And I have no respect for Chris Matthews anymore, but last night he was sure fun to watch. YOU ALL MUST READ THE LAST LINE !
This is what Chris said in his "Let Me Tell You What I Think" at the end of his show:
Cheney taught the Democrats a lesson. I think the Democrats, led by Hillary Clinton, tried to wound President Bush last week. They saw a CBS report that he’d been warned last August about a “hi-jacking” and tried to pry back his credibility with it. They took a lot of free shots at the man in the White House.
This weekend, Vice President Dick Cheney, the toughest politician in the country, made the Democrats pay for those free shots. Where they used the public’s ignorance of what the President knew and when he knew it, Cheney used his knowledge of just that.
Cheney punched home a potent political lesson: Never attack until you know what you’re attacking. If the Democrats didn’t know what the President knew or didn’t know prior to September 11, they should have kept their powder dry and their faces shut.
Karrie
I caught that part of the program too - it was a beautiful thing. I have no respect for Matthews either - but sometimes he displays depthy smarts and political savy - this little closing bit on last nights show proves he knows when hes' (and his friends) have taken a bullet...to the heart.