MSNBC host Chris Matthews revealed a sad observation concerning his life Wednesday on "Hardball."
Matthews, discussing President Obama's recent efforts to woo Congressional Republicans, noted he no longer invites colleagues out in a social context to make friends:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Nia, I think there's a part of this that bugs me a little bit which is sort of the staging of it. If you want to make friends with somebody, you have to say let's meet for a drink somewhere after work or however it's done. I don't do this anymore. Let's go meet and have dinner and maybe have a hamburger somewhere. Do you stage it with such pretense, such ruffles and flourishes? It reminds me of the Henry Gates beer time. It was so choreographed you wonder how they can speak without being ratted out. Don't they want to talk off the record? It seems to me they would.
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