Chris Matthews compared the far right wing of the Republican Party to the Khmer
Rouge, the genocidal Cambodian communist party led by Pol Pot, in MSNBC's
coverage of President Obama's Q&A with House Republicans Friday night.
"The Republican Party is under assault from its far right," Matthews said. "I don't
think I can remember either party being under assault by its extremes. I mean,
there seems to be a new sort of purity test that unless you're far right, you're not a
Republican, and this sort of tea party testing they're doing now."
