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Old 08-11-2009, 08:36 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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YouTube - Hardball With Chris Matthews - 8/11/2009: Protester brings gun to town hall

Matthews had no hope with this guy.

Back when I was young, stupid and liberal, I actually thought this guy was unbiased.
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Old 08-11-2009, 08:43 PM
 
Location: Sacramento
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I liked Matthews too, about a decade or so ago. I cannot stand to listen to him today.

In addition to this, when they showed a young lady who was telling her representative how upset she was that stuff coming out of Congress and the Senate was so far from the Constitution, Matthews made an offhanded comment about her being a racist.

Completely uncalled for, her comments clearly were aimed at expansive government.
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Old 08-11-2009, 08:51 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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I think the guy is a nut but Matthews made him look reasonable. Matthews is a caricature of himself so sad.
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Old 08-11-2009, 09:10 PM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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I think the guy is a nut but Matthews made him look reasonable. Matthews is a caricature of himself so sad.
Why is the guy a 'nut'?
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Old 08-11-2009, 09:11 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Why is the guy a 'nut'?
Yeah, I'm curious. Because he supports Ron Paul and doesn't want to bomb every Middle Eastern country and make shady pipeline deals with Karzai et al.?
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Old 08-11-2009, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Why is the guy a 'nut'?
Kind of extreme to me. Wearing a gun is unnecessarily provocative. As conservative as I am I believe in some social safety net. We need taxes, not as high as they are but we need them to support the military, pave roads etc.
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Old 08-11-2009, 09:15 PM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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Kind of extreme to me. Wearing a gun is unnecessarily provocative.
Our Constitutional right is extreme?

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As conservative as I am I believe in some social safety net. We need taxes, not as high as they are but we need them to support the military, pave roads etc.
None of the things you list are considered a safety net.
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Old 08-11-2009, 09:17 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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We need taxes, not as high as they are but we need them to support the military, pave roads etc.
We had a powerful military before an income tax, and paved roads as well.
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Old 08-11-2009, 09:18 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Our Constitutional right is extreme?

None of the things you list are considered a safety net.
I know there weren't meant to. Social safety net like medicare, medicaid and social security. Of course the way they work today is inefficient but we need something to take care of the elderly and those who simply can't take care of themselves.
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Old 08-11-2009, 09:18 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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I know there weren't meant to. Social safety net like medicare, medicaid and social security. Of course the way they work today is inefficient but we need something to take care of the elderly and those who simply can't take care of themselves.
Old people weren't able to take care of themselves before the 1930's or 1960's?
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