With Chris Matthews, his plan seems to be, when all else fails in his effort to smear Senator Clinton, just lie about her.
On his March 19 Hardball, Matthews stated, "Hillary Clinton said this weekend that she wants a permanent base over there. ... She made a very clear statement this weekend we cannot take our troops out of Iraq."
Matthews is simply lying, of course. She never said any such thing.
The good folks at Media Matters looked into it, and this is what they report:
"Matthews appeared to be referring to the Iraq position Clinton outlined in a lengthy March 13 interview with The New York Times in which she explained that she would, according to a March 15 Times article on the interview, "keep a reduced military force there [in Iraq] to fight Al Qaeda, deter Iranian aggression, protect the Kurds and possibly support the Iraqi military" as part of her troop-withdrawal plan. Clinton did not, in the Times interview or elsewhere, say she wanted to keep U.S. troops in Iraq "permanently" or that she supported a "permanent base" in Iraq. A Media Matters for America search of the Nexis database did not turn up any instances of Clinton stating support for "permanent" U.S. troops in Iraq (search string Hillary w/2 Clinton and permanent!)."There is no lie so bold these media whores will not tell in their effort to destroy Senator Clinton.
