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From the May 13 edition of MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews:
MATTHEWS: Andrea, this whole question — Hillary Clinton goes down there and rolls up the score, as she ought to, because it’s a state she can do well in. The Barack Obama dissing of that state, not even going in there to fight the primary, is that going to hurt him in the general if he’s the nominee?
MITCHELL: Well, that’s what Joe Manchin, the governor, was concerned about — that people here need to size him up. He said, you know, these are hard working people, but they have a Ph.D. in life and in human nature, and they want to see you. They want to have, you know, dinner with you. They want to break bread with you.
MATTHEWS: Yeah.
MITCHELL: They want to get to know what motivates you.
MATTHEWS: Yeah.
MITCHELL: And that’s what he wants to see.
MATTHEWS: I agree. Well, I think he’s right. I think, being an African-American, it’s all the more important to get in there and show who you are, introduce yourself as a person, not as an identity group —
FINEMAN: Right. Right.
MATTHEWS: — but as a human being, and connect with people. I think that’s still going to be his challenge. Playing pool, not a bad start, but it’s not what most people play. People with money play pool these days.
FINEMAN: Oh.
MATTHEWS: Anyway, thank you. The guys who have pool rooms in their house in the basement. You know what those tables cost? Anyway, Howard Fineman, thank you, Andrea Mitchell. Up next, it’s the Hardball sideshow.
Smart, Real smart Matthews, show ’em how big of an idiot you really are.
Actually the truth about pool is:
According to a Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association 2007 study posted on the Billiards Congress of America website, "There are 46,990,000 Billiards participants in the U.S." — defined as people who play billiards at least once a year — and "60% of all Billiards participants have a household income of under $75,000 per year." Additionally, 54 percent of billiards participants also participated in bowling, and "30% of all Billiards participants have a college degree or higher."
So, Matthews, not only are you offensive, But you’re an idiot who can’t get his facts straight.
I’ll just say it, why the hell is this idiot even on the air? I mean, what the hell has he even done? He worked for peace core, He was a speech writer for Carter, and that was it, what else has this jack ass done? Nothing! Pat Buchanan has more political credits than this moronic tool has ever had.
I wish MSNBC would do the American people a favor and retire this feckless former drunk off the air, once and for all. The American people would be better off, MSNBC would be better off and world in general would be such a sweeter, nice place to exist.