Matthews Tells Gingrich George Washington Was an Elite 'With a Couple of Hundred Slaves'
MSNBC's Chris Matthews doesn't just hate Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's money.
During an interview with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on Hardball Thursday, the host disparaged George Washington as an elite "with a couple of hundred slaves" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
NEWT GINGRICH: Here’s the president’s problem. First of all, the president was the number one recipient of Wall Street money in 2008. The president was loved by everybody who he’s now attacking.
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: For reasons that have nothing to do with economics. You smile but you know. These people on Wall Street never vote they’re economic interests when they vote for a liberal. They don’t, they don’t want regulation, they don’t want high taxes. They do it despite that whereas the Republican guys do it because they like those deals.
GINGRICH: I’m just reporting to you that your position which is if they’re for us, they’re not virtuous but if they’re for you, that’s virtuous.
Exactly. When a Wall Street person votes for a Democrat, folks like Matthews think it's out of principle. But when they vote for a Republican, it's out of greed:
MATTHEWS: No, no, no, I think a lot of people vote their interests, but in case of Wall Street, clearly the interest lies Republican.
GINGRICH: Here’s the problem, it’s twofold: one, Obama has set up a class warfare paradigm which people reject, and; two, his performance in the economy is so bad that a president with this level of unemployment attacking business I think is just not credible.
MATTHEWS: Let me try the class warfare the other way: suppose a guy comes along and says, “Look at me, I made a quarter billion bucks. If you do it my way, we win.” Isn’t that class warfare? If you benefit from having a guy as successful as me, that was his word, successful, we’ll have a better country. In other words, my wealth is my case for my presidency.
That's not what Romney is saying.
The point is that we for four years tried someone without any business experience and unemployment is still above eight percent.
Maybe someone with years under his belt running a company, managing people as well as a budget and a payroll will do better.
But here's the fun part:
GINGRICH: Well, that’s what George Washington would have said, that’s what, I mean, the fact is…
MATTHEWS: And they were elites.
GINGRICH: Historically what they would have said is they’re interested in ending, in ending poverty by leveling up not leveling down.
MATTHEWS: Just remember, Washington had a couple of hundred slaves and there was a different kind of politics.
So because America's first president, and one of the nation's most beloved historical figures, was wealthy and had slaves, his point of view should be ignored today?
That's quite telling, especially from a man like Matthews who so admires the late John F. Kennedy - the son of a man that became rich as a bootlegger during Prohibition.
Why is it the wealth of Democrats regardless of how it comes never seems to bother liberals, but any Republican with money is the devil incarnate?
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What's wrong Chrissy ?
Submitted by skolbrother on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 6:51pm.
Didn't watch the whole segment but it seemed like Chrissy was a lil more cordial to Newt than he is otherwise to Rep./Consvs. Me thinks Chrissy was treading cautiously so as to not get his ass handed to him by Newt.
Washington An Elitist...
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 6:53pm.
...hardly, how about if "Mr. Tingle" expends his venom on the original slave owner, Mr. Anthony Johnson? At least then he would be talking sense. By the way didn't Matthews name appear during that Jeopardy game under the category, "Two-bit dumbasses?"
Drop the racist slave comments
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 6:57pm.
Didn't Obama's family (as in the 'black' half, not the 'white' half) trade in (as in 'sell') slaves???
maybe...
Submitted by MidAmerica on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 7:06pm.
Maybe Romney actually intends to do the job of being President. For over three years now we have had a President trainee who rarely spends any time in his office. Exactly who has been running the day to day affairs of this country? It can't be obama.
I'd rather the rich guy buy me...
Submitted by CJohnson on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 7:44pm.
I wonder what would have happened if George Washington had no money when the slave traders showed up?
"Like, sorry dude. I spent my dinero on some chicks and a bag of blow. Catch me next time yer in town bro'.
Washington had money and owned slaves.
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 7:56pm.
What's your point, Chris?
What Chrissie doesn't want to admit is that
Submitted by johnsonl on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 10:05am.
our government, which was set up by rich white guys, created a country that has granted the greatest freedoms and opportunities to blacks in the history of mankind. Non whites have flocked to America because of our freedom.
Wonder
Submitted by grammajane on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 7:57pm.
how long it will be before tingles says Romney's family owned slaves? Probably has been digging around trying helplessly, looking for some kind of dirt as far as Romney is concerned to start the ball rolling
George Washington was a democrat?
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 8:03pm.
Wow, You really do learn something new every day here at NB.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
And how do we know the Dear Ruler's Kenyan ancestors...
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 8:07pm.
...weren't among the many Africans who rounded up and sold their fellow Africans into slavery?
Hmm?
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Sorry, you are not going to find out.
Submitted by needle on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 11:14pm.
Those records are sealed.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
Noel, a question
Submitted by Barabbus on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 8:11pm.
Noel, I watched this interview, and I could swear I heard Tingles use the repugnant term "buck" when he made a reference to African-Americans. Did I hear that? It was so shocking to me, I assumed I heard him wrong.
Above, I asked "What's your
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 8:11pm.
Above, I asked "What's your point, Chris?"
I think I have it figured out now.....this country was corrupt from the beginning, built on a rotten foundation, headed by an evil one-percenter who owned slaves.
Therefore, we are rotten to the core. Always have been. Always will be.
That is a handy rubric for hating your country.
Submitted by needle on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 11:30pm.
But you gotta hate your country first, then your pull up this completely irrelevant garbage to justify your self-hatred.
Here is a question for people like Chris Tingles: If we were not a fallen country with a fallen past you would not be so down on our country and certainly would not slime it with accusations of racism the way you do all the time. Right?
BTW, Chris, name a country that fits that bill.
(a humma, a humma...)
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
Using Chris Matthew’s logic,
Submitted by Liberallies on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 8:18pm.
Using Chris Matthew’s logic, we shouldn’t pay much attention to the Constitution or Declaration of Independence since these were created by rich, elite, slave owners.
What a typical Liberal buffoon! They spew out Liberal propaganda without thinking.
Jefferson, who is a favorite of the Liberals, especially when it comes to the Liberal meme of Separation of Church and State, was a filthy rich slave owner who cheated on his wife and had kids with his slaves. People, according to Matthews' logic (if he has any), all of us should stop paying attention to Jefferson’s writings, thinking, etc.
By the way, did anyone read how poor Chris Matthews was complaining on CSPAN over Right wingers making fun of him for his "tingle up his leg..." comment. hahahaha!!!
This guy needs to retire already.
Can't believe it
Submitted by robjh22 on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 8:22pm.
I have to wonder if MSNBC paid Newt to go on this execrable show with its execrable host. Does anyone remember Matthews likening the speaker to the devil just a few months ago? "They're about to begin the nomination for President of a figure who represents the Mephistopheles of what they preach. He is nasty, brutal, ready to fight and kill politically, a man of no discernible commitments or values, who has nothing to offer but a sharp-as-hell intellect and a wicked rapier of words."
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2011/12/12/unhinged-chris-ma...
He even said he "looked" like the devil. Think I'm kidding? Look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-llq8aLLgbM
Unforgivable.
George Washington slandered
Submitted by Robersire on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 8:36pm.
During Bill Maher's old show he called George Washington scum. When I heard that I wanted to smack that garbage mouth in his mouth. Then again why stoop low enough to mess with trash.
scum?
Submitted by robjh22 on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 8:46pm.
I bet Maher got aroused and the audience applauded. Do you have a link?
Why stoop?
Submitted by FaulknerFan on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 9:57pm.
During Bill Maher's old show he called George Washington scum. When I heard that I wanted to smack that garbage mouth in his mouth. Then again why stoop low enough to mess with trash.
Because someone needs to.
Barack, the Slave Owner
Submitted by RickZ on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:02pm.
Obama's family were slave owners, on his mother's side. (in the 1800's).
What you imply is inaccurate.
Submitted by poseA on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:17pm.
The past enslavement of blacks has hardly been monopolized by whites.
In fact, without blacks enslaving blacks, there would have never been a transatlantic slave trade.
poseA, Well, you also have
Submitted by Liberallies on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:39pm.
poseA,
Well, you also have to add, if it wasn't Africans selling Africans as lesser human beings to whites, blacks, arabs, etc. The slavery problem would not have been as large.
At any rate, I am waiting for the decendents of the Ancient Roman Empire to pay reparations for the slavement of my ancestors in Spain.
If that doesn't work, I will wait for the decendents of the Muslim Moros to pay reparations for the slavement, torture, murder, raping of my ancestors. And I don't want to get into what the Moros did to the children of the Spanish Kingdoms.
Me and my peeps are greatly affected by these. I am lobbying Congress for it. Hope it works.
Chris "Speechwriter for Jimmy Carter" Matthews
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:23pm.
When your greatest accomplishment in life is being the speechwriter for Jimmy Carter, Nobody, I repeat, NOBODY is going to take anything you have to say seriously.
I also would love to see Newt battle Chris Matthews on Jeopardy. Newt would take him to the woodshed and clean his clock.
Next step
Submitted by Dan Diego on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:40pm.
Obama's great, great great... Grandmama was a slave of Washington's that he knocked up and Obama is related to Washington.
No surprise. Progressives
Submitted by Pinetree3 on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 11:12pm.
No surprise. Progressives have always despised the Founding Fathers.
During Bill Maher's old show
Submitted by Pinetree3 on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 11:14pm.
During Bill Maher's old show he called George Washington scum. When I heard that I wanted to smack that garbage mouth in his mouth. Then again why stoop low enough to mess with trash.
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I would be more than happy to stoop that low.
All crissy has to peddle is
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 12:14am.
All crissy has to peddle is racism and class warfare. He can't talk about any issues because he knows he would lose any debate on them. Crissy the the real racist because what he really wants is a negro figure head babbling the the public while his white liberal friends run things from behind the curtain. If it wasn't obama it would be some other black, obama is just prop for the left.
"the son of a man that became rich as a bootlegger during Prohib
Submitted by Ozconservative on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 1:16am.
And a Nazi sympathizer,,,,,,
He wasn't just a Nazi
Submitted by Semus on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 2:54am.
He wasn't just a Nazi sympathizer, he did some questionable things during WWII.
Actually, Joe Kennedy was
Submitted by Liberallies on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 3:04am.
Actually, Joe Kennedy was pro-Hitler. He wanted FDR to do a treaty with Nazi Germany and not the Allies.
This, the left honestly feels
Submitted by Semus on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 2:35am.
This, the left honestly feels should be the undoing of this country and it will be if they any say about it. They would be nothing if they couldn't fan the flames of hatred, ignorance and stupidty.
Kennedy amassed his fortune from a variety of ventures,
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 3:41am.
including the legal importation of liquor.
Joe Sr. has plenty of skeletons in the closet, but the bootlegging tycoon story is mostly, if not completely, fiction.
Jer
I like the way Newt lectures Chrissie and smiles at him like a
Submitted by johnsonl on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 10:08am.
doting grandparent listening to a five year old insist that he is five and a HALF!
I love discussion and debate
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 12:40pm.
I dont even have a problem when someone disagrees with me. But I've found liberal logic (if you can call it that) is a Gordian knot. You just cannot cut through it to the heart of the matter. Liberalism is a labyrinth of thought. Too many dead ends and dark corners.
Right there with you
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 3:41pm.
I was just last night explaining to my teenage son that any premise that the liberal gives you with their right hand, will vanish with their left.
Q-s...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 4:08pm.
Are you sure you didn't mean "promise"? We libs generally honor our premises.
Jer
"A different kind of politics."
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 1:13pm.
Yes, before George Washing took a severely underfunded, under equipped, ragtag group of colonists and defeated what was at the time the most powerful military in the world, there was a "different kind of politics" in America. After leading those men to victory, that "elite, slave holding" General became the FIRST President in our "new" kind of politics, called a Constitutional Republic, a form of "politics" that we've been using for over 200 years now. Matthews seems to have a problem with that. Perhaps he believes that we'd be much better of under the "old" system of Imperialism?
Chrissy, our political system hasn't changed in over 200 years, so what do you mean by "different?"
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