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MSNBC's Chris Matthews compares Osama bin Laden to Michael Moore

Gee, the same day that Chris Matthews tells a fag joke on the air. I guess MSNBC is on a race to the bottom here and Matthews is leading the pack.

It seems that for some reason Matthews feels the need to become the uber-Republican. Trash Hillary for making comments that Newt, Bob Novak, and the Wall Street Journal have made. Tell fag jokes like one of the good ole boys. Defend Bush at all costs. If Matthews can just ingratiate himself a bit more, then maybe the Republican establishment will really like him

.Pitiful. And terribly embarrassing for NBC and all of its namesakes.

Peter Daou is right, we need to demand an apology:

DEMAND AN APOLOGY: "Bin Laden sounds like Clint Eastwood" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Ron Silver" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Rush Limbaugh" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Bill O'Reilly"-- "Bin Laden sounds like Mel Gibson" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Bruce Willis" -- "Bin Laden sounds like Michelle Malkin"... Imagine the outrage on the right and in the press (but I repeat myself) if a major media figure spat out those words. Well, on Hardball, Chris Matthews just blurted out that Bin Laden sounds like Michael Moore. Simple: Matthews should apologize. On the air. This has NOTHING to do with Michael Moore and everything to do with how far media figures can go slandering the left. And last I checked, Michael Moore didn't massacre thousands of innocent Americans.

(Americablog)
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John Kerry responds to NBC's Chris Matthews' partisan attack on Michael Moore

Kerry just released the following statement. Good for him.

"You'd think the only focus tonight would be on destroying Osama Bin Laden, not comparing him to an American who opposes the war whether you like him or not. You want a real debate that America needs? Here goes: If the administration had done the job right in Tora Bora we might not be having discussions on Hardball about a new Bin Laden tape. How dare Scott McClellan tell America that this Administration puts terrorists out of business when had they put Osama Bin Laden out of business in Afghanistan when our troops wanted to, we wouldn't have to hear this barbarian's voice on tape. That's what we should be talking about in America." -- John Kerry

Along those lines, Dick Cheney said this today:

"It is no accident that we haven't been hit in more than four years."

Oh yeah? It's also no accident that Osama bin Laden hasn't been captured in more than four years.

(Americablog)