Matthews Compares Conservative Cartoon for Kids to Cambodian Re-Educat

May 13th, 2011 9:49 AM
Former Arkansas Governor and possible 2012 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has produced a cartoon series that offers a decidedly conservative alternative to the typical liberal bilge that kids are inundated with on TV and in schools across the nation and Chris Matthews is not happy about it. On Thursday's Hardball Matthews played a clip from the kids show that featured an animated Ronald…

After Condemning McCarthyism, Maddow Enlists Viewers To Out Animator O

May 13th, 2011 7:45 AM
Rachel Maddow has engaged in a strange--sinister?--irony.  On her MSNBC show last night, one moment Maddow was condemning the late Senator Joe McCarthy for encouraging people to "turn in their friends" in the entertainment industry. The next moment, Maddow was urging her viewers to . . . turn in someone in the entertainment industry--the animator of Mike Huckabee's history series for kids.…

NY Mag's Heilemann: Obama's Got More Talent In His Little Finger Than

April 2nd, 2011 2:58 PM
The liberal media are on a full-court press to make the entire GOP presidential candidate field look hapless and unelectable. Doing his part Friday was New York magazine's John Heilemann who on "The Chris Matthews Show" said the Obama campaign thinks their guy has "more talent in his little finger than any of these Republicans" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chris Matthews Slams Huckabee for Getting it Wrong on Obama and Kenya

March 16th, 2011 6:42 PM
Here's an example of a former newspaper man correcting a politician's claim -- and his correction requiring a correction. Appearing on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on Monday, MSNBC's Chris Matthews offered kneejerk condemnation of Mike Huckabee saying President Obama grew up in Kenya as "racist," an assertion Huckabee had acknowledged as inaccurate. Matthews piled on, making his own…

Chris Matthews Calls Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee Con Men

March 9th, 2011 8:08 PM
For the seventh day in a row, MSNBC's Chris Matthews attacked possible Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee. In a lengthy, twelve minute opening segment lambasting the pair for largely past indiscretions, the "Hardball" host concluded with a literary reference likening the both to con men (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Matthews Compares Will's Condemnation of Gingrich and Huckabee to Buck

March 7th, 2011 8:06 PM
As NewsBusters reported Saturday, George Will this weekend lambasted Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee about separate comments the two have made regarding Barack Obama's background and upbringing. On Monday, during his fifth day in a row on this subject, MSNBC's Chris Matthews actually compared Will's column to William F. Buckley Jr. banning anti-Semitic writers from the National Review in the…

On Today: Scarborough Proclaims Republicans Are 'Afraid of Barack Obam

March 7th, 2011 12:06 PM
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough appeared on Monday's Today show to deliver a forecast of doom for Republicans on the budget fight and their 2012 presidential prospects. On their skirmish with Democrats in Congress the host of Morning Joe told NBC's Matt Lauer he thinks Republicans "have the most to lose" and in explaining the late start for GOP entrants into the 2012 race proclaimed, "they are afraid…

ABC, NBC Highlight Huckabee Comments on Unwed Pregnancy and Natalie Po

March 7th, 2011 7:03 AM
 Saturday’s Good Morning America on ABC, the Today show on NBC, and the NBC Nightly News all gave attention to potential Republican presidential nominee Mike Huckabee’s recent words from the Michael Medved Show lamenting the example set by the unwed pregnancy of actress Natalie Portman. But, while Huckabee might have been better served if he had also made a point of praising her for keeping her…

On ABC, Daily Beast’s Avlon Complains ‘Obama Derangement Syndrome

March 6th, 2011 11:24 PM
 On the Sunday, March 6, Good Morning America on ABC, as the Daily Beast’s John Avlon appeared as a guest to make predictions about which Republicans will ultimately choose to run for President, he ended up complaining that "Obama Derangement Syndrome" has recently "gotten worse" and "deserves to be called out" because it is "divisive" and "unnecessary." Host Dan Harris asked Avlon about his…

Time’s Stengel: GOP Nominee Will Treat Tea Party Like Sister Souljah

March 6th, 2011 11:23 AM
 Appearing as a panel member on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show on Sunday, as host Matthews led the group in discussing potential Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s recent gaffe about President Obama growing up in Kenya, Time magazine managing editor Richard Stengel predicted that the eventual Republican nominee would have a "Sister Souljah moment with the Tea Party." Stengel…

George Will Rips Gingrich, Huckabee and Malzberg

March 5th, 2011 3:12 PM
As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee was lambasted by numerous liberal media outlets for comments he made to conservative radio host Steve Malzberg regarding President Obama's past. Surprisingly joining in the harsh criticism was George Will whose column to be published in Sunday's Washington Post also excoriated former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as well as…

Bill Maher Childishly Attacks Mike Huckabee's Family for Being Overwei

March 5th, 2011 11:18 AM
As NewsBusters previously reported, Bill Maher on Friday, during a joke about Sarah Palin, bashed Charlie Sheen's "childish" behavior. Moments later in his "Real Time" monologue, the host, while defending actress Natalie Portman, immaturely attacked former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee's family for being overweight (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Matthews Obamagasm: 'This Isn’t Just Frigging the American Dream - I

March 3rd, 2011 7:54 PM
MSNBC's Chris Matthews had multiple Obamagasms on his program again. The thrills up his leg embarrassingly came at the beginning and the end of "Hardball" in what at times seemed like an hour-long commercial for the President's reelection (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Huckabee Rips Media for Calling Him a Birther: ‘They Must Be Afraid

March 2nd, 2011 9:39 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, advocacy media outlets such as MSNBC and the New York Times Tuesday cherry-picked comments by Mike Huckabee to make him look like a birther. On Wednesday, the former Arkansas governor went back on the Steve Malzberg radio show to address his accusors who he claimed are attacking him because they're afraid he "might end up getting some traction running for…