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Chris Matthews Drops the S-Bomb

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2007 Chris Matthews really stuck it to the hawks on Wednesday's "Hardball": "If you want America to be a hegemonic power in the Middle East, you're out of step with the American people. We're not going to fight it out with Iran for the next 30 years to see who the big s*** -- I'm sorry -- the big name is on the block." (h/t: Think Progress) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Matthews, Hackett Demolish GOP Candidate

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 This one was so brutal it almost wasn't fun to watch. Almost. NBC's Chris Matthews and antiwar veteran Paul Hackett made mincemeat of Texas GOP congressional candidate Van Taylor, whom they repeatedly chastised for using meaningless talking points. Taylor was more out of his depth than George Bush at a Mensa convention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bartlett Busted on Gas Prices

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2006 Chris Matthews nails the White House communications director on his claim that no one in the administration promised that gas prices would go down after the invasion of Iraq. Meanwhile, crude prices are holding above $72--a record high. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Powell’s Iraq Admission Reverberating

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2006 Colin Powell's controversial claim (made to Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer) that he never believed Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat has renewed the debate about Powell's culpability in the Iraq debacle. Check out Vanity Fair's Chris Hitchens and Newsweek's Evan Thomas discussing the issue on "Hardball" or read Jane Hamsher's take at Firedoglake. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Matthews to DeLay: ‘I Owe You’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2006 That's what the "Hardball" host tells the disgraced representative in a not-meant-for-airing exchange surfaced by the Huffington Post. Also see the sexist comment DeLay made about Hillary Clinton. (video) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )