Obama's Self-inflicted Wedge Strategy - Chris Matthews tells African-American to "evolve."

Newsbusters reports:

Hardball anchor Chris Matthews, who routinely smears his political opponents as racist, on Monday lectured an African American minister who opposes gay marriage, "I hope you evolve." The host patronizingly added, "I'm just teasing." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] How would he (or MSNBC for that matter) react if a conservative said such a thing to a black leader?

But that's Okay, Matthews told the black pastor, "I'm just teasing."