Chris Matthews is cable TV’s Lady MacBeth. We constantly see him obssessively trying to wash his hands clean of stains that won’t go away — that he was a staffer for the late House Speaker and Democratic Party legend Tip O’Neill and a speech writer for President Jimmy Carter. In other words: he was a Democrat.
On Monday, the new House Majority leader John Boehner, a perpetually tanned, nicotine-addicted Republican Party hack from Ohio, on his show. Boehner, who is probably best known for handing out bribes on the House floor, may be a lot of things but I think even he would admit that “great” is not one of them:
MATTHEWS: Is [Hillary] a socialist?
BOEHNER: Uh, no. I’ve worked with her on a number of issues —
MATTHEWS: Well, on the issue of health care, is she a socialist?
BOEHNER: She would be to the left of most people I know.
MATTHEWS: But not a socialist?
BOEHNER: I wouldn’t go that far.
MATTHEWS: You wouldn’t go that far? What stops you?
BOEHNER: I don’t like labeling of people.
MATTHEWS: You call her a liberal. You called it Hillarycare.
BOEHNER: I don’t want to call her a socialist.
MATTHEWS: Could she carry Ohio in the general?
BOEHNER: I don’t think so.
MATTHEWS: Who could beat her?
BOEHNER: Anybody.
MATTHEWS: Anybody. Strong words. We’ll be right back with House Majority Leader John Boehner. You can see this man’s greatness.
C. Matthews has gone as bonkers as dumya hissef, so why anybody wastes time and adrenaline in the sadomasochistic pastime of watching his show is also a question for Freud Freaks…..Why bother?
Oldgringo, I agree with you-totally. Chris Matthews appeals to people who don’t want to think, much less use reasoning skills, so I urge people to ask the alternative question: Since when is he or Robert Novak relevant to anything the real population is concerned about? All these two pundits want to do is keep their minders happy.