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The Clinton Wars

Playing Hardball with
Chris Matthews

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Chris Matthews.

In his new book The Clinton Wars, Sidney Blumenthal, former Clinton aide, takes aim at Chris Matthews, the host of Hardball on MSNBC. Blumenthal writes that Matthews wanted a job in the administration and "lobbied the White House" to succeed Dee Dee Myers as press secretary but the job went to Michael McCurry. Blumenthal goes on to say that Matthews then "turned into a … [Read more...] about Playing Hardball with
Chris Matthews

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