Comments on: Chris Matthews on Hillary Clinton: "I Hate Her" http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/16/chris-matthews-on-hillary-clinton-i-hate-her/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:43:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bruce Godfrey http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/16/chris-matthews-on-hillary-clinton-i-hate-her/#comment-59518 Bruce Godfrey Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:11:22 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4694#comment-59518 I don't trust the sourcing on this. "Chris said something in the cafeteria? to somebody?" Colonel Mustard with the Lead Pipe in the Library? Not biting. I don’t trust the sourcing on this. “Chris said something in the cafeteria? to somebody?” Colonel Mustard with the Lead Pipe in the Library? Not biting.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/16/chris-matthews-on-hillary-clinton-i-hate-her/#comment-59517 C.S.Strowbridge Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:37:11 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4694#comment-59517 Venting is one thing, but saying, "I hate her. I hate her. All that she stands for." is going overboard. It is could explain some of his behavior since then. It's not like he's been a big Clinton booster all these years. Venting is one thing, but saying, “I hate her. I hate her. All that she stands for.” is going overboard. It is could explain some of his behavior since then. It’s not like he’s been a big Clinton booster all these years.

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/16/chris-matthews-on-hillary-clinton-i-hate-her/#comment-59516 Oliver Willis Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:38:55 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4694#comment-59516 I think that a news anchor/analyst saying he hates a politician that he reports on is relevant - whether they say it in private or not. I think that a news anchor/analyst saying he hates a politician that he reports on is relevant – whether they say it in private or not.

]]> By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/16/chris-matthews-on-hillary-clinton-i-hate-her/#comment-59515 Sean D. Martin Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:44:35 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4694#comment-59515 "<i>Earlier in the day, he'd been complaining <b>privately</b>...</i>" "<i>...Matthews told a colleague in the cafeteria...</i>" Seems to me you can't really point to comments a person is making in private, or in casual conversation and use them as a basis for complaining that he's not "fair and balanced." I know I certainly express opinions in private about, say, the relative worth of my employees, that I certainly wouldn't express publicly. Not because of hypocrisy, but because I know <i>when venting in private I don't have to be fair</i>. Frankly, my first reaction to the excerpt isn't "He's being unfair." so much as "Does he have a point?" Did Clinton in fact reject a plan because she wouldn't get sufficient credit for it, or is Matthews complaint on that inaccurate? “Earlier in the day, he’d been complaining privately…”

“…Matthews told a colleague in the cafeteria…”

Seems to me you can’t really point to comments a person is making in private, or in casual conversation and use them as a basis for complaining that he’s not “fair and balanced.”

I know I certainly express opinions in private about, say, the relative worth of my employees, that I certainly wouldn’t express publicly. Not because of hypocrisy, but because I know when venting in private I don’t have to be fair.

Frankly, my first reaction to the excerpt isn’t “He’s being unfair.” so much as “Does he have a point?” Did Clinton in fact reject a plan because she wouldn’t get sufficient credit for it, or is Matthews complaint on that inaccurate?

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