Posted on 01/22/2009 7:19:57 AM PST by devane617
Chris Matthews questioned Rush Limbaugh’s patriotism on Wednesday night’s "Hardball," as the MSNBC host wondered how the radio talk show host could dare to oppose Barack Obama as he exclaimed to his viewers: "Does Rush Limbaugh hate this country?" Matthews jumped on a quote from Limbaugh saying of Obama, "I hope he fails," apparently not understanding the concept that Limbaugh opposes any and all who would promote liberal policies precisely because he believes they will be harmful to the country. To see Limbaugh's quote in full context visit his official site. Matthews slammed Limbaugh in the following tease before going to a commercial break (audio excerpt here):
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Up next, does Rush Limbaugh hate this country? Wait till you hear what he said about the new president. He wants him to fail. What an amazing-, I've never heard anybody say they wanted a new president to fail. Usually you want the new president to succeed and then later on you argue the politics of what he or she does. But to want them to fail at the outset? What's that about?
Later in his "Sideshow" segment Matthews aired a sound bite from Limbaugh and then snidely remarked: "Well Rush must have a lot of acorns squirreled away not to share everyone else's hopes that the economy does come back."
The following Matthews outbursts were aired on the January 21 edition of "Hardball":
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not sure of what?
A much better question: Do Barack and Michelle Obama hate this country? I think they do.
Does Chris Matthews molest children?
What happened to "dissent" being Patriotic?
When only a couple of months ago America was still an evil empire!
What happened to “Dissent is Patriotic?
This after Matthews spent the past eight years wishing failure on Bush. The guy is an absolute moron.
Rush Limbaugh doesn’t hate this country but he sure hates Chris Matthews.
not sure if the story is real, or satire. chrissy has gone off the rails.
Yes, one with gay mandingo type fantasy’s apparently.
My lefty college kid neighbor never put a flag on his house until election day. The rest of us have had them for years.
No Chrissy boy, but he sure doesn't like socialist nancy boys who get tingles in their "leg" at the very thought of their political savior.
A. Arrowhead1952: Yes. Next question.
Usually a new President isn't a communist Kenyan Usurper.
Chris Matthew is his own big thrill up his leg.
Simple:
Because the left won’t admit that they’re commies, and have 40% of the country convinced that they aren’t commies,
and if they are exposed as the commies that they are, they lose.
IE, I hope he fails in his stated goals; goals which will result in a failed America.
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