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Every big-shouldered tough-guy Irish Catholic school boy from FishTown to Darby had drilled into to his thick skull that the Kennedys -- John Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy -- were as close to divine holiness as a person can ever get. And that JFK had acheived olympian god heroic status in the South Pacfic on PT-109.

Chris Matthews is the penultimate Philly Irish Catholic schoolboy.

He would DIE of a broken heart, of extreme mental confusion if his iconic lust for JFK's holiness were to be broken.

The Swift Vets are challenging, the TRUTH is challenging, his most dearly held idolatry -- of John Kennedy, HERO, on PT-109.

For that is the motif, the cloak, the mantle of political power, the current JFK wears -- John Kerry. Kerry has created a holllow idol of a fabricated war record that duplicates Kennedy's in all appearances and by doing so has gained the political support of thugs like Matthews -- like any Philly or Boston Catholic school boy not quite become a full man.

He would DIE of a broken heart, of extreme mental confusion if his iconic lust for JFK's holiness were to be broken.

Very, very interesting post! Why do you think CM had not even read the book and had to call out to his producer during the break to see if he was right with what he had said? Sounds like Chris is just "calling it in." Why would anyone run the risk of looking like an idiot for the whole world to see by not even reading the book. Is he just so used to steamrolling that he doesn't take the time to even research his topic?