Posted on 09/13/2009 8:51:09 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus
On Tuesday's Hardball, MSNBC host Chris Matthews voiced agreement with New York Times columnist Orlando Patterson, a Harvard sociology professor, as he read a passage from Patterson's latest column during which the Harvard professor declared that, in watching Hillary Clinton's recent campaign ad questioning Barack Obama's qualifications for handling a 3:00 a.m. emergency, he "couldn't help but think of D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, the racist movie epic that helped revive the Klu Klux Klan with its portrayal of black men lurking in the bushes around white society." Declaring that the ad reminded him more of "a 911 call than 9/11" with "a mother protecting her kids from a prowler outside," Matthews declared such an ad "would be racist." (Transcript follows)
Matthews brought up the column during a discussion with Independent Women's Forum leader Michelle Bernard and Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page, both of whom are black but neither of whom agreed with Matthews on Patterson's column, while discussing Clinton supporter Geraldine Ferraro's recent charge that Barack Obama's race was a factor in his electoral popularity. Matthews: "I want to throw some more wood on the fire here, because I agree with this guy. Orlando Patterson is a sociology professor at Harvard."
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"Have you no decency!"
They are all liars.
priceless.
"RASCIST!!"
Chrissy don’t take kindly to any criticism of his boyfriend.
Are the Obamanists already starting to line up against Hillary in 2012?
Mathews, as others in the media, attempt to make their own news where there is none. They have to keep their names in front of the public and they will do anything to accomplish that. As long as they keep “racism” in the news, one way or another, there will be those that believe it. I believe that if they could start race wars, they would be happy.
The race card is becoming a real yawn.
A charge of “racism” is the last refuge of leftist scoundrels.
When all other appeals to emotion fail, “racism” is supposed to be the sure-fire fall-back position to take.
Except that like crying “Wolf!” too often, such assertions just lead people to question your veracity.
Yawn...
“Racists” = “Wolf!”
It’s (finally) happened.
Liberals have exhausted this silly insult.
Projection and liberal guilt....
Chrissy’s a fairy.
Chrissy Hissy Fit!
Wow...they love that they can throw out their best ammo — the racist charge — now that they have a black* prez.
*his daddy was actually a muslim and momma was white but his skin is dark so that will do.
Tnanks , good pull from past. He sees that racism ghost everywhere now.
Chrissy needs to double her Midol.
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