Matthews' Praise for GOP Debate Limited to McCain's, Rudy's Liberal Li
May 16th, 2007 8:17 PM
Chris Matthews is not a liberal. Andrea Mitchell has told us so. Yet there are times when our fervent belief in that tenet is strained. Such as on this afternoon's "Hardball," when the only two moments from last night's GOP debate that Matthews singled out for praise were when candidates adopted liberal positions: McCain opposing torture and Rudy sticking up for abortion.View video here.…
Matthews's Scorecard: Romney Up, Rudy Down
May 4th, 2007 8:01 AM
Romney won, Rudy lost. That's Chris Matthews' take on the GOP presidential debate he moderated on MSNBC last night. Matthews made his views clear during his appearance on this morning's "Today." Meredith Vieira, who interviewed Matthews at 7:09 EDT, seemed to share her colleague's assessment.TODAY CO-HOST MEREDITH VIEIRA: Winners and losers in your assessment?MSNBC HOST CHRIS MATTHEWS: Oh,…
ABC's Donaldson: Gun Owners Will Just ‘Shoot the Paperboy
April 25th, 2007 5:55 PM
During a roundtable conversation on the April 22 edition of "This Week," veteran ABC journalists Cokie Roberts and Sam Donaldson echoed boilerplate liberal positions on two separate issues. Discussing the recent Supreme Court decision upholding a congressional ban on partial-birth-abortion, Roberts said she found it "offensive as a woman." But first, George Will spoke about the Virginia Tech…
MSNBC's Grotesque Partial-Birth Analogy: Issues 'Sucked Life' Out of G
April 20th, 2007 11:11 AM
When Republican strategist Michelle Laxalt began to describe the clinical reality of partial-birth abortion on MSNBC this morning at about 10:55 AM EDT, MSNBC host Chris Jansing cut her off, saying she didn't want to get into an "emotional debate." Of course not. Better to focus on the antiseptic "right to choose" without letting the gruesome reality of the matter intrude.In partial birth…
