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Chris Matthews: Reagan was a better president than Obama
The Washington Times ^ | October 3, 2013 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 10/06/2013 10:22:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Chris Matthews appeared on “The Colbert Report” Wednesday night to promote his new book, “Tip and the Gipper,” saying that it’s going to be hard for President Obama to beat Ronald Reagan’s legacy.

“Do you think Reagan was a better president than Obama is?” Stephen Colbert asked the MSNBC host.

“In the end, yes,” Mr. Matthews responded. “In the end. Because he ended the Cold War.

“That’s hard to beat,” he said, adding that he believes the government shutdown “is going to go on weeks.”

The pundit also took a jab at Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. Mr. Colbert asked Mr. Matthews why he didn’t name his book “Killing Tip and the Gipper, referencing O’Reilly’s books “Killing Lincoln,” “Killing Kennedy” and “Killing Jesus.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coldwar; msm; obama; reagan
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To: jmacusa

Chrissy who? Oh, Crissy ‘tingly leg’ Mathews! Is he still ‘reporting’ news? I thought he retired long ago when he realized that no one ever listened to him! If there ever was a reporter that carried water for Barry, it was/is Chrissy.


41 posted on 10/07/2013 2:45:46 AM PDT by 2010Freeper (Chicago Shooting)
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To: 1035rep
EVERY President was better than Obama

A chimp with a hand grenade would be better.

42 posted on 10/07/2013 2:48:24 AM PDT by Fzob (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t get to enthusiastic about statements made when selling a book. They will say anything to entice you to buy it.


43 posted on 10/07/2013 3:12:19 AM PDT by kempster
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To: freedom462
This actually means a hell of a lot coming from someone like Matthews. This means it has become too blatantly obvious to deny the disaster that is the One.

Except Crissy will turn right around in 2016 and declare Hillary the only person capable of getting the nation out of the mess it is in.

44 posted on 10/07/2013 3:16:30 AM PDT by fso301
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Actually, measuring Obama against prior Presidents is the wrong criteria. It’s not that Obama is a bad President; it is that he is an enemy agent. In that he has been spectacularly successful.


45 posted on 10/07/2013 3:38:17 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Rodamala

If we could get enough people calling Obama “President Camacho....”


46 posted on 10/07/2013 3:57:17 AM PDT by grania
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To: fieldmarshaldj
I’d swap Zero for Harding in a heartbeat.

Or any other president, with the possible exception of FDR, who did more damage because he was in office longer. Obama has about 3 more years to go yet, we'll see if he can match Roosevelt.

Sadly, my 93 year old mother is still a "Roosevelt democrat". There's no reasoning with her, I just go ahead and love her anyway.

47 posted on 10/07/2013 4:33:53 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: KGeorge
FDR may been born an American, but he was as Red as they come. Read Paul Kengor’s book about Frank Marshall Davis (The Communist). I’ll bet there’s some stuff in there most people have never heard before.

Amity Shlaes book, "The Forgotten Man" is also a good book about how The New Dealers were members of the far left.
48 posted on 10/07/2013 4:56:09 AM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: kempster

I could care less what opinions Matthews has. He’s a loud-mouth blow-hard and a hater. One small comment about Reagan won’t change anything.


49 posted on 10/07/2013 5:05:54 AM PDT by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

50 posted on 10/07/2013 5:50:49 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Republican1795.
I am just surprised that Matthews of all people would ever admit to this.

Did you miss the part where he's written a book?

Do you think the dem base actually reads?

He's trying to get us to buy his book.

51 posted on 10/07/2013 6:25:52 AM PDT by Ramcat (Thank You American Veterans)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pope still Catholic.
Bears still live in the woods.
Sky is blue.
Global Warming still a hoax.

Matthews finally has a grasp of the obvious!


52 posted on 10/07/2013 8:16:32 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Carter was a better President...that’s how low the bar has been lowered.


53 posted on 10/07/2013 9:25:53 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: 2010Freeper
“There is no hate like the hate that love hath turned. And Hell hath no fury like that of Chrissy Matthews scorned .’’
54 posted on 10/07/2013 12:30:43 PM PDT by jmacusa (I don't think so, but I doubt it.)
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To: Ticonderoga34

Thank you for that referral. I’m looking for something to read now. I’ll check it out.


55 posted on 10/07/2013 1:02:27 PM PDT by KGeorge (Till we're together again, Gypsy girl. May 28, 1998- June 3, 2013)
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