Chris Matthews is a very sensitive man. He cares about the feelings of others. Especially when the others are Democrats.
In the middle of Thursday night’s Hardball program, Matthews interrupted California Congressman Darrell Issa’s comments on the administration’s massive budget deficit to complain that Issa had referred to the opposition as “the Democrat Party.”
“I think the Democratic Party calls itself the Democratic Party, not the Democrat Party,” Matthews raged. “Do we have to do this every night? Why do people talk like this? Is this just fighting words? They call themselves the Democratic Party. Let’s just call people what they call themselves and stop the Mickey Mouse here. Save that for the stump.”
Based on that faulty logic, if Matthews were discussing rap music, he would refer to African-Americans as “niggas” like so many rap artists do. That would be, as Matthews requested, just calling people what they call themselves.
Matthews might want to re-think this concept.
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Was just reading that Wikipedia says the term Democrat Party is an epithet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(phrase)
Wikipedia wasn’t too bright on creating this page, there are parenthesis in the URL. So to get to the proper page, click the link above and then click on the link on the page for “Democrat Party (phrase)”
A slur?
This could be an interesting conversation. Care to discuss it?
My party has been calling the Democrat Party the Democrat Party for decades. They’ve been complaining about that since at least the 50s. It’s all good fun.
But if Chrissy is so concerned about calling a movement what it calls itself, then why not call pro-lifers pro-life, rather than those who “oppose abortion rights.” Chrissy is consistent with his outrage, no?
i fail to see why calling someone a democrat is an insult, unless you have an IQ higher than a carrot.
I prefer the term liberal. I think its more of a slap in the face.
Instead of calling Chrissy Matthews a reporter, let’s call him what he really is – a sissyfied ass.
Mike said: But if Chrissy is so concerned about calling a movement what it calls itself, then why not call pro-lifers pro-life, rather than those who “oppose abortion rights.”
I believe they call us “anti-choice” as well.
Matthews used time to complain.. so that he could ignore Mr. Darrell’s remark that the DEMOCRAT Congress failed us in a BIG way! It’s they
who are/were hiking up the deficit, and they fault the Republicans!
Matthews is a sorry liar!