Posted on 02/08/2020 9:24:32 AM PST by Hojczyk
During MSNBC’s Friday night post-debate coverage, Hardball host Chris Matthews behaved like a man possessed, hellbent on informing all about the deadly dangers posed by communism and socialism, how concerns during the Cold War were real, and Bernie Sanders might not be looking to just remake America into a socialist country a la Denmark.
Something was up early on in the show as he praised Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) for having “had guts to talk about the issue of this campaign,” which “is that word socialism” as “some people” and “younger people like it,” but socialism wasn’t exactly what they think it is.
“[T]hose of us like me who grew up — who grew up in the Cold War and saw some aspects of it after visiting places like Vietnam like I have, seeing countries like Cuba, being there, I've seen what socialism is like. I don’t like it. Okay? It's not only not free. It doesn’t freaking work. It just doesn’t work,” he added.
Matthews had to sit back as self-described socialist Lawrence O’Donnell of The Last Word sang socialism’s praises because (supposedly) the “only place” without capitalism was North Korea and “every other place is a mixed economy.” O’Donnell added that “the word doesn't scare people the way it did in the 1950s, 1960s.”
New weekend MSNBC Live host Alicia Menendez was the only panelist to even stray in Matthews’s direction, questioning whether a Sanders nomination would “be scary to Venezuelans and to Cubans in Florida.”
But by 11:08 p.m. Eastern, Matthews had enough, beginning his bender with the basic reality “that the Democratic Party has to figure out its ideology” and providing a brief history of early 20th century British politics.
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Yep, just saw this and its shockingly good.
Chris Matthews is a hard-core Clinton supporter. He even slammed Obama years ago when that liberal idiot couldn’t name Obama accomplishments as a Senator.
Chris Matthews is getting ready for Hillary 2020.
They all are. Bernie is the only one who is honest about it.
Some Bernie supporters really think there is going to be a French Revolution with guillotines after he wins.
Democrats badmouthing socialism.
It’s Bizarro World.
“It doesn’t freaking work. It just doesn’t work”
That is the essence of the argument against socialism/communism.
If you love misery, it’s a great system.
So is Matthews a free marketer now?
Matthews isn’t opposed to communism. He just wants to ensure it’s implemented correctly; and by the right person.
Guess socialism ane communism are only tingle worthy if the words are spoken from a teleprompter
Leftists like matthews built this Frankenstein monster and now it is out of control.
I just wish the leftists policies would only affect leftists and their ilk. They should be forced to live with the affects of the policies they advocate.
JoMa
This is all very confusing. I don’t know whether to send Matthews a MAGA hat or a Hillary button.
Chris Matthews once subbed for Rush (This really happened).
Pissy Chrissie, what a loon.
It's a sad fact that many people would prefer to see their neighbor equally miserable, than to have their life improve, but their neighbor's improve even more.
"Is like Gorky says in 'Lower Depths'. Quote: 'Miserable being must find more miserable being. Then is happy.' Unquote."
During MSNBC’s Friday night post-debate coverage, Hardball host Chris Matthews behaved like a man possessed, hellbent on informing all about the deadly dangers posed by communism and socialism, how concerns during the Cold War were real, and Bernie Sanders might not be looking to just remake America into a socialist country a la Denmark.
Something was up early on in the show as he praised Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) for having “had guts to talk about the issue of this campaign,” which “is that word socialism” as “some people” and “younger people like it,” but socialism wasn’t exactly what they think it is.
“[T]hose of us like me who grew up — who grew up in the Cold War and saw some aspects of it after visiting places like Vietnam like I have, seeing countries like Cuba, being there.
I've seen what socialism is like. I don’t like it. Okay? It's not only not free. It doesn’t freaking work. It just doesn’t work,” he added.
Last but not least: Were pigs flying by and over while this was being said and happening:
They are terrified of a Bernie nomination it is doom for them in Nov.
The orders have gone out from DNC establishment:
Destroy Bernie..
Yep.
If any of these pseudo-intellectual self-satisfied morons like Lawrence O’Donnell want to live in a Socialist / Communist country, then they should get the hell out of my country and move to Venezuela, North Korea, or wherever their ignorance takes them. Embracing / defending Marxism is actually a very good indicator of stupidity.
Let’s revisit O’Donnell’s ‘professionalism’:
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