Rick Sanchez Shocked by Black Men Who Don't Support Obama

NewsBusters ^ | October 12, 2008 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

CNN's Rick Sanchez is absolutely incredulous over the fact that there might be some black people out there who don't support Barack Obama. In an incredible double standard, Sanchez on his League of First Time Voters show has trouble believing that a black person could not be supporting Obama yet you will never hear him express shock that a white person could decide to vote for Obama. Sanchez asks one of the men if there is "any source of pride" that would cause them to vote for Obama. Of course you would never hear Sanchez ask the same thing of a white voter whether his pride would make him want to vote for John McCain. Sanchez also brings up the point as to whether the men he interviews are considered "sellouts." Watch the video and you can see that Sanchez seems to treat these men as if they were some sort of bizarre oddballs for not wanting to vote for Obama. Here is the transcript (emphasis mine):

[PJ-Comix]

Sanchez treated these guys almost like they were carnival freaks.

[PJ-Comix]

PING!

[cripplecreek]

So is he shocked by white people who don’t support McCain?

[Mr. Mojo]

How about that, yet another leftist who sees the world exclusively through the lens of race.

[Proud2BeRight]

So this clown is saying that he thinks all blacks are racist to vote on a candidate’s stand onissues, character, and qualifications?

[Doctor Raoul]

CNN's Rick Sanchez is absolutely incredulous over the fact that there might be some black people out there who don't support Barack Obama

Isn't this the corollary to Dr. King's "content of their character" speech?

[Maelstorm]

Liberals are racists. They are plantation owners don’t expect them to understand those who don’t want to live on the plantation.

[Coldwater Creek]

Sanchez should have heard Herman Cain on C-span this morning.

It makes me furious that the RNC doesn't lift up our Black conservatives.

[alecqss]

Another example of a rasist pushing overt racism while charging decent people with “being racists”.

[alecqss]

rasist = racist

[SE Mom]

Rick Sanchez lives in an odd little world of his own. I’ve watched him over the years- he goes along with the regular msm bias- but man oh man- he comes up with his personal twists that are mindboggling...

[littlehouse36]

Here is a link to contact Mr. Sanchez at CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?98

[Doug TX]

Another hint to McCain....get those men and circulate them on the media or campaign. They are intelligent, unapologetic, and believe in McCain.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Sanchez is your typical affirmative action promotee who’s been brainwashed with PC trash. In his minds, blacks and hispanics can’t think for themselves. They share the same lack of values as LULAC, Sharpton, Jackson, Louie, NAACP, La Raza, et al.

Simply put, they’re just not smart enough to make their own decisions. The irony is, he’d say the same thing with respect to women if the VP nominee was a Democrat.

[VOA]

Rick Sanchez Shocked by Black Men Who Don't Support Obama

I'd loved to seen his reaction to the young black lady that
effusively praised Palin.
(She was in the group that pollster Frank Luntz had rate the
Palin-Biden debate)

[spodefly]

In a nutshell — “Come on, you're black! You are supposed to vote for the black guy!”

Jeez. That guy gets paid by CNN to actually pose as a “journalist”. I suppose he has been so permeated by groupthink victim mentality at CNN, that he really cannot believe that everyone, especially blacks, could not be similarly contaminated.

[Dallas59]

[weegee]

I know one who is a leftist who is voting for Nader. That really has to get the DNC steamed. “traitor!” < /s >

[weegee]

How about so called women’s movement leaders who don’t support Sarah Palin?

[GOPJ]

CNN's Rick Sanchez is absolutely incredulous over the fact that there might be some black people out there who don't support Barack Obama.

Would he be equally shocked to discover that some white people are not backing McCain? Sanchez is a racists - and he doesn't know it.

Hey Sanchez - it's racist to vote against a person because of the color of their skin. IT'S ALSO RACIST TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.