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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Hardball

Hardball stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Nixon henchman G. Gordon Liddy branded Barack Obama an "illegal alien" on Hardball yesterday, dodging a barrage of evidence and documents cited by Chris Matthews that the US president was born in Hawaii. Liddy insisted that Obama's "invalid" birth certificate couldn't be used to get a passport or... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • Richard Nixon • Hardball • Chris Matthews • Hawaii • G. Gordon Liddy • birther • after birth

 Bachmann Celebrates
 Obama Win

Hails victory as 'tremendous signal' against racism

Nov 7, 08 12:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The congresswoman who suggested in a national television interview that Barack Obama has anti-American views is changing her tune. Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann tells Politico she’s "extremely grateful that we have an African-American who has won this year," calling Obama’s victory ”a tremendous signal we... More »

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Barack Obama • Hardball • Chris Matthews • racism • anti-Americanism • Michele Bachmann • President Obama

What? Did I Say Something Wrong?

GOP yanks Bachmann ad funding in wake of 'anti-American' gaffe

Oct 23, 08 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is catching more fallout from her controversial appearance on MSNBC: The National Republican Congressional Committee has pulled media buys made for her campaign, reports the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Bachmann told Hardball host Chris Matthews last week that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views” and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hardball • Election 2008 • National Republican Congressional Committee • Michele Bachmann • El Tinklenberg • Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

 Hitler Donnybrook
 Rocks Hardball 

Matthews not appeased by conservative radio host's history gaps

May 16, 08 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - There's been an outcry from the Dems over President Bush's "appeasement" comments but the shouting was loudest on last night's Hardball, the Huffington Post reports. Radio host Kevin James sang the praises of Bush's remarks comparing Barack Obama's planned outreach to Iran to Nazi appeasement. But after being asked... More »

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Adolf Hitler • Hardball • Chris Matthews • talk show • appeasement

Study: Viewers Get News From Daily Show... Not

Jokes funny only if audience is already up on current events

May 9, 08 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Claims that young people get more news from Jon Stewart's Daily Show than from traditional sources are bunk, a journalism think-tank has concluded after examining a year's worth of episodes. The Project for Excellence in Journalism found that while the comedy show had much of the same content as new... More »

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satire • news • Hardball • journalism • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show

Elizabeth Edwards Calls Out Coulter

Candidate's wife asks columnist politely to back off the nastiness

Jun 27, 07 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards tried to coax conservative hellcat Ann Coulter into toning down the personal attacks on political candidates yesterday, calling in to "Hardball with Chris Matthews" while Coulter was on. Edwards entreated Coulter to cut the character assassination and focus on issues. Coulter shot back that Edwards' call was... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • Ann Coulter • presidential campaign • Hardball • Chris Matthews • Election 2008

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