While speaking
Tuesday night about President Obama's victory, Matthews said he was glad Sandy
happened, because it showed undecided voters Obama could come together to work
with Republican leaders like New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
He stated, "I'm so glad we had that storm last
week," then tried to clarify, saying, "No, politically I should say.
Not in terms of hurting people. The storm brought in possibilities for good
politics."
As he opened Hardball yesterday, Matthews said in a lengthy,
apparently heart-felt apology, "I said something terrible. I said
something not just stupid but wrong."
He also stated, in part, "I was too deeply enmeshed in
political thinking, deep in a world of numbers and issues and people and stakes
and focused on who would win and who would lose. But I left out the number one
job of anyone on air: To think about the lives, the real lives of people, their
losses, their relatives and friends who died in this disaster, their dreams
that have been hurt and even destroyed."
As he concluded, Matthews said, "I intend to take
serious steps to show that I am sincere on this. Please believe me, I am
determined to do what I can to help the people who have already been hurt
enough, who are suffering and have suffered enough hardship without hearing
stupid stuff from me."
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