| Chris Matthews' obession with Hillary Clinton (and with women in general) is getting downright freaky.
First, it's the tirades, that Clinton's only a serious candidate because the country feels sorry for her, because of hubby's infidelities. Still unable to fathom that voters might actually prefer Clinton to Obama, he cried "foul" over exit polls and Diebold machines. It had to be a conspiracy! (Folks, there's no conpiracy.)
Now, it's racism!
JOE SCARBOROUGH: What the hell happened in New Hampshire?
MATTHEWS:"You remember the Lone Ranger and Tonto? I think paleface speak with forked tongue. You hear me? Forked tongue....
I thought this was over. I thought it ended with "macaca."...
I thought white voters stopped being what they didn't want to be. You know what it tells me? People aren't proud of who they are. They aren't proud of who they are. If they want to vote for Hillary Clinton, fine. Why don't they say so?
SCARBOROUGH: I'm used to people saying that we in the South have problems.
MATTHEWS: Tell me about it,
SCARBOROUGH: But talk about New England.
MATTHEWS: Boston? BOSTON? [with a tone of incredulity]
MATTHEWS: There's different kind of prejudice in the North than in the South. But it exists. It may not be "I think I'm better than you," but it might be "I don't want to live next door to you."
New England Democrats are racist cocksuckers!
Matthews, of course, is revealing here not a thing about the 2008 election, Hillary Clinton, the New Hampshire primary, New Englanders, or racism. This is about him. And who's surprised? Isn't this the logical culmination of modern punditry? Dude's a disgrace. And so is MSNBC for tolerating this kind of "news analysis." |
