Proving, yet again, that Chris Matthews lives in his own special world, the Hardball anchor on Tuesday unleashed a massive understatement. Talking about the Republican National Committee and Chairman Reince Priebus's decision to boycott NBC if the network produces a pro-Hillary Clinton documentary, Matthews defended MSNBC: "By the way, those who talk about the tight relationship between MSNBC and Barack Obama, for example, count the number of times he's been on this network. Zero."
This made former RNC chair Michael Steele laugh and he retorted, "That still doesn't say anything about what they've said about him." Matthews then unleashed this howler: "Well, [Obama] agrees with us and we agree with him sometimes." Sometimes? After Steele scoffed, "Not a lot of criticism," the host huffed, "I actually have my views and he tends to coincide with them." Tends to? This is the same person who famously said in 2008 that Obama caused a "thrill going up my leg."
Video cross-posted at NewsBusters.
