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by John Cole|  November 1, 200411:00 pm| 8 Comments

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My father tells me that Chris Matthews just had his ass handed to him by Ben Stein. Anyone have details, a clip, or a transcript?

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  1. 1.

    Ricky

    November 2, 2004 at 8:45 am

    Better than Zell Miller?
    I gotta see this…

  2. 2.

    Doug

    November 2, 2004 at 9:49 am

    I don’t have a link or a transcript, but I saw the exchange, and I have to agree that Ben Stein cleaned Chris Matthews clock.

  3. 3.

    Sandi

    November 2, 2004 at 11:30 am

    You are probably looking for this transcript.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6390003/

  4. 4.

    poll troll

    November 2, 2004 at 11:51 am

    Ben Stein can really do that!

    Best Poll for undecided voters;

    Since 1956, Weekly Reader students in grades 1-12 have correctly picked the president

    http://www.weeklyreader.com/election_vote.asp

    Weekly Reader kids select Bush in Presidential Poll

    The students who read Weekly Reader

  5. 5.

    Justin O.

    November 2, 2004 at 11:57 am

    I’m going with the Redskins loss on this one, and the Red Sox curse being broken.

  6. 6.

    Dean

    November 2, 2004 at 2:06 pm

    Justin O:

    That’s illogical. The Red Sox curse being broken would suggest that streaks *end*. That is more likely, it would seem, to support the idea that the Redskins’ loss loses its impact, rather than that the Redskins’ loss remains intact.

    Or am I taking prognostications and nostrums too seriously?

  7. 7.

    Dorian

    November 2, 2004 at 2:19 pm

    If this is about the transcript posted above – Matthews knows that Stein is completely out of his league and so stayed on the fringes of an actual argument.

    I wouldn’t call it clock cleaning as much as Matthews knowing his place. It

  8. 8.

    Eric Pobirs

    November 2, 2004 at 10:59 pm

    I agree with Dorian. After the crap Matthews pulled with Malkin and Miller he has possbily gottent he word that a lot of people would be perfectly happy to see him humiliated on live TV. So he’s walking lightly around those equipped to do it.

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