Chris Matthews on this afternoon's Hardball, speaking with Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.).
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Congressman Burton, why do you think Cubans on the island still support the Castro brothers? What is it that allows that lock on those people to continue?
DAN BURTON: I don't think they do support Castro, I don't think they supported Fidel or Raul. That is a Communist regime where they have block captains who watch everybody in each invidual block, and anybody that even speaks out against the government ends up in a gulag. Thousands and thousands of Cubans who want freedom and democracy have been in those Communist gulags for a long, long time, and many of them have been shot. Fidel Castro and Raul have even killed friends of theirs who they thought might want some positive change down there.
Would Chris Matthews have asked a Russian during the 1930s why people continue to support Stalin? Does Chris Matthews really need to have the facts of life in a brutal Communist dictatorship explained to him? Apparently yes.
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A simple answer...
February 19, 2008 - 19:38 ET by ThisnThatThe threat of death and torture. It sure would make me support a brutal dictator if I had no other choice.
But here, we do have a choice. It's called Smith & Weston.
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Wesson.
February 19, 2008 - 20:19 ET by heldmywIt's Smith & Wesson.
You sure you don't have one o' them famous Westchesters?
Nope. A Gluck ;-)
February 19, 2008 - 20:21 ET by Mark FinkelsteinNope. A Gluck ;-)
Mine's a Springfeld! "An
February 19, 2008 - 21:41 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveMine's a Springfeld!
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." --Robert A. Heinlein, "Beyond This Horizon", 1942
Gluck?
February 19, 2008 - 21:47 ET by R D HelmLOL-You'll shoot your eye out with one 'a them Glucks. :-O
So, Mark, exactly which "Gluck" do you have?
Gut Gluck, of course ;-)
February 19, 2008 - 21:49 ET by Mark FinkelsteinGut Gluck, of course ;-)
LOL-That's the best kind.
February 19, 2008 - 22:07 ET by R D HelmI just happen to have one of those myself. About to pop for another one, too.
Much better than one o' them Chinese Westchesters. :-)
Lots of Ts
February 20, 2008 - 08:28 ET by ThisnThat"You sure you don't have one o' them famous Westchesters?" [regarding Weston vs. Wesson]
No, but obviously I have a lot of extra "t's" on my keyboard.
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Corn oil keeps us free?
February 20, 2008 - 10:00 ET by pbanks7Corn oil keeps us free? :^)
MSM - shaping all the perceptions you need to believe.
TnT -
February 19, 2008 - 21:55 ET by drillanwrThe threat of death and torture.
Yeah, and if they screwed that up, you'd end up in one of their hospitals ... ewwww! Gimmie death!
When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks
The Castro brothers have all
February 19, 2008 - 23:06 ET by motherbeltThe Castro brothers got all that support the same way that Saddam Hussein got 99% of the Iraqi vote.
A good retort from Burton might have been . . . .
February 19, 2008 - 19:51 ET by CaringwhiteguyChris - after spending 30 years in Washington and seeing first hand how much destruction liberals have done to the fiber of America, why do you still support them? What is it that allows that lock on you to continue?
I know! I know! Because,
February 19, 2008 - 20:26 ET by Chris NormanI know! I know! Because, like the Cuban peasants, liberals think all good things come only from the government and the president is their Big Daddy, who should be strict, yet loving, to keep all us little people in line?
Matthews is as dazzled by
February 19, 2008 - 19:53 ET by Chris NormanMatthews is as dazzled by Castro as any teeny bopper. I'm sure there are many in Cuba who do love Castro. They've been brainwashed by forty plus years of propaganda. There are many in Russia who are nostalgic for Stalin, too.
Another gun nut for change.
February 19, 2008 - 19:54 ET byAnother gun nut for change.
To his credit...
February 19, 2008 - 19:57 ET by on-the-rocksat least Chris Matthews had on a Republican that did not mince words as to what life in Cuba is like.
He could have interviewed Jimmy Carter or some other apologist.
In fact, once the world is told that Fidel has achieved his rightful place in Hell, you will hear the accolades ad nauseum.
Is this dork for real?
February 19, 2008 - 20:03 ET by Galvanicso chris matthews never heard the old saying
February 19, 2008 - 20:16 ET by lunaticcringeradioit's better to let people think you're stooopid, than to open your mouth and prove it.
let me just quote hank hill for a moment "just when i thought you said the dumbest thing i ever heard, you had to go and keep talking."
lunaticcringeradio
The Democrat platform and
February 19, 2008 - 20:38 ET by StayOnPointThe Democrat platform and the Communist Manifesto are identical, therefore, it's understandable why a Democrat doesn't see the problem with Fidel or any other Communist regime.
"The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind." --Thomas Jefferson
Chris is too busy drinking that rosey Kool-Aid
February 19, 2008 - 21:34 ET by c5thenAnd wearing his rose colored glasses to take time out to investigate reality. His world is sooooooo much nicer and happier to be in without that nasty intrusion.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
Personally, I think it's a
February 19, 2008 - 21:43 ET by RickTaLifePersonally, I think it's a good thing that MSNBC gives talk shows to the mentally retarded. We need to see more mentally retarded pundits on other networks in my opinion, since MSNBC seems to have a surplus of them. :-P
Cuba has generational servitude
February 19, 2008 - 21:56 ET by Lame CherryWhen all the Andy Garcia's are forced out of a nation who would pick up a gun and fight a thug like Castro, all that is left is the sheep with Castro slaughtering a few in public to keep the others bleating passively.
If Europeans had not made them to be sheered, they would not have made them sheep.
Matthews needs to read Spanish memoirs of real Spaniards who lived in the New World. It might help him in explaining why the Castro wolves rule the Cuban sheep pen like all communists do........like all liberals like Clinton do.
It is why Putin rules in sheep pen Russia and why Democrats rule in sheep pen New York.
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Does not compute
February 19, 2008 - 22:19 ET by landsharkMatthews was probably baffled by the response. After all, Cubans must support Castro; how else could he get re-elected by such wide margins for so many years?
Gee, Chris, I don't know.
February 19, 2008 - 22:22 ET by R D HelmWhy don't you fly down there and ask them yourself?
What is wrong with these myopic liberals? How can any rational human being look at what has gone on in Cuba since Fidel took power, or any other communist hell-hole that has ever existed in the world, and see anything positive, other than when the governments finally callapse under the weight of their own corruption?
Is this what libs like Matthews want for all of us?
miami
February 19, 2008 - 22:26 ET by seaniepfor all that I hate about miami, chris could go down there and fine, oohh, lets see I a guessing about 2 million people who HATE castro . . .
how the hell did this guy ever get this job?
Semi on target!
February 19, 2008 - 22:27 ET by pbthinkerIt has been my opinion, for many years, that the only reason Castro is still in power is because of our embargo on Cuba. He's been able to point to that, as the reason for all of Cuba's problems, over the years, and it's worked.
Had we stopped the embargo, years ago, his people would have realized what a joke the communist system is and would have overthrown his government.
Democrats: Stuck on Stupid since 2000.
Matthews and Olberman are having a competition
February 19, 2008 - 23:00 ET by c5thenThey are trying to see who can utter the stupidest remark on the air and still maintain employment.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
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February 20, 2008 - 23:22 ET by dahliatraversDamn. Are there any meters that can even measure that amount of stupidity?
I just watched two hours of
February 19, 2008 - 23:15 ET by BacchusI just watched two hours of documentaries on "life" in North Korea. Why do the North Korean people support Kim Jung Il? Let's ask Chris.
It was totally depressing.
I once thought libs were the more compassionate ones. No more. They shield themselves from the ugly truth; think and act based on ignorance. Just ask Chris.
That depresses me too.
It's clear that he either has a bias...
February 19, 2008 - 23:24 ET by Army Brator is among the most ignorant people on the planet.
I'd like to think he's just ignorant...but I know better.
Happy Trails...
That Chris Mathews would even ask that question
February 20, 2008 - 02:20 ET by IamTinmanshows how totally unaware he is of how incredibly stupid he seems on TV. He is indeed pathetic.
Chris Matthews
February 20, 2008 - 03:06 ET by jefflebowskiWas he born this stupid or did he have to work at it? Unbelievable
I'm pretty certain that it's
February 20, 2008 - 11:52 ET by RickTaLifeI'm pretty certain that it's a gift. That's the kind of stupid you just have to be born with. You either have it, or you don't. Let that be a lesson to you kids, no matter how hard you work, you won't be as stupid as Chris without a god-given talent.