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Media Matters: MSNBC's Chris Matthews Problem (1/11/08) by Jamison Foser

"Chris Matthews uses his voice to marginalize women. Use yours to tell MSNBC you've had enough." On the sexist nature of the Hardball host's "obsession" with Hillary Clinton:
Matthews has referred to Clinton as "She Devil." He has repeatedly likened Clinton to "Nurse Ratched," referring to the "scheming, manipulative" character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest who "asserts arbitrary control simply because she can."... And he has described male politicians who have endorsed Clinton as "castratos in the eunuch chorus." Matthews has compared Clinton to a "strip-teaser" and questioned whether she is "a convincing mom." He refers to Clinton's "cold eyes" and the "cold look" she supposedly gives people; he says she speaks in a "scolding manner" and is "going to tell us what to do." Matthews frequently obsesses over Clinton's "clapping"—which he describes as "Chinese."

Figuring that "none of this should surprise us," Foser recalls how Matthews "acknowledged his feelings about Hillary Clinton long ago: 'I hate her. I hate her. All that she stands for.' And 'she drives some of us [guys] absolutely nuts.'"

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