Mary Matalin Defends Rush Limbaugh: People Distort What He Says and Take It Out of Context
From CNN's State of the Union, Lady McCheney defends Rush Limbaugh's hateful, racits comments about the humanitarian aid to Haiti and claims that poor Limbaugh has his taken out of context and distorted. Sorry Mary but I think the more context you give Limbaugh, the worse he sounds. Kind of like your defense of him. First the behavior is excusable because Limbaugh gives a lot of money to charity, then you claim his words were distorted.
In just what context can the words "Obama will use Haiti to boost credibility with "light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country" ever be taken to mean something positive? Too bad John King or her husband didn't ask her that.
If anyone was taken out of context here it's Keith Olbermann by John King. Here's the beginning of the conversation later in the show with Anthony Weiner where his words are put into context.
OLBERMANN: Continuing our coverage of the second day after the earthquake, the 7.0 earthquake at Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, in which this devastation is so extraordinary, there is not even a reasonable estimate as to the death toll yet, as night has fallen for the second time on a disaster-struck nation.
With Congressman Anthony Weiner of New York—and I don‘t want to turn this into something about domestic politics. But I think it‘s a good frame of reference in terms of the health care issue that we always talk about. We could easily have a natural disaster, if not quite on this scale, at least in the same broad ballpark. A slightly heavier earthquake in California could do extraordinary devastation to San Francisco or Los Angeles.
I was thinking about this—and maybe it‘s inappropriate and tell me if I‘m inappropriate in asking it. But how would survivors of something like this here fair in terms of getting on their own feet economically afterwards, with the health care system we have in place right now?
Transcript below the fold.
KING: We're back with James Carville and Mary Matalin. Mary noted earlier in the last segment that it is perhaps inevitable in these days of 24-hour cable and polarized politics that somebody makes politics of just about every situation, even the tragedy in Haiti.
Within hours of the earthquake, as we were trying to assess how many killed, what are the needs, we hear things like this from the left.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
KEITH OLBERMANN, HOST, "COUNTDOWN": As we are reminded of what health care reform really means by an awful message of nightmarish reality from a place, a place this time not so very far away. (END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: Somehow there from the left linking Haiti to the health care debate here in the United States. And then we hear this from the right.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
RUSH LIMBAUGH, HOST, "THE RUSH LIMBAUGH SHOW": Yes, I think in the Haiti earthquake, ladies and gentlemen, in the words of Rahm Emanuel, we have another crisis simply too good to waste. This will play right into Obama's hands, humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to burnish their, shall we say, credibility, with the black community, in the both light-skinned and dark--skinned black community in this country.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: So I sat down yesterday with two presidents who know quite a bit about polarized politics, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. And I ran those remarks by them and they said this.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BUSH: They should keep politics out of Haiti.
CLINTON: I think when people see us together, look, they know we have differences, even though we're friends, and what I -- the only political thing I hope that comes out of this is if people keep their differences of conviction but they treat their neighbors as friends.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: Why can't we go 48 hours after a tragedy without somebody trying to connect the dots to something perhaps you can't connect the dots to?
MATALIN: Because we live in a political world. And I just want to say Rush Limbaugh, his philanthropic endeavors are legendary. He gives more in a year than most of his opponents can give in a lifetime. But he has political impact that exceeds that.
KING: So if you are such a giving person, why just give that up for your critics? Do you agree with him that it's Obama...
MATALIN: He's on for 15 hours a week. I'm sure he talked about other things. Please stop giggling about this. The notion that I keep -- it's hard for conservatives to extricate politics from this when Katrina was used, and now that we live there, continues to be used as a political football.
Could we? Should we? Maybe yes. But politics is human nature. And there is always -- it's always going to be attached to it. And to the extent that we can have politics and we can continue our humanitarian effort, you know, we can walk and chew gum in this country. CARVILLE: First of all, at the absolute danger of sounding like a corporate suck-up, I was proud of CNN. I think our network -- I mean, I've just got to say this. Anderson and Sanjay Gupta, I mean, there is no -- we were the go-to network. We were there. This was a very, very proud time to be affiliated with CNN. All right, now -- and I mean that.
Secondly, you're right. How -- it looks like there could be some kind of thing -- because most people's thing is not political. Rush says we shouldn't send government aid there. Well, any American would feel pride like the hospital ship going or these helicopters giving water to these people. I mean, you know, at some point maybe people look at something, you know, entirely differently.
Maybe -- I mean, people always ask me this, does Rush really mean that? Or is that just a show? I have no idea. MATALIN: If they ever, ever were able to quote Rush in context or not distort what he is saying -- and that Robert Gibbs, the president's press secretary, on a -- day after day, event after event, stands up there in the world's greatest bully pulpit and distorts what Rush Limbaugh has to say, it's the president of the United States versus Rush Limbaugh, a radio guy. And once again, James has distorted what he said. Because that's what they do. That is what you guys do, to be able to debate with Rush, you distort what he says.
CARVILLE: Again, we just showed the clip. But I mean, if he says what he says, he doesn't -- he likes saying it. What I would like to know, what people really want to know, does he really believe that we shouldn't be sending water there?
MATALIN: Did he say that? Did he say that?
CARVILLE: He said we shouldn't say government aid, we should send private aid.
MATALIN: He did not say we shouldn't send water there.
CARVILLE: Well, that's government aid.
I suggest using a torrent instead of paying Rush for his shit. The comment was in context. He was trying to diss Harry Reid and Obama in the same sentence. You can make the argument that trying to make two insults simultaneously makes a person look like a fucking ass hole, but I don't think Rush needs any help in that area.
fucking Rush's ass hole... "Gay Conversion" groups should share this image with all of its targets in their "Turn You Straight" literature. And make the literature so that it converts into a barf bag.
"Trust no one, Mr. Mulder." - Well-Manicured Man
matalin's face looks just like
the anal end of a jackass....
if a bus ran over her head, it
might improve her looks....NOT
Though I do not agree with her politics..she is usually fair! Guess we need to sic Grayson on her now!
She's a right-wing HACK!
on the radio, no, no they don't take him out of context. He is deplorable.
Goodnight, Frau Blücher
Where mary's look come's from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
:)
Only when the last tree has died
and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught
will we realize we cannot eat money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ9ZfVqGmxw&fe...
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
I kept wonderin' meself.
far left loon >.<
... with his job description.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Who is going to defend Mary's hairdresser? Jesus that woman looks worse everytime I see her. Now she's starting to look like her husband.
Why is she defending Rush? I thought cheney was her man to defend. I guess she is doing what no one else could bring themselves low enough to do.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I guess she is doing what no one else could bring themselves low enough to do
yep, because she is a Republican you can always expect the worst.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
... um, reptilian similarity.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Ya, i see she's taken to wearing helmet and camouflage. Unfortunately for all, the ugliness cannot be hidden.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
is only skin deep.
Ugly....goes all the way to the bone.
Who is going to defend Mary's hairdresser?
Can't we move beyond appearances?
But since we're there, she needs some serious make-up tips. Who said painting your eyes to look like two piss-holes in the snow was sexy, or even attractive?
Poor misunderstood Rush. You go Mary!!
far left loon >.<
I brought up her looks because it was so obvious that the stuff she was saying was total crap-ola. That woman has driven me crazy for a bunch of years now and I cannot for the life of me see how she stays relevant to any sound discussion.
So I piss and moan about her looks and it makes me feel just a little bit better. As for her makeup, she orders black Magic Marker by the case. No one has had the guts to tell her Magic Marker is not a brand of eyeliner.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I'm just funnin' ya. Your comment cracked me up. (Exactly what I was thinking.)
far left loon >.<
Well, I already had my bowl of milk that I was lapping up after a romp with some catnip, so I just went for it.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Never Mind! Matilan is still a Republican. Say no more.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
He obviously has suffered brain damage from lack of oxygen to his brain after his heart attack while he was visiting the "exotic" islands of Hawaii...
And no wonder, the medical doctors had trouble locating his heart.
Only when the last tree has died
and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught
will we realize we cannot eat money.
Matalin spews as mush crap as Limbaugh so of course she would defend him. She also defends Cheney so what does that tell you??? LOL
pennlady
Coulter admits jealousy over Limbaugh's remarks.
Warning, pics of the Coultergeist in article.
Pat Robertson voodoo doll now at $910. We heard what he said, Mary!!
far left loon >.<
That republicans are suffering from some sort of mass insanity.
I guess brought on by all the fear mongering of the last eight years.
These poor simple minded cowards just went over the edge.
tolerance level is amazing. How in the hell he can stand being married to that miserable shrew is beyond me. I would have been in jail years ago. I definitely do not believe in domestic violence, but some people just beg for a punch in the mouth, and she is certainly one of those. Anybody who pubicly defends Pus Phlegmball needs to be physically restrained.
is just only of those guys that carries around his wife's purse and says "yes, dear" all the time, while looking at his shoes.
have to give this out to prospective dates.
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&um=1&...
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
I was thinking about it, and I bet they have a hoot together. Sometimes the oddest match makes a good couple.
far left loon >.<
hate f*ck
Cue the Kabuki....
more like 2 peas (see, political whores willing to do whatever/whoever for their client, democracy be damned, power to the power) in a pod
carville and matalin are nearly identical, except mary's testicles are only slightly more shriveled.
of course i am biased
to politicize Haiti and he has on Matalin and Carville?
Go punch up another computerized dysfunctional map, John.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
are two of a kind.....Useless dolts.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
the finger responsive maps are no longer useful. King will keep trying until he gets one to work.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
Perhaps King is putting his finger in the wrong place. I suspect it's supposed to be on the map, not up ones lower orifice. To be clear I am not an expert on either.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
or are you expressing doubt which of John King's two lower orifices is the lower of the pair? (which is not to be confused with "the pair" ...itself unrelated to fruit tree horticulture...made famous in the phrase "grow a pair."
If it is the latter you are excused. No one but King and his partners know his length.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
I shall not touch that comment with any of my upper digits.
I am growing a "pair" of lilies right now, but I don't think that counts in the macho sort of way.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
reference on an earlier thread. It came in an exhortation to "progressives" to "infiltrate" the Democratic party like the right has the Republican Party. Hadn't heard "infiltrate" since it was joined at the hip with "route" and "Ho Chi Minh Trail."
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
Damn, I hate it when I miss the opportunity to comment on someone mentioning "grow a pair" because it is rarely used here.
Beck has just informed me that intellectuals are a problem for our country. So if we get rid of all the intellecutals and the progressives seems we will be doing just fine. I'm not sure what we would have left but it just might be enough people to form a band and sit out on the porch playing the theme from Deliverance on their our banjoes.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
So would that mean that Beck's solution to the country's problems is the same strategy that was used by the Kmher Rouge?
CNN has many of those and they're regulars.
I'd hate to see who's on in the domestic market. You'd think CNN International would rise to a higher level, but no.
far left loon >.<
Okay, now I want to hear Mary defend all the shit that rolls out of Beck's mouth.
Is he talking about the problems in Haiti tonight? No he is telling his audience that the problems of the country are caused by "progressives" and those "progressives" think they are better than his audience.
I mean seriously, between showmen like Rush and lunatics like Beck, where the hell is our country headed? This is no longer just a clown car, it's a damned clown stretch limo.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
So this should not be a surprise, its just another of their many lies. The lying Republicans, unlike the Democrats, always stick together and keep repeating the line they've been instructed to by their corporate masters.
On threads invovling Rush, Fox, CNN and other media matters it is fine to link Republicans to corporate masters and lies. However,
if it is about Obama, Congress, or issues, the link must be to Democrats. And the use of the word "tool" is helpful.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
Republicans are paid whores for their corporate masters.
SOME Democrats are paid whores to Republicans.
But we'll work on that . . .
got game.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
Excuse me, shouldn't that be "corporate" tool?
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
helpful tips section. In reference to lying corporatist tools.
Republicans are or have corporate masters. Because most blacks are Democrats, tools is preferable to masters to avoid the inevitable misinterpretation.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
Oh and you can bet there would have been a "misinterpretation" even if in a non-misinterpretation sort of way.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
The progressives are better then the scum that listens to beck.
Just by sheer volume of brains.
Beck people are the morons of our country!
I'm pretty sure at a tea party soon, beck's people will be yelling at democrats that they are "progressives". Of course if they are asked what that word means, their answers could be funny.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
...he gives more in a year than his opponents/detractors. Well, crap, I sure hope so!
Anyone who makes as much money as he does for producing absolutely Nothing but derision, division, racism and bigotry should be giving it all away! I think Mary should provide financial statements to prove her point.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
Plus, how much he gives has nothing to do with what he said. Sorry Mary, we don't have a taste for red herrings here.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Deep down in Matalyin's DNA spirals lurk a collection of dominant genes she shares with the likes of Limbaugh, Hamanahamanahannity, Beck, etc.
They're some of the behavior-affecting genes left over from long, long ago when our ancestors often only gave a schitt about themselves - f|_|ck the mate, the offspring, the clan.
The majority of humans are built with more evolved DNA. It drives behavior like sharing, affection, honesty, etc.
Mary's still throwin' bones.
It may be something like that. Whatever it is, a little edge-a-ma-cation might help - but then the baggers hate college folk too.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Maybe mary can make a video defending rash like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
three divorces, not one, and has no kids. He is tough and can take it. Many in the media want a fat white commentator to succeed.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
And because of the want, lots of fat white commentators do succeed, especially if they are of the human type that has no heart.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
when Carville busts his bitch in the mouth for gettin' outta line, she will know she deserved it.
Ya'll just don't worry about those bruises she sports on next week's shows.
It's all in the heat of politics you know.
Hitting is not cool no matter what. Having said that, who the hell would want to touch her in any way. Hell his hand would get stuck in the three inches of makeup.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
thinks it's cool. Just look up what she said about a female staffer getting slapped during the McCain campaign.
She's all in for corporal punishment.
Stay classy, Mary.
is just padding to deflect the well-deserved smackdown that she supports.
Oh, I know what it is. "Hey, Mary, take those tampons out of your ears."
Whats on TeeVee
Mary Matalin is an evil, vile, self-absorbed psychopathic lying sack of shit!
She would sell her own mothers eyeballs for a tax cut, regardless of how many millions she is pulling in.
Her only reason for existing, is to have the ostentatiously rich steal every last penny from the other 98% of us, who are simply trying to support our families and get by, and have a little left over to enjoy 1/1000th the luxury this bitch has.
When the time comes for this sadistic whore to cash-in - the bells from hell will sound loud and clear, warning Satan of her arrival!
And none of this has been taken out of context. It is an accurate and heart felt analysis of this greedy, useless, GOP skank!
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
and the tender way you express them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPYsEhhYbXE
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
I'm so sick of this ghastly Flim Flam couple playing both sides with their pathetic good cop/bad cop bullshit.
Matlin http://www.mask-shop.com/images/jigsaw_puppet...
and Carville
http://fiddledd.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/c...
Perhaps Dragonlady Matlin can tell us which of these quotes from Limpballs was taken out of context as well:
http://newsone.com/obama/top-10-racist-limbau...
Oh, and the one about Chelsea Clinton being a dog too.
and while she's at it perhaps she can let us know which of Ann Coulter's comments were taken out of context as well.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/funnyquote...
Sometimes they give a little money to the peasants to keep them mollified. Limbaugh is paid many millions of dollars per year to spew right wing hate on radio and television. How much of that money does he really need? What percentage of it does he actually give away? Does he pay his fair share of income tax, or is he a tax dodger? Do his contributions excuse a lifetime of right wing, racist propaganda?
The more people know about the context of Rush Limbaugh's life and words, the worse he looks. Of course, Mary Matalin is well aware of that.
said Limbaugh should be "horse whipped" for his Haiti comments.
Further more, "Limbaugh" and "charities" do not belong in the same sentence together.Certainly not without including "tax dodge" and "shelter".
This broad needs a ____ in the ____ or perhaps should _____ her ____ up a_____ while _______ a rabid Donkey.
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
So f-in what? The Republican response to any disaster is to let as many people die as possible, then send in private, for-profit companies to "help". Then impose more debt just to make sure the job is complete.
NO ONE took Rush's words out of context. Especially Rush's own listeners. We ALL got the point.
Why do we have to be subjected to a hack who said we weren't attacked while Chimpy was president?
Claiming they were taken out of context is the usual tactic by the right whenever anyone calls them out on their stupidity, all of their talking heads do it. They will also claim you cant possibly understand what they are talking about unless you listen to the entire show on a regular basis (in otherwords listen to every show every day for years). And yet many of them will use edited sound bites of liberal commentors in the same way.
When angry, count four, when very angry, swear.
-Mark Twain-
Carville must have done something horrible in his life to be saddle with this lying succubus.
it is still SHIT.
What a surprise. A Republican who lies.
One more facelift and she will look like Joan Rivers.
pennlady
Can’t tell the distorter from the distortee.
Here’s some Anthrax tea for you dear
Night night dear
Hey Mutt , STFU you lying scum bag , pretending you have an iota of integrity ! Carville , you're no beauty either but what the hell man , how can you stomach this thing ? U R both sick whackos .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
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When will CORPORATE MEDIA END the Carville/Matalin, husband/wife, dog/pony, left/right, good/bad, you/them, blue/red, circus?
... Oh sorry. They won't because you don't "CREATE" sensational news when people get along. Do you?
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Starve the WAR Beast...
... Save the World.
You know, I don't think Mary is stupid. I don't think she's crazy. I don't even think she believes half of the crap that she's peddling. She's just a paid shill hired to carry water for the GOP. She's in the same boat as that Ron Christie.
is an asshole and Matalin is an even bigger asshole for defending him.
NOBODY 2012
Mary Matalin is a freakin clown. Nobody has to take Limbaugh out of context. All they do is show the damn tape and play exactly what he said for the veiwers to be shocked by. Shut the F up Mary and go the F away you perfume soaked hag!!!!!
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