Matthews: I Wronged Clinton With Remark

Matthews: I Wronged Clinton With Remark

By DAVID BAUDER – 24 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — With protests rumbling, MSNBC's Chris Matthews said Thursday that he was wrong to say last week that the reason Hillary Clinton is a senator and a candidate for president "is that her husband messed around."

Matthews discussed those remarks at the opening of his show "Hardball" Thursday, the same day feminist leader Gloria Steinem and the heads of four prominent women's groups complained in a letter to his boss that Matthews had shown a pattern of sexism.

"Was it fair to imply that Hillary's whole career depended on being a victim of an unfaithful husband? No," Matthews said. "That's what it sounded like I was saying and it hurt people I'd like to think normally like what I say (and), in fact, like me."

He said that while he has not always taken the time to say things right or be appropriate, "I will try to be clearer, smarter, more obviously in support of the right of women, of all people, to full equality of respect and ambition."

Matthews made the remarks about Clinton on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program Jan. 9, the day after the New Hampshire primary. Clinton's surprise victory in the primary was ascribed, in small part, on women angry that the press corps seemed to write her off after losing in Iowa.

On the program, Matthews said: "Let's not forget, and I'll be brutal, 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 that her husband messed around."

He explained in a later interview with The Associated Press that it was a reference to New York Democrats asking her to run for Senate when she showed dignity in the face of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He called it an "unexceptional statement."

But now, Matthews said Thursday, "I get it."

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It's a day late and a dollar short for me. I feel the only reason he came out with this is because of all the complaints that MSNBC received.

without apology.

He's only sorry he got caught in a firestorm.

They really brought this one to the forefront. And I know there are many links to it here but I'll offer one more
http://mediamatters.org/

I'd love accurate statistics on that.

A little noodge, on way or the other, and he gets all flibberty jibberty.

:eyes:

MKJ

It feels good to see Matthews eat some humble pie for a change.

and talk about being disengenuous! He made it seem as though it was about one statement he made.

I like to think my phone call helped.

...he'd better get some coffee and throat lozenges because it's going to be a long couple of days.

Why apologize for this? Other than the hate mail, he does this kind of shit all the time and he does it to give himself some semblance of legitimacy. So that the few dumb enough out there to heed any word that comes out of his pie hole can rest assured that if Tweety says something ridiculously biased, stupid, racist, sexist, etc., etc. - that he'll apologize and call himself out on it. Lay down a little harmless to oneself piece of truth that's already obvious to everyone on earth and he's got credit to continue being the same asshat he's always been.

Guess he got reprimanded?

MediaMatters has a whole compendium of his history of sexist remarks -- it's a pattern that's gone on for years!

This is like the typical "Do SOMEthing so you can say you did something."

It just seems Chris doesn't want another New Hampshire-esque vote blamed on him dissing Hillary. He's just choosing his words carefully this time. I don't think his feelings about her has changed one bit. Nor should they.

0ink, 0ink.