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‘Off His Medications’: Rep. West Takes Chris Matthews to Task for Wild Chicago Theory

Aug. 31, 2012 12:41pm Becket Adams

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) on Thursday weighed in on MSNBC host Chris Matthews’ recent claim that mentioning Chicago when discussing President Obama is kinda’-sorta’ racist.

“I don’t think there’s anything you can say,” the congressman told Townhall.com’s Katie Pavlich.

“I don’t know if he has gotten off of his medications. I don’t know if the guy has just gone off the rails. You know, if I can’t say the word Chicago … I mean, what? I can’t say Atlanta? I can’t say Dallas? What next? Philadelphia?” Rep. West asked.

Well, based on Matthews’ line of reasoning (or lack thereof), why not?

“You know,” the congressman continued, “we went through this in 2008 when you couldn’t even say the president’s middle name. Then, all of a sudden when he gets inaugurated, I guess we got the permission to say his middle name.”

“If [President Obama] wins again, maybe Chris Matthews will give us the permission to say Chicago again. This is insidious and it just shows the desperation and the fear on the other side,” he added.

Here’s the original claim made by Matthews:

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perry1980
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:43pm
Thank goodnes nobody watches old Chris Matthews. Get back on your meds man.

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- buttpatriot
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:25pm
  west is a secret muslim
- oneshiner
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:25pm
  You can say that again. Poor Chris Matthews is a pathetic person to have on TV. No wonder they don’t have an audience.
  Rep. Allen West is a man who has courage of his convictions and a person we need to help run this country…………first, we have to get rid of some of the ole’ time corruption type thinking from Congress.
  Those of us who can see through all the I’s, me’s, & mine, must realize they don’t care about “US”
  
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- daxawyes
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:26pm
  People like Matthews only scream and complain about what they don’t won’t the right to talk about. It’s a form of shaming you for their own embarrassment. Chicago is failing, food stamps are at record highs, they don’t want you to know the truth about Obama’s past so they scream racism. It’s very telling but so many dumb republicans are scared of these fools.
  
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- jzs
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:38pm
  West’s only claim to fame is making outrageous statements. You’d never have heard of him otherwise. I’ll tell you, people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
  
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- suttonea76
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:42pm
  @JZS – if that is true, at least he is willing to make them and stand by his statements instead of flip flop like DWS does daily. You must share the meds with Matthews.
  
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- troymac20
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:46pm
  I wish that were true but unfortunately plenty of people do listen to Matthews and believe every stupid word out of his mouth. Even worse they have the right to vote.
  
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- Jim in Houston
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:52pm
  The smell of dimocRat fear in the morning is a beautiful thing!
  
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- Larry E
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:53pm
  Buttpatriot you need to get back on your meds too! You’re either a terminal idiot or an abject fool, a lot like Dimwit Chris Matthews.
  
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- Bowlz
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:57pm
  I have two thoughts about what Matthews has mutated into. 1. He had a history of being racist when it served him working for Tip O’Neill and working with Senator ‘Sheets” from WV. Now he’s feeling guiltly to a level that has tossed all reason and logic aside; even moreso than he ever had. OR: he has lost his mind due to a psychological, neurological or most likely a liberal condition that meds cannot cure. It’s sad to watch someone who was decent years ago, totally lose all contact with reality: And be on TV so people can see it. Most people that see him are on alternative news organizations watching him implode. It’s time to put him out to pasture out of respect for him; or leave him on and allow him to reveal the idiocy of his ideaology.
  
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- CLEttinger
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:57pm
  Calling racist and pointing a finger, remember Chrissy, when you point a finger you have 4 figers pointing back at you.
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 3:51pm
  @JZS:
  
  Right, West literally has accomplished nothing in his life. You are enlightening us bro.
  
  It would be cool if you knew anything about CM, so that you could compare truth with actual racism.
  
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- aragona
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 4:12pm
  JZS is obviously a racist. Butthead is a racist, too.
  
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- mtcountrygrl
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 4:38pm
  I hope they keep this up, I know people who are planning to vote Obama out just to stop the “everything is racist” junk.
  
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- let us prey
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 5:14pm
  Buttpatriot
  We’re your parents siblings?
  
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- BantyJoe
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 6:34pm
  @BUTTPATRIOT, I don’t care who west worships! From your nicname, I see that you worship sphincters. Each his own. West will ALWAYS be more of a man the the POTUS!
  
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- carlpn77
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 6:45pm
  @buttpatriot….and you’re an idiot…the only muslim resides in the White House, for now!
  
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- I_KNEW_Youd_Say_That
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 7:53pm
  I KNEW He’d Do That!
  
  “Off His Medications” is the code phrase for “On Drugs” … either (or both?) would explain lame-brained motor-mouthed Liberal Matthews.
  
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- Chinishque
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 8:20pm
  Pretty mean of you to discount his mother in that way ; – )
  
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- BadDog-NoBiscuit
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 9:48pm
  @buttpatriot: Chris, is that you…
  
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- taethne
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 6:50am
  Yea, Only 10 people watch the show and he is desperate to stir things up so he can some how get noticed.
  
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- KURT1010
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 8:40am
  He should replace Carney for WH Press Secty….I wonder Why Gibbs Quit…?
  
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- b.mclane
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:52am
  Sad thing is Matthews is not on meds. He is a devoted Liberal which is a mental disease.
  
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- bccrane
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:20pm
  You can see the true racists are those with their heads so far up Obama’s **** that all they can see is black (need to make a bumper sticker).
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 3:12pm
  Matthews is a race baiting idiot. “Chicago Politics” is a reference to the style of politics of the 30′s (mob) and the Daleys (union mob). Barack just grew up in the system.
  
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- snufy
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 7:51pm
  He’s such a secret muslim that only you know it, huh, Butthead?
  
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- Whistleblower
  Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:55pm
  Is President Barack Obama being blackmailed ?
  
  http://illinoispaytoplay.com/2012/09/01/is-president-barack-obama-being-blackmailed/
  
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lukabrasi
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:41pm
It’s funny how the liberal media comes up with this crap, when they hear the word Chicago, they envision black people. When I hear the word Chicago, I envision pay offs. Politicians, Police and such on the take. I didn’t think that was a race issue. Then again, it is the liberals that want to keep people dependent on the entitlements.

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- Popp40
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:15pm
  It is going to be interesting to see how they cover the DNC…..
  
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- FEMALL
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 3:10pm
  @Popp40–I predict the bedlam in the streets will not be covered and that all the home shopping networks will have a greater share of viewers.
  
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- countryfirst
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 4:03pm
  Wow let’s hope we never have to talk about Cheyenne Wyoming, and open up the racism towards another minority.
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 4:16pm
  I’m with you. The mention of Chicago brings to mind, Corruption among all who have a smidgen of power. It’s name reminds me of corrupt Unions, it reminds me of gangsta’s and strong-arm tactics.
  
  Chicago has been a dirty word from what we’ve always heard about it, and it never meant color to my knowledge. To me personally it’s always been; Big, bad Leroy Brown, baddest man in the whole dam town… meaner than a junk yard dog………man, could I dance up a storm to that one, but I never heard a word about any racial slurs. Chris Mattews, why is that? I think you’re a dummy
  
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- RetiredAmericanNavyTaxpayer
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:35pm
  Funny – when I hear the name Chicago I hear Frank Sinatra singing:
  
  Chicago, Chicago that toddling town
  Chicago, Chicago I will show you around
  Bet your bottom dollar you lose the blues in Chicago, Chicago
  The town that Billy Sunday couldn’t shut down
  
  On State Street, that great street, I just want to say
  They do things they don’t do on Broadway
  They have the time, the time of their life
  I saw a man, he danced with his wife
  In Chicago, Chicago my home town
  
  NOBAMA
  **2012**
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:54pm
  nobody better ever say watermelon, chicken or ribs……..
  
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Magyar
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:35pm
I continue have a difficult time understanding how the Chris Matthews of the world leave the kingdom of reasonableness and stray into the realm of lunacy!

Did he have a TA , a brain hemorrhage or something?

Well, whatever, Allen West can certainly take care of himself…..no worries there!

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- Trollkiller68
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:52pm
  The thoughts and desires of his heart are evil continually. His master, the Devil, is very desperate, and has good reason to be so. Mitt and Paul are righteous men, and great enemies to the work of Liberalism and Satanism. Chris Mathews and others like him are possessed with demonic spirits. But its their choice, they love darkness and Satan more than the Light of Christ.
  
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- Stratosaurus
  Posted on September 1, 2012 at 12:32am
  Li’l Chrissy Mattresspad suffers from terminal cerebral flatulence. The sounds coming out of his gaping maw are the result of brainfarts.
  
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heavyduty
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:33pm
Chris Matthews is not off his meds. As far as I know there is no medication to fix STUPID!

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- TruthMonkey
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:44pm
  Yes there is.
  RAT Poison!
- Wool-Free Vision
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:46pm
  I prefer CRAT Poison, i.e. concentrated Conservatism.
  
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:32pm
Yes. There were Poor White kids in Detroit in the past (Me) and still today. You wanna talk about Reverse Discrimination. I been ready.

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nobull14
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:26pm
I respect Allen West !! . Matthews is a say anything liberal MORON.

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- LameLiberals
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:32pm
  Romney and the progressive GOP Elites DESPISE Lt Col West, Bachman and Palin. NONE of them were invited to the GOP convention. If old geezer loser McCain was – Palin should have been because people voted for him ONLY because of her.
  
  Rep Alan West is BLACK – why wasn’t he speaking but a RINO old Bush employee like Condi Rice got to speak and so did Rep Tim Scott. Why? Because ROMNEY AND THE ELITES DESPISE WEST. They can’t control him and so have no use for him.
  
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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:39pm
  Chris is right. Saying chicago is pure racism. The purest you can find.
  
  ******* babies is fine. What a joke.
  
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- IMCHRISTIAN
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:47pm
  LAME.. why are you so bitter or even care with that attitude. There was a storm you know and that took one day off the schedule. Love not hate
  
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- Locked
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:55pm
  @Lame
  
  “Romney and the progressive GOP Elites DESPISE Lt Col West, Bachman and Palin. NONE of them were invited to the GOP convention.”
  
  Just an FYI: Palin was offered a talking spot at the RNC and declined, and West was at the RNC; there’s video of him talking with Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro.
  
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cloudsofwar
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:26pm
this election according to the left is all about Race. it’s sickening and i believe America is tired of it.

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- Jenny Lind
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 3:43pm
  We are not only sick of it, we just do not believe it. Only racism I hear is from Panthers and their ilk.
  
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- GlennaBeckski
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 4:33pm
  Taking into consideration that polar bears are white..
  
  If I say Chris Matthews and Allen West are polar opposites am I a racist ?
  
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mlimberg
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:26pm
Rach Madashell was speechless last night on MSNBC after Clint spoke….. I hope someone finds her response… or lack there of… it’s priceless….

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ktb123
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:23pm
I have a message for Chris Matthews and the people on the left, that claim I must be a racist if I don’t like this President….I’m not a racist I don’t like Biden Either.

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LaughingAtU
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:14pm
What do the Projectionist want us to do? Should we abandon our culture, beliefs, and morals? Start dressing, talking, acting, eating, hearing, and living like these “blacks” that they keep talking about? Which group of “blacks” do they keep referring to anyways? I know and keep relationship with many black people. They all are pretty diverse, just like caucasians, mexicans and asians that I know and have relationship with. When they catagorize “blacks” then they are most likely talking about gang like groups who tend to try to act like one another as a whole (or unit), and whatever race that may be, I tend to DISLIKE without worrying about not liking “blacks” as they say.

The projectionist are also generalist, and they catagorize every single group out there as a whole without knowing diversity exists.

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- BloodSweatandTears
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:24pm
  Let’s call the them hypocritical-its?
  
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- LaughingAtU
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:49pm
  Blood- That term suits them. I at least try to see it in my life where that occurs and clean it up. They seem to encourage it.
  
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lessoneleg
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:09pm
Liberals make it an art form insulting any and all conservative people. MSNBC and other ultra liberal MSM have taken this back room approach to link together “racism” with every word or person running on the Republican ticket.
Rubio took a very good way to avoid mud slinging, but liberals always take the low road with defamation of character as the usual trump card.
How is it that Democrats can dig so much dirt, or any tid bit of information concerning any conservative? Yet, nobody can gain access to Obama. The Teflon President.

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jrcess
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:09pm
Chrissy ******* down his leg, damn forgot the meds. Oh well Obama makes me react this way.

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:20pm
  Hey, don’t steal my joke.
  
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Locked
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:09pm
Don’t think it’s necessary to claim Chris Matthews has a mental disorder and needs medication: sounds like an excuse for his behavior. Rather, point out the truth: he’s flailing, failing, ranting and railing. He’s got bark but no bite.

Saying he has a mental disorder is the kind of hyperbole and snarkiness we expect from the left. I say we just give them the medicine the entire country needs: truth. Point out that Matthews is acting illogically and idiotically. And ignore him for the attention hound he is.

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Capt_Gregg
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:05pm
I hope MSNBC keeps Matthews, Maddow, O’Donnell, et al on the air. For anyone with more than 17 functioning brain cells, their inane commentaries effectively destroy the network’s credibility. Watching their antics is amusing, but so is watching the antics of the chimpanzees at the zoo. It’s a tossup as to which group is the most reliable for intelligent discourse.

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- jrcess
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:09pm
  Total IQ of the 3 up to 45!!
  
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- lessoneleg
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:10pm
  Clearly the marching orders come directly from Democratic Party Headquarters.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 5:04pm
  C’mon now, you left my favorite, Marty Basher out of that mix! Listening to his one hour show is the best laxative on the market.
  
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NILAP
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:04pm
Cubs is racist. I dare you to say you love the Cubs and not the White Sox.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 5:05pm
  The Chicago Scrubs?
  
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toto
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:04pm
Chris Matthews is a sad mega technicolor characterization of the vile and bile that is all the left has to work with. What a pathetic human being. Wish when Romney is elected we could get rid of all these clowns too, but alas they will still be around, with their hatred and venom and total lack of fairness. They remind me of rabid dogs. Matthews ability to think and analyse with any honor, dignity, honesty, or character has been lost in his dementia. Sadly, he is not lovable curmudgeon either. Hope attrition works quickly.

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AlexV
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:03pm
I hope Allen West gets a cabinet position. We need more people like him who’s not afraid to say it like it is. As for little chris mathews, if some kids who were mostly minorities were shouting “USA USA” during a basketball game he’ll probably call it racism…just saying.

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- RetiredAmericanNavyTaxpayer
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:41pm
  Secretary of Defense comes to mind.
  
  NOBAMA
  **2012**
  
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jblaze
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:03pm
How much further from reality can these people get? It’s truly mind boggling!

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eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:58pm
Chris Matthews must be having an IDENTITY CRISIS.

SINCE 2008, .all he can THINK & SPEAK ABOUT IS RACE.
He SEE’S EVERYTHING THROUGH RACIAL LENS.

Hmmmm…let’s see -
ONLY SINCE 2008, he’s become CONSUMED with Black/Racial issues.
ONLY SINCE 2008, he’s become CHAMPION DEFENDER of Black/Racial issues.
Hmmmm, I wonder WHY?

Hey Chris – are you trapped in a body you’re not happy with or what? LOL :)

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- Platonician
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:06pm
  Yeah, he is a black women trapped in the body of a white male…
  
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- III_percenter
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 2:22pm
  Of course he’s not happy with his body. That’s why he keeps shoving his head up Obama’s ****.
  
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liberty4all1776
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:57pm
Chris Matthews is clearly off his meds. How can any thinking person take this idiot seriously?

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BryanB
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:57pm
Allen West is the best of the best.

God Bless Him……….

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 5:07pm
  Bryan, you got that right, hands down.
  
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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:54pm
I still insist that the tingle Chrissy felt going down his leg was just him pi$$ing himself. Bad meds would explain that.

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- Mike Benton
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:00pm
  Lol LoL
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:26pm
  It’s a good thing we have people like Mathews to decipher what we say and think, so he can remind us how racist we are, without even knowing we are racist. I had no idea when I say the President is from Chicago, just like he says he is from Chicago, that I was really calling him a ********* ****** ******* ******** black guy.
  
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- eyestoseeearstohear
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:34pm
  @ 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  
  Yep!
  
  Chris BLEW HIS POCKET CATHETER….and THAT’S what he felt running down his leg.:)
  And, has done so on many ocassions since then – ESPECIALLY when someone says
  ANYTHING AGAINST HIS MAGNIFICIENT MASTER.
  
  I think Matthews needs to get checked.
  The man is obviously experiencing an Identity Crisis or a Mental Melt-Down,
  and we ALL just stand by and GLEEFULLY WATCH IT! :)
  
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landmark
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:53pm
Rep. Allen West should have answered that question with…………. “Chris who”? I think we’re giving Matthews way too much attention or free ads for his show!! He only says these weird things so many people will mention his name! His ratings are so low he has to do something………………………

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:51pm
Conservatives should say the truth about the Kenyan named obama, no matter what or who screams racism. These libs can make saying “hello” into something racist. We are tired of the race card. Everything is raaaaaaacist to the liberals. So….say what you want to say and let them keep playing the race card and boring people to death with it.

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- toto
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:10pm
  Wish someone would ask Obama why he referred to himself as having been born in Kenya on so many occasions. The literary bio he had to have submitted is just one instance. He is either lying now or he was lying then. Can’t have it both ways. Have never seen someone with so much lying and covering in his background, in politics, and that’s with the very low bar in politics. His bio in the future may be “The greatest liar of all time!”.
  
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- Paydert33
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 1:12pm
  That is so true, THE GREAT CARNAC………..like other times, the dems scared many “white folk” into voting for them. The loser dems made them feel guilty. So, instead of the “white folk” staying true to their convictions, they voted for o-loser, otherwise he would not have been elected. You know….the “typical white person”…..(quoted from o-loser’s book), that voted for a racist, marxist, socialist, conceited, liar-of-the-century, o-loser. The dems are pure evil.
  
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ChangeAll
Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:46pm
This frenzy exhibited by Chris Matthews is actually disturbing…maybe he is on the wrong meds???

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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on August 31, 2012 at 12:54pm
  Maybe the cleaners couldn’t get the stains out of his Klan outfit and sometimes little things like that send people off the deep end or into a frenzy.
  
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