Chris Matthews whose career resume prior to being a television host includes working for one term President Jimmy Carter, declared last night that "Netroots" are not grown up and should quit their "bitching".
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HEILEMANN: Chris, have the last two days made you think that, when you hear the Democratic left trashing the health care bill and attacking the president?
MATTHEWS: Well, I don`t consider them Democrats. I consider them netroots. And they`re different.
HEILEMANN: Ah.
MATTHEWS: And if I see that — if I see that they vote in every election or most elections, I will be worried. But I`m not sure they`re regular grown-up Democrats.
I think a lot of those people are troublemakers who love to sit in the back seat and complain. They`re not interested in governing this country. They never ran for office. They`re not interested in working for somebody in public office. They get their giggles out of sitting in the back seat and bitching. Excuse me. That`s a verb.
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