Chris Matthews to Santelli: So, who’d you vote for?
posted at 6:35 pm on February 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
Two clips, one for dinner and one for dessert. Start from the beginning for his reply to Gibbs or skip ahead to 3:53 for his unsurprising answer to Matthews. Evidently Chris and The One are on a first-name basis now. Imagine if, say, Brit Hume had been in the habit of referring to Bush as “George.”
As for the second clip, I figure Santelli’s about three days away from a full-blown Howard Beale meltdown at this point. The more attention he gets, the more irascible he becomes, so let’s keep giving it to him. Exit question: Was Brewer being rude? Insofar as she’s hinting that Eric the trader is some kind of media whore, I’m going with yes.
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i’m sorry, but i cannot abide Chrissy
toenail on February 20, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Ummm…yeah wench..that’s rude. To insinuate that god forbid, Eric might not be popular because of his beliefs and he shouldn’t speak his mind is not just rude it’s downright weak. It shows her as a spineless media groupie.
Fighton03 on February 20, 2009 at 6:42 PM
What is it with these liberals wanting to attack average americans for their opinions?
Defector01 on February 20, 2009 at 6:42 PM
The Revo is coming, it’s up to Ogabe to decide how severe it will be.
Bishop on February 20, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Contessa was being extremely rude and patronizing.
Chudi on February 20, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Get ready Rick, you’re going to have your entire life rummaged through, your personal relationships examined, your financial records disclosed, and your professionalism questioned…
…it’s a tough grenade to fall on.
StoutRepublican on February 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Can’t stand to watch Prissy Chrissy, but I’ve no doubt he’s sporting that snide, smirky smile of his.
anniekc on February 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Well, AP I would hope they are on a first name basis. After all if someone gave me a “warm tingle going up my leg” I’d prefer to be on a first name basis…
Agent of the Cross on February 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM
This is journalism?
jonrademacher on February 20, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Santelli is Scrooge now for wanting people who work hard to be able to keep the fruits of their labor? WTF? This is the entitlement culture at its finest and why we should have NEVER gone down this road. Leave charity to the churches. They do it better. And I also want to know about the MSNBC’s 401 K’s. They were suddenly out of time. Are they doing better than the rest of us, or just don’t want to comment?
Gulfcoastconservative on February 20, 2009 at 6:49 PM
What a pompus bitch….and the chick in the second video too.
milwife88 on February 20, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Chris was out raising money for the Boy Scouts..and working in a soup kitchen…and helping old ladies to cross the street. He wiped the sweat off his brow and got back just in time to climb back on the Obama Express.
Some one earlier mentioned Kathleen Parker eyeballing Family Guy Gibb’s job…
I’ll see yer Fair Weather Hag and raise you one Chris Mathews…
BigWyo on February 20, 2009 at 6:50 PM
That was the classic “I just got my argument shoved up my…nose, so I’m going to try to ‘poison the well’ and point out you’re a conservative.”
1968eric on February 20, 2009 at 6:50 PM
I’m glad that Rick is speaking up. I almost have a reason to watch MSNBC now. I’d like to say he should jump ship and go to Fox but he might be the only conservative exposure that the people that migrate to that channel get.
BDev on February 20, 2009 at 6:50 PM
How do all those people from the MSM fit into the same tank.
You voted for McCain = Natzi
It’s just not fair that all you Republicans are well off while all these Democrat voters are so poor.
RadioFreeUSA on February 20, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Contessa was being rude and flippant. Looks got her where she is and she doesn’t like dealing with people who know what they are talking about.
originalpechanga on February 20, 2009 at 6:52 PM
The Scrooge reference might be a little too literary for the MSNBC crowd.
snaggletoothie on February 20, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Chris is such a douche.
crabtree on February 20, 2009 at 6:53 PM
She throws here hands up like, “Me, rude!?” Um, yeah, you.
What a snot. Ugh.
nickj116 on February 20, 2009 at 6:53 PM
*her.
nickj116 on February 20, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Good grief. One reporter refuses to drink the Kool-Aid, and the entire MSM gets its panties in a wad. The MSM is a cancer.
ddrintn on February 20, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Yep, Rude.
Jason Coleman on February 20, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Talk about an opportunity served up on a platter:
I voted for Mr. McCain Chris. Who did you vote for?
mctowler on February 20, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Matthews is, was, and always will be a tool. Santelli seems to be the current voice of reason.
The WH sure didn’t like it.. Blood drawn.. point Right.
Jason Gillman on February 20, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Attack!
Speakup on February 20, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Lovers never are formal with each other.
Entelechy on February 20, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Matthews said two million people are facing “disclosure.”
You’ve disclosed enough, Christopher, to have your credibility foreclosed.
You’re a pathetic hack, and a traitor to your craft.
Christien on February 20, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Sarah, Joe, Rick, Anchor Lady in Florida and the body count grows, maybe Steffy will have some sad music over the floating faces of these former Americans on his Sunday morning gabfest.
JohnBissell on February 20, 2009 at 6:55 PM
They’re going into defensive mode over The One.
The floor incident was an embarrassment to the administration. Millions of Americans watched as a CNBC business analyst ripped the plan and the traders on the floor — people in the financial industry on a daily basis — cheered him on and made sense. Which is why you saw the Press Secretary for the President out there slamming it. That’s not normal.
Now they’re going to pull another Joe the Plumber. “Does that guy get a fame thrill out of this? Is he just a media whore?” They’ll do what it takes to go on the offense.
amerpundit on February 20, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Hoo boy – Eric the Trader is about to get the Joe the Plumber treatment.
rockmom on February 20, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Yes, and she doubles down on the rudeness when she shrugs “WTF, me being rude? Where’d he get that from?”. She’s probably bitchy from someone else having more spotlight than her.
dedalus on February 20, 2009 at 6:56 PM
She’s got the hots for him (Eric). That’s what they’re saying in my playpen.
Fortunata on February 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Rich is no joke.
V15J on February 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM
“Rude?….I wasn’t being rude!!!”
Classic. This gutter queen is the worst kind of snarky stick the knife in with a smile witch.
She got PWNED big time. Stupid wench.
portlandon on February 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Santelli should not have told Matthews who he vote for. Now he’s tagged as a Republican naysayer and the MSM can sweep him away as insignificant. I feel for the guy – he’s not a political reporter and he was just trying to be honest. He is not familiar with the ways of spin and artful rhetoric. God bless him!
rockmom on February 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I surprised Santelli is still with NBC!
As for “Eric the trader”, 10 bucks says he end’s up in an Obama re-education camp.
Cr4sh Dummy on February 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Rick and Eric show on Fox Business late 2009?
Both men are going to be investigated for their tax records. I already saw a glimmer at Politico writer Roger Simon’s eye.
jencab on February 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Eric kept his cool and spoke for the people. Well played, sir!
Christien on February 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM
If I hear one more person accuse me or anyone else of not caring, being mean or not wanting what’s best for America because I/we are against all these bailouts and “stimulus” packages I may have to choke someone.
My/Our views are very legitimate, moral and indeed Patriotic IMO and to have them called something else like so many Obamabots call them is about as insulting as can be.
Seriously, I’m about to lose it.
Yakko77 on February 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Where were Williams, Lauer, Matthews and the rest of the NBCtards when their house lunatic went postal every night with his anti Bush screeds?
kevinkristy on February 20, 2009 at 7:01 PM
I think the Democrats are in a full blown defensive posture.
It is time to step up the attacks, the demonstrations against Porkulus, Mortgulus, and socialism in general.
People are angry. A LOT of people are angry. Even many who voted for Obama are angry. These people are now questioning their votes – and they realize the media had helped form their opinions about the candidates. Now they feel betrayed.
We need to tap into that sentiment NOW. Grab a sign and go stand on a busy street corner if you can’t find a larger protest. I think that can actually be a more enjoyable protest – and you don’t have to defend the sign of the guy 3 feet away from you.
Spread the word of unrest. Encourage others to stand up and have their voicse heard.
Mr Purple on February 20, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Bravo Santelli!
Somebody slap that dumb ass Matthews up along side his head and send him to his room.
rplat on February 20, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Revolution is coming. I’m starting to organize. Seriously. I’ll also be in Chicago for Santelli’s Tea Party. Imagine if a million people came out?
marklmail on February 20, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Hey Chrissy…………..
Seven Percent Solution on February 20, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Matthews: “…two million Americans are facing disclosure…”
ddrintn on February 20, 2009 at 7:04 PM
I’m surprised Matthew’s leg wasn’t tingling.
GarandFan on February 20, 2009 at 7:04 PM
I’ll watch the vids in a few minutes.
But I’m going to tell you guys this. Traders are JTP. We are based in reality, down in the pits, working with facts and figures. Sounds pretty dull, eh?
We get it, though, and that’s what Santelli and the boys were saying yesterday. Ain’t no “pretty boys” there.
Whatever anyone thinks about traders the facts are simple. If there are no buyers, short the market. Cover, and if there aren’t any buyers, short it again. That’s what you’re seeing.
The markets really tell it all despite what the metro-sexual, beta males in DC tell ya. They write dissertations. We make money.
Cody1991 on February 20, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Despite what Rick just called him, Eric is not a “trader” – nor are the rest of the guys in that shot. They are clerks. They do not make hundreds of thousands in bonuses. From my experience at the NYSE, the guys there lived in modest homes on Staten Island and Brooklyn and many of them didn’t go to college and worked their way up from a page (gopher) – Dick Grasso went this route. They are – much more so than Robert Gibbs or Chris Matthews – quintessentially main street Americans.
The brokers are the ones executing the trade and make more than the clerks, but the traders are the ones sitting on the Goldman Sachs trading desk in Chicago or New York. I don’t expect Gibbs or Obama to actually understand Wall Street – there’s no need when you can still scapegoat them and treat them as a monolithic, evil entity without knowing the first thing of how they operate.
datroy on February 20, 2009 at 7:06 PM
The guy afer Santelli “Obama said…we’re all in it, together”. Yep, synergy is when we all go under, together. That’s where our country is headed.
The chick is incredibly dim. Best was the black reporter; having contributed zero “hey…we have to go”…chickened out…over.
I wonder if they see themselves.
Entelechy on February 20, 2009 at 7:06 PM
I seem to recall an incident a few years ago when Imus, referring to her, um, “looks” caused her to storm off the set, almost in tears. Heh, deservedly so. She is a liberal stooge with zero journalistic credibility. Putting her slightly ahead of Brian Williams.
J.J. Sefton on February 20, 2009 at 7:07 PM
It truly is a good time to educate.. right now. The tea party a good start.
Jason Gillman on February 20, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Did you ever notice that during Bush’s 8 years, he never responded to attacks from Olbermann or Matthews. Yet in the last two weeks, Obama or his spokesman has made comments about Hannity, Limbaugh, and now Santelli?
Me thinks “The Great One” has a thin skin. Either that, or like the Great Oz, doesn’t want anyone looking behind the curtain.
GarandFan on February 20, 2009 at 7:09 PM
You know what the real kicker is?? The whole thing is law now!!!
Now we can sit around and bitch about it until the cows come home….
Which is just what these pricks wanted…get it through..let em’ bitch…so what???
BigWyo on February 20, 2009 at 7:09 PM
No, making her perfect for the MSM.
ddrintn on February 20, 2009 at 7:10 PM
That Roger Simon is a complete piece of crap. What putrid garbage coming from an alleged journalist. I certainly won’t waste any more of my time reading his stuff at Politico.
rockmom on February 20, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Santelli is about to get the Joe the Plumber treatment times a thousand.
We’ll know the assessed value of his home by midnight.
Accidentally, of course.
JammieWearingFool on February 20, 2009 at 7:11 PM
That Matthews interview was typical and lame.
Spirit of 1776 on February 20, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Wow, another reason I don’t watch any of the alphabets, what a bunch of skuzzballs. rude, yeah woman, rude like all the liberal pukes.
stumpjumper on February 20, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Kudlow just now: “What the White House is doing to Rick Santelli is detestable! It’s political bullying of the worst kind!”
TheBigOldDog on February 20, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Santelli and Kudlow just went on a wonderful rant….
TheBigOldDog on February 20, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Watching and listening to Chirs Matthews is like being forced to watch a commode back up and overflow.
Zorro on February 20, 2009 at 7:13 PM
“Where was the outrage … when Wall Street got billions in bailout money…?”
SRSLY? If he didn’t hear about it, he’s hanging with the wrong crowd.
Yes. The press is supposed act as the watchdogs of the White House, not the watchdogs of private citizens who have the unmitigated gall to disagree with their object of affection.
Rae on February 20, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Zorro.. and then being held to the floor?
Jason Gillman on February 20, 2009 at 7:16 PM
This one thinks Barry and the boys are sinking faster than they think or any of you think.
This POTUS is a full-blown buffoon. He couldn’t make it in the private sector (at least he got that right) and moved to Chi-town politics. Emil Jones gave him his big push.
What is the first bill with Barry’s name on it? Porkulus Spectacular!!
Let’s see what happens in the next couple of months. The rest of the world is looking to the US to lead them out of this economic trough, but Barry and the boys aren’t giving them much hope. These are truly historic times. The Brits and French are getting nervous. This should be fun because Barry might actually force the euroweenies to go first in leading the way.
In a perverse way, I’m beginning to enjoy president shuck-and-jive.
Cody1991 on February 20, 2009 at 7:18 PM
In light of Matthews’ admitting that his job is to make sure that Barack succeeds, it’s of no surprise that he will attack any and everyone he perceives as an Obama critic. Next time he gets peevish and asks a critic “who’d you vote for?” that person should say, “That’s none of your damned business, Christopher.”
Christien on February 20, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Hah! Brewer and Matthews got defensive and lately their water carrying for “Barack” and the gang is becoming very evident to many Americans.
Disgusting creatures, the lot of them.
jdflorida on February 20, 2009 at 7:22 PM
I feel for this guy, he’s suddenly taking a lot of crap, from just about everyone.
cabbageheat on February 20, 2009 at 7:26 PM
MSNBC daytime host Carlos Watson is yet another former aide to Democratic politicians now drawing paychecks from the MSM.
Chris Matthews is just unbelievable for the last three or four years now. He’s lost his marbles.
gabriel sutherland on February 20, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Thanks for that dessert, and the salute was a killer! Gotta see what Jon Stewart says about this…tee hee hee!
You know what’s sad? Sarah is sitting on her Gov.’s chair in Alaska saying, “I didn’t want to tell them I told you so, but I told you so!”
ProudPalinFan on February 20, 2009 at 7:28 PM
i can’t watch this crap without wanting to punch someone in the face.
Midas on February 20, 2009 at 7:29 PM
“You’re being hard on Barack….wahhhhhhhhhh”
I can’t believe Chrissy is understandable with that big black d#*k in him mouth. He’s a puke.
ihasurnominashun on February 20, 2009 at 7:31 PM
HAHA! +1
SouthernGent on February 20, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Ummm, you don’t watch her much, it’s what she is.
The best part about Rick Santelli going off is he is a G.E. employee.
Going off the reservation puts his boss Imelt, an Obama economic adviser, in a position to defend or condemn his reporter when in the presence of Der Leader.
I’m loving every second of this.
FireBlogger on February 20, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Oh my is matthews an a$$h0le. Santelli tries to be polite but chrissy is such a tool. I just wanted to punch my monitor.
Greed on February 20, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Salary (and dunce) cap for Chris Matthews?
profitsbeard on February 20, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Perhaps Allah has Stockholm Syndrome. He’s rooting for a “Howard Beale meltdown?” WTF? I guess hating Palin has lost its savor.
George Orwell on February 20, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Rick Santelli is about to get a cleansing enema from a politically inspired media fire hose.
moxie_neanderthal on February 20, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Mercanteel?
Tzetzes on February 20, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Will Olberman the coward make Santelli the first “worst person in the world” from NBC? I doubt it, he’ll probably make the non NBC guy Eric WPITW.
ZzzzDad on February 20, 2009 at 7:49 PM
I’d feel pretty close to someone who gave me a tingle (anywhere) without even touching me!
4shoes on February 20, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Nah, Santelli has a lot of support. At least he has his self-respect, I guess.
ddrintn on February 20, 2009 at 7:51 PM
This, folks, is what happens to a person when he takes a stand.
And this is also why so many remain perched on the fence, nit-pick from the safety of a darkened peanut gallery.
Go Rick! Don’t let the beta males get you down!
Montana on February 20, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Rick’s entire life is about to be gone over with a fine-tooth comb. Who needs the FBI of Hoover’s day when the media will now do it for the government?
blue13326 on February 20, 2009 at 7:55 PM
NO. YOU. DON’T !!!
Why? Because Rick Santelli (reporting from the Chicago Board of Trade) is one of the irascible, mostly capitalist but completely straight shootin’ (Cramer only does cameos) bunch on:
Their questioning can put the finest FoxNews interrogators to shame ~ SHAME I tell you! I’ve gotten my husband hooked. It’s entertaining, informative and educational. And they often break stories well before the “news” gets them, for example Charlie Gasparino’s exposing of John Thain. They are the sturm to the Olbermann Republic of Broadcasting’s drang. I use them as source material constantly.
I ::heart:: them.
So, no. Still no reason to watch MSNBC. At. All.
tree hugging sister on February 20, 2009 at 7:55 PM
2:39 Matthews: “over two million people out there are facing disclosure..”
bwahaha
Ummm Chris, that’s FORECLOSURE. Dumbass.
jbtripp on February 20, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Santelli is telling it like it is, and he is going to pay for it. I hope we can rally around him somehow. Everytime they put someone like him down, they put mainstream America down.
This administration and the MSM have utter disdain for what the average American thinks and feels.
DrStock on February 20, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Agreed.
Repurblican on February 20, 2009 at 7:59 PM
I love it when liberals walk out this line as if it is proof that the person’s point of view is somehow not valid.
But the fact that they have their lips pressed to Obama’s a$$ and voted for him somehow does not make them less credible.
Every person on that trading floor was agreeing with Santelli so are we to assume everyone of them voted for McCain.
How pathetic and lame.
Typical liberal spin.
Liberals can try to diminish Santelli all they want but he made a huge impact with that 4 1/2 minute segment and stories like this back it up:
Liz Peek: Stock Market Gives Obama’s First Month An ‘F’
Editor’s Note: Liz Peek is a financial columnist and the author of wOw’s Wall Street Weekly and SHEconomics.
http://www.wowowow.com/print/214454
But I guess her opinion does not matter until we find out who she voted for.
Our “Salesman and Chief” is showing his lack of experience and leadership in a big way and the Stock Market, which is based on future speculation, has no confidence in what it is seeing and hearing.
Baxter Greene on February 20, 2009 at 8:01 PM
The black man from PSMBC knew they just got a six pack of ass-whoppin and he screwed, quick.
Wade on February 20, 2009 at 8:02 PM
I haven’t read all the comments yet, but I wonder when we’ll see all of Eric the Trader’s financial and personal info splashed on national tv?
4shoes on February 20, 2009 at 8:03 PM
ditto
Wade on February 20, 2009 at 8:03 PM
First I’d like to say that Rick Santelli is my new hero at CNBC sorry Joe (Squawk Box).
On the second video I guess that’s your typical O-NBC media whore.
Lance Murdock on February 20, 2009 at 8:05 PM
It was inevitable that MSNBC would circle the wagons around The One after He suffered such visible criticism, So I’m not surprised they dusted off the old Joe The Plumber questions.
DarkKnight3565 on February 20, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Chrissy & Barack are on a first-name basis now.
jgapinoy on February 20, 2009 at 8:06 PM
I get a little angry when comments are made that no one was objecting to bailing out the banks and Wall Street in October!! The American people were objecting loud and clear but our politicians weren’t listening – they still aren’t listening!!
Cheryl from Texas on February 20, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Found this link on another site, not sure if this is legit but it looks it
http://www.reteaparty.com/
Sugarbuzz on February 20, 2009 at 8:10 PM
This guy Santelli is a cool dude; loved the rant(s) & agree with his sentiments & love his accent, too. Can someone please explain to me why liberals think all Republicans & Conservatives are rich? This puzzles me.
Ris4victory on February 20, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Why is it the obligation of Roger Simon of the Politico to explain the President’s position is right? Does this guy work for the White House because he explaining things like “This is what the President thinks…”
Second Matthews had to point out to his viewers that Santelli voted for McCain just to make sure his audience could write him off as a right wing hack. What a backstabber to do that to a fellow NBC commentary person.
Conan on February 20, 2009 at 8:13 PM
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