McLaughlin: Did Obama’s Roosevelt speech sound like Hugo Chavez?
Long time Sunday talk show host John McLaughlin provided his show a rare notable moment this past weekend, asking his panel guests a peculiar question.
Beginning a discussion over President Barack Obama’s speech in Kansas invoking Teddy Roosevelt this past week, McLaughlin was curious as to whether it resembled a certain South American dictator more.
“Did President Obama sound more like Teddy Roosevelt or more like Hugo Chavez?” he asked. “A socialist?”
WATCH: Video from WTTW via Media Matters, which was broadcast on December 12, 2011:
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