New Chris Matthews Promo: American Revolution Proof That ‘Liberalism Always Wins . . . Eventually’

Photo Credit: Downtrend A new promotional segment for MSNBC’s “Hardball” program took the network’s “Lean Forward” advertisement campaign to new heights of progressivism, with host Chris Matthews citing the American Revolution as proof that “liberalism always wins — eventually.”

The commercial, which appears to have first aired Tuesday on MSNBC, shows a thoughtful-looking Matthews strolling through Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.

“It took 22 months of men debating in this room to achieve the Declaration of Independence,” he intoned. “Progressive change takes time.”

“Abolition would take a great civil war, but it came,” Matthews continued. “Women’s suffrage would take a crusade, but it became part and parcel of our democracy. Voting rights have taken a brutal fight, as will the case for marriage equality and equal pay for men and women.”

“Liberalism always wins EVENTUALLY,” he declared, “just as it did in the sweltering summer of 1776.”