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THE HORROR. It is quite remarkable how obsessed Chris Matthews remains with Bill Clinton's sex life. (Why the adultery of Hillary Clinton's husband is a major campaign issue while we can be free to swoon over Republican adulterers, some of whom actively humiliate their exes, remains unclear. Although one prominent law professor does claim that Hillary's campaign events are being used as fronts for Bill to meet women -- I'm sure Matthews will be discussing that soon.) Needless to say, this is just one dimension to his exceptionally creepy misogyny. Bob Somerby finds Matthews engaging in the following sober analysis, in language that occasionally bears resemblances to English:
You know, somewhere out in the Atlantic Ocean, I think there might be a giant, green, ugly, horny monster. A gigantic, gigantic monster of anti-Hillary, and anti-woman Hillary, anti-liberal woman Hillary, some real ferocious beast out there that says no matter what happens between now and Election Day, they're not going to let her win. Men, some women, are just not going to let this woman, this woman win the presidency. I don't know whether that monster's out there. All men I meet are afraid to talk like that. You only hear criticism of Hillary from smart, college-educated women. They're the ones that always have a problem with her now.[Count Floyd] Vasn't That Scarrrrry! [/Count Floyd] I know I can't have a conversation with a smart, college-educated women without her expressing abject terror about Hillary Clinton winning the presidency either! I'm assuming they all really like the idea of the Straight Talk Express running into town to invade their uterus, though.
--Scott Lemieux