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9. Matthews published anti-war articles in the run-up to the war

Mon May 28, 2012, 06:15 PM

May 2012

He attacked the motives of the Neocons and questioned the wisdom of going to war at all in this March 2002 article in the San Francisco Chronicle titled The Road To Baghdad, one of several anti-war articles he wrote in that paper.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/03/24/IN164155.DTL

Matthews was never a supporter of the Iraq War but he didn't have the guts to go on TV to express his true opposition once our troops were in there. As I recall, Keith Olbermann was the only guy with courage on commercial television to do that.

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Tweety: if we had cable news, the Iraq war might not have happened [View all] Enrique May 2012 OP

isn't Tweety the guy who swooned over Bush's codpiece??? Skittles May 2012 #1

My first thought too Confusious May 2012 #7

Tweety's adulation of bu$h was downright sickening Art_from_Ark May 2012 #11

Good quote thanks for posting. n/t pam4water May 2012 #32

Lying bastard! butterfly77 May 2012 #2

A bit delusional, isn't he? immoderate May 2012 #3

DEMENTIA. No other possible explanation. elehhhhna May 2012 #18

How about mere corruption? Orsino May 2012 #29

I think it's more that he doesn't have a belief. His quirkiness comes from him. immoderate May 2012 #30

We DID have cable news but you followed Fox News (as usual) underpants May 2012 #4

"our competitors are waving the flag at every opportunity" Enrique May 2012 #5

Exactly. Tweety is lying his ass off here. And he got his start with the Clinton fiasco. freshwest May 2012 #15

WHAT? Selective Memory Syndrome - Phil Donahue otohara May 2012 #6

Um...isn't Hairball with Chris Matthews an opinion-based show? And wasn't cable news around in '02? Jamaal510 May 2012 #8

Makes you wonder who's yanking his chain now, to join the liars' circus again. freshwest May 2012 #16

Matthews published anti-war articles in the run-up to the war aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #9

But once the war started, he was gushing all over bu$h Art_from_Ark May 2012 #10

What an asshat. ForgoTheConsequence May 2012 #12

I remember it clearly. grasswire May 2012 #13

I will never forget sandyshoes17 May 2012 #14

Shape-shifting, sycophantic blowhard... Surya Gayatri May 2012 #28

Revisionist history bullshit from a worthless narcissist. NRaleighLiberal May 2012 #17

Few can tell, but you are spot on Mosaic May 2012 #20

Man you could tell how annoyed he was when he badly lost Jeopardy a few weeks ago. Hissyspit May 2012 #24

Good ole Politicalboi May 2012 #19

Mathews quote from the 2002 war selling era 90-percent May 2012 #21

Gee, I wonder what Phil Donahue thinks? Adenoid_Hynkel May 2012 #22

I forget things when I'm really really drunk... harmonicon May 2012 #23

MSNBC fired Phil Donahue, the only anti-war voice on the network PA Democrat May 2012 #25

Unbelievable. A big reason that I avoid his show today is because of his cheerleading davidwparker May 2012 #26

Tweety must be smoking that good sh*t...... marmar May 2012 #27

Am-news-ia: (noun) the act of cable news forgetting what it said yesterday KurtNYC May 2012 #31

What the hell is he talking about? We did have cable news when this started. He pam4water May 2012 #33