Amid accusations of misogyny, Matthews slams 'View' hosts

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Amid accusations of misogyny, Matthews slams 'View' hosts
David Edwards and Nick Juliano
Published: Friday January 11, 2008

In condescending tirade, MSNBC host argues 'historic fact' that Bill's infidelity only reason Hillary's in Senate

Responding to criticism of his perceived misogyny from the hosts of The View, MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews delivered a lengthy, condescending tirade reiterating his suggestion that Hillary Clinton's political career is precipitated on her husband's infidelity, belittling those who would suggest otherwise and claiming to know more about history than the View women.

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That observation opened the oft-criticized Hardball host to another round of criticism in the blogosphere. The hosts of The View, ABC's daytime chat show aimed at women, weighed in on Matthew's punditry as well.

"I'm very careful here as you know ... not to give my personal opinions," Barbara Walters said. "I had thought that people in news didn't do that. Forget it. The way to get ratings: Come out and slam."

Joy Behar chimed in: "It's almost like a pile-on of these men against her, and I think they're going to get the real backlash for it."

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[Rock_Garden]

1. Tweety's starting to remind me of Quasimodo.

He's climbing the bell tower, throwing stones at the mob below.

[butterfly77]

2. Tweety and Scarborough seem to think that...

their opinions are the only ones that count(not) they need to wake up to the fact that we are not living in the 40's and 50's.

[Bucky]

3. To give the devil his due...

It was her steely resolve and dignified handling of the Starr Investigation probes and her subsequent work in the 1998 election that really highlighted Mrs Clinton to New Yorkers and got them thinking of her as a dependable candidate for the 2000 senate race. In other words, in a tough and troubling situation created in part by her husband and Starr's actions, New Yorkers noted her aplomb, talent, dignity, and intelligence. For that, they turned to her to be their nominee. And THAT is exactly how Bill's indiscretions "caused" Hillay's election.