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MSNBC's Matthews Mistakes One Black Congressman For Another
RealClearPolitics ^ | November 8, 2010 | RealClearPolitics

Posted on 11/08/2010 2:44:29 PM PST by i88schwartz

MSNBC's Chris Matthews confuses Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) for Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC). Both are black Democratic congressmen.

Matthews is famously known for saying he "forgot" President Obama "was black" during his State of the Union address this year.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: chrismatthews; elijahcummings; jamesclyburn; maryland; southcarolina
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To: i88schwartz

So long as they do what they’re told, does it really matter?


21 posted on 11/08/2010 4:07:00 PM PST by Oratam
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

OK...So, which one is Chris Matthews?


22 posted on 11/08/2010 4:51:55 PM PST by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

Remember Al Gore calling Michael Jordan “Michael Jackson”? Imagine the screams of racism if Dick Cheney did that.


23 posted on 11/08/2010 4:54:48 PM PST by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

To be fair, it’s pretty easy to mistake the words (at least) of one partisan media shill for those of any other; also, the ‘mo may have been distracted by the imminent return of Olbermann. Thanks i88schwartz.


24 posted on 11/08/2010 6:02:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: i88schwartz

Can’t tell one from another


25 posted on 11/08/2010 7:21:25 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
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To: i88schwartz; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ..

That’s understandable. I sometimes forget Chris Matthews is gay.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


26 posted on 11/09/2010 12:22:48 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Muslims are not the problem, the rest of the world is! /s)
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If that wasn’t bad enough- in the same interview Matthews said politicians have to “play tricks” to get the hispanic vote...

DANG!

27 posted on 11/09/2010 12:25:11 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Muslims are not the problem, the rest of the world is! /s)
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To: boop
Imagine the screams of racism if Dick Cheney did that.

Don't know about that one. Michael Jackson was white, at least toward the end.

28 posted on 11/09/2010 12:27:54 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Muslims are not the problem, the rest of the world is! /s)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

ROTFL!


29 posted on 11/09/2010 1:15:10 PM PST by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
That’s understandable. I sometimes forget Chris Matthews is gay.

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LOL!

30 posted on 11/09/2010 1:18:55 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Clyburn looks like Desmond Tutu.


31 posted on 11/09/2010 2:52:56 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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