Chris Matthews Points Out Marsha Blackburn’s Hypocrisy
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MSNBC’s Chris Matthews calls out Rep. Marsha Blackburn for her hypocritical statements during the GOP forum with President Obama:
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Transcript after the break:
CHRIS MATTHEWS, “HARDBALL” HOST: Well, I think I’d like to close the gap between rhetoric and reality just for a second here, and that is that Marsha Blackburn with that list of particulars she offered never mentioned the fact that Republicans controlled both houses of Congress and the presidency for many years—in fact, most of the last decade.
During none of that time did they ever move those bills, did they ever try any of those things. This is the great hypocrisy of the Republican Party. They do nothing in terms of extending health care to the millions of people uninsured. And every time the Democrats try to do it, whether it’s Harry Truman or it’s Bill Clinton or it’s President Obama, they have all these criticisms and then they’d say, why didn’t you take the Republican approach? They never offer the Republican approach when they have the power.
That’s the great hypocrisy of Marsha Blackburn. She’s been in the Congress now for eight years now. It’s her fourth or fifth term. How come she didn’t offer these many offerings that she had there in that list of hers, which I found rather pushy really because why did she offering things that she could have passed with the Republicans when they were in power? It’s so hypocritical.
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:13 am
The reason is because she is a republican,plain an simple
February 2nd, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I missed this on Hardball, but my hat is off to Chris Matthews for telling it like it is….
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Has Marsha Blackburn ever said anything that wasn’t hypocritical or for her own benefit?
After all, she thinks Palin is smart. Right there, that should disqualify her from ever holding any type of office.
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:00 am
If Marsha “whine me a lying river” Blackburn is never put in “her place” again, President Obama put her there Saturday. President Obama did not resort to wild lies, or “them vs. us divisive rhetoric”( tea tales) he peeled back the layers of hypocrisy all the way to “this is a recording of Republican party talking points” Chris Matthews added the exclamation point.
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Marsha Blackburn is like fingernails on a blackboard to me. I don’t ever know what she is trying to say. She just grates. I live in middle TN and for the life of me, I don’t know how she is re-elected. Isn’t there anyone out there qualified to run against her? She needs to roll up her sleeves and get to work. Both parties need to do that!
February 6th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Chris is spot-on.