Matthews Frets Over ‘Idiots’ in America ‘Riling’ Up ‘White Tribalism,’ Shows anti-Obama Protesters
By Brad Wilmouth
Created 2009-12-13 16:50

On the Sunday, December 13, syndicated Chris Matthews Show, as he ended the show with words of praise for Morgan Freeman’s latest film, Invictus, and its depiction of Nelson Mandela uniting blacks and whites in South Africa in the 1990s, host Matthews referred to "white tribalism" having been stirred up in America, and showed clips of anti-Obama protesters.

Matthews: "In this world of ours today, it seems that any idiot – almost any idiot can rally the forces of tribalism, including white tribalism 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 them thinking with all the rage of their grandparents."

While one of the three clips of protesters did show someone holding a sign with an image of President Obama with the words "undocumented worker" on it -- reminiscent of the fringe conspiracy theory that President Obama was not born in America -- another clip showed protesters displaying generic anti-liberal and anti-socialism messages, while the third clip showed a sign with the words, "You lie!" invoking South Carolina Republican Congresssman Joe Wilson's outburst from the last State of the Union Address.