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RUSH: Yesterday afternoon on MSNBC\u2019s Andrea Mitchell Reports — Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington) — Chris Matthews was the guest, and during a discussion about the 2010 midterm elections, Andrea Mitchell said (nasal Andrea Mitchell impression), ‘Why do you think it went off track? Whether or not the health care negotiations went on for long, letting the Tea Party control the dialogue and the summer of 2009. My personal pick, getting involved in this ‘Skip\u2019 Gates deal. Where did it all go wrong?\u2019<\/p>\n

MATTHEWS: When he was a campaigner he did nothing but talk about what a great country this was, what an exceptional country it is because a guy like me can make it here and only in a country like it is can I have made it. He was very patriotic, very inclusive, and he was also very interactive in an interesting way. Ever since he\u2019s been president he\u2019s been elitist and he\u2019s come with his teleprompter and he\u2019s given his speech. He hasn\u2019t listened. He\u2019s talked to ‘at us\u2019 rather than ‘with us.\u2019<\/p>\n

MITCHELL: Well, at least that\u2019s what he\u2019s projected.<\/p>\n

MATTHEWS: No, he actually does bring the teleprompter with him. I think he is guilty of that elitist charge.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Chris Matthews. Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington) attempted to save Obama\u2019s bacon by disagreeing with Matthews\u2019 comment. But Matthews, insisted, ‘No, no, no.\u2019 Well, let\u2019s go back. Matthews said, ‘When he was a campaigner, he did nothing but talk about what a great country this was.\u2019 Did he? He talked about how great he was and he talked about how great he was for accomplishing what he had accomplished in this (which is nothing), but he was apologizing for America, was he not? He was running around doing international speeches. I\u2019d have to go back and look at transcripts. I don\u2019t remember Obama talking about what a great country it was. <\/p>\n

If I had heard that, I would not have concluded he was opposed to American exceptionalism. He did not talk about an exceptional country. He did talk about how we\u2019re guilty of global warming and destroying the climate. He was gonna lower the sea levels; put all the rotgut back in gear; correct all the racism, sexism, bigotry, homophobia. I thought was gonna fix all that. ‘We\u2019re the ones we\u2019ve been waiting for,\u2019 and all that kind of stuff. And Matthews says he was very patriotic, very inclusive, very interactive in an interesting way? Ever since he\u2019s been president he\u2019s been elitist, come with his teleprompter. There\u2019s more to this. Andrea Mitchell then said (impression), ‘You don\u2019t think he even interacted at any of the town halls?\u2019<\/p>\n

MATTHEWS: If you\u2019re gonna spend a $1.6 trillion deficit in one year, you\u2019d better explain to the American people why you did it. He never explained economics the way he was taught it. We were all taught in graduate school you have to run a big deficit during a grand recession. How about explaining that? Everybody didn\u2019t go to grad school. How about explaining what you\u2019re doing in terms of health care and how that\u2019s gonna help us become a better economy in the long run. Economically it will give us something that we can base our lives on: Guaranteed health care. He never sold it as an economic tool, a catalyst to greater growth down the road. Middle-aged people are losing their jobs, and this guy is out doing his pet projects.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wonder why he doesn\u2019t say this stuff on his own show. Why does he go on Andrea Mitchell (NBC News, Washington)\u2019s show and say this stuff on her show, but he doesn\u2019t say it on his own show? He never explained economics the way he was taught it? He probably can\u2019t. He doesn\u2019t dare! He doesn\u2019t dare explain anything he believes as he was taught. He wouldn\u2019t get elected dogcatcher, and that\u2019s the truth. ‘We were all taught in graduate school you have to run a big deficit during a grand recession.\u2019 Keynesian. Yeah, you were all mal-educated. You were all ill-educated. You were all taught something that\u2019s not true! When did Obama ever campaign without a teleprompter? How about explaining what you\u2019re doing in terms of health care and how it\u2019s gonna help?<\/p>\n

Chris, he\u2019s not doing health care the way you think he\u2019s doing it and why you think he\u2019s doing it. He\u2019s doing it for control, Chris! He\u2019s doing it to grow government. He\u2019s not doing it to give health care to everybody. He\u2019s not doing it to guarantee coverage to everybody. He\u2019s doing it to break the bank of the country. He\u2019s doing it to wipe out private sector insurance businesses. That\u2019s what he\u2019s doing. And that\u2019s why you can\u2019t tell people what he\u2019s doing. He did, Chris. He did tell us in 2003-2004. If you go back and listen to his interviews, he did talk about when he\u2019s talking to his union buddies how he was gonna get to single payer, how he was going to eliminate the insurance companies, and it was gonna take 15 years to do it. <\/p>\n

You just couldn\u2019t do it overnight with the snap of your fingers. You see, this is what amazes me. We know more about Obama than his believers do. We know more about Obama than his most fervent supporters do. We know more about Obama than those who love him know about him. We know more about Obama than those who want him to run for reelection. All these experts, ‘Why isn\u2019t he explaining things?\u2019 He can\u2019t. Chris, if he were honest, he wouldn\u2019t have been elected. No liberal would. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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