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Supposedly Democrat-Friendly MSNBC Has Let a Clinton-Hating Joe Maul New York's Senator-Village Voice|Bruise Brother by Wayne Barrett

Despite Clinton's recent wins, Scarborough's fellow MSNBCers have kept up their bruising treatment of her. Chris Matthews started things off with a roundhouse blow in January, when he said that she had become a senator and had a shot at the presidency only because of her husband's infidelities. More recently, Matthews has been beating the drum for Clinton's withdrawal as if it has become of a test of her honor. Even the network's usually most detached reporter, David Shuster, got into the Clinton-bashing when he wondered aloud whether the Clintons were "pimping out" daughter Chelsea, costing him a two-week suspension. Tucker Carlson declared that he found Hillary so "castrating" that he "involuntarily" crossed his legs whenever she came on TV, a reflex that neatly contrasted with the "thrill" that Matthews said he felt creeping up his leg whenever Obama spoke.

Meanwhile, Keith Olbermann (who, it must be pointed out, occasionally invites this writer on his show) tried for months to stay above the scrum, but lately has been taking on Hillary night after night—never trash-talking like his teammates, but eventually deriding Hillary in one of the "Special Comment" editorials he'd previously saved for acts of war and official treachery.

Interesting article from the author of "Grand Illusion-The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9-11" although he focuses much of the article on Joe Scarborough who I actually think has been the most fair to Hillary out of the lot at MSNBC. I wish he would have focused on Keith Olbermann, who has been by far the most damaging to Hillary.