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Matthews Remembers Mission Accomplished (Some of It)
Posted on 05/04/2012 by Peter Hart

On Wednesday (5/2/12), MSNBC host Chris Matthews played a long clip from the Daily Show, where Jon Stewart mocked Republicans who are complaining about Barack Obama's celebration of the killing of Osama bin Laden. Stewart naturally recalls George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" photo op stunt from 2003. Stewart points out that if Republicans are angry about Obama "spiking the football," Bush was spiking the ball before the game started.

So the clip played, and then we cut to Matthews, chuckling away. Of course Stewart's point is right on–anyone who listens to this whining from the right is bound to recall Bush's celebration of the Iraq "victory." The hypocrisy is staggering.

But if you're going to have a laugh about this, then you might want to remember how excited Chris Matthews (5/1/03) was about that Bush stunt. It probably won't make you laugh, and Matthews probably doesn't want to remember it either:

We're proud of our president. Americans love having a guy as president, a guy who has a little swagger, who's physical, who's not a complicated guy like Clinton or even like Dukakis or Mondale, all those guys, McGovern. They want a guy who's president. Women like a guy who's president. Check it out. The women like this war. I think we like having a hero as our president. It's simple. We're not like the Brits.

A few more, courtesy of Media Matters (4/27/06):http://www.fair.org/blog/2012/05/04/matthews-remembers-mission-accomplished-some-of-it/

I distinctly remember his comments about how women would just fall in love with the war and Bush* because of his swagger--