why do I need to live in his district? He works for me.
Don't worry about MSNBC. They don't have enough viewer to jam the switchboards at the Capitol.
Rick, sure you can,
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 6:57pm.
just look up his district, and get the zip code for the largest city in his district and input that in the field on his contact form. I'd use Mechanicsville, Va. 23111 or 23116. IF they ask for an address, use General Delivery.
Back in March of 2006, O said,
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 6:49pm.
"“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure, leadership means that ‘the buck stops here".
In this case, I'm more than willing to take his word for it. In fact, I wholeheartedly agree with him, and that's something that I never saw coming.
And, Chrissy? The town misfit? Would that be you, Madcow, O'Donnell or Bashir?
Slipping away
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 6:54pm.
Tingles the Racer can see that despite all his and the lamers efforts the Messiah's popularity and mystique is slip,slipping away.
Yeah, I'm sure those six phone calls really blew out the...
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 6:57pm.
...congressional switchboard.
Prissy Tingles couldn't attract flies to a BBQ.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Try to understand us Chrissie*
Submitted by cajun2 on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 6:59pm.
"The Tea Party Stay-at-home bloggers cheerleading" for the USA Chrissie* We "readers" of those blogs do so because we cant get an hour of prime time TV like you who Cheerleads daily for the Messiah.
I cannot wait until election night in 2012.................
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 7:04pm.
So the entire country can witness Chris Matthews sh*t his pants on live TV when his THRILL gets tossed out of the WH on his ass.
Watch out Capital Switchboard
Submitted by wingnut55 on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 7:08pm.
I remember when Rush gave out the number of the Capital Switchboard as an example of what would really happen if he did it regularly. The Switchboard was shut down because of the volume of calls. Did Chris even have enough people calling to make them put on extra people. I doubt it.
"us looking like a joke"
Submitted by wingnut55 on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 7:37pm.
As I remember America was look at as a big joke, a sex joke when Bill Clinton was in office. Where was Chris' concern back then? I think the biggest "joke" in this country is MSNBC and people like Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz and others who seem to let their mouths run while their brain is not in gear.
Considering the number of
Submitted by Ponsonby Britt on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 7:51pm.
Considering the number of hardball viewers, Matthews' request is roughly as useful as a rowboat on pavement.
panic city!!!11elventy11!!
Submitted by wizardjr on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 8:03pm.
It looks like Chrissy has just learned that there IS a world outside Manhatten and that it's going to intrude on his cocktail circuit world in a big way. Awwww, poor Chrissy.
What're the odds on him and a few others blowing a fuse when Sir Golfsalot blows it in 2012..??
You fool Chrissy, the
Submitted by jkwtrading on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 8:27pm.
You fool Chrissy, the congressman are Republican..Your people should've called last year.
I urge all our viewers here . . .
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 9:17pm.
To call the Chrissie "Tingles" Maff-huze viewer line, (202) 885-4600, and suggest to Chrissie the following two words:
BLOW ME.
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
Don't pass-out again Chris ....
Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 9:46pm.
.....remember this: A source close to the talking head told us yesterday that Matthews, 60, fell ill on Monday. He later checked into a local hospital because of complications from diabetes and has been off the air all week.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2009/03/25/6131/msnbcs-chris-matthews...
Chrissy's got it backwards
Submitted by kareling on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 10:22pm.
Since when did wanting to make cuts in spending become childish? And wanting to extend credit to oneself (from where?) become the mature, adult thing to do?
Chrissy the Drooling Spittler...
Submitted by USMC8411 on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 10:32pm.
Is giving marching orders to Florida voters, and I quote:
"And they may even help you find out who your congressman is, if you don't know. 202-225-3121. Again, 202-225-3121. If you forget that, it's in the phone book or in 411."
If you DO NOT KNOW WHO YOUR CONGRESSMAN IS, YOU SHOULD NOT BE VOTING!!! And YOU PROBABLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON ANYWAY!!!!
Uneducated voters that get their info from this BALLOONHEAD and his gaseous network! All they know about a ballot is how to find the "D" and make the mark next to it!
It's in the phone book? PHONE BOOK???? 411? What demographic uses a phone book? Who calls 411? Only the elderly die-hard democrats that drool with Chrissy while watching that "sideshow" called a news program.
In the 2000 Presidential election, it was lucky for Bush
Submitted by virginia republican on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 9:42am.
that the typical Democratic voter is semi-literate at best. The voters the party operatives dragged to the polls were instructed to make sure to vote on every page. They dutifully did and, because the Presidential ballot ran more than one page and they marked off more than one Presidential candidate, their ballots were thrown out. If it weren't for that (which took place in Jacksonville) the thousands of votes would have given the state and the nationwide election to Gore. Of course, the Dems screwed many absentee military (likely Bush) voters out of their votes because of the made-up postmark issue. So maybe it's a wash.
http://www.folioweekly.com/documents/main_102108_000.pdf
E-mail your congressman
Submitted by Bodini on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 11:05pm.
E-mail your congressman and ask him to tell Chris ... FU you socialist DICK!
Chris earns his living...
Submitted by Hog_Flambe on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:13am.
... from sitting on his backside. Talking points originate from from the same regime.
Rumor has it that the insolent bastard has a leg fetish...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTBOWg45OU0
:o)
Hey, Crissy, you remember
Submitted by dscott on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 1:25am.
Hey, Crissy, you remember those Chinese who you liberals adore so much? Well this is what they think:
Chinese credit rating agency has indicated in August it will cut it’s rating of US bonds.
Dagong is likely to downgrade US rating
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-07/13/content_12889286.htm
BEIJING – The US’ sovereign credit rating is likely to be downgraded regardless of whether the US Congress reaches an agreement on raising its statutory debt limit, Chinese rating agency, Dagong Global Rating Co Ltd, said on Monday.
“If the debt limit is raised and the public debt continues to grow, it will further damage the US’ debt-paying ability, which is a key factor in Dagong’s evaluation, and we will consider lowering its ratings accordingly,” said Guan Jianzhong, chairman and CEO of Dagong.
“If the raised limit fails to pass and the US faces default, the rating will be immediately and substantially downgraded,” he said.
According to Guan, the downgrading is really just “a matter of time and extent”...
...The fundamental problem is that the US' ability to generate wealth is far from compensating its increasing debt, and "paying debts by borrowing more is not a solution," he said...."
In other words Crissy, the Chinese agree with the Tea Party and GOP, either get our house in order by cutting Obama's massive spending increase since he took office OR ELSE! How is it that we have to get sage advice from Communists????
BTW - The Chinese have been handed the ability by Obama and his flunkies to destroy this country without pushing the nuclear button or firing one bullet. All they have to do is panic sell all their bonds in the open market forcing the Fed to buy them. That's called Instantaneous Devaluation of the Dollar. Barack Obama is undoubtabley thee most incompetent POTUS in the history of the Republic. It is difficult to believe ANYONE COULD BE THIS STUPID but here we are. How's that hope and change working for you all? Next time moderates and independents, you'll think twice about electing someone with zero executive experience, zero accomplishments and spouts platitudes. You want to vote in a popularity contest, then turn in your voter registration card and go back to high school to vote for prom king and queen.
So the R's float a bill
Submitted by amyshulk on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 7:31am.
So the R's float a bill {Ryan} the D's call death to Medicare etc. that has removing "loopholes" etc. and the D's are suddenly all over saying THEY have been stumping for removing "loopholes" etc.
And the R's are the children???
Matthews is just terrified the norm will change and the progressive dream will *finally* die. Chin up dude - with all the indoctrinated people/kids, it will take awhile to purge them all!!!
Ronald Reagan
Did Matthews skip his nap?
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 9:24am.
MATTHEWS: "That's what this civil war is all about . . . "
So, in his call for citizens to listen to grown-ups, Matthews defines the political discourse as a civil war.
This from the clown who claims that conservatives and particularly Tea Partiers exaggerate merely to scare people.
Unfortunately, Matthews is probably to old to grow up himself.
"Daddy, please don't drive!"
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:28am.
"Will it be the grown-ups in the front seat or the kids crying and complaining and threatening in the back seat?"
Well, since the "grown-ups" in the front seat are drunk off their as*ses, I think I'll go with the "children" in the back, begging the "adults" to turn off the ignition and get out.