Matthews Calls Bachmann the 'Mata Hari of Minnesota'; Rolling Stone's Taibbi Says 'Guy Huffing Glue' More Sensible

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There seems to be a new "derangement syndrome" that has infected the crew at MSNBC - Michele Bachmann Derangement Syndrome.

On the MSNBC March 27 "Hardball with Chris Matthews," host Chris Matthews questioned Rep. Michele Bachman's effort to protect the United States dollar.

"It's not clear why she did it since nobody on the planet, least of here in America is talking about switching to some new multinational currency here," Matthews said.

Matthews also got worked up about an interview Bachmann did on conservative talk show host Sean Hannity's radio show earlier this week when she referred to her job as being a "foreign correspondent behind enemy lines" and called Obama's policies "economic Marxism."

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"In other words, the people who disagree with her are the enemy," Matthews said, referring to her as an exotic dancer accused of spying for the Germans in France during World War I. "She is the Mata Hari of Minnesota."

Matt Taibbi, editor of Rolling Stone magazine, took it a step further and suggested she had less mental capacity than someone under the influence household chemicals.

"It's funny, this morning outside of Penn Station, I saw a guy huffing glue out of a paper bag and he was making more sense than Michele Bachmann was making," Taibbi said, drawing laughter from Matthews and Michelle Bernard, MSNBC contributor and president of the Independent Women's Voice. "I can't believe - you need to pass a written test to drive a car in this country, but I bet this woman can't even write her name in the ground with a stick. It's unbelievable to me that this person is in the Congress."

Matthews attempted to psychoanalyze Bachmann, suggesting she was paranoid someone was going to "come sweeping into to our local candy stores and our whatever, our supermarkets and replace all the dollars with some strange looking new currency."

Although Matthews dismisses Bachmann as a lunatic for her concern, there has been talk of a North American currency, the Amero. And, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said he was open to changing the dollar's role in the global economy. Nonetheless, Matthews and company continued their critique of the Minnesota congresswoman's "better-safe-than-sorry" proposition.

"She seems to have been completely confused by China's request on monetary policy and what the reserve dollar was going to be - the basis of the reserve would be," Bernard said, following up on Matthews comments. "I don't understand where she is going with this, where the confusion would be, but there's a lot of confusion."


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  Poor Chris, he doesn't

  Poor Chris, he doesn't know that the crap he dumps on other people makes him look like crap too.  Sort of like this guy.

Does anyone REALLY care

Does anyone REALLY care what those hump-backed rejects who get thrills up their leg and yet nobody watches have to say?

 

I don't. I have far greater things to worry about, like what Mr. Dopey-Hopey-Changey is going to do next!

He has had it in for

He has had it in for Bachman since he had her on his show before the last election, he did his best in fact to help defeat her, she had the audacity to say she thought members of congress and their backgrounds should be checked out for being communists more or less...I am paraphrasing to what happened, but you get the drift....CNN joined in with seeing if she could be unseated in Minnesota....what happened to make a long story short is it back-fired, tons of us supported her, along with some other big $$$ she got from a donor...

She is the best like I have been saying for a very long time here, along with Marsha Blackburn, both pretty gals with brains...by the way, Bushman was great during the hearings with Geithner...I'm not going to go further into it, but I have posted about that here somewhere when it all went on.

Poor Chrissy doesn't know when to let sleeping dogs lie...they are going to come back him in the a$$ with enough time...again...

Just ask her, Zell Miller...or Cheney for that matter.

 

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breadboard

Oh tingles

Tingles said:"It's not clear why she did it since nobody on the planet, least of
here in America is talking about switching to some new multinational
currency here,"

Earlier I heard tax cheat Tim G. saying he would "consider it or look at it'.  Almost immediatly that day the stocks took a dive.

Hi FF... Yeah, Geithner

Hi FF...

Yeah, Geithner said this the day after she asked his opinion about this in a congressional hearing... where he is now contradicting what he himself said to her...hence the reason she has this legislative bill she is proposing, which I don't think Pelosi is going to let it get much traction...hope I'm wrong though.

. Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Good Lord!

Tim Geitner practically de-values the dollar world wide in 10 MINUTES (ten minutes after he announced maybe the dollar shouldn't be the world standard, it FELL) and Chris wonders why Bachmann would introduce legislation that we PROTECT the dollar and not replace it a-la the euro?  "I don't know who she's talking about" !! Get your pink shirted pink tie'd head out of the bumm of the bum she's talking about, idiot.

Michele Bachmann must be telling the truth

I guess it must be assumed that Michele Bachmann is telling the truth and making progress. There is no other explanation for Chris Matthews to wet his pants over this.
Poor Chris. The trouble won't be seen by him at all until his liberty is totally gone. He's an immature baby, much like his President and a good part of the left wing crowd. The truth is just too much for them. Marxism looks good to this crowd. But it never looks good to those oppressed by it. We are changing much more than the dollar.
It's All Dirty Politics

After Palin, Bachman is my

After Palin, Bachman is my dreamgirl.  Another conservative the left has to bash because they are afraid of her.

Matthews: "It's not clear

Matthews: "It's not clear why she did it since nobody on the planet, least of here in America is talking about switching to some new multinational currency here," Matthews said."

Former Mexican President Vincete Fox spilled the beans a while back that there had been talk about replacing the US dollar and Mexican Peso with a regional currency.  

I am no "Truther", I understand Muslim Terrorists attatcked us on 911.  But I also clearly see where the deliberately open borders, devaluation of the dollar (purposeful devaluation of the dollar) , multiculturalism, and anti-Nationalism is taking us.  You don't think our government has allowed the Mexicans to establish approximately 50 consulates in the US just to be nice do you?  Congress approved use of the Mexican Consulate issued "Matricular Consular cards " in federal insured banking so the U.S. and Mexicans popultions could be deeper integrated while keeping up the ruse of border enforcement.

I am glad to see Mr. Poor had the guts to mention the Amero.

 

Absolutely!  I completely

Absolutely!  I completely agree.  It makes me comfortable to know that atleast ONE other person out there sees it along with me.

alamo and mm... You

alamo and mm...

You aren't alone with the same sentiments out here in the rest of the country ...not by a long shot.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

I figured you would be along

I figured you would be along Bigtimer.  You and I see eye to eye on this.

Howdy alamo...if misterb

Howdy alamo...if misterb was here you know what all he would be saying!

 

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Not that anyone besides we

Not that anyone besides we who live here would know who Walton & Johnson are here on Houston radio, but they've been talking about the Amero for sometime now.  I believe that's what these rascals in the government are up to, and I include a lot of Republicans too.  Not Conservatives, but Republicans.  Hell, they make money off these illegals too.

I dang sure am no conspiracy theorist, but there's is something afoot with combining North America and were not going to like or benefit from it on tiny bit, no matter what you hear from "responsible" Republicans.  It's a sham of a travesty of a bogus deal.  I hope that's clear enough for everyone.  

CR.... What you posted is

CR....

What you posted is the reason I am at least grateful to remember what the USA used to be and stand for...we are watching, living the downfall of her at a breakneck speed..incrementalism has gone bye-bye. 

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Oh please

We've been watching the downfall since Reagan left office, don't fool yourself into thinking that Republicans have been any better than Democrats the last 20 years. - Sure, all of the pro life con job they used to get your vote may have helped, but then again, I don't believe them on that front either.

In terms of spending our money the wrong way and overall just not understanding government (not getting Saddam the first time - Bush 41, existing - Clinton, not getting Bin Laden and allowing Pakistan to become the new terrorist haven, spending money like a liberal - Bush 43) we've been watching America go downhill for a long time.

Bush 41 was just not good enough for the job.

Clinton, I mean, come on...I don't even need to say a word.

Bush 43 was, to me, a fraud in every way. I believe that he used you all in the way Obama is using the left. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't feel he ever truly cared about the everyman...too much big business in his blood, I know he is a good man but I just don't think he understands what it is to be the typical American man.

His entire life has been a road paved for him, not by him.

Obama...see Clinton.

Since Reagan left this country has been going downhill. You all just see it clearer now that the guy with the D is back in office. It's only when you all come to the realization that D's and R's mean nothing anymore as they're all the same. 

"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man." - Ronald Reagan

Train wreck...

The broadcast media can't expect anyone to feel sorry for them when the train wreck that is already taking care of the print media hits them. I can already watch CBS use FOX news on the CBS channel in this area. Same news, two different channels. I expect hundreds of broadcast outlets to hit the bricks at any time. No way a respectable company would advertise on most of the phony news shows. Chrissie and Olberdouche could be comitted to the insane asylum with no problem.

 

Old, Retired and glad of it.

Train Wreck

The train wreck is starting to happen. This month the CBS affiliate in Syracuse, NY fired 40 people in its news division. It now simulcasts the local NBC affiliate’s news. Both stations plan to merge into one building. http://www.syracuse....

Chris is jealous

Mainly since he is the Monica Lewinsky of the MSM he doesnt have the legs to wear a dress.I dont think it stops him though.

Prissy Mathews, like his fantasy lover President FUBAR....

...is a G*L*O*B*A*L*I*S*T.

Tiny Timmy did not mis-speak, he just let the dollar cat out of the bag a little prematurely.

They aren't printing trainloads of money just to make up for the fact that they have emptied out the federal treasury.

They intend to tank not just the economy, but the dollar along with it.

Are y'all starting to catch on now?

-Dave

This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.

Typical Strategy

When you can't win an argument with facts, resort to name calling.

Mata Hari -- courtesy of Chris Matthews

Homophobe -- courtesy of Barney Frank

Racist -- tagged to any governor who would refuse a portion of the bailout money

Mean and catty -- courtesy of David Corn

"Bozo" -- courtesy of Ed Schultz

 

Good point

but people on our side have this issue as well.

While I believe that Obama has been implementing aspects of Socialist states around the world, the fact that everyone here cannot go one sentece without using one (mostly all) of the following: socialist, marxist, facist, komrade, 0, idiot, and I believe I saw one mention of monkey boy on another thread.

I've been hoping to see some actual intellectual breakdown of why Obama has and will continue to be a bad POTUS, but all we get is the names and labels. Granted, there are many great posts around here, but they're overwhelmed by the BS drivel that each poster recycles to the other.

The reason we make ourselves look just as (here, I'll do it too) dumb as them is because the majority of you have no clue what you're talking about.

Do you (not you TC, just in general) realize that there is about 70 different types of Marxism, and that the basic ideas of Marx have been adopted by so many people that some aspects of Marxism, today, actually coincide with a more center-right philosophy than left (obviously only in very few cases) - but this kind of vague statement with no specifics makes you look foolish to anyone that has read any basic book on political theory..

Point being: don't lecture others about name calling if the names and labels you throw back are beyond your knowledge (again, just a general comment). 

"Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man." - Ronald Reagan

 Well first shes a very

 Well first shes a very good looking women whos smart .. so Crissy automatically  is offended by her ... but here is what the scary part of the equation is....Obama will cave to international opinion .. so the idea of a new currency will at the minimum be pondered by the White House.. might not be accepted now..... but when his plans fail he will be openminded to the idea

"America is on the Short Bus to Socialism"

 

 

WHAT?

No more 'tingles'? Fo' shame!

Someone should bitch slap

Someone should bitch slap that half a sissy every time he PMSs.

 Man up, Matthews! You embarrass yourself.

A nation cannot be free without a free, unbiased media. We are not free.

Yes, how dare she grill

Yes, how dare she grill Turbo Tax on the Constitutionality of Dear Leader's Marxist programs!

I think I understand what it was like to live under the Weimar Republic when the Nazis were using the Democratic system and legalese to take over.

Palin/Bachmann 2012

Hmmm....that would be interesting.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).

currency

Matthews belongs on SNL.  He sure isn't a reporter of facts.  Notice the foreign pressures are to replace bad currencies with a good global currency..As soon as ours is bad enough, we will dring the koolaid and think it was the currency that was the problem.

Pure Sexism......

It's amazing to me how racist,sexist,and homophobic the left truly is....

Example: Bill Maher says something racist,sexist, or homophobic on every one of his shows, but laughs it off as okay since he's a cool lefty who who smokes weed. He expects his audience to laugh with him for the same reason.

The left hates Bachmann because she is an intelligent woman who can tell the truth. There was plenty of sexism hurled at Palin as well. Where is NOW or any other feminist group when this crap is dumped on conservative women. Yeah, they're hypocrites as well.

Michelle is kinda dorky in a cute way, and the left rips her up for it. Me, I agree with most of her views, think she is a true American who searches for Constitutional truth, and think she's damn sexy as well. She's a hottie in my book. I'd vote for her every time if I could......

When repubs attack a dem

When repubs attack a dem female candidate they are sexist. Is Tingles and Tabby cat sexist for attacking Bachman?

The only explanation I have for Chrissy is that he did surveys of his audience and found they are completely illiterate, don't follow the news and are druggies with ADHD. Geithner causes the dollar to plummet, Russia, China and the UN are looking to replace the dollar with a different reserve currency and Bachman is the bad guy for protecting the dollar and our economy? You want to see a depression, just remove the dollar as the reserve currency, then Chrissy will be carrying around his dollars in wheelbarrows, and blaming Bush for that, no doubt.

What Chrissy meant

What Chrissy meant is "Nobody on my planet is talking global currency" 

Of course his planet consists only of a mattress, and photos of the Goldenbreasted Chiselpeccer he stole from Olbermann's thong drawer.

There can be no other explanation for Chrissy's ignorance of Russia, China, and the UN calling for a global reserve currency.


LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

She Must Be Effective

She must be effective in moving conservatism forward. That's why the Leftists are attacking her personally. Notice they don't dismiss her and discuss the issue of a world currency. They simply attack her personally. They don't discuss the facts, just personality.

Craziness communicates. People don't listen to commonsense presented in a logical way. How else do you explain Olbermann and Matthews still having shows?

Huh Attacking Another Woman....

Who would think such Progressives would be attacking and bullying another woman. What do Progressives stand for apparently not Women's Rights obviously. Are they a group made up of Woman Haters? Take a look at the people weighing in on Bachmann's record with Woman in any form of Authority. Clinton, Palin, and now Bachmann. Makes me wonder if some people don't have Mommy Issues? Progressives only allow women who agree with them to be considered intelligent and mentally healthy...hmmm. I think Mathews sold his sole to GE so long ago the contract is dusty. This is Taibbi's schtick it pays the rent.

 

 

 

 

So if it is such a

So if it is such a non-concern then what is so harmful about a bill to ensure we do not do what everyone is NOT talking about.

Me thinks the tingle doth protest too much. 

She's One to Watch

Clearly, Bachman is on to something and has the loony-lefties in the media going nuts - that can only mean that she is absolutely correct. She' better have tough skin - she's had the audacity to publicly question President Teleprompter and his administration's policies!

Re She's One to Watch

This means that maybe Bachmann has been 'discussed' during the Media Splatters daily conference call, or perhaps Stephie's conference call with the White House staff. Note that they have backed off of Limbaugh, perhaps realizing that they couldn't win, and are now attacking lesser figures like Bachmann, Scalia, Roberts, and others.

I have heard Bachmann speak,

I have heard Bachmann speak, she isn't afraid of the liberal msm. The msm went after her before the election, but she won anyway.