On Tuesday’s edition of “Morning Joe,” Joe Scarborough and his panel discussed the 2010 midterm elections and trashed Republican candidate Sharron Angle as a “mental patient” and a “jackass.” The conversation, which included Chris Matthews and Mike Barnicle, began innocently enough when MSNBC contributor Mike Halperin said Angle is “vulnerable” in the race because “she has extreme positions that are out of step with the mainstream.” One doesn’t have to be fan of Angle’s to question the rude, demeaning outbreaks hurled in her direction. Barnicle boldly stated that Angle was “embarrassing” to the residents of Nevada and ” sounds like a mental patient .” After this incident, Chris Matthews began to misquote Angle’s radio interview with Lars Larson asserting, “She understands why people think of and resort to second amendment solutions to the Democrats in Congress they don’t like.” Here’s the actual quote in full: You know, our Founding Fathers, they put that Second Amendment in there for a good reason and that was for the people to protect themselves against a tyrannical government. And in fact, you know, Thomas Jefferson said it’s good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years.
