Unhinged Chris Matthews Smears Tea Party Republicans as Baby-Kidnapping 'Terrorists' for Debt Deal
An unhinged Chris Matthews on Monday decried the debt ceiling deal negotiated in Congress, attacking Tea Party Republicans as a group of baby-kidnapping terrorists. He also bizarrely described the compromise as "political polygamy."
Talking to Jonathan Chait of the New Republic, Matthews excoriated, "Why did [Obama] let this develop for six months...this drum roll of the Republicans saying, 'We've got the baby. You don't get the baby back unless you pay us?' Why do you let the other side have the baby, to use kidnapping terms?"
[WMV video here. MP3 audio here.]
In an earlier segment, Matthews talked to Jack Lew, Barack Obama's Office of Management and Budget Director. The frustrated Hardball host lamented the President's failure to say,"[I will accept] no game playing, no hostage-taking, no terrorizing this country with the debt ceiling. I'm not going to negotiate with you guys. You can't play it that way."
Matthews began the program with this odd explanation of the deal: "Leading off tonight, political polygamy. The problem with this deal being struck among Republicans, Tea Parties and Democrats today is the problem with polygamy. It's not balanced. It's not equal. It's not fair."
The MSNBC anchor's over-the-top response shouldn't be a surprise. In the last month, he's compared Tea Party Republicans to "terrorists" and the "Wahhabis of American government."
[Thanks to MRC intern Alex Fitzsimmons for the video.]
A partial transcripts of the various exchanges can be found below:
Hardball
08/01/11
5pm
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Leading off tonight, political polygamy. The problem with this deal being struck among Republicans, Tea Parties and Democrats today is the problem with polygamy. It's not balanced. It's not equal. It's not fair. First of all, there were three parties in this thing. Two parties of the right. The Republicans and the Tea Party making demands on a President who in the end was negotiating for the center left. The result is what you'd expect. Something well to the right of center. So we have a piece, but at a price. The Tea Party setting the terms. The Republican Party living with it. The Democrats forced to live in a political household dominated by the other side. Today the Republicans have been preening. Democrats bowing their heads and the House of Representatives expected to vote sometime this evening. What about President Obama? Progressives are furious saying he gave away too much and got nothing in return. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called it an abject surrender.
...
05:03
MATTHEWS: Jack Lew is the Direct of the President- Director of the Office of the Management and Budget. He's the President's budget director. Mr. Lew, Mr. Director, I have got great respect for you, as you know. And I know you have the President's trust. And the question that keeps bothering me now is was there another way to govern? Was there an option play, way back in December? I want to watch what the leader of the the Republicans, the Speaker of the House, John Boehner said today, here he is late this afternoon, declaring victory. Let's listen.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE BOEHNER: The President asked for an increase in the debt ceiling. And I made clear at that time, there will be no increase in the debt ceiling without significant cuts in spending and changes to the way we spend the American people's money. And when you look at what we've been able to achieve, we've met those two standards that have been outlined. The American citizens said it's time for us to deal with our spending problem and deal with the fact that we've made promises to the American people that are kids and grand kids just can't afford. In addition to that, we've worked with our members and listened to the American people who have a real interest in making sure that we don't get into this spot again.
MATTHEWS: Well, President Obama sounded like he was almost conceding defeat tonight. Let's listen to him.
BARACK OBAMA: Is this the deal I would have preferred? No. I believe that we could have made the tough choices required on entitlement reform and tax reform right now, rather than through a special congressional committee process.
MATTHEWS: That was the President last night. And Jack Lew, Mr. Director, the question I have is, there is Speaker of the House, Boehner, a smart parliamentarian, bragging, basically, that way back last December he said they were going to do this thing. They were going to hold the whole debt ceiling hostage to get their way. Why did- Couldn't the President have said at that moment, way back in December of last year, "no game playing. No hostage-taking. No terrorizing this country with the debt ceiling. I'm not going to negotiate with you guys. You can't play it that way." Could he have done that?
5:20
MATTHEWS: [to Jonathan Chait of the New Nepublic]: Why did he let this develop for six months, well, eight months since last December, this drum roll of the Republicans saying, "We've got the baby. You don't get the baby back unless you pay us?' Why do you let the other side have the baby, to use kidnapping terms?
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I'm not sure whether to call him Tingles or
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 6:08pm.
Spittle. The bubbling coming out of the corners of crissy's mouth is a hoot. He may blow a gasket soon.
Saw this.
Submitted by Texndoc on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 6:25pm.
And you know, Reverend Al's show is the same as Tingles, right down to one segment on this, one segment on that - Mitt Romney coming up next.
Just now:
Reverend: "Terrorists! Everybody has to sacrifice but YOUR constituents with their corporate jets and sailing their yachts!"
(R) Congressman: "I'm from Kansas. We don't 'sail in yachts'."
Thanks
Submitted by 10ksnooker on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 6:25pm.
If we couldn't depend on you, how would we ever know.
Does he still have an audience big enough for the light bill? Now after Obama is done with America I bet.
Just when I thought Chrissie had reached the pinnacle of
Submitted by johnsonl on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 6:54pm.
panty bunching, she revives herself with a fresh pair of underoos and continues to run in a circle, screaming with her skirt up over her head.
Protecting Children is now Kidnapping
Submitted by Avitar on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 6:53pm.
Biden and Reid and Obama are attacking the future of every person in America especially the children. Keeping the kids out of the hands of the Government employees at Child Protective serves is the DNC definition of Kidnapping.
Voting Democrat next year is child abuse.
Not only Matthews, but Joe Biden!
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:06pm.
Matthews isn't the only one running around with his skirt up over his head.....
VP Joe Biden said of the Tea Party "They have acted like terrorists" in a closed-door meeting with Democrats. He apparently also said the Republicans had "a gun to their heads" in deliberations.
You stay classy, Joe! Nice to see you out there setting the example for the new civility the Democrats are promoting.
You know, this is all Sarah Palin's fault, for saying "Don't retreat; reload." She advocated violence, and now Republicans are running around putting guns to people's heads and terrorizing the congress and the administration!
\Maximum Sarc
Isn't it nice?
Submitted by GregE on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 8:18pm.
On the day Gabrielle Giffords comes to Congress to cast her vote, all those who were uhhh, for about a week or so, calling for a new tone of civility, are hard at work having anything but.
Matthews
Submitted by stan25 on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 6:58pm.
Old Chrissy had better get a prescription of Nitroglycerin tablets. He is headed down the road to a major coronary. I am sure the the producers of Hardball don't want to have to drag his sorry ass off the set with "Walks On Water" watching him on tv.
What was it Janet Nutsitano proclaimed in 2009?
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:07pm.
So there's an all-out campaign by DEMOCRATS to label politically active, conservative Americans as TERRORISTS, who need to be marginalized and ignored.
But actual Islamo-fascist murderers who decapitate, bomb, and shoot Americans?
Nah — they’re just Man Caused Disasterists who need to be understood and negotiated with. You can't make this up.
Demoncrats: In your guts you know they're nuts. In your brain, you see they're insane.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Another day, another Matthews
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:09pm.
Another day, another Matthews meltdown.
He continues to embarrass himself on a regular basis.
I can't decide on
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:10pm.
I can't decide on Biden...
JOE THE SCUMMER or JOE THE SCAMMER.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Matthews is a Disgrace
Submitted by Bourbeau on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:11pm.
He's a despicable talking head; he's allowed to go off the reservation with his hyperbole, and he's a complete and total jack-ass. Comcast, like GE, takes a hands-off stand regarding it's on-air personalities; this is a egregious failure of their corporate leadership. When did it become acceptable to allow people of your corporate family to embarass themselves and their company with non-sensical blabbering of which Matthews is a master.
When the liberal MSM decided
Submitted by johnsonl on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 8:35am.
to let itself off the chain.
Couldn't the President have
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:13pm.
Couldn't the President have said at that moment, way back in December of last year, "no game playing. No hostage-taking. No terrorizing this country with the debt ceiling. I'm not going to negotiate with you guys. You can't play it that way." Could he have done that?
Way back in December? You CRETIN.
Last December the DEMOCRATS owned both Houses and the Executive...
That means Obama could have gotten the DEBT CEILING raised without Republicans.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
They could have raised taxes
Submitted by kbTexan on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 7:01pm.
They could have raised taxes then, too. By doing nothing.
What they want...what they NEED...is for Republicans to give them political cover so they can run around in the future yelling about Reagan raising taxes umpteen times.
One thing you will never see is the left taking responsibility for their failures.
An Emerging Theme
Submitted by guein on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:15pm.
Notice how the Left in this country now feel comfortable using the "terrorist" label when referring to conservative Tea Party advocates. It is discouraging to hear people on our side whine about this, knowing full well that the Left hold everyone else to a standard that they don't hold themselves. Instead of whining, try starting every sentence with the phrase "Our Marxist colleagues on the other side of the isle...". Show some backbone and give it right back to them!
Here, here!
Submitted by Mike in AZ on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 11:15pm.
The deliberate vile, provocative insults coming from key leftists lately proves to me that they have cast away any last pretense of civility. If it's a fight they want, then... When is someone in the MSM going to corner one of these pathetic excuses of sub-human debris, quote them, and say, "Don't you think you owe the Tea Party an apology for your atrocious remarks?" (Not holding my breath.)
I certainly hope that violence does not follow as a result to this sickening and outlandish behaviour coming from the left. But I won't be surprised if it does. And, frankly, I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. Perhaps that's what they're trying to bring about so they can point their idiotic fingers and say, "See, see???!!! We told you the right wingers were a bunch of violent fascists!!!"
I'm disgusted and tired. Just disgusted and sick and damn tired.
Beware of prophets seeking profit.
- Dennis Miller
"Baby kidnapping"? Even if
Submitted by rbosque on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:27pm.
"Baby kidnapping"?
Even if that were remotely true, murdering babies in the womb is FAR WORSE.
Unhinged is too kind...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:28pm.
Matthews has jumped the shark...for the millionth time. Who the hell is the 'baby' in his rant (Kieth Olbermann?) I have said it before and I will say it again ...Matthews wants to be a part of the Obama administration and he will say any sill ass thing to get there. It must really drive him crazy that even Obama wont recognize him! Ha ha Chrissy! tatto a big 'L' on your forehead!
what a pathetic excuse for a human grown-up
Submitted by ohio granny on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:36pm.
little Chrissy just needs to go home and have his mommy change his diaper. When he grows up a little maybe he can come back out to play with the older kids. We will just ignore him until that time.
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Well Granny. Prissy Chrissy.....
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 3:15pm.
She needs a diaper change, her tights pulled back up and her dress pulled back down..... then give her a little swat of her ruffled butt and be told to play nice with all the other Obama Prison wives.
Another certifiable moment for Prissy
Submitted by lesterwink23 on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 7:54pm.
At least he didn't embarrass himself or his fine network by calling the president a "dick"...after all, MSDNC has standards
Mathews is a communist
Submitted by docjohn52 on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 8:05pm.
Let's just say it.
Commie Chrissy.
Matthews doesn't have the
Submitted by kbTexan on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 7:05pm.
Matthews doesn't have the moral character required to be a Communist.
He is more aptly described by the term "useful idiot."
So let's see... the party of
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 8:21pm.
So let's see... the party of civility is on a rampage against the
BABY KILLING TERRORIST TALIBAN HOBBITS
I'm sure Lord Voldemort will be in there next week.
Imagine what they'd say if they were uncivil!
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
delete
Submitted by GregE on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 8:25pm.
delete
Matthews Needs a Promotion
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 8:31pm.
MRC really should start a stand-alone website for Matthews. He has so passed the realms of bias, he doesn't really qualify under the mission statement for NewsBusters any longer. Call it "Matthews Watch" or "Tingles the Clown's Circus" or "The Matthews Daily Embarrassments".
Chris -- and that siTe would
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 8:38pm.
Chris -- and that siTe would be
MATTHEWS-UNPLUGGED.COM
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Jack,
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 8:50pm.
or "UNHINGED". Really, in my little opinion, although his antics do need to be noted, there's getting to be almost too much Matthews here. To continue my circus analogy, he's a side show freak who is threatening to take over the center ring.
Humpty/Dumpty Head
Submitted by greatj on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 8:36pm.
Chris(Humpty/Dumpty Head)Matthews Head is so far up Obama's rear end he can't even think anymore.Chris,you better change your panties.
Fair?
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 8:57pm.
Since when do adults expect life to be fair? Or government to be fair?
Is it fair that working more hours, studying longer, saving more, and then being successful and making more money causes more taxation and the government to look at you as if you're a criminal?
Is it fair that immigrants who wait in line for years to enter the U.S. legally, pay thousands in legal fees, and play by the rules, may be put in the back of the line behind illegals?
Is it fair that white male students have a more difficult time getting into colleges than others?
Is it fair that Chrysler bondholders were only paid 50 cents on the dollar when they should have been paid before the unions?
Nothing is fair, but it should be just, based upon our laws. It's not any more.
Well, to the recipient Class
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 9:11pm.
This is "fair". If your a dimwit, you would'nt know any better anyway!
Obama and the Dems Held Grandma and Grandpa Hostage
Submitted by Nightfly on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 9:16pm.
Where was the baby ever in the discussion? I remember Obama and the establishment media repeatedly telling seniors that they would not get their Social Security checks. Who are the lying terrorists here? BTW: Love that photo of Chrissy Matthews... always knew he was a mouth breather.
The Whine of the Left
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 8:55am.
What's is really iritating Matthews and his ilk is the fact that a handful of Tea Party Republicans were had a far greated impact on the outcome of the compromise than either the Democratic Senate or the President, either of which could've stopped anything they didn't like coming out of the House.
Matthews knows that the Dems are weak and still reeling from the lost of the House in 2010. So the remedy is to demonize the Tea Party Republicans by labeling them terrorists, Wahhabis, etc. in order to alibi why his leg-thrilling hero -- Barack Obama -- didn't get what he wanted (tax increases). As Matthews would have us believe, the President caved in to save the life of "the baby."
The whining from the Left is quite loud today, and will remain so through the week. They were hoping that the Tea Party Republicans would cause the country to collapse, but it didn't happen. And now they're getting cranky.
These comments belong on
Submitted by mcscole on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 9:22pm.
These comments belong on Matthew's site right under the original comments by him. I can't believe the name calling from the left. I have never seen anything like it.
Get used to it
Submitted by Rukus on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 9:28pm.
It's gonna get worse. And welcome aboard. : )
It May Just Be An Odd Coincidence
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 9:31pm.
Doesn't Chris Matthews picture resemble the "Banjo Boy" from Deliverance....and wouldn't he be Chris' age right about now?? Just askin'.......
no the boy with the banjo was
Submitted by fearme on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 12:46am.
no the boy with the banjo was smarter,,,Chris is the little piggy if you know what I mean
chris matthews
Submitted by fearme on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 12:38am.
no wonder abortion is legal..
Golly ...
Submitted by DoktorFranken on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 12:58am.
I wonder what the Left's Talking Point Word-o-the-Week might be???
Hmmm. I'd better research this one. It'll take a bit of time.
....and the secret word
Submitted by gfrrman on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 1:54am.
......is ....."tone"
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The hypocrisy of the left
Submitted by dscott on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 3:53am.
The hypocrisy of the left knows no bounds in engaging in Projection, THEY were the ones to take senior citizens hostage with Obama claiming no SS checks would go out IF the debt deal wasn't done to his satisfaction. When that ransom demand was knocked down, the Dems threatened the paychecks of the armed forces. Obama and Reid are the kidnappers here, their own words prove them guilty. Nowhere at any time did the Tea Party make any verbal threats against children much less senior citizens or the armed forces. All the verbal threats came directly from Democrats in their demands for unlimited cash payments.
Latest example of pack journalism
Submitted by Mike009 on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 6:14am.
This is hilarious. Clowns like Matthews, the NY Times, etc. can't even bring themselves to call real terrorists who actually do blow themselves up and kidnap people for what they are but they have no problem calling Republicans terrorists. A bunch of letf-wing journos are now using this "conservatives as terrorist" analogy and it's just the latest in pack journalism. They tried labeling Tea Partiers as morons but that didbn't work. Then they tried to label them as racists and Nazis but that didn't work. So the next attempt is to call any conservative who disagrees with the administration a terrorist.
"Bore Us Interuptus"
Submitted by Qtaug on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 6:32am.
Cris Mathews has been "dry" humping the DeMAOcratic party for years. Enough already!!!!!!
Unhinged is an appropriate adjective for Matthews
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 8:48am.
I listened to him 'coaching' Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) on how to fight the Tea Parties. Moran, who represents wealthy Arlington, VA, has been underfire in the past for quid pro quo legislation, including a bill he sponsored that favored a finance company that gave him a sweetheart loan.
From the sound of his voice (I was listening to Hardball on XM), it was obvious that Matthews was getting quite animated about it. And Moran, for his part, promised to keep fighting for the poor and working people in the country, or some such throw-away line.
I may be wrong, but it appears to me that the Matthew's Crazy Curve as been climbing ever more steeply the past year or so.
Joseph Goebbels & Chris Matthews
Submitted by bluecollarbytes on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 9:08am.
Chris Matthews is Obama's Joseph Goebbels- who was Hitler's mouthpiece. Matthews never lets a little mouth-foam get in the way of spewing his 'points', which like Goebbells', are made in complete subservience to the fuehrer.
Matthews is just like Sean Hannity...
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 9:25am.
...but without the facts, truth, and common sense.
Matthews Unhinged.
Submitted by rono on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 10:22am.
Chris Matthews actually looks like a rabid dog with spittle flying and barking like a wild man. He's beyond a joke, he's an embarrassment. NBC is nothing more than a propaganda machine for the left-wing fringe. Pathetic.
Well he would know
Submitted by Mutantone on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 11:11am.
After all he is the one that eats the babies.
Those MSNBC Morons
Submitted by mrwiffle on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 1:13pm.
Chris Matthews you are a fat, disgustingly ignorant bastard for having equated the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords with the Tea Party. It is people like you, who choose to play these dangerous games with words. Mr. Matthews you are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts. Outside of the Tea Party, there is not a neater, cleaner, or more polite group of activist in this country.
Tingleman Fag
Submitted by billwhit1357 on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 12:44am.
Matthews is about the most sickening talk show person around, with his faggoty lisp and his leg tingles. Who really cares or listens to what this idiot Progressive Puke has to say? Other retards maybe, huh?