Posted on 12/08/2017 5:57:52 AM PST by MarvinStinson
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said Thursday that Democrats are setting such a high standard for personal property that they can only be criticized for their purity.
Matthews described the pain that Democrats went through to "sacrifice" the "respected" Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) in the service of purifying the party. Franken announced his resignation Thursday in the face of mounting allegations of groping, although he focused his speech on accusing Republicans of wrongdoing and insisting that he is not guilty.
Matthews ascribed Franken’s resignation to Democrats’ strong support of women’s rights, and he asked his guests if this would cause more Americans to support Democrats.
"Do you think the American public are now going to see the difference between the two parties?" he asked
Matthews explained by contrasting Democrats and Republicans, saying that the former group "expressed a belief in women’s rights" so strong that they were willing to force Franken's resignation. He pointed to Republicans such as former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who said Franken was treated wrongly, as evidence that Democrats have a higher standard.
Then he turned to MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson and said this episode could be an "education" for people that Democrats are "pure."
"I don't know how you can avoid the education in this. The worst you can say about Democrats is they're too pure," Matthews said. "That’s a stupid thing to say, but that's the worst thing you can say about them, these guys set too high a standard for public office."
Johnson laughed and agreed with Matthews’ assertion, saying that Democrats were setting the example for people to follow.
"I think this is wonderful because it is a standard that we should all be following," Johnson said.
He added that Democrats’ consistency on this issue will inspire voters.
"It increases enthusiasm, it makes people much more happy about the party—it may not bring any Republicans over, but it will certainly make Democrats much happier," Johnson said. "They can bring some attention and excitement to what might be Keith Ellison or the woman lieutenant governor in Minnesota running for that position."
Matthews has previously said he was "too tough" on former President Bill Clinton during his sex scandals, for which Clinton was impeached but not removed from office.
Pure evil.
I think the worse you can say about democrats is that too many of them are breathing.
You’re right, crusty chris, but pure WHAT?????
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
But Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones and many others would be glad to share their opinions.
They are too pure in their crooked ways.
These progressives in the propaganda media are so insane I wonder how they get through the day without being committed.
Full of bullstalin
Really. Tell me again who it is who needs a psychiatric examination.
If you look up “shill” in the dictionary, there’s a picture of Chrissy.
Is the jury still out on Bob Mernendez or do they even have the case yet? Funny how the fake news media isn’t interested.
I can’t find the photo of all the “pure” congressional democrats lining up behind Bubba during impeachment. I’d post it if I could.
The party of Clinton and Jesse Jackson too pure? LOL! That’s a good one
They are delusional.
They lie to themselves all the time.
The party without standards or ethics, doing whatever it takes to attempt to get elected, claiming that is “pure”.
What a joke!
Chris, go watch an old video of a speech by Obama and pleasure yourself.
Oh my..... I don't know what this boy's smoking but......just wow.
Juanita Broaddrick, Chris. Yeah, that situation was handled in a pure way, wasn’t it? Maybe you and all of your pure Democrat friends should revisit that.
I swear, when I hear the MSM these days, it’s just like listening to Radio Moscow back in USSR days. Pure, shameless BS.
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