I Despise Hardball

I'm talking about Chris Matthews' show on MSNBC, not baseball. On the Don Imus Show this morning Andrea Mitchell of NBC News and Imus talked about how much they both love Chris Matthews. I felt like puking. I can't say that I dislike Matthews personally because I don't know him personally. But I do despise his show and his persona on the show.

He talks too much and too fast. I've always been dubious of people who speak in a machine-gun-like staccato. They seem nervous or over excited. He seems to think that playing hardball is firing off a lot of questions at a rapid pace rather than asking well structured tough questions. It's easy to tell which guests he agrees with by the amount of time he gives the guest to respond to a question. A confrontational guest can count on being interrupted before completing any sentence.

Matthews seems to have two shows in the same time slot: Hardball and Softball. He plays hardball with some guests and softball with others depending on their political orientation. I'll let you decide who gets the hardballs.

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