Chris Matthews issues a royal smack down to Joe Scab [View all]

[Atman]

I promise they won't be re-running THAT segment in the next hour! OMG, it was a thing of beauty...Joe kept trying to insist that companies aren't hiring because they're afraid of Obama's taxes and regulations. It was pointed out that after years of tax cuts and deregulation, obviously that approach isn't working. Joe stubbornly stuck to message, and when he claimed the current tax cuts were Obama's, the entire panel literally laughed at him. Big belly laugh, and Joe didn't like it at all. So Matthews twisted the knife...

"By the way, Joe, what night is Bush speaking at the convention? When is Cheeeeneey speaking?"

"It's CHAYney. Why do you mispronounce his name like that?" says Joe.

"You can pronounce it any way you want, the point is, why isn't the Republican party proud of their last President? All those achievements? Why don't they want to showcase how well all those policies worked?..."

Matthews kept on, even when they cut him off and went to commercial...instead of bumper music, it was just Matthews' voice hammering Joe. "Bill Clinton is going to speak to Democrats. Why don't you guys like Bush if all this stuff worked so well?"

Loved it. Chris may blow with the wind, but the wind is blowing in Obama's direction, and Matthews is out flying big Obama kites!