Chris Versus Chris

I see Chris Matthews parodied on SNL more than I watch his own show Hardball. So I wasn't prepared for the load of garbage parading as wisdom (or worse, conventional wisdom) he spewed yesterday on The Tonight Show.

Let's take one example of many. He still seems to be under the delusion that Joseph Wilson had the goods on the Bush administration regarding Iraq seeking uranium in Africa. I thought this little item had been cleared up years ago, but apparently plenty of people, even those who pretend to keep up on the news, still see Wilson as the one who got it right.

Christopher Hitchens has a concise piece in Slate earlier this week regarding this issue. The piece is fine, but should at this point be unnecessary. The real question is how a big name like Matthews can't even get something this simple correct.