Matthews on why Republicans haven’t settled on a candidate yet: “Hate”
posted at 8:05 pm on November 15, 2011 by Allahpundit
Via News Busters, we need a palate cleanser and this is way, way too vintage an example of self-parody for me to ignore. Answering a question about the GOP with “hate” is never a bad idea at MSNBC, but couldn’t he at least have saved his rant about know-nothings and inexperience for a moment when Newt Gingrich, of all people, isn’t on the brink of becoming the frontrunner? It’s not “hate” that’s making the field chaotic, it’s ambivalence in deciding between an electable yet slippery guy from Massachusetts whom no one much likes or trusts and some less electable alternative who might gratify the base’s ideological id. Which is to say, it’s a lot like the Democrats’ dilemma was in 2004. And what plane of reality does Matthews inhabit where GOP voters are “not in the mood to fall in love with a candidate”? That’s exactly what they’re in the mood for. The Palin fans worship Palin, the Cain fans adore Cain, and pretty much everyone was ready to hug Perry when he jumped in and looked like he’d be the Romney-killer. It’s only because they’ve had their hearts broken over and over that they’re now wearily taking a second look at Gingrich. Good lord.
By the way, since when does Tingles much care about “respecting experience” and demanding “some knowledge of how you lead a government”? It wasn’t Obama’s executive kung fu that sent thrills up his leg.
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So saith the most hateful person in political punditry.
itsnotaboutme on November 15, 2011 at 8:08 PM
Tingles: I hate no talent media hacks like you…
How do you like those apples??
Khun Joe on November 15, 2011 at 8:35 PM
Cunning Stunt!
400lb Gorilla on November 15, 2011 at 8:36 PM
I’m afraid I just can’t watch this guy anymore. But I thank you Allah for taking that bullet for me.
DocinPA on November 15, 2011 at 8:37 PM
I would REALLY like to see Chrissy’s head explode!! From the looks of this boozer, it isn’t far off!
Sporty1946 on November 15, 2011 at 8:37 PM
Ah, the Bachmann video is emblematic of her campaign, isn’t it?
This is the candidate who says Gardasil causes late-onset mental retardation, yet the video emphasizes the gaffes of the other candidates.
KingGold on November 15, 2011 at 8:37 PM
Projection 101
…by Professor Chrissie Tinglepants.
hillbillyjim on November 15, 2011 at 8:38 PM
Must we continually trot out mentally deficient people from the Left to make fun of?
NickDeringer on November 15, 2011 at 8:38 PM
Actually, that sounds like Tingle’s been ghosting the Cain posts for AP at HA.
whatcat on November 15, 2011 at 8:39 PM
Can you say “projection”?
Yes, I knew that you could.
Count to 10 on November 15, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Maybe. I know that I’m looking for a candidate who hates the Democrats and what has become of our country. You can’t hope to change things without a large dose of hate as the catalyst.
We didn’t beat Hitler with love.
Buddahpundit on November 15, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Hate? This dude is angry every night about somebody.
Hummer53 on November 15, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Yes.
hillbillyjim on November 15, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Oh, I guess the Bachmann video was supposed to be for another post?
I suppose that explains a few things.
KingGold on November 15, 2011 at 8:40 PM
It is time for these candidates to band together and BOYCOTT the NBC/Politico debates at the Reagan Library. A disgrace those liberals have wormed their way into Reagan’s library and a bigger disgrace the GOP legitimizes their infiltration.
Daemonocracy on November 15, 2011 at 8:41 PM
Sometimes I think that Matthews is vying to be a modern day Goebbels. And no; I am not calling him a Nazi nor anything like it. But I am referring to his continuing efforts to slur, attack and dehumanize those with whom he disagrees. Matthews rarely seems to deal with the ideas and arguments of others; instead he does his best to make them appear less than human.
Haters!!!
pbundy on November 15, 2011 at 8:41 PM
Crissy’s sing-song voice drives me into a black rage, so I choose not to listen.
That being said, we should all agree to rally behind someone who isn’t a quitter like Palin, I’m talking about Mike Castle.
Castle-Snowe 2012
Bishop on November 15, 2011 at 8:42 PM
Actually, that sounds like Tingle’s been ghosting the Cain posts for AP at HA.
whatcat on November 15, 2011 at 8:39 PM
AP’s gonna be soo thrilled to learn that promachus has a twin.
If the bleepin’ blog is so bleepin’ baised-well don’t let the door hit ya…
annoyinglittletwerp on November 15, 2011 at 8:43 PM
It must be a miserable life to think so lowly of such a large portion of the populus.
Scrappy on November 15, 2011 at 8:44 PM
Did you seriously just compare the Democratic Party to Hitler?
JohnGalt23 on November 15, 2011 at 8:46 PM
Matthews is a douche.
Water is wet.
BVM on November 15, 2011 at 8:47 PM
It’s obvious to most of us that Allah is an equal-opportunity Eeyore. If I wanted to hear only the good things about a candidate, I’d just go to their campaign website. It’s silly, all the bitchin’ about AP.
hillbillyjim on November 15, 2011 at 8:47 PM
Someone employed by MSNBC is criticizing others for their hatred.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Take another hit on that bong Blondie.
fogw on November 15, 2011 at 8:48 PM
is he actually saying that we are hateful coz we don’t get the tingle when it comes to our candidates of choice? I didn’t know it was a requirement…
jimver on November 15, 2011 at 8:49 PM
And what plane of reality does Matthews inhabit where GOP voters are “not in the mood to fall in love with a candidate”? That’s exactly what they’re in the mood for. The Palin fans worship Palin, the Cain fans adore Cain, and pretty much everyone was ready to hug Perry when he jumped in and looked like he’d be the Romney-killer. It’s only because they’ve had their hearts broken over and over that they’re now wearily taking a second look at Gingrich. Good lord.
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The Sorrow/Angst/Cringe affect of GOP Vetting!
And,yes,The Shinning Light of Vetting,MUST Happen!!
canopfor on November 15, 2011 at 8:49 PM
*yawn*..Nothing to see here folks..:)
Dire Straits on November 15, 2011 at 8:50 PM
Bitter Clinging Hatred of Hated Carnival Barkers!!!!
canopfor on November 15, 2011 at 8:51 PM
Sorry that got you all in a tiz, but it is pot-kettle comedy gold.
whatcat on November 15, 2011 at 8:53 PM
Hate? If you say so, Chris.
I thought that it was because we haven’t had a single damn primary or caucus yet, but maybe it’s hate.
So why’d it take the Dem’s so long to pick their candidate in 2008?
notropis on November 15, 2011 at 8:53 PM
Well, if there was any “hate” in the GOP, Matthews just stirred it up with this little commentary.
RedRedRice on November 15, 2011 at 8:54 PM
CM is a sick person. I feel sorry for him.
Paul-Cincy on November 15, 2011 at 8:54 PM
God, Matthews has aged.
BJ* on November 15, 2011 at 8:56 PM
Have him lean forward and bend over, I’ll show you.
GarandFan on November 15, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Why did so much time lapse between the first comment & the second?
It will be our little secret, Allahpundit.:)
itsnotaboutme on November 15, 2011 at 8:58 PM
They are the enemy, like Hitler was. I was by no means accusing Hitler of being anywhere near the threat to the United States that today’s Democrat Party is…if that was your concern. I don’t think Hitler had anything like the firmly fixed hatred of the United States, it’s history and culture, that Obama has, for instance.
Buddahpundit on November 15, 2011 at 8:58 PM
You, Allahpundit, are the Snarkfest Master of the Universe.
Chrissy has been over-served at the bar for the past fifteen years. Unfortunately, the bar is in his bottom desk drawer.
Naturally Curly on November 15, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Well,at the rate of Lefty Operative Moderator BushWackers
they/those/them,have almost Painted the entire GOP Field
as Idoits,
by,their Debate Format,Gotcha type questions,and getting
each Nominee to infight with each other,and against each
other,
to create the Narrational Perception/Deception of GOP
Candidates!!
When Cain was at a Tea Party Rally,he was in his Political
element so to speak,but,get Cain,in a Liberal MSM Interview,
and Cain,appears to look like a joke!
So,as I’ve said before,unless the Lefty Moderators are dropped and
the Format is changed,the MSM,by themsevles will have Destroyed
the GOP Nominee’s,before even getting to the Election Cycle!!
canopfor on November 15, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Are either you or Matthews aware of Obama’s “Hawaii-is-in-Asia” moment today?
Or of the 1,000 Obamatuerisms annotated at this site?
itsnotaboutme on November 15, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Sorry Chris, I lack the tingles gene.
I like Sarah and thought she would be great as President/VP or straightening out the EPA and all the media dirt scrapping whether it is true/half true/false on the other candidates makes me appreciate her all the more. Maybe that is what she wanted- that if she ran it would have been 24/7 Palin bashing and we would choose a candidate that we knew nothing about.
journeyintothewhirlwind on November 15, 2011 at 9:02 PM
Wines age, Matthews just gets more unhinged.
whatcat on November 15, 2011 at 9:03 PM
Hate is a strong emotion, much maligned, but sometimes it is an appropriate response. It is right and proper, for example, to hate injustice and those who perpetrate it. Hating predatory pedophile child rapists like good old Coach Sandusky? Perfectly okay. Communists, Nazis, Islamic extremists and other totalitarian types who would enslave and murder the world if they could? Oh, yes.
So no, I don’t mind being called a hater. Whether that label is a good or a bad thing depends on the object.
troyriser_gopftw on November 15, 2011 at 9:05 PM
Actually Hitler had some fondness for Britian but had little love for the US, which he claimed was run by Teh Joos.
whatcat on November 15, 2011 at 9:06 PM
Uh, what?
An earlier version of this post had a video by “Team Bachmann” that was little more than a gaffe reel of her major opponents. I simply pointed out that her hands aren’t exactly clean.
KingGold on November 15, 2011 at 9:06 PM
Finally !! I’ve figured out who Chris Matthews reminds me of…
http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/146115.html
Bootleghooch on November 15, 2011 at 9:06 PM
It cracks me up that he makes a good living saying such dumb sh*t… What a total moron. So Chris… is your leg still tingling? And how far up your leg did that thrill actually go buddy?
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RalphyBoy on November 15, 2011 at 9:08 PM
He’s right, in a way… I hate him.
Fallon on November 15, 2011 at 9:08 PM
When it’s liberal red meat is it tofu?
John the Libertarian on November 15, 2011 at 9:09 PM
So why is it always leftard cable channels finding hate under every rock?
CNN breathlessly reports a new poll on President Soft
_________Total___Men___Women_White_Non-White
Approve____46%___43%___48%___36%_____67%
Disapprove__52%___55%___49%____61%_____32%
eyesky on November 15, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Dude’s just silly.
CW on November 15, 2011 at 9:17 PM
LoL!..Good one..:)
Dire Straits on November 15, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Blah blah blah.
MCGIRV on November 15, 2011 at 9:19 PM
This is simply amusing. I can’t stop chuckling.
Matthews is unbelievable.
Can you imagine what it must be like going to family-get-togethers with this guy? It must be one awkward moment after another.
Keep speaking your mind Chris! Don’t bother thinking about what you are going to say before it come out of your mouth!
shick on November 15, 2011 at 9:22 PM
Too bad Matthews can’t swing a golf club, or could you really see him in a basketball court? You’re makin’ Olby proud Crissy, with the sick liberal progressive montage you call political entertainment. Is the 5 at 5 nightmare dullin’ them tingles just a bit?
Rovin on November 15, 2011 at 9:25 PM
Great comment, so true…
chai on November 15, 2011 at 9:27 PM
What a racist poll.
/sarcasm
shick on November 15, 2011 at 9:32 PM
You mean like we don’t have things running down our leg? Poor man, has he dried up yet?
Bambi on November 15, 2011 at 9:46 PM
As long as they can sparse the hate propaganda the continually spew against us with accusations we’re really the ‘haters’ it all works it’s all good.
Honestly… this isn’t even a media any more.These people are just a bunch of freaks disguising themselves as journalists. They’re just a big joke. Do they even listen to themselves? It’s like some kind of bad B movie.
JellyToast on November 15, 2011 at 9:55 PM
Allah, what a perfect encapsulation of the Republican political spectrum of the moment. Just because our dreams are crashing around our shoulders doesn’t mean we’ve completely lost hope, right? Right? Ha ha. Actually, I’m cautiously enthusiastic about Newt. Just seeing him annihilate Obawesome at one or two future debates would cover the cost of admission as far as I’m concerned.
cynccook on November 15, 2011 at 10:00 PM
I don’t even want to listen to the clip.
You have to wonder.. if this was like 1938 and we were all living in the beginning of Nazi Germany.. whose side would these freaks be on?
It doesn’t take much effort to to figure it out.
This is one reason I do like what Newt is doing.. he confronts these idiots! You have to.. they are on the Democrats side. They are not journalists. They are the propaganda arm of the Democrats and when you answer their questions.. they do not want to hear the truth.. they want to hide it!
That is the business and purpose of most of the mainstream media today. Hide the truth. Hide the facts. That is their purpose. To distort, deceive and to hide the truth and the facts.
JellyToast on November 15, 2011 at 10:03 PM
I think if the absurd liberals obtained enough power in this country they would try to pass a law against “hate” where they, of course, would be the judge of what constitute hatred against, not just people or groups, but anything. That emotion seems to disturb their appy-hearted disposition.
Personally, I think hate is a perfectly valid (morally) emotion when directed toward evils. I hate the corruption of the Obama Administration and of the our Congress (latest hateful stuff and this )
I hate the Fast & Furious lies, I hate a lot of things.
I especially hate the deeply immoral behavior of all the powerful people who willfully allowed the 2008 economic crash that is explained in the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Report largely ignored.
Hate is the strongest emotion possible (love is only second in comparison) and of course the most dangerous, but the most energizing (which is why Islamists so often provoke it). Indeed, I think good people should hate hateful things vigorously.
Chessplayer on November 15, 2011 at 10:07 PM
Are my eyes and ears deceiving me, or is Sarah Palin defending Romney on Greta’s show? Jesus Wept.
O/T, I guess.
Naturally Curly on November 15, 2011 at 10:08 PM
For those who wonder if Obama and the Democrats are Nazis, I’d say yes. At least they were in their last life. In fact, I have them and their previous lives listed on my http://www.reincar-nation.com web site. Oddly, they look very similar and have similar jobs for the most part. They even reincarnated mostly as a group in Chicago. Look at the “Obama Circle” section and see for yourself.
NNtrancer on November 15, 2011 at 10:11 PM
drunk again chris? 2 words for you champ: Alcoholics Anonymous.
sbvft contributor on November 15, 2011 at 10:13 PM
Chris should be on Saturday Night Live because he is funny to watch.
mixplix on November 15, 2011 at 10:16 PM
Hey bub your on the lowest rated cable channel on the lowest rated show in yur time slot, this use to be called a CLUE! Bub you are finished!
DSchoen on November 15, 2011 at 10:23 PM
What Mathews doesn’t understand is conservatives’ natural repulsion with government.
Of course conservatives are going to view their political candidates differently than liberals, who see their candidates as substitutes for parents, gods, … whomever they want to take care of them.
Plus, he’s a hate-filled retard.
jaime on November 15, 2011 at 10:41 PM
There was a time, many years ago, when I actually liked to watch Matthews. I knew he was liberal, but I also thought he was a political junkie who loved the politics of a situation more than anything. Well, either he’s changed or I was completely wrong, although it makes little difference.
I can’t believe this moron still has a job. If it weren’t for MSNBC, no one else would have him. I haven’t seen a rational thought come out of his head in ages so, aside from preaching to the choir, what is his purpose. I guess MSNBC is pleased that he can get a 1/2 million people to listen to his ignorant rants.
bflat879 on November 15, 2011 at 10:41 PM
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Zcat on November 15, 2011 at 10:49 PM
projection.. projection.. projection..
hogtrashhd on November 15, 2011 at 10:57 PM
Well here is one thing at least. The left is so overusing the word “hate” that its meaning has been rendered useless when describing people who don’t agree with Obama. Which is the majority, by the way. And we know we are not racists, we just dislike everything this man stands for and wants to do to this country.
karenhasfreedom on November 15, 2011 at 10:59 PM
“Hate.” You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means. Oh, and lose the twink, British public-schoolboy haircut, Tingles. You only look about 65.
smellthecoffee on November 15, 2011 at 11:00 PM
Reminds me of bit of dialogue from the movie Shadowlands:
apostic on November 15, 2011 at 11:36 PM
Bear in mind that all such pundits, even conservatives on talk radio, get their ratings up by provoking emotions in their audience. People like Matthews are simply more crude about it.
NNtrancer on November 16, 2011 at 12:04 AM
Good choice. I’ll have to admit, I cracked up when I saw the headline.
It must be nice living in a liberal world like this, and inventing nonsense answers to insipid questions like, “What’s wrong with the Republicans? Must be hate.”
On the other hand, it would be a lot like having a lobotomy, so maybe it wouldn’t be all that nice.
There Goes The Neighborhood on November 16, 2011 at 1:51 AM
Bwahahahahahahah
Kettle meet Black……
roflmao
donabernathy on November 16, 2011 at 3:45 AM
Why does anyone even pay attention to these networks anymore? I think Mathews is in denial about how much the the majority of Americans can’t stand HIS president.
RightXBrigade on November 16, 2011 at 4:42 AM
Chris Matthews is a projector with a very dim bulb.
Jim Treacher on November 16, 2011 at 5:49 AM
Does he really believe his own psychobabble diatribes or is he just paid to be an agitator and make headlines? Guess he either needs an intervention or a raise.
lynncgb on November 16, 2011 at 7:51 AM
Chrissy has lot it and I do not see any recovery soon. It is his value system and understand of reality. He has been on a downhill slider since his hero, President Kennedy. President Kennedy’s Camelot was such a fantasy that those who believed sincerely that is was real that costs was not an obstacle, as long as anyone worked the political system would drain them dry.
MSGTAS on November 16, 2011 at 8:23 AM
I’ll grant him this much on the subject of hate: I hate him.
Jim - PRS on November 16, 2011 at 8:49 AM
Haters gonna hate. Projectionists gonna project.
ZK on November 16, 2011 at 10:11 AM
You’ve nailed it, AP. But it’s not like we expect Matthews to take anything on the Right seriously.
Esthier on November 16, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Wow. That was like being in an alternate universe.
Bingo.
Perry, for all his now revealed shortcomings, has been guv of the most successful state for, what, eleven years? That’s not experience? Yet, Captain Solid B+ has a part of a senate term and that is enough?
That was just weird.
Pablo Snooze on November 16, 2011 at 3:04 PM