utterly bizarre

Matthews probes Thompson’s smell, “sex appeal.”

Glenn Greenwald highlighted this series of questions from MSNBC’s Chris Matthews last night:

Does [Fred Thompson] have sex appeal? … Gene, do you think there’s a sex appeal for this guy, this sort of mature, older man, you know? … Can you smell the English leather on this guy, the Aqua Velva, the sort of mature man’s shaving cream, or whatever, you know, after he shaved? Do you smell that sort of — a little bit of cigar smoke? You know, whatever.

(Think Progress)

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