Michelle Malkin — author, blogger, and Fox news analyst has an excellent post regarding Chris Matthew’s conspiracy theory on the hug between Iraqi voter, Safia Taleb al-Suhail, and Janet Norwood, the mother of a marine who died serving his country in Iraq.

If you remember my previous post, “The Hug Heard Round the World,” I posted an excerpt from “Hardball” with Matthew’s accusation that the whole thing was staged. I think Michelle Malkin sums this incident up perfectly:

CHRIS MATTHEWS SLIMES A MILITARY FAMILY
By Michelle Malkin · February 03, 2005 06:39 PM

Last night, MSNBC blabber Chris Matthews suggested that the powerfully moving hug between Safia Taleb al-Suhail, who recently voted in the Iraqi elections, and Janet Norwood, mother of a Marine who died in Iraq, was staged. Matthews sneered that fellow MSNBC host Pat Buchanan was being “naive” for arguing otherwise.

Exactly right, the newly crowned “Big Giant Ass” — a special award that I just invented for Mr. Matthews — slimed a military family. Even worse he implied with his statements that the Norwood’s would dishonor the memory of their son by participating in a political ploy. I think the honorary title of “Big Giant Ass” fits perfectly, don’t you?

BGA needs to apologize for his assinine remarks [yes, the pun was intended].

David Flanagan
Viewpointjournal.com