Matthews: Tea party miners would have killed each other
By: Scott Wong
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If the trapped Chilean miners had subscribed to the tea party’s “every-man-for-himself” philosophy, “they would have been killing each other after about two days,” MSNBC host Chris Matthews said on his “Hardball” show Wednesday night.
In an interview with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Matthews railed against the tea party, saying its central belief is “every man for himself. …No more taxes, no more government, no more everything. No more safety net.”
“You know these people, if they were every man for himself down in that mine, they wouldn't have gotten out,” Matthews added.
“That's exactly right,” Trumka chimed in.
Matthews continued: “They would have been killing each other after about two days.” The “Hardball” host added that the story of the dramatic rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners, which has dominated cable news in recent days, was an example of people working together.
“The people who were down there for two months,” he said, “the people who were above ground from all over the world, using state-of-the-art equipment, not to get rid of the need for manpower but to save manpower in this case.”
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What a fucking moron.