Posted on 11/19/2013 7:24:11 AM PST by chessplayer
A scandalized Chris Matthews on Friday railed against Dick Cheney for having the audacity to call out Barack Obama's "lie" on Americans being able to keep their health insurance. Naturally, the Hardball anchor insinuated that the reason behind this was racism. An angry Matthews fumed, "Dick Cheney comes right out and calls [Obama] a liar. When a right-wing back-bencher did that four years ago, he was called out for rebuke even by his own party." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
The host continued, "Well, now what was condemned as historic bad behavior comes snarling out of Dick Cheney's mouth and nobody says to shut up." Matthews hinted, "Is this, calling the President a liar, the new language of American politics. Or is it a language specially treated for the country's first African-American president?"
DICK CHENEY: We look at the mess that has been created out of "Obama care" by the president having said, You can keep your policy if you like it, you know, guaranteed, period. That turns out that was a lie. And he repeated it over and over and over again.
Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman appeared to echo the racism charge:
HOWARD FINEMAN: Well, I would normally be reluctant to make the accusation of racism...I say what's the missing element here? What's the "X" factor here that makes them go so crazy? Well, there are two things. First of all, we live in divided worlds of politics and reality. They deny his validity because they deny the rest of the world outside of the world they live in, number one. And number two, I think race has to be part of it because they see everything that he does in apocalyptic terms. Why? What other explanation is there?
MSNBC? Are they still on the air?
What is the missing element here? What other explanation us there? Could it be . . . um . . . that he has a history of telling documented, bold-faced, deliberate LIES?
Talk about a loser with a dearth of ideas, intellectual acumen and thoughtful words!
HF
Matthews and Fineman are circling the wagons around the president. There’s nothing else they can do, and they have to protect liberalism at all costs. Matthews and Fineman’s comments reek of desperation. Using the race card to spin this disaster isn’t going to work this time and they know it, but it’s all they have left in the liberal aresenal.
Exactly!!! It really hurts them that Wilson has been proven right. For the rest of us, we already knew it from Obama’s hidden past but the media chose to ignore it, choosing the “racism!!” bloody shirt instead.
Apparently, we’re only supposed to use euphemisms when talking about King Barry’s noble lie...
I don’t agree with Chris. Zippy’s lying isn’t necessarily because he’s black. He may not actually have any idea what is on the teleprompters, nor recall what was recorded/said on the teleprompters yesterday.
I dunno, maybe the fact that Obama is simply a f***ing liar? Who repeated the same lie over and over again, after documented evidence that he knew it was a lie?
Matthews is the racist for his reckless defense of an American traitor....only because he is black.
chrissy had better hope that society does not break down.
All black people are competent and no black person are capable of lying. Black people are perfect. Unlike white people. To believe that black people are like white people is racist.
This person is a disgrace to the human race.
So what? Racist is a meaningless expletive, filling out sentences for people who don’t have anything intelligent to say, like Chris. These days we are all racists, and Chris is a polar bear.
Obama’s a liar.
Obama lied about being able to keep your health care plan.
Obama lied about Benghazi.
Obama lied about Iran.
Obama lied about being able to keep your doctor.
Obama’s a liar. So are the democrats who knew this was a bait and switch - and went along with it.
Chris Matthew’s is a fool.
You have nailed it....time to stop giving a damn when anyone uses that word.
Maybe it’s because Obama is a congenital liar.
Who is Chris Matthews and why do I care what he says?
Good Lord.
I foresee years of deprogramming and psychiatric therapy ahead for this poor, poor Chris Matthews.
Why do people continue to give that idiot media creature “face time?” Send him to Coventry as he is not worthy to tie Cheney’s shoes.
Mind if I use this with proper accreditation?
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