Chris Matthews destroys Tea Party zealot...

Silvio.Dante

Chris is my favourite MSNBC staffer. He's an Irish, Blue Collar, Catholic union man and here he is at his best calling out the Tea Party yesterday...

Hardball with Chris Matthews

matthew8

Chris Matthews is the only person in the world who can make Fox news look fair and balanced. He may as well be an official democratic spokesperson. As for wiping the floor, basically all Chris does is raise his tone with his guests to make it seem like he's winning. He's MSNBC's Glenn Beck.

teol

He ain't Irish
He ain't blue collar
and who gives a flying **** if he's a Catholic.

He came across as smug and arrogant in that clip.

matthew8

teol wrote: »

He ain't Irish
He ain't blue collar
and who gives a flying **** if he's a Catholic.

He came across as smug and arrogant in that clip.

Like every clip. Thank god when I watch American TV I only watch Fox business, the libertarian channel.

Einhard

Not a fan of the Tea party or Chris Matthews, but I don't think Matthews destroyed anyone in that clip. He seems to be blaming the debt on a few Congressional Tea Partiers drawing down their salaries.

Manach

Whilst I'm usually glad to be cheering Team-Catholic, is this the same Chris Matthews that was dismembered on the Daily Show by Mr Stewart in such a memorable fashion.

Silvio.Dante

teol wrote: »

He ain't Irish
He ain't blue collar
and who gives a flying **** if he's a Catholic.

He came across as smug and arrogant in that clip.

He gave it to the TP gook between the eyes.

He is of Irish, Blue Collar, Catholic extraction by the way. If that offends you then tough...;)

teol

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

He gave it to the TP gook between the eyes.

He is of Irish, Blue Collar, Catholic extraction by the way. If that offends you then tough...;)

Does that chat go down well on the christian forums?

http://www.christianforums.com/t7581903/

Overheal

Manach wrote: »

Whilst I'm usually glad to be cheering Team-Catholic, is this the same Chris Matthews that was dismembered on the Daily Show by Mr Stewart in such a memorable fashion.

Probably, but maybe you are thinking of Keith Olberman. But Chris and Keith are the Sean and Bill of the left.

edit: actually i like that he actually got that question out of the tea partier, roll the clip to about 4:00, but the meat is at 5:00

and the tea partier there just... agreed with him about it. I'm kinda gobsmacked.

Silvio.Dante

Overheal wrote: »

Probably, but maybe you are thinking of Keith Olberman. But Chris and Keith are the Sean and Bill of the left.

edit: actually i like that he actually got that question out of the tea partier, roll the clip to about 4:00, but the meat is at 5:00

and the tea partier there just... agreed with him about it. I'm kinda gobsmacked.

Yep...:)

matthew8

It is tribal to support him on the basis that he's an Irish catholic. Worse than when people vote for the local pothole fixer.

Silvio.Dante

matthew8 wrote: »

It is tribal to support him on the basis that he's an Irish catholic. Worse than when people vote for the local pothole fixer.

Call it ay way you like.

Chris is a product of his Irish, Catholic, Blue Collar background and is playing a nlinder...

Overheal

Silvio.Dante wrote: »

Call it ay way you like.

Chris is a product of his Irish, Catholic, Blue Collar background and is playing a nlinder [?]...

I know someone like that, minus the nlinder, and white collar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O'Reilly_(political_commentator)

matthew8

RichieC wrote: »

Fox business features many libertarians such as John Stossel and Napolitano. I am also a fan of Neil Cavuto. It is quite libertarian, in particular when compared to other American TV stations.

Silvio.Dante

Overheal wrote: »

I know someone like that, minus the nlinder, and white collar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O'Reilly_(political_commentator)

O'Reilly is Blue Collar??? Do you swalllow everything the Foxnews PR machine spin you...? how naive...:D

irishh_bob

matthew8 wrote: »

Fox business features many libertarians such as John Stossel and Napolitano. I am also a fan of Neil Cavuto. It is quite libertarian, in particular when compared to other American TV stations.

i thought libertarians were against foreign adventures involving the american military , fox news politics could be best described as neo conservative but occasionally posing as social conservative , of course anyone who observes other murdoch media outlets will know that T+A are a big part of what they sell so the social conservative cloak is a bit of a sham

matthew8

irishh_bob wrote: »

i thought libertarians were against foreign adventures involving the american military , fox news politics could be best described as neo conservative but occasionally posing as social conservative , of course anyone who observes other murdoch media outlets will know that T+A are a big part of what they sell so the social conservative cloak is a bit of a sham

Fox business is quite libertarian. Fox news on the other hand, is very socially conservative, though they made an effort in 2008 to get more democrats on.

AhSureTisGrand

matthew8 wrote: »

Fox business is quite libertarian.

I imagine this is because they only talk about, well, business, and fiscal conservatism can he said to be part of libertarianism. Bit disingenuous to call it libertarian if it doesn't address the social side of libertarianism

matthew8

AhSureTisGrand wrote: »

I imagine this is because they only talk about, well, business, and fiscal conservatism can he said to be part of libertarianism. Bit disingenuous to call it libertarian if it doesn't address the social side of libertarianism

Napolitano and Stossel are known for expressing their social libertarianism.