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<title>&#x27;What did Neville Chamberlin do?&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On Thursday's Hardball, Chris Matthews had a discussion about President Bush all but accusing Sen. Barack Obama of appeasement for wanting to talk to enemies of the United States. Conservative radio talk show host Kevin James and Chris Matthews then had a disagreement about&nbsp;what constituted appeasement. Chris Matthews had the following to say on Friday:

"Look, I'm a student of history, especially of the late 1930s when the world didn't stand up to Hitler and my hero Winston Churchill saw...(read more)]]></description>
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<title>A question of appeasement?</title>
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This video from Thursday's Hardball is getting traction on other news shows and on the blogosphere. For those who missed it, take a look....(read more)]]></description>
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<title>Matthews recalls fond memories of Israel </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Chris Matthews fondly looks back on his first trip to Israel while remembering the founding of the state of Israel nearly 60 years ago. "The first time I visited that incredible country was in 1971, when it was still in the afterglow of its wondrous victory against all sides in the Six Day War. I remember sitting in a restaurant. It was really more of a bar as an older fellow, who'd had a few, loudly proclaimed his pride in a group of soldiers who'd just entered the room. How exciting to be in such...(read more)]]></description>
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<title>Matthews rants about Limbaugh&#x27;s &#x27;Operation Chaos&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday's post-Indiana and North Carolina primary coverage, Chris Matthews ranted about&nbsp;talk show host Rush Limbaugh's plea to&nbsp;conservatives and Republicans&nbsp;to vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton in an attempt to prolong&nbsp;the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination between her and Sen. Barack Obama.&nbsp; Here's what Chris had to say:"I have to offer a Keith-style special comment on that. Anyone who voted to screw up the political system of this country with the purpose...(read more)]]></description>
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<title>Hot topics about Decision &#x27;08</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Hardball's Chris Matthews takes a look at some interesting Decision 2008 topics and shares his thoughts. The Clintons’ recipe for success The Clinton campaign has had a tough time managing former president Bill Clinton in this election. He was supposed to be the secret weapon but against whom? Sen. Barack Obama or his own wife? His gaffes, outbursts, and misstatements have dogged the Clinton campaign since the beginning. But as we head into the final days of the Pennsylvania primary, Sen. Hillary...(read more)]]></description>
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<title>Hardball College Tour: Sen. Barack Obama </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sen. Barack Obama kicked off the Hardball College Tour Wednesday in West Chester University in Pennsylvania.
Below are some highlights from the broadcast:
Photo: Alex Brandon | AP
On bowlingChris Matthews:&nbsp; One of the perks, senator, of being president of the United States is that you have your own bowling alley. Are you ready to bowl from day one?
Barack Obama:&nbsp; Obviously, I am not.
(Laughter)
Matthews:&nbsp; Ha!
Obama:&nbsp; But I figure there might be some bowlers here at West Chester. I just want to thank all of them for hosting us. This is a wonderful group.&nbsp; Thank you so much for having me.... And basketball I can play.
On whether or not he's tough enoughMatthews:&nbsp; That was the warm-up.&nbsp; How do we know that you're tough enough to take the heat from the right, right-wing radio and from the right-wing columnists, if you begin to pull our troops out of Iraq and they start screaming, "Who lost Iraq?" How do we know you're as tough as Dick Cheney to ignore public opinion and do what you believe in?&nbsp; Because he's certainly tough enough to do it.
Obama:&nbsp; Well, first of all, you don't ignore public opinion.&nbsp; You try to shape public opinion.&nbsp; And you try to shape it with the truth, not with false facts, not by shading intelligence reports.
And you know, in terms of my toughness, look, first of all, I come from Chicago.&nbsp; And you know, politics in Chicago, as it was once said, is not tiddlywinks.&nbsp; It's not beanbag.&nbsp; It's a tough town.
But what I've been able to do is to rise politically without compromising my ethics, without compromising my principles.&nbsp; I think during the course of this campaign, we're going up against a pretty tough political operation with the Clintons.&nbsp; Nobody's ever accused them of being soft.&nbsp; And so far, we're doing pretty well.&nbsp; And you know, I am very confident that&nbsp; when it comes to issues like Iraq, a war that I stood up against at a time when it would have been politically convenient to be for it, or at least to be silent, when it comes to tough issues like talking to leaders we don't like, something that defies some of the conventional wisdom in Washington but I feel very strongly about, then I'm going to stick to my guns and try to persuade the American people that we need to go in a new direction and fundamentally break with the failed policies of the past seven-and-a-half years....(read more)]]></description>
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<title>Matthews: Getting into Pennsylvania </title>
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Pennsylvania holds its presidential primary on April 22.&nbsp; That’s six weeks from now.&nbsp;&nbsp; That’s a long time to talk about something on Hardball.&nbsp; I want to get beyond the polls and the short-hand of James Carville’s line that “Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and Alabama in between.” 
One thing I’ve started to do is get an e-mail relationship going with the local Democratic leaders around the state. I sent out this note to the all the county chairs.&nbsp; “How’s this...(read more)]]></description>
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<title>Matthews: The Clintons always perform well under pressure </title>
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Bill Clinton is at his best when his back’s to the wall.&nbsp; Beaten for re-election in Arkansas in 1980, given up for dead politically, he came roaring back in 1982.&nbsp; Knocked off-stride by the revelation of his Vietnam-era “draft letter” on the eve of the 1992 New Hampshire primary, he walked door to door handing out videotapes to voters.&nbsp; His message: I can’t get my message across through the media, so I’m doing it myself.&nbsp; (Of course, reporters like me, I was with the San Francisco...(read more)]]></description>
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<title>Matthews: Clinton proves herself a &#x27;great politician&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On&nbsp;Thursday's "Hardball," Chris Matthews gave a detailed explanation&nbsp;which clarified&nbsp;his comments made about&nbsp;Sen. Hillary Clinton during a recent&nbsp;appearance on "Morning Joe."
Below is a transcript of Matthew's explanation."We're in a time of a lot of frustration: Iraq, the lack of health care for working people, gas prices, the weakening economy. I come on “Hardball” every night and try to wrestle with these frustrations, and moments of change – we might soon have the first...(read more)]]></description>
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<title>Will California receive the same help New Orleans did? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. John Garamendi appeared Tuesday's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," saying he's "got some doubt about the value of President Bush coming out here" and "I just hope if he does come, he brings more than he brought to New Orleans."&nbsp; 
CALIFORNIA LT. GOVERNOR JOHN GARAMENDI: I've got some doubt about the value of President Bush coming out here.&nbsp; How many times did he go to New York or to New Orleans and still, made promises but hasn't delivered.&nbsp; We have the Terminator out here, Gov. Schwarzenegger is doing a good job, and we'll see.&nbsp;CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST, 'HARDBALL:' Do you think it's public relations rather than action?&nbsp;Garamendi: Of course it's public relations.&nbsp; The actions taking place by the hard working firefighters, the men and women and the police that are out there on the line, and the community that's pulling together to support watch other, that's where the action is taking place.&nbsp; 
I know, okay, President Bush comes out, we'll be polite, but frankly, that's not the solution.&nbsp; How about sending our National Guard back from Iraq, so that we have those people available here to help us?&nbsp;Matthews: Do you think the President's arrival will distract from the efforts to fight the fire?&nbsp;Garamendi: Absolutely, no doubt about it.&nbsp; The President goes some place, you've got a huge entourage, you've got secret service all over and all the chaos that comes with whenever the President arrives, wherever the President happens to arrive.&nbsp; 
But listen, what we really need are those firefighters, we need the equipment, we need, frankly, we need those troops back from Iraq. We'll get on here, whether he comes or not, that's not really the issue.&nbsp; I just hope if he does come, he brings more than he brought to New Orleans.
Watch the complete video of the interview.]]></description>
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