Posted on 11/19/2013 7:24:11 AM PST by chessplayer
A scandalized Chris Matthews on Friday railed against Dick Cheney for having the audacity to call out Barack Obama's "lie" on Americans being able to keep their health insurance. Naturally, the Hardball anchor insinuated that the reason behind this was racism. An angry Matthews fumed, "Dick Cheney comes right out and calls [Obama] a liar. When a right-wing back-bencher did that four years ago, he was called out for rebuke even by his own party." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
The host continued, "Well, now what was condemned as historic bad behavior comes snarling out of Dick Cheney's mouth and nobody says to shut up." Matthews hinted, "Is this, calling the President a liar, the new language of American politics. Or is it a language specially treated for the country's first African-American president?"
DICK CHENEY: We look at the mess that has been created out of "Obama care" by the president having said, You can keep your policy if you like it, you know, guaranteed, period. That turns out that was a lie. And he repeated it over and over and over again.
Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman appeared to echo the racism charge:
HOWARD FINEMAN: Well, I would normally be reluctant to make the accusation of racism...I say what's the missing element here? What's the "X" factor here that makes them go so crazy? Well, there are two things. First of all, we live in divided worlds of politics and reality. They deny his validity because they deny the rest of the world outside of the world they live in, number one. And number two, I think race has to be part of it because they see everything that he does in apocalyptic terms. Why? What other explanation is there?
Weirdos.
He had a stoned logic professor at the East St. Louis Community College if he's able to connect any of that nonsense.
“Like class, like, listen up, man!
If you call someone a liar after they have told several lies
and the liar is white, like, then it's OK man.
*puff*
But, if he is black, then you are a racist and he no longer qualifies as a liar because of your racism.
Also, if a black man ever becomes the President, then you are never allowed to disagree with him no matter what atrocities he may commit, because YOU are then the racist.
Dig. If Hitler was black, we would never be able to say anything bad about him in History class, because that would be racist”
Professor Jeff “Dude” Dudeski
Social Sciences Class number 1.01
July 9th, 1973
Basement Wing, Al Smith Bldg.
East St. Louis Community College
I don't know. Its a mystery. It couldn't be that the guy is lying. Again. In your face. It couldn't be that.
The rule is: if Obama says/does anything questionable, then everyone must overlook it and continue to praise him superficially?
Chris, you are saying that this man is inferior. He therefore must be treated differently than a white guy.
(Note to NSA: not my opinion)
Chris Matthews? I thought he was too busy enjoying the thrill going up his leg, to pay attention to anything else going on in the world.
The other explanation is that Obama is a liar.
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