Chris Matthews

Clarence Page on America's Political Polarization: 'I Blame the Media
July 7th, 2013 5:23 PM
The Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page made a comment about the country's political polarization this weekend that might raise eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.
Appearing on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Page said, "I blame the media" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Liberal Luxury: MSNBC to Broadcast from Pricey Essence Festival, Still
July 5th, 2013 9:00 AM
The liberal chorus at MSNBC has made it a relentless mission to attack Republicans as unconcerned about the poor. Evening hosts Chris Matthews and Chris Hayes are just two recent examples, the former claiming the GOP “spent months...trying to keep black people and poor people from voting,” and the latter slamming Republicans for an “anti-food stamp jihad.”
The hypocrisy of these attacks may…

Matthews: ‘I’m Surrounded By People Who Think Zimmerman’s Guilty
July 3rd, 2013 6:28 PM
For the second night in a row, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews made a stunning admission.
After telling his Hardball audience Tuesday that Democrats “believe in illegal immigration,” Matthews said Wednesday, “I'm surrounded by people who think he's guilty, Zimmerman. All my family, my liberal sons, my liberal wife. Everybody thinks the guy, Zimmerman’s the bad guy” (video follows with transcript and…

Chris Matthews: Democrats ‘Believe In Illegal Immigration
July 2nd, 2013 6:43 PM
In 2010, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said that he didn’t think Democrats wanted to stop illegal immigration.
On Tuesday’s Hardball, the host went even further saying that Democrats “believe in illegal immigration” and this is why they “don’t really believe in border enforcement” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chris Matthews Compares Gavin Newsom to Executed Civil War-Era Aboliti
June 26th, 2013 6:14 PM
Though Chris Matthews was happy with Wednesday's Supreme Court rulings in support of gay marriage, the liberal host still used hyperbolic rhetoric to describe the state of the country and the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of California. Talking to Gavin Newsom, Matthews praised the politician, comparing him to an executed Civil War abolitionist: "In effect, you were sort of like John Brown or…

Joan Walsh: ‘Obama Got the Last Laugh’ When People Died During Sup
June 25th, 2013 6:49 PM
There are times when I can’t believe liberal media members are in any way part of the United States of America.
On MSNBC’s Hardball Tuesday, Salon’s Joan Walsh actually said “Obama got the last laugh” when people died as a result of Superstorm Sandy because it rebuffed something Mitt Romney said about the President at last year’s Republican National Convention (video follows with transcript…

Chris Matthews Gushes: 'Transparent' Bill Clinton Is Just Like Mobster
June 20th, 2013 5:49 PM
According to pop culture-obsessed Chris Matthews, a good comparison to TV "icon" Tony Soprano is Bill Clinton. While discussing the untimely passing of actor James Gandolfini, the Hardball anchor insisted that if "more politicians could invoke" the personality that the fictional mobster did, "we'd have a lot more popular politicians."
Matthews gushed, "I think Clinton had a piece of this. I…

HBO Pays Liberal MSNBC Vets to Add 'Realism' to Second Season of 'The
June 20th, 2013 7:02 AM
As HBO’s preachy leftist drama “The Newsroom” about an Olbermann-type “news” show heads into its second season, Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter revealed a raft of MSNBC personalities were part of 13 paid consultants series creator Aaron Sorkin hired to provide “realism” to the program.
Chris Matthews, Lawrence O’Donnell, Alex Wagner, and S.E. Cupp were all brought on board, as well as “…
MSNBC: Obama and Merkel Are the New 'Ronnie and Maggie'; Matthews Sees
June 19th, 2013 6:11 PM
MSNBC's Chris Matthews and his liberal guest on Wednesday thrilled over the relationship between Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Washington Post writer Eugene Robinson even compared them to Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: "I think in a way, you know, Barack and Angela are the new Ronnie and Maggie...They can be kind of a dynamic duo." (Of course, Reagan and Thatcher…

Chris Matthews Whines About Sun Harming Obama's Berlin Speech
June 19th, 2013 3:30 PM
Is the sun racist?
Perhaps that isn't such an absurd question when using the logic of Chris Matthews in which almost all forms of opposition to Barack Obama can be attributed to racism. And since the setting sun almost ruined Obama's speech in Berlin by making it impossible to read his teleprompter, thus making it difficult for him to finish his speech, could old Sol be a closet racist?…

Bozell Column: Censoring the 'Anti-Gay' Viewpoint
June 18th, 2013 11:08 PM
The media elites have never been less interested in objectivity than they are right now on “gay marriage.” They don’t wear rainbow flags on their lapels when they appear on television, but the coverage speaks for itself.
Even liberals are admitting the obvious. The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) studied a sample of almost 500 news stories from March to May…

Matthews: ‘Change Department of Defense to Department of Killing Isl
June 18th, 2013 6:37 PM
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is none too pleased about President Obama’s decision to send arms to Syrian rebels.
On Tuesday’s Hardball, the host asked, “Why don't we just change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of Killing Islamic People on Global Television Department, because that's what we've been doing for a dozen years?” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

O'Reilly Attacks Chris Matthews 'Nonsense,' Asks MRC's Tim Graham, Eri
June 14th, 2013 1:44 PM
On Thursday’s edition of “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox, Bill O’Reilly slammed back at Chris Matthews for asserting that O’Reilly and Pat Buchanan and Joe McCarthy look alike: “In addition to being misguided intellectually, Mr. Matthews needs glasses badly. Why is he spouting this nonsense?”
O’Reilly turned to Fox contributor Erick Erickson and MRC director of media analysis Tim Graham for…

Chris Matthews: Weird Gun People Are Not 'Normal,' 'Obsessed,' Racist
June 13th, 2013 6:08 PM
According to Chris Matthews, pro-Second Amendment Americans are weird, not "normal," "obsessed" and probably racist. In a segment on Thursday's Hardball, the cable host played a new National Rifle Association ad attacking Democratic Senator Joe Manchin. Matthews lectured, "The gun people, they think about nothing else. And they never change their minds, never change their attitudes and never…