Dick Armey: Chris Matthews 'Slipping Out of Touch With Reality'
Is Chris Matthews going crazy? He has really gone off the rails of late attacking, more viciously than usual, Rep. Michele Bachmann, and comparing the Tea Party movement to Egypt's Islamofascist group the Muslim Brotherhood.
While we at NewsBusters are more likely to ascribe these knee-jerk attacks to Matthews's intense partisanship, others have their own theories. FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey, for one, thinks Matthews might be losing it. "I'm kind of sad for Chris," Armey "Fox and Friends" host Brian Kilmeade on Monday. "[H]e just seems to be slipping out of touch with reality" (video and transcript below the break).
KILMEADE: MSNBC host Chris Matthews taking his criticism of the Tea Party to a whole new level. Listen.
MATTHEWS: So the Muslim Brotherhood has a parallel role here with the Tea Party. They're the ones that keep you honest and decide whether you give states too long when you've got a sell by date looming.
KILMEADE: Incredible. So he compares it to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Tea Party. Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey is chair of FreedomWorks and co-author of the book "Give Us Liberty: a Tea Party Manifesto". First off Dick, do you think it's apt comparison, the Tea Party and the Muslim Brotherhood? How do you feel about that?
ARMEY: I’m kind of sad for Chris. This is the kinda uninformed pejorative that he’s been guilty of repeatedly in recent years. I don’t know whether it’s his age or what, but he just seems to be slipping out of touch with reality.
KILMEADE: So you're not insulted? You feel worse for him?
ARMEY: I feel bad for him. Chris had a pretty good career. He's a fairly decent fellow personally, but for some reason he's fallen into this sort of attack mode where he just comes out with things that are crazy.
Matthews is all but sure to stoop to another insult-laden tirade directed at Armey during Monday night's "Hardball." That will add to his ever-growing list of frantic attacks on conservatives. So far this year, those attacks have included Matthews:
- Calling Glenn Beck "absolutely crazy,"
- Repeatedly implying that Republicans just don't like black people,
- Comparing the Tea Party to "Nazi stuff" (moments after decrying "violent rhetoric," no less),
- Doing his part to tie Sarah Palin and Michele Bachman to the January 8 shooting in Tucson,
And all this in addition to his more recent comments on Bachmann and the Tea Party. Make sure you visit our Chris Matthews archive for a longer list of "greatest hits."
And feel free to make your own diagnoses in the comments.
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Comments
I'm obviously no fan of
Submitted by Van Halen on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 5:27pm.
I'm obviously no fan of Matthews but have you looked at him lately? He's pasty, wet, nervous looking. Taking this charge very seriously that he may be having some kind of neurosis regarding Palin, Bachmann, and the TEA Party.
He's like a dog on the way to
Submitted by johnsonl on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 5:40pm.
He's like a dog on the way to the vet for a shot. I think that he and all the rest of the leftist commentators at MSNBC are getting in their last shots before being "Keithed".
More like this
Submitted by another_old_veteran on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 6:33pm.
He is like the dog bragging that he is going to the vet to get 'tutored'.
“If you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.” - Halton C. Arp
Nice...
Submitted by The_Barrel_Guy on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 8:52pm.
But that presupposes that Tingles has not already been tutored... In his case I believe it may be just a bit too late...
Or maybe to get..
Submitted by OldJoe on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:34am.
neutered? Never mind he is already a eunuch.
Actually he doesn't qualify
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 12:16pm.
Actually he doesn't qualify to join the eunuch's union.
It's not a knee-jerk reaction.
Submitted by CO2Maker on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 5:42pm.
Chris the Wide Mouth Frog get a thrill. It involves his leg and it probably involves a jerk or two, but it's not his knee that is the part of his anatomy in question.
Chris TWMF exuding more pheromones for O'Bama than anyone else ... except Ed-Rachel-Larry-Randi-Joy and Bill Mohair.
Mr Armey
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 5:47pm.
You JUST noticed this?
I'm not giving Matthews the
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 5:51pm.
I'm not giving Matthews the benefit of diminished responsibility.
I think he's just been around for so long that he now thinks he's entitled to say whatever he wants on air about anyone. He's becoming increasingly belligerent and obnoxious because he thinks, rightly or wrongly, that he's untouchable.
SLIPPING out of touch with
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 5:52pm.
SLIPPING out of touch with reality? That ship sailed long ago.
I think by "slipping" he
Submitted by Outback Jon on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 8:07pm.
I think by "slipping" he meant "at the speed of a comet, hurtling towards it's final rendezvous with our Sun."
From Matthew point of view,
Submitted by tampamom25 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 6:06pm.
From Matthew point of view, his word on anything is the truth, and the only truth worth listening to. His ego is huge and he seems to really believe that anyone who disagrees with his points of view is directly on the road to Hades. Sad to see a man go downhill so fast, but he really does seem to be losing it. Pretty soon all he'll have left is that tingle up his leg when he hears Obama's voice....
tampamom, we are in agreement
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 6:30pm.
tampamom, we are in agreement about the size of Matthews' ego (I phrased it slightly differently above) but I disagree with you that the progression means he is losing it.
I think it's nothing more than massive ego and a sense of entitlement. I think he is fully responsible for every stupid and hateful thing he says.
Surely a sign of advanced
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 6:50pm.
Surely a sign of advanced untreated veneral disease and an unhealthy mixture of prescription drugs and vodka.
circling the bowl, faster and faster
Submitted by wizardjr on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:10pm.
Think of those sci-fi shots of a ship or something approaching a black hole on an angle. They circle faster and faster and faster as they get closer to the event horizon, finally disappearing.
Hi Chrissy. Can you see your future there? I think they all see the Truth Monster gobbling them up like Herr Oberloon. There's nothing they can do about it. They're past any ability to pull out and away from certain destruction and being swallowed up.
Awwwww, tough cheeze there Chrissy.
kinda like
Submitted by OldJoe on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:35am.
flushing the toilet.
Maybe his diabetes is affecting his brain
Submitted by Red Jeep on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:43pm.
"Diabetic brain damage risk." "A new study has drawn concern over those with diabetes, as recently released data indicates that low blood sugar levels may cause permanent brain damage."
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4945525n
"Dementia looks different in diabetic brain: study"http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/12/us-brain-memory-idUSTRE50B6NF20090112