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May

15

2013

Matthews: Obama Needs to Break a Union Like Reagan

By Peter Hart 17 Comments

MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews and liberal punditJonathan Alter agreed on last night's show (5/14/13) that Barack Obama needs to be more assertive in controlling the various scandals swirling around his administration. But it was Matthews' choice of historical comparisons that was especially illuminating:

MATTHEWS: I think actions speak louder than words. And I got to tell you something. When Reagan broke the PATCO strike and fired them all for breaking their oaths, everybody in the world, including the people in Moscow, got the word.

ALTER: Right. He should do that.

MATTHEWS: It's one of the reasons we ended the Cold War, because they knew we had a strong president.

ALTER: Yes.

MATTHEWS: Talking ain't going to do it. Henry Higgins. It doesn't work.

ALTER: Right.