Here are more comments from Chris Matthews from over the weekend to support his claim of “independence”:

Matthews also blasted former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as being from “Hickland” and trying to solve “big city problems” for suggesting that right-to-carry laws would reduce inner city violence.

And…

Matthews’ analysis of Republicans was much less friendly and constructive. When discussing Rudy Giuliani portraying himself as strong on national security, Matthews said “There’s a big piece of Nixon in Rudy.” He also found it “too hilarious” that the Republican National Convention is slated to be held in Minneapolis — “where the bridge fell and the feet touched.”

And…

It would seem that he wasn’t yet done pandering, because he went on to say that the GOP wanted a leader as their president, adding “I won’t use the German term for leader, or the Italian word for leader, but a leader.” He later stated that Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson belonged in a Lay-Z-Boy chair.

Calling Republicans criminals, lazy and Nazis is the new definition of “independence” I guess.