August 20, 2004

SLIMEBALL. A reader writes: "Chris Matthews rose to new heights of partisanship tonight when he "interviewed" a swift boat captain and then tried to destroy Michelle Malkin. It was totally disgusting."

PoliPundit is also on the story:

I thought Chris Matthews went off the deep end with John O'Neill, but tonight he entered Cuckoo's Nest territory. I was so disgusted by the disgraceful performance of Matthews tonight with Swift Boat Vet Thurlow that I thought he had hit rock bottom. I was wrong. I next caught his softball lovefest with Max Cleland and noted that Cleland got not one hard question and was actually allowed to finish some sentences. Then Matthews did the most incredibly rude, irresponsible, disgraceful attack on Michelle Malkin that you can imagine. Of course, Malkin is tough and held her ground, although she was not allowed to finish even a single sentence uninterrupted. Then David Gergen said Kerry was winning on this issue and of course these guys are all Republican front men. Did Matthews ask for proof of that? Of course not. For those who did not see the show (don't even ask me why I was watching -- it is kinda like a rubbernecker watching an auto accident) I cannot adequately convey the vitriol and blatant bias in the questioning.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin tells her story, "AMBUSH JOURNALISM...OR MY EVENING WITH CAVEMAN CHRIS MATTHEWS".

Here's the transcript. Read Malkin and then read the lies of Chris Matthews. Quotable:

One of my jobs on 'Hardball' is to cut through to the truth. Tonight on 'Hardball,' one of our guests pushed the idea that John Kerry had won his Purple Heart by deliberately shooting himself. The charge was without merit and baseless, as our guest under close questioning herself admitted.
Posted by Greg Ransom