Chris Matthews, Joe Lieberman, and Revenge

Chris Matthews wants revenge. He wants Lieberman to be punished for supporting John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.

Tuesday on Hardball, Matthews said, "Unity bites."

Tuesday night when Matthews was a guest on The Tonight Show, he gave a different impression about unity. Matthews said this about Barack Obama:

One thing about this, the guy promised us unity, and we thought all that's gonna be great. Well, sometimes unity's tough to take. You gotta put everybody in the tent, and he's trying to bring McCain in and work with him. It doesn't make you real happy 'cause you're used to the fight and you sorta like the fight. And he's saying, 'No, I'm bigger than this.' He's like Abraham Lincoln again. 'I'm gonna bring everybody in the tent.' Well, it's dramatic stuff. We'll see if it works.

So, unity is Lincolnesque. I guess that means Matthews is no Lincoln, but then neither is Obama.

Clearly, Obama and the Dems are making nice with Lieberman because they're hoping to hit that magic number of "60" in the Senate.

Matthews knows that, but he still can't forgive Lieberman.

From NewsBusters:

MSNBC host Chris Matthews suggested to Washington Post reporter Chris Cillizza that Joe Lieberman really shouldn’t get to keep his committee chairmanship after backing McCain. Metaphorically, Matthews suggested, Lieberman should be executed:

Well you know George Washington, Chris, executed the spy in the, in that case, Benedict Arnold case, Lieutenant Andre, and nobody liked to do it, because he was a good guy but he had to do it to prove his authority. Doesn’t, at some point Barack Obama have to say loyalty counts?

I can't imagine a conservative metaphorically suggesting that Obama should be executed and getting away with it.