Matt Welch and "The Mirror" on Melissa Harris-Perry
Reason's Matt Welch comments on the senior citizen vote, down-ballot issues, and the "rolling calamity" that is Mitt Romney's campaign, referring to Romney as "a consultant…[flattering] a person to get their business…[holding] up a nice mirror to convince [the Republican party.]"
Duration 42 Minutes Total
Aired on MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry September 22, 2012
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Boy, that's a crowd that will make you dumber.
Matt, why do you even go on that show? You're like the "token righty" that they get to piss on. Obviously, you are not a right-wing stooge, and I'm impressed you can keep a straight face. It's almost as if they are intentionally spouting crazy left-wing nonsense to try and get you to attack them for their stupidity, and then they can prove how racist and sexist "Republicans" are.
You listen to their lines about how "teh evilz corporation" causes all the problems, but they are too short cited to realize that government is what empowers these companies. I mean, hell, the one lady even complained about the "1% courts", but somehow thinks that more government would fix it!!
I agree, but we need someone out there presenting our view, less we be (more) forgotten.
It's hard at first, but he's making a name for himself and the libertarian point-of-view at the same time. God, I love Capitalism! We ALL benefit!.
Katrina van den Heuvel is one of the very worst people. Unbelievably smug.
Matt Welch arguing with idiots ;]
Wow, 11 minutes in and we have a "Koch" reference! Thought it would of been sooner, huh?
My head hurts as I think about these people patting themselves on the back after the show and believing they have a logical worldview.
37 minutes of partisan hacks with 5 minutes of objective commentary being interrupted. You did a good job remaining calm and trying to succinctly make your points, but the overall intellectual value of this video is pretty awful considering it just consists of government loyal progs patting each other on the back and drowning you out when you point out facts regarding voter enthusiasm trends.
And activities that bring you joy obviously make seniors not as powerful of a voting class as their lobbying power and income levels indicate. What the hell was she even talking about? What a joke.
barf
Urge to kill.... RISING. I thought it would start to go down after the personnel change, but it didn't.
I'm sure he's concerned about getting invited back, but I wish Matt would be more confrontational, just straight up tell them how stupid they're being.
OTW, I think he's doing a good job injecting sanity into a insane echo-box.