Chris Matthews Claims Tea Party is 'McCarthyite,' Sees Federal Government as an 'Occupying Force'

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Chris Matthews definitely took a "hard look" at the Tea Party, on Wednesday's "Morning Joe," in anticipation of tonight's MSNBC documentary "The Rise of the New Right." Tying the whole Tea Party movement together, the MSNBC "Hardball" host defined it as "McCarthyite," possessing a "fundamental questioning of authority," and viewing the federal government as an occupying force.

"It believes that this government is verging on tyranny," Matthews complained, pointing to the movement's use of the Revolutionary War-era Gadsden flag -- "Don't Tread on Me" -- in an ominous light.

When asked by Joe Scarborough if he would link members of the Michigan Militia featured in tonight's documentary (seemingly characterized in the preceding video clip as a radical fringe group), to Tea Party members who have campaigned for Scott Brown and Marco Rubio, Matthews answered that the various groups are all part of one movement.I

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[hackit12]

Same –‘mis-directed-‘ hate as used by Joe McCarthy in 1950’s.

the Koch bros. David and Charles [Koch industries],

whose father helped to found the John Birch Society.

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Funding everything anti-Obama : stimulus, Tea Party, Town-hall meetings, Patients United [anti-health care], alleged hacked e-mail [global climate change]; through Cato Institute, Heritage Foundation, Americans for Prosperity ..

“Billionaires Behind The Hate”

pullingback.blogspot com /2009/12/billionaires-behind-h­ate.html

[MassXavier]

@robsmith49 Where were you when Bush was in office?

[robsmith49]

@siankane :The only thing that doesn't bother me about Barak Obama is the fact that he's an African-American. What does bother me is that in his first 2 years in office he tripled the National Debt. The Tea Party and the conservative right just want to return to an America who's leader live within a budget just like the rest of us have too. All the Tea Party wants is for this administration to follow the Constitution. You just want it to be about race because that's all you got.

[Ilyuga]

@DronetekPolitics Would you be so kind as to explain to me why in many of your clips you cut things off prematurely? I wouldn't mind if the speakers had cut to a different issue, but these people are on the same line of thought and then the clip ends, almost like they weren't given the chance to explain themselves.

[Chslosers]

ya white trash.. except when you drive by the ghetto , all you see are obama-biden stickers..

[Chslosers]

look who the real nazis are.

[Bruce1949919]

Chris Matthews should stuff a sock in his mouth. He is an idiot.

[siankane]

@justonemorename The Constitution was written by slave owners you fucking anti-Semitic cunt. Fuck the Tea Party and its racist, red-neck, trailer- trash followers!

[siankane]

Chris is spot on! The Tea Party is a vile white-trash, red-neck, cracker-ass organization that will fall in its own fecal matter. It must be boycotted/ridiculed until it self-implodes! It shames this great country. It spews pre-Civil War hate speech and ignorance.These people just hate the fact that an African-American family lives at 1600 Penn. Ave. Taxes, big government? Bullshit! Where were they during the Bush years? This is just a cover-up for KKK activities. Fuck the Tea Party!

[siankane]

@FreeAgain2 What a stupid piece of shit you are! All McCarthy victims were spies?  What are you fucking twelve, spawn of retarded parents? Grow the fuck up, cunt!

[FreeAgain2]

But McCarthy was right - everyone he accused as being a spy - was a spy.