Limbaugh defended Matthews' trashing of Clinton
On the January 18 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, referring to MSNBC host Chris Matthews' January 17 statement regarding his controversial comments about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Rush Limbaugh said: "The one time Matthews gets something right, and he apologizes for it because of pressure from the Hillary front group Media Matters for America." On January 8, Matthews had said of Clinton: "[T]he reason she's a U.S. senator, the reason she's a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around." Limbaugh asserted that Matthews' original comment "hit the nail on the head" and went on to state: "I've said that in far more explicit terms behind this very golden EIB microphone. Hillary Clinton is where she is because she is the most cheated-on woman in the world." Limbaugh added that because of Matthews' January 17 statement, "Hardball last night turned into Suckball."
Limbaugh later said that conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer "had an even better line today," referring to Krauthammer's January 18 column, in which he wrote that the "presidency is her [Clinton's] due -- the ultimate in alimony." Limbaugh stated that Krauthammer "said this whole bid for the presidency is just one giant alimony payment," adding: "Even without the divorce. So, yeah. We're all -- we're the ones paying for it. That's exactly right -- a giant alimony payment, and we're the ones paying."
Contrary to Limbaugh's characterization, Media Matters is an independent, nonprofit, progressive organization unaffiliated with any candidate or political party.
