While Hyping Barack Obama's Killing of bin Laden, MSNBC's Chris Matthews Lashes Out at 'Sadist' Dick Cheney

(By Scott Whitlock, NewsBusters.org) - On Tuesday's 'Hardball', while praising President Obama's handling of the killing of Osama bin Laden, MSNBC's Chris Matthews excoriated Dick Cheney as a "sadist."

Former 'Newsweek' editor Howard Fineman contrasted the Bush/Cheney administration's dropping of bombs in Iraq with Obama's actions. Matthews responded by mocking, "There's a difference between being cold blooded- I think presidents have to be cold blooded- and being a sadist."

As if his point wasn't clear, the liberal anchor interrupted Fineman to add, " I was referring to Cheney, of course."