MSNBC‘s Matthews Calls Bachmann ’Balloon Head’ During On-Air Rant
- Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:28pm by
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I’m sure Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo didn’t expect his visit to Hardball to be dull. Sure wasn’t. It quickly turned into a Chris Matthews rantfest about Michele Bachmann. ‘Balloon head’ became the term of the night.
Mediaite’s Matt Schneider:
The “interview” ended up being just Matthews berating Russo with questions like “do you know how little this woman knows about American history” and “what is she talking about?” Joan Walsh was also a guest for the segment, but there was a little time for her, since it was clearly much more entertaining watching Matthews scream at Russo “are you hypnotized – can you answer a question,” whenever Russo struggled to defend Bachmann.
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Comments (312)
fly892
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:47pmI am not beleiving this…………Did he cross the line……..Is it time for him to follow keith? WOW!
Report Post »BadgerBenson
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:47pmGarbage in, garbage out. I’m hoping Comcast has a line of trucks ready at the curb.
Report Post »LLightnin
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:46pmThat my friends was the textbook liberal media performing an off topic gang bang on an unprepared guest.
Report Post »Dunkman
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 6:09ambut what i don‘t understand is why wasn’t he ready?! what do these people expect when they go on these shows? rational thought and questions?! It would’ve been very easy to explain what she was talking about (3/5 clause). I get so tired of seeing this stuff. He looked weak and stupid. If i were in his spot, I would have went off on both of them which wouldn‘t be good either so i’m glad i wasn’t there. something between that and his dear in the headlights interview would be nice.
Report Post »GoingBeck
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:43pmPolitical personality assassin.
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:43pmThat tie is obviously too tight around Chris’s neck and the hot air is making him rise.
Report Post »Decoragenus
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:42pmChris Matthews sounds scared.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 11:59pmSmart women certanly do send libs into a tizzy .. they like em dumb like Pelosi!
Report Post »R. Wirz von Urikon
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:35amTingles is going to wet himself!
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:42pmCall her a big fat liar instead, you know what she actually is….
William & Mary only offers a FEW tax law classes and they do not offer a Degree in Tax Law.
So, either Michele Bachmann is NOT an American Citizen and went to William & Mary and got an LL.M because she was Foreign Student.
Or … she is just a big fat liar.
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:53pm13th idiot..we are broke…wake up little girl..game is over
Report Post »Helldogger
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:54pmThat’s right 13. Show us how to be “civil”.
Report Post »portague
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 9:40pmFor the lazy its page 8
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 12:44pmWow, lots of Progressives on the boards today. Must have hit a chord :)
Report Post »frankee47
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:41pmdoes this piece of dog feces(chris) think anybody listens to him? that thing running down his leg is yello urine. in other words obama piss.
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:49pmHe finally purchased the proper size depends,so now the tingle won’t be running down his leg.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:40pmDarn, got all excited, didn’t have my reading glasses on and I thought he called her balloon breasts. Oh well, dare to dream…
Report Post »proantisocialist
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:40pmlooks like mathews is next behind oberman,hmmm oberman sounds a little german huh!
Report Post »Bigalisnotlost
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:40pmWhat in the world is this nit wit talking about the 13th admendment for???? Looks like he is dumber than his guests on on history………..
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:39pmCom’on Blaze…no more Chris Matthews…he has nothing, I mean nothing, intelligent to say. He acts like he has reverted to preschool antics.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:54pmChris Matthews wouldn’t know a balloon head if he looked in the mirror.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:55pmYou are right about him being an idiot, but it’s fun to bash him.
Report Post »Pray for USA
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:39pmSure seems like he’s doing a lot of name calling lately. I would think he would use his time more wisely. Seems like he is just floundering in his own vitriol.
Report Post »Mytur_Bin_Isdirty
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:38pmBalloon Head? Is that what MSNBC qualifies as news? No wonder why their ratings are in the tank. Hey Chris Matthews, how may fifths of a person do you consider an unborn baby?
Report Post »BQI
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:37pmIf Chris M. wants to see a head exploding he should go to Black Quill and Ink to take a look at the article, Why Sarah Palin Should be President. At the end of the article is a video that shows whose head is really exploding.
http://www.blackquillandink.com
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 9:52pmGreat site. Thanks for doing some really good work.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 11:53pmThankyou soooo much for your site, and the hard work you do maintaining it. I will visit often. You are a true American my friend.
Report Post »truthwinz
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 4:38pmI have a new icon on my desktop ! Thank you for the truth.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:37pmsomeone needs to olberman this fool
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:37pmComing from an ashen looking corpse those be fightin words Chrissy
Report Post »ONETERM
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:37pmhe just wants a tingle, and she won’t give it to him.
Report Post »Crewbot
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:40pmWomen probably don’t make him tingle. Only Half-white men.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 11:57pmlol .. sadly to true!
Report Post »Rob
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:37pmDamn commerical is too long..
Report Post »Crewbot
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:36pmBetter a balloon head than an airhead!
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:35pmListen to CM, he was there.
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:48pmThen he says African American Slaves. DA, 3/5ths applies to ALL SLAVES. Slaves where not just africans, EVERY RACE WAS A SLAVE. And if your status was “slave”, you were considered 3/5ths of a person.
CM even said the founders made compromise after compromise to keep from going to war. Trying to fight against slavery, while trying not to go to war. He said it himself, they tried to take care of it till the civil war when there was nothing else to do but fight. So in his circular logic (if you want to call it logic) he made Michelle’s point that the founders (eventually Republicans) worked ever which way to abolish slavery peacefully and up until the south (Democrats) seceded to keep their slaves and their “equal justice” (for their slaves) was there a fight.
Report Post »kmichaels
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 5:14pmThe 3/5ths had nothing to do with how much of a person a slave was. It was strictly a counting method to determine how much representation slave owning states were due. Pro-slavery states wanted to count them 100% not because they cared for slaves but because they cared about having extra representation at the federal level. It had to do with nothing more than the census count determining representation. So James Madison suggested a compromise of 3/5ths count. And it had nothing to do with blacks either, since free blacks were counted 100%.
Report Post »jeff29910
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:35pmHe is still recovering from the chills running down his legs
Report Post »Crewbot
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:44pmUnfortunately for him, only half-white men can do that, not women.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:34pmStraight from the original balloon head himself.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:32pmSEXIST bigot .. .
Report Post »bertr
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:45pmi kinda of like matthews being a spokesperson of the left, im likeing the right less and less, but i dont see the right ever having there heads stuck so far up…. as the left already has it in our lifetime)
Report Post »as i stray further from the right, the left seems to be becoming the more socaily offensive of the two to the general public and it amuses me
RobertCA
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 11:12pm@ BERTR
I’m happy for you & please stay with the left .
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 10:21amCatB, you said it. A total lack of class, too. Funny, I thought compromise to avoid war was a good thing. Everyone knows the 3/5 clause was nothing more than a political means to an end to rid the nation of slavery, and it worked. Yes, Mathews, slavery was ended by a Republican president, being opposed by the Democratic-Republicans, who later became the Democratic Party.
We need a better spokesman than Sal.
Report Post »bertr
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 10:00pm@robertca
Report Post »if english is your second language then i apologize that you may not be familiar with the phrase “heads stuck up their butts”, its usually written more profane then that, but if you were unfamiliar with the phrase i can see how the “…” in my post could be confusing. if you just didnt bother to read it, then it could be irony.
12thArticle
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:31pmNow there’s some non-vitriolic rhetoric for you!
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:38pmMichelle is righteous citizen-legislator. One of the best of the bunch. Matthews is a chattering idiot box…“if he only had a brain”
He is one of the 4 hooked up to the Soros brain-washing machine in Rubin’s animated satire “A Not Too Grimm Fairy Tale” where Americans take back their country and throw the criminals in JAIL where they belong.
http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu
Report Post »Crewbot
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:38pmThat coming from an airhead. Oh that’s rich!
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:40pmThat is so funny. Matthews is an idiot. ROFLMBO
Report Post »Firefight
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:43pmWhat BS the 3/5 clause was to keep power out of the hands of the slave states. The south wanted to count slaves in the census to give them a larger representation in congress, but didn’t want to give them the rights provided by the constitution. that was the concession that was made to keep the union together. and if they didn’t do it slavery would probably still be legal. BTW the republican party was founded as the anti slave party.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:48pmNew tone same as the old tone. MSNBC is made up entirely of Glenn Beck wana-bees.
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:49pmThen he says African American Slaves. DA, 3/5ths applies to ALL SLAVES. Slaves where not just africans, EVERY RACE WAS A SLAVE. And if your status was “slave”, you were considered 3/5ths of a person. He had to get that race bait in there for the ignorant that will be ready to fight for their freedom to be slaves again.
CM even said the founders made compromise after compromise to keep from going to war. Trying to fight against slavery, while trying not to go to war. He said it himself, they tried to take care of it till the civil war when there was nothing else to do but fight. So in his circular logic (if you want to call it logic) he made Michelle’s point that the founders (eventually Republicans) worked ever which way to abolish slavery peacefully and up until the south (Democrats) seceded was there a fight.
Report Post »325texmex
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:51pmChris matthews should be the next to go!
DisillusionedDaily
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:57pmIn the words of Bugs Bunny, “This guy is a real maroon!”
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 8:58pmCM interrupted the tea party guy left and right every 4 words. The woman got all the time and berated the Guy for interrupting. At the end CM says the Tea Party guy has all the time he wants to explain. He gave the guy 10 words then interrupted him again.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 9:00pm@fire
Report Post »I can guarantee CM has no idea about that! Most of us here do know this and our history…I sure wish he had just turned it on CM and said..“ok you tell me about it” and I bet CM would have shut right up.
It is entertaining to watch him blow a gasket, though.
GONESURFING
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 9:01pmMatthews wouldn’t know a balloon head if he looked in the mirror. Totally clueless Chris.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 9:36pmDon’t ya just love the civility after the messiah called for it ? ppfffttt…….
Report Post »BreeZee
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 9:52pmLeggy thrill did his usual, keep interupting the Conserv and let the lefty say what she wanted without interuption. It’s not hard to figure out what she meant about the Founders, We the people, that means ALL THE PEOPLE and All men are created EQUAL….Duh Crissy
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 9:56pmMatthews really needs to quit mixing his meds with alcohol, it makes him say stupid stuff. Oh, he does that without an excuse, now that is downright pathetic. I bet his mamma is proud to have raised a man (?) with so little respect for women.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 10:22pmMatthews saw that Olberman got 14 million from nbs after firing and wants to get fired to, so he can donate the money to the needy just like Olbermann
Report Post »payitforward
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 10:53pmJohn Q. Adams fought for human rights and against slavery most of his political life. Michelle was spot on. CM’s typical mode is to misrepresent what was said and then rant about it. He especially doesn’t like intelligent women. He is the sc m of the earth in my book.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 25, 2011 at 11:38pm@walkwithme1966
Report Post »It is “lose’ and “know”. And what is it exaclty that Michelle bachman does not know? Inform us, enlightened one?
Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 12:04amI put Matthews in the category of Sharpton and Jackson, pimps.
Report Post »Nothing more.
godlovinmom
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 12:23amout of all the speeches I heard tonight…Michelle was the most clear…so I could care less what this guys onmsnbc has to say…they’ve already proven themselves time and again…I pray that Michelle keeps sticking up for us Americans….
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 12:36amI am embarassed by Sal Russo’s response. How can you be the co-founder of the Tea Party Express and not know the history of slavery, and how it relates to the constitution. Nice job, Sal. CM hammered you on the issue because you clearly have no idea, when 30 minutes of research would have given you the knowledge to tell him exactly why the 3/5ths clause was in there and how it eventually led to the end of slavery. Do me a favor and give up interviews. Pathetic, Sal.
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 12:51amCan’t expect Matthews to get all tingly over Bachmann he only has eye for Berry, but on the other hand Matthews learned two new words today Balloon head . Must be because he got to play with Balloons over at Berry’s house.
Report Post »fm1885
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 1:06amThis is exactly why no one watches this idiot blow-hard….
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 1:12amif you rub a balloon on your leg it forms static electricity. matthews was making a sexual harassment remark at how he wants a tingle down his leg.
Report Post »pldn
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 1:26amwhat a grand standing idiot. the 3/5 provision was an ANTI SLAVERY provision, meant to reduce the number of representatives pro slavery states would have in congress, it was meant only for counting purposes having nothing to do with how a slave should be treated. Pro slavery factions WANTED slaves to be counted 100% and not 60% (3/5) so they could “represent” them. Mathews should learn some non progressive “history” and look in the mirror to see the real balloon head.
Report Post »Mikeyyy
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 2:51amNo wonder why the Progressive Lefts hate Bachmann and Palin. They can’t stand any smart female, as it can totally attract the Independent votes away from them.
I want Romney and Palin/Bachmann …Too bad he can’t pick em both. But one is good enough to attract a major demographic…I have a sneaky suspicion that Hil. Clinton is going to throw her hat in the mix too, which makes the dynamic even more fascinating.
Report Post »Mikeyyy
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 3:09amWow, I just finished watching that appalling video clip: 1. Both the Chris and the Progressive lady attack the guest, and every time he tries to say anything they attack again, not really letting him defend his positions…they keep attacking trying to make look stupid by controlling the conversation…when he answers, they want to refocus him back on something, hoping that somehow he sides with them, denouncing her. 2. They appeal to his intelligence side, hoping that he will play their stupid games.
Name Calling, Controlling the conversation like a dictator, ganging up, very nice Chris etal…hope your ratings go way up with that technique.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 7:21amWhy doesn’t “Tingles” just interview himself? When Walsh told Russo, “You’ve had plenty of time to talk, now it’s my turn”, was a real laugher!
Report Post »The desperation of the Left, is reaching a crescendo. Matthews acts like he’s right on the edge of a breakdown.
Marcobob69
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 8:38amIt’s the only thing Matthews and his network have left, to attack the conservatives and the TEA partiers. The tens of people that actually admit to watching this excrement are just as loony as Mr. “feeling going up my leg at the sight of Barry” is!! Hey Comcast, the next step in the “revilalization” of MS-LSD is to relieve the “big three” of their jobs, aka Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz and Randy Madcow! You might actually gain some viewers if you did that and moved to the center a little in your reporting of political news!!!
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 9:02amChris, shut up and listen! God gave you two ears and one mouth because He wanted you to listen twice as much as you talk!
Report Post »oneavid
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 9:54amShe is actually quite right. Slavery was accepted by most at our founding. But slowly the founders and the country began to shift their attitude. It was indeed John Quincy Adams who introduced legislation to abolish slavery in 1839. The country still wasn’t quite ready. The Emancipation Proclamation did not cover the 800,000 slaves in the slave-holding border states of Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland or Delaware, which were Union states. For instance, Lincoln allowed Maryland to keep slavery in order to get them to remain on the North’s side. Slavery was not a faucet that was turned off by Lincoln. It required the evolution in thinking of the majority of citizens before the laws could be enacted. I think it‘s Matthews who doesn’t have a clue.
Report Post »LizardBrainVoter
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 10:27amChris Mathews should educate himself before spewing his warped, racist view of history on TV.
Report Post »The first slave owner in America was a black man who owned a black slave.
Some slaves were white, some Native Americans.
3/5ths applied to slaves of all races, and was designed to deny southern slave-holding states the power to enshrine slavery in America permanently.
The Republican party was formed to combat slavery, and championed the ideas of equality while the Democrats fought to keep them down.
He would do well to follow Glenn Beck’s example and provide some facts to support his racist ranting.
watchtheotherhand
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 10:34amFIREFIGHT……. is exactly right. People have distorted and used the actual history of slavery in this country to further their own agendas. Most of the time this has meant twisting the facts into a perverted version of the reality. The republican party was the anti-slavery party and if you ask me still is…..Democrats love their entitlements because it keeps generation after generation of people dependent on them staying in power to get increases in benefits. Their handouts are still slavery just a different form. They don’t care about the poor if they did they would actually help them up out of their pit, but that wouldn’t serve their best interests as all. That’s why they go after any black person who falls down on the conservative side with a vengeance. Clarence Thomas is a perfect example. A black man making something of himself and becoming distinguished and independent will just not fit into the democrat worldview. Now Before someone points out Barry O, just think a minute, he is more than welcome in the club because he is a big wealth redistribution guy. Perfect if your a democrat. The more people dependent on your handouts the more likely you stay in power. And that my friends IS slavery.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 10:39amlet me clarify…….What I mean by the republican party still is the anti-slavery party……sadly to many have become just like their democrat counterparts, big government hand outs…..Their are still a few who fight the good fight though and some Tea Party members that do as well. However, I know of no democrat that tolerates any limit on federal programs or benefits, they just want more and more !!
Report Post »sweet37
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 11:31amI think there is a pattern here with Chris…I think he needs to be called out for the sexist that he is..He is obsessed with Palin and Bachmann..He is trying to get it across that these woman are such dumb dumbs who know nothing of American History…Shameful Chris..you are so obvious..
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 12:36pmpldn, his agenda is more important to him than is history.
Report Post »Jim S
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 2:38pmI am a libertarian/conservative, I have a problem #1) I like Sarah but will not vote for her for any position above mayor. She was hired by the good folks of Alaska and she quit, just flat out quit. In all the interviews, speeches etc., I have been unimpressed by the lack of specifics and overly simplistic solutions. #2)Bachmann is the worst type of person, she has lots of opinions but no idea why or what she’s talking about. Are these people moles put in place to destroy our movement? The #1 problem is the debt and so far NO ONE on my side has said a thing I consider more than a sound bite.
pajamash
Posted on January 26, 2011 at 2:59pmWhy do people on the right go on this guys show? He asks a question then doesn’t give him a chance to answer. Constantly belittles the person on the right and cutting him off but gives the woman that leans left all the time she desires. Then Chris comes back to the man that leads right and does the same thing again eventho he says he will give him all the time he needs on two different occaisions.
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:13amHow is him calling her a balloon head any worse than Rush or Glenn calling Obama a racist or a communist? The hypocrisy is blinding.
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