Chris Matthews Smears: Bachmann’s Praise for the Founders Equals ‘Slavery
After playing a clip of Michele Bachmann longing for a return to the “Founders’ vision of a constitutionally conservative government,” MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Monday assumed the Republican presidential candidate meant “slavery.”
The Hardball anchor offered bizarre analogies, questioning former RNC Chair Michael Steele on Bachmann’s 2012 campaign: “What is this, Michael? The Protestant Reformation? That somehow we’re going back to the purity of the original Christian church?”
Immediately jumping to the worst interpretation, Matthews continued, “We’re going back to the original perfection of slaveholders and how perfect they were and government is the enemy. She speaks pure Tea Party lingo.”
NBC: Michele Bachmann Trying to Overcome Her ‘Flame-Thrower Persona’
Reporting on Michele Bachmann officially entering the presidential race on Monday’s NBC Today, correspondent Kelly O’Donnell declared that “step one” for the Minnesota Congresswoman was “redefining [her] public image” by “turning down the flame-thrower persona.”
Following O’Donnell’s report and taped interview with Bachmann, co-host Ann Curry interviewed fellow Republican presidential candidate and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. Curry asked about Bachmann’s chances: “She has been described as being too far outside the mainstream to be president. You know her. You’re both from Minnesota. Do you agree with that or disagree with that?”