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The only trouble with Chris Matthews, who incidentally is my favorite political commentator, is that he almost always assumes that anybody who does not agree with his point of view is an idiot. This is evident from the difference in the way he interviews liberals and conservatives – to one group, he is genial, even soft, while to the other, he puts on a confrontational tone. (Maybe it’s just me, for it is a proven fact that the viewer assigns tones to the speaker’s words based on his or her own prejudices.)

Today though, Matthews met his match. The man was William Kostric, now famous as the guy who carried a gun to a town hall in New Hampshire where President Obama spoke today. Kostric held his own when placed under the scanner. He appeared informed, and did not wilt under Matthews’ usual lines of questioning — Chris, who is more well-read than most people he interviews always tries to browbeat the other person on his knowledge of history. Here is the video. I thought it was a champion performance. What do you say?

Update:

I think the point where Chris realized that Bill Kostric was not someone he could kick about at will was when Kostric told him that he had voted for Ron Paul in 2008. Had Kostric told Chris that he had voted for McCain, the tone would have changed considerably — Chris would have done his daily Palin-bashing routine, questioning the intelligence of those who voted for a woman who was “one 72 year-old’s heartbeat away from the Presidency.” While there is no doubt that Sarah Palin was, and still is, almost completely unqualified to serve as President or VP, the liberal crowd has to stop milking this topic as a defensive tactic.