Posted on 08/15/2007 5:19:18 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
What's in a name? For Chris Matthews, a lot.
Discussing foreign policy on this afternoon's "Hardball," host Matthews advanced this astonishing theory.
HARDBALL HOST CHRIS MATTHEWS: Do you have a sense, though, well certainly I have it, that just by his name, Barack, ah, Barack Hussein Obama, by his background, having grown up in Indonesia which is a largely Muslim country, that he would have a feel perhaps other presidential candidates don't have of how to connect with that part of the world, the billion people, that we seem to have such a problem connecting with and avoiding war with.
View video here.
David Mendell, author of Obama, a biography of the candidate, gently brought Chris back down to earth.
DAVID MENDELL, AUTHOR "OBAMA" BIOGRAPHY: Well, he certainly would like you to think that. That's part of his biography, that's part of what they put forward in the campaign, that he's a multicultural individual. He actually grew up in Hawaii, and spent about four or five years in Indonesia as a young child. But he would like you to think that he understands the world better than some of these candidates who've just lived in the United States all of their lives. He thinks he has a world view that is different than they do, and that's part of his appeal to some people, this interesting biography that he has.
Obama, someone uniquely qualified to avoid war with Muslim countries? Obama, the guy who undermined his own campaign and touched off an internal crisis in Pakistan by threatening to invade it?
Earth to Chris!
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ROTFLMAO!!
come closer, move in closer to the camera.
Can Chris really be this stupid?
Having a Muslim name means NOTHING to these people. We’ve known that since Reagan appointed Philip Habib as Middle East envoy 25 years ago.
An astonishingly stupid theory. ...even considering the source.
Even worse - the bumper sticker I saw today - “Gore/Obama - The Dream Team”. That’s one deluded individual driving that car!
What a maroon.
I wonder why Matthews just doesn’t call for a total conversion and the adaption of Sharia law?
Can & is. And bound to take it to levels never thought possible.
He would look a heck of a lot better in a burka.
“Do you have a sense, though, well certainly I have it, that just by his name, Barack, ah, Barack Hussein Obama, by his background, having grown up in Indonesia which is a largely Muslim country, that he would have a feel perhaps other presidential candidates don’t have of how to connect with that part of the world, the billion people, that we seem to have such a problem connecting with and avoiding war with.”
Then why did John Kerry get the women’s vote?
Must have been his "nuanced" approach.
Doesn’t this idiot know that Muslims joyfully kill each other every day in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Kent Brockman:
"Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we've just lost the picture, but what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over- 'conquered' if you will- by a master race of giant space ants.It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive Earthman or merely enslave them.
One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves."
What an idiot Matthews is. A perfect example of a Democrat politico.
What other fantasy -stroke of brilliance- concoctions float around in Chris’s skull?
With ideas like this, darn it, one wonders why there isn’t a “Draft Chris Matthews for President” movement goin’ on out there!
Matthews is a bigot.
Once again Chrissey shows how absolutely stupid he is.
HARDBALL HOST CHRIS MATTHEWS: Do you have a sense, though, well certainly I have it, that just by his name, Barack, ah, Barack Hussein Obama, by his background, having grown up in Indonesia which is a largely Muslim country, that he would have a feel perhaps other presidential candidates don't have of how to connect with that part of the world, the billion people, that we seem to have such a problem connecting with and avoiding war with.
Couple that question with the side-by-side screen capture and it reveals that television is all about how you look, not what you might say (or think).
Chris Matthews, thy middle name is "Shallow".
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