Here's a taste of what Chris Matthews had to say the other night to a college audience at Iowa State:
MATTHEWS: How many in this room believe in the war in Iraq from beginning to now, support the war in its full reality? The senator is one of those. Who else agrees with him? Stand up. Stand up, stay up. Everybody now stay up who intends or would consider participating in this war. Participating in the war. MCCAIN: Thank you. MATTHEWS: All you people standing up are planning to participate in the war in some way? Really? Everybody here. MCCAIN: Thank you very much, my friends. MATTHEWS: Because I asked a minute ago how many were going to join the military. I wonder what your participation would involve. MCCAIN: Chris, your bias is starting to show. MATTHEWS: No, I'm just trying to get an answer now. Wait a minute -- I want the people that are standing up. Somebody yell out why are you standing if you're not joining the military. OK, you were one of those. Keep going, anybody else? Of course, look at all the people in the back. I asked before if anybody was joining the military. And now you're standing up in support of the war but not in terms of a plan to actually participate in a war. I don't get the connection. Would somebody explain it?
Does Chris Matthews support the war in Afghanistan? If so, has he prodded the military to let him serve there in some capacity? How about working for an NGO in Kabul? They're also a part of the war effort in Afghanistan. Does Matthews support the use of force in the Darfur region? If so, will he urge the military to let him participate in some way in that operation? Will he join one of the NGOs that will likely flood into Darfur once some security is established? How about Kosovo? Did Matthews support President Clinton's policy? Did he push the military to let him serve in some capacity in the operation? How about after the bombing stopped? Did he offer to help out KFOR, the peacekeeping force that went in? How about lending a hand to the NGOs still working in Pristina and other parts of Kosovo? Perhaps a student at the next stop on the Hardball College Tour can asked Matthews about all this.