Tweety suggests African-Americans aren’t ‘regular people.’

[marmar]

from ThinkProgess:



Matthews suggests African-Americans aren’t ‘regular people.’»

While discussing Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) during MSNBC’s Hardball last night, host Chris Matthews asked Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO): “Let me ask you about how he — how’s he connect with regular people? Does he? Or does he only appeal to people who come from the African-American community and from the people who have college or advanced degrees?” Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/matthews-suggests-african-americans-arent-regular-people/

On Monday’s Hardball, Matthews said of Obama: “This gets very ethnic, but the fact that he’s good at basketball doesn’t surprise anybody.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/matthews-suggests-african-americans-arent-regular-people/

[shraby]

1. As usual, Tweety's mouth was running while

his brain was in neutral.

[Alexander]

2. And Shillbots claim he's biased towards Obama. Yeah, right.

[RavensChick]

3. !

:wtf:

Tweety, if you can't say anything, don't say nothing!!!!!!!!

Damn, this guy's a idiot!

[hisownpetard]

4. Is someone spiking Tweety's birdfeed?

He is a walking compendium of ludicrous thoughts and irrational remarks.
Fly back in, Tweety, and let us slam the cage door...

[AspenRose]

12. Ah yes, the political crazy car that is Chris Matthews

Someone check his blood sugar...

[Swamp Rat]

5. Well, he sure cleared that up.

Racist bastard. :dunce:

[BlooInBloo]

6. What's worse is the "good whites" who pretend that this isn't standard for white Americans...

... they're the ones who allow it to continue, by pretending "it's only a few bad apples", when in fact the bulk of white folks think this way.

There are quarterbacks, and then there are black quarterbacks. There are Presidential candidates, and then there are black Presiddential candidates. And so on, across the board. It's standard.

[Bake]

10. How can you say "the bulk of white people think this way??"

That's as ignorant as what Tweety said. I don't know that the bulk of white people think this way. I certainly don't. The white people I deal with daily don't think that way either.

So who's racist? Oh, that's right -- all white people, huh.

Bake

[BlooInBloo]

13. Wanna hear me say it again?

[Bake]

14. No. You're clearly as racist and bigoted as Tweety.

I don't listen to bigots.

Bake

[BlooInBloo]

15. hahahaha - racist against my own race - that's rich.

[Bake]

17. In that case, you're just an idiot who speaks only for yourself.

That's it. Or maybe "liberal white guilt."

Bake

[BlooInBloo]

18. Sorry - I forgot - must keep the secret. hahahaha - you guys slay me....

... But the assumption that only a black guy could think as I do speaks puh-lenty tiger. You should really just stop with that.

[seriousstan]

7. Well, in his defense, Matthews is just a typical white person.

[easy_b94]

9. I think i am going to be sick

:puke:

[tabasco]

8. They aren't!

Too brown!

:sarcasm:

[rinsd]

11. Gee where are all the Obama "supporters" who have been giving Tweety love the last month

Ya know the asshats who called him a good analyst and praised his show when he attacked Hillary.

Fucking hypocrites.

[bunnies]

16. I do not believe Tweety to be racist.

despite his occasional unfortunate wordings.

I see Tweety as a fan of Obama. Just my humble, and unpopular, opinion.

[UALRBSofL]

19. Why didn't he ask McCaskill about her drug use

You know she is a cocaine addict or so I have heard. I watched a soundbite where she was trying to play it off as "well, it was in the 70's and we all tried something." I bet a dollar she still uses drugs.