[april15Bendovr]

This is a transcript taken from Chris Matthews Hardball off of NewsBusters from this article

MSNBC Distorts Bush, Cheney Words on Iraq-9/11 Link Posted by Brad Wilmouth on November 12, 2005 - 03:52.

http://newsbusters.org/comment/reply/2791

Please click on URL for the full story

[april15Bendovr]

http://newsbusters.org/comment/reply/2791

[ricoshea]

Its Harball when its Republicans.Its softball when he has on Democrats and that other closet Dem McCain.
I do not watch his program anymore.He will not let people who contradict his statements with facts speak.He talks over them and then if that does not work he does the Matthews Shuffle.He has done it to countless Republicans as well as Maulkin and Orin.He attempted it with Hitchens but Christopher Hitchens can out talk him and he got his point out.
Matthews is terrified that his sons are going to be drafted.That is what is fueling this daily diatribe.

[Peach]

This was the Clinton view of a relationship between OBL/Saddam:

The Clinton View of Iraq/AQ Ties.
December 29, 2003. The Weekly Standard.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/527uwabl.asp

Tape Shows General Wesley Clark linking Iraq and AQ
January 12, 2004. The New York Times.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1056113/posts

Britain insists that AQ was in Iraq pre war.
June 17, 2004. MiddleEast Online.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1155369/posts

How the Networks Pretend to Ignore their own Reporting in the 90's that AQ and Iraq worked together.
June 17, 2004. Media Research Center
http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040617.asp

The Clinton Administration first linked Saddam and OBL.
June 25, 2004. The Washington Times.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040624-112921-3401r.htm

Long List of Clinton Administration Officials who Believed There was an AQ/Iraq connection.
July 12, 2004. NewsMax.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1169397/posts

Gore, Cohen, Clinton linked AQ and Saddam.
July 15, 2004. The Daily Texan.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1165515/posts

Clinton feared Iraq gave AQ chemical weapons in Sudan under a cooperative agreement they had.
July 2004. 9/11 Commission
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1087373948467

Excellent reference material on Clinton/Iraq/WMD:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1513669/posts?page=1

Who is lying about Iraq.
November 2005. John Podhoritz
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Production/files/podhoretz1205advance.html

[petercooper]

Hayes has been great with his reporting on Iraq/Al Queda connections

[highlander_UW]

What's this Hayes guy trying to do? If you present facts to Matthews all you do is confuse him.

[manwiththehands]

Maybe I live a very sheltered life (well, I do, actually!) but I spend a lot of time on FR ... read the news and listen often to the radio. I have quite a few conservative friends, and most of my family are liberals. Out of everyone I have ever talked to about Iraq and 9/11, NOT ONE has expressed the belief that Iraq was behind 9/11. I remember years ago that we were trying to make a link between Atta and Iraq but nothiing became of it. The closest Iraq came to 9/11 was Iraq's support of Al Queda. That's close enough for me. But Iraq was directly resonsible for 9/11? Where did this belief come from? Did the Libs/'Rats/MSM make it up?

[savedbygrace]

Matthews is one of those intentional deaf Dims who never heard President say, "Either you're with us or against us." And that we would treat both terrorists and terrorist supporters alike.

[AliVeritas]

You know what? Bush has finally opened it up... let's continue to bombard the press through emails on past statements of dems, the actual findings of the reports, the resolutions and the time it gave Saddam to remove weapons, the chemical warheads/RDX/HMX/uranium that has been found and intelligence people who have been in the region who knew what Saddam had and was planning after sanctions. I find it effective to send emails of (many have disappeared, some of us have captured), their own articles before the war (NYT, WaPo others), that pushed for the war on WMD and Saddam's lack to abide to the UN and not destroying weapons (the resolutions). This is great that you posted this. Also, thanks to Peach as usual.

[Reagan Man]

Haven't been able to watch Matthews much in recent years. He's a big mouth liberal hack.