OK, folks, this is another "urban legend" that gets mentioned on DU all the time...except it's not a legend, it's true. Chris Matthews' life was forever changed when he caught that glimpse of Bush on the deck of the USS Lincoln, strutting and swaggering proudly as he proclaimed "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED:"
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/And if your don't believe Digby, or just want the "actual" Matthews transcript URL, here 'tis:
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/chrismatthews/050303.asp?0cb=-s1W109515May 3, 2003:
1). MATTHEWS: Let's go to this sub--what happened to this week, which was to me was astounding as a student of politics, like all of us. Lights, camera, action. This week the president landed the best photo of in a very long time. Other great visuals: Ronald Reagan at the D-Day cemetery in Normandy, Bill Clinton on horseback in Wyoming. Nothing compared to this, I've got to say.
Katty, for visual, the president of the United States arriving in an F-18, looking like he flew it in himself. The GIs, the women on--onboard that ship loved this guy.
2). MATTHEWS: I want him to wa--I want to see him debate somebody like John Kerry or Lieberman or somebody wearing that jumpsuit.