THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SHUTDOWN 17 TIMES, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SHUTDOWN THE GOVERNMENT 12 TIMES ALL UNDER TIP ONEIL–WHEN THE DEMOCRATS SHUT IT DOWN THE MSM GOES GOO GOO FOR CUCKOO PUFFS BUT WHEN THE GOP SHUTS IT, TERRORISTS EXTREMIST, COMES OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF THE DEMOCRATS AND THE MSM BABIES

Who was right?

Raul of course, and his source was indeed the Washington Post which on Wednesday published a piece chronicling the seventeen times in American history the government has been shut down. As Labrador said, twelve were indeed when O'Neill was Speaker.

Yet Matthews - who worked for O'Neill and has just published a book about the Speaker called "Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked" - either didn't know that, or was being dishonest with viewers to protect his hero and his Party.

Given the name of the book, Matthews also must think these twelve shutdowns were part of government working.

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/09/29/tea-party-congressman-makes-fool-chris-matthews-concerning-shutdowns#ixzz2gKL7sXKF