Chris Matthews: The Appeal Of Palin, Bachmann To Republicans Is They ‘Don’t Know Anything’
Chris Matthews continued to be impressed with President Obama’s national security efforts and couldn’t understand why in some polls Republicans are reluctant to give Obama credit for Osama bin Laden’s death. Switching gears to look at the field of potential challengers to Obama in 2012, he wondered if Republicans were now going to be in favor of supporting somebody “as smart as Obama.”
Matthews shared his vision of what is going through the minds of Republican primary voters:
“They’re looking at people like Palin and Bachmann – people they don’t think are as smart as they are. Do you think they’ll actually pick someone – an average person says ‘I don’t think they’re smart as I am, but I want them to be President.’ Because that seems to be their appeal: ‘I don’t know anything, I don’t read anything. Make me your President.’”
That Matthews is not a fan of Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann is no surprise. Yet it would also seem like a smart idea if Matthews really wanted to know what the true appeal of Palin or Bachmann is to Republican primary voters, then maybe his question should instead be posed to a Republican guest?
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