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Chris Matthews Compares Sarah Palin To Gaddafi: “She Just Doesn’t Know The World Around Her”

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If you thought you heard the last from Chris Matthews today after being called out by Michael Reagan and reviewed by The Washington Post, well think again because today on Hardball he was leading the charge on a brand new Sarah Palin hit parade. With the assist from liberal commentators Cynthia Tucker and David Corn, the subject of tell-all books on Palin was the invitation for Matthews, Tucker and Corn to unleash fire.

Matthews, clearly enjoying the conversation, described the segment as the “candy” of the evening. Tucker agreed and said “I love the fact that this woman is so confident in her ignorance.” In the final moments, after all had a good laugh, Matthews allowed each an opportunity to provide a parting shot at the Mama Grizzly with their answer to his question of whether Palin would be running for President. Tucker adamantly said no, concluding “she’s damaged goods.” Corn waffled a bit, saying “I thought she wouldn’t but then – everytime I read about her, she seems so self-centered that I don’t know how she could pass up this opportunity.”

Matthews though, possibly eager to remind all that on his show no one gets to bash Palin louder than him, in the final thirty seconds suggested that Palin would not run because “I don’t think this carnival act is going to sell.” Furthermore, Matthews jokingly compared Palin to Moammar Gaddafi, since just like him “she just doesn’t know the world around her.” However, just to alleviate some of the anger he might receive from such a comment, Matthews clarified saying “I don’t think she’s as bad as him.”

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  • TfT

    Meltdown

    Matthews and his woman hating act is old, very old, and boring, very boring.

    Comcast must be so proud.

  • Greg

    Will look to Lou Moammar for comment.

  • WCinWI

    The funny stuff is that Matthews always talks about incivility but then does stuff like this, repetitively.

    Too many pot meet kettle moments, methinks.

  • ImNotBlue

    Now THAT’S what I call “journalism.”

    Or not.

  • http://www.libertarianism.com/ Jack Burns

    “She Just Doesn’t Know The World Around Her”

    Ahhh, can you say ……Projection???

  • greg454

    I’m surprised, I thought the liberals like Gaddafi, I mean, what’s not to love? He’s arab, he’s brown, he’s Muslim, he hates America as much as you do, he’s a victim of colonization and imperialism… Gee liberals, you’re turning against your friend? Aw.

    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/

  • The Real Royal King

    TfT said:
    Meltdown Matthews and his woman hating act is old, very old, and boring, very boring. Comcast must be so proud.

    Nothing hateful here. He is simply saying that Palin is impervious to history, to events around her, to people around in the same fashion Gaddifi is. That’s demonstrably true, and not only true about Palin and Gaddifi, but also all wholly self-absorbed people.

  • ImNotBlue

    Royal is the picture of modesty.

  • Obeezy

    Not a day goes by that he doesn’t out crazy the crazies

  • Greg

    The Real Royal King said:
    Nothing hateful here. He is simply saying that Palin is impervious to history, to events around her, to people around in the same fashion Gaddifi is. That’s demonstrably true, and not only true about Palin and Gaddifi, but also all wholly self-absorbed people.

    Lou Sarah self absorbed? It’s not like she created a secret Facebook page where she commented “Amen” on the posts of her official page, “like”ed herself and recommended links to her own op-eds. Self absorbed… as if!

  • jim bronson 990cc

    I wonder if Gaddifi ever e-mailed: “I hate this damn job”.

  • bobmoses

    Nothing more impressive than three mindless partisans snickering about someone they hate.

  • BadGenome

    Chris Matthews is a lot like Albert Fish, only not quite as bad. Probably. Maybe.

  • bobmoses

    Greg –

    You have to find something more petty to complain about if you want to really let us know how much of your life you spend combing through Sarah Palin’s facebook page.

    Look, she isn’t going to run for anything, she isn’t looked at as a leader by many conservatives and she hasn’t done or said anything as remotely hateful as what Matthews and the other hypocrites say about her. One of the groups from which she is making lots of money are the obsessed losers who hate her, yet inhale every utterance she makes.

    I just can’t imagine why you would waste so much time going to her facebook page if you don’t like her. Seriously, evaluate yourself.

  • bobmoses

    I like how obsessed Palin haters think it is somehow more noble it is for them to be “Palin-absorbed” than it is for her to be “self-absorbed”.

    Almost all politicians are “self-absorbed”.

    Almost no people devote so much of their lives to someone who they hate. That is the abnormal behavior.

  • cjd ohio 1

    not a palin fan, why are people quoting e-mails that they never seen

  • notsofast

    Truly amazing. The Middle East is ablaze and Matthews want to talk about SP.

    LOL

  • notsofast

    jim bronson 990cc said:
    I wonder if Gaddifi ever e-mailed: “I hate this damn job”.

    I wonder if you ever had a job, son.

  • notsofast

    ImNotBlue said:
    Royal is the picture of modesty.

    He has much to be modest about!

  • Greg

    bobmoses said:
    Greg –

    You have to find something more petty to complain about if you want to really let us know how much of your life you spend combing through Sarah Palin’s facebook page.

    Look, she isn’t going to run for anything, she isn’t looked at as a leader by many conservatives and she hasn’t done or said anything as remotely hateful as what Matthews and the other hypocrites say about her. One of the groups from which she is making lots of money are the obsessed losers who hate her, yet inhale every utterance she makes.

    I just can’t imagine why you would waste so much time going to her facebook page if you don’t like her. Seriously, evaluate yourself.

    Bob,

    I am what is called a concerned citizen. I work, get home, make dinner and then read for a few hours. Tonight I came across an interesting article about a public figure who regularly injects herself into politics; she is a paid pundit who lashes nastily at our executive. The article documents the her use of social media for self praise. Despite your conjecture I am efficient and productive, spend nearly zero time on Facebook and reserve hatred for the most vile few. I evaluate myself often and find no problem with synthesizing events when attempting public commentary. Such a task appears noble when stacked next to an ill informed rebuke fashioned to protect those who’ only goals are self promotion and federal devolution. Cheers!

  • gar

    bobmoses said:
    Greg – You have to find something more petty to complain about if you want to really let us know how much of your life you spend combing through Sarah Palin’s facebook page. Look, she isn’t going to run for anything, she isn’t looked at as a leader by many conservatives and she hasn’t done or said anything as remotely hateful as what Matthews and the other hypocrites say about her. One of the groups from which she is making lots of money are the obsessed losers who hate her, yet inhale every utterance she makes. I just can’t imagine why you would waste so much time going to her facebook page if you don’t like her. Seriously, evaluate yourself.

    You hit it right on the head. She’s such a nonstory except for people like Mathews who needs to deflect from important issues. The exposure of Democrats running scared is mind boggling.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    The difference between FOX and the Leftstream Media is that FOX will explain something like the pernicious relationship between PUBLIC unions who elect politicians with mandated dues, and those unions negotiating tax-payer funded contracts with those same politicians.

    The Leftstream Media will simply call the person making that connection a RACIST!

    Mr. Obama, what happened to:
    “Elections Matter!” – Hypocrite!

    This battle is enjoined for the type of future this country will have – preference & control where Government selects winners at the expense of the majority – like the Middle East tyrannies – or free enterprise.

  • Greg

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    The difference between Progressive Media and the Corporate Media is that the Progressives will explain something like the pernicious relationship between PUBLIC officials support for deregulation and privatization and donations made by large financial firms, and those officials negotiating to transform tax-payer funded programs into a private financial windfall for the few.

    The Corporate media will simply call the person making that connection a COMMUNIST!

    Mr. Norbit, what happened to:
    “‘W’ strategized that democracy would spread like wildfire once Irag was free, and he was SPOT-ON!” – Hypocrite!

  • treecutter

    notsofast said:
    Truly amazing. The Middle East is ablaze and Matthews want to talk about SP. LOL

    It says alot about where Tingles is at ratings wise. I mean he really can’t hate Sarah palin that much, because if he does he needs some help. I think he knows the left that watch his show and they love when he denegrates conservative women. I would love to see some butt ugly orca fat conservative woman-no better yet a black conservative woman and see how he talks about her.

  • WildMan

    Chris Matthews is the biggest LOSER in media…PERIOD. Chrissy on his Softball show talking with two more losers, Gossip Wonk Cynthia Tucker and Goofy David Corn, badmouthing Sarah Palin like the COWARD Chrissy is. I’d love to see Sarah’s husband run into this wimpy girlieboy Chris one day. Chrissy’s knees would be knocking so loudly everyone would think bombs were dropping in Washington DC. Chris Matthews is a joke, a jefk and a yokell. He is in all honesty too pathetic to be in front of a TV camera with his made up type of history. That Clinton thing last night was a joke. The 2 hour President program on the History Channel was a billion times better, errrrrr, a trillion times better. Sorry, I wasn’t doing the math too good.

    Chris Matthews try growing the hell up you spittle spewing wimp.

  • OxyCon

    Tucker agreed and said “I love the fact that this woman is so confident in her ignorance.”

    That’s pretty good coming from someone who has to swallow an entire bottle of ginkgo biloba just to reach the threshold of a three digit IQ.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    The Real Royal King said:
    That’s demonstrably true, and not only true about Palin and Gaddifi, but also all wholly self-absorbed people.

    RRKING realizing . My self absorbtion is absolutely Stephensonian in it’s stupidity .

  • Grammie

    Jon, if you want to do a piece on some really sizzling political analysis how about the first panel segment on Baier tonight.

    Krauthammer literally flayed BHO alive with no giggling gimmicky asinine comparisons such as legs seems compelled to do now with pure analysis.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    What an insult – to Gaddafi.

  • BlueBunny

    Greg said:
    Lou Sarah self absorbed? It’s not like she created a secret Facebook page where she commented “Amen” on the posts of her official page

    This was a good laugh today.Poor sister Sarah her chickens are going to come home to roost sooner than later.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    RRKING realizing . My self absorbtion is absolutely Stephensonian in it’s stupidity .

    Yes it is

  • http://www.swissarmyjew.com Keeva

    The Real Royal King said:
    Nothing hateful here. He is simply saying that Palin is impervious to history, to events around her, to people around in the same fashion Gaddifi is. That’s demonstrably true, and not only true about Palin and Gaddifi, but also all wholly self-absorbed people.

    Really? I am absolutely not a fan of Palin’s, but comparing her to a murderous, bloody, brutal, insane dictator is over the line and on out the door. She is a lot of things, but none of those. Matthews seriously departed the realm of appropriate criticism and went a little beyond Beck with this one.

    As I said, I have no liking for Palin, and have called her a number of things, but I would not consider ever comparing her to someone like Gaddafi. Or Hitler for that matter. I would not compare any American politician to those types.

    notsofast said:
    Truly amazing. The Middle East is ablaze and Matthews want to talk about SP.

    Gotta agree there. What a maroon!

  • Greg

    BlueBunny said:
    This was a good laugh today.Poor sister Sarah her chickens are going to come home to roost sooner than later.

    She is a special woman… glad we have her.

  • Gasket
  • Heywood Jablowme

    Little Chrissie, with the shaking in his leg and his Nazi-inspired hairdo, is the perfect leftwinger: stupid as a log, dumber than a rock (sorry, rocks!), and his show is rated lower than “The New Vegetarian Bar-be-Q Oven” on some infomercial at 3 AM.

    How does anyone watch his show without laughing? He has the same guests on (Richard Wolffe with his enormous head; David Corn, who is a Marxist fruitcake; and Eugene Robinson, who makes morons look bright by comparison) to massage his tremendous ego, and he mangles the few facts he tries to talk about.

    I want to see Obama lose next November just so I can see Chris Matthews go to the top of Rockefeller Center and jump off.

  • CosmosDan

    Chris Matthews. One more , I’ll say stupid shit for money, pundit.

  • Latin2

    lol…Chris Matthews is the TRUE representation of a typical Liberal Democrat…INSANE MOTHERFU**ERS who say the darnest things…LOL

  • Probably NOT wrong

    Tingles Matthews, David Corn, and Cynthia Tucker on
    at the same time! Was it ugly time at MSNBC???
    You have got to be kidding me.
    COMCAST doen’t care about rfatings, obviously!
    Strange!!!

  • Who is Salacious Crumb

    You can always tell who the nut-bars are by the extremity of their pro or con obsession with Palin.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    so the MSNBC roolz:
    it’s ok to compare Bush to Hilter.
    it’s bad (and racist) to compare Obama to Hitler.
    it’s ok to compare Palin to Gaddafi.

    got it.

    so, has any of this helped his ratings, yet?

  • Probably NOT wrong

    sarainitaly said:
    so the MSNBC roolz:it’s ok to compare Bush to Hilter.it’s bad (and racist) to compare Obama to Hitler.it’s ok to compare Palin to Gaddafi. got it. so, has any of this helped his ratings, yet?

    Nah! No help with the ratings
    Waiting now to see the ratings for his
    circle jerk with BJ Clinton and friends!

  • mibwilso

    SHOCKER: Cable Opinion Host Shares Opinion!!

    Cmon Mediaite. This is not worth a headline. It’s not news that ppl on MSNBC said mean things about Sarah Palin. Nor would it be a shock if Sean Hannity attacked Barack Obama.

  • Color Me Badd

    Just when you thought Sarah Palin couldn’t get anymore pathetic. I wonder if she trolls on Mediaite, which one of you are Sarah?

    I am going with Sara In Italy.

    Sarah in Alaska=Sara In Italy.

  • Color Me Badd

    Who is Salacious Crumb said:
    You can always tell who the nut-bars are by the extremity of their pro or con obsession with Palin.

    Ain’t that the truth.

  • ImNotBlue

    Color Me Badd said:
    Ain’t that the truth.

    she said, completely missing the irony.

  • Pablo

    Greg said:
    The article documents the her use of social media for self praise.

    Speculation is not documentation.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    ImNotBlue said:
    she said, completely missing the irony.

    HA! love it.

  • lane

    Mathews career seems to be falling almost as quickly as Quadafi’s regime of terror. Denial comes in many forms….

    How’s those ratings going Mathews? Cynthia, how’s your newspaper sales and online ads? That’s the sound of no one watching/listening. Very, very quiet.

  • writer

    The King often finds it necessary to go on hate-filled, psychotic rants, in order to prove that the left is the caring and compassionate side.

  • gene

    I am appalled at how the media treats politicians or anyone that they want to degrade. We have slipped a lot
    from the persona, respect and class of those who gave ‘U.S.’ this great country. It reminds me of my days in
    grade school when kids would be ridiculed. Today, we’ve taught them to ‘Bully’ and this is no different.

  • butchbarb

    We know poor Chris can’t admit that Obama has never known what is going on around him. The teleprompter loader does all of the work. Obama just reads the comments. If Obama knew what was going on he would stay out of the states business and worry only about the federal mess he has created.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-Adler/1420650301 Jay Adler

    Here is a list of reasons why Chris Mathews and his band of onion sniffing Liberals should pick a new Patsy rather than Sarah Palin, an unwelcomed tactic that is outdated, like watching Chico and the man episodes.

    1. Sarah Palin is a beautiful woman in politics and you are not

    2. Sarah Palin is very popular and one day may get us some oil, you won’t

    3. Sarah Palin has more money in her cookie jar than you have to your name, she can’t be stupid.

    4. Sarah Palin hands out more in tips in a few days than you make.

    5. If you were to go off the air tomorrow, nobody would know while if Sarah Palin wins the nomination she will be in every conversation in the world

    6. Don’t go way mad, just go.If you can dish it out to her, be prepared to have viewers dishing it out to you.Fair.

  • J Baustian

    Chris Matthews: possibly the most clueless dunce in America.

  • joleary

    Palin doesn’t have the street smarts, book smarts, emotional smarts, or simple integrity to be taken seriously as a national candidate. She’s damaging the GOP brand, which is driving strategists like Rove crazy.

    Hey, how come most of Shneider’s posts have a conservative bias?

  • gene

    Palin did good in Alaska. She drove out corrupt Repubs/Demos; took the oil royalties away from them
    and now the ‘people’ receive such. There are many other good things she did in Alaska & she is Pro
    making ‘U.S.’ energy independant. Energy is a National Security Issue and the answer to our
    Economic Issues. Drill for all energy answers and JOBS, BABY, JOBS will insue.

    Palin: I do not think she will run for President nor do I think she is ready.

    Obama: I did not think he was ready.

    My pick for the Repubs in 2012 is Allen West, Fla.

  • CAconservative

    The Chris Matthews soap-opera show continues. Don’t want to discuss the obvious criminally economic fleecing of America by the governmental bureaucracy, or the wholesale theft of tax money by illegal aliens, or the crumbling infrastructure and why this government has allowed it to become a crisis, oh hell no, let’s talk about a little women in Alaska?!! That’s the priority of this schmuck, and rest of the cellar dwellers at MSNBC.

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