A Furious Chris Matthews Calls on Dems to 'Scare,' 'Anger' Base: 'Time to Attack'

Scott Whitlock | March 14, 2014
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[For more, see video cross-posted at NewsBusters.] A clearly worried Chris Matthews attempted to rally the Democratic Party to avoid a midterm massacre, openly suggesting that the party's goals should be "angering" voters with "scary" Republicans. On Thursday morning, the MSNBC anchor conceded that the U.S. Senate will go Republican in November. By Thursday night, he pivoted, lecturing Democrats: "...You can give the angry voter out there something really scary to vote against, a direction to really direct his or her anger." "Time to attack," roared Matthews. Jumping from issue to terrifying issue, the Hardball host hyperventilated,