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Chris Matthews: Do Republicans Oppose Obama Because of His Race?
Newsbusters ^ | August 6, 2010 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 08/07/2010 3:48:14 AM PDT by Scanian

Chris Matthews on Friday actually asked a GOP Congressman if Republicans oppose President Obama because of his race.

On the 5PM installment of MSNBC's "Hardball," Matthews brought on Rep. Bob Inglis, the Congressman from South Carolina who easily lost his primary fight in June to Tea Party candidate Trey Gowdy and has been badmouthing his Party ever since.

Early in the conversation, Matthews asked, "What is it that`s gotten into your Party`s water supply, the Republican Party`s water supply, that makes them strangely hostile to the president, not just against his policies, but personally? Is it race?"

Fixated on racial conspiracy theories, the "Hardball" host later in the interview asked, "If we had about a million Heidi Klums trying to cross the border, the Mexican border of the United States, you know, the gorgeous blond from Germany or whatever, do you think that would be a problem with immigration right now, or is it really just ethnic?" (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: "Welcome back to HARDBALL.

After voting for TARP and telling voters not to listen to Glenn Beck too much, South Carolina Republican Congressman Bob Inglis was outvoted in his primary this year. Now he`s offering up some very honest advice for his party and some very scary stories from his time on the trail.

Here`s how Mr. Inglis described one campaign donor meeting to David Corn at 'Mother Jones' -- quote -- 'They say, `Bob, what don`t you get? Barack Obama is a socialist, communist, Marxist, who wants to destroy the American economy, so he can take over as dictator. Health care is part of that, and he wants to open up the Mexican border and turn the United States into a Muslim nation.'

Congressman Inglis joins us tonight from Greenville, South Carolina.

Well, that was a funny conversation. Somebody actually thought that the Muslims would be pouring over the Mexican border. The Rio Grande protects us from Islam. These people have got a problem."

(LAUGHTER)

REP. BOB INGLIS (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: "I guess so. It`s -- I think it`s generally not seen as a Muslim nation, but -- Mexico isn`t."

MATTHEWS: "Well, what is -- what is -- let`s talk about the conspiracy theories. What is it that`s gotten into your party`s water supply, the Republican Party`s water supply, that makes them strangely hostile to the president, not just against his policies, but personally? Is it race?"

Later in the conversation, Matthews actually said the following:

MATTHEWS: "I can`t resist asking this. I got to ask this question. If we had about a million Heidi Klums trying to cross the border, the Mexican border of the United States, you know, the gorgeous blond from Germany or whatever, do you think that would be a problem with immigration right now, or is it really just ethnic? The people from a different ethnic background.

If Heidi Klum, by the million, was trying to cross the border, I figure a lot of guys would be down there welcoming her personally. What`s your view?

I want to make this a little ludicrous because I think it`s obvious it`s ethnic. And I want people just to admit it."

So, in Matthews' distorted view, Republicans oppose Obama's policies because of his race, and Americans that are against illegal immigration only feel this way because those coming across the border are Mexican.

And this guy has his own show on a cable news network.

Tough to believe, isn't it?


TOPICS: Government; Politics; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: aliens; ethnicity; inglis; mexicans
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To: Scanian

21 posted on 08/07/2010 4:38:12 AM PDT by cbkaty (Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy---W Churchill)
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To: jersey117
Replace obama tomorrow with ANY black conservative and I assure you, I’ll sleep well.


I agree with that

It is hard to compete with a party that gives away the treasury; the greed of the voters is what is driving the Obama cult.

WAKE UP AMERICA


Obama, Lenin and Marx
Obama, Lenin and Marx


22 posted on 08/07/2010 4:46:56 AM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: AlexW
I have not seen Mathews.
Is he that TV guy that pees on himself at the thought of Obamambie?


23 posted on 08/07/2010 4:47:01 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: LibLieSlayer
Memo to Chris:

Dear Chris, we are past the white guilt thing. The Race Card doesn't work with us anymore. My wife has darker skin than Soebarkah. So take your insults and shove them up your fat white rear end. You and Soebarkah can both go F yourselves.

24 posted on 08/07/2010 4:47:23 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: Scanian
Seems like Chrissy is the only one who is concerned about his race. Who can forget his quote:

I forgot he was black tonight for an hour.

25 posted on 08/07/2010 4:53:11 AM PDT by TheCipher
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To: Darkwolf377
If we had about a million Heidi Klums trying to cross the border

It would be a lot more competitive to get a border patrol job,

The Mexican authorities would be interested in stopping illegal immigration

and it would still be human trafficking, which Americans want to stop and Democrats do everything in their power to foster and promote.

We fought a civil war over a different kind of human trafficking, all about cheap labor. Seems the sides were the same, too. Republicans against it, Democrats for it.

26 posted on 08/07/2010 4:54:50 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Scanian
Chris Matthews on Friday actually asked a GOP Congressman if Republicans oppose President Obama because of his race.

Nope! See tagline.

27 posted on 08/07/2010 4:55:10 AM PDT by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: Scanian

Some of my best friends are Kansas-Americans.


28 posted on 08/07/2010 4:59:39 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

Two stories coming out in the fall. Thanks for asking.


29 posted on 08/07/2010 5:00:05 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 ("Fanaticism is described as redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim."-G. Santayana)
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To: USNBandit

The democrats have shown themselve to have a bizarre laissez faire attitude towards Islam, welfare and illegals, and a zero-tolerance attitude towards productive labor.


30 posted on 08/07/2010 5:02:46 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 ("Fanaticism is described as redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim."-G. Santayana)
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To: Scanian

When did “communist” become a race Mr. Matthews?


31 posted on 08/07/2010 5:03:49 AM PDT by SampleMan (If all of the people currently oppressed shared a common geography, bullets would already be flying.)
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To: Scanian

GoPM to Sissy Matthews:

Do liberals support Obammie the Commie because of his race?

Or do liberals support Obammie the Commie because of his communist agenda...and simply use his race to further that agenda?


32 posted on 08/07/2010 5:09:24 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: PA-RIVER

Damned well said!!!

LLS


33 posted on 08/07/2010 5:11:10 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: Darkwolf377

They hope Skunk will beat Rubio and join the Crats. They are throwing the black Meek under Obamas Bus. Crist is an example of a politician of the worst kind.


34 posted on 08/07/2010 5:11:18 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (m)
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To: Scanian

Yes, Chris, we oppose Obama because of his race, his race to a socialistic, tyrannical, balkanized banana republic.


35 posted on 08/07/2010 5:18:30 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Darkwolf377

Congratulations! How can I find them?


36 posted on 08/07/2010 5:23:17 AM PDT by squarebarb
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To: squarebarb

Matthews is an idiot.


37 posted on 08/07/2010 5:25:33 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Helter Skelter. The Revolution is Upon Us.)
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To: Scanian

MSNBC is a joke, and little Chrissie Mathews is a really sick joke. No wonder nobody watches him or his ‘network’.


38 posted on 08/07/2010 5:25:43 AM PDT by tgusa (Investment plan: blued steel, brass, lead, copper)
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To: Yosemitest

Did liberals hate Bush because he’s white?


39 posted on 08/07/2010 5:29:46 AM PDT by pelican001
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To: Scanian
Maybe Inglis can be the new Bob on the Morning Joe show. Joe can show him how to back stab in a “professional” way.
As to chrisie, let's hope this moron keeps thinking and talking this way. It will make November even easier.
40 posted on 08/07/2010 5:35:16 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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