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MSNBC's Matthews Upset Over Ark. Runoff; Suggests Race the Runoff's Purpose
Newsbusters ^ | June 9, 2010 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 06/08/2010 9:43:58 PM PDT by Rufus2007

The more Chris Matthews is on live television within a 24-hour period, the likelihood of him saying something completely strange increases dramatically as each moment passes.

On MSNBC's June 8 special coverage of electoral primaries around the country, Matthews, the host of MSNBC's "Hardball," expressed his views on the Arkansas Democratic primary runoff, which incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln narrowly defeated Bill Halter.

"The fact that this might be a close race tonight tells you that neither of the candidates has a mandate coming out of this," Matthews said. "The idea of a runoff is to get a mandate."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: blanchelincoln; bloggersandpersonal; chrismatthews; mediabias; msnbc
Wow, the Democratic Party once a bastion of racism? No way
1 posted on 06/08/2010 9:43:59 PM PDT by Rufus2007
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Everything is racist with these clowns.


2 posted on 06/08/2010 9:45:18 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Rufus2007

Making sure a candidate actually has the support of the majority is bad? What, we need more Bill Clintons “winning” with 43%?


3 posted on 06/08/2010 9:49:22 PM PDT by speciallybland
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Wait, aren’t Halter and Lincoln both the same race?


4 posted on 06/08/2010 9:55:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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A “mandate”? The purpose of a runoff is to get a “mandate”? To do what? Run in the general election?


5 posted on 06/08/2010 9:58:16 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: Rufus2007

Dimrat “Man Dates” are a bit different from conservative “mandates.”


6 posted on 06/08/2010 10:03:28 PM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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Hitler got into power without a majority vote.


7 posted on 06/08/2010 10:05:02 PM PDT by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has it limits.)
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"Dimrat “Man Dates” are a bit different from conservative “mandates."

Chrissy Gay 4 Obama

8 posted on 06/08/2010 10:09:33 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Parley Baer
Everything is racist with these clowns.

That's because they see everything as a reflection of themselves.

9 posted on 06/08/2010 10:34:52 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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