Matthews on Obama's SOTU speech: "I forgot he was black tonight for an hour"
January 27, 2010 10:52 pm ET
From MSNBC's 2010 State of the Union coverage:
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The fact that you cannot understand the simple context of what Matthews was saying speaks volumes about your thought process. I fear it is much to inundated with right wing radio thought processes.
BTW, the amount of direct threats against this President nearly triples those with the previous one received. Now, you tell me, how do you explain this reality?
Many of you are absolutely lost without that race card up your sleeve.
A few, probably. Not as many who want to see the black man in the White House dead. Remember, armed militias mostly if not always consist of white racists.
So left wing racists would seem to fit. I wont stoop to projection like yourself.
Geez, you just win "King of Gaffeopolis."
I won't be watching MSNBC for a while...
But, as far as wanting to turn the channel, not even close. While people like Matthews might shoot off at the mouth and say strange things sometimes, I take it as just pure honesty and speaking off-the-cuff. People like O'Reilly do the same thing, but their remarks involve threatening to waterboard the speaker of the house... O'Reilly's off-the-cuff comments are dangerous, and Matthews are just comical and quite embarrassing. I love the guy for it, though.
I have also noticed, as an avid MSNBC viewer, Rachel and Ed are less off-the-cuff with what they say and get involved in more analyzing while Keith and Chris just go off on people saying whatever is on their minds. It's entertaining, but enjoyable, for a change.
Matthews did a wonderful open forum before the all black University in Texas, discussing the progress of civil rights issues. It was very interesting.
It's not fair to attack Matthews for this. Really.
Liberals grow up. You look as stupid as Republicans when you are surprised that a man who lived their civil rights, notices that no one really thought of race tongiht.
It's hugely different than last year.
He made a correct observation.
As for the first comment on this thread, really it should be deleted. It was rude and unnecessary.
Futhermore, your comment about Matthews' open forum at the all black University is no different than a white person being called a racist and then saying they have a black friend. It's laughable.
Here's what Tweety has had to say in the past about Obama and race, as linked above:
Matthews: "Can Obama now win over the regular folks, white folks, against John McCain?"
Matthews: Obama "can't walk into a dinette with five or six guys there, white guys, in some cases ... He can't just shake hands and hang out"
Matthews: Does Obama "connect with regular people" or just African-Americans and college grads?
Matthews on Obama: "[T]his gets very ethnic, but the fact that he's good at basketball doesn't surprise anybody"
Let us know when its OK to start attacking Matthews . . .
You are right, I am no fan of Matthews but I concur. In a way it reminds me of the way Charles Barkley has been criticized for a few comments.
"As for the first comment on this thread, really it should be deleted. It was rude and unnecessary"
Correct again.
P.S. I don't see them as black men, I see them as conservatives regardless of their race, creed or sex.
At any rate it was ill advised and sure to show up as grist for the AM radio smear machine.
TRANSLATION: "Why, with his education and diction, he sounds almost . . . white . . ."
See the other MMFA TV posting where Matthews further explains this comment.
One would think Matthews would be wise enough to articulate more intelligently off the cuff, however, him choosing that particular terminolgy turned up his IDIOT CARD and revealed that;
Unfortunately he is stuck on A##HOLE!
One would think Matthews would be wise enough to articulate more intelligently off the cuff, however, him choosing that particular terminolgy turned up his IDIOT CARD and revealed that;
Unfortunately he is stuck on A__HOLE!
Hey irony, not so much ironic as mornic.