Posted on 11/11/2008 4:43:54 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
After airing an interview clip of Sarah Palin telling Fox News' Greta Van Susteren that she was looking for guidance from God about running for national office again, an appalled Chris Matthews called it "troubling," when he let loose this rant on Tuesday's "Hardball":
Is, is this commentary about theocracy and going to God for approval? We've been through that with President Bush who said he, "didn't take advice from his father, he got it from another father." And we've been through this sort of Joan of Arc period. Are we gonna get another piece of this where God's leading candidates to run for president? I mean that sort of keeps us out of the conversation doesn't it? I mean, seriously, I mean God is telling her to run? And she's saying it openly on a secular television show? This isn't the religious hour....Talking about God, in a political setting is troubling to a lot of people. If you're talking about a big tent, this looks more like the church tent, not the big tent.
Then a little later in the program, Matthews returned to Palin's expressions of faith and noted that kind of talk can be,"dangerous." And when his guest, former Dick Cheney aide Ron Christie, said he was tired of the media picking on Palin when, in fact, Joe Biden made a lot of blunders, Matthews let this howler fly: "Joe Biden took more hits from the media than anybody for the last 30 years!"
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What is really troubling to me is Matthew’s extreme fear of religion, coupled with his odd physical reactions to Obama - perhaps a case of unrequited love?
Nothing else except sheer idiocy explains Matthew’s comments.
What a vile lickspittle.
God has that effect on the godless.
I guess all the founding Fathers and the majority of our past Presidents trouble this fool too.
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Yeah. Kind of like Dracula catching a glimpse of daylight or a crucifix.
Good=God, sorry.
It’s certainly no more troubling than putting all our eggs in a basket called ‘hope.’
Matthews talking is frightening.
Matthews must be extraordinarily troubled by all the God references in our founding documents.
Has Chris stopped being a Catholic?? geesh....he is dancing on the trap door of hell.
talking about God is refreshing
This coming from the guy that said he felt a tingle in his leg when he heard Obama speak.
I'll bet he drinks.
Ding ding ding!
Chris Matthews is now as credible as Bat Boy...
“Bat Boy finds references to God...troubling..”
Let us propose to adopt Alinsky’s Rule #6...”Ridicule is a powerful weapon”
Why lend this clown an inch of tingle to his “my job is tohelp Obama” campaign?
Obasm... You should copyright that one (as sick as that sounds, it fits!) UGH!
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
What part of this 1st Amendment clause does 'giddy up the leg' Matthews not understand?
LMAO!! And I LOVE your tagline! That is rich!
""It is that particular wise and good God, who is the author and owner of our system, that I propose for the object of my praise and adoration" - Benjamin Franklin
"The Hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations." - George Washington
"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it." - Abraham Lincoln
Do you find these views "troubling", Mr. Matthews? Perhaps you would find comfort in a nation better suited to your temperament.
George Washington prayed for guidance all the time. Very troubling....
-PJ
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