Chris Matthews: Whats with these crackers wanting to see Obamas birth certificate?

The meaningless gesture of bipartisan seating at SOTU
In response to the shooting in Tucson, a number of Democrats (and a handful of Republicans) have put forward the notion of bi-partisan seating for the State of the Union address, as if that shooting were a product of the supposedly poisonous political climate. Now, I’m wondering if any of those Democrats proposing this idea proposed it when a Republican was president subject to the vile vilification from the left.  How many of these Democrats have confronted the nastiness on their side...

Outrage of the Day: Chris Matthews Calls Birthers Crackers
The Daily Caller is reporting that, on Friday’s Hardball, host Chris Matthews “Calls Obama Critics ‘Crackers‘,” and cites this as a deviation from the “new civility.” While technically correct, Matthews’ target was much narrower than Daily Caller’s Jeff Poor implies, and while “cracker” is, indeed, an uncivil term, it is arguably an apt one for the “birthers” who just can’t shake the feeling that President Obama ...

"Why Do You Keep Repeating It?" Pat Buchanan Ask Chris Matthews Why He Keeps Repeating What Sharron Angle Said About 'Second A
Pat Buchanan scolds Matthews: "Are you inflaming or informing?"...Pat says that people on the right see guys like you as on the fringe as 'birthers'....Buchanan says 'you keep repeating it, you keep repeating it' ...

Chris Matthews Calls Birthers 'Crackers' (VIDEO)
Chris Matthews called "birthers" "crackers" on his Friday show. Matthews used the term while speaking to Politico's Jeanne Cummings and the Huffington Post's Sam Stein. He was discussing the attacks on President Obama. "So much of this attack on Obama has been ad hominem -- directed at the person, the president," Matthews said. "Whether it's somebody, some cracker out there on the right calling him -- some birther type that he's not an American or it is someone a little more sophisticated, but...

The Backfire
When the latest leftist witch hunt backfires, even one of the New York Times columnists notices : The American people know it, too. According to a USA Today/Gallup Poll released Wednesday, 42 percent of those asked said that political Rhetoric was not a factor at all in the shooting, 22 percent said that it was a minor factor and 20 percent said that it was a major factor. Furthermore, most agreed that focusing on conservative Rhetoric as a link in the shooting was “not a legitimate point bu...

Majority Of Americans Believe Left Attempted To Exploit AZ Tragedy To Make Right Look Bad
Quick post on Gallup who finally asked the appropriate question about what portion of Americans feel the Far Left and commentators that attempted to convince the public to think the right's Rhetoric was somehow responsible was "the tragedy to make Conservatives look bad." In other words, the public saw right through the left's pathetic attempts to spin and connect the right with the act of Jared Lee Loughner when he shot and killed 6 people and injured 13 others. The poll was conducted Jan. 11...

Chris Matthews Uses Racial Slur To Describe People On The Right
“So much of this attack on Obama has been ad hominem — directed at the person, the president. Whether it’s somebody, some cracker out there on the right calling him — some birther type that he’s not an American or it is someone a little more sophisticated, but basically saying he’s a Socialist,” says Chris Matthews. And, you know, cracker? Where’s the civility? Where’s the “new tone”? And what’s with the racial remark? Actua...

Pat Buchanan Defends Sarah Palin in Heated Debate with Liberal Bill Press Video 1/14/11
Visit MSNBC.com for breaking news, world news, and news about The Economy Here is video of Pat Buchanan and liberal Bill Press duking it out on The Ed Show yesterday, over whether Sarah Palin is a Victim or to blame in the wake of the Tucson Mass Shooting. Pat Buchanan offered a strong defense of Palin, saying she has been savaged since the shooting last Saturday, even though she has no personal responsibility for the attack. Buchanan reminded Press that Barack Obama himself made the remark in...

Rethinking Obama's political performance in Tucson
Pundits and politicians alike praised President Obama's Speech at the Tucson memorial service last Wednesday. "A wonderful speech," wrote the New York Times' David Brooks. "A magnificent performance," wrote National Review's Rich Lowry. "A terrific speech," wrote Sen. John McCain. And those were just the voices on the right. Obama's tribute to the Victims of the shooting and the heroism of bystanders was appreciated by everyone. But many Conservatives particularly admired the Speech because the ...

Countdown Previews The Hannitization Of Sarah Palin Monday
Ah, finally: a neologism related to Sarah Palin not coined by her. With the help of Slate’s Dave Weigel , fill-in host Chris Hayes gave a spot on Friday’s Countdown to the reinvention of the fake verb “Hannitize”- once used by the man Sean Hannity himself to describe the process by which viewers are converted to his political views, now employed as a way to describe interviews between Hannity and Conservatives that have said messy things in the news before going on ...

Media Myth Busted: 'Americans View Palin as More Sincere and Believable After Watching Speech'
CBS Touts Dem Congresswoman Using Daughter to Pin Shooting on Rhetoric: 'Mommy, Are You Going to Get Shot?' Media outlet after media outlet panned Sarah Palin's video response to last Saturday's Tucson shootings with some going so far as claiming it ended any chance she might have of becoming president assuming that's even her goal....

John Boehner, youve got mail! New speaker releases his e-mail address to the public (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller John Boehner, you've got mail! New speaker releases his e-mail address to the public Limbaugh vs. Krauthammer? Columnist calls radio talker 'odd and condescending' MSNBC's Chris Matthews is the left's version of a 'birther,' says Pat Buchanan Congressman's wife sentenced to jail for Tax Fraud Giffords making miraculous recovery, can move arms and legs Time to update your email contact list. Speaker of the House John Boehner has established a direct e-mai...

Congressmans wife sentenced to jail for tax fraud (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller MSNBC's Chris Matthews is the left's version of a 'birther,' says Pat Buchanan Congressman's wife sentenced to jail for Tax Fraud Giffords making miraculous recovery, can move arms and legs Military commission prepares to recommend that women be allowed in combat roles TheDC on TV: Jamie Weinstein discusses Health Care on the RT's 'Big Picture with Thom Hartmann' The wife of Massachusetts Democratic Rep. John Tierney was sentenced Thursday to thirty day...

The New Normal
The New Normal by digby From Esquire Magazine comes a sad, but true analysis of the events of the past week --- and the past decade and a half: [T]he most remarkable thing about what happened in Oklahoma City is how little it matters today. The president of the United States gave a fine Speech Wednesday night in Tucson at the memorial for the people Jared Loughner shot. The only mention of Oklahoma City in connection with the president’s Speech was to compare it with the Speech that another...

Setting limits on contentious debate
From a discussion on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday this morning with Scott Simon and Ed Deggans: NPR:  Has heated Rhetoric become a format? Eric Deggans, TV and media critic for the St. Petersburg Times: Oh-h-h, yes!  It's a format that earns millions of dollars for several people particularly in Cable News and on Talk Radio.  Contentious political debate is what fuels Ratings and what earns big profits.  NPR:  In the wake of the shootings in Tucson, we...

Did Palin enhance her chances?
Sarah Palin’s video defending herself against scurrilous charges of complicity in a mass Murder drew comment from people on the No. 2 and No. 3 Cable News networks. From Donny Deutsch of MSNBC: “I think as we’ve seen Sarah Palin probably ended her Political Career.” From Joe Scarborough: “I really do believe, it’s not an overstatement to say this probably ended Sarah Palin’s Political Career. I would be stunned-and save this tape, save this tape ...

Baseless smears and hypocritical demands for 'civility' follow Tucson shootings
Although the Tucson shooter was mentally unbalanced, did not listen to Talk Radio or Fox News, and liked the Communist Manifesto, several liberal lawmakers, and liberal media like the New York Times, immediately insinuated that his actions resulted from an “atmosphere of hate” or “climate of hate” created by Conservatives. Now, after baselessly accusing conservatives of complicity in Murder, they are suddenly calling for “civility.” But thi...

Study: Americans see Palin as more sincere and believable after viewing speech
A national study conducted by Media Curves finds that Americans see Sarah Palin as more sincere and believable after viewing the Speech she gave last Wednesday in response to the shootings in Tucson. 1,437 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents were polled January 13 and 14 by HCD Research.  According to Media Curves, participants were asked to rate Palin on a scale from 1-7 regarding likeability, believability and sincerity, with 1 representing “not at all strong in th...

Long-time birther shows movement's hypocrisy
Andy "Internet Powerhouse" Martin, the self-styled "godfather" of the Birther Movement, recently demonstrated the age-old political maneuver of talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time. As an "OB" (Original Birther), Martin has long called for President Obama to release his original, long-form Birth Certificate so as to dispel any notion that Obama is not a "natural born citizen." (We're ignoring, for the sake of this discussion, the fact the president has released his Certificate...

Tingles Call Obama Opponents "Crackers on the Right"
Chris Matthews accuses Obama's critics of "ad hominem" attacks, then launches an "ad hominem" attack on them by calling them "crackers." “So much of this attack on Obama has been ad hominem — directed at the person, the president. Whether it’s somebody, some cracker out there on the right calling him — some birther type that he’s not an American or it is someone a little more sophisticated, but basically saying he’s a Socialist”Matthews calls Obama criti...

Imus Rips 'Angry,' 'Vile,' 'Psycho,' 'Spittle-spewing' Chris Matthews for Attacking Mark Levin
As NewsBusters previously reported, Chris Matthews on Tuesday blamed conservative Talk Radio hosts Mark Levin and Michael Savage for supposedly creating the climate of hate that led to Saturday's shootings in Tucson, Arizona....

Chris Matthews Cites Abramoff Film to Bash Tom DeLay: 'I Saw The Movie'
Chris Matthews on Friday actually used material presented in a Hollywood movie to accuse former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of being convicted Lobbyist Jack Abramoff's dupe. As DeLay presented his side of the case days after being sentenced to three years in Prison for illegally influencing Texas politics, the "Hardball" host said, "You were tied up with people [like] Mike Scanlon and [Jack] Abramoff especially. I saw the movie...You looked like these guys were manipulatin...

Chris Matthews: Hey, Let's Profile Bald Whiteys
Watch out Kevin. Video from last night's Hardball where Matthews wonders why cops didn't search Loughner's car when they pulled . . . Go Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) endorsed Reince Priebus this morning via a letter to RNC members: Dear RNC Members,   It's difficult . . . Go Republican Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas has proposed some reductions in federal outlays -- hoorah! -- that amount to . . . . Go That's one of the key questions Rich Vedder poses in this op-ed, wh...

Daily Commentary Thursday, January 13th, 2011 Chris Matthews Blames Right-Wing Talk Radio
Seems like everyone has someone, or something, besides the gunman himself to blame for the shootings. Daily Commentary - Thursday, January 13th, 2011 - Chris Matthews Blames Right-Wing Talk Radio: | Download ...

Imus Rips 'Angry,' 'Vile,' 'Psycho,' 'Spittle-spewing' Chris Matthews
As NewsBusters previously reported, Chris Matthews on Tuesday blamed conservative Talk Radio hosts Mark Levin and Michael Savage for supposedly creating the climate of hate that led to Saturday's shootings in Tucson, Arizona. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values ...