Thread by @MattGertz

In light of the footage of MSNBC's Chris Matthews joking about his "Bill Cosby pill" before an interview with Hillary Clinton, I'm going to tweet some of his sexist and misogynistic comments from our archives.

This will take a while. 1/too many

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Let's start with this gargantuan compilation in 2008, highlighting Matthews' "history of degrading comments about women, in which he focuses on the physical appearances of his female guests and other women discussed on his show." 2/ mediamatters.org/research/2008/…

On the January 19, 2001, edition of Hardball, during President Bush's inauguration ceremonies, Matthews commented that "for a straight arrow crowd of sort of purities, I've never seen so many sexy babes on the stage over at the Lincoln memorial here."

On the February 9, 2001, broadcast of Hardball, Matthews discussed the controversy over former President Bill Clinton's pardon of financier Marc Rich and remarked that his wife, Denise Rich, is a "very attractive, wealthy woman." 4/

2000: Matthews describes then-Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris to former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY) as "that very attractive woman we've been watching the last couple days." 5/

In 2006, Matthews asked his guests iff if they found Ann Coulter "physically attractive." After the guests refused to answer, Matthews claimed Coulter "doesn't pass the Chris Matthews test." 6/

In 2004, Matthews called SecState Rice "very attractive woman, very likable woman, almost, if she weren't so smart, Miss Congeniality." 7/

1999, Matthews to Gennifer Flowers: " "I gotta pay a little tribute here. You're a very beautiful woman, and I -- and I have to tell you, he knows that, you know that, and everybody watching knows that" 8/

2004, Matthews to Janet Langhart Cohen, wife of former Defense Secretary William Cohen. During the interview, Matthews said to Cohen: "Well, you're a very attractive woman, obviously. And you're very successful and you're well married and all those good things." 9/

2007, Matthews to Clinton press secretary Lisa Caputo: "You are looking great, by the way ... And I just came from the Miss America contest [where Matthews was a judge]. And you're -- you are up there."

Matthews to one of the stars of a pro-Obama YouTube video: "[B]e careful with the advances you are making with your eyes right now. I'm not a casting agent." 11/

Matthews on CNBC's Margaret Brennan after she gave a financial update: "She's a beautiful woman. She's a very bright reporter. She makes us feel good.... And she's 6 feet tall, besides. You're gorgeous!" 12/

From 2007, Matthews to Erin Burnett: "You're a knockout"; "It's all right getting bad news from you" In this one, he repeatedly urges her to get closer to the camera. It's incredibly creepy. 13/ mm4a.org/1TpUcuF

Matthews to Laura Ingraham, 2007: "You are - I'm not allowed to say this, but I'll say it - you're beautiful and you're smart." Closed interview saying, "I get in trouble for this, but you're great looking, obviously. You're one of the gods' gifts to men in this country." 14/

Matthews to Elizabeth Edwards, 2008: "You've got a great face, Elizabeth. I love your smile ... I'm sorry. I don't want to patronize you. You're great."

So he can't stop telling professional women, including his colleagues, on air, how beautiful he finds them. On to some of the Hillary Clinton vitriol. 16/

Matthews: Clinton is doing an "anti-male thing" by "playing to the Seven Sisters crowd up at these all-women's colleges, where there may be that sort of mood if you're -- and they all want dates. I assume a lot of them do, on weekends. " 17/ mediamatters.org/research/2007/…

Chris Matthews teased segment by asking whether Clinton is a "She Devil" mm4a.org/23WA8IK 18/

Matthews on Clinton's performance: "good enough here for women who wanted to root for her anyway" mm4a.org/1XLSR2u 19/

Matthews: "[T]he reason she's a U.S. senator, the reason she's a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around. That's how she got to be senator from New York. We keep forgetting it. She didn't win there on her merit." 20/

Matthews on Clinton in 1999: "My husband cheated on me, make me senator" mm4a.org/1ToBjZh 21/

Matthews on "older women" who "get really angry at me": "[T]hey usually have a hard time figuring out what the fact mm4a.org/1SNR60p 22/

MSNBC's Matthews, NY Times' Seelye pondered whether Biden will "help" Palin "with her chair" at debate mm4a.org/23KJYNL 23/

Matthews on Hillary's laugh: "What do you make of the cackle?" mediamatters.org/research/2007/…

Matthews on Clinton "being surrounded by women": "[D]oes that make a case" for or against her as commander in chief?" mm4a.org/1SJWRMB

Matthews: Clinton has a "scolding manner in terms of her public speaking," added, "She's going to tell us what to do." 26/ mediamatters.org/research/2016/…

Matthews: "[S]ome men" say Sen. Clinton's voice sounds like "fingernails on a blackboard" mm4a.org/1TmvwTY 27/

Matthews linked Clinton to fictional Nurse Ratched 28/ mm4a.org/1TmeVzu

Matthews referred to Hillary Clinton as "sort of a Madame Defarge of the left" mm4a.org/1TmME9E 29/

Matthews asked about Clinton endorsers' "willingness" "to become castratos in the eunuch chorus" mm4a.org/24ipKvb 30/

Matthews likened Sen. Clinton to a "strip-teaser," asked, "Is she a convincing mom?" mm4a.org/1SiyonD 31/

MSNBC's Matthews still obsessed with Clinton's "Chinese" clapping mm4a.org/1Tmuwz2 32/

Matthews attacks Clinton: Criticism of Bush homeland security cuts after London bombings made her look "more witchy" mm4a.org/1S7IDek 33/

n December 1999, Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson appeared on Hardball to discuss Clinton's Senate campaign. Matthews asked Wolfson eight consecutive questions about whether Clinton was "ambitious." 34/ mediamatters.org/research/2008/…

2006: Matthews asked if Pelosi is "going to castrate Steny Hoyer" if he becomes majority leader mm4a.org/23Ut9Qw 35/

2006: Matthews on Pelosi: ""How does she do it without screaming? How does she do it without becoming grating?" 36/ mediamatters.org/research/2006/…

Matthews' hypothetical suburbanites: Wife wants woman president; husband cares about finances mm4a.org/1VRpeji 37/

Matthews asserted that Clinton got Register endorsement "thanks to her husband's lobbying with its female editors an mm4a.org/24dMDjc 38/

MSNBC's Chris Matthews On Sally Yates: She Was "Attractive, Obviously," In Her Testimony To Congress mm4a.org/2qjBrnt 39/

That's what I've got. There's probably more, but that's what I could find easily from our archives.

This is who Chris Matthew is. 40/40