She was on the show to discuss her own book when Mathews sandbagger her, getting her to discuss someone else's book. That's typical low-class behavior on his part, and I wonder how often he has done the same trick to liberal guests.

Michelle Malkin used the terminology from the book. It is proper military terminology. Since she, to the best of my knowledge, has never served in the military, all she had to go on was a book written by someone else. Why was she expected to explain someone else's book? It just makes no sense. Why was Mathews grilling her on a book that he had not read (and apparently, still hasn't)? It was digustingly unprofessional behavior on his part. He continued to lie about what she said at least as recently as last Wednesday.

From the Zell Miller interview transcript:

MILLER: Wait a minute. Don‘t pull that kind of stuff on me, like you did that young lady when you had her there, browbeating her to death. I am not her. I am not her.

(CROSSTALK)

MATTHEWS: Let me tell you, she was suggesting that John Kerry purposely shot himself to win a medal. And I was trying to correct the record.

That's a bald faced lie by Mathews. Here's the transcript from Malkin's appearance on the show:

MALKIN: Well, yes. Why don‘t people ask him more specific questions about the shrapnel in his leg. They are legitimate questions about whether or not it was a self-inflicted wound.

(CROSSTALK)

MATTHEWS: What do you mean by self-inflicted? Are you saying he shot himself on purpose? Is that what you‘re saying?

MALKIN: Did you read the book...

MATTHEWS: I‘m asking a simple question. Are you saying that he shot himself on purpose.

MALKIN: I‘m saying some of these soldiers...

MATTHEWS: And I‘m asking question.

MALKIN: And I‘m answering it.

MATTHEWS: Did he shoot himself on purpose.

MALKIN: Some of the soldiers have made allegations that these were self-inflicted wounds.

MATTHEWS: No one has ever accused him of shooting himself on purpose.

MALKIN: That these were self-inflicted wounds.

MATTHEWS: Your saying there are—he shot himself on purpose, that‘s a criminal act?

MALKIN: I‘m saying that I‘ve read the book and some of the...

(CROSSTALK)

MATTHEWS: I want an answer yes or no, Michelle.

MALKIN: Some of the veterans say...

MATTHEWS: No. No one has every accused him of shooting himself on purpose.

MALKIN: Yes. Some of them say that.

MATTHEWS: Tell me where that...

MALKIN: Self-inflicted wounds—in February, 1969.

MATTHEWS: This is not a show for this kind of talk. Are you accusing him of shooting himself on purpose to avoid combat or to get credit?

MALKIN: I‘m saying that‘s what some of these...

MATTHEWS: Give me a name.

MALKIN: Patrick Runyan (ph) and William Zeldonaz (ph).

Chris Mathews may have misunderstood, but he obviously has not made any attempt to get to the truth. He has lied about what Malkin said and it appears you're falling for it.