https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/10/18/chris-matthews-remember-how-friendly-politics-used-to-be-right-wing-extremists/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 14:38:20 -0400<![CDATA[In case you didn&#8217;t instantly understand why a call for bipartisan bonhomie from Tingles, of all people, is a surreal joke, Noah Rothman has 15 paragraphs at Mediaite explaining. All I&#8217;d add is this: Is it really too much to ask of America&#8217;s lefty talking heads that they either demagogue grassroots righties as racists and militiamen or lecture the public on the need for more comity and civility in politics? It doesn&#8217;t seem like much. The whole &#8220;civility&#8221; pageant is, after all, just a pose they&#8217;ve developed after the Tucson shooting to score political points when an opportunity presents itself, before getting back to calling conservatives terrorists. The GOP shut down the government so now it&#8217;s time for a new episode of Reasonableness Theater. Let&#8217;s drop it, at long last. Say it loud &#8212; I&#8217;m a cutthroat partisan and I&#8217;m proud.]]>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:01:51 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/10/18/chris-matthews-remember-how-friendly-politics-used-to-be-right-wing-extremists-n210491