| Chris Matthews: Simpleton Bush not chief
Staff gave him 'something to think about for the 1st time in his life'
Posted: November 1, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
In a speech to university students, MSNBC host Chris Matthews characterized President Bush as a shallow-thinking, unlearned man who when confronted by aides with the decision about going to war with Iraq was given something to think about for the first time in his life.
Chris Matthews
The Bush administration's rationale for the Iraq war was "nonsense" and totally dishonest, Matthews told a gathering of 200 students at Brown University this week, according to the Woonsocket Call newspaper in Rhode Island.
Vice President Dick Cheney was "behind it all," contended Matthews, who served as an aide to the late House Speaker Tip O'Neill of Massachusetts and wrote speeches for former President Jimmy Carter.
"The whole neo-conservative power vortex, it all goes through his office," Matthews said, referring to Cheney, according to the paper. "He has become the chief executive. He's not the chief operating officer, he's running the place. It's scary."
The vice president, he asserted, is the man "who put his thumb on the scale" to affect the balance between Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
"The ideologues started circling around the president," Matthews said, according to The Call. "They saw a man who never read any books, who didn't think too deeply and they gave him something to think about for the first time in his life. This thing called pre-emption, the Bush Doctrine. They put it in his head and said 'Iraq, Iraq, Iraq.'"
Sources tell WND that management at MSNBC are becoming increasingly perturbed at Matthews for his outspoken criticism of Bush.
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Wow! I always though Chris Matthews was a republican. Thats some real hardball insights he gave on the American Preisdent. I was just wondering, if you people actually think Bush is running the show?
HAHAHAHA I love his comments
They saw a man who read no books, and didn't think too deeply
I'm expecting a response like this
"How dare you talk about Bush like that! He is related to jesus! Bush is a genius, and is the smartest man in the world! Chris Matthews is just a stupid liberal" | |
