Chris Matthews promised his viewers that his final segment tonight on Hardball would live up to the show’s name and not be softened with any “bedside manner.” However, liberals watching might not have expected it to sound like a terrifying ghost story instead. Matthews began by listing the hard facts that are facing Democrats right now and how most signs are predicting a Republican take over come January. He then, speaking about and to President Obama, gave the commander in chief some instructions on how to save the upcoming election from being a “catastrophe.”
Matthews chastened the president for appearing two “distant” and told him he needed to sell a message to the American people, a note that had been repeated throughout the broadcast by the host and a number of his guests. That message seemed to be to remind voters of the dangers Matthews predicts would come to fall if the “hawks” and “deregulators” were allowed back in office.
“The key is for the president to campaign, to be the person he was from 2004 through 2008; the inspiring, hard working, focussed Democratic hero that he was. He needs to sell his connection, as he did through all that time, with the prospect of change. He’s been working on change, creating jobs, doing health care, cleaning up Wall Street, working for a peaceful role abroad. He’s got to sell the fact that he, Barack Obama, not only gives a damn, but has been putting forth an effort to turn this country around.”
It was a stirring little monologue and one that was probably pretty hard for fans of the show to listen to. Watch the full segment below:
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