Tucker Carlson: 'Very Few People Have Done More To Divide The Country Than Chris Matthews'
By Noel Sheppard | July 19, 2011 | 23:33
Tucker Carlson on Tuesday said, "Very few people have done more to divide the country than Chris Matthews."
Such occurred on Fox's "Hannity" show as the Great American Panel discussed the "Hardball" host's deplorable interview with Congressman Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) earlier in the day (video follows with transcript and commentary):
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Ooh. Thrill up my, that was a good line.
TUCKER CARLSON, DAILY CALLER: It’s excruciating for Chris to listen to other people talk for once. You could see the kind of pain in his face. But, you know, he’s spent the last couple years just sucking up to this guy, sniffing his throne, really, kind of, in an obsequious embarrassing way humiliating himself on behalf of Obama. It must be difficult to watch what’s happened to the country.
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: It’s a good, that’s a good point. Now you as a, as a, you know, lifelong Democrat, you have tried to get the Party to moderate a little bit, and they have just, they’ve excoriated you for urging moderation.
DOUG SCHOEN, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: And I will continue with Caddell to advocate moderation because that’s what’s best for the country. Sean, he's not your president or our, or his president. He's our president. It’s our country.
HANNITY: He’s Matthews' president.
SCHOEN: Well, you know what?
HANNITY: Just kidding.
SCHOEN: We just have to get past that kind of foolishness. You can agree or disagree with a balanced budget. You can agree or disagree with the Gang of Six. But goodness gracious, we are all in this together. It’s our futures and our kids’ futures that’s at stake.
CARLSON: Well very few people have done more to divide the country than Chris Matthews I would say. So, I mean, I, it’s very hard to hold him up as someone who brings us together.
SCHOEN: I'm not, I’m not.
CARLSON: He is very much a dividing line.
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say very few people have done more to divide our country, but Matthews and his unabashed willingness to shill for Democrats and liberal causes on national television certainly isn't trying to bring the nation together.
Quite the contrary, as NewsBusters reported on two occasions Tuesday, his completely unprofessional behavior during his interview with Walsh was a perfect example of division and disunity.
Of course, people at MSNBC are only interested in bringing liberals together.
As evidenced by the far-left leaning of their entire prime time lineup, everybody else need not apply.
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He's only divided the people
Submitted by Thoreau on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 11:40pm.
He's only divided the people with frontal lobes from the people without. He's nothing more complicated than an ice pick for retards.
The hell with the
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 11:41pm.
The hell with the Leghumper............he's a nobody that nobody watches. I think Carlson should have said that 'very few people have divided this country more than OBAMA!!!'
Bing bang boom!
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:28am.
Right on the money with that one sir! Good ol' Tingles ain't got nothin on the Bamstah!
Ahhhhhhhhh.........my father
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 1:10am.
Ahhhhhhhhh.........my father was 'sir'. I'm just a dumb blue-collar country boy from out here on an outer Hawaiian island, but thanks anyway.
Lol well then aloha son!
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 7:54pm.
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Yes sir!
Submitted by Red Jeep on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 7:59am.
Carlson must think that MSNBC is a real network watched by millions.
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Says the guy who published a
Submitted by Satchmo on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 11:43pm.
Says the guy who published a despicable hitpiece on Bachman today.
Satchmo =~ /Troll/
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 11:47pm.
Do not feed the Troll.
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In this case Free,
Submitted by bkeyser on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 11:49pm.
he's right. Tucker is pretty squishy when it comes to conservative cred, and his migraine piece on Bachmann was pure garbage.
Indeed, but why encourage him
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 11:51pm.
Indeed, but why encourage him the rare times (much like a broken clock) that he's actually right? That just encourages him to spew his other crxp.
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Ol' Tucker Pucker is jumping
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:00am.
Ol' Tucker Pucker is jumping on that pill/migrain/stess wave of Bachmann's??? Little twerp.............I think he needs to start wearing his bow ties again.
bk
Submitted by Noel Sheppard on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:00am.
bk,
Okay, but let's play a little Devil's advocate on this one. We complain about the liberal media here. Do we want conservative websites to be in the tank for conservatives 100 percent of the time?
Let's say this story fell into DC's lap. They know it's not going to sit well with their conservative readers, but maybe Tucker and Company want to be more than just an echo chamber.
We loathe the Huffington Post because it's a Democrat talking point repository. Shouldn't we similarly despise news oriented websites that exclusively parrot conservative views?
Remember, DC isn't just opinion. These folks want to break news as well. Aren't they entitled to break news we mightn't like?
Again, I'm just playing Devil's advocate here to advance the discussion. Don't shoot me. ns
The Daily Caller is an
Submitted by Satchmo on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:05am.
The Daily Caller is an establishment website, not a conservative website. They are more tabloid than journalism. Their piece was not journalism, it was sleaze. Anonymous sources and suggestion of drug addiction....indefensible.
Noel
Submitted by amyshulk on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:41am.
I like Tucker. No equivocation. I was *very* interested when he started talking about the Daily Caller {on Hannity probably} I checked it out but I dislike the site.
See, while I'm not into *just* reading echo chamber sites, I don't like being talked down to, as in "THIS is what is important, what the narrative SHOULD be" vibe I get from the Daily Caller.
Ronald Reagan
Noel...you mean Democratic talking points
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:43am.
like this glowing tribute to Eric Cantor? Yes, HuffPo is predominantly lib/progressive, but not exclusively. There are other websites which would better illustrate your point.
Yes Jer
Submitted by Noel Sheppard on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 1:53am.
Yes Jer, because of that one piece buried nicely down the left side of the opinion page, HuffPo showed itself to be tremendously fair and balanced. By contrast, the Bachmann article at DC was their featured piece linked by Drudge and all the talk of the blogosphere.
Just how much attention did that Rabbi's blog get, Jer?
Honestly, the more our liberal contributors here try to bend over backwards to prove the absence of media bias, the more concerned I am for broken spines - assuming such folks have one that is. :-) ns
No one is going to convince Jer of anything. He is the...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 1:59am.
type of person that if he believes two plus two equals five, no one is going to convince him otherwise. He is a typical liberal in that way.
webster...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 2:59am.
There are many here capable of convincing me of many things. Alas, you are not one of them. Once you learn how to marshal facts and present arguments, you have a chance--albeit a slim one.
Jer
Noel..
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 2:55am.
How many times do I need to acknowledge--as I have done so once again in my earlier reply--that HuffPo is "predominantly lib/progressive" before the insinuations that I insist the website is fair and balanced cease to be made? And, how many times must I concede the MSM does indeed tilt to the left--which I have admitted on numerous prior occasions--before I no longer need endure implications I am actually suggesting otherwise. Please assure me this is the last time on both counts.
That would really make my day. :-)
Jer
Jer, making closing arguments?
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For.... himself?
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He didn't say otherwise
Submitted by ckc1227 on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 5:18am.
"There are other websites which would better illustrate your point."
He said Huffpo was a "Democrat talking point repository". He was right. And since everyone here got his point, I'd say it was illustrated just fine.
And the fact there are
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:14pm.
And the fact there are numerous articles and blogs at HuffPo which can not even be remotely classified as Democratic talking points means what? To me, it suggests there are other sites such as DU, dailyKos, MoveOn, and many others far more worthy of the label. Did you read the Cantor piece? [And, by the way, it wasn't buried. It was prominently featured on the front page.] Can you even imagine it appearing at Kos? No way.
Jer
~DC
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 8:14am.
A sourced article citing actual facts (as opposed to the anonymous smear filled with innuendo and conjecture it actually was) would have been fine. As it was, the DC flung itself into the gutter with this piece of crap ploy for notoriety and hit counts.
What she said!
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 10:28am.
(Funny, I can say that after almost every single WB post.)
Noel that was a great
Submitted by silent conservative on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 10:17am.
Noel that was a great comment, but what this site has turned into, you must now be labeled a troll. You should now have several regulars saying nasty things to you because you dare to challenge.
Do not feed the noel troll
Why don't you remain silent?
Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 11:30am.
. . . If you aren't paying attention SC. The people who are getting called Trolls are known hit-and-run posters or (in one case) an incest appologist. Try to know what you're talking abou before posting next time.
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that,s bs, fs
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I've been reading this site for several years, and what its become is not what was started.its been taken over by a dozen or so posters who think they rule the conservative/ libertarian world. How dare you disagree in the slightest.
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Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 11:00am.
We can't, because there would be next to nothing to read around here on the weekends.
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Tucker Carlson
Submitted by Callie369 on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:25am.
While I agree with Tucker on the subject of Chris Matthews, I'm wondering how many people recognize the favoritism on the Daily Caller?
He doesn't like Palin or Bachmann, and is working pretty hard at convincing people that Romney is THE ONLY candidate for president. As far as he is concerned, the Mittster has it in the bag.
I guess you could say Romney sends a thrill up HIS leg...........
I Agree
Submitted by tcm14 on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 1:42am.
It's hard to imagine this migraine story being run if it was about a more establishment candidate.
Just to clarify on the medications taken by migraine patients...
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 12:56am.
...they can include anything from abortive/preventative medications across a wide spectrum of pharmacological mechanisms of activity to acute analgesia to longer term analgesia.
Some of the routine medications I use for migraine prevention: beta-blockers; tricyclic antidepressants; selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs); gamma-aminobutyric acid analogues (GABAnergics); antiseizure medications. For abortive therapy, I use the standard "triptans" (5HTBs - e.g. sumatriptan, etc.); and occasionally ergotamines. For acute analgesia, everything from commonly used non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents (NSAIDS), opiates, acetaminophen and combinations thereof are useful. It all depends on the particular patient.
To say argue that the level of drugs that any migraine patient uses is excessive is in and of itself excessively ignorant of the challenge in treating these patients. Pain is a very, very subjective treatment problem and to have non-physicians making allusions as to individual treatment plans is outrageous.
Just my medical 2 cents (or 0.58 cents after taxes).
Hold on to your wallet, DocSam
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 11:48am.
It'll soon be only $.42 after taxes.
I am happy to see someone who actually knows what he's talking about weigh in on the subject. We really don't need Alec Baldwin (he flew a plane in a movie) telling us about Bachmann's "condition". I have to say it does give me concern, from secondhand experience with debilitating migraine headaches, but until and unless we hear directly from her physician(s)....it's best to ignore all of the media speculation.
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That may be true, but the one leading the list is...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 1:54am.
Barack Hussein Obama!
Tucker should have noted the worst divider
Submitted by Boil It Down on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 2:50am.
I like Tucker Carlson but our current President is ,hands down, the most divisive person in our country. Tucker should have brought that up. Nobody pits Americans against one another as often and so effectively as Obama. -bidn-
Divisive People?
Submitted by connect4 on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 9:22am.
Good thing you wonderful folks at NB are so interested in working together, instead of lobbing personal attacks on anyone who doesn't agree completely with your politically correct worldview.
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Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 9:27am.
Please do not feed the Troll
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This is unfair; now Obama is a victim.
Submitted by needle on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 9:22am.
When Tucker Carlson say 'Very Few People Have Done More To Divide The Country Than Chris Matthews', he overlooks Chris’s creature and agent Barack Obama. An awful lot of credit for dividing the nation goes to Barack.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
I do like the line where he
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 9:54am.
I do like the line where he points out that Matthews is sniffing Obama's throne.
Furthermore, I would think that Obama heads the list of those Carlson states as "very few people have done more to divide the country".
I'm just surprised Tucker the RINO took time out from licking...
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 10:58am.
...Romney's boots and trashing Palin and Bachman long enough to even notice Prissy Tingle's treatment of Rep. Walsh, much less bother to comment on it.
Not sure why, but I keep thinking this guy is going to turn out to be the next David Brock.
-Dave
Just because Carlson is not a
Submitted by Satchmo on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 11:18am.
Just because Carlson is not a neoconservative, that doesn't make him a RINO. Most of what I've seen from him indicates he is more of a traditional conservative, like Senator Robert Taft, than a neoconservative RINO.
With an Audience of Far Less than 1% of the Country
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 11:13am.
Can Mathews alone be much of a divider, let alone one of the biggest dividers? I suspect even the dead man Karl Marx is a much bigger divider of the country than Mathews.