Chris Matthews Slams 'Evil' Rush Limbaugh for Spreading Climate Change 'Lies'
A frothing Chris Matthews on Wednesday excoriated Rush Limbaugh as "evil" for spreading "lies" about global warming.
The Hardball host highlighted a new Rolling Stone article by Al Gore that chides Barack Obama for not doing enough on climate change.
Matthews, however, chose to attack Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh: "These people are evil in what they're doing. I'm not saying their souls are evil, but what they're doing is really, really wrong and it's not the President." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
The MSNBC host declared no room for debate on global warming, announcing, "But here is a fact on the table. Global warming, climate change, Rush Limbaugh says stuff that...is just not true. I never use the word lie, but it's appropriate here."
Piling on, Matthews accused Limbaugh of being disingenuous: "Rush Limbaugh is not a stupid person. Glenn Beck is not stupid. They're saying it on purpose."
After calling Limbaugh "evil," Matthews compared him to a raging inferno: "Churchill, my hero, said this once, 'I refuse to be impartial between the fire brigade and the fire.' The President is the fire brigade on this. He may not be the greatest fire brigade, but damn it, he's not the fire. Glenn Beck is. Rush Limbaugh is the fire."
"Evil" is a term Matthews likes to throw around. He previously used the word on Newt Gingrich and mocked him for looking like "the devil."
[Thanks to MRC intern Alex Fitzsimmons for the video.]
A partial transcript of the segment can be found below:
06/22/11
5:18
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well, what do you think is the problem? The Republican Party are basically aligning themselves as anti-science, with some exceptions like Huntsman. They're willing to go out there and say they believe the world is about 5,000 years old. They basically go back to fundamentalist views about creationism and they really don't have any problem being anti-science. Isn't that really the problem? Not that Gore has a problem with Obama? Where's the problem with climate change? Isn't it that half the country is being sold nonsense?
5:23
MATTHEWS: Have we ever had a time where one side is willing to just say something- We can argue about wars and there's always issues of values and measuring facts. But here is a fact on the table. Global warming, climate change, Rush Limbaugh says stuff that is just non- well, is just not true. I never use the word lie, but it's appropriate here.
JOAN WALSH: It is, it is.
MATTHEWS: People like, you know, Glenn Beck, I heard him months or years ago on the radio before he was on TV saying there's no climate change, playing, pandering to these business types, pandering to people who don't want to deal with reality. These people are evil in what they're doing. I'm not saying their souls are evil, but what they're doing is really, really wrong and it's not the President. It's this corrupt media on the right. You know, it's corrupt media on the right.
WALSH: Because- It's money. Well, serving the interest-
MATTHEWS: They're making good salaries telling people what they know is not true. Rush Limbaugh is not a stupid person. Glenn Beck is not stupid. They're saying it on purpose.
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MATTHEWS: I would just say about our President, and he is our president, on my issues, he's always my President, on some of the big ones like climate change, race, things like that, wars. My belief is this: Churchill, my hero, said this once, I refuse to be impartial between the fire brigade and the fire. The President is the fire brigade on this. He may not be the greatest fire brigade, but damn it, he's not the fire. Glenn Beck is. Rush Limbaugh is the fire. The Chamber of Commerce, the Wall street Journal editorial page, they are the fire. Let's not forget it.
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Comments
The only evil is the liberals
Submitted by jkwtrading on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 6:16pm.
The only evil is the liberals and Matthews is one of them...
They are losing it folks, losing it badly..
By the way he does a lousy Olbermann.
All Projection, All The
Submitted by Diesel on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 11:26am.
All Projection, All The Time
That's mslsd for ya!
Hehe...
Submitted by retrocon on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 12:27pm.
jkw: great observation about trying to be Olbie...
When i see someone like Chrissie saying these things, i always have to ask...
Is he a knowing propagandist for the left? or, Is he really just stupid?
i honestly don't know the answer for Chrissie.
Churchill & Matthews
Submitted by tkkilmer on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 2:34pm.
Someone should remind Matthews that Churchill allegedly also once said that, "If you don't vote Labour (Liberal) when you're 20yo. you have no heart. If you don't vote conservative when you're 40yo., you have no brain".
No Tingles
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 6:18pm.
No tingles, Rush is not a stupid person and he is far from eveil!! You want to see/hear a stupid and evil person.........look in the mirror when you are blabbing about something you know nothing about.
Matthews
Submitted by mac_691 on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 6:23pm.
As opposed to Chris Matthews, who IS a stupid person. The fact that he continues to buy into this drivel, notwithstanding the rampant fraud from the global warming community. But then, this guy still fervently buys into Keynesianism as a legitimate economics theory.
Blow it out your tingly leg,
Submitted by Slyrr on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 6:32pm.
Blow it out your tingly leg, Chrissy-boy.
The American people aren't buying your nonsense anymore.
Too many of your beloved 'scientists' have been unmasked as collaborators to Demorats, caught red-handed with their fingers in the cookie jar. 'Hide the decline'? Your dear 'consensus' experts snared in direct and demonstrable lies about the sea level? Moving their thermometers to hotter locations to inflate their numbers? You can't paper over your lies anymore.
The only reason the pretense continues is because your trained chimps are in Washington, desperately trying to prop up the crumbled facade of 'global warming'. Once they are all cast out of office, we can roll back their stupid 'cap and trade' nonsense. We'll re-institute drilling, start making refineries, building power plants and everything else that you morons have been blocking for so long.
Chrissy-boy and all his cohorts will scream about how 'their' country has 'lost its soul', and they'll rage about moving to France or Russia or China. Then they'll remain here as the bitter haters they always have been and always will be.
The climate does change and
Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 6:43pm.
it is not manmade by any means. Man cannot control volcanoes, forest fires or sun flares. Just review this..........remember and never forget?
http://climatechangecredit.org/global_warming_hoax.htm
If it's the money
Submitted by JeffC... on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 6:46pm.
If it's the money, then Tingles doesn't have to shill for General Electric anymore.
It is really funny the way
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 7:08pm.
It is really funny the way they touted the "rise" and now that its the "decline" and they changed the to Global Climate Change. The main thing is don't let the facts get in the way of a good ride. The water level rise is funny as some guy I was arguing with told me the rise and I asked what the historical rise in the last hundred years was and he was silent. I asked him about the last 20, last 10 and still he was silent. People want to believe repeat popular sound bites and do not think. That includes all people ... yes me too.
What Rush failed to mention
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 7:08pm.
I only caught a few minutes of Rush's show today, and heard him talking about Al Gore and how Gore is shifting his focus to "population explosion" and women's so called rights to plan and limit pregnancies so they can reduce the number of children being born. Rush didn't mention this, but it's obvious to me that Gore is hailing back to the clarion call of Eugenics from the late 1800's and early 1900's, that led to massive genocide around the world.
It's easy to see that when Gore talks about limiting the number of babies being born, he is not talking about European or Caucasian babies, who are being born at a rate that barely replaces the population of these groups. If the whole world had zero population growth, Gore wouldn't be commenting on this at all. The only way to stop population growth is to reduce the number of "brown", (non-white), people being born.
I can't believe Rush didn't pick up on this.
(And no, I'm not saying that Gore is in favor of genocide. But the mainstream acceptance of eugenics helped pave the way for the genocide that occurred throughout the 20th century.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
He actually cited an article
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 7:14pm.
He actually cited an article in Rolling Stone? Seriously? What will it be next week? Mad Magazine? Highlights for Kids? Did they cite any climate experts like Cameron Diaz or Paris Hilton?
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Chris Mathews
Submitted by m.w. scoggins on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 7:15pm.
I have over the course of the last two years come to the conclusion that we are actually witnessing an attempt by the left wing media, aided by socialist elements in our government,to subvert our laws and Constitution. In days gone by many of these people would be brought up on charges of treason. Some have even been filmed openly calling for the destruction of our country. Labor leaders have publicly stated, that if persuasion was not successful, then force would be relied on. I hope that they don't actually believe that anyone is fooled by their lies. May God have mercy on their souls because I have my doubts about the amount of mercy that will be shown to them by the Citizenry should they take this lame brained farce of theirs too far.
"Sources" for all the tools at M.S.S.R. (MSNBC)
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 7:40pm.
Newsweek. Rolling Stone. Politico. The Daily Kos. Media Matters. The Young Turks. The Huffington Post. Mox News. Time Magazine. The Center for American Progress. Crooks and Liars. Mediaite. Mother Jones' pinko bloody rag, etc, etc, etc. This network peddles progressive / marxist / socialist / outright communist filth to the lowest common denominator.
"If you dance with the devil, The Devil don't change. The Devil changes you."
Pesky Gnat...
Submitted by Chris Norman on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 7:55pm.
I'm sure Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck are both quite upset about being called "evil" by Chris Matthews regarding their skepticism about man-made "climate change". I'm sure that, this very minute, both of them are in deep contemplation, re-thinking their positions in the light of Matthews' scathing indictment....or not.
Relax, Chrissie.
Submitted by johnsonl on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 8:01pm.
The science is settled.
Matthews is hurt to the quick by Gore's criticism of his . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 8:53pm.
. . . hero Obama, so he shifts blame to Limbaugh and Beck.
The thrill up his faithful leg is morphing into a queezy feeling in his stomach as polls indicate that independents and Leftists -- disappointed in Obama for different reasons -- are abandoning him.
Limbaugh and Beck can't make policy. Gore stuck his anger where it rightly belongs -- on Obama.
Ain't it great?
What an ego
Submitted by wingnut55 on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 9:44pm.
It takes a person with a great ego to say that global warming is man made. God controls the weather. He will melt the ice caps when He is ready. It will happen not a moment sooner. It doesn't matter what these egoist say, God must be looking down on them and laughing his head off.
Why is it
Submitted by ctophfranko on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 9:48pm.
That only liberals seem obsessed with climate change? I don't give it two thoughts, these folks seem to focus only on that one little issue
Is it me or...
Submitted by Indie Dude on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 10:04pm.
Had C.M. stated an argument proving otherwise, "...Take for example, this study by (scientist whoever), it states...blah, blah, blah... Then he would have made half-sane. BUT, nope, just the same ol' insane.
And again, my favorite unanswered question:
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 10:14pm.
The earth has gone through 6 ice ages. That's 6 times the planet has transitioned from hot to cold and back. All that before man walked the planet and burned his first piece of coal.
So how is climate fluctuation caused by man this time?
Shhh
Submitted by ctophfranko on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 10:19pm.
You'll ruin all of these people's plans for making money.
Rush Limbaugh is evil! Rush Limbaugh is evil! Bad Man!
Submitted by Rush Fan on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 11:23pm.
I love it, and so does Rush, when the left uses his name in vain. Publicity is always good when it's used by the Left to attack those of us on the Right, especially the Doctor of Democracy.
A PERSONAL MESSAGE TO CHRIS MATTHEWS:
regards,
Rush Fan
Dang you are preTEA mean.
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 11:42pm.
Dang you are preTEA mean.
Dan The Man 2.......
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 2:12am.
Yes, I can be preTEA mean. But I consider it a qualiTEA to be able to bash liberals. and forgo the civiliTEA the left demands when they are attacked. :-)
Even if they're right
Submitted by mustango on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 11:31pm.
If, and let's just say this for the sake of argument, IF AGW is real, and as a result there actually IS a preventable climate catastrophe in, say, the next 10-20 years, do you know who I'll blame?
I'll blame the corrupt, idiot scientists who torpedoed their own credibility by abandoning the scientific method because it was deemed "too important" to risk drawing the non-alarmist conclusion.
Of course, I feel very strongly that no such event will occur. But the point is, EVEN IF THEY'RE RIGHT, and even if they're proven right in a SPECTACULAR way, they're still oh so very much in the wrong.
Who is evil?
Submitted by Nonanon on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 11:51pm.
If the consequences were not so serious, this would be hilarious! Someone from the party that builds its platform on breaking most of the Ten Commandments calling someone who disagrees with them (and who has science on his side) evil. Sometimes the thought or perhaps fear of what these people are capable of passes through my head. Many seem to have no qualms with harming those who disagree with them, and since this is another one of their major religious planks, it gives cause for concern. Conservatives consider liberals opponents and try to get them to change their minds or ideas whereas liberals consider conservatives as evil and several have stated their desire that conservatives die or get killed. How long before they refuse to restrain such emotions and act on them?
As for the "anti-science" charge, do they really ever think about what had to happen for evolution to have produced everything? Had a church produced this theory, it would have been laughed out of existence. But they label it science and many people just accept it as truth. To have the planets, stars, sun, and all other pieces of the universe just come into existence with no life, then to have life begin then to have that life mutate into all of the complex chemicals, organs, beings, etc. is such a statistical impossibility. Think about what had to happen to produce such processes as photosynthesis, respiration, digestion, hibernation, vision, hearing, healing, reproduction, migration, etc. Things such as this require so much blind hope that they are beyond faith.
Wow - the Leghumper claims
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 12:32am.
Wow - the Leghumper claims that Winston Churchill is his 'hero'!!! Now, I"m no Churchill expert, but I've seen enough of him in documentaries and read enough of his quotes to know that he would lay Matthews to waste with a withering couple of statements and observations about what a total fool and idiot Mathews is.............all the while puffing on his cigar.
Matthews is a crackpot, pure and simple. He...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 2:41am.
thinks by criticizing Conservatives that that puts him on an even plane with them. No, Chris it exposes you as the dunderhead you have become. I would really worry if a lot of people watched his show, but fortunately not too many, other than some liberal loons, fall for his "crap". Thank God!
What is "Evil"?
Submitted by big.league.slider on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 3:04am.
Rush Limbaugh bases his stated position on "climate change" from the objective scientific opinions he receives from experts such as Dr. Spencer. Matthews gets his "science" from experts such as Al Gore.
Better already......almost.
Submitted by Spoker on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 7:38am.
I am really please to see that CM has gotten his PhD’s in meteorology, astrophysics, climatology, oceanography, macro-economics, and soothsaying so he can lead us through the upcoming solar minimums, mini ice ages, historically solar induced climate changes, and manmade destruction of earth. I am beginning to feel better already, well……… after I take a couple aspirin I will. This moonburn is killing me.
Chris Matthews says Winston Churchill is his hero!
Submitted by jawebster1 on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 10:49am.
Sorry, "Spittles" that does not compute. Your hero, had you lived during that time, would have been Neville Chamberlain. Churchill was a Conservative. Chamberlain was a Liberal loser like you. To say that Obama is the fire brigade and Rush and Beck are the fire is not only "bass ackwards", but ludicrous as well.
"It's money"?????
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 10:46am.
While we can all look at the fortune amassed by Algore to verify that being pro-AGW can be profitable, can someone point out the potential of getting any dough claiming "It just ain't so"?
New civility
Submitted by dmaley1714 on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 10:59am.
Would this be considered part of the new civility?
Prove it!
Submitted by IdahoJim on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 3:07pm.
Exactly what 'lies' are you talking about?
Proof is the only way you can call anyone a lier.
IdahoJim
http://idahoandy.net