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Matthews Rips Guest For Ignorance of History, Then Claims Cole Attack Happened Under Bush
NewsBusters ^
 | Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 05/15/2008 3:37:04 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
A Hardball epic . . . 
Message to Chris Matthews: when ripping a guest for his lack of historical knowledge, try to avoid making a history mistake of your own in the same segment. 
It happened on this afternoon's Hardball. After lambasting a guest for not knowing his Neville Chamberlain history, Matthews surmised that the attack on the USS Cole in October, 2000 happened under . . . President Bush. 
View video here.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2008electionbias; bds; chrismatthews; clintonista; clintonlegacy; coleattack; dnctalkingpoints; fakebutaccurate; kevinjames; msnbc; nevillechamberlain; obamagasm; revisionisthistory; usscole; warmtingle; waronerror
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
    And this guy wants to be the next senator from the Keystone State.. Hah!
 
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posted on 
05/15/2008 4:06:30 PM PDT
by 
SE Mom
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    It's the alcohol. Matthews is currently so obviously a juicer it isn't worth watching him simply to find out what his interview guests are saying.
He's not long for the broadcast industry at this rate.
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posted on 
05/15/2008 4:11:39 PM PDT
by 
muawiyah
 
To: muawiyah
    Has he started letting his guests talk?
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    Kevin James was really stupid not to just shut-up, but leave it to Chris to come to the rescue and reveal the true idiocy in the MSM. Keep it up, Chris... I feel this tingle running down my leg!
 
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posted on 
05/15/2008 4:29:34 PM PDT
by 
ReleaseTheHounds
("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    Chrissy the Sissy will get a pass on that one, like all his others.
 
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posted on 
05/15/2008 4:31:41 PM PDT
by 
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW!)
 
To: stop_fascism
    Not anymore. He interrupts them as though he hasn’t heard a word. Before he started to turn into a terminal alcoholic he did let at least the mind-numbed, robot-like, knee-jerk Liberals talk a little bit, but even that’s gone away.
 
26
posted on 
05/15/2008 4:40:07 PM PDT
by 
muawiyah
 
To: Diogenesis
     Poor Matthews. Some say that he is so jealous of Larry Sinclair that his brain is simply fried.  Winner! Post of the Week.
 
To: muawiyah
    It's the alcohol. Matthews is currently so obviously a juicer it isn't worth watching him simply to find out what his interview guests are saying. I heard him say a few years ago that he gave up alcohol...
 
To: Dr. Scarpetta
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posted on 
05/15/2008 4:51:50 PM PDT
by 
muawiyah
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    The moonbats are so upset today, I wonder why??
 Could they have heard something not so good about their Messiah, coming down the pike?
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posted on 
05/15/2008 4:56:20 PM PDT
by 
roses of sharon
( (Who will be McCain's maverick?))
 
To: saltnlemons
    I’m sure Soros is just ramping up to get this brainess bozo
into Congress!
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    Thanks for posting the article
I only get minimum basic cable, if I want to hear what is mostly the truth, I crank up Free Republic. Min basic $14.85. Chris is the scum of the earth et al.
 
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posted on 
05/15/2008 8:07:40 PM PDT
by 
machenation
("it can't happen here" Frank Zappa)
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    I actually saw that show, however inadvertenly .. first time I saw either Matthews or MSNBC in eons. The poor fellow was trying to answer his question, Matthews would reframe his question and press for an answer to his updated query before the fellow could answer. Just one rude SOB.
 
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posted on 
05/15/2008 8:24:10 PM PDT
by 
EDINVA
(Proud American for 23,062 days.... and counting!)
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    Matthews was unbeleivably rude. The guy was making the point that Chamberlain was an appeaser just like Obama, and Matthews kept berating him over a minor detail.
 
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posted on 
05/15/2008 8:36:05 PM PDT
by 
balch3
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    If Obama talks to Stinky what does he have to offer? Israel or Israel’s nukes, that’s what BHO has to offer. Just like Chamberlain ended up offering the Sudetenland to Hitler in exchange for a piece of paper he could wave at the crowd at the airport.
 
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posted on 
05/15/2008 9:35:33 PM PDT
by 
Mike Darancette
(Obama: "America is the greatest country on earth, help me change America.")
 
To: balch3
    Matthews was unbeleivably rude. The guy was making the point that Chamberlain was an appeaser just like Obama, and Matthews kept berating him over a minor detail.  The 'minor' detail was that the conservative speaker didn't know what Chamberlain did to be considered an appeaser. 
 Doesn't anyone read anymore? 
 Now to be fair, Matthews didn't ask the other guest, who might not have known as well and then stuck his foot in his own mouth by not knowing who was President when the Cole was attacked.
 
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posted on 
05/15/2008 10:52:02 PM PDT
by 
fortheDeclaration
("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    ...Matthews surmised that the attack on the USS Cole in October, 2000 happened under . . . President Bush.Matthews never fails to amaze me... What a moron.
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    Thanks for the ping and the summary. I find Matthews utterly unwatchable.
 
To: governsleastgovernsbest
    Matthews: “look, we're not getting anywhere here.”
 You can say that again!
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posted on 
05/16/2008 1:01:14 AM PDT
by 
endthematrix
(Now that we use our corn for  fuel, when do we eat coal for dinner?)
 
To: Stultis
    That was so embarrassing I almost felt sorry for Obama...almost. ;-)
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posted on 
05/16/2008 1:03:34 AM PDT
by 
Stonewall Jackson
(Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. - George Patton)
 
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