Coming soon: The "Tonal Inaccuracy" Telethon

I think we're on to something here.

Chris Matthews has bravely come out as someone suffering from Tonal Inaccuracy. It's a pandemic, afflicting men (and some women) all over the world. 

Matthews says the notion that he is sexist has been pushed unfairly by blogs, women's groups and, to some degree, the Clinton campaign. His remark that Clinton benefitted because her husband "messed around" triggered much outrage from the Clinton team. Matthews eventually apologized in a rambling on-air explanation, but he hardly sounds contrite now. "I was tonally inaccurate but factually true," he told me. I had asked him earlier if he was forced into the apology. "Oh, yeah, of course I was forced into that," he said, laughing. "No, no, no .... Phil [Griffin] asked me to do that."

In severe cases, tonal inaccuracy also affects one's rhythm and balance.

A fellow [literally] survivor of tonal inaccuracy, John McCain, takes to calling his wife the name of a must-read book. It's not a big deal; he was just being tonally inaccurate. Or he was just rehearsing for his cameo in The Vagina Monologues. Yeah, that's it.

And poor Senator Obama, he also seems to be afflicted. We shouldn't be offended when he says that Hillary attacks when she's feeling down, or that she has to hurl a kitchen sink at him. That's not sexism. That's not misogyny. It's the dreaded tonal inaccuracy.

So reach deep into those pockets, folks, and start contributing. We can someday hope to eradicate this disease.

Do it for poor Chris. He's counting on us. And somebody warn Olbermann that it might be contagious.