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Chris Matthews: Tea Party Is Like The Bully In Class Beating Up Kids For The Good Lunch

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Chris Matthews expressed disappointment with President Obama’s inability to stand up to the Tea Party and wondered whether Obama could potentially fear a primary challenge from his disgruntled liberal base? Jonathan Chait from The New Republic and Cynthia Tucker from The Atlanta-Journal Constitution shared Matthews worry that politically this was not good for Obama, yet on policy, they both seemed to comfort Matthews that actually “it’s not that bad.”

Tucker was most critical of Obama for fundamentally misunderstanding how little control Speaker of the House John Boehner truly had over his caucus, and questioned the wisdom of wasting time negotiating and playing golf with him. She insisted that the Tea Party members of Congress were “irresponsible extremists” and that Obama needed to be a better poker player who simply demanded a clean debt ceiling increase bill. Matthew concluded:

“How is this behavior by the right, any different than the bully in the classroom going up to the kid who got the good lunch and says ‘give me your lunch or I’ll beat you up?’”

The analogy reminded both Tucker and Matthews of tales from their youth and how each confronted their childhood bully. Tucker suggested a bully will keep coming after you until you finally say “no more.” And Matthews offered up his own remedy: nearly choking his bully to death in order to stop “getting trouble” from him. Lesson learned, crossing “give Chris Matthews trouble” off of my “to-do list” for this week

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  • Anonymous

    Hey Chris, how’s the thrill up your leg today?

  • Michelle

    Stop your whining Tingles!  When you whine, you spit even more.

  • Anonymous

    Biden said today the Tea Party members were acting like terrorists .

    Biden and Matthews are literally morons .

    The Tea Party are patriotic Americans trying to save the country from corrupt old hacks like Biden and Matthews .

  • Anonymous

    Chrissy, did ya miss the group of “tolerant” libs that had to be arrested today on Capitol Hill???  You can’t escape the fact that libs/progs/dems operate at the maturity level of 9th graders. 

  • Anonymous

    Ironic that the only people they ever refer to as “terrorists” are the American people.

  • http://www.facebook.com/arizonashooter Arizona Shooter

    This is a stupid arguement. The Tea Party isn’t trying to take anyones money. They are the good kid in school fighting the bully shaking down the kids for their lunch money. Exactly what is the Tea Party trying to take? They are trying to stop taking from the earners and giving to the takers. Mathews and these people on his panel are asshats.

  • Anonymous

    So what is it? The Tea Party isn’t really a party or a movement, they have no power and YET now they are to blame for stalling/upsetting/holding hostage the debt talks- supposedly seasoned, well connected, old school politicians, couldn’t handle a few freshman colleagues? Is that what the WH and Democrats are saying?

  • Anonymous

    Matthews interrupted his show about misogyny and man-crushes to tell you that the teaparty sucks. This is noteworthy? 

  • Anonymous

    “The Extremists have won!” – “The Extremists have won!” hide your children!  Sometimes Matthews’ analogies are just hilarious. Now if he were talking about the overbearing liberal machine backed by the media as the bullies taking our money, it would have made a lot more sense. After all who has the power to demand more money of ours to go in other people’s pockets?

  • unmutual

    It’s funny how the Tea Party was inconsequential to the left just a little while ago. And now they are the big bully.

  • Michelle

    I sent that to Mediaite, let’s see if they ignore it.

  • Anonymous

    Yawn, another liberal getting a wedgie over the Tea Party. Did all the democrats in Washington disappear or something?

  • JoeJ

    Is anybody here as tired of that whiney idiot Howard Fiuneman as I am?

  • JoeJ

    Is anybody here as tired of that whiney idiot Howard Fiuneman as I am?

  • JoeJ

    Fineman? whatever!
    Man, Tingles is doing some extra slobbering and spitting tonight!
    Glad I am not sitting across from him.

  • SNAPTIE

    Chrissy Matthews,the second hour. It’s only getting worst his character assassinations now that the House passed the bill. Do you have no shame Chrissy? He claims the Republicans only position is to attack.Really Chrissy?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    CVS.

  • Anonymous

    Sorry Chris: You lost. Get over it. I guess the trill is gone , now?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    13 extreme rightist posters above. Each one more hate-filled than his or her predecessor. Now e know why the country is in the toilet. Hate-filled extreme rightists.

  • Anonymous

    We’re in the toilet because of people like you.

  • Anonymous

    I think the “extremists” were arrested in Washington today for throwing a hissy fit protest weren’t they???

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Yes, we all know thought, expression, speech terrify you.

  • Anonymous

    Chris Matthews: Tea Party Is Like The Bully In Class Beating Up Kids For The Good Lunch

    Did somebody take your lunch in school , Chris ?

    Wait . Is Ed Schultz or Maddow taking your lunch now ??

    Tell the boss !!!

  • Anonymous

    Seriously folks, one need only look at the evidence, democrats spend everyone elses money and they are proud to do it, they hold massive violent protests when they lose, they leave a freaking mess whenever more than 3 are gathered (see every protest site), they shout down the people that have different views and refuse to let them speak, they lie on purpose with wanton abandon, they claim everyone is a racist, homophobe,bigot or worse that disagrees with them.

    In reality, they are mean, nasty, selfish and immature people, simply awful human beings. It’s a shame, but it’s true.

    Chris Matthews belongs with these misfits, he is one of them.

  • Anonymous

    We don’t have hissy fit protests and get arrested in large numbers like you, you guys are famous for that. You’re immature slobs that take take and take and never contribute anything to society except other peoples money.

    The nation is rejecting you and yours.  

  • Anonymous

    We don’t have hissy fit protests and get arrested in large numbers like you, you guys are famous for that. You’re immature slobs that take take and take and never contribute anything to society except other peoples money.

    The nation is rejecting you and yours.  

  • Anonymous

    The only one on here full of hate on a daily basis is Robert (RRK/ProObamaAgenda) Stephenson .

    This vicious old queen drips with bile , staining his muu muu and scaring his cats .

  • Anonymous

    Please.. The Tea Party lost, big time. Progs are pretending otherwise so that next year they can claim, “hey, we tried it their way, and we’re in the same boat, worse even”.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    It’s how the war in Viet Nam ended. Civil Rightts were won. The GREAT Silent Majority, not so Silent when our nation demands it be released from righist shackles and parochialism.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    So, you have nothing substnative to offer?

  • Anonymous

    LOL

    Yeah, if I got cudgeled that badly that’s what I would say. Every heard of “rationalization?” Look it up.

  • Anonymous

    Poor Chris- the adults won the vote and Chris is still talking about his middle-school “daze.”

  • http://games-survival.com Justplaythegame

    I was all for ending the VietNam war..I was never for insulting those that served our country… Extremist everywhere.. You dance with Jane Fonda, I just can’t

  • Anonymous

    I went back through to find the “hateful” and “extreme”. Help me out, I didn’t find much. Not even close.

  • Chris Matthews idiot

    Chris Matthews (including MSNBC) is White House’s b**ch

  • Anonymous

    He’s unclear (as are the idiot lefties here) on the concept of “vote”. We have a simple system, we have our representatives vote on these things, if they win they win, if they lose they lose. That’s what Barry said too, “We won”, remember?

    Elections have consequences Chrissy, so quit crying like a child and go back to what you and your team are best at, lying cheating stealing, obfuscating etc.

  • realheadline

    Mathews probably has a lot of experience getting beat up for his lunch money. This man once said on his show that he never went to grade school with a black person. Didn’t he grow up in Philly? What kind of an over privileged ass-wipe never went to school with a black person. No matter, there were plenty of white kids that would have taken his lunch money too.

  • Anonymous

     I can replace those shattered windows in your glass house.

  • Arkansas Steve

    I’m not sure about your name buddy, but congratulations for pointing out the real BULLY.

  • Anonymous

    i’m sure you and your ilk kept you mouth shut when bills were passed after dems won the election, 
    http://voices.washingtonpost.com/health-care-reform/ right?

    or did you express yourself some other way?
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/28/congressman-spit-on-by-te_n_516300.html

  • Arkansas Steve

    Here’s something:  The word is substantive.
    It is spelled:  S U B S T A N T I V E
    I’d explain what it means, but you wouldn’t understand a substantive definition.

  • Anonymous

    Pay no attention to that much louder, much more widely distributed ‘Extremist Leftist Hate’ coming from George Soros, Pauline Krugman, Ed Schultz, Christine Matthews, Mika ‘I Want You’ Brazinskee, Bill Maher, et al.

    Hate-filled…all of them. Hate-filled Leftists.

    I am pleased that this ordeal necessarily will ensure Brick Obamo’s exit 16 months hence. I will be happily glued to MSNBC when that happens. God, will that be fun.

  • http://twitter.com/BarneyFranken Barney Frankenstein

    Idiots like Matthews will never understand that the more you attack and try to falsely characterize the tea party as terrorists or bullies, the more you swell their ranks and galvanize their cause.

    Don’t forget, the tea party is mainstream, as shown in the 2010 elections. Its liberalism that is fringe.

    Only 20% of the country is self proclaimed “liberal” vs 42% conservative.

    http://www.gallup.com/poll/141032/2010-conservatives-outnumber-moderates-liberals.aspx

    Considering that only 1 in 5 Americans are “liberal” they certainly are well represented in government and media aren’t they?

    But keep doing what you do, Chris. You are a great recruiter for the tea party, because if there is one thing that stirs passions the most it is when you become falsely accused of something. Thank you for reminding the tea party about what type of scumbag politics they oppose.

  • Fenngibbon

    I’m surprised Mediaite doesn’t have a mention of Matthews trying to link the Tea Partiers to the Giffords shooting.  Ever since Olbermann left/got canned/whatever Matthewsm, for some unfathomable reason, has decided to become D-bag Supreme at MSNBC. 

  • Anonymous

    Stupid analogy.
    Bullies are not outnumbered.

    Chris, I had a nice taste of Smerconish last week.  You are really beginning to tire me.

     

  • labman57

    Tea partiers don’t mind that their “scorched earth” approach to the federal budget would result in municipal, county, and state services being decimated.

    Your needs are minimal when you live in a cave.

  • insideguy

     If you look at this bill its really a nothing bill. I think the libs are upset because of a philosophical reason. There are no true cuts its a joke the debt will continue to grow at a massive rate. The complexity of it all boggles the mind. I really think that this is just a little battle and the war is going to happen when they start working on the 2012 budget. 900 billion over 10 years is like pissing on a fire. Just the fed debt is 1.5 trillion a year and will go up. We are spending 1.5 trillion dollars a year more than we are bringing in and its only going to increase. I cannot see how this can be solved without raising revenue in some way. Whether it be tax reform or raising taxes or both.

  • insideguy

     I meant deficit not debt sorry.

  • Dflojak

    SMD (suck my d@@k)) kingy

  • Dflojak

    Fear brings out the worst in progressives, so they then begin the name calling. They are scared this group of americans who are tired of big government and wasteful spending are going to continue to take hold of both right, left and independent voters, so they have to refer to them, in order now, as white trash, morons, racists, terrorists, insane extremists. Except, they’re really middle america making a stand against both parties.

  • Anonymous

    Libs are just so damn predictable and boring.

  • insideguy

    and I know there are other cuts coming that could make it reach 2.4 trillion but this is all conjecture and hope. What happens if we have another war? Or some other emergency worldwide. All of it get thrown our the window, I don’t know this is all just plain insane.

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  • Dflojak

    Wow, I guess all the talking heads at msnbc got it wrong, slip me your phone number and I’ll have larry and Christ call you up so you can straighten them out.

  • Dflojak

    Or you have your head up your arse. Scorched earth, how quaint, I guess we’ll just continue to shovel the future into the obama socialist hole in America and not worry about the future anymore, the messiah will save us.

  • Dflojak

    Lower spending, lower spending, cut spending, cut bad programs, stop fraud. Why can’t we start there, and then when we’ve cut out the chaffe, and we need money, we can address taxes. Although revamping the tax system probably should be addressed early on. Flat tax anyone.

  • RDD
  • insideguy

    eh I don’t know Dflojak. Listening to these guys talk and try to explain this thing its seems all they are doing is moving money from one point to another,no progress lots a CAPS and conjecture. I can see Tax reform maybe occurring in the long term future, but I can never see a flat tax going anywhere.

  • RDD

    http://youtu.be/ZvUIsbksNEo
    MSM: ‘Satan Sandwich’ v. Real Econ.
    The media has been all over the “sugar-coated Satan Sandwich”. Who
    cares!? What they should be talking about instead of sandwiches and
    Grover Norquist tweets, is the way the debt deal will change America.
    We’ll take a look and then tell you about a new poll from the Hill that
    finds one third of likely voters think America’s best days are over.

  • Lou_sarah

    And, fortunately, just like all class bullies, they’ll wind up desperate and pathetic losers surviving on their trade school education.

  • NeverWrong

    I listened to whiny old Chris Matthews for a bit today and all he did was cry like a little 6 year old kid being pushed around by all the other kids. He has become more immature than ever, and that is saying alot since he has always been #1 @ whining, crying and throwing little sissified, girlieboy temper tantrums. How much longer is Comcast going to allow the present cast of juvenile socialist talking heads presently on the docket at msnbc stay making msnbc look like a Kindergarten class is running the show? From Republican Conservative turncoat traitor, Joe Blowhard in the Morning and his goofy sidekick Mika Airhead to Martin Batschitt, to Dylan ‘Screamin’ Idiot’ Ratigan to Chrissy ‘Tingles & Thrills’ Matthews to Racist, Bigot Al NotVerySHARPton to Lawrence ‘Socialist Commie’ O’Donnell to Rachael ‘Huh???’ Madcow to the ol’ Overfed Redhead Ed Schultzie it can’t get any worse. LSDnbc is like a zoo of childish monkey’s throwing their own version of a cow pattie at the TV camera. I won’t let my 1 year old son and my 116 year old Great, Great Grandmother watch such childish trash. Hell, I won’t even let any of my Sigma Chi Brothers or any of my former teammates watch such trash. PMSnbc really needs to clean their act up.

  • Anonymous

    You mean like the formation of a Tea Party as a backlash to Obama and his policies?

  • Anonymous

    I would characterize the barrage of spending that increased one trillion dollars in three years as “scorched earth” policy. The Tea Partiers demanding responsibility..not so much.

  • Anonymous

    Who is Chris Matthews?

  • RDD

    99er: ‘We Are Living in a 3rd World America’
    Congress did not include any extension in this debt deal for
    unemployment benefits, meaning the 99 week program will expire at the
    end of this year. And anyone who loses their job after July 1 of this
    year will only get 20 to 26 weeks of unemployment. Rhonda Taylor,
    Advocate for the 99ers National discusses.

    http://youtu.be/Xk56WBQMwJo

  • BR

    He uses the word, “bully” a lot.  I have a feeling that both he and Olbermann had miserable childhoods.

  • Anonymous

    Show me were Conservatives called the Dems terrorists.

    I’ll wait for your answer.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

    What is the major objection to the flat tax…  if personal exemptions are allowed and set at a level to protect those who live at poverty level and below…  how is this less fair than the current system?  Why should we have 50% of the electoriate have no skin whatsoever in the game? 

  • Anonymous

    Absolutely right. The liberals complain about the wealthy not paying their “fair share” whereas under our progessive tax system the highest earning 1% of the population pays 34% of the total tax burden while earning approximately 22% of the money. What do they want, a steeper curve than we already have?

  • Anonymous

    Is that all you’ve got, your majesty? Oh, right, I shouldn’t really expect much more.

  • Anonymous

    You guys sure change your tune when it’s a Tea Party protest. Then it’s no longer free speech, it’s racism or worse, TERRORISM!

  • insideguy

     No I don’t care if they do the flat tax. Im just being a realist and cannot fathom a huge tax reform movement like that. Honestly it would be one of the biggest changes in policy in this country since the civil rights act. Possibly even bigger than that. And the way congress is these days they cant even agree that earth is round so I just cant see a deal like that getting any traction. But who knows.

  • Anonymous

    WTG Tea Party. You really have the progressives rattled. You know when this
    happens you are on the right course.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    i don’t want to speak for  rep. emanuel cleaver but i think he would have rather been called a terrorist in exchange for being spit on.

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