Chris Matthews: Clinton Press Shop Composed of "Kneecappers"

[Pallindrom27]

Matthews wasn't saying anything that's NOT true here. Part of the Clinton Machine was devoted to ruthlessly "kneecapping" their opponents. Matthews was right all around in his observations about the animosity that this type of behavior generates. And remember that old saying"Be careful how you treat the people on your way UP, cause they're the same people that you'll be seeing on the way DOWN."

[NorsemanMI]

Love Matthews! He calls 'em like he sees them.

[straygypsy]

I'm convinced Mathews got his job by being related to someone in NBC. He sure as hell didn't get it by his merits. He is such a pathetic excuse for modern journalism and is the reason why FOX kicks ass.

[negrowithabrain]

chris matthews got a crush

[kevjo66]

Mathews is like a lovesick school girl around Obama.

[Rcoxx4u]

Hilary Clinton is a DISGRACE! She is not fit to be President

Obama 08!

[garyowen4ever]

hwen obama becomes president, chrissie will happily want to be his FRENCH MAID!

[jenniferann2]

Now politics is definintly being dictated by the media. I love it. Go left no go right. Go up no go down. It's going to be a long year.

[ctadman212]

As a journalist Chris Matthews does such a great job of being objective. I wonder who hes voting for?

[freedomman121]

He's a fan of Ron Paul.

[msosa721]

see Matthews' bash on Sen. Watson about Obama. I think he plays both sides of the table.

[freedomman121]

I'm not black, and I don't like rap, but this guy has it figured out: youtube. com/watch?v=zkEUda92a1c

[giub99]

How do all you ObamaBOTS feel now that your leader isn't even speaking his own words!

To quote Chris M., "HAAA!"

[frellthat]

"Mr. Patrick, an Obama supporter, has dismissed the copycat charges as bogus since he has helped the campaign with speechwriting and he and Obama are close friends." - The Washington Times

[DominicMetal1979]

We need a true moral leader, like Huckabee.

I'm sorry if that offends the gays, but if they'd stop their immoral BEHAVIOR, no one would have anything against them.

[annarboriter]

But then the conservatives would have to go to the effort of finding yet another group to marginalize and scapegoat.

[freedomman121]

Huckabee is an extremist. And your views are sick. How does someone being gay harm you or yours? We need to grow up and stop pointing the finger at everyone else, blaming them for our problems. Legislating morality is NOT what the federal government is for.

[frellthat]

The only people who consider gay "behavior" to be immoral are the dangerously deluded.

[Devin1498]

Why isn't Oprah on the ballot? I think she has more experience passing legilation than Obama, AND she doesn't plagiarize her words.

[tbear674]

OBAMA is a Joke, and full of hot air,,making all these ridiculous promises and vain speeches, u guys are gonna realize all of these people are apart of the same club,CFR his polocies are no different, stop with the fun speeches and tell the truth....

[Streetslogic]

All of the Obama Hater are coming out of the woodwork now because after winning 10 states in a row they relize he's no joke. Its already said n done guys, he'll be the next president. The Clinton soap opra is finished.20+ years it lasted

[freedomman121]

Don't get us wrong, Obama is better than Clinton, McCain, etc. but that's not saying much.

Just because we don't wear rose colored "Obama glasses", it doesn't mean we're "haters". It only means that we see reality.

[Devin1498]

Huckabee is better than Obama.

[freedomman121]

"Huckabee is better than Obama."

Wow, I don't know about that. Huckabee's a bible thumping Clinton. YIKES

[Devin1498]

Obama is more theocratic than Huckabee. I'd rather be ruled under the Bible than "change", and I'm gay.

[freedomman121]

Huckabee is a religious extremist. He has said that he wants to change the American constitution to reflect the Bible. He, like "Rudy McRomney" and "John Barack Clinton", are the antithesis of our Founding Fathers.

I don't want to be ruled. We don't need a king or queen. A President who follows the rule of law would be preferable.

[wiggus13]

Obama's MSNBC sheep say,

"Obaaa-ma, Obaaa-ma, Obaaa-ma!"

[jenniferann2]

They won't dare say anything bad about the first black candidate, but they'll put the screwings to Hillary, bunch of old fucking white men running the country God we need change.

[freedomman121]

The Clinton family is every bit as nasty as the Bush family. They have some real skeletons in their closet, and the people who get close to exposing those skeletons tend to die.

[Devin1498]

The Clinton and Bush families aren't much more nasty than my own family. I call them normal. The difference is how intelligent Bill and Hillary are, and how stupid George II is.

[Devin1498]

Obama's neo-liberals are just as dangerous as Bush's neo-cons.

[freedomman121]

"Obama's neo-liberals are just as dangerous as Bush's neo-cons."

Obama's and Clintons Neo-libs are the same thing as the Neo-cons. they are the same thing. We have no real choices except for the likes of Kucinich and Ron Paul. But both parties do their best to sideline people like them.

[wiggus13]

obama supporters want to believe they are supporting the anti-establishment candidate, when in reality they are supporting "the establishment."

Obama = New status quo.

[freedomman121]

"obama supporters want to believe they are supporting the anti-establishment candidate, when in reality they are supporting "the establishment."

Obama = New status quo."

Exactly. It's terrible that more people don't get it.

[freedomman121]

Here's something interesting on Obama. liveleak. com/view?i=545_1203196973

[freedomman121]

Normal is havening a criminal background? Normal is having a grandfather who supported the Nazis, and plotted to overthrow the American government, and install a fascist dictatorship? Normal is trafficking huge quantities of cocaine? Wow, you need to do some reading up before you compare your family to these monsters.

[cmanxxx]

B. Hussein Obama / Farrakhan 2008!

[Devin1498]

Obama needs to be knee-capped. There isn't a shallower and more sensationalized campaign I can point to in American history

[freedomman121]

"Obama needs to be knee-capped. There isn't a shallower and more sensationalized campaign I can point to in American history"

Hard to get more shallow than Mitt Romney...

[inaeurotrance]

if you think obama is shallow, you say the same thing of Martin Luther King Jr.

[freedomman121]

"if you think obama is shallow, you say the same thing of Martin Luther King Jr"

That makes absolutely no sense at all. You're saying that if someone says one black man is shallow, then he's saying another one is as well? That's messed up. Please explain yourself.

[inaeurotrance]

haha. no. i make no reference to race, but you assumed i did. what i meant was that MLK Jr. had hopes and dreams just like Obama does, and to belittle obama's speeches as just being "words" is like saying MLK's speeches were just "words". however, MLK's hopes sprang to life, so obama's have the potential to also.

[freedomman121]

You're the one who made this giant leap in comparing Obama to MLK. One could only think it was about race, because aside from their race, they have nothing in common.

Obama's wife is a member of the CFR, along with Cheney, Clinton and McCain. He puts on a good show, but at the end of the day, "he's another one just like the other ones"...just another typical Washington politician.

Ron Paul has much more in common with MLK.

[inaeurotrance]

NOTHING in common? they don't both have revolutionary ideas? they don't feel a dissatisfaction w/ the American people. Dealing with absolutes such as "nothing" or "never" doesn't belong in politics.

[freedomman121]

Obama is nothing "revolutionary". He's the same old new world order elitist, CFR politician in a new wrapper.

[freedomman121]

Watch the "Faintalator" youtube. com/watch?v=SryhunybdSo

[Devin1498]

Dr. MLK was gassed beaten jailed, he marched and FOUGHT. For all his gusto Barack Obama doesn't have any of these credentials, and he doesn't have the experience to become president either. I don't see how anyone could vote for him.

[Jimraynor45]

I agree, all obama did was make 1 speech against the war and suddenly he;s a hero. Obama is fraud

[inaeurotrance]

Obama fought for his community, true not as large as MLK, but he's still a hard working citizen. Just because he doesn't march and get jailed doesn't mean he isn't trying. And experience? Lincoln had the same amount of experience as Obama. When was the last time we had an "inexperienced" candidate who was ineffective?

[renijohn012270]

Of course MSNBC doesn't want Hillary for President. She promised to END the war in Iraq 60 days after she takes office, which means the OWNERS of MSNBC, "General Electric", will not be allowed to PROFIT off this 7 year WAR. So MSNBC sends out their attack dogs like Chris Matthews, to bash and ridicule Hillary because her pledge to end the war, threatens General Electric & MSNBC PROFITS! Tell me one thing in this meesage that ISN'T TRUE CHRIS!!!!

[freedomman121]

That's not correct. Hillary back-pedaled on the Iraq war thing. She has said that our troops would need to be there for quite some time. The Bush and Clinton families are very tight. GW has been grooming Hillary to take over. FOX, the Bush/Neocon network as been donating to Hillary. The Dems and the Neocons are pretty much the same thing. Ron Paul is the only candidate, Rep or Dem, who has promised to end the occupation of Iraq. Chris Matthews likes Ron Paul, the only genuine anit-war candidate

[yk2bad]

Matthews is right!

[giub99]

Chris Matthews with his "HA!" scream is just a show-horse...TRYING SO HARD TO BE THE NOTICABLE NEXT LARRY KING...

please...

THIS GUY IS SO BIASED, PARTIAL, ...oh yeah, and sexist due to another set of comments he made last year IN WHICH HE APOLOGIZED...

He is one of the reasons I stopped watching MSNBC; they are so partial against Senator Clinton with their "Pimp" comments, et al.

Even if it were the other way, I would be upset.

Senator Clinton has me and my family's vote

[bighitter42]

GIUB99 lacks either a soul or an education.

[giub99]

Wow 'bighitter' really "hit it out of the park" with his criticism of me...

NOT

[inaeurotrance]

clinton is corrupt. look at her scandals. MSNBC isn't the only one pointing that out.

[EricOerinToo]

Hilly Ain't corrupt. She is somewhat saddled by the political intellectual operational mind sets of the best of the Billy Years. A great mindset in its historical context. The world is changing in ways that the Clintons appear to have missed or ignored.

[adamaxiom]

bullies?

[dejahthoris]

Hillary can always cry again because of the mean mean bullies

[drunkdecoy]

Well she did cry again today actually.

[alienelite]

I think he is a little biased against hillary.

He once stated that he thought she was winning because bill cheated on her.

negative campaigning is done by everyone, unfortunately.

[IncredibleGoliath]

There's a difference between what the Clinton campaign has been getting up to, and what Obama's been doing. Obama's worst attacks have been to remind people of failiures of the Clinton administration like NAFTA and health care; Clinton's out done any of the Republicans with her use of robocalls, voter suppression (in Nevada), race/gender/class division, and now attack ads.

[alienelite]

Whatever, I still hear Both sides saying negative things. maybe clinton is a little more agressive tho, but no one has the moral high ground. don't forget, they are both trial lawyers and that means professional moral equivocation. Both candidates have protected sleazy companies for fiscal compensation while practicing.

[kamijk]

Obama wasn't a corporate lawyer, he was a civil rights attorney, and taught constitutional law.

[s4life]

She's accusing (mostly unfounded) left and right man... what else is he gonna do? get swiftboated? if it's not kindergarden papers, then it's the exelon backroom deals.. so pathetic that's just sick. He's just defending himself... and raising fair points.. but to tell you the truth I wouldn't blame him if he goes after her in the same way, but the guy has set really high standards for himself.. and that seems to be his problem.

[eqhammerkeg]

I like Chris Matthews.

YOU DO N O T Obama by bashing Obama.

You beat Obama by elevating yourself and stressing your own achievements. ENOUGH WITH THE WORD "experience." IT IS N O T working!

[adiggityam]

Chris Mathews actually knows what he's talking about here.

He's a former Clinton staffer.

[moofph]

...this is the end of mainstream "talk/discussion/ spin".

[tableconnect]

Chris Matthews is a fair pundit when he interviews someone he takes the devil's advocate side. I love watching Hardball when I am at the gym on the tread climber or Pre Core. Hardball with Chris Matthews the best Political Show on Television Period.

[PaulChristopher1501]

Every once in a while the world creates Great leaders. People like Martin Luther king, Nelson Mandla and Mahatma Gandhi. Dig deep within yourself and ask do we have the capabilities to see wehter or not Obama is of these great learders stature? I do Barak can unite He already has in His campaing across America.

25 year of a Bush or Clinton family leading America is scary very scary.

Go Obama!

[fougasseu]

Chris Matthews is not another talking head like Rush and O'Reilly. He's a real pro and happens to be a brilliant writer. His columns over the years for the Chronicle were terrific. The Clinton camp has kicked the wrong dog. Chris Matthews has integrity, and he's not going to lay down for the Clintons.

[phrankster]

I agree Chris does actually tell the truth and the bad wrap the clinton supporters give him is just no tright

[shander21]

Also, women wake up? Are you serious?

The problem HRC and her minions have with Matthews is that he is resistant to the propoganda of the Clintonistas. IF you reject clowns like Howard Wolfson and Mark Penn, they will instantly victimize themselves and start using you as a rallying point for "backlash" support. Textbook Clinton.

[shander21]

Matthews is exactly right.

[cakedoodle]

This Chris Mathews guy is a jerk.

GO HILLARY

[glory789]

Go Hillary?

We already have a partisan idiot in the White House, why put another retard in?

[iueue]

Matthews is a big time McCain supporter, whatever he says. During the last campaign, he had the Swiftboaters on 24/7, spreading lies and falsehoods without end about Kerry. Before that, it was "Gore invented the internet", and when Clinton was in office, Matthews, was outraged over the blowjob. Matthews hasn't voted Democratic since 1960.

[vermat1]

Chris Matthews bashes Hillary every day on his show over and over and over. He is a republican who has a brother than ran for an office and lost. He is a sexist. Listen to his rants under the guise of "hardball" interviews. Hillary is 10 times smarter, more capable and more extraordinary than Chris Matthews. Women wake up!!!! Don't accept hatred as news.

[Riauw]

Women wake up?!?! Huh?!?!

[dejahthoris]

vermat: I am woman and me and my mom can't stand Hillary. It has nothing to do with her gender. We just sense she is evil. I am very liberated by the way. Almost militantly so.

[abokwu]

who came up with the word "kneecappers"? what is its origin?

[Flossie710]

I think it was Irish Republican Army/ Maffia style to shoot people through the kneecaps/elbow joints

[abokwu]

that seems appropriate. thank you for the explanation.

[Flossie710]

You're very welcome!

I see on your profile you're American?

Please stand up for Obama!

We all need him badly and we foreigneirs don't get a say, even though we're stuck with that president too!

Please,please, please vote Obama?

[CynicalSavior]

I'm not a big fan of Mathews but he hit it on the head this time. Clinton has always thought that it was just a given that she was going to win and has acted that way since the start.

People don't like snobs.

[PharaohNineD]

That is in response to their response to those two and Shuster's comments...

[intarwebzz]

who's john lewis?

[DamNationDiplomat]

I think one of the reasons Hillary has been so agressive (compared to the other democrats. Watching the republican debates was sometimes like watching a cock fight...no pun intended) is that she wants to counteract negative female stereotypes before she gets called on them, but i think one of the strengths Obama's had throughout is his ability to 'rise above' people's constant attempts to bring race up as an issue, and she'd do well to take that page out of his book.

[RoachAsylum]

MSNBC = Obama network

[elsonero82]

CNN=NYTIMES=FOX= Hillary Network

[RoachAsylum]

You're a moron - Fox or CNN dont praise hillary/Bash Obama the way MSNBC is blatantly bashing Hillary and praising Obama.

[nicolenigro]

I have to disagree here, especially about Fox. I subsribe to "newshoundsblog" here on youtube (their slogan is "we watch Fox so you don't have to), and Fox has been much harder on Hillary than on Obama, and lately have been showing much more of Obama's speeches than Hillary's. 

I do not know about CNN- people used to call that the "Clinton News Network," but I don't knnow if that is still the case.

[nicolenigro]

My previous comment was directed to elsonero, by the way.

[hollyhoodjoe123]

???

This is not Obama's network. This is the anti-Hillary network. Hillary could be running against Alf, and the MSNBC press would have it against her.

[Riauw]

You're an idiot. Your dumb comment keep showing up everywhere.

[dejahthoris]

Let's face it, none of them can stand Hillary

[boots920]

When Hellary gets the nod, maybe some sheeple will wake up.The whole process is in question, and has been for several elections. Please wake up and demand paper ballots.

[classic14rider]

If Hillary gets the nod, and Obama wins the most non-super delegate votes, then it will confirm more than ever that the Washington insiders in the Democratic Party are out of step with the mood of the public. It would likely cost them the election in November, and drag down Democratic Party state and local candidates as well.

[snarkwaupaca]

I think the fact that HRC had no post-super-Tuesday plan is a serious flaw in her management style and her choices for advisers. It is indicative of a Katrina like arrogance.

[winklestraat]

It's indicative of what kind of presidency she would have...let's hope, yes I said hope, I'm a big believer in hope, that it doesn't come to that.

[cheeseaura]

Hillary Mobster Clinton.

[ndnspongebob]

Chris Mathews in and very astute idiot but hes right on the money with this one

[NakedWombat666]

Yo CM is a strate up G wit dat lingoism. Word up.

[ndnspongebob]

huh?

[DamNationDiplomat]

Caucasian translation: I believe Mr. Matthews is absolutely correct in his assessment of the situation. Well said, my good man.

[RemiG2006]

Nice sum up!

[hypnofan35]

Vee vill hurt you, and it vill hurt reely bad. Vee are mit Hillary! Heil Hillary!

[souljaEXVOTO]

Tweety's right. I'm sorry but reporters who report on reporters (along with everyone else in every profession) who are sick of the Clinton's playing people- US - like the world is their own personal game of Monopoly, are justified. Beyond the sexism, the media and all the people, bloggers, kids doing videos, caucusers, voters all sick of Clintons are justified. They will say anything, do anything, fuck anyone over including the Democrat Party, just to win.

[foley15136]

"kneecapping" isn't so bad. People always say "stabbed in the back", "cut throat or throat cutting" and other stuff like that.