Matthews: Electing Brown “deliberate, premeditated murder … of health care”
posted at 10:55 am on January 20, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
A singularly classy moment from the same singularly classy network whose “news anchor” smeared the Republican in the race as a homophobe and racist. The screen graphic behind Chris Matthews ironically becomes a truth-in-advertising disclosure statement. The only thing it missed is Matthews’ rhetorical illiteracy:
First, can we quit saying that “health care” got killed? We’ve had health care in this country for as long as we’ve been here. We have the best health-care system in the world, especially in terms of innovation. Health care continued to get delivered before, during, and after the Massachusetts election yesterday. What may have gotten stopped by Brown’s election is the imposition of massive government control over the insurance system that pays for health care. The “health care” construct is lazy and inaccurate, two reasons why Chris Matthews uses it incessantly on a network that rewards laziness and inaccuracy, as Keith Olbermann’s smears of Scott Brown prove.
Don’t think the “murder” choice was an accident, either. Alan Grayson stopped just short of this accusation on the floor of the House when he read off the numbers and names of people he claims were killed by the insurance companies, accusing ObamaCare opponents of at least passive complicity in their deaths. Expect to hear more of this from Matthews in coming weeks, and also expect to hear more Mass Hysteria on MS-NBC.
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He’s from PA. But I think he worked for Tip O’Neill.
Wethal on January 20, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Tingling down his leg? Now he’s
pissing up a rope. What a tool.
RandyChandler on January 20, 2010 at 11:16 AM
I thought liberals believed that it was impossible to murder anything that hadn’t been born yet.
MarkTheGreat on January 20, 2010 at 11:16 AM
If losing MA can send these tools into a tail spin, what would losing Pelosi’s seat do??
I would LOVE to see Olberdork report THAT election.
Thunderstorm129 on January 20, 2010 at 11:16 AM
It needed killin’.
Lily on January 20, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Try this. Screen Cleaner.
Dominion on January 20, 2010 at 11:17 AM
He was funnier when he said the people of Haiti must wish they had a ‘strong government’ like we have. That was when I changed the TV channel for his stupidity.
The Haitians want dictatorship? Higher taxes when a Haitian’s average annual income is $300?
Or did he mean liberty–of the kind MA voters exercised last night that he and so many other libs condemned?
Liam on January 20, 2010 at 11:17 AM
And who is John Galt?
riverrat10k on January 20, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Premeditated murder or just aborted? With that question, I could f*ck with a libtards mind all day long.
bloviator on January 20, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Had to flip on PMSDNC for a bit just to see the funeral. At the end of Oooberdooosh, he went to Chrissy at that bar, for comments on the running count. As he was signing off about to turn it over to MadCow, he told Matthews to say hello to the six people behind him who were “apparently fascinated by their own image in the monitor.”
Just an indication, IMHO, of what the Dems and NBC think of their own viewers.
JamesLee on January 20, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Maddow had her own strange take on it all…from what I gathered of her obtuse talking points last night, apparently, the teabagging voters of Mass. are all woman-haters or something since the seat has never gone to a woman.
Uh, Madcow? What party was that man in that sat in that seat all those years? So, uh, even Mass. Dems are woman-haters?
While I enjoyed their hangdog faces and furious spinning, this PMSNBC crew really is “that bad.” No wonder no one watches them (except us, for laughs!)
BlueStateBilly on January 20, 2010 at 11:20 AM
with your plugged in toaster.
Aviator on January 20, 2010 at 11:20 AM
what a contrast of emotion… sorta makes me undertand a little bit how they must have felt Nov ’08. Only, their lives still suck, just a little more now as they work through the steps of denial, anger, and ultimately acceptance that their socialist utopia will not come to fruition immediately.
gatorboy on January 20, 2010 at 11:20 AM
The death of health care, a thousand mile long procession with 300 million celebrants and 25 mourners.
fourdeucer on January 20, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Murder, I tell you! MURDER!
Mother! Oh God! Mother! Blood! Blood!-Norman Bates
Calm down, Prissy Chrissy
thebrokenrattle on January 20, 2010 at 11:21 AM
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/EndoBegn.html
Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter on January 20, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Hyperbole much?
Geez Chrissy, take your meds.
tru2tx on January 20, 2010 at 11:21 AM
And KO was at his all time worst last night.
All politics aside, he’s just a nasty creep.
DrW on January 20, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Mr Matthews:
Let’s clear up one small point that you seem to be missing. If Obamacare is such a damned good deal, why is it that the Democrats have had to resort to backroom deals, midnight votes without a chance for the public to see the legislation, ping pong legislation, not to mention the Louisiana Purchase ($300M) and Cornhusker Kickback!
In short, if this was such a good deal, why weren’t politicians from both parties jumping to be onboard? Why did the bill pass with the bare minimum in the Senate and by 3 votes in the House along virtually partisan lines?
highhopes on January 20, 2010 at 11:22 AM
I think they are still trying to find the right dosage.
JamesLee on January 20, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Damn straight!
Now lets craft a bill that listens to the people and everybody from both parties is at the table. Betcha it would pass and betcha it would be 100000x better than this crap sandwich
gophergirl on January 20, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Chris’ funniest line last night was when he wondered if Brown was going to do a “Palin” and not want to do the work and move on to bigger higher thins….
Like Obama stayed around long enough in one job to get a annual performance appraisal…LOL.
Caper29 on January 20, 2010 at 11:23 AM
He was the moderate one last night on Rachel Maddow. I went over there during commercial break to see what they were saying.
Maddow was claiming that the people of Massachussets were misinformed on the health care bill. She was totally selling the point that the CBO said that the bill would save money. Matthews was the voice of reason saying that this was a clear message, and that he believed the CBO numbers were fantasy.
I could only take a couple of minutes of Maddow’s lunacy. I thought she was supposed to be really smart. Jeez.
connertown on January 20, 2010 at 11:24 AM
bigger higher thins = bigger things
Caper29 on January 20, 2010 at 11:24 AM
They all seem to forget that…
ladyingray on January 20, 2010 at 11:24 AM
[MarkTheGreat on January 20, 2010 at 11:16 AM]
LOL.
Dusty on January 20, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Matthews= deliberate, premeditated murder … of journalism.
A Balrog of Morgoth on January 20, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Oh I like that! We didn’t murder health care reform, we aborted it!
conservnut on January 20, 2010 at 11:26 AM
Now that Obama has failed, I hope MSNBC fails even more so than they have and that this ass clown and oberman loss their jobs.
bluegrass on January 20, 2010 at 11:26 AM
Dem healthcare in its infancy.
Tom_OC on January 20, 2010 at 11:27 AM
In the third trimester, no less.
A Balrog of Morgoth on January 20, 2010 at 11:27 AM
Brown about to give a presser.
Thunderstorm129 on January 20, 2010 at 11:27 AM
Heh.
labrat on January 20, 2010 at 11:28 AM
She is pseudo-smart and in reality, extremely stupid.
saiga on January 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM
No, it wasn’t murder. The people of Massachusetts simply formed a death – I mean review – panel on Obama’s health care with Scott Brown as the chairman.
Texas Mike on January 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM
The tingle down his leg is actually poop.
5u93rm4n on January 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM
But Obamacare was still in the womb. No harm in KILLING it.
Geochelone on January 20, 2010 at 11:29 AM
Seems Chrissie can’t take this loss as gracefully as Martha Coakley has. Maybe he should be canned and have Martha take his place.
Liam on January 20, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Brown says: He sent a request to get unofficial results which should show absentee’s won’t matter to the margin of victory and he’s requesting to be seated ASAP.
Thunderstorm129 on January 20, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Clearly the use of the word “murder” was deliberate since Matthews was reading that statement. Someone, presumably the beleaguered Matthews, wrote it.
And, it’s the same ol’, same ol’ for Democrats. They use the same rhetoric for abortion: Women’s Health. Women’s health = abortion? As if the foreclosure of the new Planned Parenthood abortion factory in Houston would be the end of pap smears across the land.
This is why so many thespians are democrats, they interchangeably pretend that what they’re doing is important.
BKeyser on January 20, 2010 at 11:30 AM
I hope Comcast sends the Turk in to NBC to clean the cat box.
saiga on January 20, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Dang, that’s a good one too. I can’t figure out which one to steal.
conservnut on January 20, 2010 at 11:31 AM
How about the “end of life” counseling? How is that different from murder? Perhaps, as with the case with Mary Jo, it would be a lesser charge maybe manslaughter.
Hobbes on January 20, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Media blog at NR points out something interesting. The MSNBC coverage last night took place… at a bar.
pt on January 20, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Total Jackass.
NavyMustang on January 20, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Frankfurter: Oh Baby… Don’t be upset… It was a mercy killing…
PappaMac on January 20, 2010 at 11:34 AM
“Coincidental murder. With nothing to show.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqG2lOfD9cc
Speaking of health care, Aerosmith’s Steve Tyler just had to cancel a benefit show here in New Hampshire (where the band got its start in the 1960s). The benefit was to raise money to keep kids drug free.
Guess why Tyler had to cancel? Substance abuse.
Del Dolemonte on January 20, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Sorry, Chrissy, but MA voters were in fear of their lives.
Self-defense.
Christien on January 20, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Matthews has said that it is his job to make BO successful.
The report card to date demonstrates that they are both abject failures.
Own it, Chris.
Cody1991 on January 20, 2010 at 11:35 AM
“Electing Brown “deliberate, premeditated murder … of health care.”
and ?
Sasnak on January 20, 2010 at 11:35 AM
When premeditated murder is acceptable, indeed called for.
FireBlogger on January 20, 2010 at 11:35 AM
I held my nose and briefly tuned in to the MSNBC wake last night. Pissy Matthews and Madcow are certifiably insane. I heard a good line this morning, something like, “I’d rather ride in Scott Brown’s truck than Teddy’s car.” There’s a lot of truth in that.
DanaSmiles on January 20, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Right Wing Extremists: “I won.”
LibTired on January 20, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Who do you think taught him how to bend his elbow?
Del Dolemonte on January 20, 2010 at 11:36 AM
what a maroon…
cmsinaz on January 20, 2010 at 11:36 AM
But at least it looked like a ‘classy’ bar…
Liam on January 20, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Your words will go right over his head. You are way too smart for Chris Matthews. His obsessive love for Obama clouds his brainwaves.
sherry on January 20, 2010 at 11:37 AM
“The people had no right to vote this way,” -Chrissy.
Akzed on January 20, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Sheeeesh. Here I thought Pelosi was a drama queen…Chrissy takes it to a whole new level!
atlgal on January 20, 2010 at 11:37 AM
I see more and more comments (on other sites, obviously) stating that the Mass vote proves that the American public is too ignorant to know what is best for them. These are not just the obvious crazies, but well-written screeds with some thought behind them. There seems to be a significant segment of the population that truly believes that things like universal health care and cap and trade must be put into effect “for the good of the people” regardless of whether or not the people want them. And that anyone who disagrees is ignorant or a nazi. These people scare me, because they exhibit a certainty that the ends they believe in will justify any means, and that can’t lead to anything good.
mbs on January 20, 2010 at 11:38 AM
He’s been broadcasting from the loony bin for a long time.
I love it when libs do a face plant in the muck they spew.
Speakup on January 20, 2010 at 11:38 AM
We didn’t “murder” health care — 54% of Massachusetts voters did that. And yes, it was deliberate — knives stuck into the ballot box.
Et tu, Brown?
unclesmrgol on January 20, 2010 at 11:38 AM
So how are the DUmmies and KosKids taking it?
Blake on January 20, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Me too. No wonder that guy Maddow is so obnoxious. I would be too if I had a girl’s name. Who would name their boy Rachel? That’s like child abuse or something.
Akzed on January 20, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Should have been underwater in a car..
Caper29 on January 20, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Wow — looks like poor Chrissy cried all night.
docob on January 20, 2010 at 11:39 AM
I getting the feeling MSNBC is just positioning themselves to get some pork under the Mental Health Care provisions in the bill.
Dusty on January 20, 2010 at 11:40 AM
It wasn’t murder, it was “rationed care.”
ChrisB on January 20, 2010 at 11:40 AM
It is not a crime
To kill a terrible bill.
It is a Mitzvah!
Haiku Guy on January 20, 2010 at 11:40 AM
How dumb does he think his audience is?
RobCon on January 20, 2010 at 11:41 AM
+1! Voting booth = death panel for dems!
Akzed on January 20, 2010 at 11:41 AM
I would say it was less a murder and more of an abortion since Obamacare was yet to be born…The Democrats should be all for that…
Marconi on January 20, 2010 at 11:44 AM
I wish I’d said that one.
LibTired on January 20, 2010 at 11:44 AM
And can we stop with the Democrats saying that this bill will bring “health care to everyone”. I heard Pelosi saying this twice yesterday.
This health bill does not give health care to every one.
albill on January 20, 2010 at 11:44 AM
Spilling his guts.
maverick muse on January 20, 2010 at 11:45 AM
I’ve been hearing stuff like this all my life since college. But it’s hard for me to believe life is so terrible for rich teenagers whose dads are paying their tuition. Seems those kids never grew up, never left the sandbox.
The Left needs a new slogan: Liberalism–easing your conscience with other people’s money.
Liam on January 20, 2010 at 11:45 AM
What audience? Matthews is like a housewife who lost it and let everything go to he//. He looks like a wreck and babbles incessantly – anything that pops into his head.
Scary, really.
Cody1991 on January 20, 2010 at 11:46 AM
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/EndoBegn.html
NOV 2010 is the beginning of the End.
NOV 2012 is THE END FOR OBAMA.
Go Team America!
Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter on January 20, 2010 at 11:48 AM
I hope that DNC mother corp. (aka NBC) has to boot these jackasses off the air in order to pay for Conan’s severence. How do these guys stay in business?
KG in Sask on January 20, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Ought to be a headline “MATTHEWS MURDERS LOGIC”.
Poor Chrissy, lost the ‘leg tingle’. Buffoon.
GarandFan on January 20, 2010 at 11:48 AM
I guess they don’t “get the healthcare they want” — in Matthews’ own words.
One interesting thing about all this. Brown voted for Massachusett’s version of ObamaCare, and the reason he ran against ObamaCare was because it would have taken money from Massachusetts, and Massachusetts would have gotten nothing additional in return.
That’s the thing that worries me — Brown is rightly parochial (we all expect our Senators to be that way), but was Massachusett’s vote really against government run healthcare, or was it merely against them funding same for other states?
unclesmrgol on January 20, 2010 at 11:49 AM
Let MessNBC fail. They can drown in their own venom. This is why Fox prevails.
ErinF on January 20, 2010 at 11:53 AM
Someone call the FBI BAU . We have a serial killer on the loose in a pickup truck headed to D.C.
Fletch54 on January 20, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Actually, he’s accurate, the election was a referendum on Obamacare. He just didn’t complete the thought appropriately:
It’s that pesky, democratic process,”they want” part that gets in the liberal fascists’ way.
Btw, I love it when Matthews’ eyes have that dead, I’ve-been-crying look.
obladioblada on January 20, 2010 at 11:54 AM
This freak show must live in a parallel universe or something. I can’t believe what comes out of his mouth most times. Does he ever listen to himself?!?
mozalf on January 20, 2010 at 11:55 AM
If they vote for Coakley, “they get the healthcare reform they want?” Jeez, Chrissy, what color is the sky in your universe?
morganfrost on January 20, 2010 at 11:56 AM
I dont watch Matthews regularly and rarely click on links to him here. Doesn’t he normally where a suit? What’s with the casual tie and sweater? Perhaps he didn’t get good sleep last night and didn’t have time to get fully dressed.
shick on January 20, 2010 at 11:56 AM
Good thing he didn’t say “Death Panels”! That would be, like, really bad.
littleguy on January 20, 2010 at 11:56 AM
We won’t know for a while. DeMint endorsed Brown. I don’t know how much he likes Brown, but I’m hoping DeMint offers to help him out, mentor him as a new Senator.
Can’t hurt.
Cody1991 on January 20, 2010 at 11:59 AM
No lie is too outrageous.
notagool on January 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Can’t we just decide to ignore this entire network (MSNBC) and let them wither and die? Why give them any attention at all?
Metanis on January 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM
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Looks like the Chris Matthew’s “leg tingle” has changed to “all wee-weed up”! Change your Depends–you have a “full load” now.
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John Bibb
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rocketman on January 20, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Poor Chris….he really thought that unicorns could fly.
joe btfsplk on January 20, 2010 at 12:03 PM
It was the line before the one about the murder of health care that stuck out to me…
Saying that a vote for Coakley was a vote for “the health care they want” is wrong just on the premise. The vote for Brown was a rejection of Obama’s health care plan.
Johnson on January 20, 2010 at 12:05 PM
Where’s the fun in that??
Thunderstorm129 on January 20, 2010 at 12:05 PM
Yikes! I imagine that kind of incendiary, over the top language will end up on LGF as out of line, right?
Juno77 on January 20, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Yes, it was premeditated murder.
And I hope we have enough bullets to kill cap & trade, amnesty and every other governmental overreach plan.
If it makes Chris feel better, he can consider it a partial-bill abortion.
DrAllecon on January 20, 2010 at 12:09 PM
The people of Massachusetts already have a state run health care plan.
Why would they vote to pay even MORE taxes for something as nasty as ObamaCare?
Barb Dwyer on January 20, 2010 at 12:13 PM
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