Posted on 07/10/2010 3:38:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Chris Matthews on Friday called George W. Bush and Sarah Palin know-nothings.
Chatting with California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown on "Hardball," the MSNBC host also called the Republican candidate for governor in that state Meg Whitman a know-nothing.
"What is it in the American psyche or character that says, if you don`t know anything, you`re somehow an average person or average guy and you have horse sense?" asked Matthews.
"What is it about people that keep picking people like George W. Bush to be president? And you see these people like Sarah Palin out there with fans."
It seems in Matthews' view, governing Texas, Alaska, or running one of America's leading Internet companies requires zero intellectual capacity (video follows with transcript and commentary, h/t Weekly Political Review via Twitter's @ndgc12dx):
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Former California governor Jerry Brown is currently the state`s attorney general. Governor Brown, it`s great to have you on. I just want to ask you, do you think the last seven years have been good for California with Schwarzenegger? Here`s a business guy and movie star, a business guy, who said, I can take business sense, like Meg Whitman, and make government work. It hasn`t -- well, has it worked? I`ll leave it as an open question. Has he been a net plus or a net negative?
JERRY BROWN (D-CA), ATTORNEY GENERAL, FMR. GOV., CANDIDATE FOR GOV.: Well, certainly in terms of the budget, blowing up the boxes, reorganizing government, it hasn`t. Now, Arnold Schwarzenegger has pioneered the environment and climate change legislation that is really path-breaking, so I give him full credit for that.
But in terms of the crisis we`re in now, the idea that not knowing anything, not even caring enough to vote for 28 years, gives you the equipment, the skill, to wrestle those 120 legislators to the ground, get them on your team and deal with this deepening crisis -- I doubt that. And if these surveys are any indication, Ms. Whitman has hit a wall for the last -- probably since March, not moved forward. And I think we`re in a very strong position to win the confidence of the people and get down to brass tacks here of solving the problem.
MATTHEWS: What is it in the American psyche or character that says, if you don`t know anything, you`re somehow an average person or average guy and you have horse sense? What is it about people that keep picking people like George W. Bush to be president? And you see these people like Sarah Palin out there with fans. Why would anybody like somebody who the campaign manager for John McCain said, "She doesn`t know anything?" Why is not knowing anything -- why does the know-nothing candidate, like Meg Whitman, a person who doesn`t have any government experience, have the appeal to be even with you in the polls? The know -- the person that doesn`t know anything about government!
How disgusting.
It's one thing to make such comments about a former President and a former governor, but to similarly disparage the Republican gubernatorial candidate while interviewing her Democrat opponent demonstrates absolutely NO journalistic impartiality by Matthews.
Maybe he should just endorse Brown so that his few viewers would fully understand why he's so hostile to Whitman.
Come to think of it, that's not a bad idea: maybe EVERY MSNBC host should be required to publicly state which candidates they support in November so that those still foolish enough to watch this abomination will be cognizant of the biases at play.
Of course, readers are advised to not hold their breath as this pathetic excuse for a news outlet wants to hide behind a dishonest veil of objectivity.
Yeah right!
As long as libs can stomach paying for a losing proposition. What I don’t understand is how they keep getting advertising money.
Chris Matthews is a lackey for the current marxist administration...a useful idiot if there ever was one.
But what he thinks will not make a difference to what’s coming in 2010 and 2012.
What Sarah Palin means to 2012 and how she Trumps liberalism
http://www.jeffhead.com/palin/palin-represent.htm
The “logic” goes something like this.
All Republicans are morons.
Sarah Palin and George Bush are Republicans.
Sarah Palin and George Bush are morons.
Believe me, this is how these idiots “think”.
Chris Matthews is a Big Fat Pumpkinhead.
It’s called “projection”.
Says the @sshat who doesn’t even qualify for the title “newsreader.”
Why is it that if you’re a pervert nitwit, you get to be in the media??
If a Republican doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one. If a Democrat doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a Republican is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat. If a Democrat is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a Republican is homosexual, he quietly leads his life. If a Democrat is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.
If a Republican is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. A Democrat wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a Republican doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels. Democrats demand that those they don't like be shut down.
If a Republican is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church. A Democrat non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.
If a Republican decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. A Democrat demands that the rest of us pay for his.
If a Republican reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh. A Democrat will get the moderator to delete it because he's "offended".
This is the reason why no sane person watches Matthews, Shultz, Olberman, or listens to Progressive Talk Radio (they're even afraid to admit it's Liberal Talk Radio)
Cissy again demonstrates how functionally illiterate he is.
“nothing” - as in MSNBC ratings?
obama is a radical, commie, angry black man who can’t speak without a teleprompter.
Is he talking about GWB, History major at Yale and MBA from Harvard? GWB who still reads about a book a week, mainly history? The left lies, even to themselves.
Does he mean know nothing as in a moron, or is it a reference to the anti-immigration movement from the late 1800s (who called themselves “Know nothings”)
Must be that time of the month for Chrissy.
So Matthews and his tingly leg do heavy lifting to get Obama, Pelosi, and Reid in office and everything goes to hell. So how is it he thinks he and his liberal buds are so smart?
Chris Matthews is a Big Fat Pumpkinhead
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Is that the “best” you can do?
The man knows...
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