Not that anybody watches MSNBC, but rumor has it “Hardball” host Chris Matthews said something dumb again. Addressing GOP criticism that Barack Obama is lawless, Matthews likened such claims to the kerfuffle over the president’s birth certificate: “I think it’s a second-term birtherism – he was illegitimately elected, now he’s behaving illegitimately. They want to put an asterisk next to this guy; he really wasn’t a law-abiding or even legitimately elected president.” The difference is Republicans are far better off hammering Obama for illegal and despotic actions.