Time Executive Editor: 'We're All Welfare Queens' and 'Socialists From

March 3rd, 2013 8:38 PM
"We're all socialists from the day we're born. You know, you don't have to be poor or unemployed to be on Welfare. We're all at the trough. We're all Welfare queens." So said TIME magazine executive editor Michael Duffy on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show Sunday (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Matthews: 'Has Obama Put Himself at Political Risk if the Big Cuts Do

March 3rd, 2013 7:43 PM
Chris Matthews asked a question Sunday that should truly offend people on both sides of the aisle. During the syndicated program bearing his name, Matthews asked his panel, "Has President Obama put himself at political risk if the big cuts do not wreak havoc?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chris Matthews Jokes About Rupert Murdoch Still Going Strong At 81: 'I

February 24th, 2013 11:44 AM
Chris Matthews on Sunday actually joked about whether or not it was good that media mogul Rupert Murdoch is still going strong despite being in his 80s. Not surprisingly, the panelists on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show also thought this was a hoot (video follows with transcript and commentary):

WaPo's David Ignatius Implores Obama To Do Immigration Reform Without

February 10th, 2013 12:45 PM
As NewsBusters reported, CBS News political director John Dickerson a few days before Barack Obama's second inaugural advised the President to destroy the Republican Party. On the syndicated Chris Matthews Show Sunday, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius went in a completely different direction imploring Obama to "get out of the zero sum game Washington where to do something good on…

Joe Klein: Obama Thinks State of the Union Is Stronger Because 'He's B

February 10th, 2013 12:00 PM
In today's "Gag Me With A Spoon" segment, Time's Joe Klein on Sunday uttered some sychophantic words about the current White House resident that will send many Americans to their medicine chests for relief. Appearing on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Klein said with a huge smile on his face, "I think that the President really feels that the state of the union is stronger for several…

As Andrew Cuomo's Poll Numbers 'Crumble,' Chris Matthews Frets: 'Is An

February 4th, 2013 12:36 PM
An exasperated Chris Matthews on Sunday highlighted Governor Andrew Cuomo's plummeting poll numbers in the wake of New York's new gun control legislation. Singling out the National Rifle Association as the villain, he fretted "...Is anybody safe from the NRA?" The host of the Chris Matthews Show lamented the inability of many states to pass gun control laws. Matthews told his guests that,…

Time's Michael Duffy: Hillary-Biden 'Dream Ticket' Could Make Joe Veep

February 3rd, 2013 2:55 PM
The media's gushing and fawning over Hillary Clinton running for president in 2016 knows no bounds. On the syndicated Chris Matthews Show Sunday, Time magazine's Washington bureau chief Michael Duffy cooed over a Clinton-Biden "dream ticket" that could make Joe vice president for sixteen straight years (video follows with commentary):

Chris Matthews: 'Does Obama Want Immigration Reform or More Hispanic V

February 3rd, 2013 2:13 PM
Chris Matthews - apparently absent the thrill up his leg - asked a question on his syndicated program Sunday that will shock people on both sides of the aisle. "Does the president want immigration reform or does he want more Hispanic votes?" (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):

Kathleen Parker: Hillary Won't Run For President As 'Ultimate Revenge

January 27th, 2013 2:31 PM
Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker made a couple of predictions on Sunday's syndicated Chris Matthews Show that are guaranteed to raise eyebrows on both sides of the aisle. First, in a discussion about whether Hillary Clinton will run for president in 2016, Parker said she wouldn't as "ultimate revenge" on husband Bill who "wants her to run more than anyone else" (video follows with…

Joe Klein: NRA 'Acting Like a Bunch of Crazies These Days

January 20th, 2013 1:39 PM
There clearly is no limit to what liberal media members are allowed to say about the National Rifle Association in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. Appearing on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show Sunday, Time's Joe Klein said the NRA "are acting like a bunch of crazies these days" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Politico Editor: With Gun Control 'Obama Is Risking the Opportunity to

January 13th, 2013 3:13 PM
As the gun-hating media encourage Democrats to push for tighter firearms restrictions, most of them have ignored the political realities inherent in such legislation. That's why it was surprising to see Politico editor-in-chief John Harris say on Sunday's syndicated Chris Matthews Show, "Among the dynamics that President Obama is battling is not just the NRA’s opposition but the real…

Howard Fineman: 'Tea Party People Are Not Here To Legislate. They're H

January 13th, 2013 2:41 PM
The media's hatred of the Tea Party knows no bounds. On Sunday's syndicated Chris Matthews Show, the Huffington Post's Howard Fineman said, "The Tea Party people are not here to legislate. They're here to demonstrate" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Bob Woodward: A Tea Party Speaker of the House Would ‘Lay Down and L

January 6th, 2013 11:42 AM
The Washington Post's Bob Woodward took a ridiculous swipe at the Tea Party Sunday. Appearing on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Woodward said, "We'll see if the White House is going to realize it's much better to have a Speaker Boehner with that mindset than somebody from the Tea Party or the more extreme right which would just lay down and, you know, let the country burn" (video follows…

Bob Woodward Shocker: There Is a Way to Raise Revenue AND Lower Tax Ra

November 11th, 2012 11:43 AM
Stop the presses! Stop the presses! The Washington Post's Bob Woodward on The Chris Matthews Show Sunday not only called Democrat visions of balancing the budget by raising taxes on the rich a "fantasy," but he also said "there is a way to...raise more revenue and perhaps lower the rates" (video follows with transcript and commentary):