Is there no depth MSNBC's Chris Matthews won't sink to?
Judging from a truly disgraceful comment he made on Thursday's "Hardball," the answer has got to be a resounding "NO!"
Chatting with guests Frank Gaffney and Ron Reagan Jr. about conditions in Afghanistan, Matthews ended a really heated discussion between his guests -- which included the former scolding, "Your father would be ashamed of you," and the latter responding, "You better watch your mouth about that" -- by disgustingly saying (video embedded below the fold, h/t NB reader Kirk Wikoff):
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Gentlemen, one of the great ironies of American politics is the group in this country...
FRANK GAFFNEY, CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY: Your father would be ashamed of you.
RON REAGAN JR, AIR AMERICA RADIO.: Oh, Frank, you better watch your mouth about that, Frank.
MATTHEWS: That's not fair. The group in this country that most resembles the Taliban, ironically, is the religious right.
To that, Gaffney marvelously responded, "Rubbish."
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Chris must have is head in the toilet
October 22, 2009 - 19:45 ET by Chattychitowe have never seen religious right (if he is speaking of Born Again Christians)
1) shouting God is great before opening fire on innocent people.
2) requiring their women to wear the clothing styles of 600AD
3) beat their wives and daughters for wearing support bras
4) beat their women for driving themselves or walking alone
5) Video cutting off peoples heads with a 4 inch pocket knife and put it on youtube.
6) we never seen them call Chris an infidel (which he is) and then swear to kill him or die trying.
7) we never seen them call for a Holy War against every nation that is not Christian
any one else care to add to this list feel free
Here's a fact that's worth the knowing, So treasure and mark it well. When the mind is through with growing, the the head begins to swell. Sir Nosmo King
God bless you...
October 22, 2009 - 20:08 ET by ChristianRebelAnd everyone like you that actully sees the difference. Half my battle with ignorance deals with people like Chris (which ironically means "Christ-bearer") trying to make the "terrorist" connection, but failing miserably infront of anyone who knows.
ChristianRebel, Welcome to NB,
October 22, 2009 - 23:31 ET by upcountrywaterDealing with the fallen world, is a life long process. The work combating evil in this lifetime will never end.
Enjoy your ride here...
State controlled health care is Tort Reform.
Thanks for the welcome
October 23, 2009 - 18:02 ET by ChristianRebelAnd the encouragement, the stories here get my blood going but the comments make it all better knowing I'm not the only seeing through the smokescreen.
Welcome to NB CR!
October 23, 2009 - 11:11 ET by Rukus: )
Gary
POLITICS: poly (many) + ticks (blood sucking parasites)
The above thanks goes to you too Rukus
October 23, 2009 - 18:03 ET by ChristianRebelBy the way your signature made me smile lol.
This place is a blast!
October 24, 2009 - 12:21 ET by RukusI was told right off the start that it was addictive, that doesn't even come close!! LOL! Have fun Reb, I know we all do! : )
Gary
POLITICS: poly (many) + ticks (blood sucking parasites)
8) We never see them kill
October 22, 2009 - 21:09 ET by Radical19798) We never see them kill their wives or daughters for being raped
9) We never see them kill homosexuals
10) We never see them kill
October 22, 2009 - 21:25 ET by Scuba Dude10) We never see them kill girls for attending school
The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER
or
October 22, 2009 - 23:08 ET by Chattychito11) perform female genital circumcision (that is cutting off the outer lips of a woman's vagina).
Here's a fact that's worth the knowing, So treasure and mark it well. When the mind is through with growing, the the head begins to swell. Sir Nosmo King
Chattychito Humm 11) only if they missed the real target..
October 22, 2009 - 23:49 ET by upcountrywater"The child, completely naked, is made to sit on a low stool. Several
women take hold of her and open her legs wide. After separating her
outer and inner lips, the operator, usually a woman experienced in this
procedure, sits down facing the child. With her kitchen knife the
operator first pierces and slices open the hood of the clitoris. Then
she begins to cut it out. While another woman wipes off the blood with
a rag, the operator digs with her sharp fingernail a hole the length of
the clitoris to detach and pull out the organ. The little girl, held
down by the women helpers, screams in extreme pain; but no one pays the
slightest attention.The operator finishes this job by entirely pulling
out the clitoris, cutting it to the bone with her knife. Her helpers
again wipe off the spurting blood with a rag. The operator then removes
the remaining flesh, digging with her finger to remove any remnant of
the clitoris among the flowing blood. The neighbor women are then
invited to plunge their fingers into the bloody hole to verify that
every piece of the clitoris is removed."
Ahh... moslem science, kitchen knifes and rags...
This is
usually in the context of a submissive relationship; in short, by
removing their own sexual pleasure center, the slave becomes more able
to focus on their master's pleasure.
An ice age can't come fast enough, hurry freeze these fwkers take chrissie with you.
Oh My
October 23, 2009 - 07:46 ET by ChattychitoI didn't know that it was that barbaric. it was mush worse than I had been told.
thanks for the graphic lesson in reality.
those poor girls, young ladies and women to go through horrific treatment and for what. to keep them from enjoying sex with their husbands. unbelievable to say the least.
Here's a fact that's worth the knowing, So treasure and mark it well. When the mind is through with growing, the the head begins to swell. Sir Nosmo King
No, there isn't!
October 22, 2009 - 21:07 ET by Forest for the TreesHe is following Obama & the WH's marching orders to denigrate and annihilate the 'enemy' - yeah, us - Conservatives & Americans.
America's "Religious Right"
October 22, 2009 - 19:59 ET by MikeBAmerica's "Religious Right" resembles the Taliban in the same way that Sissy Chrissy resembles a rational human being.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
The group in this country that most resembles the Taliban
October 22, 2009 - 19:58 ET by CO2Makeris the religious right. OMG, look at the time. Gotta run. Ciao."
Nice move, Chris Tingleman
Tingles... another "staunch" Catholic
October 22, 2009 - 20:09 ET by SickofLibsRegarding the depth to which Tingles would sink to:
I'm pretty sure a 300-lb turd would sink directly to the bottom, but, incredibly, we still have not established how deep the MSNBC aquarium is.
roflmao*
October 22, 2009 - 21:20 ET by buddycroflmao*
i need to get a life or something because...
October 22, 2009 - 20:09 ET by traderjamesI watched about a minute of the above (all I could take), and I thought to myself, "his father would be ashamed of him right now". And now I discover that the other dude said just that ! Gotta love it.
p.s....watch it or what, punk?
Actually, I am in partial agreement with Chrissy on this one
October 22, 2009 - 20:18 ET by R D HelmThere are some "religious" people in this country who claim to be followers of Christ that positively scare the hell out of me.
Ducking behind rock and awaiting arrows, spears and nasty PMs...
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
DAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 22, 2009 - 20:22 ET by Scuba Dudeblu*nstr&sk%wh#wg~@euywueuqweidskjdjk o;awoawljknlk*as%kv8jas^k&lvs8kjbdm
just kiddin ; )
The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER
Scoob,
October 22, 2009 - 20:36 ET by R D HelmLOL-Yeah, I was afraid to click back in here, as I was expecting to get clobbered.
Seriously, though, I have run across some people in this region that I wouldn't want anywhere near a voting booth.
I spent most of my time in private schools, one of which was a Christian one. A few of those kids had parents that really shouldn't have been allowed to have children.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
Did they kill you? Did
October 22, 2009 - 21:16 ET by buddycDid they kill you? Did they kill your children. Do they blow up your house? Did they killer your wife?
If not are you really sure that any comparison to the Taliban is appropriate.
Lots of liberals scare me. Obama politics of personal destruction, what was done to Joe the plumber, what was done to Rush, what was done to Beck scare me a great deal.
Simply because most religions view the gay lifestyle as a sin, does it really make sense to call them terrorists?
Maybe they're trying to
October 22, 2009 - 23:47 ET by mattmMaybe they're trying to scare the Heaven INto you....
"Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." Col. 1:2
The distinction
October 23, 2009 - 07:58 ET by KC MulvilleI hear you, RD. But compare what you said "There are some "religious" people in this country who claim to be followers of Christ..." to what Matthews said: "The group in this country that most resembles the Taliban, ironically, is the religious right."
You made a distinction between the individuals and the group. Matthews tried to associate the Right with the Taliban based on the behavior of some individuals.
Logic forbids you to attribute an individual attribute to the entire group. If you meet a rude criminal in Manhattan, that doesn't mean that everyone in New York is crude and a criminal. That's the fallacy that Matthews uses to denigrate the Right. You simply made an observation about individuals ... nothing fallacious about that.
I forgot,
October 22, 2009 - 20:20 ET by Free Thinkerwhich network did the White House say isn't really a news network?
If it weren't for such disgusting gems such as this, that happen to occur on a regular basis, I would propose a moratorium on MSNBC blogs at Newsbusters. It was fun, but after reading the Shuster blog below it dawned on me that these guys have been parroting the same lame moveon.org slogans for as long as I can remember. It is obviously boring even their target kook left demographic as indicated by the ratings.
Let me just save us some trouble for the next week of programming at MSNBC:
Shuster and Tamron compete to see who is most ignorant
Chris Mathews makes an ass out of himself
Olbermann tries to sound witty while bashing Bush and mindlessly repeating whatever the Obama administration has fed him today
Maddow will try to follow up Keith by getting that serious look on her face while she tries to say something that sounds intellectual to the uneducated stoners that remain tuned in because they lost the remote
I forgot---
October 22, 2009 - 20:41 ET by matthewdeanFTs' scheduling advice is very good.
The last one about Maddow caused a very large guffaw to escape my body.
MD
"I may not agree with what your bumper sticker says, but I will defend to the death your right to stick it." (Unknown)
And in their Friday night
October 22, 2009 - 22:51 ET by ckc1227And in their Friday night follies segment, while Chrissy is rubbing one out for his latest Obama-induced tingle, Maddow and Keith will whip out the tape measure to see who has the bigger penis.
I'm shocked that Chrissy
October 22, 2009 - 20:42 ET by RR GOPI'm shocked that Chrissy would even indirectly say anything bad about the Taliban.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
MATTHEWS: That's not fair.
October 22, 2009 - 20:44 ET by FlashmanMATTHEWS: That's not fair. The group in this country that most resembles the Taliban, ironically, is the religious right.
I think the transcription is incorrect here and that when Matthews is referring to the religious right he meant the Religious Wright, as in the Reverend Wright whose preaching “Gad damn America” exactly mirrors the prayers of the Taliban.
Give Chrissy A Break!!
October 22, 2009 - 20:49 ET by srqvetThis is quite clearly a scheduling error on Chrissy's part. You see, it's NEXT week the media is suppose to go after conservatives as "Taliban" replacing the ever popular moniker of "Racist". Chrissy was simply reading from the wrong week on his official WH issued Schedule of Smears.
In a normal world that
October 22, 2009 - 21:21 ET by buddycIn a normal world that comment should get Matthews fired. Yes the religious right and the Taliban are religious and to different degrees extreme. But when the religious right delcares war on non christians or sinners, burns down stip clubs, burns down libraries, attacks pornographers and trains 20,000 +-terrorists per year to attack and kill the enemy then perhaps the comparison would make sense. Right know it is nothing more than a pure and simply assinie comment and hate crime.
Okay...If Tingles wants to play that game, fine...
October 22, 2009 - 21:19 ET by PrairieSkyI'll play...If the Religious Right in this country is the group that most resembles the Taliban, then the Liberal Left in this country is the group that most resembles the fascist Nazis of World War II, and the Soviet Union's Communists of World War II and the Cold War...I wonder what Chrissy would say about that.
Matthews is certifiable, and his whole premise is BS...And, that pansy-ass Ron Reagan, with his "...you better watch your mouth about that, Frank" fake machismo, would get his butt beat by Gaffney. Gaffney's right...President Reagan would be (and probably was) ashamed of Ron Jr...He's pathetic, and it still amazes me that "Jr" is his son, and that Patti is his daughter.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Be nice to Ronnie
October 22, 2009 - 21:32 ET by HumblepieThe only way he can make a living is from his dad's name. He's like a little child rebelling against his parents, doesn't know why but its cool. The idiot wouldn't know right from wrong if he stepped in it. The lib's love him because of who his dad is and will continue to give him opportunity to express his obnoxious blittering. Just think, maybe Forrest Gump was smarter than we think... Stupid is as stupid does. With Crissy and Ronnie thats a lot of stupid.
Quick! The gene pool needs more chlorine.
Humble...Right you are...Stupid is as stupid does...
October 22, 2009 - 21:50 ET by PrairieSkyThe Left just loves the fact that "Jr" is President Reagan's son...They drag him out every chance they get in an attempt to drive us all on the Right crazy.
"Jr" is and always has been an embarrassment, IMHO. He definitely came from the shallow end of the gene pool, alright.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
And let us not forget...
October 23, 2009 - 00:12 ET by B-townGiantBy all means, correct me if I am wrong, but Little Ronnie kept his liberal side to himself (unlike Patti) until after his father could no longer tell what day of the week it was. It was only then he began to put himself out there as a "liberal commentator" for the world to see.
After the Great Communicator went to his reward with the Father, Little Ronnie no longer felt any constraint to keep his stupid f***ing mouth shut.
He is an embarrassment to his saintly mother, and should be forced to change his last name.
I suggest "Olberman." Stupid is as stupid does (and stupider does, and dyke stupid does, etc.)
PS, Chris's comparison is
October 22, 2009 - 21:37 ET by MikeBPS, Chris's comparison is wrong, however, yours is correct. I encourage everyone to read the Communist Manifesto and compare it to the platform of the Demcrat Party. And, in spite of what Jo Stalin said and the American left says, the Nazi Party was not a right wing party of any stripe: they were the National Socialist party.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
MikeB...Yep...Of course...
October 22, 2009 - 21:55 ET by PrairieSkythe truth of those facts are completely lost on Matthews, he is such a moron. He stopped being bound by silly little things like facts and the truth a long time ago...He and the rest of his fellow mental midgets at MSNBC are way out there beyond Pluto now...
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Mike, you are correct.
October 22, 2009 - 22:24 ET by ConservativeRexMike, you are correct. Hitler on many occasions bragged on being a Socialist, in fact was proud to be a man of the Left! So was Mussolini. They of course were each different brands of Socialist, but Leftist they were.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Wednesday, October 21,
October 22, 2009 - 22:28 ET by TEWednesday, October 21, 2009, 5 p.m.
Glenn Beck - 2,555,000 viewers
Matthews - 499,000 viewers
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/the_scoreboard_wednesday_october_21_141037.asp#more
"MATTHEWS: That's not fair.
October 22, 2009 - 22:41 ET by ckc1227"MATTHEWS: That's not fair. The group in this country that most resembles the Taliban, ironically, is the religious right."
This from a hack who gets tingles in his nether region whenever he hears the sweet voice of his messiah, a guy who is good buddies with a known domestic terrorist.
anti-psychotic meds
October 23, 2009 - 01:13 ET by konoDamn -- apparently someone's been messing with the dosages on Chrissy's medications.
Chrissy Matthews a Professional Groupie
October 23, 2009 - 01:25 ET by Retired GeekThe dictionary says that a professional is someone participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs e.g. a Professional Football players etc.
The vast majority of football players or amateurs play in sandlots, parks, High School or as College players, only a few can actually make their living playing football.
The vast majority of the 'Opinionated' are amateurs and only a few like Rush Limbaugh can actually make a living by expressing their 'Opinions' publicly.
The vast majority of 'Racists' are amateurs and only a few like Al Sharpton can actually make a living by exhibiting their 'Racism' publicly.
The vast majority of 'Groupies' are amateurs and only a few like Chrissy Matthews can actually make a living by being a 'Groupie' for Barack Obama.
The vast majority of 'Whiners and Cry Babies' are amateurs and only a few like Barack Obama and his White House Staff, can actually make a living by being 'Whiners and Cry Babies'.
Groupies
October 23, 2009 - 01:44 ET by matthewdeanRG---
Gotta give you a very solid A for this effort.
MD
"I may not agree with what your bumper sticker says, but I will defend to the death your right to stick it." (Unknown)
When my neighbors house burned
October 23, 2009 - 04:40 ET by ohiochilito the ground, the first responders (after the fire department) were representatives from 3 churches. In my city, 4 out of the 5 food banks are run by churches. There are free health clinics run by churches. The homeless shelters are run by churches. Most who identify themselves as Christians perform their good works quietly and behind the scenes without any fanfare. Yes, there are kooks in every group but they are the extreme minority. I am not a believer, but I am a witness. In over 40 years of observing, I have seen more goodness and kindness come from these people than out of any talking head in the media. Comparing them to the taliban is hideous. We really don't need any more proof that crissy is an asshat, but I am sure he will provide much more evidence in the future.
Hmmm. Come to think of it ...
October 23, 2009 - 05:17 ET by CO2MakerI haven't ever heard of a Mother Teresa of the Taliban.
My baptist church feeds
October 23, 2009 - 06:20 ET by misterbee241My baptist church feeds people and does what we can for the community too. That is as is should be. We dont take AK-47s into the community and demand they convert before we give them food.
Matthews is obviously a man with no moral core and he assumes none of the rest of us have one too.
"I dont need to read a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber."
Walter Brennan, The Colonel, Meet John Doe, 1941
Say it right
October 23, 2009 - 06:18 ET by misterbee241Matthews, as well as the rest of us need to learn to say it right. It's Tah-lee-bahn. That's how Dear Leader says it and he must be right because he cannot be wrong.
"I dont need to read a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber."
Walter Brennan, The Colonel, Meet John Doe, 1941
Truly sh*t stupid and ignorant!
October 23, 2009 - 07:03 ET by John WIYou can always count on "Tingles" to stick his foot in his mouth.
Could he be...anymore of a f*ck nut!? Really!?
And this guy makes how many millions a year?
People like him, no nothing, of the meaning of work.
Matthews is
October 23, 2009 - 09:05 ET by jessieHMatthews is an idiot. Enough said.
Tell you what Chris
October 23, 2009 - 13:52 ET by chiefpayneLet's you and me go to Afghanistan and check them out. I'VE already been there and seen them...but OBVIOUSLY you haven't.
After that, I suspect you'll be able to tell the difference between the two QUITE clearly!