Multimillionaire Chris Matthews: Is Mitt Romney 'Just Too Damn Rich?'
Barack Obama and his reelection committee must be thrilled to know the media are going to assist them in invoking class warfare this campaign season.
NBC's Chris Matthews certainly did his part Sunday practically beginning the syndicated show bearing his name asking the truly revolting question is Mitt Romney "Just too damn rich?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Just too damn rich. Is Mitt Romney with his $250 million, his accounts Zurich and the Caymans too far removed to know what life in America is about? For that matter is Newt Gingrich who breakfasts at Tiffany’s and suppers off Freddie Mac.
After the 2006 midterm elections when it was becoming clear that Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) - whose net worth is estimated at $35 million - was going to be named Speaker of the House, do you recall media members wondering if she was "just too damn rich" or "too far removed to know what life in America is about?"
Or what about Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004 whose fortune is estimated to be $193 million? Remember press members disqualifying him due to his wealth?
Or John F. Kennedy - who just so happens to be Matthews' hero! - in 1960? Or Franklin Delano Roosevelt any of the times he ran for president?
As the answer to all of these questions is an emphatic "No," why after eight decades of ignoring the wealth of Democrat candidates are the media going after Romney and Gingrich's?
Post script: According to the website Celebrity Net Worth, Matthews' fortune is $16 million with an annual salary of $5 million.
Who's he to call anyone "Just too damn rich?"
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Remember who's saying this.
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:03pm.
Chris the Wide Mouth Frog thinks Romney's "just too damn rich" but didn't know about the "insider trading" scandal involving members of Congress. People like, you know, Nancy Pirogi.
hey watch the term
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:09pm.
hey watch the term pirogi...that is good eating if one is polish lol...
we would never want to confuse good eating with dear old comrade pig Nancy.
as one who is Polish
Submitted by dzejk113 on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 4:22pm.
I thank you for this post ;) and pierogis are good eating even if one isn't Polish lol
Aren't pierogis made from potatoes?
Submitted by ant on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 4:59pm.
Mooch O. doesn't want us eating those. I'm telling on both of you.
I have seen estimates that
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 3:28pm.
I have seen estimates that say the Rockefellers are worth a COMBINED....
$110,000,000,000.00
So in every story about Rockefeller...should Matthews say the same thing?
I'll make Chrissy a deal.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:02pm.
I'll give everything, I mean everything, I have to a charity if he will do the same with every last cent, asset, government handout he has. That includes houses, boats, cars, planes, dogs, cats, and pocket change.
Put up or shut the hell up, Prissy.
It would be an honor to too
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:06pm.
It would be an honor to too damned rich.
No, Tingles is too damn rich!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:16pm.
For an idiot clown like him, to be paid ANYTHING for his opinions and attempts at a relevant "SHOW", hes paid WAY too much-he shouldnt be paid AT ALL! In fact, he should be paying US!
This president and the press
Submitted by billb on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:38pm.
This president and the press have always lived in a "circled wagons environment" They get to say whatever they want. If they are so good at this, they must be paid handsomely.
HOW HANDSOMELY?
Candidates are subjected to a financial colonoscopy because they will be "running" the country. The media is "running" the election. That's much more important because they determine WHO is going to run the country.
How about some financial expose!
stupid
Submitted by angelann1 on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:42pm.
mathews is a poster child FOR abortion !!
Not funny
Submitted by rusino on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:31pm.
Abortion is never funny!
I guess with this way of
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:43pm.
I guess with this way of thinking that Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, George Soros, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Oprah and countless thugs that play pro sports are just too damed rich too. OOOPS I forgot, They are loyal to the Commiecrat party.
Mathews
Submitted by mmilesll on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:53pm.
The question is not "is Mitt too damn rich", it is "is Mathews too dame stupid". I don't like Romney but Mathews just keeps going out of his way to act stupid. Go get another drink Mathews
Shamless and insulting.
Submitted by cbeyer on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 1:55pm.
The democrat party is littered with people who are MORE wealthy than Mitt. John Kerry married into the Heinz fortune which dwarfs Romney's assets. Pelosi and her husband are worth zillions as is Harry Reid...its a long list of ultra wealthy leading democrats.
Some how, I don't recall Kerry's wealth EVER being made an issue in the 2004 campaign.
The message is...its fine to be ultra rich if you are a liberal or democrat but unacceptable if you are a republican.
Sadly enough Newt (the trainwreck) has played into this class warfare BS against Mitt. I expect that from Matthews but not a leading republican presidential candidate.
Exactly
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:09pm.
And let's not forget those celebrated darlings of the Democratic Party and MSM: The Clintons.
Gingrich the Beltway Insider is demonizing Romney the Multi-Millionaire. What's even more ludicrous is Gingrich's attempts to separate himself from the Republican "elite." He's been part of the elite since the Eighties.
Gal
Submitted by stratman on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 7:15pm.
Gingrich was so much a part of the establishment that they voted to against him. If you must identify an "elite" group Gingrich has been associated, he is part of the Reagan elites. The record is undeniable except when viewed through the very twisted prism of the Romney machine, including the very unfortunate and inaccurate article by Elliott Abrams. You are confusing Gingrich's clear record of Conservative accomplishments and votes with being a part of Republican establishment elites. Gingrich knows how to wrangle the opposition on both sides of the aisle to obtain legislation that was overwhelmingly Conservative in principle. Romney, however, is the establishment's elite choice. Romney is one of them. His record clearly shows this to be true.
I get that you are soured on Gingrich but writing untruths is bad form.
How about the libs that have a magnitudes more cash.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:02pm.
250 million....small change...
Over 1,200 on the billionaires list.
You Didn't Build That.
Matthews thinks Mitt is "Too Damn Republican"
Submitted by lgeubank on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:04pm.
The Drooling Hypocrite won't admit his real purpose -- to slime the front-running Republican (and all the others) by any means possible.
And what means! I mean, Thufferin' thuccotash --can't you think of some POLICY or political argument to make, cretin?
Wow. So, per the link about
Submitted by cathartic1 on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:12pm.
Wow. So, per the link about John Kerry, it clearly states that it's not from him:
"As with many of the wealthiest Members of Congress, much of the Massachusetts Senator’s wealth is attributable to his spouse."
Regardless, the media absolutely went after his (or his wife's) wealth:
"During the 2004 campaign, Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wealthy wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, came under pressure to release her returns from newspaper editorial pages and conservative critics."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-502163_162-4080721-502163.html
In fact, here's the NYTimes arguing that his vast wealth made him an elitist Brahmin unlike the more "countryfried" Bush:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/politics/campaign/10wealth.html
As for Pelosi, she wasn't running for president, nor is Speaker a position for which there are elections.
OK your first link is about
Submitted by ThePickle on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:58pm.
OK your first link is about Cindy McCain and only mentions in passing Teresa Heinz Kerry being pressured to release her tax returns, something she never fully disclosed, so only partial credit there.
However while the NY times piece did say that then Senator Kerry "exudes a Brahmin reserve" a full reading of the article clearly shows that these observations with regards to his vast wealth were intended as an advisory piece to Senator Kerry.
They were by no means questioning whether or not he was "just to damn rich" instead they offered opinions on the publics 'perception' of him as a wealthy elitist and spent a considerable amount of time attempting to convince the reader that said perception, while a bit of an anvil around the Senators neck, was not necessarily deserved.
Example: "Images of Mr. Kerry windsurfing off Nantucket have become a staple for his Republican critics, who sometimes deride it as an elitist hobby. Windsurfers say this is not fair: The basic equipment for the sport can be had for about $1,000. Mr. Kerry's total investment is about $6,000..
Yet then the article goes on to say that this modestly invested, 'just one of the guys' windsurfer, on hearing that the winds were not quite up to par, intended to 'fly back in a few days if the breeze picked up.'
When he was advised that doing that would play into the 'rich sportsman stereotype' it was was Senator Kerry that acclaimed that 'I'm not going to live my life in fear. I'm going to be who I am.' ''
There was neither condemnation of this attitude nor questioning if it would effect his ability to lead in the article...it was simply focused on whether or not his high on the hog lifestyle would effect his ability to get elected.
In my opinion your second link falls short of a good argument.
So Pelosi's been appointed to
Submitted by ant on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 5:08pm.
So Pelosi's been appointed to Congress?
Will Matthews and the other
Submitted by cristo on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:14pm.
Will Matthews and the other phony 99ers at MSNBC call for the beheading of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week as he leads his company in an IPO that is expected to reach $75 - $100 Billion?
I wish
Submitted by Dave the mailman on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:21pm.
I wish I was rich enough to be a liberal
Mitt is going to be here tonight
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:24pm.
Perhaps I should ask him "Chris Matthews says you're too rich, care to comment?".
Seriously, though....I wish it were Newt or Santorum, I'd go, it's five minutes from the house. There's really nothing I care to say or ask of Mitt Romney. I'm convinced he's going to be our nominee.
But I've kind of come to the landing that I'll vote for Santorum. Newt's schizoid liberal themed attacks on Mitt (and by extension capitalism, a la his attack on Paul Ryan's budget) made me change my mind. HE did that. Plus, I really liked what Rick Santorum had to say on Central America. We need to mind our own back yard, IMO. And we're not doing that.
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I don't know
Submitted by ant on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:25pm.
Is whitey too damn white? Class warfare isn't the only war they are hoping to start. Exhibit Y of more evidence of their plan for 'Spill whitey's blood 2012', otherwise known as 'An excuse for rioting and violence when Obama loses';
http://moonbattery.com/?p=7415
There is an old adage in
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 3:33pm.
There is an old adage in war..know thy enemy.. can you identify him easily... blacks come easy to identify. they also are outnumbered 4 -1 which leads to second adage, do not start a fight if you are outnumbered. winning those fights are only comic book inspirations. There are no super heroes on the battlefield..
Aside
Submitted by ahusser on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 6:28pm.
From the few "in the wrong place at the wrong time" victims and Asiatic shop owners and landlords they usually only destroy and loot their own neighborhoods. The news will show the evil cops trying to arrest the poor oppressed thieves and thugs with super slo mo on some police/national guard "atrocities". The usual pity party and hand wringing by lily white leftist intellectuals will ensue and a sympathetic press will wallow and follow.
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
Take It All Mr.Tingles...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:35pm.
...If you appropriate (steal) everything from all "Meeellionaires and Beeelionaires", defined as those who make $10 million per year or more, it would be enough to finance the Obama Trainwreak for a total of THREE WEEKS!!!
Taxation is not the problem Chrissy.
I so love liberals
Submitted by ant on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:42pm.
Mitt is too damn rich...Elizabeth Warren, worth 15 million is not rich at all..the Obama's with all their wealth and voted into the highest position in the land are victims of racial prejudice... and now Rep. Jan Schakowski tells us the 20,000 jobs that would have been created by the XL pipeline 'weren't that many anyway'...gotta love 'em.
No, Chris...
Submitted by stage9 on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 3:43pm.
Romney is just too darn LIBERAL. You should be PROUD!
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Marching orders
Submitted by Model850 on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 4:18pm.
Matthews is just following the White House marching orders issued during the SOTU address, i.e., push class warfare.
The AP also received those orders.
My question for the AP writer is, "So what?"
Again ...
Submitted by Bodini on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 5:20pm.
Again ... if Marxists can levy a tax on those who choose to frequent tanning booths, a 90% tax on the Marxist-media seems FAIR to me!
That's a resounding NO!
Submitted by CobraMan on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 6:16pm.
"Is Mitt Romney with his $250 million, his accounts Zurich and the Caymans too far removed to know what life in America is about?"
Well, as Romney is actually living the American Dream, has actually become what most Americas strive to be, I would have to say: that's a resounding NO!
What is it with liberals, anyways? They keep telling everyone that we all need to work hard and achieve, to keep working towards a better life, to become greater that how we started, that this is what being an American is all about, fulfilling one's potential, but, once we do what they advise, once we reach, and exceed, that potential, especially financially, we're told that we're Evil for doing it!
This is their Philosophy: Go to School. Go to College. Learn to overcome your disadvantages in life and achieve greatness. But, once you do, you WILL be punished for following our advice! Everything you've accomplished over your lifetime will be taken away and given to someone else, so that we can help them to become what you once were, and be punished for it just as you were.
It's insanity!
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.
Unless
Submitted by Model850 on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 6:19pm.
But, once you do, you WILL be punished for following our advice! Everything you've accomplished over your lifetime will be taken away and given to someone else, so that they can become what you once were, and be punished for it just as you were.
Unless you are a registered Democrat. Then you're part of the family and it's
Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows
Everything that's wonderful
Is what I feel when we're together.....
It's more like...
Submitted by CobraMan on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 6:26pm.
It's more like
Hello me ... Meet the real me.
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.
You can also add:
Submitted by ahusser on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:06pm.
"The Big Rock Candy Mountain" by Harry McClintock-musician and Wobblie (IWW) member.
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
No, no
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:16am.
for statists it's not "work hard for a better life", it's "work hard so we can take it away".
Obysmal's actually running on a paraphrase of Marx's socialist summation "from each according to ability; to each according to need", ("a fair share from everyone and a fair shake for everyone") and people are BUYING it. It's sick.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Just what we don't need.......
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 10:42pm.
A presidential candidate who has been financially successful. Oh, the horror, Chris!!
say what?
Submitted by Dr. Ron on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:13pm.
first of all was there ever a doubt about this happening? i.e., "Barack Obama and his reelection committee must be thrilled to know the media are going to assist them in invoking class warfare this campaign season."
Not the thrill part but the media playing the role of advocate, echo chamber, lap dog and running dog...all 4...for Obama...which they have ben doing since early 2008!
Time for Republicans to wake up and read the tea leaves...while they are busy ripping each other in the debates (Matthew 10:36), Obama is already planning his inauguration party...which, thanks to feckess Republicans, ignorant electorate, media and MONEY is a lock.
OVER
Submitted by rusino on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 8:34pm.
Chris Matthews is so over. The tingle ran up his leg and fried his brain.
Just how stupid is
Submitted by big.league.slider on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 10:48pm.
Just how stupid is Matthews?
Romney paid over $3 million in federal taxes last year. Just imagine if everyone in America paid the same amount in federal taxes as Mitt Romney. In fact, Romney himself paid more federal income taxes than the bottom 50 million American taxpayers combined.
Americans like Romney are the most valuable financial asset this country has.
Excellent Point
Submitted by stratman on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 12:25am.
And Romney probably donated to charity more than most DC Democrat politicians combined.
Super rich people that
Submitted by megax5000 on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 2:19am.
Super rich people that support (or are) democrats like Buffett, Gates, Jobs, Eric Schmidt, Chris Matthews, Olbermann, Oprah, hell, some wall street guys like Goldman Sacchs even, either are really self hating or they have no idea that Obama wants to take all their monies (including his own, presumably since he's a millionaire) and give it to poor people? Class warriors waging a war against....THEMSELVES?
A twist worthy of M. Night Shymylan (sp).
It's not really class warfare
Submitted by dzejk113 on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 4:22pm.
it's controlling who has the wealth. They only want to take away from wealthy conservatives, but if you're a wealthy liberal you're part of the ruling elite, and so you get to keep your wealth. They don't want to redistribute money from all rich people, they just want to redistribute the money of other rich people. You only get to be rich if the liberal elite decide you can be. It's hypocracy on a level all it's own.
Ignore the troll. He has problems with English.
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 10:58am.
Yet more poor logic, spelling, punctuation, and grammar from a troll with a low IQ.
What's truly hilarious
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 9:06am.
is that Matthews, who takes IN $5M a year, is only worth $16M. His family could live comfortably on $150K in the DC metro area, so he's got the rest to invest (or at least save). As long as he's been shilling for MSLSD, he should be worth a LOT more than $16M by now.
And THAT's why he's jealous of people like Romney.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
No, Mitt isn't too rich
Submitted by Ruler4You on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 1:14pm.
But, you, Mr. Matthews have proved that being rich doesn't mean you have to be smart.