Ken Berwitz
In case you are wondering why I call him Chrazy Chris…..
The latest reason is Chris Matthews’ reaction to Benjamin Netanyahu being invited to speak before a joint session of congress and wowing them – virtually all Republicans and a majority of Democrats as well – with his common sense and logic. Mr. Netanyahu made no demands on the USA, set no ultimatums, and was extremely deferential to President Obama (which Obama will never, ever be to Netanyahu).
What he did was to lay out his case for why it would be a mistake of monumental proportions to cut a deal with Iran – the terrorist nation that has threatened to wipe Israel off the map and has lied ongoingly about keeping every component of every promise it has made regarding the initiation and progress of its nuclear capabilities.
So what does Matthews have to say about it? Here’s your answer:
I’ll get to the heart of this speech now. This man from a foreign government walked into the United States legislative chamber and tried to take over U.S. foreign policy. He said, “You should trust me, not your president on this. I’m the man you should trust, I’m your true leader on this question of U.S. geopolitics. To protect yourself, you must listen to me and not this president.”
It was a startling situation, to allow someone to come in knowing that was going to be the message in the chamber of the U.S. Congress. This was a decision made by Boehner and certainly complied with by Netanyahu and his Ambassador Dermer. They went into the U.S. Congress to take over U.S. foreign policy today from the President. It’s a remarkable day when the leaders of the opposition in Congress allowed this to happen. Think it through: What country in the world would let a foreign leader come in and attempt to wrest from the President control of U.S. foreign policy? And that’s what the applause was about today…
Except:
-He did no such thing. He did what I described above, and
-Most Democrat congresspeople gave him the same effusive applause and standing ovations that Republicans did…but that, of course, goes unmentioned by Matthews. You’re not supposed to notice.
If this doesn’t explain why I call him Chrazy Chris, I give up.
