Hardball with Chris Matthews

====Zell Miller====
Days later, then-U.S. Senator [[Zell Miller]], ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]&ndash;[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]), a Democrat who supported then-Republican President [[George W. Bush]], appeared on ''Hardball''. Miller had just given the keynote address at the Republican [[2004 Republican National Convention|convention]]. Matthews took Miller to task for his statement that soldiers, not reporters, are responsible for freedom of the press, accusing the senator of making the comment only "to get an applause line against the media at a conservative convention." Miller had also criticized Kerry's record on national defense issues during his speech, prompting Matthews to ask if the senator believed that Kerry did not want to "defend the country." During a heated exchange in which each man interrupted the other several times, Miller shouted at Matthews to "get out of my face" and angrily stated that he wished "we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel." He also made reference to the Malkin interview, telling Matthews not to "pull that stuff on me like you did that young lady, when you had her there browbeating her to death. I'm not her."<ref>{{YouTube|mRRMUKh9iQM|Zell Miller Slams Chris Matthews}}</ref>