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I liked Chris Matthews before he became the smarter Sean Hannity, the smoother Bill O'Reilly.
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I liked Chris Matthews before he became the smarter Sean Hannity, the smoother Bill O'Reilly. Now he's just another mouthpiece for the regime. Last night, on Iran, he was using the Republican talking points, including the weasel phrase "nuclear program" intended to blur the difference between atomic bombs and atomic power. Then Christopher Hitchens, of all people, argued for detente. He called on Bush to fly to Teheran to make peace, in a reprise of Nixon in China. The fun part was watching Matthews' mug: horrified, incredulous, outraged. How dare anyone suggest our genghis-in-chief be anything but a killer? Let all others crawl to the hegemon and beg for his mercy.

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