January 20th, 2008: Ha! I love Chris Matthews

As a conservative, I am not supposed to like Chris Matthews. He is the host of the MSNBC show Hardball. I love Matthews because I love his personality. I like him more that Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity or Lou Dobbs. He just seems to understand politics. I think he has a good grip on the candidates. He puts into words how people are thinking.

Chris was in a bit of hot water last week with his comments on Hillary Clinton’s success. He was in hot water because he suggested that Hillary Clinton won her Senate seat in New York because on Bill Clinton’s screwing around I have a youtube clip of his comments below:

While Matthews may have been a bit harsh, what he says is essentially correct. Without Bill Clinton screwing around, Hillary Clinton is just remember as the first lady who had that screwed up health care proposal. Him screwing around brought her to the forefront, and was her shining moment. It propelled her to a US Senate seat and now this US President Nomination.

Still, pressure mounted and he must have been given some serious heat by MSNBC, as he was driven to give an apology on air after people such as the ladies on the view called his comments sexist. I have a clip of his apology below:

I sure hope that this indicant does not tone down Chris. I love how he is very blunt and anti PC. I think it is why I like Chris Matthews so much. O’Reilly is that was as well, but I feel like Bill is trying to push his conservative position across. Chris, while a liberal, tries to understand everyone, and I feel he does that with success. I leave you with probably the greatest Chris Matthews interview ever, when he interviewed US Senator Zell Miller (D-GA). Zell was the first Democrat to give the keynote address at the GOP convention in 2004. Just watch and enjoy!

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