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Now Chris Matthews Thinks The Word 'Urban' Is Racist
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Posted on 11/14/2012 6:15:24 PM PST by chessplayer

The list of words MSNBC's Chris Matthews believes are racist if uttered by a conservative got longer on Wednesday.

You can now add "urban" which offended Matthews when Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said it during an interview Monday, but didn't bother the Hardball host in the slightest when Salon's Joan Walsh said it on his own program two days later (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

"There's more of this dog whistle crap going on," said Matthews before he introduced guests Walsh and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Cynthia Tucker.

Really? So if a conservative talks about urban, suburban, and ex-urban voters just like anyone else might, he or she is being racist?

Do only blacks live in cities in America? There are no whites in Manhattan, Boston, or Philadelphia?

Apparently not.

But the really delicious part came a few moments later when Walsh referred to urban and suburban voting areas without a squawk from Matthews.

"Paul Ryan lost his home district, lost his city, his hometown, let's just say that, which is not a particularly urban place," Walsh said without any pushback from Matthews.


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1 posted on 11/14/2012 6:15:27 PM PST by chessplayer
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2 posted on 11/14/2012 6:18:57 PM PST by ConservativeStatement (Smile on Dems: Ignorance is bliss.)
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If “Urban” is racist, then “suburban” would be a hateful slur. Like calling someone subhuman.


3 posted on 11/14/2012 6:19:52 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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It’s time for him to invite Newt on so Newt can take him down (again). They are so giddy about their gay agenda; they can’t stop showing their true colors.


4 posted on 11/14/2012 6:20:51 PM PST by Christie at the beach (I like Newt.)
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Can he just go somewhere like to the looney ward. I guess my painters that just painted my house called urban painters are racist however I am not sure how that is possible they are all Mexicans.


5 posted on 11/14/2012 6:20:51 PM PST by proudCArepublican
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I think we should start using the word FERAL, liberally in our arguments.


6 posted on 11/14/2012 6:21:24 PM PST by samadams2000
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He is such a tool. A homosexual tool for the left.


7 posted on 11/14/2012 6:23:06 PM PST by Truth2012
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To: chessplayer
Pat Caddell called it. Do you believe it yet?

Pat Caddell slams the media: They have become an “enemy of the people” Sept. 29, 2012(video 26:00)

Emotional Pat Caddell on the MSM ignoring Benghazi: “These people have no honor!” Oct. 27, 2012 (video at link 4:06)

The Media will not report the truth!

8 posted on 11/14/2012 6:24:19 PM PST by TigersEye (Who is John Galt?)
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Oh, let’s REALLY get Tingles’ panties twisted and go for the full monty:

“One must not MONKEY AROUND with CHAIRS in URBAN CHICAGO while eating WATERMELON!”


9 posted on 11/14/2012 6:24:19 PM PST by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
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Matthews simply needs to be ignored. All but dozens on any given night do just that. He has no influence on opinionmaking, even in this country.


10 posted on 11/14/2012 6:26:09 PM PST by ScottinVA (I've never been more disgusted with American voters.)
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lolz


11 posted on 11/14/2012 6:26:22 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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Is this racist? Paging RaccoonRadio (our resident radio expert):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid-1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop, R&B, pop, house, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass (often with hip hop vocalists or rappers) and Caribbean music such as reggae, reggaeton, zouk, and sometimes Soca (In Toronto, London, New York City, Boston and Miami).


12 posted on 11/14/2012 6:27:24 PM PST by ConservativeStatement (Smile on Dems: Ignorance is bliss.)
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Urban League
Urban Outfitters
Urban Cammo
Urban Combat
Urban Turbans... okay, never mind


13 posted on 11/14/2012 6:28:46 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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Time to ban the ‘U’ word pronto!


15 posted on 11/14/2012 6:33:58 PM PST by VastRWCon (There are no coincidences in politics)
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16 posted on 11/14/2012 6:34:29 PM PST by RC one (Akin/Mourdock-2016)
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To: TigersEye

I honestly believe that the media members are all gay. Their refusal to cover the news is their revenge on heterosexuals.


17 posted on 11/14/2012 6:36:12 PM PST by Truth2012
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Just wait until Chris Matthew learns that everything that comes out of the mouth of a conservative is racist. Won't that day be fun!
18 posted on 11/14/2012 6:42:00 PM PST by Lonely Bull
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I don’t give a damn what happens to any of them. I’m just going to sit back and watch the Kenyan implode.


19 posted on 11/14/2012 6:45:49 PM PST by jersey117
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Urban areas with a high black population helped elect Obama. That is a plain old fact and Matthews just needs to shut up.

If Matthews can’t shut up about it, he needs to go interview live on the streets at 9pm in these urban areas, ask them how they voted. No security allowed, either.

Go do it whitebread chubbette or SHUT UP with your racist mantra!


20 posted on 11/14/2012 6:48:00 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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