Chris Matthews: "Looking Down Our Noses At The Tea Party Has Got To Stop"

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[Third Person]

CHRIS MATTHEWS: I was listening to [David] Brat last night, and today. I hink he's very sophisticated for a politician. He's certainly up to the ranks of most politicians I've ever dealt with. He speaks in a speculative manner and an intellectual manner. He can handle any debate on this program or my program. This looking down our noses at tea party people has got to stop. They have a message, they're as American as any liberal is, and they're really angry about the failure of the system. I was over covering eastern Europe when the wall came down. The thing people didn't like, it wasn't the philosophy of communism they didn't like, it was the complete corruption of it, the failure of it to deliver to working people. And that's what this system's doing right now. We can't control the deficit, we can't control the debt, we can't control the border. What is government good at? And that's the question that's happened on every issue we've covered on our show.

[Third Person]

Chrissy is on a roll lately...

[uncitizen]

"..they're as American as any liberal is"

Hey man! Take that back! That's an insult!

[StAntKnee]

i’ll say. He gets it. Probably has gotten it the whole time he was slamming the T Party.

[Telepathic Intruder]

You know it’s getting bad when....

[EveningStar]

Chrissy is on a roll lately...

Kaiser? French? Tootsie? :-D

[uncitizen]

"The thing people didn't like, it wasn't the philosophy of communism they didn't like, it was the complete corruption of it,.."

oh yeah, that's it!

[knarf]

He’s the jitterbug to get the message out ... we’re (lib/dem) screwed ... let’s try to keep our faces as clean as we can... me first

[HokieMom]

I’m impressed with Matthew’s honesty.

[MeshugeMikey]

Kaiser,,Kaiser!

is he trying to TAINT the Tea Party Image or WHAT??

[latina4dubya]

is this really he? is this satire? i do not get it...

[clintonh8r]

Am I in Bizarro World?

[Zeneta]

CHRIS MATTHEWS;

“Too Old to Rock and Roll: Too Young to Die”

[GOPJ]

The thing people didn't like, it wasn't the philosophy of communism they didn't like, it was the complete corruption of it, the failure of it to deliver to working people. And that's what this system's doing right now. We can't control the deficit, we can't control the debt, we can't control the border. What is government good at?

It's almost like Matthews is starting to get it... very strange times.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Fred Gruber the person who defeated Cantor’s chairman had to pay $5,000 just for the privilege.

[Third Person]

The Bergdahl deal pushed him over the edge.

[TigersEye]

Is Matthews talking to himself on air now?

[nickcarraway]

Oh no, the replacement of people by replicants has started!

[LostInBayport]

He got the placebo pill today?

[kingattax]

this is nothing new for chrissy.

he’s like lucy holding the ball for charlie brown.

[Alberta's Child]

I think what really has these people shaken is that the sitting House majority leader and future Speaker of the House was toppled by some dude who financed his campaign with less money than he would have spent on a decent mid-sized SUV.

The whole idea of a "professional political class" should be unraveling here in the U.S., and I think leftists have the most to fear from that.