Chris Matthews: 'Palin's Talking to People Who Don't Read Newspapers or Watch Serious TV Shows Like Mine'
It appears Chris Matthews' arrogance knows no bounds.
On Monday's "Hardball," the MSNBCer actually said, "I think [Sarah Palin's] talking to people who don't read newspapers, don't pay attention to serious television broadcasts, whether the Lehrer Hour or anything like it or even this program" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: I want to go back to Beck for a minute, and Palin, because they’re on the same label here. They are on the same, they ought to patent together, she’s trying to get herself patented. It ought to be Palin and Beck. This stuff about these conspiracy theories, she's got the fact that the President of the United States is sitting on these realities. I tell you, I wish I had as much confidence in the State Department as she does, they've got it all figured out who's going to win over there. What’s with the conspiracy theory all the time? Can't she just admit this is tough and they don't seem to know where they're going? That's not a bad critique, and it’s a smart one. I don't think they know where they're going, and I think they do change their minds every two or three days over there. They don't know whether Mubarak is going to last three months, six months, or two weeks, we don’t know. And basically, we’re trying to look at glass, through a glass darkly here. Your thoughts, Shushannah, why is it always the easiest thing to do is to sell a conspiracy theory these days on the Right?
SHUSHANNAH WALSHE, DAILY BEAST: Well, I agree that there are other potential 2012ers which I think that she is have said the president is all over the map. He should be, you know, take a stance, and she did say that, but I think because a lot of people, people that are supporters, the media were looking at what her first comments on Egypt could be, that she should have, as I said before, I think that she should have come out not with a conspiracy, not with what she thinks the president is doing or thinking behind the scenes, but what she would have done if she was in the Oval Office. And I think a lot of her supporters would appreciate that. I think the people that, journalists that cover her and watch her would be interested in that. And I, you know, I think that would have really made her different and distinct from the president especially if she would have come out with a very strong response.
MATTHEWS: Okay, do you know what I think she's doing? Hey Ron…
RON CHRISTIE, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Yeah.
MATTHEWS: …think about this, because I respect you. Do you know what I think she’s doing? I don't think she is a thoughtful politician. I think she's talking to people who don't read newspapers, don't pay attention to serious television broadcasts, whether the Lehrer Hour or anything like it or even this program, don’t pay attention to anything that’s even in the middle, who don’t have any effort at all to learn anything, believe her when she says they're keeping the truth from us when the people who believe her are making absolutely no effort to find out what the truth is. So they’re willing to believe it’s somebody else’s fault. She’s in an interesting little game she plays with people.
Imagine that. Palin's supporters are basically illiterate nincompoops that don't learn anything and are making absolutely no effort to find out what the truth is by watching folks like Matthews.
It must be quite a thing to believe people are ignorant if they don't watch your show.
As an aside, this is now the sixth day in a row that Matthews attacked his 5PM competitor on Fox News, Glenn Beck.
I'm beginning to think the "Hardball" host is taking after former colleague Keith Olbermann and believe the more he mentions Beck's name, the better his ratings will get.
Of course, Matthews probably thinks the 310 million people that don't watch him are idiots, which is funny for it's the roughly 600,000 nightly "Hardball" viewers that are likely amongst the most poorly informed people in the nation.
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he's so-o-o-o-o right
Submitted by wizardjr on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:00pm.
We gave up on the LSM ages ago. Chrissy is just blowin' smoke. He knows he and all the other "journalists" and news mumblers are on their last lap. New media has steam rollered them.
Don't ya just love Capitalism? You get to pick and choose what you want not what Chrissy and company want you to have.
Kudos and condolences to
Submitted by pilsener on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 2:20am.
Kudos and condolences to Noel. Chris Matthews has become a completely unwatchable exercise in a mental health breakdown. I seriously believe that Matthews has gone over the edge and will never find his way back.
That Noel can still watch and report takes more fortitude than I possess.
Kudos and condolences to
Submitted by ron8072 on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:56am.
Although remember what they say about staring into the abyss (read Tingly's program), at some point it stares back! Loosely, Friedrich Nietzsche.
But I do offer condolences to Noel and somewhat of a warning.
LOL and Good Luck, Noel.
poor Chris
Submitted by donabernathy on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 3:17am.
Hope'n Disco comes back so platform shoes can raise his IQ
roflmao
Yep....were all...........
Submitted by BEGRUNT on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:07pm.
"Palin robots". We iz al iliderat, accordng to misser mathus. What a condescending POS!! God forbid, some one have a different opinion than Tingles. Your show serious??? Your show is a parade of psychotics!!
"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"
Cicero
Matthews: Smart???
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:12pm.
Chrissy, I hate to break the news to ya... but except for the fact you talk faster - you are the Mortimer Snerd of Broadcast News!
In one statement, Chris
Submitted by Slyrr on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:16pm.
In one statement, Chris 'Thrills in my pants' Matthews summed up the whole liberal creed.
'Our opinions are the only ones worth having.'
Thrills in my pants
Submitted by CarlosS on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:16pm.
Go to google.com or ask.com and type "tingle up leg" That's 'yer legacy, Chrissy
Well, considering that
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:23pm.
Well, considering that Lehrer's show is like the 'Twilight Zone', and the Leghumper's show is like a really crappy ADD comedy on meth.............I don't blame Palin, or anybody else, for NOT watching them!!!
OT, and with apologies to Noel: Keithie hired by Al Gore!
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:26pm.
Just got this in an email.
LOL - Now he will have even fewer viewers.
(H/T: My buddy Earl)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Wow!! KO and ALGORE
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:53pm.
Wow!! KO and ALGORE together!!! Now there is a LOT of global warming, in the form of hot air and putrid flatulence!!!
He's lost it!
Submitted by stunned on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:27pm.
On his Sunday show he ended the first segment with the panel discussing Obama's mistakes in Egypy last week by replaying John Stewart mocking a 2004 meeting of King Saud of Saudi Arabia with Bush holding hands with the King. I thought we were ugly Americans incapable of honoring other nations traditions but when Bush held the KIng's hand (traditional in Saudi Arabia) as an EQUAL (only equals hold hands wiith the King) instead of bowing to him like Obama did he was mocked then.
Chrissy's obvious attempt to minimize Obama's mishandling the Egypt crisis by replaying a seven year old video that had NO connection to the previous conversation was truly pathetic and embarassing. The guy will do anything to cover for Obama.
tired of liberal lies
amazing
Submitted by MidAmerica on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:39pm.
SHUSHANNAH WALSHE, DAILY BEAST: Well, I agree that there are other potential 2012ers which I think that she is have said the president is all over the map. He should be, you know, take a stance, and she did say that, but I think because a lot of people, people that are supporters, the media were looking at what her first comments on Egypt could be, that she should have, as I said before, I think that she should have come out not with a conspiracy, not with what she thinks the president is doing or thinking behind the scenes, but what she would have done if she was in the Oval Office.Sarah Palin is THE opposition to obama. Is the media waiting impatiently for what the RNC or any elected politician says? Nope. They want Sarah.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Submitted by DaMama on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:41pm.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha'
Did Chris Matthews really call his show "serious television"?
I need to sit down................
I had the same reaction to Matthews' quote
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:41pm.
They really need to air his program on the Cartoon Network.
He'd get a lot more viewers
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:35am.
He'd get a lot more viewers there.The Cartoon Networks eats MESSNBC breakfast, lunch, dinner and in between meal snacks. Tinkles being thrashed by Spongebob.
Bad news, Chris - you're
Submitted by Van Halen on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:42pm.
Bad news, Chris - you're right!
She's not watching you - she's just not that into you. Now try to get her off your mind.
If ratings are any indication of how serious an issue . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 12:03am.
. . . show is, The Daily Show is more serious than The Chris Matthews Show.
It must be quite a thing to
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:47pm.
It must be quite a thing to believe people are ignorant if they don't watch your show.
This is why I said, in the other thread, that Matthews is not "losing it"....he's just intoxicated with his own estimate of his importance and intelligence. Sort of Olbermann without the glasses and feigned gravitas.
Tingles' 600,000 audience?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:52pm.
It should be totally obvious by now that 450,000 of that number are tuning in strictly to watch him make an ass of himself on a daily basis.
Sorry, but I cop to it myself. Then again, I watch Jersey Shore if no one else is home to catch me.
It's no wonder he has no audience
Submitted by pbthinker on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:54pm.
With comments like this one, it's no wonder people don't watch his show. If he wasn't such a partisan hack, he'd recognize that Sarah Palin has quite a lot of political common sense. SHe's willing to put her neck on the line by supporting GOProud, I know this isn't the calculating Democrat that Matthews is used to, but it does show that she has her own opinions and is willing to express them. I can't imagine any consultant telling her to support GOProud, to endorse Nikki Haley for Governor or Christine O'Donnell for the Senate. We can debate about Christine O'Donnell all night long, the fact is the Democrats put a long of time, effort, and money into defeating her. There was no candidate that received the full monty treatment of the LSM, the MTV shows, the HBO shows, and the cable news shows. All of them went after her with a vigor that's usually reserved for Sarah Palin so they must have been scared she'd win. The Democrats don't waste their time on candidates who can't win.
So, Matthews just doesn't have it any more. His partisanship has cost him his keen political insight, which I believe he had 10 years ago. I used to enjoy watching him but just can't do it any more.
Maybe if Palin watched....
Submitted by Slyrr on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:09pm.
If Palin watched Matthews' show, it would double his audience.
Don't feel badly, Chrissy-boy. It's not just Palin. No one else watches your show either. If it weren't for Newsbusters, no one would know you exist.
Spits
Submitted by stan25 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:14pm.
Chris Matthews talks so fast he spits. The spitting gets worse when he mentions Beck or Palin. This guy needs to get a life outside of the ivory towers that house PMSNBC and New York City. Why doesn't he come out to fly over country. We would be glad to take him out on a snipe hunt in the middel of January.
An impressionist of Matthews has to . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 12:19am.
. . . push-out the "P's". Words like Pennsylvania, Palin, Pakistan, perfect, plurality, etc. all have heavy accent on the P. Peh-ennsylvania.
These days, Palin is the only
Submitted by MightyMouth on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:16pm.
These days, Palin is the only reason Matthspews has a show! If the Lovely Sarah wasn't still engaged, Tingles would be soooo last decade, and still bashing Bush! Haha what a maroon!
Matthews is nothing but a
Submitted by jdawg2009 on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:52pm.
Matthews is nothing but a sexist bully - the latest face of hate for MSNBC - the official network of insane liberal hate. Dick Armey is right; this guy has lost all touch with reality. But, hey, the liberals love him because they can remain stupid AND uninformed.
poor Tingly
Submitted by donabernathy on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 12:45am.
his Balloon Head is gonna pop any moment.....
More popcorn please
roflmao
Balloon head = serious?
Submitted by Okieflyover on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 1:39am.
How doe someone who nightly calls a sitting female congresswoman with 2 law degrees a "balloon head " 5 nights in a row believe he is producing a "serious" show. He talks down to his audience and those that he says are not in his audience and never has on guest that oppose his viewpoint. The only people watching his show are the infermed and those that have lost their multiple-function remote.opposing viewpoint
Submitted by truckinmann on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:22am.
He never has someone with an opposing viewpoint because anyone who has an opposing viewpoint would make him look like 10 times the fool he makes himself look like when he has guests that agree with him.
Thank God I am through with
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 3:41am.
Thank God I am through with watching serious programs. I used to watch CNN and MSNBC and Chris andf Kieth and then came FNC. I realized the difference in coverage and was forever corrupted.
Matthews is right about one thing. I don't watch his show
Submitted by DaMav on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 4:08am.
lol, except for the idiot's excerpts when they are excerpted in the blogosphere
Why anyone would watch such a spinning Obama sycophant to learn what is going on in the world is beyond me.
Insulting Most Americans To Get Ratings
Submitted by Boil It Down on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 7:46am.
Matthews is just delusional enough that he may really think he speaks for the majority. Portraying most Americans as ignorant morons isn't exactly the best way to win influence and credibility.
The better informed folks who heard what he said about Palin's audience are also the conservatives who know Matthews practices pseudo journalism devoid of integrity.
I'm glad you watch and comment on Chrissy....
Submitted by OldJoe on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 7:41am.
I can't get through any of the embedded video clips. Just makes one want to vomit.
Mattews
Submitted by Doktor Riktor V... on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 8:23am.
Matthews, another by-product of government indoctro...er ed u kay shun that suffers from foot in mouth disease.
Matthews'
Submitted by HockeyKid on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 8:36am.
show has become nothing more than one continuous troll.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Matthews?
Submitted by truckinmann on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:16am.
Who's Chris Matthews? Why does he want me to watch him? Is he one of those idiots on MTV's "jackass" or whatever it's called? I don't watch degenerates, and I don't listen to them either. Go get a real job and quit acting like a three year old what's your name...
Chris Matthews - MSNBC's
Submitted by richflanj on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:36am.
Chris Matthews - MSNBC's answer to Sponge Bob.
Matthews' show isn't serious...
Submitted by P. Aaron on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:40am.
nor do many people watch it!
Wait up here! Chris has a
Submitted by bassndude on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 10:30am.
Wait up here! Chris has a serious TV show? Really?? Who knew?
Save a SeAL, club a liberal/troll!!
Serious shows like Tingles'?
Submitted by bbboss on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 11:02am.
This is so nuts.....I am having trouble finding the words to respond...I did blow Vanilla Latte' through my nose all over the keyboard. Thanks Noel, that was 5 buck cup of Java...
OFF HIS MEDS
Submitted by Herbster on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 11:27am.
Chrissy must be off his meds again. "Those who watch his show?" His ratings are somewhere south of the 19th re-run of Mr. Ed. The man is truly deranged. Too much caffeine....or some other substance.
Hmmmm...
Submitted by bbboss on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 11:29am.
Would that other substance be ...Thorazine?
LOL
Submitted by bluedognomore on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 11:53am.
Chris just admitted media bias and they want to blame Palin for Obama being all over the map. This is funny, serious=bias.
Sarah Palin reaches people like me who watch Fox News,...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 12:46pm.
listen to talk radio, subscribe to the Limbaugh newsletter and actually subscribe to the LA Times (for the sports). Chris is right about one thing. I don't watch his show. (Right now I'm listening to Laura Ingraham out of WRKO on my computer.)
Chris's blonde hair dye, taking it's toll on the guy's noggin
Submitted by redright88 on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 1:24pm.
Still using your Beach Boy summer blonde dye job Chris?
Palin and Beck
Submitted by vote24 on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 1:27pm.
Palin and Beck are not leaders of the conservative movement because they came along and we all said " hey let's follow them", they came along, and we said " finally someone who is saying what we're thinking". We were already a conservative movement, their actions and words just propelled them to leadership status. The left will never understand that we have been here all along, trying to get along with our adversaries, and they saw that as weakness and tried to bowl us over. So we said, " enough" . Not today. And they see that as violence. And Chris...well, anyone who worships him is simply misinformed, and hiding from reality.
Its not just Sarah Palin
Submitted by Bobbygn on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 1:31pm.
gawd there must be a huge pile of people that dont watch serious news programs like Chris Mathews...
I saw the ratings, Psst.... Chrisy, its not just Sarah Palin.
However I agree Mathews should be taken seriously. Especially by MSNBC who should get rid of the disgusting pasty faced mealy mouthed troll.
As opposed to idiots like he, who believes what papers say...
Submitted by the old rang on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 6:47pm.
and spout stupid lies thinking they are smart.
I quit reading papers years ago. The talking head media and the print 'creative fiction' papers have no news worthy of bird cages.
Not one major story, in the last 40 years was properly covered by the media. (Lies and misrepresentations are not proper coverage).
If you want to have a glimmer of what is going on in the world, you have to read on-line media from several countries. Nothing important is properly covered here. (They still think no weapons of mass destuction were found in Iraq, and there was no yellow cake there, either.)
It is not the medias real job, to blatantly lie or make nice to politicians that are trying to destroy the country (by lying, stealing, killing, (directly or indirectly - like cost of food for stupid corn fuel, People are dying, rioting in Egypt, and other places, for that stupidity of ersatz enviromentalism, (socialist engineering) to make the democrats rich, scheme)
The media makes big crocodile tears for nothing, and pisses on our soldiers graves and honor. The NY Times (the old gay bimbo) has gotten so bad, they can't be trusted to get sports scores right, let alone things that mean real life and death to the world.
Better yet... the old bimbo thinks Nazis were on the right wing of government... ignoring that they were, like them, socialists. They don't know how to use a dictionary.