Wow! Tweety is ripping rience priebus's throat out on msnbc

[Tom Rinaldo]

22. Chris has known a lot of high level Republicans personally

Many he has known and liked as people. That used to be more common in the political era when he earned his stripes. So he defends many Republicans as being patriotic Americans who love their country and their community and want what is best for the public - though opinions will differ etc,

I think Mathews personally liked George W. Bush and thought that his attempt to be a "compassionate" conservative had some sincerity to it. But he hates what the Republcan Party is turning into now. It deeply offends him to see them cynically playing Americans off against each other. Romney has mortally wounded Mathew's sense of civility in politics, and he is pissed. Mathews buys the American dream and senses that Romney and team are content with burying it for most of us as long as they can prosper. That's my hit anyway.