Chris Matthews: Benjamin Netanyahu Should 'Stay Out of Our Elections'
Chris Matthews doesn't just hate American conservatives.
On MSNBC's Morning Joe Wednesday, the Hardball host said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should "stay out of our elections" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
TOM BROKAW: I thought that Sunday was a missed opportunity for Governor Romney to talk in an elevated way, in a kind of global view about what’s at stake here, and not give up any of his determination to be a strong Commander-in-Chief, and to raise the alarm about what’s going on Iran. But to say that, "The Prime Minister of Israel is meeting at this moment with the President of the United States. There’s things going on I’m not aware of. So I’m not prepared to get involved in their negotiations."
CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC: Well said.
NICOLLE WALLACE, FORMER BUSH COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: Well, I’d just say that that’s probably more Romney’s DNA, and to bring it back to what we were talking about before, I think Romney needs to trust his instincts.
JOE SCARBOROUGH, HOST: He needs to be himself.
WALLACE: I think that what Obama did on Sunday was very strong, and if it hadn’t been, he’d be getting killed from the Right.
SCARBOROUGH: Alright, Chris Matthews, thank you so much.
MATTHEWS: Yeah, how about telling Netanyahu to stay out of our elections? That would be a [unintelligible], stay out of our elections!
You think Matthews would make such a statement on national television if Netanyahu was an outspoken supporter of President Obama?
Quite the contrary, he'd be singing Bibi's praises.
Maybe someone should tell Matthews that he just insulted the Prime Minister of America's most vital ally in the Middle East.
Or would that even matter?
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Hey, we have a new word.............
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 12:14pm.
I thought that Sunday was a missed opportunity for Governor Romney to talk in an elevated way, in a kind of global view about what’s at stake here, and not give up any of his determination to be a strong Commander-in-Chief, and to raise the alarm about what’s going on Iran. But to say that, "The Prime Minister of Israel is meeting at this moment with the President of the United States. There’s things going on I’m not aware of. So I’m not prepared to get involved in their negotiations
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So maybe Romney should have done what Obysmal did over and over and over in 2008 and talk smack about discussions and meetings and plans that he knew shit about and then after he was allowed to appear to be tough, he pretty much did exactly what Boooooooooooooosh did in many ways (GITMO, Drones, surges, wiretapping etc, etc, etc)?
Matthews almost forgot to spew the line, he ws yelling it as they were going to break.
I DIDN'T miss Meeeeeeeeeeka this morning.
Matthews is such a "Fluke".
Maybe Romney should head to
Submitted by kg on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 12:24pm.
Maybe Romney should head to Israel and strike a deal like Obama did in Iraq in 2008.
"DumbAssity of Dope"
Good chuckle
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:04pm.
Dude, make note of Sarc on.............................
Romney needs to pull a Reagan.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:15pm.
Just as Reagan did with the Iranians holding our citizens hostage, send them a little note telling them to either get their Shiite together and drop the nuke thingy, or I will order the destruction of everything that even remotely resembles a nuclear site the first day I am in office.
When you're dealing with a jackass, you really need a 2x4 to get their attention.
Would that matter?
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 12:13pm.
Well, if the Spitter thought that Neanyahu's presence would help his guy Baracka Soetero, Chrissy would probably insist that he take a room in the White House for the duration.
It's only because Netanyahu doesn't slobber all over Baracka that gets Chrissy's panties in a wad.
It's not a problem, Chris Matthews
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 12:15pm.
With Thomas Friedman declaring Obama possibly the best friend Israel has ever had in the White House, why be worried about what Netanyahu might say?
In fact, the message from Netanyahu appears to be "We cannot rely on others for our security. Discussions have not halted Iran's progress toward a nuclear weapon. Sanctions have not halted Iran. We will take whateve action we need to defend ourselves against annihilation."
If Israel's self-preservation is affecting our elections, then our elections are focused on the wrong stuff, like "gender and sex" as Matthews declared today.
If we are still imposing
Submitted by inquiringmind on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 12:35pm.
If we are still imposing sanctions on Iran next January and a Republican is sitting in the oval office , how much you want to bet we start hearing from the MSM that it is the Iranian people who are suffering from our heavy handedness.
Also, hey Chrissy, how about we ask Gorege Soros, an unelected outsider, to stay out of our politics.
Must be a disease or something in the air there?
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:09pm.
Any hint of respect I had.................. for the former Boooooooshie Wallace goes down the tubes - Obysmal said one thing Sunday and backtracked and softened on Monday.
But she like Thomas Roberts is hoping for "acceptance".
Hers is acceptance that sheI can keep a job on MESSNBC as nobody else will have her anymore.
Chris Matthews
Submitted by Dr. Ron on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:13pm.
I guess Bibi doesn't send a thrill down Matthew's leg the way B. Hussein Obama does. The media should all apply for federal money as they have devolved into the White House's triple threat: lap dogs; running dogs; useful idiots.
Hey Crissy
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:19pm.
We could all same the same for you and your libtard cronies in the LSM. Stay the hell out of our elections! Report on them, but keep your petty little opinions and gotcha moments to your damn selves!
My God, the BALLS of these moronic, illiterate, uneducated, misinformed, hypocritical, asinine, elitist POS's! First they started the PC craze, then they change it to "do as we say, not as we do". And then, when called out, they play the "are you gonna believe us or your lying eyes" routine. ENOUGH!
"stay out of our elections"
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:19pm.
Hey, Prissy. If it's OK for Kenya to let one of their citizens run in our elections, then it's fine if Bebe "meddles."
In fact, I wish sometimes that he could come up with a reasonable facsimile of a Hawaiian birth certificate and enter the race!
Mathews
Submitted by mmilesll on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:30pm.
Somebody buy this a hole another drink please.
But the U.S. president can get involved in Israeli elections?
Submitted by Kevin Groenhagen on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:32pm.
"After 1992 Carville stopped working on domestic campaigns, stating that he would bring unneeded publicity. He then worked on a number of foreign campaigns, including those of Tony Blair - then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - during the 2001 general election Ehud Barak of Israel's Labor Party (at the suggestion of Clinton, who had grown frustrated with Benjamin Netanyahu's intransigence in the peace process) in the 1999 Knesset election, and the Liberal Party of Canada."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Carville
does obama even have a BFF?
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:32pm.
After three years in office obama seems to be still on the outside looking in when it comes to building a relationship with other world leaders.
Evidently the chears from the media and giving speeches before crowds is the type of psychological support obama needs.
Might explain why he never stays at the Whitehouse, he doesn't create personal one-on-one relationships so he finds it totaly isolating.
Hey Chris: YOU FIRST. YOU stay out of our elections, nitwit!
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:43pm.
Comment all you want on things closer to your intellectual capacity, like the consistency of drying paint or the best place to get free booze.
I would rather have Mr.
Submitted by John21 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:44pm.
I would rather have Mr. Netanyahu involved in our election than the no nothing American media (like Christie).
Go back to the Kool-Aid bar for your daily fix of Obamabot and let the adults have an intelligent discussion.
Really Chrissy, stay out of
Submitted by ForeverOnTheRight on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 1:47pm.
Really Chrissy, stay out of our elections? It is in Isreal's best interest that he is involved, it is what a leader does. Obama on the otherhand is more interested in what is good for his agenda and Muslims vs Chrisitans in this country.
Thank You
Submitted by HudsonRiverGirl on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 2:07pm.
Thanks to above poster, Keven Groenhagen for delineating Carvile's involvement in Israel's elections.........obviously at the behest of bubba.
How is he involved, Chrissy?
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 2:17pm.
Just how is he involved, Chrissy? Is he a precinct judge or something?
What's that, Chrissy? He made an endorsement? OH MY GOD! How DARE he!
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.
If I had to put money on the
Submitted by Soldat44 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 2:45pm.
If I had to put money on the USA or Israel my money would be on Israel.
I wish we had a 'Bibi' in this country.
We did ...
Submitted by NL207 on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 2:49pm.
Bibi is an MIT alumnus. Obama ... is a pretender.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
Submitted by 1611 LilacLady on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 3:51pm.
Can someone, who has dual citizenship (and I don't know if Netanyahu does), can they run for U.S. Congress? The Lord has the honourable Netanyahu in Israel where he belongs. But if he did have dual citizenship, and it was so in God's plan, I would love to have a Senator Netanyahu or Representative Netanyahu.
I object
Submitted by boscokraft on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 4:01pm.
To the left constatnly assuming what are motives are for holding a particualr view point.
To wit " In recent years, Republicans have tried to make support for Israel a wedge issue that would enable them to garner a higher percentage of Jewish votes and campaign contributions, which traditionally have swung overwhelmingly Democratic".
Maybe we just think that one Holocaust is one too many, and we will never ever allow it to happen again.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/03/07/nyts-friedman-obam...
Chris Matthews is a slut.
Submitted by mattm on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 9:40pm.
Chris Matthews is a slut.
New rules?
Submitted by Ruler4You on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 4:45am.
Matthews you had no problem with the chicoms giving obango money. Which seems like a rather glaring conflict of interest to me, but YOU ignored it. Now, when obango may actually 'suffer the slings and arrows' of humiliation and or defeat you begin to pass water for him. That 'tingling' sensation down your "leg" is really urine, isn't it?