**UPDATED WITH VIDEO**
In the ever-expanding aura of liberal hysteria surrounding MSNBC, Chris Matthews is regularly outpaced by the formerly coherent sportscaster, Keith Olbermann. But Matthews may have won the nightly laurel wreath last night, with his insight on Sarah Palin’s warning against federal bailouts.
The offending quote from Palin is not unlike many other things heard from other current leading Republicans:
GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN: We need to be aware of the creation of a fearful population and a fearful lawmakers being lead that believe that big government is the answer. To bail out the private sector because then government gets to get in there and control it and, mark my words, this is going to happen next I fear, bail out next debt-ridden states, then government gets to get in there and control the people.Palin is referring to the possible federal use of forced funded mandates. It is conceivable that, if a Mark Sanford is legally required to use federal money, with all of its attached mandates, state governments could be forced to use more money to provide more services – possibly services that the voters in the states do not need or desire. That is conservatism du jour these days – and not rhetoric outside the norm, for the GOP.
So what was Matthews’ reaction?
MATTHEWS: Well, this is a governor speaking, and she's talking about the evils of government and how government is going to come and get you. I think it's black helicopter stuff. I think it's fear-mongering. I listen to her voice, I hear it. They're coming to get us.Reality check to Matthews: Sarah Palin is indeed a governor, who is among those being forced to take money they do not want, to fulfil needs their states may not have, to provide for voters opposed to the spending of the money in the first place. That’s not conspiracy-mongering, it’s the current reality for the nation’s conservative governors. Furthermore, Palin is one of several governors who have aired concerns with the long-term effect of this federal spending on their states’ budgets, as well as with the long-term effectiveness of such spending.
None of this seems to have penetrated Matthews’ thought-process, however:
MALEK: Here is what I'm hearing, Chris. The power of the people, the power of the private sector, it centers with the private sector to bring this economy back, to make this country great, just like it has for generations. That's what she's talking about. It's not big government that's going to bring this economy back. It's entrepreneurs and innovators around the country.That’s when Michelle Laxalt tries gamely to give Matthews a way out:
MATTHEWS: Yeah but that’s not what she’s – Fred, you sound like a reasonable business Republican, which is what you are. She's talking about them coming to get us. The government coming to get us. What does that mean?
MALEK: I think she's saying big government is not the answer. I think she’s saying – more power to the people –
MATTHEWS: [condescendingly] Okay. Michelle, I think you heard what I heard.
LAXALT: First of all I think she's the Governor of Alaska. She has a job she needs to complete. She can be measured on the basis of how she governs her own state first, as will everyone else as we start with the elections that you and Fred alluded to beginning this week. That's when the test will come.But Matthews stubbornly pounds the talking point:
MATTHEWS: I think she appeals to the paranoia in the American system somewhere. I think she's very good at it. I think there are people worried about government. They do worry about the black helicopters. I have members of my family who think the government is coming to collect the guns. She's right with those babies. Anyway, thank you Michelle Laxalt and Fred Malek. Thanks for coming in tonight to talk about the big Republican fund-raiser tonight.



















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The 're-education' of conservatives
June 9, 2009 - 14:12 ET by metaphorsbwithuWhen so many of us warned of what was coming, we were called "fear mongers" by people like Matthews who fed their audiences the "Obama is a centrist" line.
Now that our predictions have come true, faster and more completely than even we thought they would, we're criticized for our vocabulary and choice of words, our concerns over bigger and more intrusive government, and we're called fear mongers yet again.
I'm assuming the next step will be to mock us for claiming "torture" when we complain about the mandated news stations we'll have to watch in our re-education camps. :-D
metaphorsbwithu
Ol' Chris Tingle forgets
June 9, 2009 - 14:13 ET by Paul Atreideswhat the past eight years were like, coming from the likes of his own network, The Poofington Host, and the DailyJusKoz.
The problem...
June 9, 2009 - 14:23 ET by Mike Sargent...is that Matthews literally cannot see the forest for the trees. He's trying so hard to read between the lines, that he's forgotten what was actually said.
Maybe Keith can teach him to do baseball games too...
No he hasnt.
June 9, 2009 - 18:56 ET by dronetekMathews and the gang hasn't forgotten, but they obviously figure they
can re-write history by simply pretending like it never happened.
You'll notice that anytime the idea of a double standard pops up, they
always go back to Regan. Its like they are all trying to
convince themselves that they aren't huge hypocrites.
I also
think they are playing to a group of people who just got in to politics
with Obama. Those people probably aren't very aware of how the MSM went
over the edge the last 8 years and will assume this is just more
Republican nastiness.
Of course an Obomunist
June 9, 2009 - 14:24 ET by mattmOf course an Obomunist aparatchik like Matthews would accuse Palin of paranoia - she's telling the truth.
All this discussion of the failure of Obama's plan to fix the economy is fine, but it misses the point. Sarah Palin hits it.
The Obazis are not interested in fixing the economy; they are only interested in acquiring and maintaining political power. Anyone who points this out will be slandered and demonized.
"The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits." - Plutarch
I just saw a Black Helicopter towing a Palin 2012 sign
June 9, 2009 - 14:27 ET by dark_dsI just saw a Black Helicopter towing a Palin 2012 sign
_______ Him and the Unicorn he rode in on
...And if they could they
June 9, 2009 - 14:28 ET by Snappy...And if they could they wouldnt come take our guns? (for our own safety of course)
Obviously Chris does not see the significance of the govt running GM, or Forcing States to accept money to increase dependant spending in programs already bankrupt, or refusing to allow banks to pay back TARP funds until they deam them "ready". Could you imagine a bank refusing to allow to pay off your car loan because they feel it would leave you short? "Just hold on to last payment while we charge you interest and determine if your really ready to pay off that loan sir" Unbeleivable.
HMMMMMMM
June 9, 2009 - 14:53 ET by rick007Is it just me or does Matthews mouth now taking on a rounded shape.
Spending to much time with B Frank I guess
I hear something else - Palin is close, but..
June 9, 2009 - 15:03 ET by Gary HallOf course, what Gov. Palin is saying is in the cards on the table in the moment - and it's coming soon; but I think she she [we] missed an easy truth here. Matthews is picking up on it - well, actually he's attempting to manufacture the, " I think it's black helicopter stuff. I think it's fear-mongering," stuff.
It's the Matthews of the world - and he has plenty of friends all over the MSM and in the Congress and in the White House - that has been pushing the "fear-mongering," for years. And it's they, who are still pushing it on the bulk of the American people day in and day out. If it's not then scaring the people to death over health care (goodness, Boy President Obama, just last week, actually stated that it was the cost of healthcare that created this economic crisis - gee, I thought it was the housing bubble collapse), it's over global warming, or climate change. Isn't NY City going to be under 20 feet of water in 10 or 20 years?
A survey showed that children can't sleep at night for fear of the earth being almost instantly destroyed by man's altering the climate. Let me assure you - it is the liberal side of the isle that has instilled that fear into the hearts and minds of our children - not Sarah Palin. They should be afraid that parts of the coutry may not have a summer this year - that's what kids should be worried about; it could interfere with play.
(;~/ gary
Gary... Points well
June 9, 2009 - 15:16 ET by bigtimerGary...
Points well made...and taken.
I have the fire going now...and have had to for three days or more now.
Yep, that algoreglobalwarming has been working out well in this part of the country.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
bt.. cool here as well..
June 9, 2009 - 15:30 ET by Gary Hall.. in southern CA.
In the LA Times today.. they acutally covered - on the front page - a story questioning if the stimulus has created that many jobs yet. But the fear mongering is created by staging it to look like the Republicans are trying to scare people (the R's are just being political - saying it as they see it, as both D's and R's always do.) The large headline (oh, in font size 42) says "Republicans argue that Stimulus has failed." So, it's the R's who are protrayed as trying to scare us. It was the R's who tried to warn us that it wouldn't work - so they're right. Why isn't the press arguing that? Can't they do any investigative research, at all?
Bring out the marshmallows.
(;~> gary
The Minister Of Truth Attacks
June 9, 2009 - 15:04 ET by Blue Collar ToddRemember that Matthews actually praised the Obama Administrations Totalitarian approach to governing. He praised them for governing like there is only one Party in town, just like in Chicago. When you are this delusional about reality I wonder how far it will go? I am thinking that every policy will be defended, no matter how insane it is.
Oh Matthews, put that
June 9, 2009 - 15:08 ET by bigtimerOh Matthews, put that beanie with the blades back on your head and fly away somewhere...who cares what you spew daily...I no longer listen to you....
Btw...it was hard enough for me to do in the past for years, but I did because I'm a political junkie and wanted to know what the enemy within was saying, not just sound bites...I can no longer take it...they have gone over the top...I'm just hoping to watch them jump off the cliff with the rest of their lemmings on 2010 if repubs make big gains, and for sure '12 if The One no longer can walk on water.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Put your glasses on,
June 9, 2009 - 15:43 ET by SickofLibsPut your glasses on, Tingles.
Those 'black helicopters' are actually sh*tflies circling your fat head.
Matthews is the whack job,
June 9, 2009 - 16:14 ET by TEMatthews is the whack job, fringe conspiracy theorist who alleged on his unwatched leftist freak show that Paul Wolfowitz had cooked up a conspiracy in the bowels of the Pentagon to funnel a dog collar to Pvt. Lyndie England with instructions for England to place said dog collar around the neck of an Iraqi prisoner. The poor fool is a complete loon.
Great Shot
June 9, 2009 - 17:05 ET by slickwillie2001Great shot of Matthews and the Bamster: ObamaSubwayGrate
Ignorance
June 9, 2009 - 19:49 ET by iveseenitallA man named Cole said ( in 1559) that "Ignorance is the mother of devotion". Matthews is devoted to Barry... hummm...
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
You hitched yourself to a
June 10, 2009 - 01:22 ET by RR GOPYou hitched yourself to a falling star there, Chrissy. Better hope that ACORN comes through for you guys in 2010 and 2012.
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!?).
Government today
June 10, 2009 - 09:20 ET by trhugT.R. Huggins I automatically assume that all statements
from our government are false (lies) . In my life , this has saved me many, many, many headaches. All politicians are lying deceitful creatures. These only seek to misrepresent facts for the purpose of gaining power over others to feather their own nest. This country hasn't seen a statesman since the Civil War. Kiss America goodby as we have just elected a non-citizen as president........