Chris Matthews' attempt at a metaphor justifying why Americans want to see Ahmadinejad lose or fall ill fell flat on "Morning Joe" Monday.
"We obviously would like to see Ahmadinejad get beaten, we'd love to see the guy have a very bad health condition tomorrow morning, we'd love all that to happen," Matthews said. "We'd love anything that would improve our situation over there. But if we say a lick of that [Iranians] will know it and they will root in the other direction," he said.
Then he attempted a metaphor to explain why Iranians will go against anything America wants, comparing the situation to two fighting brothers.
"I grew up with brothers so I know about adversarial," he said. "If my brother roots for the Yankees, I was for Cleveland or Boston. If he rooted for the Navy, I rooted for the Army. If he rooted for the North -- Joe, you'll like this -- I rooted for the South. Mika, you were saying, 'Why would Lindsay Graham oppose the President?' Because that's what you do if you're in politics. If he takes the peaceful road, you take the more acrimonious, angry road. It's normal politics these guys are engaged in."
Mika Brzezinski quickly shot down his minute-and-a-half long parallel.
"No, I mean Chris, you're talking about growing boys, about growing immature boys, who go against each other when growing up because that's what brothers do," she said. "I have two brothers, I know a thing or two about that. But we are talking about the future of not only Iran but our relationship with that whole area and I think that they're playing with fire if they're acting that way."
A defeated Matthews immediately got quiet, while Joe Scarborough quickly transitioned to the next topic.
Source: Huffington Post
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