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Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:00 AM

Chris Matthews on Fred Thompson's sexiness and smells

The "masculinity"-obsessed MSNBC anchor illustrates a predominant theme lurking in our political discourse.

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  • Thursday, June 14, 2007 01:20 PM

    It's not called "Hardball with Chris Matthews" for nothing

    Even the shows title is a double entendre so the content just naturally follows. Perhaps MSNBC should be more forthright and call it "Circle Jerk Pundits". If they're going to sell sexy political man smell they might as well sell it all and not be ashamed.

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