Chris Matthews and Hardball Guests Laugh at Mitt Romney's Sons
On MSNBC, the disrespect one is allowed to show to a conservative and/or his family knows no bounds.
On Wednesday's Hardball, host Chris Matthews and his guests Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post and John Harwood of the New York Times actually laughed at Mitt Romney's sons (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Mitt Romney trounced his opponents last night and he got to give the big speech in primetime. I think he gave a speech more appropriate to a convention as if he had already won and picked up all the marbles, which is probably an arrogant thing to do. But, his focus was clearly on President Obama and not the guys he beat yesterday. Let’s watch.
After playing some snippets of Romney’s speech, Matthews continued:
MATTHEWS: G-d, Chris Cillizza, you can’t see it, John and I can see it, his sons were lined up there like one of those Motown groups from the sixties.
CHRIS CILLIZZA, WASHINGTON POST: I see them.
MATTHEWS: You know, four of them lined up, you know, all in unison. They were doing everything but clap and show their rhythm. [Laughter]
JOHN HARWOOD, NEW YORK TIMES: Four Tops. [Laughter]
MATTHEWS: Yeah, Four Tops, exactly right. [Laughter]
Apparently families are no longer off-limits to MSNBC, the New York Times, or the Washington Post - the families of Republicans, that is.
Can you imagine the backlash if someone on Fox News or a conservative talk radio host laughed at Malia and Sasha Obama this way?
There'd be calls for apologies and suspensions.
But at MSNBC?
Not so much.
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Spittle boy...
Submitted by BBallleaper on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 6:55pm.
and his trained seals. Do these self-deluded leftist mutants realize that we see them them for the vapid fools they are? My question is how does Spittle boy's wife live with him? He's mentally deranged. And ANOTHER book about his main man-love JFK???? Will it never end? Bet you can't wait for his love-treatise on Barry boy! Seriously, this guy should have been kicked off the air years ago. But there are no standards anymore. Societal entropy brought to you by liberalism.
he drools
Submitted by kg on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:41pm.
You notice he drools out the edges of his mouth too. Someone like that shouldn't be laughing at other people. Ever notice it is the "stupid" people who always call someone else "stupid".
"DumbAssity of Dope"
Chris, if you want a laugh
Submitted by TheHistorian on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:03pm.
why don't you go look at the pictures of the Obama family in Hawaii? Or how about the kids doing "Barack Hussein Obama, mmmm mmmmm mmmm" Or how about the "57 States" that your leg thrill has visited? Or how about the rest of his stupid statements? See, we Republicans don't need to make fun of the candidate's kids like you Democrats like to do (just before you tell us Chelsea is off limits, the Obama kids are off limits, etc etc)
Or go laugh at your stupid face on TV. The rest of us do.
Dennis Prager
Gratuitous and insulting
Submitted by Truestar on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 6:58pm.
But par for the course for the likes of Mathews. The man (and I use that word warily) doesn't belong on TV or anywhere else spouting his stupidity. Ah, but there's always MESSNBC, the repository of flaming hypocrisy and journalistic frauds.
He calls Romney arrogant?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:14pm.
AYFSM? You want arrogant, Prissy, check out that RBFSOB that gets your putter to flutter, you POS. THAT is world class arrogance.
"clap and show their rhythm"
Submitted by OxyCon on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:18pm.
"clap and show their rhythm"
Sounds like a stereotypically racist way to describe Motown and the "Four Tops" to me, but then again Chris Matthews and his family got out of North Philadelphia as soon as the first Black family moved into his neighborhood.
Well said...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:40pm.
Well said indeed.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
And here I was
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 10:51am.
....thinking the TEA Party was racist. [sarc]
Chrissie just hasn't learned when to shut up...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:51pm.
has he? What exactly is his problem with Romney's sons being on the stage last night to support their dad? I think it was great that they were all there...If they hadn't been, I have no doubt Tingles and Co. would be snarkily suggesting that it's because one or more of them don't support their dad, and didn't want to be seen there.
Jackass.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Imagine the uproar if someone
Submitted by katiejane on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:41pm.
wondered if BO's daughters are spending anytime practicing playing the Supremes? After all MO certainly qualifies as the diva Diana Ross.
What a joke
Submitted by Aubrey on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:42pm.
Actually the sons were simply standing behind their father in support. Mathews and his gaggle of leftists are just immature.
"just immature.."?
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:54pm.
Yes, their comments were immature, and arrogant, stupid, insulting, hypocritical and borderline racist.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Offspring
Submitted by miss911ninja on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 8:09pm.
At least they didn't take it to the next level and accuse Romney of using his offspring as "props." If memory serves, someone in the left wing media accused Sarah Palin of that.
missninja..Just wait for it....
Submitted by PrairieSky on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 12:21am.
It's only a matter of time before that starts, too. This is just the beginning of the hateful, unhinged, libnut media onslaught coming down the pike for Romney and his family.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Yeah, and especially using
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:46pm.
Yeah, and especially using her Down's Syndrome baby as a 'prop'............when they weren't accusing her teenage daughter of actually being the mother of the baby.
Didn't that dope Letterman make some really crude remark about the daughter at a baseball game..........and basically didn't have to 'pay' for it in any discernable way, other than mumbling some phony apology??? I can only imagine what would have happened if some conservative or Republican had said something like that.
Knocked Up
Submitted by miss911ninja on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 5:26pm.
Yup. Letterman "joked" that Palin's (at the time) 14-year-old daughter got knocked up by Alex Rodriguez during the 7th inning stretch.
Immature
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:53pm.
and repulsive. There will be no stopping of these arrogant un-educated "reporters on the least watched channel on tv during the entire election process. Picking on/making fun of a candidates family is just the beginning of their putred hate and lack of any decentcy, what so ever. msdnc should be so proud of the numerous loosers they have representing their network. Cancel Comcast!!
Overt reverse racism, making
Submitted by ray johnson on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:57pm.
Overt reverse racism, making fun of white folks rhythm, and comparisons to the Four Tops...and that from the biggest, whitest flapjack a-hole there ever was...there's no limit to lib white guilt. Matthews is a cretin.
Talk about out of touch....
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 7:59pm.
Chris can't even diss the Romneys correctly. A MoTown group would be young, black men with some really good moves. (I always thought I could have made a good Pip)
If he wanted to put them down, he should have said, "...his sons were lined up there like the Osmonds, on an Andy Williams Special.
You see, Tingles? You get the whitebread and Mormon slams all in one. Don't try to be Don Rickles when you're not even Shecky Green.
I'm confident that if any one
Submitted by TE on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 8:12pm.
I'm confident that if any one of the Romney sons met those three, utterly feminized, leftist fairies (i.e., Tingles Matthews, Chris Cillizza and John Harwood) in a cage, that one Romney son would beat the sh!t out of those three, utterly feminized, leftist fairies.
Post sounds really
Submitted by DC2280 on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 8:20pm.
7th like.
Oh good!
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 8:24pm.
Now we can start making fun of Sasha and Malia! Families are no longer off limits.
Oh, only conservative families aren't off limits? Gee who'da thunk?
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Dead people were voting in Ne
Submitted by jkwtrading on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 11:38pm.
Dead people were voting in New Hampshire. and also S.C has 900 people enrolled who are dead. both stories hit the wire today.
Leave Republicans children alone.
Submitted by wingnut55 on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 10:30pm.
They just can't leave the children alone. Do you see him ever saying something like that about Obama's daughters? I don't think so. When will they give the children of Republicans the same pass that they give Democrat children? I hope it happens soon, but I won't hold my breath.
The smell of fear is in the
Submitted by buddyc on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:13am.
The tingle is gone and the smell of fear is in the air at Hardball!
You can see the panic and desperation. They can't cope with the ectasy of 2008 and the agony of 2012!
It will only get worse as we get closer to judgment day.
Christine Matthews show.
Submitted by gus on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:16am.
Seriously. Are Mitt Romneys SONS, being on stage with their father after a primary victory an ISSUE??
Chrissy Matthews is PAID to do this TRIPE.
It's sad. What is SADDER, is the STATISTS and GOVT DEPENDENT LOSERS of various STRIPES, now believe silly NONSENSE. So long as the CHECK comes every month.
Our country has been in TROUBLE for a long time. Both LIBTARDS and RINO'S have abbrogated their RESPONSIBILITES to AMERICA in favor of getting ELECTED and re-ELECTED.
We are now in a WORLD OF HURT.
Think about this. Opie the Kenyan Dimwit, has created and presided over 5 TRILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLION dollars in additional DEBT. Yet as Opie spends TRILLLLLIONS and approves the INCREASED DEBT LIMIT INCREASES, Opie POSTURED AND SUGGESTED that we cut 1 TRILLLLLION over 10 years.
AND THAT WASN'T SERIOUS.
16 TRILLLLLLION AT THAT PACE would take 160 years. And the 5 Trillion that Obama has personally approved and presided over, would at THAT PACE, take 50 years to solve. In OBAMA'S OWN SUGGESTION.
Well. That would be NICE. What do we do about the BABY BOOOMERS SSI and MEDICARE????
We are FUXED. I wasn't a MATH MAJOR.
Did you just "dis" Motown?
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:11pm.
"G-d, Chris Cillizza, you can’t see it, John and I can see it, his sons were lined up there like one of those Motown groups from the sixties."
Chrissy, did you just "dis" Motown? That's going to generate some backlash!
Where's Al Sharpton when we need him?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Really............if the
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:21pm.
Really............if the Leghumper was totally on his game, and not so spun out from his usual methedrine-laced, Ritilin-addled, spitting, frothing mental condition, he should have said that 'his sons were lined up there like the Osmond brothers'!!!!!
dumb
Submitted by angelann1 on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:41pm.
Ignorance is a requirement at mbsnbc!
Uh, really? You can't make a
Submitted by balboa on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:35pm.
Uh, really? You can't make a lame, small joke about four people standing in a row?
Way over-sensitive.
just hypocricy
Submitted by Agnostic on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:57pm.
family tabu for some - not others
At least they didn't laugh at their ears.
But it wasn't an insult,
Submitted by balboa on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:58pm.
But it wasn't an insult, even.
Oh yes it was!
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 6:31pm.
Oh, yes, that was definitely an insult! What would you call it when someone claims that your family was "standing in unison" in public like a bunch of performers and claimed that "[t]hey were doing everything but clap and show their rhythm.?" I would call that a definite insult!
Mitt's sons weren't putting on a performance, and it's more than insulting for Chrissy to insinuate that they were. It's down right obnoxious!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
I would call it a gentle
Submitted by balboa on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 7:01pm.
I would call it a gentle ribbing. I certainly wouldn't be insulted. That takes a lot of effort to get worked up about something so innocuous.
A gentle what?
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 7:35pm.
Tell me, Bal, if he had said the same thing about Obama's family, or Biden's family, would you still consider it a "gentle ribbing?" No, of course you wouldn't. You would think it was insulting to the Obama's if I said, for example: "His wife stood next to him like Brittney Spears. The only thing missing was the dancing." But, since the intended target of the insult was the family of a Republican, well....
As for geting "worked up," insult MY family at your own risk!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Good grief, no I wouldn't
Submitted by balboa on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 8:19pm.
Good grief, no I wouldn't care.
If that's an insult, it's the mildest, most inoffensive thing I've ever. Geez.
As CobraMan pointed out, ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:16pm.
it depends entirely on whose ox is getting gored.
MD
I had no idea being compared
Submitted by balboa on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:19pm.
I had no idea being compared to the Four Tops was so insulting. I mean, the Platters, sure, that's just mean.
Now you're pissing ME off!!!
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:44pm.
Now you're pissing ME off!!! The Platters were one of the best singing groups in the history of music - and I don't care WHAT color they were!!! You'd have a hard time finding better music - for the style that it was - than what the Platters did. And you can tell that to any of these punk-ass gum-flapping psuedo-ghetto 'G's up, ho's down' idiots that are swearing and gangsta-ing their way into the 1% club these days..............only to claim they've got the backs of the OWS bowel movement.
I'll bet the Platters didn't make 10% in their whole career compared to what these dopes make today.
Temptations
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:55pm.
Are pretty good also, and they still recored and tour, take that Mick!
So, just so we're clear, I
Submitted by balboa on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 10:06pm.
So, just so we're clear, I was kidding about the Platters. You knew that, right?
Oh we get it now.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 1:07am.
Just like you were kidding about all that cop killer acquitting evidence you keep hidden under your bed after you insisted time and time again they were innocent.