Chris Matthews' show gets a tiny rating, but you gotta hand it to him, as he reliably gets a big buzz. There's a lesson there, and it mostly has to do with good "gets," such as Matt Damon and Robert DeNiro. Matthews may not be much at catching eyeballs at home, but he can get guests. And that ability keeps him and "Hardball" in The Cable Game.
But one point on Matt Damon, who helped Matthews' get still more buzz by saying of the Bush Twins, Jenna and Barbara: "And if you're gonna send people to war ... then that needs to be shared by everybody, you know, and if the president has daughters who are of age then maybe they should go too." The MSNBC-ers were of course ready to spill that out last week, for a show that has yet to air.
OK, fair enough. That's Damon's opinion. But here's something to keep in mind. Damon is 36, which is well below the maximum age for joining the military, which is about 42--although TCG knows patriotic Americans who have joined the armed services at even older ages than that. So there's nothing stopping Matt from joining up--the Army would be glad to have him, and then he'd really show those Bush twins.
But strangely, Matt seems content to limit his combat "experience" to getting paid big bucks to play soldier in "Saving Private Ryan"?
