"Hardball" host Chris Matthews lurched even further off the deep end on Wednesday’s "Imus in the Morning." After praising the “great job” Rudy Giuliani did in cleaning up New York City — which Matthews again suggested was done with just “a pinch” of "fascism" — the MSNBC star went on a rant declaring how he’s “sick of southern guys with ranches running this country.”
Losing control, Matthews dropped the F-bomb on national television: “I want a guy to run for President who doesn’t have a fucking — I’m sorry, a ranch.” As host Don Imus began to snicker, Matthews plowed ahead with his Democratic talking points: “Wouldn’t that be good, Don, a guy who wasn’t on the ranch during Katrina, he was on the street corner answering questions?”
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Radio listeners were spared Matthews’ cursing, but no such luck for those watching the MSNBC simulcast. After saying goodbye to Matthews about three minutes later, Imus and his crew mocked their MSNBC colleague. MSNBC's on-screen file photo of Matthews was altered to include a black censor bar over his mouth. Executive Producer Bernard McGuirk suggested Matthews was the sort who would “put on a diaper and drive 900 miles to abduct Dick Cheney or somebody,” and someone else offered that “he’s crazy.”
Imus was the diplomat: “But isn’t that what we like about him? I love his energy, his passion.”
Here’s the transcript of Matthews’ comments, which happened at about 7:45 ET.
“We love good mayors because we love our cities and Giuliani is the city guy, and I’m so sick of southern guys with ranches running this country. I want a guy to run for president who doesn’t have a fucking — I’m sorry, a ranch. Wouldn’t that be good, Don, a guy who wasn’t on the ranch during Katrina, he was on the street corner answering questions?”
—Rich Noyes is Research Director at the Media Research Center.
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LMAO - he just keeps getting
February 7, 2007 - 10:41 ET by florida_chadLMAO - he just keeps getting better and better. I'm sure if the southern guy with a ranch running the country was a DEMOCRAT matthews wouldn't care. He is a disgrace.
Yeah Chris keeps going off th
February 7, 2007 - 10:51 ET by HumanEventsYeah Chris keeps going off the deep end more and more. At least he doesn't want Hillary for President. He said, "I want a guy to run for President..."
Ha ha I guess Chris made two slips of the tongue in that same sentence. Her Thighness won't be pleased.
...I couldn't be happier abou
February 7, 2007 - 11:56 ET by TruthMonger...I couldn't be happier about Matthews, Olberdolt, etc going off-the-charts drool-bucket on us - Bush and company are really getting under the skin of these MSM "f*ckers" aren't they : ) . . .?
I challenge these so-called "peace-activists" to organize JUST ONE MAJOR D.C. PROTEST AGAINST AL QUEDA by the end of 2007...
Apparently Chrissy was raised
February 7, 2007 - 12:51 ET by mattmApparently Chrissy was raised by Steve Fox.
Hey, Chrissy! Did you ever
February 7, 2007 - 14:56 ET by MikeBHey, Chrissy! Did you ever hear of the LBJ Ranch? Now, go wipe the drool off your chin. You look ridiculous.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Or of the peanut ranch that w
February 7, 2007 - 18:36 ET by FishFace222Or of the peanut ranch that was owned by the guy that Chrissy was a speachwriter for???
Or of the peanut ranch that w
February 7, 2007 - 18:36 ET by FishFace222Sorry, duplication of above post.
I cannot imagine the hate and
February 7, 2007 - 10:42 ET by truth_missileI cannot imagine the hate and bile that festers in the heart of an average Liberal - here's to your kind dropping dead of a massive coronary Matthews.
Can't stand the man, he's a s
February 7, 2007 - 10:52 ET by Eagle OneCan't stand the man, he's a sissy hiding behind his desk. I just wish the republicans that go on his show would rip into him.
WASN'T IT GREAT WHEN ZELL RIP
February 7, 2007 - 17:36 ET by TOEWASN'T IT GREAT WHEN ZELL RIPPED HIM A NEW ONE ON NATIONAL TV !!
too good for this creep
February 7, 2007 - 11:48 ET by tumbler_2007A massive coronary's too good for Mattspews. Since he loves his cities the way he expounded, let him have the street-sweeper job, say in New Orleans. Or DC.
Nice spot for him to slobber over.
I'm sure hoping that Chris Matthews continues to expose himself.
February 7, 2007 - 10:47 ET by acaiguanaI'm sure hoping that Chris Matthews continues to expose himself.
But at MSNBC anything goes. Spewing such hatred for Bush from Matthews can surely come as no surprise to anyone. Still, they let him have a show.
Is there anyone in TV who could have a show with a more reasoned approach?
Well, so much for 'tempered' political speech, Dame Nancy, huh?
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Hillary Clinton says: "I want to take those profits."
Spittle boy is a disgrace. Al
February 7, 2007 - 10:54 ET by FOXFANSpittle boy is a disgrace. Although I think the diaper should be around his neck with all the drooling and spitting. Why doesn't MSNBC go to infomercials, the ratings would be higher. He and Overbite are a joke.
Matthews continous to margina
February 7, 2007 - 10:59 ET by GalvanicI like McGuirk's comment about the diaper and 900 mile trip.
Matthews continues to marginalize himself with his own vitriol. Having compromised his credentials as a host/moderator, he falls woefully short of what might reasonably pass for a pundit, and thus falls into the crevass between the two.
There'll probably always be a slot for him on the Cartoon Network.
Come on guys. We've already b
February 7, 2007 - 11:01 ET by Al CzervikCome on guys. We've already been told that Chris Matthews has no liberal bias.
I see no bias whatsoever, she said. Not even Chris Matthews, he asked? No, he's a news analyst, I don't see any bias. ~ Andrea Mitchell
Slowly back away from the keyboard and drink your koolaide when instructed.
I don't know what I find more amusing about the MSM; the blatant liberal bias or their total denial that it exists.
. . . or the counter-claim of
February 7, 2007 - 11:04 ET by Galvanic. . . or the counter-claim of the Left that the MSM is actually conservatively biased. They merely cite the corporate ownership of MSM companies as "proof" that the MSM has a right-wing agenda.
Matthews is such a lefty that
February 7, 2007 - 11:50 ET by samharmonMatthews is such a lefty that he seems to want a Republican (Rudolph Giuliani) to be the next president.
Okay. Makes sense to me.
Actually it doesn't, but that's alright! I'm sure one of you will put down your abortion clinic hit list, automatic rifle, and Jesse Helms-autographed copy of the Constitution and explain it to me.
Post something intelligent an
February 7, 2007 - 11:53 ET by florida_chadPost something intelligent and maybe you'll get a real responce.
What's wrong? The voices in
February 7, 2007 - 11:58 ET by Jack BauerWhat's wrong?
The voices in your head fighting amongst themselves again?
samharmon - sorry, I was reading Byrd's 'How to be a KKK'
February 7, 2007 - 12:13 ET by acaiguanasamharmon - sorry, I was reading Byrd's 'How to be a KKK'
I like to keep up with the 'how to' books on being a stupid, tobacco stained mouth, bald, fat, sitting in my pick-up truck on blocks, beer drinkin', ignorant red neck.
Now, what was it you were sayin'?
Oh, yeah. You are more than insulting. You are an arrogant smug condescending Liberal who thinks it is cute to insult people with smears that have no basis in fact and would be funny, if you weren't so boring.
That's the problem with Liberals in the main who come here. They don't have anything at all to say. They just want to insult people. Then 'feel' good about their cheap shots.
Did you learn how to do this in your 'seminar' on how to be a jerk on conservative websites?
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Hillary Clinton says: "I want to take those profits."
That's quite a hateful respon
February 7, 2007 - 12:14 ET by Al CzervikThat's quite a hateful response. Almost as much vitriol as what Matthews conveyed toward the president.
What a jerk. I just sa
February 7, 2007 - 17:26 ET by PAUL08What a jerk. I just saw Senator Helms today in his nursing home. I guess it is fair to pick on old people in a home. This guy probably thinks we should just kill the old people to get them out of the way. I thought about having him sign his book "When Freem Men Shall Stand: Sobering Look at the Supertaxing, Superspending, Superbureaucracy in Washington" 1977 but I think that would be inappropriate.
Down right funny/sad commenta
February 7, 2007 - 11:05 ET by ucDown right funny/sad commentary to someone wearing a cowboy hat and from someone now more obviously just in favor of "palatial estates" his liberal friends prefer. More caviar Mr. Matthews?
Maybe Chris should call up Jo
February 7, 2007 - 11:06 ET by winston smithMaybe Chris should call up John Kerry (he's got a lot of free time on his hands now) and suggest co-hosting a new show on MSNBC: "Two of a F'ing Kind".
Ranching presidents
February 7, 2007 - 11:12 ET by dagdaSeems to me that LBJ had a ranch. Wonder how Chris feels about that.
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight Eisenhower
Yes, but was it a f**king r
February 7, 2007 - 11:21 ET by Uncle JohnYes, but was it a f**king ranch?
"It isn't that Liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
Texas size ranch Uncle John
February 7, 2007 - 11:24 ET by dagdaIt was a big ass f**king ranch.
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight Eisenhower
Chrissie would be OK with it,
February 7, 2007 - 11:47 ET by ghotifunChrissie would be OK with it, since LBJ was the biggest socialist EVER voted into the White House.
Talking heads and ranches
February 7, 2007 - 11:55 ET by dagdaIf memory serves, at least two MSM talking heads own ranches. Chrissy needs to get his s**t together.
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight Eisenhower
Imus owns an f-ing ranch! N
February 7, 2007 - 12:16 ET by Matthew SheffieldImus owns an f-ing ranch! No wonder they ragged on Matthews.
. . . . . . . and doesn't H
February 7, 2007 - 12:11 ET by Caringwhiteguy. . . . . . . and doesn't Harry Reid's state have some places called the "Chicken Ranch" and "Bunny Ranch"? And aren't they really, truly f**king ranches?
THOSE ranches are OK with Chr
February 7, 2007 - 12:15 ET by florida_chadTHOSE ranches are OK with Chrissy.
Hahahahaha-that's what I was
February 7, 2007 - 18:37 ET by kathleenirishHahahahaha-that's what I was going to say, but you said it much better than I would have! good one!
"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere" -Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, 4th Islamic Caliph
I'm just waiting for the day
February 7, 2007 - 11:42 ET by midnight cowboyI'm just waiting for the day the omnipotent windbag Chris Mathews, after the spit can't fly out of his mouth any faster, he just winds up exploding right there on the set.
Kind of like the character in Monty Python's "Meaning of Life"
Nigel Tufnel: And, uh, it was
February 7, 2007 - 11:56 ET by MassConservativeNigel Tufnel: And, uh, it was tragic, really. He exploded on stage.
Derek Smalls: Just like that.
David St. Hubbins: He just went up.
Nigel Tufnel: He just was like a flash of green light... And that was it. Nothing was left.
David St. Hubbins: Look at his face.
Nigel Tufnel: Well, there was...
David St. Hubbins: It's true, this really did happen.
Nigel Tufnel: It's true. There was a little green globule on his drum seat.
David St. Hubbins: Like a stain, really.
Nigel Tufnel: It was more of a stain than a globule, actually.
David St. Hubbins: You know, several, you know, dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It's just not really widely reported.
Ahh, yes. At the Isle of Lucy
February 7, 2007 - 18:32 ET by Roger the ShrubberAhh, yes. At the Isle of Lucy Jazz and Blues Festival... The Rock and Roll world will never forget the fantastic drumming of Peter James Bond!
Leave it to a liberal to drop
February 7, 2007 - 12:23 ET by InfomanOhioLeave it to a liberal to drop an f-bomb on national TV. Of course, he won't get half the backlash that Cheney got. The only good thing about it is that hardly anyone watches MSNBC. And the people who do watch are supposed to think Matthews is a respected journalist? Give me a break.
By the way, didn't Jimmah Carter own a peanut farm? That's close enough to a ranch for me. Absolutely the worst president of the 20th century bar none.
Reagan owned a ranch, but he was no Southerner. So I guess ol' Ronnie was okay, eh, Chris? No? Gee, what a surprise...
The truth may be ugly, but it is still the truth.
Leave it to a liberal to drop
February 7, 2007 - 12:24 ET by InfomanOhioLeave it to a liberal to drop an f-bomb on national TV. Of course, he won't get half the backlash that Cheney got. The only good thing about it is that hardly anyone watches MSNBC. And the people who do watch are supposed to think Matthews is a respected journalist? Give me a break.
By the way, didn't Jimmah Carter own a peanut farm? That's close enough to a ranch for me. Absolutely the worst president of the 20th century bar none.
Reagan owned a ranch, but he was no Southerner. So I guess ol' Ronnie was okay, eh, Chris? No? Gee, what a surprise...
The truth may be ugly, but it is still the truth.
Matthews
February 7, 2007 - 13:54 ET by iveseenitallI saw Matthews in a public service announcement the other day. It concerned "hate speech" and there was Chrissy preaching about how horrible it is and that we shouldn't be teaching it to our kids. He said "hate" is a four letter word which should never be used. But I guess the four letter F bomb is o.k. with him. And he hates President Bush.What a monumental hypocrite this guy is.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Chris Mathews is an F-Bomb.I
February 7, 2007 - 14:17 ET by Dave RChris Mathews is an F-Bomb.
I hate newspapermen.....I regard them as spies.....If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast. -William T. Sherman
Good thing we have an expen
February 7, 2007 - 14:43 ET by sarcasmoGood thing we have an expensive, growing FCC to 'protect' taxpayers from this kind of thing...
JMR
Matthews didn't drop the F-
February 7, 2007 - 17:44 ET by Tom1969caMatthews didn't drop the F-bomb on Imus; he experienced a commentary malfunction.
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Peanut Farmers
February 7, 2007 - 14:45 ET by Jerry MackHe must think that peanut farmers make better presidents than ranchers.
I wonder what Matthews thin
February 7, 2007 - 15:56 ET by annoyedmanI wonder what Matthews thinks of southern peanut farmers.
"I never gave anybody hell. I just told them the truth and they thought it was hell." - Harry Truman
Matthews prefers men from San
February 7, 2007 - 17:53 ET by AntiMediaMatthews prefers men from San Francisco.
leno made a funny
February 8, 2007 - 14:19 ET by tumbler_2007Jay Leno and pithy snark on Gavin Newsome
"Wanna know how to tell if a man in San Francisco has an alcohol problem? ...He hits on a woman."
Matthews- Out of Control
February 7, 2007 - 17:58 ET by CellaIt is wonderful watching the unraveling of Chris Matthews.
His drooling and cursing is getting worse every week.
The television camera shines a bright light on this creep.
No ranch, huh? I guess that
February 7, 2007 - 18:36 ET by NoMoreClintonsNo ranch, huh? I guess that leaves your buddy Imus out of the running!
Chris, you are a disgrace to Catholic school educated Philly guys . . . like me.
I find it absolutely amazing!
February 8, 2007 - 00:23 ET by SvenI find it absolutely amazing! The Democrats took over both the House and Senate, and they're still not happy!
I wonder what it must be like to live your life in abjact misery and hopelessness? These are truly sad people.
Chrissy owes some radio engineer big time
February 8, 2007 - 00:47 ET by nkviking75Chris owes some engineer with Imus' radio program a really generous thank you gift. As a cable outfit, MSNBC is not regulated by the FCC. While offensive, he did not get into legal hot water. But if that f-bomb had gotten out over the radio, Matthews, Imus, and all the local affiliates might have been subject to some hefty FCC fines. Behind the scenes, I hope Imus and/or his producers slapped some sense into him.
fcc
February 8, 2007 - 02:30 ET by JLS Las VegasI think we should all file a complaint anyway:http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cib/fcc475BConf.cfm
I have been on vacation for 1
February 8, 2007 - 03:54 ET by mostlymoderateI have been on vacation for 1 week and 5 days now. I go back to work in two days. Anyway, I have had a lot of time to listen to the rants of the left wing media. MY GOD! They ARE a hateful bunch of people. Absolute contempt for anyone or anything that DOESN'T agree with their B.S. way of thinking. Thank GOD I get to go back to work.