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MSNBC’s Chris Matthews seemed to come unglued Tuesday night, badgering a conservative guest and repeatedly demanding to know, “Who’s paying your salary?” during a segment about Michigan’s new right-to-work law.
Scott Hagerstrom answered Matthews right from the start that he works for Americans for Prosperity, an anti-tax and government spending organization. Matthews, however, was bent on getting Hagerstrom to admit the group’s ties to the conservative billionaire Koch brothers — and asked him a variation of the same question more than 10 times.
“You work for the Koch brothers, they don’t like unions, why are you working for them?” Matthews demanded.
“I work for Americans for Prosperity,” Hagerstrom responded. “This is not about the Koch brothers this is about — ”
“Well, who’s paying your salary?” Matthews said.
“I work for Americans for Prosperity,” Hagerstrom repeated. “We’re a nonprofit.”
“Who’s paying your salary?” Matthews said again.
Hagerstrom said he came on the show to talk about policy, to which Matthews responded, “Who’s paying your salary to do what you’re doing right now?”
“I just told you, Americans for Prosperity,” Hagerstrom said.
“What’s that?” Matthews asked, adding a few moments later, “You’re not answering my question.”
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OnwardThroughTheFog
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:02pmMatthews….If you’re a ‘REAL JOURNALIST’, get off your a$$ and do your own research of who funds his organization, you lazy jack-wagon.
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desertspeaks
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:22pmmaybe we can get crowder to fight matthews too but it’s highly doubtful matthews would even show up.. wussie liberals like matthews, like to talk trash from the safety of distance and will only physically attack someone when they have numbers on their side!
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GeorgieJo
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:37pmSOROS is paying Chrissy so STFU Tingles.
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redfish52
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:56pmCoo…coo…coo…coo.
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seeker9
Dec. 12, 2012 at 3:02pmYep, that’s right. The libs accuse opponent of something they themselves are guilty of. Proof Matthews is being paid by Soros. msnbc is trash, spewing nothing but trash.
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000degrees
Dec. 12, 2012 at 4:21pmSanta works for the Koch bros tingles……Still going to send him your list????
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mensa141
Dec. 12, 2012 at 4:31pmCan Chris tell who is silly enough to pay him a salary? How many times must we ask him that question?
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moreoilplease
Dec. 12, 2012 at 4:31pmThe Koch brothers are branded as the rights Soros. Although, the difference is stark. Soros believes in “a new vorld order” and the Koch brothers believe in conservative values and put their money where their heart is. I’m not saying they’re squeaky clean individuals, I don’t know them but I do know where they put their money thanks to opensecrets.org.
The money the Koch brothers put into think tanks and political candidates is dwarfed by Soros alone not to mention any of the thousands of leftist think tanks and organizations.
So, Mathews is just smearing and propagandizing as usual. Remember occutards saying the Koch brothers started the Tea Party? Never mind the ladies in Florida that began the first modern Tea Party or Rick Santelli on CNBC screaming for a new Tea Party. They believe so much that just isn’t so.
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Keatonc33
Dec. 12, 2012 at 4:45pmmoreoil? you can’t be serious? the koch brothers arn’t about conservative values. they are about profit. Low taxes on the rich, ending unions, more available outsourcing etc etc. its using your conservative values so they can make more money
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SimpleTruths
Dec. 12, 2012 at 5:09pmMOREOILPLEASE
The Koch brothers are playing you all like a fiddle, you do the dirty work while they line their pockets.
Actually it’s a family tradition. The Koch family made their fortune working for the Bolsheviks in the late 1920s and early 1930s, building refineries, training Communist engineers and laying down the foundation of Soviet oil infrastructure. Of course they didn’t tell you that did they?
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seeker9
Dec. 12, 2012 at 5:56pmSimpleTruths
Being played like a fiddle are what the Dems are doing to the middle class. Everyone knows cuts have to be made. The Dems are spin it so some one else gets the blame. See what Howie Dean says about taxing the middle class. Guess who the real fools are.
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brother_ed
Dec. 12, 2012 at 6:01pm@SIMPLETRUTHS
I’m more interested in what the Obama family was doing.
You keep hating the Koch’s, though. Good for you.
I’ll call you when I want to hear ‘Turkey in the Straw’ a truly classic fiddle tune.
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LogCabinRepublican
Dec. 12, 2012 at 6:32pmWhy didn’t he ask the Union Boss why George Soros funds his salary and the administration has bought MSNBC and all MSM?
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MIBUGNU2
Dec. 12, 2012 at 6:46pmAre employees of BOMSNBC card carrying union members ????
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paperpushermj
Dec. 12, 2012 at 7:49pmMatthews wasn’t going to stop bullying the guy until he got the answer he wanted. Let all say it together I’m payed by ….the Evil Koch Brothers
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Beck_Art_Obama_In_PeePee
Dec. 12, 2012 at 7:54pm“Chris Matthews Unglued? Badgers Conservative Guest With ‘Who’s Paying Your Salary?’ More Than 10 Times”
Dear TheBlaze,
Please stop wiping Maher’s mouth-ass with your webpages … or Beck will drink allot of water and get a jar ready for YOU!
Now, excuse me while I go wipe this Chris-crap off my monitor (can you spare a couple webpages?) …
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SendTheMeteors
Dec. 12, 2012 at 8:27pmHere’s a side by side comparison of the Koch brothers and George Soros which gives a timeline of their lives and what each has done with their money. I think it’s objective, but you decide:
http://other98.com/soros-vs-koch-infographic/
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lovenfl3
Dec. 12, 2012 at 10:04pmI think Chris really meant to say “you’re not answering my question e way I want you to answer it.” This guy has been a joke for so long now, that I think maybe the 12 people who watch him actually take him seriously…….I said maybe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92rcPxgopFE
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LawlessKO
Dec. 12, 2012 at 10:25pm@moreoilplease
The Koch brothers are not conservative they are libertarian, and support gay marriage, drug legalization, smaller defense budget….
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seeker9
Dec. 12, 2012 at 10:32pmSendTheMeteors
Objective? Could I interest you in a bridge in New York? Maybe some swampland in Florida?
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DeniseR55
Dec. 12, 2012 at 10:59pmWhat Matthews did was just keep repeating what they wanted the watcher to remember and that is he somehow is connected to the Koch Bros, who have ??? against the country. This way to the guy interviewed does not get to debate his side of the right to work issue. Why anyone goes on MSNBC is beyond me, they ALL just had a meeting with the President to get the plan together. WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK
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DeniseR55
Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:00pmTHIS HEADLINE should be MATTHEWS SNIFFING GLUE.
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charles116
Dec. 13, 2012 at 2:01amHe knows who funds AFP = THE KOCH BROTHERS.
Do YOUR homework.
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HappyConservative
Dec. 13, 2012 at 8:44amThere are only 3 people on this planet that I can safely say I truly hate. Barack Obama, Bill Maher and Chris Matthews.
Liberals and in particular MSNBC just can’t get off the Koch brothers. They are OBSESSED with these guys. It’s so pathetic because for most conservatives the Koch brothers have zero impact in our world politcally or in any other way; we rarely hear them mentioned in any circles. They are just two rich guys. What a friggin non-issue…
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Jim in Houston
Dec. 14, 2012 at 11:53amWho would ever know what Sissy Chrissie ranted about if the Blaze hadn’t linked to it? He must have six or seven viewer even counting his embarrassed family.
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Cain13
Dec. 14, 2012 at 3:41pmSENDTHEMETEORS
Did you really call the other98 objective?
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LeadNotFollow
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:01pmSanta is giving Chrissie a pink straitjacket for Christmas.
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wisconsinlcm
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:33pmSanta please hurry and make your first stop at Cris’s house. PS if you can maybe a pink muzzle also.
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BODYBAG
Dec. 12, 2012 at 6:24pmSomeone needs to stick a .38 in his mouth for Christmas
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MIBUGNU2
Dec. 12, 2012 at 6:38pmOr maybe a little obumer doll..
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noslave
Dec. 12, 2012 at 9:49pmto body bag, chrissie already has to many things in his mouth presently,he was spitting up protein trying to badger an enemy,and it didnt work he was so frustrated,i would have thrown him the bird,go fluke yourself and walked off the set saying you dont like the truth,so make up your own answers??
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JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:01pmHagerstrom has no intestinal fortitude. If he did he would have asked Mathews why there are no reporters at MSNBC and if he did not like the answer, why he asked the question in the first place. If nobody stands up to these hacks it will just continue. Of coarse, the only people that watch this as if it’s the truth are the stupid people, but, hello, stupid people are what make up over half of America now according to the last Presidential election result (stupid really applies to those who did not vote not just the fools that voted).
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Atilla
Dec. 12, 2012 at 3:20pmJAOP,
I would suggest that the four million Republicans that chose to contribute to the Marxist victory are at least as stupid as any who voted for the Marxist. After all there are at least 2 generations of indoctrinated graduates that voted for more government handouts. It’s the Alinsky model being played out right before our eyes.
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huey6367
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:01pmAnd THIS is what is wrong with MSM. He is only there for the pathetic ratings they already get. His days are numbered.
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Tree_Butcher
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:08pmno. Think ‘NPR’. if all the advertisers pulled their ads, MSNBC would run crying to the government for funding saying it’s not fair that they have to pay their bills, make someone else pay for it.
and Boehner and the rest will pony up.
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SimpleTruths
Dec. 12, 2012 at 5:19pmI’ll tell who’s days are numbered, the GOP’s majority in the House. And please, go ahead and primary your most ardent, fire breathing, conservative Tea Party candidates against the GOP candidates, that will assure that they lose in the general election.
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OUTLAW_WEALTH
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:00pmSoros paid Mathews to ask that question.
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PATTY HENRY
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:34pmBingo!!
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DeniseR55
Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:02pmHeadline should read, “Matthews sniffing glue”.
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OUTLAW_WEALTH
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:00pmYes, paying someone’s salary ought to be illegal.
A leftist is someone who looks at the material possessions of someone else, and then accuses them of fraud and violence, without due process, and demands the government give him ” a fair share”.
A leftist is someone who thinks big daddy government owes them a living.
A leftist is someone who thinks a central bank ponzi scheme is OK because it is run by the government. Who thinks bailouts by the rich , for the rich, is OK as long as unions get a slice of the pie.
A leftist is someone who hates YOUR beliefs but demands tolerance of their own.
A leftist is a fool who will eventually wake up to the snare that he thought he created for others, but finds himself hopelessly entrapped therein.
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wisconsinlcm
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:54pmYou know it is just like a few years ago the left thought they were going to push Rush L. off the air with Whoopie Goldberg and air america, and when they seen that no one was listning to them they lost their sponsores they cryed to the govermeant that wasn’t fair no one was listing to them. My point is the left can’t see passed the end of their noises, what ever they think has to be right. ( NOT )
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djeffcoat
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:59pmChrissy is a SFI!
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madenoughtocomment
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:59pmHe really is an idiot. Ask a question, then shut up and accept the persons answer. Just because he didn’t say what Matthews wanted, he asked again and again. What is it they say about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result ?
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TurboCat
Dec. 13, 2012 at 4:58amAnswer: Stupidity.
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Gringo Lingo
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:59pmI woould rather work for the Koch brothers than work for Obama as Matthews does.
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mapgirl10
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:57pmDoes Matthews have a hearing problem or comprehensive problem?
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shorthanded12
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:20pmboth
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brother_ed
Dec. 12, 2012 at 3:34pmWhat?
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rickc34
Dec. 12, 2012 at 3:42pmMatthews has a pile of **** were his brain used to be.
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B-Neil
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:56pmIt’s amazing what Mushmouth will do to keep his job. He does try to be a Jurnalist. It’s so sad that he does’nt know what a real news Jurnalist is.
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stopprintn
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:55pmI’ve heard Sissy Crissy has a 5m anual contract. And they say corprate ceos’ are over paid…huh!
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DZ-015
Dec. 12, 2012 at 4:42pmLove your comment, especially if it was unintentional.
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progressiveslayer
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:55pmWho paid for your lobotomy Chrissy? Answer me who paid for it? ANSWER ME.
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RJJinGadsden
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:24pmPROGRESSIVESLAYER, I don’t think that he has had his yet. But, I am willing to chip in for it. Should make his lobotomy a pay per view event for charity.
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grimmster
Dec. 12, 2012 at 3:18pm@RJ.
Why “chip in”? It could easily be done, from 100 yards……….
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The-Monk
Dec. 12, 2012 at 3:18pmHi Guys,
Chrissy’s “thrill up his leg” must have moved up into his ears.
He clearly is having a hearing problem….
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RJJinGadsden
Dec. 12, 2012 at 9:14pmGRIMMSTER, Pay per view would still have more entertainment value and for a larger number of people.
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Dom321
Dec. 12, 2012 at 9:23pmGrimmster.
30.06 should do the job @ 100 yds.
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strawberry411a
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:54pmMatthews: mental institution NOW please.
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term limits for congress
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:53pmHe needs a breathalizer on his microphone. And,… a little guage on the screen to show the viewers how drunk he is. “Hey, Martha! Chris just blew a 2.8 – come watch, this is going to be fun!”
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TurboCat
Dec. 13, 2012 at 5:03amGood one!
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The Third Archon
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:52pm““You work for the Koch brothers, they don’t like unions, why are you working for them?” Matthews demanded.”
Well, because obviously he doesn’t like unions either.
I don’t see what the big deal is–yes, capitalists attempt to influence the political process in their favor, is this news to anyone?
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Walkabout
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:26pmChris Matthews is running this play form the liberal playbook, because we did not slap him down with the facts. Several months back Horowitz & others presented the fact that Soros, The Rides foundation & several other liberal groups & individuals provided 7 to 10 times the funding for liberal advocacy than the Kohj brothers & like minded people do.
He needs to be presented with the facts to make him temporarily pipe down.
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Walkabout
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:59pmThe New Leviathan: How the Left-Wing Money-Machine Shapes American Politics and Threatens America’s Future by David Horowitz
-Horowitz and Laksin identified 115 tax-exempt, left-leaning organizations that boast more than $104 billion in combined assets…10 times greater than the combined assets of 75 conservative organizations they identified.
-14 liberal organizations sport more than $1 billion in assets each; the number of conservative groups with $1 billion in assets each…zero.
-Horowitz and Laksin identified 553 left-wing environmental groups and 32 conservative groups with more market-friendly approaches to helping the environment. The total assets of the left-wing groups equaled $9.53 billion compared to the right-wing groups’ $38.2 million…a total assets ratio of 249 to 1
http://www.theblaze.com/books/the-new-leviathan-how-the-left-wing-money-machine-shapes-american-politics-and-threatens-americas-future/
Chrissy Mathews is hysterical because his utopia vision of America has not arrived. He wants no opposition.
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BD1957
Dec. 12, 2012 at 8:02pmIt is if you are on the “wrong side” of the issue.
Matthews thinks it ought to be illegal to oppose Obama & the Democrats.
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progressiveslayer
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:51pmIt’s none of your business who’s paying him you stupid SOB progressive nut job.
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mrunner
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:51pmMichigan resident here. I actually tuned into MSNBC last night for the sole purpose of seeing this mutant have a melt down as a result of Michigan doing the right thing. It was interesting to see the psychopath in action- but I was disappointed that he did not have a complete breakdown last night. I was hoping to see him drooling on the floor with eyes rolled back in his head as they put him in restraints and wheeled him out on a stretcher. Oh well, twenty six states left to make the change- maybe the next one will result in the breakdown that dooms him…
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shorthanded12
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:23pmlol…now that was a good assesment…LMAO
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Wilsonpd
Dec. 12, 2012 at 3:55pmThat mental image is priceless. Pay per View! I’ll pony up.
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ImJusSayin
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:49pmWHAT A MORON ! Geez Matthews, if you cant do an interview hang it up. Youre as bad as Colmes. You ask a question and then wont SHUT UP long enough for someone else to talk.
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Exidor
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:48pmChris Matthews is drunk off his a$$ again.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:47pmWhen is Chris Matthews and most Democrats already not unglued?
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MistaB
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:44pmI’m surprised Tweety McTingles was able to get Obama’s unit out of his mouth long enough to ask any questions.
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RightUnite
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:44pmHe’s a psychotic freak. He should be removed from the air…
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Cavallo
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:42pmAs much of an idiot that Chrissy makes of himself, someone really needs to quit putting up with his maniacal BS.
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Nerzhul
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:40pmWho is paying his?
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Really2012
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:52pmThe White House??
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shorthanded12
Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:54pmGeorge Soros via Comcast…….
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gyro
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:00pmYour question cant be answered do to technical dificulties
Try again next time Chris Matthews gets a tingle in his pants
We now return to regular programing
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UNALIEN
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:01pmGE, they paid 1.8% US tax on $81 billion profits over the last ten years,,, Chris Mathews gets $5 million per year..
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Fubared
Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:03pmJohnny Walker? Early Times? Absolut? Grey Goose? Only Chrissy knows.
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