My main objection to Matthews was his fawning acquiescence to the lies being spewed by the Bushies in their despicable sales job on the Iraq War.
You are wrong about Matthews. He has been opposed to the Iraq war since day one. Don't take my word for it, consult Salon, hardly a right wing publication.
salon.com
The Salon Interview: Chris Matthews
He made his name bashing Clinton. But the "Hardball" host has broken from the cable TV pack over war with Iraq. And he has even warmed up to Clinton -- Hillary, that is.
By Joan Walsh
Feb. 14, 2003 | Chris Matthews barreled into American living rooms during the Clinton impeachment saga, when his CNBC show "Hardball" became the official cable clubhouse for Clinton haters. "Hardball" lost some of its edge in the early days of the Bush administration. Matthews needs an enemy, or at least a cause, to keep him charged. But the show has become must-viewing again for anyone tuned into the nation's latest political drama: Who wants to bury a dictator? This time around, though, Matthews is bucking the right. He's the only mainstream cable host who's openly opposing the administration's rush to war, and almost every night he battles bloodthirsty Iraq hawks and rails against spineless Democrats who won't muster the power to stop them.
In a wide-ranging conversation conducted earlier this week, on the day that ratings-challenged MSNBC announced it had added ultra-right attack dog Michael Savage to its lineup, Matthews attacked pro-war hawks who put Israel's perceived interests ahead of their own country's, slapped Bush for sitting "on Sharon's lap," confessed that he was warming up to Clinton (Hillary, that is), laid out what's wrong and right with Fox News, and worried about whether his antiwar stand is hurting his ratings.
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