Has MSNBC's Chris Matthews been making you all hurty? Because he's been making us all hurty for some time now. His unhinged animus for all things Clintonia has, over time, shifted from a discourse-harming daily exercise in self-torture to a full-blown, all-expenses-paid trip to the hot, malarial swamp of his own imagination. We've noted some of the lowlights, such as his revisionist version of the women's suffrage movement, and his ignorance of the news events in Myanmar. And privately, we'd like to note that every single time he uses the movie Cat Ballou as a pop-cultural referent, a million billion angels die.
Well, the Hardball host reached a new zenith of stultifying inanity the morning after the New Hampshire primary, when--mere hours after a solemn promise to "never underestimate" Hillary Clinton again, he took to the airwaves to declare that "The reason she's a U.S. senator, the reason she's a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around." That moment was a flashpoint for a new round of pointed criticism, much of which has been well summarized by the good people at MediaMatters, who have built the essential anti-Matthews brief.
But would you like to have a chance to weigh in? If you find yourself in the Washington, DC area today, why not join the National Women's Political Caucus, who will be making their voices heard this afternoon at 4pm at NBC's DC studios at 4001 Nebraska Avenue Northwest. The Washington Metropolitan area is getting covered in snow today, but this won't deter the NWPC one bit. When the Huffington Post contacted the NWPC about today's inclement weather, Executive Director Clare Giesen was quick to enthuse, "Snow, sleet...it's not going to stop us. Protesting Chris Matthews is my idea of a party! I'll be there with my umbrella."