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San Francisco radio talk show host Melanie Morgan joined CQ's Craig Crawford and Naomi Wolf of American Freedom Campaign on Hardball Friday to discuss the video of Dick Cheney from 1994 contradicting himself on whether the U.S. should invade Iraq or not. True to form, the Queen of Vitriol demonstrated she has no self-respect, scruples or sense of decorum and will say anything to defend the Bush administration. Her display was a perfect example of the current right-wing ideology and debate that is a serious detriment to our national discourse.To put it mildly, Morgan came unglued at the onset; lashing out at Chris Matthews telling him he had a gleam in his eye and only sought to attack Dick Cheney. Not satisfied with eviscerating Matthews she turned to Naomi Wolf and told her how good she was going to look wearing a burka.When Matthews asked her to explain why Cheney could be so prescient in 1994 and so wrong in 2002, Morgan invoked the administration's 9/11 talking point as if she was reading it from the Book of Common Prayer. In fact, she raised holy hell positing that the issue should not even be discussed.The Queen of Vitriol's imbecilic rhetoric exemplifies the right-wing/Rush Limbaugh/Fox News/you're a terrorist approach that is poisoning our national discussion -- whatever is left of it. Is our country so weak and are we so simple-minded to remotely entertain the notion that radical Muslims are going to takeover the country and mandate that women must don burkas?Indeed, Morgan has every right to express her opinions in the manner she sees fit, but it's downright disgraceful that her public following is sufficient enough to merit a national microphone.

• Release Date

  Aug 19, 2007

• Runtime

  05:08