Chris Matthews' New Thrill: Host Hyperbolically Compares Valerie Plame

November 10th, 2010 4:51 PM
Hardball host Chris Matthews on Monday rhapsodized over Fair Game, the new Sean Penn movie about the Valerie Plame scandal, even going so far as to compare the film to the classic Casablanca. In a closing commentary on the lefty movie, Matthews enthused, "This is one fine movie. While there will never be another Casablanca, Fair Game is perfect for our murky time." Matthews, who interviewed…

Matthews: Had You Seen This Hillary Clinton in 2008 She Might Be Presi

November 10th, 2010 12:04 AM
Chris Matthews is suddenly getting a thrill up his leg for somebody other than Barack Obama. On Tuesday's "Hardball," before playing a video clip of the Secretary of State joking around with some comedians in Australia, the host told his viewers, "Had you seen this Hillary Clinton back in 2008, I think a lot of people would have made her president" (video follows with transcript and…

Matthews: Bush Should Be Given A Lie Detector To Find Out Why He Invad

November 9th, 2010 7:57 PM
Chris Matthews' renewed attacks on George W. Bush continued Tuesday as he accused the former President of having no real motive to go to war with Iraq in March 2003. Implying that Bush was basically an idiot that was "in over his head," the "Hardball" host stated, "Maybe you ought to put this guy in a lie detector" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Former Bush Aide Smacks Down Joan Walsh For Questioning W's 'Psycholog

November 8th, 2010 8:51 PM
A former advisor to George W. Bush smacked down Salon's Joan Walsh Monday for questioning the 43rd President's psychological compass. Appearing on MSNBC's "Hardball," GOP strategist Ron Christie also gave Chris Matthews a much-needed education on why going into Iraq was a successful part of Bush's strategy to prevent America from a follow-up attack after 9/11 (video follows with transcript…

Matthews Confuses Cummings With Clyburn

November 8th, 2010 6:10 PM
What is it with MSNBC hosts and their inability to keep prominent African-Americans straight?  As NewsBuster Kyle Drennen noted, last year Contessa Brewer confused Jesse Jackson with Al Sharpton. Tonight it was Chris Matthews' turn.  Introducing Dem congressman Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the Hardball host called him "Congressman Clyburn," a reference to James Clyburn of South Carolina,…

Zurawik: 'TV Journalism Diminished in Public Mind' Due to MSNBC's Elec

November 7th, 2010 7:57 PM
The Baltimore Sun's media critic is still fuming about MSNBC's pathetic coverage on election night. In his piece published Saturday, David Zurawik called the cable news network a "liberal prep school" while claiming the behavior of folks like Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell, and Keith Olbermann was "so egregious" that the "entire realm of TV journalism was diminished in the…

Rachel Maddow's Claim MSNBC Isn't A Political Operation Exposed As Non

November 7th, 2010 2:51 PM
Rachel Maddow's claim that MSNBC is "not a political operation" was thoroughly debunked Sunday by the conservative website Johnny Dollar's Place. As NewsBusters previously reported, Maddow on Friday defended Keith Olbermann's suspension for violating NBC's campaign finance rules by attacking Fox News hosts for raising money for Republicans. In the segment, she argued that aside from the "…

Matthews Attacks Conservatives for Criticizing Obama Moments Before He

November 5th, 2010 8:51 PM
If you needed any more proof of liberal media bias, you got a perfect example on Friday's "Hardball." A few minutes after host Chris Matthews excoriated conservatives for criticizing Barack Obama for spending so much money on his upcoming trip to India, the MSNBCer, with a big smile on his face, launched into a two-minute attack on former President George W. Bush (video follows with…

Chris Matthews Suggests 'Ethnic' Animus by Conservatives Fuels Critici

November 5th, 2010 7:30 PM
Worked into a tizzy over conservative radio talk show hosts and a Republican congresswoman complaining about the reported cost of President Obama's state visit to India, MSNBC's Chris Matthews today suggested racial animus -- against President Obama and the country of India -- played a role in the criticism. Yet at the same time Matthews put down Indian journalists by suggesting their reporting…

Matthews Accuses Another Republican of Being Under 'Hypnosis

November 4th, 2010 6:25 PM
 Chris Matthews must be really pleased with himself, after accusing Rep. Michele Bachmann of being under hypnosis, in his now famous election night skirmish with the Minnesota Congresswoman, as he attached that description to yet another Republican on Thursday night's Hardball. After noting that Ben Quayle won his congressional race, Matthews went on to play a clip of one of his ads, after…

GOP Strategist Schools Matthews: Palin's Resumé Just As Strong As Oba

November 3rd, 2010 11:15 PM
For the second time in three weeks, a Republican strategist has taught MSNBC's Chris Matthews a lesson about how former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's qualifications for president are just as strong as Barack Obama's when he ran back in 2008. This time the GOPer educating the "Hardball" host was Todd Harris (video follows with transcript and commentary):

MSNBC Panel Gives Convoluted Explanation of Democrat Backlash; Attacks

November 2nd, 2010 9:06 PM
When MSNBC’s Chris Matthews starts to rationalize the American electorate’s temperate, get out of the way. On MSNBC’s Nov. 2 election coverage, “Hardball” host Chris Matthews offered his assessment of how the Democrats and President Barack Obama found themselves in such dire straits. He said it started with the left’s favorite boogeyman of the past, President George W. Bush. Video Below…

Matthews: How Long Before We See Tea Partiers Start Showing Up in Unif

October 27th, 2010 6:35 PM
  Chris Matthews, on Wednesday's Hardball, not so cryptically compared the actions of Republican volunteers to that of Nazi-style tactics from the 1930s as he claimed the restraining of a MoveOn.org activist by a Rand Paul supporter reminded him of what "we saw from hoodlums in the thirties in another country I will not mention" and added: "I mean it isn't far from what we saw in the thirties,…

Chris Matthews Lets Jimmy Carter Blame Loss to Reagan on Third Party C

October 25th, 2010 9:05 PM
 Chris Matthews on Monday participated in a little bit of revisionist history for the benefit of his former employer Jimmy Carter. As the "Hardball" host brought up the possibility of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg running as a third party candidate in 2012, the former President actually said that this was why he lost to Ronald Reagan in 1980 (video follows with transcript and commentary):