Matthews Accuses Republican Ken Cuccinelli of Wanting to Take America Back to Pre-Civil War Days
The Republican Attorney General of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, accomplished what many others have failed to do and that is stay calm and collected in the midst of Chris Matthews' increasingly absurd charges, that even bordered on accusations of racism. Invited on Thursday's Hardball, to discuss a possible repeal amendment to the Constitution, Cuccinelli faced down a series of Matthews distortions as the Hardball host, at varying times, accused him of wanting to start another Whiskey Rebellion, questioned if he wanted to overturn the Civil Rights Act and charged that he was playing to “The old Johnny Rebs” and “Civil War buffs” in his state. After Cuccinelli simply explained to the MSNBC host that the amendment was just an “attempt to bring back the balance of authority between the federal government and what goes on in the states” Matthews went on a tear as he insinuated the attorney general wanted to take America back to Antebellum days, as seen in the following exchange: (video after the jump) read more
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Matthews Accuses Republican Ken Cuccinelli of Wanting to Take America Back to Pre-Civil War Days
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on December 9, 2010. Filed under