The NY Post:
So, should viewers of Tuesday’s Re publican presidential debate expect an exchange of views between the candidates – or between the candidates and one of the event’s moderators?
It’s a fair question, given the jaw-dropping comments Thursday evening from MSNBC blowhard – and scheduled debate moderator – Chris Matthews.
Matthews was celebrating the 10th anniversary of his “Hardball” program at a Washington event, when he let loose a broadside at the White House.
Bush & Co., he declared, had “finally been caught in their criminality.”
He compared this White House’s behavior with another one, saying, “Spiro Agnew was not an American hero.”
Of the vice president, Matthews said, “God help us if we had Cheney during the Cuban missile crisis. We’d all be under a parking lot.”
Now, “Hardball” is an opinion show, and Matthews is certainly entitled to his opinions – however offensively he chooses to express them.
But why should any Republican candidate expect fairness from Matthews now?
So many things in this piece are delightful- is the Post contending that Spiro Agnew, driven from office for bribery, is in fact an American hero? You can guarantee this piece will be viral on right wing blogs. At any rate, I agree with the Post. No one outside the insular inner circle of the conservative media fluffersphere can be trusted to be fair. Let an outsider in, and all sorts of facts and truth might break out. Some possible replacements for Matthews:
Rush Limbaugh- We could make the debate a twofer- celebrate the candidacy of these fine republicans while marking the end of Rush’s probation!
Sean Hannity- After all, he is fair AND balanced! What is not to like?
And, if all else fails, we could see is John Hinderaker is busy.
*** Update ****
From the comments, some past performances from obviously hateful liberal and sufferer of BDS, Chris Matthews:
MATTHEWS: Let me ask you, Bob Dornan, you were a congressman all those years. Here’s a president who’s really nonverbal. He’s like Eisenhower. He looks great in a military uniform. He looks great in that cowboy costume he wears when he goes West. I remember him standing at that fence with Colin Powell. Was [that] the best picture in the 2000 campaign?
[…]MATTHEWS: Ann Coulter, you’re the first to speak tonight on the buzz. The president’s performance tonight, redolent of the best of Reagan — what do you think?
COULTER: It’s stunning. It’s amazing. I think it’s huge. I mean, he’s landing on a boat at 150 miles per hour. It’s tremendous. It’s hard to imagine any Democrat being able to do that. And it doesn’t matter if Democrats try to ridicule it. It’s stunning, and it speaks for itself.
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