Chris Matthews: All Your Base Are Belong to China

But check your own pants! They are from China! All pants are from China now! Aren’t they!

We mentioned this in our primary wrap-up, but went to go check the transcript of last night’s Hardball just to make sure we heard right. We did. (Though we’ve added the appropriate punctuation to MSNBC’s version.) And so it’s official — Chris Matthews is the new Dan Rather, worth tuning into on election night just for whatever crazy shit he’ll say next. Also from last night:

MATTHEWS: Well, isn‘t this the nut-cutting—I‘m sorry, the tough question you have to answer here? The razor‘s edge…

EDWARDS: You‘re not supposed to say that on television.

MATTHEWS: I know. I don‘t know what I was talking about. Something to do with a fruit plate. I don‘t know what it was.

We don’t either, but we love it!

Feb. 17, Tuesday, 7 p.m. ET hour [MSNBC]
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