Any man who is under 30 and is not a liberal has no heart; and any man who is over 30 and not a conservative has no brains. - Winston Churchill
I guess we know what old Winston would think of Chris Matthews, then. Appearing on Morning Joe today, the Hardball host turned the Churchillian maxim upside down, claiming his gut leans right but his head pulls him left.
Chris was conversing with MJ panelist Mika Brzezinski. After calling her "a cutie pie and "very smart," he continued.
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CHRIS MATTHEWS: I love the way you go at Joe [Scarborough, the show's host] because I'm trying to figure out the politics of this thing in the morning.
MIKA BRZEZINKSI: It's actually not what anyone would think.
MATTHEWS: Nobody is what we think they are.
BRZEZINKSI: Exactly.
MATTHEWS: Everybody thinks they've got you figured --
BRZEZINKSI: Everbody thinks "oh, liberal! Oh, Republican!" and actually, I've got --
MATTHEWS: I'm sort of a conservative; I have a conservative gut, and yet I have this liberal belief because I've thought things through, like marriage and things like that, abortion rights. I think 'em through and I come to these liberal conclusions on a lot of things.
In fairness, I have heard Matthews express the odd conservative sentiment, as when he praises the way Rudy Giuliani got tough on crime in NYC or blasts Hillary's big-government giveaways. But when Mika said "actually, I've got" and seemed on the verge -- before Chris cut her off -- of claiming to harbor some conservative opinions herself . . . Let's just say that, regardless the topic, Mika reliably voices the conventional liberal line.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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This is 1) co-dependent:
December 26, 2007 - 13:24 ET by EdhenryThis is 1) co-dependent: please like me and invite me back so we can all earn more $$ (if I tick you off, I may not have access and be shunned). 2) If abortion doesn't turn your gut, then you have no heart.
But the real kicker Chrissy is that if you thought things through with the education, experience and historical perspective of the country's founding principles, and how we survived/arrived/thrived to 2007 you would be an upright, fair, committed conservative. But you don't have enough experience and wisdom to understand and therfore you give us biased and incorrect perspectives. Your weak behavior (as we saw on Chrissy's program last week of voting for O to purge white guilt) is pathetic.
It is the now socialist/communist left that will destroy individual responsibility and individual freedom by creating a massive state that will eventually crush us by corruption and evil intent. The press will more than assist.
We moved the nations capital to swampland on purpose, you know.
Mark
December 26, 2007 - 13:25 ET by BlondeThis is so funny...I began watching Morning Joe about a month ago, and I have to say, I laugh my head off at the daily silliness...particularly Mika (pursed lips) and Chrissy trying to be serial (sorry, couldn't help that).
I just could no longer stand F&F, and watching these liberals hang it out there is quite amusing.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
What didn't you like about
December 26, 2007 - 16:24 ET by Lynn DavidsonWhat didn't you like about F&F?
F&F
December 26, 2007 - 16:35 ET by BlondeI was referring to the weekday F&F. I like the weekend crew just fine.
Well, just about everything. The hosts...totally lightweight. Brian's continual innuendos...he's far too long in the tooth for it. It's not cute. Steve Doocy is just goofy, again, it grates. Gretchen is okay, I guess, but Fox has much better talent to fill the middle position.
What I finally got fed up with, though, was their incessant "teasing" of a guest, or discussion of an issue, and then they'd spend about 2 minutes. Nothing of substance. And stupid, off-topic questions, too.
Although I find Morning Joe to be replete with flaming liberals, they actually have good guests, and Joe does a decent interview that lasts long enough to get into the heart of an issue.
And of course, Mika is worth watching just because she's such an airhead. I really enjoy her blatant stupidity, plus she trys so hard to look serious. It's a riot.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
I agree, blonde...I too
December 26, 2007 - 16:50 ET by motherbeltI agree, blonde...I too lost interest in F&F....it's like they never know when they have a good thing, not to overdo it.
And Mika is a hoot. She is funny when she tries to act so knowledgble...did you see her when she tried to credit David Dinkins for cleaning up crime in NYC? At first I thought she was trying to make a joke, but she was dead serious.
If her last name weren't Brzezsinski (sp?) she would be working in the MSNBC cafeteria.
You've got that right, mb
December 26, 2007 - 17:02 ET by BlondeMika is so bad she's good. She couldn't be funnier if she tried...."my dad", "my brother".
I'm not sure she's smart enough for the check-out line in the cafeteria, though.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Chrissy and self-control
December 27, 2007 - 01:11 ET by UnsaneBlonde, is it me or does Chrissy have major self-control issues? First, he is all but drooling over Erin Burnett live on the air when he's talking to her, and now he's calling Mika "cutie pie", and so on?
(P.S. I'm not so impressed with Mika. Although I can imagine that five minutes of her airheadedness will give me enough chuckles to carry me through the morning...)
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Yep
December 26, 2007 - 13:36 ET by Killgrave"..because I've thought things through, like marriage and things like that, abortion rights."
The great thing about liberals is when they're right about something, they still manage to be tragically wrong.
This nitwit is pretending that issues concerning marriage and abortion is about freedom (intellectual), when it is everything but when a liberal gets a hold of it.
Liberals demand that Goverment determines what freedoms an individual has, and arbitrarily dispenses these freedoms according to the political flavor of the day. This includes "special" rights and privileges given out to the "disadvantaged", often at the expense of another group. Again, this is all completely arbitrary.
And these idiots pretend this is "intellectual". You can get more pure logic and consistency from a room of 10 year-olds.
Chris who?
December 26, 2007 - 13:43 ET by robertjacobI am getting sick and tired of seeing NewBusters give these loons so much attention.
I must be missed something - who watches this stuff?
Oh well - must be my own post-Christmas blues.
It's true that I have gone
December 26, 2007 - 13:49 ET by Mark FinkelsteinIt's true that I have gone heavy on Morning Joe today. I did also monitor Today, GMA and the Early Show and looked at the op-ed pages of the NYT, LAT and Globe, but didn't find anything that tickled my fancy. I do try to diversify my posts, but it was just one of those days: and I did find the various items of interest.
Mark -
December 26, 2007 - 14:01 ET by drillanwrWhat're ya gonna do on a slow, post-Christmas news day?
Well Chris, the American
December 26, 2007 - 13:58 ET by ArchConservativeWell Chris, the American viewing public has "thought things through" and have weighed in. Apparently they think that you, CNN, MsNBC, and CNBC aren't worth watching and as Fox's business channel grows and flourishes, you will become even more irrelevant.
You support the troops by supporting the mission! If you don't support the mission, have the guts to say you don't support the troops.
Chris not listening to Mika ...
December 26, 2007 - 14:09 ET by mustangsallyI guess this is implied (always) with Chris:
"Well, enough about you <NAME> - let's talk about me ..."
Matthews sounds like some
December 26, 2007 - 14:09 ET by Chris NormanMatthews sounds like some Liberals I know (including some in my family). They'll express some conservative opinions on occasion, but are scared to death of being known as a Conservative. I think it's some kind of weird misguided snobby belief that conservatives are perceived as neanderathalic hillbillies. They think "liberal" connotes "sophisticated and enlightened" - and that's how they want to to be thought of.
Liberals
December 26, 2007 - 15:01 ET by doug1950I agree and am always reminded immediately by liberals behavior in this regard as being like the kids in High School who wanted to be liked by the "in or cool" kids. In an effort to be accepted (and they never were) they would go along and agree to every stupid idea they came up with and would pander and suck up at every opportunity. I think emotionally most liberals are still trying to be accepted and have never matured out of the high school . I am encouraged though as there seems to be at least some high school kids who are more mature and than the liberals.
I bet if you checked with
December 26, 2007 - 18:20 ET by Chris NormanI bet if you checked with the people who sneer at and criticize WalMart, McDonalds, devout religion, etc. you'd find that they identify themselves as Liberals. I really do think it's a pretentious intellectual (the pseudo kind) and class conscious snobbery.
The Arrogance of Liberalism
December 26, 2007 - 14:10 ET by V the KThe conceit of liberalism is that no one who "thinks things through" could ever possibly arrive at a conservative opinion. This is the sneering arrogance of liberalism.
I really don't care what
December 26, 2007 - 14:21 ET by motherbeltI really don't care what Chris Matthews thinks of conservatives and liberals, but:
What do you think would happen if a conservative pundit did the following: teasing an attractive financial reporter (Erin Burnett) to move in closer to the camera, and then called Mika Brzeszinski a "cutie pie"????
Can you say "Apologize...oh, and you're fired, you pervert!"?
When you look at ratings...
December 26, 2007 - 14:32 ET by celatorChris's ratings average around 500,000 per night (if I'm reading the numbers correctly). That's about the population of Tuscon, AZ. I mean, no one is watching. Yet, he gets miles of publicity. It's a great mystery.
Sponge Bob Square Pants has a viewership of about 2 million--four times Chris's ratings. Why aren't we more interested in what ol' Sponge Bob has to say about the campaign? He seems to have more common sense than Chris, doesn't he? And he's a lot more popular.
OK, but why is the entire
December 26, 2007 - 14:44 ET by Mark FinkelsteinOK, but why is the entire population of Tucson watching him? Bad 'shrooms? ;-)
Chris has his basic
December 26, 2007 - 16:33 ET by wiwfChris has his basic instinct intentionally backwards to appeal to conservatives to keep his show afloat...
"I know you disagree, but listen to meeee! Please?!?! Hellooooo?"
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"Bad 'shrooms?" Could be
December 26, 2007 - 18:08 ET by celator"Bad 'shrooms?"
Could be ;+}
I WONDER...
December 26, 2007 - 17:49 ET by danybhoycelator,
You mentioned ratings, & while I laughed at the Spongebob reference, I wondered if MSNBC's ratings will now back up a bit since the Yule Log is now gone? You know, the 1 channel in most big cities where they show a fireplace going with a log burning in it that runs during the Christmas holiday. I gotta think that the Yule Log would cut into Mathews?MSNBC's ratings.
"Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise" Mark Levin
I heard....
December 26, 2007 - 18:12 ET by celatorI heard MSNBC was considering placing a year-round Yule Log on Matthews show to boost ratings. As an added feature, the Yule Log might be introduced as a guest and interviewed by Chris, i.e. "How long have you been a Yule Log," "What do you think of the Clintons?"...those sorts of questions. They will lean the log a little to the left in the chair, I hear. Sort of subliminal. (Well, not anymore. ;+])
Chrissy "Kreskin" Matthews
December 26, 2007 - 16:49 ET by stratman"MATTHEWS: Nobody is what we think they are."
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!
And for his next trick, Chrissy El Magnifico will pull a rabbit out of his...
Since no monkeys flew out of mine, I'm gonna have to say Chris is 100% USDA Liberal Gizzard and nobody here was fooled.
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
Yeah, right, Chris ...
December 26, 2007 - 17:09 ET by drillanwr... I think, therefore I am. I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am ... I think I can ... I think I can ... I think I can ... wooo! -wooo! ... chug-a-chug-a ... wooo!-wooo!
We got it ...
Problem is, Chrissy, you
December 26, 2007 - 17:27 ET by fitzfongProblem is, Chrissy, you don't think things through. Liberals feel, Conservatives think. But Chrissy will talk about "thinking through" issues like marriage and abortion...those aren't "thinking" issues, they're feeling issues. Tax policy is a thinking issue. Illegal immigration is a thinking issue. The war on terror is a thinking issue. Tort reform is a thinking issue. Reducing government waste is a thinking issue. School choice is a thinking issue. Unfortunately, Chrissy feels through thinking issues and feeling issues and is therefore an ignorant windbag. And Bubbles Brzezinkski couldn't think if her life depended on it.
IF HE ONLY HAD A BRAIN!!
December 26, 2007 - 18:15 ET by STANISZCHARLIE Why all the debate about if he had any smarts or shame?. The guy was a, Tip oneal gopher and a speech writer for the peanut man. If this did,nt make him a conservative then all is lost.
Chris has thought things through...
December 26, 2007 - 19:08 ET by ThalpyChris has thought things through and realized that without kissing up he will be iced in Washington. This of course is testimony to the Left's claims of commitment to truth, fairness, social justice, and objectivity. Chris knows that if you deviate from the Left's marching orders, it is over for you. Chris has seen the light, but doesn't know that its a train.
I don't mean to be a jerk
December 26, 2007 - 19:19 ET by Mike HammerBut Churchill never said that. It was miss attributed to him. It may be a true statement, but he never said it.
Interesting link
December 26, 2007 - 20:35 ET by well99Probably wrong place but thought this was pretty cool.
http://www.foxnews.c...
Shades of John Kerry
December 26, 2007 - 20:47 ET by Chris Norman"Actually, I was conservative before I voted liberal"
mark -- many people
December 26, 2007 - 21:28 ET by Jack Bauermark -- many people mistakenly believe that to be a Churchill quote. There is no record of the greatest man of the 20th Century having said that.
It has been attributed to the socialist politician Aristide Briand who was Prime Minister of France in the 1920s.
Jack: I was one of those
December 27, 2007 - 01:40 ET by stratmanJack:
I was one of those believing this was a Churchill quote. It appears that Briand ripped it from another (earlier) politician! This excellent quote has been modified and attributed to numerous people in history.
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
strat -- the problem is, it
December 27, 2007 - 07:34 ET by Jack Bauerstrat -- the problem is, it sounds exactly like Churchill coul;d have said it.
Though he started as a conservative, then was a liberal (in party name only), then back to being conservative.
And I always believed it was him till someone poined out the error to me as well.
I did find it odd that it would be attributed to a French socialist, though that was the strongest attribution I could find.
Churchill was a great
December 27, 2007 - 12:49 ET by stratmanChurchill was a great leader. I have always found it disturbing how he was kicked to the curb once WWII was over. He had vision and true grit - against socialized medicine and for a "united states of europe". I'll bet few at that time believed that a federation of european nations sharing in a single currency would occur in their lifetimes.
BTW, I'm glad that the UK still has the Pound Sterling as their currency. Some things are right and proper in their own accord. And may lightening strike the person who wants to implement the "Amero" in North America.
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
"MATTHEWS: I'm sort of a
December 28, 2007 - 00:15 ET by Cortillaen"MATTHEWS: I'm sort of a conservative; I have a conservative gut, and yet I have this liberal belief because I've thought things through, like marriage and things like that, abortion rights. I think 'em through and I come to these liberal conclusions on a lot of things."
Interesting, I happen to be the exact opposite, liberal tendancies that end up on the conservative end after careful consideration. This means one of three things: A) I'm lying; B) He's lying (note that he makes money off of what he says...); C) Our concepts of having "thought things through" are considerably different. Personally, I suspect B is true, and I know C is. Liberalism, honesty, and an analytical mind are three things that cannot coexist, and a combination of the first two requires extreme naiveté. Everything I've ever seen of liberalism revolves around starting with forgone conclusions and stopping logical analysis of the issue short of disproving that conclusion (http://wizbangblog.c... is a perfect example of this), and this putz has yet to prove otherwise.
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