Hypocritical Matthews Slams 'Nasty' Perry's Attacks on Obama
On his syndicated program, Sunday, Chris Matthews slammed Rick Perry for being too "nasty" to Barack Obama. The liberal host also wondered if the fact that Perry is not a Mormon gives southerners a "permission slip" to like him.
Speculating on the Texas Governor's popularity, Matthews theorized, "Do you think part of this southern appeal of this guy, who is to most of us this guy, Rick Perry, is he's not a Mormon. He's a Southern Baptist."
The NBC anchor then suggested sinister motives behind his supporters: "And a lot of it is that permission slip people give themselves, 'Oh, I'm not bigoted on race or religion, but I just like this guy.'"
On his self-titled program, Matthews said of the presidential candidate: "Some people like- apparently on the right- the fact that [Perry's] so nasty against Obama."
Just in the last week, Matthews has used his other program, Hardball, to compare Perry to segregationist Bull Connor.
He also suggested that the governor would have opposed integration. On Sunday, Matthews wondered if the GOP was the "nasty party." Matthews certainly knows something about being nasty.
A transcript of the exchanges from the August 21, 2011 Chris Matthews Show can be found below:
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CHRIS MATTHEWS: Do you think part of this southern appeal of this guy, who is to most of us this guy, Rick Perry, is he's not a Mormon. He's a Southern Baptist. And a lot of it is that permission slip people give themselves, 'Oh, I'm not bigoted on race or religion, but I just like this guy.'
RICHARD STENGEL: Well, he checks all the boxes on the right and he doesn't have to actually say all those conservative things all the time because people know he does that. So it'll be fine with that. But I think it's not so much about reaction to Mormonism, it's a reaction to Obama. It makes the contrast with Obama seem much greater than it--than Romney does. Romney and Obama, if you blur a little bit, they can seem pretty similar.
MATTHEWS: Yeah.
STENGEL: Perry and Obama, no.
MATTHEWS: Yeah. That's very true. Some people like--apparently on the right--the fact that he's so nasty against Obama.
JOHN HEILEMANN: Yeah.
MATTHEWS: They like that.
HEILEMANN: The Republican Party is a very conservative party now and a lot of people in the Republican Party don't believe that Mitt Romney is a genuine conservative. That is always going to be a huge problem for him going forward.
MATTHEWS: Is it a nasty party?
HEILEMANN: Well, there is a piece of it that obviously is very angry. And just to your point about the middle, the middle--there are a lot of different parts of the middle. There are a lot of suburban mothers who are--moms who are not going to like Rick Perry. But there's an angry downscale part of the middle and they are mad about the economic condition of the country.
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Chrissy, should Gov. Perry
Submitted by rwesley2.0 on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 12:31pm.
Chrissy, should Gov. Perry strike a more civil tone and say that President Obama should "go straight to hell"? Would that be less nasty?
Pissy Chrissy...THE GOP is NOT.......
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:08pm.
The mean party lets review shall we....
Andrea "#2 Obama prison wife" Cooper, Jeanne "Uglier than Satans Douche Bag" Garafalo, and YOU (Among others.....calling the Tea Party Tea Baggers, racist, Biggots, Kidnappers, thugs etc) Certain members of the House and Joe Biden the VP calling the Tea party members "TERRORISTS" There are toher examples these are but a few.... meaning your all HYPOCRITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First, read this out loud.
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 12:33pm.
"Do you think part of this southern appeal of this guy, who is to most of us this guy, Rick Perry, is he's not a Mormon. He's a Southern Baptist.
Another example of Matthews' incoherence of late. He can't even formulate a couple of sentences.
Then this:
Oh, I'm not bigoted on race or religion, but I just like this guy.'"
What the H does that even mean???
Matthews
Submitted by Curly on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 12:38pm.
I'll quote one of your friends Mr. Matthews, Maxine Waters: "You can go straight to hell!' Additionally, hell won't be hot enough for you!
Don't you love it....?
Submitted by NeoKong on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 12:54pm.
He starts from the premise that southern Republicans and conservatives are bigots as if that is just a fact everyone knows
Nasty?
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:01pm.
I'd like to tell Matthews who's nasty.
All he has to do is pay attention in the morning while he's shaving.
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What are they really saying?
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:04pm.
MATTHEWS: Is it a nasty party?
Oooooh. A NASTY party. Perhaps that's supposed to sound a lot like NAZI (pronounced NAT-ZEE by some).
HEILEMANN: " But there's an angry downscale part of the middle and they are mad about the economic condition of the country."
Downscale part. That's Heilemann's way of saying "ignorant white males."
Chris Matthews' Selective Hatred of Mormonism
Submitted by hoodad500 on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:07pm.
I'm more than a little distressed that the conservative media doesn't fight back at Chris Matthews and his fellow liberal "news" hacks about their selective hatred/outrage at Mitt Romney being a Mormon. If anti-Mormonism is really their point, then why haven't they ever gone after Harry Reid for also being a Mormon? Oh, you readers weren't aware that Reid is a Mormon? Well, I'm not surprised because the liberal media hacks never seem to mention that fact.
Don't believe me? Do some research. You don't have to dig too deeply to find that out. Seriously, we need to challenge Chris Matthews and every other liberal media "personality" every thime they talk about Mitt Romney's religion without also mentioning harry Reid's religion.
While Romney practices his
Submitted by Callie369 on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 2:43am.
While Romney practices his religion, Reid is a MINO and judging from HIS actions, doesn't really believe in religion.
Chrissy Tingles....
Submitted by adamsmith on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:13pm.
Matthews is a mental case. Prove me wrong. Anybody.......just prove me wrong...
You Mean Its Real, Not an Act?
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:50pm.
I had a different theory. My theory is that MSNBC has an ongoing competition to see which of its commentators can act the craziest, the most deranged, the most clinically insane. Mathews has led this competition for some time. But now the new heavyweight competitor, Al Sharpton, has put pressure on Mathews to intensify his effort to reclaim the lead by acting ever crazier.
Now you come along and say that it isn't an act. He actually is crazy.
Ummmhh. I'll have to think about that. It never occurred to me anybody could be that crazy and still tie his own shoes. Ummmh, maybe he doesn't wear shoes. I have no evidence one way or the other.
Loafers maybe?
Submitted by Callie369 on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 2:41am.
Loafers maybe?
I really like NB but...
Submitted by Rackie on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:21pm.
...it's getting harder and harder to read and/or comment on all the liberal nonsense. Just when you think the libs have peaked with their mendacity, they double down. Like they say, "you can't make up this stuff". It's like the libs are just plain, out of their freakin' minds, bat-shit crazy. How can one respond to "nuts"? Lately, I start an IV of Merlot before I even open my "favorites" and click on NewsBusters. But still, it just gets weirder and weirder. Cheers!
OMG, It's working
Submitted by mandrake on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:29pm.
I knew there had to be a reason KOS was paying me!
If I agreed with him, we'd both be wrong!
Submitted by Mr_Priest on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:47pm.
This guy is so unbelievably prejudice and intolerant. In other breaking news, zombies have taken over MSNBC and eaten the brains of all the management. NBC has reassured customers that this will not lead to any discernible drop in service.
"The trouble with quotes on the internet is you never know if they are genuine" —Abraham Lincoln
Population Poll
Submitted by Callie369 on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 2:39am.
"
The latest pole says that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population."
Liberals disagree with this poll. They claim the numbers don't add up!
It's gonna happen one of these days
Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:47pm.
One of these days, Prissy Tingles is gonna be like this guy Chris Crocker:
Leave Britney Alone!
I can see Matthews doing something like that.
Oh and just FYI, found some TMI tidbits, apparently he's not doing youtube stuff anymore, endorsed Soetoro (big surprise) and is now in porn. Ugh. (shawn, run across this guy any?)
-Jon
Know who else isn't a mormon?
Submitted by freecitizen on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 1:50pm.
Know who else isn't a mormon? Obama. Just sayin'.
There is no such thing as too nasty in this situation
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 3:07pm.
The repubs (all of them) need to go after Obama the exact same way Ronald Reagan went after Jimmy Carter.
The future of this country is presently at stake.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Be careful chrissy ...
Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 6:59pm.
... we don't want you fainting again because of your diabetes.
From 2009:
A source close to the talking head told us yesterday that Matthews, 60, fell ill on Monday. He later checked into a local hospital because of complications from diabetes and has been off the air all week.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2009/03/25/6131/msnbcs-chris-matthews...
I'm pretty sure
Submitted by donabernathy on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 9:22pm.
that big moon pop face of his is gonna explode any moment now.....and shower down a rainbow of skittles.
roflmao
Hypocritical Matthews Slams 'Nasty' Perry's Attacks on Obama
Submitted by needle on Mon, 08/22/2011 - 10:37pm.
OK, here is a similar headline:
Mother Outraged over disparaging remarks concerning her baby.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
Tip O'Neil
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 1:43am.
Matthews' mentor was a lot more civil than this sicko.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
Southern Baptists vs Mormons
Submitted by Callie369 on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 2:35am.
As a former member of 2 Southern Baptist Churches (2 different cities), I think it is no worse being a Mormon than it is being a Southern Baptist. S.B.'s have some pretty outlandish practices, especially with regards to women!
I'm Mormon. I've spent my
Submitted by deerjerkydave on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 4:02pm.
I'm Mormon. I've spent my life voting for candidates who aren't Mormon. I vote for conservatives, I don't care what denomination they belong to. Right now I believe the race is between Romney and Perry. I'd vote for Perry in a heartbeat if he is 1. conservative, 2. electable. I don't know much about Perry but I think he is fairly conservative. I'm more concerned about electability in the general election. Would he come across too much like GWB? I look forward to hearing more from Perry.
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