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Does Chris Matthews Hate ‘Fork-Tongued’ Newt Gingrich?

Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:13pm by Tiffany Gabbay
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On Wednesday’s Hardball, Chris Matthews blasted “demonic” GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich for speaking with a “forked tongue” when answering a question about health care during Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate.

“You know, the demonic aspect of the person of Newt Gingrich – and I do mean that – he speaks with a forked tongue where you see both forks at the same time.”

The MSNBC host’s reaction was prompted by an exchange between the former House Speaker and Mitt Romney over whether Romney got the idea for his Massachusetts health care mandate from Gingrich.

“Demonic” seems a bit strong, however. So does the animus go deeper for Matthews?

According to Newsbusters, the Hardball host has a long history of particularly vitriolic attacks on Gingrich, at one point comparing the former House Speaker to “Freddy Krueger.”

On May 12, 2011, Matthews shrieked that the “shameless” and “nasty” Gingrich robs “joy and humanity” from people.

He frothed, “I cannot believe there are young Republicans idealists out there, young people with hope who want our country to be good and have good politics to want to resurrect this element of Freddy Krueger, Nightmare on Elm Street politics.”

On March 2, 2011, he raged that the Republican looks like a “car bomber” who “loves torturing.”

On June 10, 2011, Matthews excoriated Gingrich as “evil” and looking like “the Devil.”

During Matthews’ latest Gingrich-inspired outburst on Wednesday, he stated:

“You know, the demonic aspect of the person of Newt Gingrich, and I do mean that. He speaks with a forked tongue where you see both forks at the same time. He said two opposite things. I agree with Heritage, I did not agree with Heritage. I forget the other. That was the wrong order. First he said he was not part of it and then he said he agreed with Heritage, having just denied it.”

It goes without saying Chris Matthews holds little affection for conservatives, but do you find his demeanor, with regard to Newt Gingrich, particularly hostile? Does Matthews perhaps view Gingrich as the greater threat among Republican contenders? Weigh in with your thoughts below.

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Comments (85)

momsense
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:52am
Well, there are some of us who think Chris Matthews is the Jeffrey Dahmer of the media.
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- old white guy
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:06am
  not jeffery dahmer, lord ha ha.
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- HKS
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:13am
  I guess he didn’t get that tingle up his leg from Newt like he did O.
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- robert
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:24am
  “Jeffry Dahmer of the media?” Hahahahaha….That’s funny.
  
  “Does Chris Matthews Hate ‘Fork-Tongued’ Newt Gingrich?”
  
  I‘m just wondering why it matters who Matthews likes or doesn’t like. I mean, his show is so insignificant he has only 400,000 viewers last time I looked.
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- rock-n-roll-rebel
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:01am
  I LOL’d
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- mocon
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:04am
  Exactly what I was thinking. Mathews spews hatred like a venomous snake. You don’t find that hate filled rhetoric within conservative media.
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- FNTM
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:21am
  That is almost 10 times what Keith Olberman is getting on the Al Gore special.
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- Fantastic Four
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:17am
  Chris “The Accuser” Matthews………Nuff said……
  
  Satan (noun \ˈsā-tən\) Hebrew for the Accuser.
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- Paydert33
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:16pm
  MOMSENSE……. …Very good!
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 2:57pm
  When Chissie Matthews singles you out for some character assasination, you know you’re doing something right. Clearly…he believed Gingrich did well in the debate and is a likely VP choice for a few of the candidates. The thrill is gone Chrissie……
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Cosmos102
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:13am
Since Herman Cain mentioned it, I have now begun to take notice of all the “brain washed” Leftists. We all take it for granted that our schools and churches are basically the same all over. Not true. Communists have infiltrated. Obviously, Chris Mattthews is among those who have been indoctrinated.
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- Free2speakRN
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:08am
  Newt didn‘t want to be singled out as the ’one’ who said it. He agreed with the heritage foundation, which is “a broader stroke” and gives a different message to a listener.
  
  As far as Mathews goes, let him get an ulcer from his mental problems.
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digijock
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:47am
There’s something seriously wrong with Matthews. He absolutely hates capitalism, and conservative ideas. He’d rather see individual liberty flushed down the drain, along with the profit-motivation that brought us things like color television, Facebook, and the iPod. It’s completely lost on him that, in his idealistic socialized-nanny-state, he could be jailed or executed for speaking his mind so freely as he does. Total corruption ensues following total authoritarian control – which is where all his ideology leads. Leftists are all truly idiots. Leftist and idiot – practically synonymous. How does this happen – how does such an imbecile rise to a position with such publicity? (ok, it’s MSNBC – the Misinformation, Subterfuge, Nonsense and Baloney Channel – but it’s still nationally aired.)
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- Anamah
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:19pm
  Digijock exactly, I absolutely agree!!! and how is possible that Comcast which is the only cable company allowed to offer cable service in my condominium keep this bunch of haters leftist antisemitic communist of MSNBC and all other they have bought and now own??? They have the monopoly this is amazing to me; I think monopolies should be finished or at least study in America. As immigrant I find it so anti American, anti capitalist, totally anti free market!!! I would like Glenn talking about this issue, would The Blaze or GBTV help to learn when monopolies begun ( maybe was also Woodrow Wilson????) I believe this is a big problem in this country. Would the people like to know about that also?
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- ADAK
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 3:14pm
  Can’t you just see him in the office hanging around thinking he was going to get the 8 o clock hour. He must have been thinking “I know I can beat O’Reily” Ha. I’ll bet he was so pissed when he found Big Ed got that time slot. (another beaut) His ratings are so bad. He probably calls Oberman every day and hopes he saves a spot for him and Behar.
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slr4528
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:32am
Over all I like Gingrich but I was irritated when Gingrich through Paul Ryan under the bus when Paul was the only person who created a proposal to address budget deficits and entitlement programs. Regarding the debate yesterday, Gingrich did support mandates and Gingrich along with Heritage did support Romney care in 2007. So I was glad when Mitt cornered Gingrich on the mandate issue.

Romneycare is out of control due to all of the amendments the liberals added that Romney vetoed which were over ridden by the legislative vetoes. More amendments were added after Romney left office in Jan 2007. Newt also knew this and alluded to this fact in an interview in 2010. Newt lost a few points in my book after this exchange.
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- mach37
  Posted on October 21, 2011 at 2:31pm
  This article is not about Republicans or conservatives, it is about Chris Matthews. If ever anyone should be fired from the airwaves it is Matthews. He is the epitome of hate speech.
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ballsofFe
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:27am
You will know them by their fruits. Read Newt’s recent books. Read his ‘21st century’ contract with America. Listen to any of his youtube video speeches. Think for yourself. How could you not like the guy?
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- sissykatz
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 5:34am
  Ballsoffe
  
  I am with you. He has some brilliant proposals and knows exactly how to get them done.
  I know how smart Newt is and would love to see him debate Obama. Obama wasn’t
  vetted and has never gone up against anyone like him. I bet we would not
  recognize the Muslim when he finished the debate. After he was chewed up
  and spit out. I would really pay for tickets to see that. I would love for Newt to
  take on that egotistical ass and show him what it looks like when someone knows
  how to run a country.
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- BehindBlueEyes
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:42am
  Newt is a brilliant man that unfortunately has some baggage from the past. None of the candidates are perfect but there are good solid intelligent ones like Newt, Romney, Santorum. Any one of these guys would clean Obama’s clock.
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BetterDays
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:24am
I think old tingly legs might impress the 200,000 views who buy his brand of schmaltz, but I don’t happen to be impressed by him, at all, ever, never, ever.
He just another in a rather tiresome line of socialist propagandists that lame stream media seems to be chock full of. Personally I think Chris Mathews would look best laid out on a large plater with an apple stuffed under his snout. But now I’ve gone and ruined my midnight snack, darn.
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John Carter 101
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:20am
I hope the folks over at MSNBC don’t allow Chris Matthews to view the video of someone defecating on a cop car – I can’t stand the thought of him having a thrill going up BOTH legs.
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Ortho
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:19am
We are in so much trouble. None of them look good to me :(
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Ferrarello
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:19am
If he hates Newt….Then Newt must be a threat. Newt would run over Obombya in debate like a steam roller.
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- dutchy
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 5:58am
  Yes! Newt is very intelligent, would outsmart BHO in any debate! BHO has got the media to cover his dumb …… Intelligence is very threatening to the left wing media!
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heyjim55
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:56pm
Matthews has long hated Newt it goes back to the Clinton days while he was speaker of the house. Perhaps even farther than that I remember they got into a altercation at a restaurant years ago over something Newt said about Matthews affections for Tip Oniel after working for him while he was Speaker of the House during the Reagan years. See and you all probably thought Tingles only had the hots for Obama.
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Polly Sigh
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:45pm
CM needs to be checked out for dementia…
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Lumbar Spine
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:36pm
But Newt Gingrich did, in fact, contradict himself in a matter of seconds. Mitt Romney busted him. Why doesn’t The Blaze post the actual video of Gingrich making a fool of himself speaking out of both sides of his mouth? Gingrich is a creepy liar…and how many times has he been divorced and remarried? Three? Four? Didn’t he marry his high school teacher (wife number one) and then divorce her as she was coming out of cancer surgery? And wasn’t he fooling around on his second wife while he was criticizing Bill Clinton for his affair? The guy is a slug.
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- Bill Rowland
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 5:37am
  Newt has always been a do as I say not as I do. He preached family values while he was sneaking around with his current wife while his wife at time was ill. He was quick to critize Slick Willie for Monica while he was cheating on his wife.
  Newt is a politician, he will say anything, promise anything, and lie like a rug to get elected.
  Then he will break every promise.
  I would still vote for him over Obumbler.
  
  OMG
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- mach37
  Posted on October 21, 2011 at 2:34pm
  Newt did NOT contradict himself – he clarified Romney’s misconception.
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KickinBack
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:35pm
Careful there Chris, you might offend some of those hippies that like to split their tongues because…well because they are hippies.
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Eringobragh
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:31pm
An aspect of Romneycare that needs further investigation:

Boston Herald
9/15/2011
Report: ‘Romneycare’ a Jobs Killer
Study Finds Bay State Lost Thousands of Jobs

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_0915report_romneycare_a_killer_study_finds_bay_state_lost_thousands_of_jobs/

This study purports that Romneycare is a jobs killer. Romney must prove that it is not a jobs killer, or that it’s all the fault of those elected in MA after he left office. But why won’t he?

Both Democrats & Republicans say that Obamacare was modeled after Romneycare. If Obamacare was modeled after Romneycare, and Romneycare is a jobs killer, then Obamacare is also a….
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angry nerd
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:06pm
who is Chris mathews
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- Cat
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 5:37am
  Don’t want to know either …
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football lady
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:01pm
Does Chrissy hate everyone except for the one who gives him a tingle up his leg?
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Impenitent
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:57pm
at least he wasn’t for the bill before he voted against it…

but Kerry could never speak with a forked tongue…
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EqualJustice
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:33pm
PROVES that I am right about Newt being a contender!! :)
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- Maji
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 4:12pm
  Doesn’t Matthews look stoned most of the time??
  
  Would explain his stupidity!
  Some of it anyway.
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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:33pm
Project much Chris? I’m voting for Newt. He would smoke Obama in debate and he’s the most intelligent, a historian, and wants to get rid of the crony capitalism/socialism. Smack Down 2012! Gingrich/Cain 2012!
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- lauren1411
  Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:42pm
  I am SO HAPPY to read your post! I am with you, Newt & Cain for 2012!
  Newt is extremely intelligent and he has that foreign affairs as well as economic experience and he would knock-obama out in a debate! I would LOVE to see Newt debate obama!
  I bet we could nearly close the massive deficit if we sold tickets to that debate?
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- Katydidnt
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:37pm
  I agree with you. I think any combination of Cain/Gingrich or Gingrich/Cain would be excellent. Cain needs a congressional point man. Leading people you can fire and leading people who feel it is there job to oppose you at everyturn are two very different things. Gingrich needs someone with good business background who understands first hand the business community. Those two were made for each other.
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NOBALONEY
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:29pm
If Newt has a fork- tongue, then President Obana has a pitchfork- mouth.
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- mils
  Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:39pm
  a tingle up the leg..a forked tongue..oh dear goodness i could go on and on …chris and his sex toys, obama, newt..what next somebody that’s a personal vibrator?….
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- fatjack
  Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:55pm
  NOBALONEY
  Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:29pm
  
  If Newt has a fork- tongue, then President Obana has a pitchfork- mouth.
  —————————————————————————————————–
  
  wuhahahahaha maybe he can get obama and pelosi at the same time.
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- football lady
  Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:03pm
  Good one!!
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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:27pm
Ignore MSNBC; anyone with brain function does so. Didn’t watch it, won’t watch it; don’t care. Let ‘thrill up leg’ do his thing and let’s not watch. Not worth time spent, BLAZE. You aren’t a tabloid, right?
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Chappy123
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:22pm
Chris Masshews hates anyone that has any common sense! He’s an idiot numb nutt turd that has restless leg syndrome. AH
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- InfiniteSolutions
  Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:28pm
  It’s only a movie! CM sold out and Gingrich had his chance. Of coarse he has the right to speak and I like a lot of what Gingrich says, that comes with age, experience and polish. My issue is Gingrich isn’t the guy to beat Obama. We need a slick MF and would be nice if this person could not only out manuever Obama but be honest and, restore our civil liberties, increase enterpreneuer incentive hence create jobs, less Gov and let us fix the rest. Stand Up And Deliver!
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- Roywalling
  Posted on October 20, 2011 at 2:37pm
  Cain/Gingrich 2012
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gdbhusker
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:21pm
CM is a tool! nobody watches him anymore, and the only time I am forced to hear his name, or look at his smug progressive face….is on the blaze?????? you guys should take a tip from the American public and keep him irrelevant.
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- Chappy123
  Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:24pm
  THANK YOU!!!
  
  Blaze PLEASE!!!!
  
  He is not worth the space!!!!!!!!!!
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Bluenose177
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:20pm
That would make Chris Matthews the Billy Maddison of tv
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joe conservative
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:19pm
So that must mean that Chris just doesn’t get that thrill running up his leg over Newt. I‘m pretty sure that’s a big plus for Newt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouyNzCfsAq4
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