Chris Matthews' 'Nightmare':'Right-wing Boys & Girls Singing Praise for Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin'

NewsBusters ^ | 08/28/10 | Noel Sheppard

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

The hatred for Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and Americans that don't agree with the current direction of this nation was dripping from Chris Matthews' lips Friday evening.

In a show filled with falsehoods and anti-Conservative rants that should even embarrass folks at MSNBC, the "Hardball" host concluded by once again attacking one of the most popular radio and television personalities in the country along with the former governor of Alaska.

Of the "Restoring Honor" rally to be held in Washington, D.C., Saturday, Matthews asked, "Can we imagine if [Martin Luther] King were physically here tomorrow, today, were he to reappear tomorrow on the very steps of the Lincoln Memorial?"

The MSNBCer disgustingly answered his own question, "I have a nightmare that one day a right-wing talk show host will come to this spot, his people`s lips dripping with the words 'interposition' and 'nullification.'"

Matthews continued practically seething venom, "Little right-wing boys and little right-wing girls joining hands and singing their praise for Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. I have a nightmare" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Let me finish tonight with those few lines from the Martin Luther King speech of 1963.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., CIVIL RIGHTS ICON: But not only that, let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MATTHEWS: Dr. King was talking about the founding place of the KKK, Stone Mountain. The site of the Scottsboro Boys trial -- Lookout Mountain.

This was 1963, never forget. The civil rights bill was a year away. Lunch counters and gas station restrooms were still for whites only, so were hotels and restaurants throughout the South. I remember myself seeing those white-only signs along the highway heading south during a spring break. I remember seeing one still there when I went to rural Louisiana to train for the Peace Corps.

There was a hard divide in this country back then. On one side stood the people who believed in the power of the federal government to do the right thing, especially when state governments, local governments and local businesses persisted in doing the wrong thing or doing nothing.

It was the time when governors like Ross Barnett of Mississippi and George Wallace of Alabama stood up to keep their universities white only.

A time when people used terms like "nullification" and "interposition," who claimed the right to obstruct the federal government, to act even when Congress passed a law.

Today, we hear the echoes of those voices, people calling for nullification. Even secession gets a call from those who just don`t like the federal government and certainly don`t like the man leading it.

Tomorrow, those who thrill to such words are heading here to Washington. They`re heading directly to the Lincoln Memorial, site of the Martin Luther King speech. The main speaker is the man who said this about this country`s first African-American president.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GLENN BECK, FOX NEWS HOST: This guy is, I believe, a racist. Look at the way -- look at -- look at the things that he has been surrounded by.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MATTHEWS: That is the man who comes to Lincoln`s feet to claim the mantle of Martin Luther King.

Can we imagine if King were physically here tomorrow, today, were he to reappear tomorrow on the very steps of the Lincoln Memorial?

I have a nightmare that one day a right wing talk show host will come to this spot, his people`s lips dripping with the words "interposition" and "nullification." Little right wing boys and little right wing girls joining hands and singing their praise for Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. I have a nightmare.

Many talked today about a religious center near Ground Zero being a desecration. What do you call this?

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Actually, the real desecration is what Matthews and his co-conspirators at MSNBC are doing to journalism.

Offering opinions about political figures and competitors on rival networks is one thing, but this constant invective aimed at Republicans and Fox News personalities coming from Matthews and virtually all the on air talent at MSNBC is getting totally out of control.

What Matthews did Friday evening isn't much different than what NewsBusters reported is now regularly being spewed by liberal radio talk show hosts.

Does MSNBC really want its programming to be at the same level as the hatred being uttered by the likes of Mike Malloy, Stephanie Miller, Randi Rhodes, Ron Reagan, Jr., and Montel Williams?

As Ed Schultz is now a part of MSNBC's prime time lineup, and is a regular emitter of some of the most vile rhetoric on the radio today, maybe the answer is "Yes."

Journalism be damned, I guess.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Ping!

[2ndDivisionVet]

You mean Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. the lifelong Republican? That MLK, Chrissy?

[Gene Eric]

Matthews is a divisive punk.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

“Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, mmm-mmm-mmm. Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, mmm-mmm-mmm.”

[Dick Bachert]

Sadly, the tingle that ran up little Chrissie’s leg during the Obama campaign went all the way up to his head, blowing his tiny vestigial brain out his left ear. Given the many times Chrissie has gladly taken it in the ear for his pals on the left, the size of that orifice made the blowout inevitable. The scar reveals that he DID have a transplant. Unfortunately, it was the cryogenically preserved brain of Lyndon Baines Johnson and turned out to be even smaller than the original organ, probably because – as with nearly ALL Democrats -- it had never been used.

[Bratch]

Journalism be damned, I guess.

But journOlism be praised, by godfrey! /s

[Don Corleone]

November cannot come too soon!

[TomasUSMC]

9/12 will be the real thing. No milk toast delivery. No PC. Real Deal. Everyone will be going now. Last Stand before the election. This was just the preseason game.

[sono]

Tweety’s real nightmare is that more folks attended Glenn Beck’s rally than watch Screwball on Screwball.

[Ronald_Magnus]

[Dilbert San Diego]

And Mathews said that Obama is the last Kennedy brother. He meant it as a tribute to Ted Kennedy and Obama, but still, this was such an idiotic statement that you wonder about someone who says such crazy things.

Is Chris unhinged?

I think Ed Schultz is unhinged sometimes.

Liberals charge that Rush Libaugh, Hannity, etc. rant and rave sometimes, but the liberals are a pot calling the kettle black to make such charges.

[guido911]

Then there was this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HMByO1RA4M

[VanDeKoik]

So when just waving MLK’s bloody shirt, they basically rip off of his body, wasn’t enough to scare people away, they just resort to parodying his speech for cheap political points?

[PLD]

This is a Pathetic hate filled man,is he so afraid we will get our country back to its Christian values he will go down in the filth to say awful things about God fearing people..Sorry Chris that you turned out the way you did..I wonder if you have an ulcer with all the vile things that churn up in your gut...Pray to God he is the only one that can save you in the end..Don't wait to long time is running out..

[p. henry]

I have a dream too. I have a dream that one day race merchants like Sharpton, Jackson, Obama and Matthews will stop sullying the memory and intellectual heritage of Martin Luther King. That one day they will stop subverting the future of the black community by convincing black children of the falsehood that they have no chance of succeeding in the greatest meritocracy the world has ever known. And that one day the Chris Matthews of the world will stop defaming their political opponents with false charges of racism and hate.

[The Bronze Titan]

one year later...

"Because of Obama - I now look like snookered fool!"

[A_Former_Democrat]

“Many talked today about a religious center near Ground Zero being a desecration. What do you call this?”

Why, I thought you believed in the First Amendment, Chris? “Freedom of religion” for radical Islam, remember? Oh and doesn’t the First Amendment also mention words like “speech” and “assembly”?

Waiting for your reply (after the tingles, of course)

[windsorknot]

Chris is always there to protect and defend Chance, the President.

[ronnyquest]

Remember the vehemently pro-government, anti-American news commentator in V for Vendetta? Yeah, this douchebag on MSNBC reminds me of him.