Mitt Romney, KKK, MSNBC Apology

You know MSNBC is in deep trouble when the network goes to Chris Matthews to be the voice of reason and deliver a "sincere" apology.

Earlier on Wednesday, MSNBC's Thomas Roberts compared Mitt Romney's rhetoric to the KKK, giving AMERICAblog credit for catching Romney's KKK reference.

There's a problem when MSNBC is getting its news from a source like AMERICAblog.

Video, from Breitbart:



Roberts cites AMERICAblog:

THOMAS ROBERTS: So you may not hear Mitt Romney say 'Keep America American' anymore. That's because it was a central theme of the KKK in the 1920s. It was a rallying cry for the group's campaign of violence and intimidation against blacks, gays and Jews. The progressive blog, AMERICAblog, was the first to catch on to that.

Good grief.

Here's Chris Matthews reading MSNBC's apology off the teleprompter:

CHRIS MATTHEWS: During the 11:00 AM hour on MSNBC today, we reported on a blog item that compared a phrase used by the Romney campaign to one used by the KKK way back in the 1920s. It was irresponsible and incendiary of us to do this and it showed an appalling lack of judgment. We apologize, we really do, to the Romney campaign.

That had to hurt Matthews. He looks like a hostage being forced to read a statement - his expression, the dead eyes.

This was funny: "We apologize, we really do...."

That "really do" punch is hilarious.

In general, it was a strongly worded apology, not wishy-washy.

"Irresponsible."

"Incendiary."

"Appalling lack of judgment."

Actually, those words perfectly describe MSNBC overall.

Matthews should have apologized for the network and signed off permanently.

Fade to black.

Done.