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Chris Matthews: Tea Party Reminds Me Of Confederates In Civil War
RCP Video ^ | 8-2-2012

Posted on 08/03/2012 4:33:09 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot

MSNBC's Chris Matthews implies the Tea Party is racist.

Chris Matthews: I think a lot of it is ethnic to it and I'm not trashing people as racist or anything, but I think a lot of it is ethnic. Meaning, they don't like the changing demographic of the United States. So every time --

Max Pappas, FreedomWorks: Yeah, especially Hispanics like Ted Cruz.

Matthews: No, no. He's a Cuban-American and that's always been a little different situation.

Pappas: Or Marco Rubio? Allen West?

Matthews: Every time a speech is written by a Tea Partier, they're not sufficiently happy with saying, 'we're going to cut spending.' They've got to say we're going to do something with the border. By the way, the border doesn't cross Cuba by the way, it's always Mexico.

Pappas: That's not a Tea Party position.

Matthews: Well why watch Cruz that statement?

Pappas: He's in Texas, they have a big border.

Matthews: All the time, you hear border, border, border.

Pappas: What brings the whole Tea Party together across the country is at the center of American politics. It's not extreme. It's let's only spend what we bring in. It's fiscal policy.

Matthews: You're saying Tea Partiers don't have an attitude about immigration?

Pappas: No.

Matthews: They don't?

Pappas: No. There is not a consistent Tea Party position on immigration.

Matthews: What do you mean there's not a consistent position? How come when you meet them, they talk about the 'cause'? It sounds like the Confederate Army still fighting the Civil War when you talk to them.

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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

That’s an easy one - there’s a long history of DNC shills making the transition to commentator and he’s simply one of them. Bill Moyers, George Steponallofus, Cokie Roberts (by proxy via Hale Boggs) and I’m sure the list goes on and on. Matthews was a Tip O’Neill operative.


61 posted on 08/03/2012 6:41:16 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Sir Napsalot
"Matthews...has any idea"

I disagree... I think he does, but as a liberal talking head, it's his duty to spread lies and disinformation about the Tea Party. The Tea Party is for a smaller, constitutionally-bound government. Libs like Matthews are for big, huge government with a "living" i.e. watered-down constitution. He knows the difference, but, like most tv libs, he's such a dishonest jerk, he won't admit it.

62 posted on 08/03/2012 6:41:29 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: ilovesarah2012
I also can’t listen to Obama. I honestly can feel my blood pressure rise any time he speaks. I yell “liar” and change the channel.
Yup.
63 posted on 08/03/2012 6:44:30 AM PDT by samtheman (Obama. Mugabe. Chavez. (Obamugavez))
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To: Sir Napsalot
Thank you chrissy... you remind me a of chin dribbling obama felator... because you are one.

LLS

64 posted on 08/03/2012 6:44:30 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Don't Tread On Me)
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To: Sir Napsalot
Max Pappas, FreedomWorks: Yeah, especially Hispanics like Ted Cruz.

Matthews: No, no. He's a Cuban-American

So Cubans are not Hispanics? I thought Cruz and Rubio were "White Hispanics". But they are not even "White Hispanics", they are Cubans.

The left is truly Orwellian.

65 posted on 08/03/2012 6:46:04 AM PDT by magellan
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To: IMR 4350

There are two sides to that coin.

The one side is that their end goal, heaven on earth, total human actualization, is worthy of any means necessary.
And, as a correllary, anyone that stands in the way of this goal can be destroyed or exterminated with no, or even positive, moral implications.


66 posted on 08/03/2012 6:47:50 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: ilgipper

“Your 12 year statement is exactly right. Before Bush v Gore, he was reasonable.”

I have a theory about all of this.

The Northeast/Washington media corridor is nothing more than Kabuki theatre. Each commentator has a role that they play before us, the audience, also known as the American people.

Each actor plays a part. Matthrews plays the part of the assinine liberal commentator who is in love with Obama. Olbermann was the angry leftist, however when they found out his understaudy, Shultz was better, they fired Olbermann.

Krauthammer, plays the Conservative. And on and on.

In the end, they are all Capitalists, they all make investments, they all probably call Obama a fool. But since this is how they make their living, they are not going to tip over the apple cart.

It also explains Bill Maher and Dennis Miller. Two complete opposites who found that they can earn more money by playing roles opposite of how they grew up.


67 posted on 08/03/2012 6:48:13 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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To: ilgipper
"By 2004 he was being challenged by Democrat Zell Miller to a duel as a result of his idiotic positions."

Thanks, I had forgotten that one. Good ol' Zell.

68 posted on 08/03/2012 6:48:59 AM PDT by magellan
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To: Tigercap
Matthews is trying to create an image that doesn’t exist.

Just about everything the rats do is an attempt to construct the "Straw Man."

69 posted on 08/03/2012 6:50:22 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: MrB

Perfection through extermination.

How many times does history have to repeat itself?


70 posted on 08/03/2012 7:07:32 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: MrB

Yes...an experiment that failed.


71 posted on 08/03/2012 8:26:46 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: samtheman
He is one of the most hideous individuals who has ever lived.

If it wasn;t for FR, I'd have no idea who ed schultze or prissy chrissy were.

72 posted on 08/03/2012 9:50:38 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (RINO season is open. No limit. Make them extinct.)
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To: Ladysmith
The more he’s blind-sided on Election Night, the sweeter the victory will be.

Amen to THAT!

73 posted on 08/03/2012 5:19:55 PM PDT by SuziQ
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