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Chris Matthews ‘Not Sure’ Whether You Should Call Cruz and Rubio ‘Hispanic’
Mediaite ^ | November 12, 2015 | Alex Griswold

Posted on 11/12/2015 8:07:04 AM PST by maggief

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Matthews thought that was amusing. But when he tried to articulate why, he seemed to seriously not know whether Cruz and Rubio should be classified as Hispanic, referring to them awkwardly instead as "Cuban nationals" and "Spanish surnames."

"So you're trying to insinuate that Marco Rubio, a fellow, uh, Spanish surname, I'm not sure the right word is Hispanic for them," he said. "Because they are Cuban nationals or whatever, or come from Cuba. But, uh, is he going to insinuate that he is still basically for what he calls amnesty?"

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; elections; rubio
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1 posted on 11/12/2015 8:07:04 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Matthews is such an expert on whether or not someone is Hispanic...


2 posted on 11/12/2015 8:09:23 AM PST by txrangerette (("...hold to the TRUTH; speak without fear". - Glenn Beck))
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To: maggief

Just call them white hispanic and be done with it.


3 posted on 11/12/2015 8:12:26 AM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God)
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To: maggief

Once again showing that according to the Left, it’s not your race or skin color that puts you into a “preferred class”. You can be the darkest skinned black, the most hispanic, the gayest or most feminine in the world. The only way you can be in a “preferred class” is if you follow the Left’s agenda. Because being a member of the Left is really the preferred class.


4 posted on 11/12/2015 8:12:44 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: maggief

psychosis; noun

a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.

5 posted on 11/12/2015 8:13:47 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: maggief

So lets get this straight. Obama, who’s mother was white and who father was a foreign national who never immigrated to the US is never allowed to be called half white, mixed race, white black, Kenyan, Indonesian. But something about these men, who are the sons of Cuban IMMIGRANTS makes them not legitimately Hispanic. Great to see WHITE leftists are in charge of who is “ethnic” enough to have a valid opinion in American politics.


6 posted on 11/12/2015 8:14:56 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: maggief

Well, that’s consistent for the left. Clarence Thomas, Dr. Carson and Allen West and other black conservatives aren’t really black, either.


7 posted on 11/12/2015 8:15:51 AM PST by Will88
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To: maggief
I agree.
American is the proper term for Cruz.
And groveling Obama sycophant for Matthews.
8 posted on 11/12/2015 8:16:20 AM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: txrangerette

He’s also not sure if Fiorina is a woman and he’s not sure Dr. Ben is black....go figure..LOL


9 posted on 11/12/2015 8:17:00 AM PST by Ms Mable
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To: maggief

Chrissy: “ But it’s perfectly fine to call Obama black, because he sends a tingle down my leg”


10 posted on 11/12/2015 8:17:00 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: maggief

You are only a minority if you are also a democrat.


11 posted on 11/12/2015 8:18:15 AM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: Irenic

Winner!


12 posted on 11/12/2015 8:20:40 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

He would probably like to call them “Uncle Jose’.”


13 posted on 11/12/2015 8:21:21 AM PST by LibertyOh
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To: maggief

Call them candidates for the presidency. It’s real simple. Liberals always label everybody, yet they get away with calling conservatives racists. Unreal.


14 posted on 11/12/2015 8:23:21 AM PST by albie
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To: Ms Mable

Ha!


15 posted on 11/12/2015 8:23:56 AM PST by txrangerette (("...hold to the TRUTH; speak without fear". - Glenn Beck))
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To: maggief
When a nation allows a class of individuals calling themselves "progressive" to become the arbiters and definers of the common language, then the question for the rest of the citizenry becomes: who defines the legitimacy of the "definers"?

Inasmuch as the ideas of "progressives" like Matthews lead to coercive policies which look more like the grievances listed in the 1776 Declaration of Independence than those of America's first 100 years of opportunity, creativity, freedom, unprecedented prosperity and plenty, perhaps the meaning of the word "progressive" is now more aptly described as "regressive" for humanity.

16 posted on 11/12/2015 8:27:47 AM PST by loveliberty2
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To: maggief

Chris Matthews “not sure” if he has a brain in his skull. He’s thinking about it.


17 posted on 11/12/2015 8:28:09 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: maggief

Matthews is imploding.
He’s all=in with this administration and it’s even worse than his involvement in the four-year Carter debacle


18 posted on 11/12/2015 8:28:32 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: maggief

So Matthews ranks “Hispanic” right up there with “Negro”. You know it’s accurate but you just can’t say it.


19 posted on 11/12/2015 8:28:51 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Obama = ISIS Fanboy)
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To: maggief
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20 posted on 11/12/2015 8:33:28 AM PST by italyconservative (If we elect a milk-toasted GOPe, we will be left with out the milk!)
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