Chris Matthews fell into a frenzied defense of President Barack Obama after Mitt Romney said he wants an "entitlement society." Politico's Charles Mahtesian said Romney was using "dog-whistle politics" because Republicans "know what he is talking about" and "those are words that Republican caucus-goers understand."
"It really bugs me. Let me tell you why, Perry, this bothers me. Barack Obama, whatever you think of him, did not start at the top. He wasn't born a Romney. He wasn't born in the Ivy League crowd. He worked his way up to it. He came from a mixed background, a poor mother raised him to a large extent by his grandparents. He busted hump to get scholarship after scholarship. He worked his way to the head of the Harvard Law Review. And this guy Romney, who was handed everything, has the gall to say to this guy 'oh, he wants an entitlement.' What about your fricking entitlements? From the day you were born, buddy. It's unbelievable. it's unbelievable," Chris Matthews said on MSNBC.
Matthews likened Romney's "entitlement society" phraseology to using the term "welfare queen" in the 1980s. Matthews called Reagan's position on welfare "ethnic crap."
"You heard the same stuff from Reagan, by the way. Food stamps to buy booze with. I remember all that old stuff. It's the old ethnic crap. Okay?" Matthews said.
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