Chris Matthews: Will Sebelius Survive 'Terrorism of the Anti-Abortion People?'

Newsbusters ^ | March 2, 2009 - 18:21 ET | Geoffery Dickens

[lewisglad]

On Monday night's "Hardball," Chris Matthews feared Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, in her nomination fight to head HHS, would be a target of "the terrorism of the, of the anti-abortion people." Then perhaps realizing he called all pro-lifers terrorists, Matthews feebly attempted to amend the statement, as he tried to clarify, "I mean verbal terrorism."

The following exchange was aired during the March 2, edition of "Hardball":

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Let's talk about, let’s get to something really tough.

JONATHAN MARTIN, POLITICO: Sure.

MATTHEWS: Kathleen Sebelius, very likeable, very impressive. I think of the woman who becomes the governor in Mr. Holland’s Opus, remember the one who comes back?

LOIS ROMANO, WASHINGTON POST: Right

[Free State Four]

Kansas Meadowlark

[no-no bad dog]

a guy named Parkinson. Don’t know much about him other that he WAS a leading Republican who turned to the dark side to be her Lt. Gov. It has been said that he wont run for Governor since neither side trusts him. Sometimes it is hard to tell the Republicans in this state from the Dems.

[Know et al]

Chris Matthews: Will Sebelius Survive ‘Terrorism of the Anti-Abortion People?’

She has a better chance than a newly formed fetus.

[Verginius Rufus]

I heard on Fox that both Kansas senators have come out in support of Sebelius (Brownback and Roberts). That gives her “cover” and will make it hard or impossible to block her confirmation, absent some other issue (other than her pro-abortion zealotry). Brownback claims to be pro-life.

[little jeremiah]

I’m getting so I really hate liberals. Or rather, hate the evil that they believe, speak, and act on. If they changed I wouldn’t hate them.

[Lexinom]

No, the terrorists are those who terrorize the tiny child in the womb by poking around with a powerful suction device, before sucking him out limb-by-limb. Chrissy got a little confused here.

[GOP Poet]

What a . . . horrible human being he is.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

That nitwit Matthews just claimed on MSNBC that Reagan didn't get elected on social issues but economic ones. CLEARLY it was both. Reagan Democrats went for Reagan in great numbers over the pro-life issue. The only way conservatives have won national elections has been by building a coalition between fiscal conservatives and social conservatives, pro-life Catholics, and evangelicals.