As opposed to black tribalism, Jewish tribalism, Latino tribalism, Asian, Arab, Puerto Rican, gay….? Please drop Mr. Matthews a well informed note here. –Ed.
On the Sunday, December 13, syndicated Chris Matthews Show, as heended the show with words of praise for Morgan Freeman’s latest film,Invictus, and its depiction of Nelson Mandela uniting blacks and whitesin South Africa in the 1990s, host Matthews referred to “whitetribalism” having been stirred up in America, and showed clips ofanti-Obama protesters.
Matthews: “In this world of ours today, it seems that any idiot –almost any idiot can rally the forces of tribalism, including whitetribalism in this country. You can do it with a frown or a smile –easiest thing in the world to rile people back to their roots, get themthinking with all the rage of their grandparents.”
While one of the three clips of protesters did show someone holdinga sign with an image of President Obama with the words “undocumentedworker” on it — reminiscent of the fringe conspiracy theory thatPresident Obama was not born in America — another clip showedprotesters displaying generic anti-liberal and anti-socialism messages,while the third clip showed a sign with the words, “You lie!” invokingSouth Carolina Republican Congresssman Joe Wilson’s outburst from thelast State of the Union Address.
Below is a complete transcript of the closing segment of the Chris Matthews Show from Sunday, December 13: