Huckabee: Chris Matthews Acts Like Charlie Sheen

Chris Matthews

Likely Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee didn’t take too well to criticism from MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews, so the former Arkansas governor retorted by likening Matthews to troubled TV and movie star Charlie Sheen. Matthews had criticized Huckabee for “saying he‘s going to clear out all the Arabs in the West Bank, just get rid of them all," Politico reports.

Huckabee voiced his comeback during an appearance on the Dennis Prager Show Tuesday, saying, "I really do worry about Chris. I think he's not quite Charlie Sheen, but he's getting close."

Charlie Sheen

Sheen, storied for his wild partying and bragging about drug use, has generated even more notoriety in recent days with rants that prompted CBS to cancel his show, "Two and a Half Men," for the rest of the season.

Huckabee characterized Matthews as "unbalanced" and "off his meds."

Liberals can insult conservatives, but not vice versa, Huckabee said. "There are two sets of rules that exist in America. Liberals can get away with that. Nobody's called Chris Matthews. You haven't seen Media Matters fire up anything," Huckabee said.