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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (55677)	11/18/2008 3:01:02 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224648

How many Obama voters listened to and agreed with the following media moron during the election campaign? Chris Matthews Caught Bad-mouthing Hillary Clinton Aboard Train By P.J. Gladnick, November 18, 2008 It looks like Chris Matthews of MSNBC's Hardball needs to learn that it isn't a good idea to speak out of class. As relayed by the New York Post's Page Six, Matthews was caught mouthing off on the subject of Hillary Clinton during a train trip: "HARDBALL" host Chris Matthews and the other "castratos" at MSNBC shouldn't hold their breath waiting for a Hillary Clinton interview. Matthews, who once opined that men who supported Clinton were "castratos in the eunuch chorus," forgot the cardinal rule for those who are often mentioned on Page Six - he didn't take a good look around on the Acela train from Philadelphia to Washington Saturday before he started bad-mouthing the New York senator. Story Continues Below Ad ? An avowed Clinton lover who was sitting next to Matthews reports: "He was in business class wearing a red baseball hat that said Penn on the back, and the fat [bleep] fell asleep on the train and snored with his mouth open." During the ride to DC, Matthews awoke from his nap. A fellow passenger asked him, "What's the news tomorrow?" - to which Matthews loudly started talking about President-elect Barack Obama possibly picking Hillary as his secretary of state. "I don't understand it," Matthews bellowed. "Why would he pick her? I thought we were done with the Clintons. She'll just use it to build her power base. It's Machiavellian. And then we'll have Bill Clinton, too. I thought Obama didn't want drama. He's already got [chief of staff Rahm] Emanuel and Podesta. He'll have even more drama with her. "She's just a soap opera. If he doesn't pick her, everyone will say she's been dissed again, we'll have to live through that again." Matthews seems to be playing both sides of the fence. The host, who apologized to Clinton last year for claiming she got where she was because "her husband messed around," said on-air last Friday: "Look, I think that since she lost the fight for the nomination, [Clinton] has been not just a good soldier, she has sang the tune of [Obama]. She's been illustrious, she's been admirable . . . her spirit seems to be with him." A rep for Clinton declined to comment while a rep for Matthews didn't return e-mails. It sounds like hidden videos of Matthews pontificating aboard trains might actually be more interesting than his Hardball show which really should be called "Softball," especially when the subject is one Barack Obama. —P.J. Gladnick is a freelance writer